Got Red Dust Rebellion on the table yesterday. Excellent game. Played as the Reclaimers. Great fun. #boardgames #GMTGames #COIN
#gmtgames
Vijayanagara, 3 players
Been playing this on rally the troops, great implementation. I like it a lot better than the COINs I've played, it's pretty straightforward while still retaining some asymmetry. Kind of just poking around right now, it seems like a perfectly cromulent push and pull game.
#vijayanagara #gmtgames #saveriospagnolie #mathieujohnson #corygraham #amanmatthews #boardgames #tabletop #tabletopgames #brettspiele #rallythetroops
Been playing this on rally the troops, great implementation. I like it a lot better than the COINs I've played, it's pretty straightforward while still retaining some asymmetry. Kind of just poking around right now, it seems like a perfectly cromulent push and pull game.
#vijayanagara #gmtgames #saveriospagnolie #mathieujohnson #corygraham #amanmatthews #boardgames #tabletop #tabletopgames #brettspiele #rallythetroops
What is it about little cardboard chits in a cup that look so good? #GMTGames #HexesForever #NotAHexGame #SwordOfRome
Sword of Rome was the first GMT Game I purchased. I still love it, and I love the art and design. So primary and economical.
Screenshot taken from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cl6GNx62Mo
Fields of Fire, solo
I finally finished the extra, extra long Naktong defensive mission in the Korea campaign. I sort of chunked it out over a number of days doing an hour here and there. It was a complete disaster but I still managed to win and hold enough ground to continue the campaign. While it is a night attack, it isn't *that* dark at +2, so you're still going to eat losses. I lost a huge number of units, ending with just three commanders---my first sergeant, 2nd platoon HQ, and my CO HQ. And that was after losing my COHQ. So this mission is a real widowmaker over 12 turns.
It was a pretty harrowing game, I was pretty sure it was all going to collapse and, based on that first picture of how the end of the night looked, it almost did/was in the middle of doing so. It came out pretty close to historical, as this was an all-out final offensive by the NKPA to break the UN lines that won but at too high a cost to continue.
We'll see how the next mission goes, I'm starting with a company that is starting with I think 4 less platoons due to unreplaced losses.
#fieldsoffiredeluxe #gmtgames #benhull #boardgames #tabletopgames #brettespiele #wargames #tabletopsimulator
I finally finished the extra, extra long Naktong defensive mission in the Korea campaign. I sort of chunked it out over a number of days doing an hour here and there. It was a complete disaster but I still managed to win and hold enough ground to continue the campaign. While it is a night attack, it isn't *that* dark at +2, so you're still going to eat losses. I lost a huge number of units, ending with just three commanders---my first sergeant, 2nd platoon HQ, and my CO HQ. And that was after losing my COHQ. So this mission is a real widowmaker over 12 turns.
It was a pretty harrowing game, I was pretty sure it was all going to collapse and, based on that first picture of how the end of the night looked, it almost did/was in the middle of doing so. It came out pretty close to historical, as this was an all-out final offensive by the NKPA to break the UN lines that won but at too high a cost to continue.
We'll see how the next mission goes, I'm starting with a company that is starting with I think 4 less platoons due to unreplaced losses.
#fieldsoffiredeluxe #gmtgames #benhull #boardgames #tabletopgames #brettespiele #wargames #tabletopsimulator
Fields of Fire Deluxe, solo
I've been working through my retry of mission one of Naktong River (Korean War) slowly, an hour or so at a time here and there. It was rocky but I was making solid progress, occupying the objective... until I pulled a counter attack random event and it all fell apart. Here, you can see my core command staff behind friendly lines but adjacent to an empty spot (whoops) being destroyed with a heavy mortar attack. Most of the line is ruined as well. I'll be lucky to have more than half an intact company available for try three if I survive the attack.
There's an interesting mindset shift you have to go through with non-eurogames, especially wargames. I've been playing a lot more euros and tightly geared together games in the last five years, so I'm a little out of touch with it. Fields is asking you to accept unexpected events that aren't fair and deal with it as best you can, as your real life counterpart might have to. Fields can extra ramp unfair situations up because it's solo, so it's really about the journey. While this ethos leads to dismaying conditions like me dragging myself through the last five turns of this mission with every man who can lift a gun staggering through, it generates tremendously memorable situations. More importantly, it generates drama and hardship to create those memories. It is very difficult---though not impossible---for a thoughtfully balanced euro like Endeavor Deep Sea to generate anything like this sort of highlight tabletop moment because they have to be so scrupulously fair and systemic.
