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Fred Schachter
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Ancient Civilizations of the Middle East Design Background and Differences from Ancient Civilizations of the Inner Sea Part 4 of 4: The “Real History” Behind the Game
Introduction Part 1 of this series provided General Background regarding GMT’s upcoming Ancient Civilizations of the Middle East (ACME). Part 2, Playing Your Role, covered a...
Ancient Civilizations of the Middle East Design Background and Differences from Ancient Civilizations of the Inner Sea Part 3: Differences Between ACME and ACIS
Introduction by Fred Schachter: Part 1 of this series provided General Background regarding GMT’s upcoming Ancient Civilizations of the Middle East (ACME). Part 2 covered...
Ancient Civilizations of the Middle East Design Background and Differences from Ancient Civilizations of the Inner Sea Part 2: Playing Your Role
Introduction by Fred Schachter: Part 1 of this series provided General Background regarding GMT’s upcoming Ancient Civilizations of the Middle East (ACME). Now that the...
Ancient Civilizations of the Middle East Design Background and Differences from Ancient Civilizations of the Inner Sea Part 1: General Background
Introduction by Fred Schachter: I’m having a Game Developer’s blast working with Designers Chris Vorder Bruegge and Mark McLaughlin on Ancient Civilizations of the Inner...
The New Hampshire Guys Visit Ancient Civilizations of the Middle East (Well, at Least via the Game)
Introduction: Designer Mark McLaughlin and I, unlike years past, no longer reside in the same area of the USA (a great disappointment to us both). I’ve...
A Bonus Player Aid for Ancient Civilizations of the Inner Sea
Recently at WBC 2019, I ran multiple Ancient Civilizations of the Inner Sea (ACIS) learn to play sessions. All but one game had six civilizations...
Ancient Civilizations of the Inner Sea: An Example of Competition Resolution
Introduction When I was first introduced to Ancient Civilizations of the Inner Sea by its Designers (Chris Vorderbruegge and Mark McLaughlin) one of its facets...
Arizona’s First 6-Player Game of Ancient Civilizations of the Inner Sea
Above is a photo of the first large multi-player game of Ancient Civilizations of the Inner Sea conducted in Arizona. It was essentially a learning game...
Frederick the Great Debuts in The Valley of the Sun: The First Arizona Playtest of The Seven Years War: Frederick’s Gamble
Introduction: A new career opportunity has returned me to the Phoenix area from back east. This provided an opportunity to reacquaint myself with the wonderful...
The Seven Years War: Frederick’s Gamble “Goes Electric” (with a New VASSAL Module!)
When Designer Greg Ticer and I began our partnership to bring The Seven Years War: Frederick’s Gamble, henceforth referred to as 7YW:FG, into published form;...
