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Bruce Geryk
The bright boardgaming dawn of Twilight Struggle
This review was originally published on quartertothree.com on May 16, 2016. There’s an old saw about how when you get exactly what you want it might not end up being what you expected. If that ever happens to you, let me know if it’s true. Until then, I’m going to go with the digital release […]
Brinksmanship in a small box
This review originally appeared on quartertothree.com on November 11, 2016. I was having dinner with some people a few years ago when a friend of mine, who is actually a well-known role-playing game designer, started making fun of euro games. “It’s just a bunch of abstract concepts wrapped up in gameplay mechanics,” he said, “except […]
Wild Weasel #11
Timeline News: 2:33 Travis Hill: 20:27 The legacy of legacy: 45:05 Links to items mentioned Rally in the Valley wargames podcast Low Player Count (Travis’ podcast) Winter Thunder by Brian Train at Tiny Battle Publishing Binh Dinh 69 by Brian Train at One Small Step Games The African Campaign designer signature edition at Compass Games […]
Nothing Final Gambled, Nothing Gained
The idea of emergent storytelling in games has become a cliché because everyone pretty much accepts that the cool parts of Civilization, for example, can form unique stories that are not tied to any preordained narrative. But nothing is as preordained as history that has already happened, which puts historical wargaming in a bind: hew […]
Wild Weasel #10
Timeline News: 2:09 Jack Greene: 13:36 Rules, rules, rules: 32:37 Links to items mentioned Ironbottom Sound III designed by Jack Greene Consimworld page for Quarterdeck International, Jack Greene’s company Bloody Monday from Vento Nuovo Games Enemy Action: Kharkov announcement on the Consimworld forums Ted Raicer’s Fall of the Third Reich from Compass Games N: Napoleonic […]
Wild Weasel #9
Timeline News: 2:29 Harold Buchanan: 16:10 Dogfighting then and now: 38:22 Links to items mentioned Liberty or Death (GMT) – Harold’s game Napoleon’s Quagmire (OSG) War of Liberation I (OSG) Nine Years: War of the Grand Alliance 1688-1697 Hollandspiele LLC (Teutons, Grunwald Swords, An Infamous Traffic, The Scheldt Campaign) Mark H. Walker’s Flying Pig Games […]
Wild Weasel #7
Timeline News: 2:40 Carl Fung: 15:43 Historical preservation society: 34:37 Links to items mentioned Last Blitzkrieg (MMP) – topic of interview Mark McLaughlin’s War and Peace Age of Napoleon (Mayfair/Phalanx) The Lights Are Going Out (Compass Games) First Minnesota The Lamps Are Going Out AAR (from Boardgamegeek) Jason Matthews’ and Ananda Gupta’s Imperial Struggle (GMT […]
Wild Weasel #6
Timeline Intro: 0:58 News: 3:03 Volko Ruhnke and Mark Herman: 12:42 Art design in wargames: 35:44 Links to items mentioned Inside GMT: Designer Variants – Volko Ruhnke and Mark Herman post proposed changes to the second edition of Fire in the Lake (subject of podcast discussion) Washington’s War by Mark Herman Jim Day’s MBT Fast […]
Wild Weasel #5
Timeline Top Five solitaire wargames: 1:50 News: 10:21 Jeff Komives: 18:58 Twilight and its discontents: 35:57 Links to items mentioned D-Day at Omaha Beach Raid on St. Nazaire Barbarossa Campaign Navajo Wars Where There is Discord Pericles GMT P500 list Ludilog Algeria by Brian Train K & R Games Game Canopy Gamefolio Cajon case on […]
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