The following article, “The Dominator”, “Dasher”, and “Thor” Go to War is Part 3 in an Apocalypse Road After Action Report series from Stig Morten Breiland. To read Parts 1 and 2, go here and here.
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After Action ReportThis is the third InsideGMT article on All Bridges Burning, a COIN system game for three-players dealing with the political and military events surrounding the Finnish Civil War of 1918. In the first two articles (found here and here), the focus was somewhat on illustrating the historical background of various design decisions made during the
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Designer BlogsReplicator Tuesdays is an article series appearing on InsideGMT. It features insights into the development of the 2nd expansion for the board wargame Space Empires:4x by Jim Krohn. Here the designer, developer and play testers will share their thoughts and experiences on this upcoming expansion. Since there is much crossover between the Space Empires and
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Designer BlogsThe Battle of Cross Keys: A Synopsis The aftermath of Nathaniel Banks’ defeat at Winchester on May 25th, 1862, roused the Lincoln administration to action. With Stonewall Jackson rampaging through the lower Shenandoah Valley to within a few miles of the Potomac at Harper’s Ferry, half of Irwin McDowell’s corps marched west from Fredericksburg, threading
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After Action Report, Inside the Game as History, Scenarios/VariantsThis article is Part 2 in an Apocalypse Road After Action Report series from Stig Morten Breiland. To read Part 1, go here.
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After Action Report“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 upcoming 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
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Designer BlogsToday’s Time of Crisis Strategy Tips article is from Robert Crowter-Jones, the writer behind ElusiveMeeple, a wonderful and very useful site that provides both reviews and strategy tips for a wide variety of boardgames. Robert has reviewed Time of Crisis in some depth and written strategy tips for the game on his blog (see the ElusiveMeeple site). For strategy
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Strategy ArticlesLadies and Gentlemen! Load your guns and start your engines! The Apocalypse Road Beckons! You´ve seen your Thunder Alley buddies link up with the other lane, and thereby leaving your car alone, activated and ultimately lapped in turn 1 on Saint Adriana. Your words “…but we had a deal…” seemingly lost to your buddies. You´ve
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After Action Report, Playtest ReportsThis short article was originally a letter from Russian shop owner Igor Luckyanov to game designer Mark McLaughlin. Focused on one of Mark’s designs, Rebel Raiders on the High Seas, it shares a story of love for games and some pictures with us from our fellow wargamers in Russia. So we wanted to share it
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UncategorizedReplicator Tuesdays is an article series appearing on InsideGMT. It features insights into the development of the 2nd expansion for the board wargame Space Empires:4x by Jim Krohn. Here the designer, developer and play testers will share their thoughts and experiences on this upcoming expansion. Since there is much crossover between the Space Empires and
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