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Joe Dewhurst
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Resolving Combat in Bear Trap’s Solitaire System
When I began developing Bear Trap, it was already a tight and competitive two-player game, much like its spiritual ancestor Sekigahara. However, the designer P.R....
This Isn’t Even My Final Form: The Past, Present, and Future of the Final Crisis ‘System’
In his 2018 release Fort Sumter, Mark Herman laid the foundations for what has now come to be known informally as the Final Crisis ‘system’...
The Chronicles of Ōnin #5: Ikki Leagues and Antinomianism
Pure Land Buddhism venerates the Buddha Amitābha (Amida in Japanese) and originated in India, before spreading to China and eventually Japan. In Japan, Pure Land...
The Chronicles of Ōnin #4: The Peasant Economy and the Jizamurai
15th century Japan was a largely agricultural society, with urban population centres like Kyoto being the exception rather than the norm. The previous capital Kamakura...
The Chronicles of Ōnin #3: Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Sōzen
The two main competitors for control of the Muromachi Bakufu during the Ōnin War were the Hosokawa clan, led by Hosokawa Katsumoto, and the Yamana...
The Chronicles of Ōnin #2: Yoshimasa and the Muromachi Court
Ashikaga Yoshimasa unexpectedly became shogun at a young age, after his older brother Yoshikatsu died under possibly suspicious circumstances, and it is clear that he...
The Chronicles of Ōnin #1: Civil War in Muromachi Japan
The Pure Land depicts the decade-long Ōnin War in 15th century Japan, a civil war for control of the Muromachi Bakufu set against a backdrop...
Triumph of Versailles: A Red Flag Over Paris After Action Report (Part 2)
In Part 1 of this AAR we saw the first two turns of Frédéric Serval’s Red Flag Over Paris. The Paris Commune, played by me,...
The Commune Begins: A Red Flag Over Paris After Action Report (Part 1)
Red Flag Over Paris, designed by Frédéric Serval, is a new lunchtime CDG presenting the clash between the Paris Commune and the Versailles Government in...
