Next War: Vietnam isn’t offering anything ground-breaking in terms of the overall series, but, as in all the games, I hope to provide a new and engaging situation that seems fresh and different even through it’s using the same rules as all the games in the series.
Next War: Vietnam – What to Expect Read Post »
Designer Blogs, Development UpdatesArmistice, Veterans, and Grognards, On behalf of the Frank Chadwick’s ETO development team, we are happy to celebrate this day that saw the end of the First World War, when we honor our veterans who stood up and defended America, and to that list we want to add our own nod to wargame grognards who
November 11th Update from the ETO Development Team Read Post »
Development UpdatesAncient Civilizations of the Inner Sea (ACIS) received an overall warm welcome from the gaming public. For many of our fellow hobbyists the game hits a sweet spot with its epic theme served in the frame of quick and simple gameplay. A second game in the series, Ancient Civilizations of the Middle East, was recently
Electrifying Ancient Civilizations of the Inner Sea Read Post »
Development UpdatesDesigner Frank Chadwick and I have crossed paths a few times in our decades as wargamers. In 1986, I wrapped the Fire & Movement Beginner’s Guide to Strategy Gaming around Frank’s new Battle for Moscow game design. Years later, I would republish Battle for Moscow as a stand-along game with a Winter Counteroffensive expansion kit
Frank Chadwick’s ETO Series: Super-Massive-Project-Update-ex-pi-a-li-do-cious Read Post »
Development UpdatesLabyrinth: The Forever War is the second expansion to Labyrinth: The Global War on Terror and follows five years after publication of the first expansion, Labyrinth: The Awakening. Like its predecessors, Forever War adds 120 new event cards to the Labyrinth game system, and like Awakening, covers five years of current events (roughly 2015 through 2019). Forever
It is 2019 and Imperial Struggle is so close to players I can almost taste it. Thanks to Joel Toppen’s heroic work on the VASSAL test kit, the game has received much more intensive playtesting than it ever has – probably more in the last four months than in the rest of the development cycle
Playtesting Imperial Struggle Read Post »
Designer Blogs, Development Updates, Playtest Reports“Talon Tuesdays” is an article series appearing on InsideGMT periodically on Tuesdays. It features articles from the Talon development team regarding the game’s design, development and release of the Talon 1000 expansion. Since Space Empires:4x Replicators is also releasing soon and there is crossover between the two development teams, Replicator articles will be featured as
Talon Tuesday Issue #46: Vassal Update for Talon Read Post »
Development UpdatesIt is October 2018 and the Imperial Struggle continues! Thanks to the heroic efforts of Joel Toppen, we are on the verge of electronic playtesting via VASSAL, and I’ve been tweaking cards and cleaning up rules all summer. The game is playing very well on paper; now it’s time to find the problems that only
Imperial Struggle Development Update: Ministry Deck, Event Cards, and New Art! Read Post »
Designer Blogs, Development UpdatesWe are progressing steadily on Conquest and Consequence [CnC], the Pacific/Asia brother to Triumph and Tragedy. Like T&T, the game is a representation of the struggle for regional hegemony during the period 1936-45, but in the Pacific/Asia region. The map stretches from India to the US west coast, Siberia to Australia. The three factions are Japan, the USA/British
Design Update: Conquest and Consequence Read Post »
Designer Blogs, Development UpdatesHere is Part 4 of Mark’s “Advice on Peloponnesian War, from 38-year old Mark†as published in his original article from The General. Enjoy the article! – Gene
Peloponnesian War: Final Strategies and Conclusion (Part 4) Read Post »
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