Do I enjoy Falling Sky? Very much indeed! What is the reason? First and foremost the theme, with Ancient Rome, Caesar, Gauls as main actors in this story. I love that part of human history and you do not have to convince me to play the game connected with that epoch. Then, we have a […]
Falling Sky: Playing The Reconquest of Gaul (53 BC) Scenario Read Post »
After Action ReportBelow is another great article from InsideGMT contributor The Boardgames Chronicle, this time with an after action report of the Falling Sky scenario, “The Great Revolt” (52 BC). Enjoy! -Rachel
Falling Sky Session Report: “The Great Revolt” Scenario Read Post »
After Action ReportHere is a look at why we thought Falling Sky deserved an Ariovistus expansion, what comes in the package, and how we chose what to include. (Quotations from Caesar’s Gallic War are translations by Carolyn Hammond, Oxford University Press.)
The COIN Series is similar to Card-Driven Games (the CDG System) in leveraging event cards to bring political, diplomatic, economic, and other non-military aspects into a wargame without muss. (Consider, in this regard, the lineage from 1994’s “We the People” by Mark Herman to today’s Liberty or Death.) Falling Sky,is no different. Here we preview a
Falling Sky: Politics in Gaul Read Post »
Designer BlogsCOIN Series Volume VIII, Falling Sky, casts players in the roles of great leaders during the Gallic revolts against Roman occupation: Ambiorix of the Belgae, Vercingetorix of the Celts, and of course Caesar. But the next tier of great personages appears in the game also—in the Event cards. Here we present just a portion of the
Falling Sky: Dramatis Personae Read Post »
Designer BlogsWe arrive at the final of four looks into the player factions in COIN Series Volume VI, Falling Sky. Here follows the counsel kept among the fierce northern warriors of Belgica….
COIN Series Falling Sky: Belgic Strategy Read Post »
Designer BlogsFalling Sky—The Gallic Revolt Against Caesar depicts each of its factions’ personalities in war and diplomacy—as in the all the COIN Series volumes—mainly through its diverse menus of commands and special abilities. But the card deck adds more such personality to each player role. Here we present just eight Falling Sky events that display particular ways
Falling Sky: The Gallic Ways of War Read Post »
Designer BlogsFalling Sky leverages the COIN Series system to highlight Caesar’s triumph of “divide and conquer”. In the third of our four peeks into its faction roles, we hear of the strengths and weaknesses of the Celts who personified the local propensity alternatively to side with or against the invader….
COIN Series Falling Sky: Aedui Strategy Read Post »
Designer BlogsFollowing up on our earlier article on overall Roman strategy in COIN Series Volume VI Falling Sky, here is a much closer, blow-by-blow examination of just a portion of the tools in the legionaries’ and auxiliaries’ kit bags….
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Designer BlogsWe continue our glimpse into the diverse personalities of the player roles in Volume VI of the COIN Series, Falling Sky. In this second of the series, druids advise a powerful Celtic tribe on how its young king might lead all Gaul in revolt against the Romans….
COIN Series Falling Sky: Arverni Strategy Read Post »
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