Get Your Game On! You bought a copy of Dominant Species: Marine, it finally arrived and now you can’t play it with your friends because of COVID. What’s a gamer to do? Round up one to three friends and head to TableTop Simulator, of course. Thanks to the efforts of Andrew Clifton, enabled by an assist […]
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Designer BlogsIntroduction by CoV Assistant Designer & Editor, Fred Schachter: Designer Frank Esparrago, Developer Dick Sauer, and I are grateful for the Transatlantic Team’s Congress of Vienna play test contributions. They’re quite the group of sharp, excellent, veteran grognard play testers! What a grand, fun, game the below-described AAR was for the three turn Spring Campaign of 1813 –
Below is another great article from The Boardgames Chronicle, this time showing his remote game of Time of Crisis using Tabletop Simulator and VASSAL. If you would like to read this article on his blog, you can find that here. Enjoy! -Rachel
Time of Crisis – Playing Remotely During a Pandemic Read Post »
After Action ReportIan 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: All views expressed in this post are the author’s and do not necessarily reflect those of the Department of Defense, Department of the Army, or Army Training and Doctrine Command
“Poland is Not Yet Lost”: Playing Next War: Poland (Part 1) Read Post »
After Action ReportIn this fourth InsideGMT article about Prime Minister, we’ll take a look at the game’s thematic side: the people, bills, and events that bring Victorian Britain back to life.
Victorian Britain Comes to Life in Prime Minister Read Post »
Designer BlogsI. Within the occupied territories, the adequate punishment for offences committed against the German State or the occupying power which endanger their security or a state of readiness is on principle the death penalty.” the first directive of Hitler’s Nacht und Nebel decree While 100,000 German troops were garrisoning Occupied France during World War Two,
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Designer BlogsThe changes made to the Feb. 2021 Congress of Vienna (CoV) Production Gameboard, which replaces the Nov. 2020 edition previously posted on GMT’s site for the game, are based on Vassal play tests conducted by gamers (both veteran grognards and Eurogamers) located in both Europe and the United States. Their diligent contributions while enjoying play
Congress of Vienna Feb. 2021 Gameboard Update Read Post »
Designer Blogs, Development UpdatesWe look to Earth and see the climate catastrophe unfolding. The droughts and storms, fires and floods that plague that world are the result of one thing and one thing only. The base human drive to take more than we need. We could have solved this problem centuries ago, but it was too hard. Too
Factions in Red Dust Rebellion: Church of the Reclaimer Read Post »
Designer BlogsWritten by Kevin Shewfelt Edited by Bruno Sinigaglio A Time for Trumpets is a very big game. It’s a tour de force from the designer and certainly wins the award for diligence of research and accuracy. You get a lot of bang for your buck when you see how much is packed into this 3”
Learning A Time for Trumpets One Korps at a Time! Read Post »
Examples of PlayEarly in the design process for In the Shadows, we (Chris, Joe and I) had used dice to determine success or failure for most of the player actions. This allowed us to tailor probability and test quickly within the time constraints of the Consim Game Jam. Our contest entry offered tight play, albeit with a
Why Cards? Resolving Outcomes for In the Shadows Read Post »
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