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Video: Initial US Special Activations in Mr. President

Hi everyone! I made this second video to take a look at the initial U.S. special activations phase in Mr. President. It should be helpful to you as you get your games over the coming weeks. Here’s a link to my first video discussing start of game strategy for anyone interested. I hope you all […]

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Video: Start of Game Strategy in Mr. President

Hi everyone! I made this video to take a look at initial strategies in Mr. President. It should be helpful to you as you get your games over the coming weeks. I hope you all have a great time with Mr. President! – Gene

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SPQR: A Guide to Playing the Game — Part 1

The idea for this article came about after dusting off the C3I SPQR Player’s Guide published so many years ago and reading it from cover to cover. That handy guide is useful, even though outdated in a few places, in helping SPQR players understand and play the game better. The Players Guide, however, is a

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Breaking The Line and Holding The Line in Commands & Colors: Ancients by BrentS — Part 3

In the first two installments (you can check them here: Part 1 & Part 2) we explored strategy for the attacker breaking the line. In this final installment we will consider the role of the defender.

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Breaking The Line and Holding The Line in Commands & Colors: Ancients by BrentS — Part 2

Breaking The Line, Holding The Line PART TWO In the last installment we looked at the first two phases for an attacker attempting to break the enemy line, preparation and choosing when to attack.

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Breaking The Line and Holding The Line in Commands & Colors: Ancients by BrentS — Part 1

There are many important elements that contribute to the outcome of an Ancients battle. Skirmishing, cavalry manoeuvres, feint and ruse, move and countermove, all play their part in the integrated coordination of arms that leads to success on the battlefield and a good commander must be skilled in all of them. But as in real

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How to Win at Unconditional Surrender! — Three Basic Tips

When you have just learned a shiny new board game, especially one which is a bit longer and more complex than others, it’s nice to have some strategic direction. That’s what I aim to provide with my series Three Basic Tips – strategy advice for beginner and intermediate players that is easy to remember and yet gets

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Commands & Colors: Ancients – Skirmishing and Evasion Strategy by BrentS

It never ceases to amaze me how a few tweaks in the basic C&C engine can create genuine variation in play experience between different games, presenting new strategic challenges and modeling different tactical imperatives across widely divergent historical periods and genres. Some of these differences are minor and modular, such as national unit characteristics in

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