The Newport Skirmish: Notes and Thoughts from SDHistCon East 2023

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SDHistCon East, 2023 U.S. Naval War College Museum Newport, Rhode Island The Newport Skirmish: Notes and Thoughts First, I want to thank Dave Stiffler for filming and posting these videos: Miklos Rhode Island Part 1 https://youtu.be/lJFeMXD8N4A Miklos Rhode Island Part 2 https://youtu.be/7_hE-28q01Y Miklos Rhode Island Part 3 https://youtu.be/chADvoWGAu8 Miklos Rhode Island Part 4 https://youtu.be/WkoXVLtJuQ0 Miklos Turkey Hill Part 1 https://youtu.be/ez4_81EPR5o […]

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Battle Command: The Bulge After Action Report Part 1 — German Turn 1

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German Turn 1 – Here Comes the Panzer Attack The game starts at the beginning of the combat phase of the first German turn. As they are on the strategic offensive, the Germans have access to a re-roll marker for the first half of the game, allowing them to force any one die to be

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Decisive Action: Fire Combat

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Decisive Action is a game all about deep planning, tactical maneuver, and judicious use of combat multipliers like artillery and electronic warfare, as discussed previously. But this is war, and so, at the end of the day, you’ve got to put the pointy end of the stick into the other chap. Or rather, put the

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Simulating Asymmetry in Imperial Fever

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The 19th century is the age of British hegemony. This hegemony was expressed in terms of economic development, territorial expansion, diplomatic influence, and the capacity to project military power anywhere on the globe. In 1880 the British Empire was by far the largest in the world, including the vast territories of India, Canada, and Australia,

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WBC 2023: Battles of the American Revolution After Action Report — Part II

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Part II The scenario for the Final match was “Howe’s Grand Assault” at White Plains.  Father Todd and I each wanted the British and so we bid.  It only took one round.  He bid zero and so I prevailed with a bid of 1 army morale point.  I surrendered it from my at-start morale, and

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Infernal Machine: Three Alligator Thumbnail Biographies

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As “Infernal Machine: Dawn of Submarine Warfare” moves toward publication, it has been my task to research the backgrounds of those who made up the crews of the “fishboats.” I am fascinated by the amount of information that is still available on many of these individuals. Census records gathered before, during and after the American

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Fields of Fire Series Development Diary – August 2023

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Progress on Fields of Fire Deluxe Edition moves ever forwards. With the layout & design folk at GMT freed up from other projects (and everyone back from having fun gaming at WBC), the mission books are full speed ahead. First up will be Vietnam, this is the most complex of the books so we thought

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1848: The Springtime of Nations — The Battle of Ideas

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The 19th century was not only a century of intense political and economic change, but also great intellectual and ideological oppositions which sustained and accompanied them. The French Revolution moved the Enlightenment ideals from a handful of intelligentsia salons to the center of the political landscape across Europe, and as it did so new counter

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WBC 2023: Battles of the American Revolution After Action Report — Part I

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Part I We tied our third-best attendance record for Battles of the American Revolution at the WBC this year with 31 players participating.  Among those were eight new, unrated players which speaks to the continued popularity of the series.  Also participating this year were six of the top ten AREA rated players which made for

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