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Meet the Dong Son: A Civilization of GMT’s Ancient Civilizations of East Asia

The Dong Son was a Bronze Age civilization that arose in what is now modern-day Vietnam. Although well-known for their use of large drums in...

Meet the Jin (Wu): A Civilization of GMT’s Ancient Civilizations of East Asia

The Jin (also often known as the Wu in deference to the Jin’s founder, Emperor Wu) played a vital role in many of the wars...

Meet the Zhou: A Civilization of GMT’s Ancient Civilizations of East Asia

Meet the Zhou: A Civilization of GMT’s Ancient Civilizations of East Asia  By Mark McLaughlin & Fred Schachter The Zhou were one of the key...

Meet the Shang: A Civilization of GMT’s Ancient Civilizations of East Asia

The Shang are the earliest recorded dynasty of ancient China. For far more detail than this summary can convey, see: Shang dynasty – Wikipedia. There...

Meet the Chu: A Civilization of GMT’s Ancient Civilizations of East Asia

 The Chu were one of the strongest, most persistent, and most influential civilizations of Chinese history. They were a major force in politics and culture...

Ancient Civilizations of East Asia: A War Game – or not?

Play the kind of game YOU want – and choose among 20+ unique civilizations to play it! As with its predecessors – Ancient Civilizations of...

“It’s All in the Cards”: A Compendium of Ancient Civilizations of the Middle East’s Cards: Chapter Three, Part One – Disasters Both Natural & Manmade

We continue our sojourn through the cards of GMT’s upcoming, now P-500 listed, second game of the “Ancient Civilizations” series: Ancient Civilizations of the Middle...

“It’s All in the Cards”: A Compendium of Ancient Civilizations of the Middle East’s Cards: Chapter Two, Part Three – Resource Cards

We continue our sojourn through the cards of GMT’s upcoming, now P-500 listed, second game of the “Ancient Civilizations” series: Ancient Civilizations of the Middle...

Meet the Leaders & Gameboard of Hannibal’s Revenge

Introduction by Game Developer Fred Schachter: Hannibal’s Revenge builds upon the Card Conquest Game System pioneered by Hitler’s Reich GMT Games – Hitler’s Reich to allow...

“It’s All in the Cards”: A Compendium of Ancient Civilizations of the Middle East’s Cards: Chapter Two, Part Two – Trade Cards

Ancient Civilizations of the Middle East provides ten (10!) Trade cards… not cards the players trade with one another, but cards representing the Ancient World’s...
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