“The Infantry simply cannot get forward against those guns. They will see them coming from miles away.” Lord Hamilton chewed on his mustache. Then the answer, my good man, is that they must not see us. Let me remind of you of the night attack by the Greeks against the Trojans – Troy is just […]
The Battle of Serafim Farm – a Playtest AAR from Gallipoli, 1915 Read Post »
After Action Report, Playtest Reports“World War Two for Two Players in Two Hours – or less†is the simplest way to describe Hitler’s Reich, GMT’s upcoming strategic game of the European theater in the Second World War. Although designed for and best played by two players, it can also be played by as many three or four, or as
Going Solo & Schizoid in Hitler’s Reich – A Peek Into Conquering Europe All Alone Read Post »
Designer BlogsHappy 2015… here is what I have been up to since my last blog post: Churchill If Churchill was a ship launching, we have hit the hull with a bottle of champagne and we are fitting it out. As I write this, I just sent Mark Simonitch the final counter corrections and all
Design Update from Mark Herman Read Post »
Designer BlogsBecause I pushed for and laid out most of the Resource Cards for Space Empires: Replicators, Jim Krohn asked me to do a write up on how they came about. When we were well into the design process for SE: Close Encounters, we got an email forwarded by GMT from David Ward with some ideas
Space Empires: Replicators Resource Cards Read Post »
Designer BlogsFor those of you who missed Part I of this article, you can find it here: Rendering Caesar’s COIN (Part I) Welcome back to our answers to your questions about how our design Falling Sky adapts the COIN Series’ game system, originally about modern insurgencies, to depict the Gallic revolts against Caesar in the late 50s BC.
Rendering Caesar’s COIN (Part II) Read Post »
Designer BlogsIn the course of conducting research and going over old material, Gene and I have stumbled across some items, initially released via the original, paper (*gasp*) version of InsideGMT from 1991. Within those hallowed (and yellowed) archives, we found two additional scenarios as well as some Advanced Game solitaire suggestions. As I get the rest
Silver Bayonet Archival Material, Part 1 Read Post »
Scenarios/VariantsHi everyone! Here’s a new update on the Twilight Struggle Digital Version from Randy at Playdek. Enjoy! Gene —————- Greetings, Backers! I’d like to give you a quick update on how development of Twilight Struggle: Digital Edition is going. Online multiplayer is pretty solid now. Gary & I have asynchronous games going all the time.
Twilight Struggle Digital Version Update Read Post »
Digital Versions of our GamesBack in 1989, before the “G”, “M”, and “T” had even officially formed a company, I was working on my first “real” (as opposed to all the extremely amateur efforts that violated my game tables during the college and early-professional years. MAN, I kinda wish I’d kept the one on Brice’s Crossroads!) game design, an
Silver Bayonet: The 25th Anniversary Edition Read Post »
Designer Blogs18.3.8 Invasion! – Operational Map Only Scenario This scenario allows players to play the Advanced Game scenarios, but ignore any naval aspects. The scenario assumes that the PRC has been able to nullify the ROC Navy, secure the Inshore approaches to Taiwan, and begin to establish a beachhead on Taiwan.
Next War: Taiwan Scenario – Invasion! Read Post »
Scenarios/Variants16.2.7 Regime Change Scenario Rather than facing a foe which is disintegrating in front of them as in the Collapse! Scenario, this scenario depicts a situation in which the U.S. and ROK have decided that enough is enough, and the regime in North Korea needs to be changed. To that end, they’ve decided to
Next War: Korea Scenario – Regime Change Read Post »
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