Talon

“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 #19: The Newest Ship in the Fleet by K. Patrick “Shadowmeld” Barley One of the challenges we had to overcome in Talon was balancing fleet strength across […]

“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 #18: The Player Aid Cards One of the challenges of making a war game more accessible is trimming the number of tables.  STOPPING play to reference

“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