As I write this, the Yankees just lost to Toronto and I just lost the first full playtest of Pericles to my wife. We played the Pentecontaetia scenario, which is the beginning of 1st Peloponnesian War and the Campaign game, and covers the period from 460 BC to 400 BC. The way you win the game […]
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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 #26 Talon Puzzle 3 – Solution OK. Answer time for Puzzle 3.
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Designer BlogsIntroduction: If this is the first InsideGMT piece you’re reading regarding the Hitler’s Reich game, you’re urged to reference other material within this site for additional background regarding this exciting and fun forthcoming GMT offering. What you have here (in two successive InsideGMT articles) are Designer Mark McLaughlin’s After Action Reports for two games of
As alluded to in the last article, there are no changes to the basic dogfighting rules from those that have grown familiar in the last 20+ years, just additions. The Zero! rules with errata incorporated formed the basis. A few concepts introduced in C3i magazine and Squadron Pack #1 have been included, as have the
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Designer BlogsEarly last Fall, Thunder Alley designer Jeff Horger contacted me and indicated that there was a third-party-designed expansion set for Thunder Alley that he and Carla would like to publish through their new game company. Tony and I considered that for a bit, decided that a) we like Jeff and Carla a lot and would
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Designer BlogsIn MBT, players manage the flow of the game through control of the initiative. It dictates the course of action for the current turn. Who controls it is determined during the Initiative Phase. Initiative works hand-in-hand with command and control. Both relate to the management and sequencing of individual units. However, because the Command Phase
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Designer Blogs, Examples of PlayHere is a long overdue update for Silver Bayonet. As you are all, no doubt, well aware, we didn’t hit our desired date for Oct-Nov last year. I decided to push production out because, quite simply, the game wasn’t ready yet. The team has been working hard to test all of the scenarios to ensure
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Designer Blogs, Development Updates“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 #26: Vassal Module It’s finally here! The Vassal module for Talon!
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Designer BlogsWhen it comes to shilling, not only am I not in the same league as Lee Brimmicombe-Wood, I don’t even play the same sport! But despite the lack of news, there has been substantial progress on Wild Blue Yonder during the past few years. A major proportion of the project has been designing and testing
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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 #25: Talon Puzzle 3 OK new Talon Puzzle! This time I decided to throw the Terrans some love by way of Fighters. FTRs are extremely powerful.
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