Talon Tuesday

“Talon Tuesdays” is an article series appearing on InsideGMT periodically on Tuesdays.  It features articles from the Talon development team regarding the game’s design, development and upcoming release. Issue #17: The Critical Damage Table Hull damage is serious business. If given the opportunity, you always want to deal damage directly to a ship’s hull. An […]

“Talon Tuesdays” is an article series appearing on InsideGMT periodically on Tuesdays.  It features articles from the Talon development team regarding the game’s design, development and upcoming release. Issue #16: The Play Book As we’ve mentioned in previous posts, we wanted the Talon Rulebook to be thin and streamlined. This way, new players can pick

“Talon Tuesdays” is an article series appearing on InsideGMT periodically on Tuesdays.  It features articles from the Talon development team regarding the game’s design, development and upcoming release. Issue #15: Lifetime Score The goal of most battles in Talon is control over that region of space.  This is expressed with our default victory condition: Last

“Talon Tuesdays” is an article series appearing on InsideGMT periodically on Tuesdays.  It features articles from the Talon development team regarding the game’s design, development and upcoming release. Issue #13: Empire War I loved to play tactical space combat games as a teenager.  One off scenarios were fun, but I almost always ended up designing

“Talon Tuesdays” is an article series appearing on InsideGMT periodically on Tuesdays.  It features articles from the Talon development team regarding the game’s design, development and upcoming release. Issue #12: The Rulebook This isn’t my first board game project but it is my first time as a developer. Composing a rulebook is a real challenge.

“Talon Tuesdays” is an article series appearing on InsideGMT periodically on Tuesdays.  It features articles from the Talon development team regarding the game’s design, development and upcoming release. Issue #11: Needing Bigger Guns There are three weapon types for each race in Talon. This symmetry of design seemed appropriate when we first started, but as

“Talon Tuesdays” is an article series appearing on InsideGMT periodically on Tuesdays.  It features articles from the Talon development team regarding the game’s design, development and upcoming release. Issue #9 We didn’t add terrain to Talon until about a year into the development cycle. The game offers enough interesting choices and the counters are large

“Talon Tuesdays” is an article series appearing on InsideGMT periodically on Tuesdays.  It features articles from the Talon development team regarding the game’s design, development and upcoming release. Issue #8 A couple of weeks ago, we looked at the Weapon Sheet, which we used to objectively calculate a relative point value for each weapon.  That