Inside the History of Twilight Struggle: Red Sea — Conflict in the Horn of Africa

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Twilight Struggle: Red Sea, the newest addition to GMT’s Lunchtime Series, will be added to the GMT P500 list this week! TS: Red Sea is a two-player, card-driven game that builds on the award-winning Twilight Struggle system and recreates the sudden spark in the Cold War around the Horn of Africa and its vital sea […]

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Designer Blogs, Inside the Game as History

Seas of Thunder: The Interactivity of Specialized Warships

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In a previous article I discussed the power, flexibility and dominating nature of air power in a Seas of Thunder battle. As a companion to that I would like to address the counter-balance to air power, the specialists. Every ship in the game can be put on the gunnery line, from the mightiest battleship to

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A New Wargamer’s Guide to Failing Spectacularly at Twilight Struggle (i.e. Lessons Learned from My First Failure)

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Below an article on Twilight Struggle new gamer strategy from InsideGMT contributor David Wiley of Cardboard Clash and Swords & Chit. You can also find this article on David’s blog. Enjoy! -Rachel

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Meet the Statesmen of Congress of Vienna – The French Contingent (Part 4 of 4)

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Introduction by Congress of Vienna (CoV)’s Editor, Fred Schachter – To familiarize the InsideGMT audience of what designer Frank Esparrago created with his fun and exciting Congress of Vienna game, now a GMT P-500 offering which has “made the cut”; InsideGMT presented articles of “Designer’s Notes” and a “Game as History” series entitled “An Historical

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Ancient Civilizations of the Middle East: Meet the Greeks

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Below is the sixteenth in a series of articles from Mark McLaughlin showcasing the 16 civilizations in Ancient Civilizations of the Middle East. You can find the first fifteen articles in the series here.

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All Bridges Burning: Solitaire System Part 1

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As we speak, All Bridges Burning is all finished and the components have been sent to the printer. The wait is almost over! In a range of previous InsideGMT articles we spent a great deal of time looking at the game’s treatment of the Finnish Civil War. Alongside that, a series of event card spoilers

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Designer Blogs, Examples of Play, Solitaire Systems

Red Storm: Baltic Approaches Design Update

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The design and testing team for the first Red Storm expansion, Baltic Approaches, has been working hard over the past months to get it ready for final art with GMT. Since this is an expansion, the early work has focused on the foundations of the expansion: the map area, the orders of battle, the timeline

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Seas of Thunder: What’s a Pretty Commonwealth Line Steamer Doing in a War Like This?

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This is the second part in Chuck’s ongoing series of articles discussing some of the lesser known ships you will command and fight against in Seas of Thunder. (You can read the first article here.)

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Meet the Statesmen of Congress of Vienna – The Russian Contingent (with their Prussian and Swedish Allies) (Part 3 of 4)

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Introduction by Congress of Vienna (CoV)’s Editor, Fred Schachter – To familiarize the InsideGMT audience of what designer Frank Esparrago created with his fun and exciting Congress of Vienna game, now a GMT P-500 offering; InsideGMT  presented articles of “Designer’s Notes” and a “Game as History” series entitled “A Historical Introduction to the Congress of

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Ancient Civilizations of the Middle East: Meet the Scythians

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Below is the fifteenth in a series of articles from Mark McLaughlin showcasing the 16 civilizations in Ancient Civilizations of the Middle East. You can find the first fourteen articles in the series here.

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