Today, we have a surprise for you players of The Last Hundred Yards! Designer Mike Denson has graciously created a new FREE downloadable scenario for the The Last Hundred Yards! Feel free to check it out here in InsideGMT. When you’re ready to download and print the PDF file, just click the link at the […]
The Last Hundred Yards Mission 24.0: All That for a Piece of Dirt Read Post »
Designer Blogs, Scenarios/VariantsRostam is the hero of the Persian national epic, Shahnameh (which translates as Epic of Kings), which was written by the poet Abolqasem Ferdowsi around 1000 AD. It is set in a semi-mythical era that loosely resembles the Parthian period (247 BC – 224 AD). The central conflict is between the Persians and the Turanians, invaders
Legend of Rostam: Bonus Scenario for Ancient Civilizations of the Middle East Read Post »
Designer Blogs, Scenarios/VariantsIntroduction by ACIS Developer Fred Schachter: The Designers, Mark McLaughlin and Chris Vorder Bruegge, as well as myself, would like as many of our fellow hobbyists as possible to enjoy playing ACIS. We appreciate some gamers sharing how they’ve mitigated the game’s chaos through a variety of house rules and it is grand learning how
The method used in the Close Encounters scenario book for adding amoebas gives you a predetermined placement for the amoebas, which is great for balance and planning. The method mentioned in the rulebook where you mix the three “No Mines” counters in with the deep space ones and use them to trigger the appearance of an
Space Empires Close Encounters: A New Way to Add Amoebas Read Post »
Scenarios/VariantsToday, we have a surprise for you players of The Last Hundred Yards! Designer Mike Denson has graciously created a new FREE downloadable scenario for the game! Feel free to check it out here in InsideGMT. When you’re ready to download and print the PDF and TIF files, just click the links at the bottom
The Last Hundred Yards Mission 23.0: A Nasty Affair Read Post »
Designer Blogs, Scenarios/VariantsBelow is another fantastic article from The Boardgames Chronicle, this time discussing the 1917 Scenario variant for Paths of Glory. You can check out his previous series discussing the major and minor similarities/differences between Commands & Colors: Ancients and Commands & Colors: Medieval here. Enjoy! -Rachel
Paths of Glory — 1917 Scenario Variant Read Post »
Scenarios/VariantsThe Alien Technology deck is a fun feature of the Close Encounters expansion that rewards you for colonizing deep space planets by giving you access to unique technological upgrades. You could end up with Cryogenic Stasis Pods that reduce the maintenance costs of your boarding ships and troop transports, or a Microwarp Drive that increases the
Space Empires: Close Encounters — More Ways to use Alien Technology Read Post »
Scenarios/VariantsBlack and white picture. Murky and faded. In the background, a Pz VI Tiger tips precariously backwards into a flooded ditch. Its 88m canon points ineffectively skyward while troops of a Panzer grenadier unit either wade in water with chunks of floating ice or simply mill about, stalled, exposed, some at rest. Gaunt faces stare
Tank Duel’s “Hungary for Oil” Historical Scenario: A Mud-Soaked Reality Check Read Post »
Scenarios/VariantsWhen Jim Krohn and his team included Unique Ships in the Space Empires: Close Encounters expansion, they opened the door to a cardboard shipwright’s dream workshop. You can build these unique ships pretty much any way you want within certain boundaries. There are a ton of possible configurations to keep you busy: you can build a
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Scenarios/VariantsOne of the (many!) best parts of the Space Empires: Close Encounters (CE) expansion was the addition of the empire advantages deck. If you are not familiar with the expansion, this deck gives players variable starting powers by having them play unique alien races—an aspect of modern sci-fi board games that seems to be almost
Space Empires Close Encounters: More Encounters Read Post »
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