An American platoon has setup an outpost in and around the St. Michel Church in sector 4. Two German platoons have been tasked with capturing this outpost and driving the American’s back.
The Last Hundred Yards: Narrative of Mission 1.0 – Prayer Meeting Read Post »
Designer Blogs“It’s a cruel, cruel world!” is all my friend Max told his 22 year old son, Bennett, in preparation for his first game of Ancient Civilizations of the Inner Sea. Bennett soon discovered and showed us just how cruel it could be, as in just one short evening all manner of calamities befell our empires,
As we have been playtesting Tank Duel: Enemy in the Crosshairs, the number one thing that players want to learn about is how the game works once the shells start flying. Tank Duel draws inspiration from games like Up Front, Panzer and Combat Commander, with an abstract movement system but detailed fire action resolution procedure
Tank Tales #2: Ready, Aim, Fire! Read Post »
Designer BlogsThe following is an After Action Review of my most recent test game of Red Storm on a long Friday morning and afternoon with my good friend and playtest team member Chris Baer. This was a test of one of the bigger scenarios in Red Storm, “Offensive Counter Air”, which features two big NATO deep
Red Storm Playtest AAR, Part 1 Read Post »
Playtest ReportsA few months ago, I pointed our customers to The Player’s Aid website as a site that creates consistently high-quality articles about our games (and others). I asked Grant, one of their founders and content creators, if he’d like to write an occasional article for InsideGMT to provide some added content to our site, and also to
Empire of the Sun Rules & Tactics Intro: Air Naval Combat Read Post »
Strategy ArticlesWhy we do what we do in The Last Hundred Yards– In these articles we discuss why we do what we do regarding the various systems and mechanics used in the LHY. On this occasion we will discuss the Time Lapse, Fire and Maneuver systems. To see the first article in this series, check out The
Why We Do What We Do in The Last Hundred Yards: Time Lapse, Fire and Maneuver Systems Read Post »
Designer BlogsAnother fairly unique (within the COIN series) feature of Pendragon: The Fall of Roman Britain is that, at least in the scenarios starting at the very beginning of the period covered by the game (c. 360 AD), two of the four factions begin play with not one single piece on the map! These are, of
The Pendragon Chronicles – Vol. 6 – Settling Britain Read Post »
Designer BlogsTo see the previous parts of this Example of Play, check out Part 1 (Basic Game AP Combat), Part 2 (Advanced Game AP Combat), Part 3 (Advanced Game ATGM Dodge), Part 4 (Advanced Game GP Fire), Part 5 (Advanced Game Close Assault Combat), and Part 6 (Advanced Game Hand-to-Hand Combat) on InsideGMT.
MBT Example of Play (Part 7): Advanced Game Overrun Combat Read Post »
Designer Blogs, Examples of PlayIntroduction by Fred Schachter- Game Developer for Hitler’s Reich: A Card Conquest System Game (henceforth referred to as simply Hitler’s Reich) – Vesa “Vez†Arponen is one of those gamers who has talents of his of own, particularly when it comes to designing solitaire-playing “Bots†for GMT Games (most recently for A Distant Plain published
Hitler’s Reich: AAR Using a New Solitaire System “Bot” Read Post »
Designer Blogs, Solitaire SystemsImagine a battlefield where gun positions are effectively mapped out and the defenders are alert and ready to respond to your intrusion. To traverse that field risks cross-fire from a variety of locations arranged with the precision of caliper and slide rule. Once you step foot onto this engineered battlefield, you can expect deadly
Time in Skies Above the Reich Read Post »
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