In this companion article to the Allied Strategy Considerations, Dan takes a look at the war on the peninsula from north of the DMZ…
Attack the ROK: non-Allied Strategy Considerations in Next War: Korea Read Post »
Strategy Articles“Bayonets & Tomahawks Biweekly” is an article series appearing on InsideGMT periodically every two weeks. It features articles from the Bayonets & Tomahawks development team regarding the game’s design, development and upcoming release. NOTE: The cards in the final product have replaced the Action tokens.
Dan Stueber is a long time Next War Series fan as well as a playtester. He has previously authored an article on a modifed Tactical Surprise scenario for Next War: Korea as well as After Action Reports for both the Tactical Surprise and Extended Buildup scenarios (links are to the first session reports). Here he has provided players with
Defend the ROK: Allied Strategy Considerations in Next War: Korea Read Post »
Strategy ArticlesIntroduction: InsideGMT posts to date regarding Hitler’s Reich: A Card Conquest System Game (henceforth referred to simply as Hitler’s Reich) reference the game’s victory conditions in a somewhat disjointed basis, e.g. within context of an after-action-report, without providing an overview of players’ various potential “paths to victory” in a more cohesive manner. This article hopefully
The Many Paths to Victory or Defeat in GMT’s Hitler’s Reich Read Post »
Designer BlogsWhat are the forces in the game and what is their structure? Colonial Twilight has a total of 91 wooden pieces representing the various forces available to both sides. They are divided into the following types: Government (total 46 pieces) 21 French Police (light blue cubes) 9 French Troops (dark blue cubes) 6 Government Bases
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Designer BlogsPendragon: The Fall of Roman Britain, Volume VIII of the COIN Series, presents a number of unique elements compared to its forebears, starting with not portraying a COunter-INsurgency at all! We are going to present the game and how it brings some exciting new stuff to the COIN family in this series of Chronicles over
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Designer BlogsDoug Bush continues his Next War: India-Pakistan strategy series with this examination of the Pakistani Order of Battle and the various options they provide. See Part 1 of this series for a discussion of the overall strategic choices faced by the Pakistan player. Pakistan starts with six front line Army Corps with three more that
Next War: India-Pakistan – Pakistani Strategic Choices, Part 2 Read Post »
Strategy ArticlesThe French & Indian War is by far my favorite historical period. When Volko’s Wilderness War was published in 2001, it was the very first game that brought all I was looking for to that subject. I was glad I had abandoned a few years before my own inexperienced attempt at creating a FIW game.
I think that I’ve mentioned this before, but I was a little surprised by just how quickly Next War: Poland (NWP) vaulted up the P500 ladder. I had a rough Operational Map and a Strategic Display, and I had made a start on the Game Specific Rules. Based on the performance of the prior games in
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Designer Blogs, Development UpdatesIntroduction: Game Developer Fred Schachter, recently returned from WBC 2016 and its demo/playtests of Hitler’s Reich: A Card Conquest System Game (hereafter referred to as simply Hitler’s Reich); advises the game was well-received… particularly as it featured the cool card and map graphics professionally created by Charles Kibler. It resulted in a bump of P-500
Hitler’s Reich — The Reasons Why, and What the Cards Represent Read Post »
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