When Jim Krohn and his team included Unique Ships in the Space Empires: Close Encounters expansion, they opened the door to a cardboard shipwright’s dream workshop. You can build these unique ships pretty much any way you want within certain boundaries. There are a ton of possible configurations to keep you busy: you can build a […]
Space Empires Close Encounters: Unique Ships Read Post »
Scenarios/VariantsBelow you will find another fantastic article from Clio’s Board Games, this time discussing Willy Brandt and détente through the lens of GMT’s Twlight Struggle. You can also find this article on Clio’s blog. If you are interested in Clio’s Board Games’ previous article on InsideGMT discussing World War II through the lens of GMT’s Unconditional Surrender!, you can
Willy Brandt and Détente Through the Lens of Twilight Struggle Read Post »
Inside the Game as HistoryDesigner Frank Chadwick and I have crossed paths a few times in our decades as wargamers. In 1986, I wrapped the Fire & Movement Beginner’s Guide to Strategy Gaming around Frank’s new Battle for Moscow game design. Years later, I would republish Battle for Moscow as a stand-along game with a Winter Counteroffensive expansion kit
Frank Chadwick’s ETO Series: Super-Massive-Project-Update-ex-pi-a-li-do-cious Read Post »
Development UpdatesOne of the major design objectives for The Last Hundred Yards was to give players the feeling or sensation that actions are occurring simultaneously. One of the ways to achieve this was to break up the distance a unit can maneuver into smaller increments, a maximum of 2-3 hexes. So, for every 2-3 hexes a
Design Considerations for Opportunity Fire in the Last Hundred Yards Read Post »
Designer BlogsBelow is another fantastic article from The Boardgames Chronicle, this time discussing the minor similarities/differences between Commands & Colors: Ancients and Commands & Colors: Medieval. Part 1 discussing major changes between the two games can be found here. Enjoy! -Rachel
Commands & Colors: Medieval vs Ancients Comparison Part 2: Minor Changes & Subtleties Read Post »
Strategy ArticlesBelow you will find another fantastic article from Clio’s Board Games, this time discussing World War II through the lens of GMT’s Unconditional Surrender!. You can also find this article on Clio’s blog. If you are interested in Clio’s Board Games’ previous series on InsideGMT discussing the fall of Communism through the lens of GMT’s 1989, you can read that here.
World War II Through the Lens of Unconditional Surrender! Read Post »
Inside the Game as HistoryBelow is the last in a 3-part AAR series from Mark Miklos covering the Battles of the American Revolution tournament at WBC 2019. Parts 1 and 2 can be found here and here. Enjoy!
Battles of the American Revolution World Boardgame Championships 2019 AAR: Part 3 Read Post »
After Action ReportBelow is another great article from InsideGMT contributor The Boardgames Chronicle, this time with an after action report of the Falling Sky scenario, “The Great Revolt” (52 BC). Enjoy! -Rachel
Falling Sky Session Report: “The Great Revolt” Scenario Read Post »
After Action ReportBelow is the second in a 3-part AAR series from Mark Miklos covering the Battles of the American Revolution tournament at WBC 2019. Part 1 can be found here. Enjoy!
Battles of the American Revolution World Boardgame Championships 2019 AAR: Part 2 Read Post »
After Action Report“Bear with me; My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, And I must pause till it come back to me.” – Mark Antony, from Shakespeare’s The Life and Death of Julius Caesar, Act III, Scene 2
Farewell, My Friend. R.I.P Richard H. Berg Read Post »
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