The Struggle is Real: Reworked Mechanics and a New Solo System for The Weimar Republic

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Much like the historical Weimar Republic, The Weimar Republic has seen its share of setbacks and crises. But unlike Germany’s first democracy, which was toppled both by the zeal of those sworn to destroy it and the incompetence of those sworn to defend it, the multiplayer political boardgame simulating that very collapse is moving forward […]

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Designer Blogs, Development Updates

Congress of Vienna Standard Game After-Action-Report: “The Clash of Armies” Scenario (Turn 3 of 4 – Oct. 1813)

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Introduction by Congress of Vienna Assistant Designer & Editor – Fred Schachter: The second turn of this After-Action-Report (AAR) chronicled game was exciting and interesting with France continuing to meet its comeuppance, and not repeating its brilliant turn one Diplomacy Phase performance (winning seven Issues! Remarkable!) since the Allies are now coordinating against “The Corsican Ogre”.

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After Action Report, Designer Blogs

The Plum Island Horror: First Encounters

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Below you will find a The Plum Island Horror short story written by David Spangler. Please note that this is a work of fiction and not an example of gameplay. Enjoy! -Rachel

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Narrative Fiction

New Video Working Through Attack Orders for Mons 1914 and Gallipoli 1915

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Mons 1914: The Mad Minute is rolling along steadily.  Play sessions of Gallipoli 1915 (the first game in the Rifle and Spade series) are reported regularly on BoardGameGeek in the Gallipoli game entry. The draft of the 2.0 rules, plus the updated table and display for Gallipoli are available in Gallipoli’s files folder, which is

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Designer Blogs

ETO Series: August 2021 Update

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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

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Development Updates

Atlantic Chase Session Report – The Operational Scenarios

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I 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

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After Action Report

Commands & Colors: Samurai Battles Session Report – Azukizaka 1542 & 1548 AD

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With 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

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After Action Report

The Baddies of Plum Island and How to Fight Them (If You Dare)

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Meet 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

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Designer Blogs

Congress of Vienna Standard Game After-Action-Report: “The Clash of Armies” Scenario (Turn 2 of 4 – Sept. 1813)

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Vassal 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

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After Action Report, Designer Blogs

“We’re Moving Through Kashmir”: Playing Next War India-Pakistan (Part 5)

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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).

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