Introduction by Congress of Vienna (CoV)’s Editor, Fred Schachter – To familiarize the InsideGMT audience of what designer Frank Esparrago created with his fun and exciting Congress of Vienna game, now a GMT P-500 offering; previous InsideGMT articles of “Designer’s Notesâ€, “Game as History: An Historical Introduction to the Congress of Vienna Period (CoV)†as […]
Congress of Vienna Goes Electric with VASSAL! Read Post »
Designer BlogsIntroduction by Congress of Vienna (CoV)’s Editor, Fred Schachter – To familiarize the InsideGMT audience of what designer Frank Esparrago created with his fun and exciting Congress of Vienna game, now a GMT P-500 offering which has “made the cutâ€; InsideGMT presented articles of “Designer’s Notes†and a “Game as History†series entitled “An Historical
Meet the Statesmen of Congress of Vienna – The French Contingent (Part 4 of 4) Read Post »
Designer BlogsIntroduction by Congress of Vienna (CoV)’s Editor, Fred Schachter – To familiarize the InsideGMT audience of what designer Frank Esparrago created with his fun and exciting Congress of Vienna game, now a GMT P-500 offering; InsideGMT presented articles of “Designer’s Notes†and a “Game as History†series entitled “A Historical Introduction to the Congress of
Introduction (By CoV Editor Fred Schachter): The preceding parts of this article (Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3) leads us to Napoleon’s desperate 1814 attempts to save Imperial France and himself from the wrath of his many enemies: the Nations of the Sixth Coalition. These opponents may loudly voice exclamations of public unity against
Note: If you would like to view any of the above or below images in a larger size, you can click on the image and it will point you to the full image file. Badajoz is a small and quiet city in the southwest of Spain with 150,000 inhabitants. It is replete with history relevant
Introduction (By CoV Editor Fred Schachter): The preceding parts of this series provided background regarding the game’s historical situation and then of Napoleon’s remarkable resurgence after the disastrous 1812 invasion of Russia. Part 2 included Napoleon’s new, but flawed, Grande Armée setting his Coalition Allied opponents reeling when it victoriously smashed its way back into
Introduction (By CoV Editor Fred Schachter): Welcome back! The first part of this article series provided an overview of the 1805-1812 Napoleonic Wars period. This episode sets the historical stage for commencement of GMT’s P-500 offered Congress of Vienna Game. This article Part 2 of 4 resumes the exciting narrative with Napoleon’s remarkable comeback after
Introduction (By CoV Editor Fred Schachter): Although wargame grognards who have affinity for the Napoleonic Period, which includes the Congress of Vienna Design/Development Team, will likely have ample familiarity with what occurred during the game’s 1813-1814 historical timeframe; reconciling that history to how the game presents it, or allows its alternate history portrayal through options
Introduction (By CoV Editor Fred Schachter): Readers hopefully enjoyed the preceding part of this article which introduced one of GMT’s newest Game Designers: Frank Esparrago and how his origins as a wargamer brought him to design Congress of Vienna, one of GMT’s most recent P-500 offerings. This installment continues Frank’s narrative regarding how he devised
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Designer BlogsIntroduction (By CoV Editor Fred Schachter): I had the pleasure of first viewing a gorgeous, virtually professional quality, playtest version of Frank’s Congress of Vienna game some years ago. It was most impressive. At the time I was working and living in the Phoenix, Arizona area and enticed a local gaming buddy (and now good friend) Dick
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