The COIN Series is similar to Card-Driven Games (the CDG System) in leveraging event cards to bring political, diplomatic, economic, and other non-military aspects into a wargame without muss. (Consider, in this regard, the lineage from 1994’s “We the People” by Mark Herman to today’s Liberty or Death.) Falling Sky,is no different. Here we preview a […]
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Designer BlogsNote: Here are links to Part 1 and Part 2 of this ongoing article. We’re picking up the action as you enter the 2nd month of your Presidency. Let’s get right to Game Turn 1, Round 2.
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Designer BlogsJoel Toppen and Mike Bertucelli asked me to play through the tutorial for Comanchería to assist in proof reading. For me it was a rare treat to learn to play this much-awaited game with adult supervision and possibly get a few games in before it gets printed! The game covers 4 historical periods from 1700
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Designer Blogs, 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 upcoming release. Issue #24: Talon Puzzle 2 – Solution I get to show off a bit of our Vassal module here; exciting stuff. Stefano Tine’ and I (but mostly
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Designer BlogsHitler’s Reich just got real – a real artist, that is. Veteran GMT artist Charlie Kibler has taken his professional brush to designer Mark McLaughlin’s hand-drawn playtest map and cards. Although this is just his first pass and more work will be done to brighten it up and bring it to life, Kibler’s map is
COIN Series Volume VIII, Falling Sky, casts players in the roles of great leaders during the Gallic revolts against Roman occupation: Ambiorix of the Belgae, Vercingetorix of the Celts, and of course Caesar. But the next tier of great personages appears in the game also—in the Event cards. Here we present just a portion of the
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Designer BlogsIn Part 1 of this article, we looked at all the Set-up options, processes, and decisions when you begin a game of Mr. President. This article picks up where that one left off, as you begin play on Turn 1. We’ll cover the first month of your Presidency this time. Note that over the past
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Designer BlogsWe arrive at the final of four looks into the player factions in COIN Series Volume VI, Falling Sky. Here follows the counsel kept among the fierce northern warriors of Belgica….
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Designer Blogs“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. Issue #23: Talon Puzzle 2 My copy of Talon arrived! It’s so weird seeing the counters and rules I’ve spent the last couple years working on come
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Designer BlogsFalling Sky—The Gallic Revolt Against Caesar depicts each of its factions’ personalities in war and diplomacy—as in the all the COIN Series volumes—mainly through its diverse menus of commands and special abilities. But the card deck adds more such personality to each player role. Here we present just eight Falling Sky events that display particular ways
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