#fieldsoffiredeluxe #gmtgames #benhull #boardgames #bgg #boardgamegeek #tabletop #tabletopgames #brettspiele #brettspiel #consim #tabletopsimulator
I've been working through my retry of mission one of Naktong River (Korean War) slowly, an hour or so at a time here and there. It was rocky but I was making solid progress, occupying the objective... until I pulled a counter attack random event and it all fell apart. Here, you can see my core command staff behind friendly lines but adjacent to an empty spot (whoops) being destroyed with a heavy mortar attack. Most of the line is ruined as well. I'll be lucky to have more than half an intact company available for try three if I survive the attack.
There's an interesting mindset shift you have to go through with non-eurogames, especially wargames. I've been playing a lot more euros and tightly geared together games in the last five years, so I'm a little out of touch with it. Fields is asking you to accept unexpected events that aren't fair and deal with it as best you can, as your real life counterpart might have to. Fields can extra ramp unfair situations up because it's solo, so it's really about the journey. While this ethos leads to dismaying conditions like me dragging myself through the last five turns of this mission with every man who can lift a gun staggering through, it generates tremendously memorable situations. More importantly, it generates drama and hardship to create those memories. It is very difficult---though not impossible---for a thoughtfully balanced euro like Endeavor Deep Sea to generate anything like this sort of highlight tabletop moment because they have to be so scrupulously fair and systemic.
#fieldsoffiredeluxe #gmtgames #benhull #boardgames #bgg #boardgamegeek #tabletop #tabletopgames #brettspiele #brettspiel #consim #tabletopsimulator
Fields of Fire Deluxe, Naktong mission 1
I've played a lot of Fields of Fire, especially the first box, but not recently. That made the deluxe version (3rd ed) which is about to come out hit HARD. It is a complete overhaul for clarity and consistency of everything in this huge game. It also includes tons of examples, a tutorial, and a progressively more complex boot camp mission series in the box. Amazing stuff.
They also made a new tabletop simulator mod. With scripting! Since I don't need the tutorial materials since I learned in the bad old days ruleswise, I went right into Naktong which I've played through before.
I couldn't get any firepower to bear, I was rusty. Got my 3rd platoon leader killed and my offensive was stuffed for 4 turns on the left side which was supposed to be my strongest advance. I finally rolled some of them up and captured prisoners but that was the final turn. I'll need to reattempt. It's baked into the mission so I didn't feel too bad, and losing is part of this system.
It's a complex game, so most people just play the first four Normany missions or whatever. They're missing a lot, because there's a lot of range in here. Korea is good fun to play because it gives you some variance in how even linear conventional warfare plays out. The terrain is very bare with long ranges which just doesn't happen in Normandy where everyone is one card away in high cover. Moreover, the North Korean army is not as well equipped as some parts of Normandy invasion era Germans---though they're veterans so equal to them or more in terms of sustaining fire and morale but have slightly worse armed squads with only detached automatic weapons.
If you can take high complexity wargames and like solo games, the deluxe edition is the way to get in. Really interesting game system in its perspective on tactical battle.
#fieldsoffiredeluxe #gmtgames #benhull #boardgames #tabletop #tabletopgames #brettspiele #brettspiel #boardgamegeek #bgg #consim #tabletopsimulator
I've played a lot of Fields of Fire, especially the first box, but not recently. That made the deluxe version (3rd ed) which is about to come out hit HARD. It is a complete overhaul for clarity and consistency of everything in this huge game. It also includes tons of examples, a tutorial, and a progressively more complex boot camp mission series in the box. Amazing stuff.
They also made a new tabletop simulator mod. With scripting! Since I don't need the tutorial materials since I learned in the bad old days ruleswise, I went right into Naktong which I've played through before.
I couldn't get any firepower to bear, I was rusty. Got my 3rd platoon leader killed and my offensive was stuffed for 4 turns on the left side which was supposed to be my strongest advance. I finally rolled some of them up and captured prisoners but that was the final turn. I'll need to reattempt. It's baked into the mission so I didn't feel too bad, and losing is part of this system.
