"Need Historical Wargamers to Play test "Coup d'Oeil"" Topic

TMP Historical Wargamers,

I am a retired US Army Officer who has worked 30+ years in the DOD Modeling, Simulation & Analysis community, who is interested in recruiting several 'Historically Minded Play Testers' to; a) Help identify the final system tweaks, b) Provide historical feedback and c) Conduct Play Testing of my NEW 'Historically Accurate' Napoleonic Miniatures Wargame System "COUP d'OEIL."

The "Coup d'Oeil" Napoleonic Warfare system will be the first professionally developed miniature wargame that was developed utilizing a host of DOD & US Army combat, battlefield, and human factor studies and reports that will enable Wargamers to assess "Their own Tabletop Performance" and compare it against the actual, known "Napoleonic Historical Record. No BS!

I am basically looking to immediately find about 6-12 local wargamers, who are willing to drive the distance from their homes (wherever that is?) to Detroit, Michigan where they will perform 'face to face' play testing at my home.

I'm hoping to start Play Testing by the end of February 2022 so, that Cd'O is ready for its next Public Wargame Convention Test at the "HAVOC XXXVI (2022)" Wargame Convention in Boston, MA., area scheduled for 8-10 April 2022.

Send me a personal email (via TMP) if you are interested in getting involved and helping me out.

Regards,

James (aka: Analsim)

I take it this is the first stage of playtesting. At some point you'll need to send it away so that you aren't there to explain things…

May be interested. I am unable to PM through TMP

Interested but driving to Detroit is a non-starter. Not interested in remote play-testing?

Only supporting members can send you a PM.

I trust this won't be seen as negative, but I've been involved with the playtest of several commercially successful rule sets and your timeline seems incredibly optimistic. To suggest that exposing your ideas to its first playtest group will identify the "final system tweaks" seems very hopeful. Getting play testers involved is usually just the very beginning of the process, not the final tweak.

As a guide, based only on my experience, game systems take a year or more to test fully and requires a number of stages working with different groups in order to develop ideas and then fully stress test them.

That's said, I do wish you luck, even if I haven't got a clue what you are talking about.