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After Action Report: The Rockland Guys Go to “The Inner Sea”

Introduction: This article complements Mark McLaughlin’s InsideGMT  Letter to Gene piece for this upcoming soon-to-be-announced GMT P500 listed game.  Mark and I hope it whets...

The Seven Years War: Frederick’s Gamble: Game Development Progress Report and Updated Overview Presentation

  It’s been awhile since the last InsideGMT article concerning The Seven Years War: Frederick’s Gamble, henceforth referred to as 7YW:FG.  This piece is an...

The 7 Years War: Frederick’s Gamble: Remodeling a 19th Century Field Battle and Siege System for the 18th Century

During a WBC Convention, Gene Billingsley of GMT, acted as a kind of matchmaker (to those of you familiar with “Fiddler on the Roof” feel...

WWII in Two (and a half) Hours and then 58 Minutes: Hitler’s Reich AAR’s with a New Player (Part 2)

Be sure to check out Part One of this series for more information about Hitler’s Reich and the AAR of Game One. Game Two: March...

WWII in Two (and a half) Hours and then 58 Minutes: Hitler’s Reich AAR’s with a New Player (Part 1)

Introduction: If this is the first InsideGMT piece you’re reading regarding the Hitler’s Reich game, you’re urged to reference other material within this site for...

Hitler’s Reich Gets Real – First Look at a More Polished Play-Test Map and Conflict Card Art

Hitler’s Reich just got real – a real artist, that is.  Veteran GMT artist Charlie Kibler has taken his professional brush to designer Mark McLaughlin’s...

Hitler’s Reich: A Card Conquest System Game: Extended Example of Play (Part 2 of 2)

Click here to read Part I of this article Chapter Four.  Blitzkrieg & Second Success Action Because the Axis won its first Action, it gains a...

Summary Changes between 7YW:Frederick’s Gamble & The Napoleonic Wars

For background, please reference the previous  After Action Report of a play test of this exciting game: which is built on the game system pioneered by...

Hitler’s Reich: A Card Conquest System Game: Extended Example of Play (Part 1 of 2)

During October 2014’s GMT  “Weekend at the Warehouse,” I had the pleasure of teaching many of this wonderful event’s attendees how to play Hitler’s Reich. ...

The Rockland Gamer Guys Meet “Hitler’s Reich”

Introduction: This provocative article title is not an ominous “Pulp Fiction” confrontation, but a quick After Action Report of my former New York gaming buddies...