Frank Chadwick’s ETO: Gestating an Elephant For this update series, we must preface with: Our focus remains vigilantly on “the larger picture” of combined ETO volume games. One of our Prime Directives for this project’s development is that, when you play multiple volume games together, they integrate as seamlessly as possible. You will see screenshots […]
ETO Series: August 2021 Update Read Post »
Development UpdatesI was waiting for this moment for so long. Finally, after myself and my main wargaming buddy – Jakub – were vaccinated, we decided that it is time to meet face to face. What a joy, what a fun, truly! After so many months of waiting, to bring the game to the table and play
Atlantic Chase Session Report – The Operational Scenarios Read Post »
After Action ReportWith great pleasure I played another two scenarios in Samurai Battles – it hit the table already for the fourth time in the last month so you can see what a great impression it had on me! With Lukasz we focus first on multi set-up engagements, which span across couple of chronologically connected battles. So far we
Commands & Colors: Samurai Battles Session Report – Azukizaka 1542 & 1548 AD Read Post »
After Action ReportMeet The Horrors (And Don’t Call Them Zombies!!) There are a number of different types of monsters that you will have to deal with when playing The Plum Island Horror. While none of them are very pleasant, some are far worse than others. So I felt it would be worthwhile to do a short treatise
The Baddies of Plum Island and How to Fight Them (If You Dare) Read Post »
Designer BlogsVassal Screen: CoV “Clash of Armies” Game Situation – Start Turn 2, Sept. 1813 Introduction by Congress of Vienna Assistant Designer & Editor – Fred Schachter: The first turn of this After-Action-Report (AAR) chronicled game was an exciting and unusual one with France doing well against their disjointed enemies. It should be noted that this
Ian M. Sullivan is the Special Advisor for Analysis and ISR at the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, US Army Training and Doctrine Command. Disclaimer: The views expressed in this blog post do not necessarily reflect those of the Department of Defense, Department of the Army, or Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC).
“We’re Moving Through Kashmir”: Playing Next War India-Pakistan (Part 5) Read Post »
After Action ReportIn the below article I would like to invite Dear Readers to the fantastic travel into the world of solitaire scenarios and campaigns for Atlantic Chase. This will an after action report saturated with many photos as I think only pictures can reflect what was going on during the session. I used some pointers and
Atlantic Chase Solo Session Report – The Blockade Scenarios Read Post »
After Action Report, Solitaire SystemsIntroduction So far in this series we have described the factions in Vijayanagara, their primary means of attaining their historical (or ahistorical) “victory,” and the combat system in the game. In this article we introduce another dimension relevant primarily to the upstart Deccan kingdoms, the Bahmanis and Vijayanagara, namely the respective influence that each faction
Influencing the Deccan Kings in Vijayanagara Read Post »
Designer BlogsThe Plum Island Horror is a cooperative game for one to four players who are … let’s be honest here … predominantly masochists who have nothing better to do with their free time but get pummeled by a boardgame. Just chalk it up as another wasted night of being embarrassed by some plastic dice and cardboard
Ian M. Sullivan is the Special Advisor for Analysis and ISR at the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, US Army Training and Doctrine Command. Disclaimer: The views expressed in this blog post do not necessarily reflect those of the Department of Defense, Department of the Army, or Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC).
“We’re Moving Through Kashmir”: Playing Next War India-Pakistan (Part 4) Read Post »
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