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Hi everyone!  I told you all in the last customer update that I’d give you about a week’s notice before GMT’s Yearly Sale, so here it is! I wanted to let you all know roughly a week in advance so that you have time to plan your purchases. Here are the details of the sale: SALE

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Infernal Machine: The Torpedo Boat during the Civil War – Part Five – The “Spitting Devil”

While technical “wizards” like Dr. St. Julien Ravenel and Theodore Stoney were creating the CSS “David” torpedo boat as the Confederacy’s response to the US Navy’s overwhelming superiority on the nation’s rivers and oceans, the Union wizards were not idle in that field, either.

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Designer Blogs

Downfall: Conquest of the Third Reich Preview 3 — The Soviet Offensive Continues

In Downfall Preview 2 the Soviet faction began the game by playing their “Operation Uranus” action card to resolve a free attack order. Since doing so had no initiative cost, the Soviets retain the initiative and may now select a Soviet order marker. As previously stated, the Soviet Partisan Warfare order and STAVKA order are

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Designer Blogs, Development Updates

SPQR: A Guide to Playing the Game — Part 1

The idea for this article came about after dusting off the C3I SPQR Player’s Guide published so many years ago and reading it from cover to cover. That handy guide is useful, even though outdated in a few places, in helping SPQR players understand and play the game better. The Players Guide, however, is a

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Examples of Play, Strategy Articles

Infernal Machine: The Torpedo Boat during the Civil War – Part Four –  the “Squib” class Torpedo Boats at Trent’s Reach, January 1865

News of the CSS “Squib” torpedo boat’s semi-success in its attack on the Union Navy’s Squadron anchored at Hampton Roads, Virginia met with enthusiastic response from the Confederate Secretary of the Navy, Stephen Mallory.

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Designer Blogs

Great Battles of History vs Commands & Colors – Battle of Callinicum (531 AD)

As I had a pleasure of playing in short succession the Byzantine Battle of Callinicum (531 AD) using both Mark Herman Great Battles of History (GBoH) and then Richard Borg Commands Colors Medieval (CCM) I would like to share not-so-typical after action report. Yes, I will look into the details of the engagement, historical result, how it went on the board

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After Action Report

Battle of the Pyramids: Napoleon in Egypt – Full Turn Example of Play (Part 1)

July 1st, 1798. 35,000 French soldiers landed in Alexandria. Where to next? In this series of articles, we will highlight mechanics of the Napoleon in Egypt game by simulating the first Turn of the Campaign Scenario. The French Player is the first to go every Turn. This is especially important on that very first Turn,

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Examples of Play

Downfall: Conquest of the Third Reich Preview 2 — The Soviets Attack

In our first article we introduced the design features of Chad Jensen’s strategic game on the three years that ended World War II in Europe. Now we will zoom into the mechanics of Orders, Action Cards and Combat by walking through a typical game opening. The Soviet faction begins the game with the initiative and

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Designer Blogs, Development Updates
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