As the Ghibellines manuever and ravage, the Guelph army finds itself in a tight spot beneath the walls of stubborn Cortona.Volko’s test replay of Levy & Campaign Volume III proceeds. Neither art nor game rules featured here are final. …
Cavallata per Cortona – INFERNO Scenario Replay, Part 5 Read Post »
Designer Blogs, Examples of PlayIt was a United States $20 gold piece that started it all. A badly dented $20 gold coin, minted by the U.S. Treasury in 1860. A gift from a young lady named Queenie to her beau, Lieutenant George E. Dixon, formerly attached to the 21st Alabama Regular Infantry, Confederate Army of Mississippi. The coin got
Infernal Machine: Dawn of Submarine Warfare — Setting the Stage Read Post »
Designer BlogsIntroduction by Hiter’s Reich Co-Designer Fred Schachter: One of the fun aspects of our beloved hobby is the ability to “tinker” with a game to suit our perception of history or to simply introduce a new fun element into play. Here’s such an alternative for Hitler’s Reich: A Card Conquest Series Game from Rich Kimmel. Having
A Hitler’s Reich Axis Bot Variant for a More Historical Balkans’ Experience Read Post »
Scenarios/Variants, Solitaire SystemsTwilight Struggle (TS) and Imperial Struggle (IS) are two great creations of the Ananda Gupta & Jason Matthews duet. We waited a long 15 years between the publication of the first (2005) and latter one (2020). Both titles prove to be deep, immersing, and very replayable designs thus no wonder that they have pretty broad pool of fans.
Twilight Struggle vs Imperial Struggle – Comparison Read Post »
Hobby General InterestOpposing armies march out their city gates, as Volko’s test replay of Levy & Campaign Volume III introduces us to Command and Revolt actions in the game. Note that not only the art shown but several game mechanics discussed remain provisional as test and development continues. … In the last part of our Inferno replay we
Cavallata per Cortona – INFERNO Scenario Replay, Part 4 Read Post »
Designer Blogs, Examples of PlayThe Context between the Super Powers Part 3 of a three part series: The Cold War in the 1970s. Twilight Struggle Red Sea is now nearing completion and will soon join the cue of GMT titles ready for printing. TS: Red Sea is a free-standing, two player card-driven game that builds on the Twilight Struggle system. The game
The Levy & Campaign team presents an option to jump more quickly into the action in Volume I or Volume II of the Series. Feedback welcome! …
NEVSKY and ALMORAVID Quickstart Scenarios Read Post »
Designer Blogs, Scenarios/VariantsThe Last Hundred Yards (LHY) Vassal Ladder is an ongoing monthly tournament in which players are matched up roughly by skill rating. As players win or lose, they move up and down on the ladder. There is nothing particularly “official” about the ratings and we welcome players of all skill levels. We currently have about 20
The Last Hundred Yards Ladder Play After Action Reports: Mission 1.0 — On Their Own Read Post »
After Action ReportAce Levy & Campaign testers Christophe Correia and John Campbell face off in a run through the full-length scenario of Volume II, Almoravid. The scenario covers the Reconquista years 1085 to 1086 that historically saw Christian conquest of Toledo and a major Almoravid intervention from Africa in response. Christophe played the Muslims and John the Christians, all on Brian Reynolds’ beautiful production Vassal module, play-time for this epic scenario 7-8 hours.
Reconquista and Riposte – Almoravid Full Scenario Replay Read Post »
After Action Report, Examples of PlayAs soon as an event deck was introduced to the design of Cross Bronx Expressway, it was clear that it needed to be split into periods. Covering 60 years of history, for the game to have an event from the 1940s played in the 1990s only works if you abstract away all of the historical
Cross Bronx Expressway: Building Historical Narrative Arcs Read Post »
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