Norway 1940 Campaign: Amongst Our Weaponry

Many naval units that participated in the Norwegian campaign did not survive it. Others were lost in the eighteen months between the end of the campaign in June 1940 and when the convoys to Russia faced their first serious opposition. The Norway 1940 expansion thus includes a plethora of warship counters to supplement those appearing in PQ-17, […]

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Designer Blogs

Mío Cid: Almoravid Testers’ Replay – Part I

Join us for a saga out of medieval Spain! We present here only lightly edited an internal playtest report from Levy & Campaign Series’ Volume II, Almoravid. Phil Dreher authored the report, playing the Muslims against John Campbell as the Christians. They ran through the full-length scenario over several days in April 2020, entirely via a

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Designer Blogs, Playtest Reports

Congress of Vienna Detailed Sequence of Play – The War Phase II (Part 5 of 5)

Introduction by Congress of Vienna (CoV)’s Editor, Fred Schachter: To familiarize the InsideGMT audience of what designer Frank Esparrago accomplished with his fun and exciting Congress of Vienna game, now a GMT P-500 offering which has “Made the Cut” (thank you patrons, thank you so very much!); previous InsideGMT articles presented “Designer’s Notes”, “Game as

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Designer Blogs, Examples of Play

Regia Marina: Italian Concerns in the Seas of Thunder Campaign Game

In a Seas of Thunder campaign game, Italy is a very enjoyable nation to play; either as part of a team or just by yourself. Italy can expect to have the upper hand in the Mediterranean from the instant that France is conquered until they leave the game in September of 1943 (Turn 17). They

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Designer Blogs

Imperial Struggle: Further Examples of Play

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Designer Blogs, Examples of Play

Congress of Vienna Detailed Sequence of Play – The War Phase I (Part 4 of 5)

Introduction by Congress of Vienna (CoV)’s Editor, Fred Schachter – To familiarize the InsideGMT audience of what designer Frank Esparrago accomplished with his fun and exciting Congress of Vienna game, now a GMT P-500 offering which has “Made the Cut” (thank you patrons, thank you so very much!); previous InsideGMT articles presented “Designer’s Notes”, “Game

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Designer Blogs, Examples of Play

A New Wargamer’s Insights and Impressions from Nevsky: Teutons and Rus in Collision, 1240-1242

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Strategy Articles

Congress of Vienna Detailed Sequence of Play – The Diplomacy Phase Concluded and Government Phase (Part 3 of 5)

Introduction by Congress of Vienna (CoV)’s Editor, Fred Schachter – To familiarize the InsideGMT audience of what designer Frank Esparrago accomplished with his fun and exciting Congress of Vienna game, now a GMT P-500 offering which has “Made the Cut” (thank you patrons!); previous InsideGMT articles presented “Designer’s Notes”, “Game as History: An Historical Introduction

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Designer Blogs, Examples of Play

Red Storm: Baltic Approaches — Playtest Report

Playtesting continues for Red Storm: Baltic Approaches. As with Red Storm, I am working hard to make sure each scenario provides players with interesting challenges. One of my favorite scenarios explores the tactics used by Warsaw Pact deep bombing raids against a layered NATO defense of SAMs and fighters, with the possibility that the bombers

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Designer Blogs

A New Wargamer’s Insights and Impressions from Peloponnesian War

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Strategy Articles
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