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The Seven Years War: Frederick’s Gamble – “The First World War”, 1756-1762 – Part 1

Greg Ticer / August 14, 2015 / 4 Comments

Readers interested in learning more detail about the play of 7YW:FG should read the our earlier article, The 7 Years War: Frederick’s Gamble – Playtest Report. Theaters of Operation and General Introductory Overview The fighting depicted in The Seven Years War: Frederick’s Gamble game (7YW: FG) can in historical terms be divided into distinct theaters of […]

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Sneak Peeks at the Twilight Struggle Collector’s Edition

Gene Billingsley / August 12, 2015 / 5 Comments

Hi everyone! We are now under a month away from shipping the Twilight Struggle Collector’s Edition to our Kickstarter backers. I had an advance copy of the CE sent to me so I could take some pictures to give you guys a peek at it in advance. My daughter Rachel and I spent this morning

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Designer Blogs

Post-Publication Musings on Churchill

Mark Herman / August 11, 2015 / 1 Comment

Well, Churchill has finally hit the market and I am very pleased with the production values and the initial reception. Only time will tell if this one becomes a cross-over design, but I could not be happier with how it came out. I was at the World Boardgaming Championships (WBC) in its farewell to Lancaster

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Designer Blogs

Churchill Strategy Primer #2: Defeating the Axis

Mark Herman / August 9, 2015 / 3 Comments

Now that the game has begun to get into people’s hands and is getting some initial plays, Â I thought I would continue my series of Churchill strategy primers. My goal is to accelerate our collective understanding of the art of the possible in Churchill, although I continue to discover new tactics as I continue to

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Designer Blogs, Strategy Articles

Illusions of Glory: A Play Balance Challenge

Perry Silverman / August 7, 2015 / Leave a Comment

Genesis of a First-Time Game Designer: My interest in wargame design began when I was a playtester at SPI’s legendary “Skonkworks” in Manhattan. Perhaps I’m dating myself, but I recall those days with great nostalgia. I was bitten by the designer bug there, and wanted to create my own game. Career, marriage, and raising a

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Designer Blogs

THE ROUND TOPS – Hammerin’ Sickles in Action (Part 1)

Hermann Luttmann / August 4, 2015 / 7 Comments

PART 1: â€“ Introduction and First Game Turn Hammerinâ€™ Sickles: Longstreet Attacks at Gettysburg recently â€œmade the cutâ€ on the GMT P500 and Fred and I are very thankful for the support from the gaming community. We thought it would be a good time to give a brief run-through of the game and show how

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Examples of Play, Playtest Reports, Series Replay

Dark Sands – Compass Scenario AAR, Part 4 (and final)

Tim Wilcox / July 28, 2015 / 3 Comments

Click on the following to read the three previous installments of this article: Part I, Part II, Part III. Chit 7 British Reinforcements. The British Turn 4 Reinforcements include 3 brigades as normal arrivals. And the 6th Australian Div as an exchange for the 4th Indian Division. Indicated by the black box around both the

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After Action Report, Series Replay

Solitaire System for Fields of Despair, Part III

Kurt Keckley / July 20, 2015 / Leave a Comment

Here are links to the first two articles in this series: Part I Part II Welcome back to the overview of the solitaire system for Fields of Despair: France 1914-1918. A huge thank you goes out to everyone who has helped us get across the 500 order mark. The development team and I are thrilled

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Designer Blogs, Solitaire Systems

Churchill Strategy and Tactics Tips

Mark Herman / July 17, 2015 / 1 Comment

The ship has arrived in Oakland and WBC is just around the corner, so 1200+ Churchill games will soon be arriving at front doors around the world. I just completed my next Clio’s corner #6 for c3i magazine that covers many aspects of design theory through the lens of Churchill. Unfortunately, the magazine will not hit

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Designer Blogs, Strategy Articles

Stonewall’s Sword: Revolution Games

Roger Miller / July 14, 2015 / 2 Comments

Although this blog is generally focused on GMT Games’ designers and ourÂ products, I do occasionally make an exception, especially for our designers who have game designs produced with other companies. In this instance, designer Hermann Luttmann, who has both Hammerin’ Sickles and At Any Cost on our P500 list – both the beginning of series’

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Designer Blogs

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