It's a complex game, so most people just play the first four Normany missions or whatever. They're missing a lot, because there's a lot of range in here. Korea is good fun to play because it gives you some variance in how even linear conventional warfare plays out. The terrain is very bare with long ranges which just doesn't happen in Normandy where everyone is one card away in high cover. Moreover, the North Korean army is not as well equipped as some parts of Normandy invasion era Germans---though they're veterans so equal to them or more in terms of sustaining fire and morale but have slightly worse armed squads with only detached automatic weapons.
If you can take high complexity wargames and like solo games, the deluxe edition is the way to get in. Really interesting game system in its perspective on tactical battle.
#fieldsoffiredeluxe #gmtgames #benhull #boardgames #tabletop #tabletopgames #brettspiele #brettspiel #boardgamegeek #bgg #consim #tabletopsimulator
A Gest of Robin Hood was a lot of fun implementing on #Tabletopia and it opened my eyes to wargaming. It's the second game in the Irregular Conflicts Series, further adapting the COIN system to depict peasant revolts, feudal tax collection, and outlaw activities in the 12th century medieval England. Transposing one of #GMTgames most popular systems into a simpler format makes AGoRH perfect for newcomers to wargaming.
https://tabletopia.com/games/a-gest-of-robin-hood
Added another #GMTGames to the shelf. Reading through the rules and excited to get this to the table!
Really wish it wasn't so hard to find #GMTGames #SpaceEmpires 4X Expansions second hand, or even new.
A great day of #boardgames yesterday at @geekyteas in Burbank. Karl and I haven’t played the classic #ww1 CDG #boardgame Paths of Glory in a while. Unfortunately my Central Powers side lost by over extending in Russia. Karl was happy to watch me throw the game again as my flanks grew more tenuous. That makes it twice in a row I have done that. D'oh!
Early January, 2021, I bought this expansion to Commands & Colors: Medieval. The expansion hadn’t been released at that time. Today I got it!
#boardgame #GMTGames #C&C
Just released a digital version of Red Dust Rebellion from #GMTgames on #Tabletopia. 200 years after the colonization of Mars, there's revolt! The first game in the COIN series to be published on the platform, and the fifth GMT game. More to come!
https://tabletopia.com/games/red-dust-rebellion #boardgames
Playtest session, last Saturday in Burbank CA, of the new edition of A House Divided. Due to be published by #GMTGames
This was a fave strategic level US Civil War #boardgame for me in the 80/90s. This new edition continues that legacy but with some fresh twists.
Note: very early playtest graphics.
A new interesting game in GMT’s Irregular Conflicts Series is now in their P500 system! Here’s hoping that it gets a lot of orders quickly.
https://www.gmtgames.com/p-1144-echo-from-the-dark.aspx
From: @nothe
https://notacult.social/@nothe@notacult.social@notacult.social/113369548274434638
Pics from the #GMTGames #WeekendAtTheWarehouse
It’s always fun to walk the warehouse to see what goodies are stacked in neat rows. Such a welcoming event for all.
Zurück geschlagen. Das passierte auch zwei Mal, ohne dass es für die FLN unter dem Strich von Vorteil war. Ich bin unentschlossen, wie die FLN zu Beginn spielen muss: ganz früh angreifen und Militär reduzieren? Auf einer Seite konzentrieren und dann über das Board verteilen? Schwierig schwierig.
Insgesamt wars ne gute Erfahrung, es alleine zu spielen, obwohl noch nicht alles klar wurde - obwohl nun etliche Stunden gespielt wurden.
Auf das nächste #coin von #GMTGames @gmtgames 3/3
Setup my weekend game! Gandhi solo.
#gmtgames #BoardGames
My short review of Normandy '44.
Really enjoyed the game!
#WarGames #worldwar2 #gmtgames
First F2F play of the sublime #boardgame Paths of Glory in absolute yonks. Paths of Glory aka #PoG is a 2-player card driven game on WW1 at the strategic level.
We played the historical scenario much favoured for tournament play. My opponent was new to PoG and I was rusty so we took it easy and had a competitive learning experience. You have not experienced PoG until you suffered Mandated Offenses and lost a few armies out of supply.
PoG is published by #GMTGames
#boardgames #hexesforever
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