At the beginning of 1959 United States companies owned about 40 percent of the Cuban sugar lands—almost all the cattle ranches—90 percent of the mines and mineral concessions—80 percent of the utilities—practically all the oil industry—and supplied two-thirds of Cuba’s imports. John F. Kennedy, October 1960
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Designer BlogsBelow is an After Action Report for The Last Hundred Yards Volume 4: The Russion Front Mission 45.0, Tigers on the Prowl. Enjoy!
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After Action ReportCuius Regio is an operational level wargame depicting the military activities of the Thirty Years War. This is a summary of activity in the first two turns of a Campaign game from one of our teaching games with our playtest group. While this is not a detailed explanation of the rules, but it does provide
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Designer Blogs, Examples of Play, Playtest ReportsGerman Turn 4 – Don’t rest on your laurels. The Germans draw a decent strong hand, but lack cards for their most important fights, which will be conducted by the 5th Panzer Army. The US draw a disappointing hand, geared entirely for defence at time when they need to be counterattacking. Next, powerful German reinforcements
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After Action ReportHere the designer of Epipolae: The Athenian Expedition in Sicily, 415-413 BCE (P500), presents his thoughts on why the Levy & Campaign system works well for ancient settings. (All images are public domain from the Illustrated History of the World, 1881.) Levy & Campaign The Levy & Campaign (L&C) series of games was designed from
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Designer BlogsThe new Vietnam Campaign Mission book from the upcoming Fields of Fire Deluxe is now free to download from the Fields of Fire Deluxe P500 page at GMT Games for anyone with the original game to play with. About The Campaign Most Fields of Fire campaigns take place over a series of missions that are
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Development UpdatesBelow is an After Action Report for The Last Hundred Yards Volume 4: The Russion Front Mission 43.0, Green Devils’ Last Stand. Enjoy! January 5-16, 1944. As battle was raging in the Uman Gap, Konev’s 2nd Ukrainian Front launched a major assault against Wohler’s 8th army’s right flank, driving on the important industrial city of Kirovograd.
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After Action ReportUS Turn 3 – The best form of defence. The US draw a single card – an Engineer. The German draw is pictured below. During the US Admin phase each player can cycle Event cards they don’t want. The Germans therefore choose to replace an event they can no longer use (KG Peiper) and draw
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After Action ReportImperial Fever is a game of Great Power competition in the period 1880-1914. However, the term “Great Power” is difficult to define and open to discussion. The four players in the game take on the roles of the United Kingdom, France, the Central Empires (which for game purposes comprise Germany and Austria-Hungary), and the Emergent
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Designer BlogsI was 15 and in the middle of junior high when the titular People Power EDSA revolution took place. As such, the events surrounding People Power stand out as a watershed historical moment during my youth. Interestingly enough, much of the same factions are still involved in Philippine politics, 37 years hence, and the son
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