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Nearest Target Myth	35	21 Jan 2021 12:18 p.m. PST
Video on creating scenarios for Black Powder	2	18 Jan 2021 11:41 a.m. PST
German infantry Sections, WW2	33	06 Jan 2021 4:35 p.m. PST
2 Actions Per Activation	27	06 Jan 2021 9:53 a.m. PST
Revising ASL for miniatures	46	02 Jan 2021 7:29 a.m. PST
Skirmish games and Donnybrook	7	01 Jan 2021 3:29 p.m. PST
New Videos for D-Day to Berlin 5.0	6	31 Dec 2020 6:52 a.m. PST
Leadership score effects	36	30 Dec 2020 9:07 p.m. PST
Indexes for Tactica II and The Men Who Would Be Kings	5	29 Dec 2020 7:33 p.m. PST
The Pandemic's Long-Term Impact on the Hobby	3	24 Dec 2020 12:03 a.m. PST
The 3-Sided Scenario	15	23 Dec 2020 8:15 p.m. PST
Game Card Deck Printing Services Needed--ASAP!	22	22 Dec 2020 7:35 a.m. PST
Area Movement proposal - Help Please	14	21 Dec 2020 2:11 a.m. PST
Ground scales less than 1:1	12	19 Dec 2020 11:43 a.m. PST
What do card-driven games offer over conventional games?	137	13 Dec 2020 11:31 a.m. PST
Alternative Unit Activation.	8	10 Dec 2020 6:37 a.m. PST
Operational game to miniatures	6	06 Dec 2020 2:26 p.m. PST
Infantry Immediate Action Drills	37	06 Nov 2020 7:06 p.m. PST
card-based systems?	18	02 Nov 2020 11:41 a.m. PST
New Professional Gig – Blogger for SJR Research	5	01 Nov 2020 3:33 p.m. PST
How to master wargaming	10	31 Oct 2020 5:30 p.m. PST
Divisional Level World War II Rules	32	30 Oct 2020 1:04 p.m. PST
PhD in Wargaming	14	30 Oct 2020 8:00 a.m. PST
Dice Difficulties and Solutions	19	27 Oct 2020 1:56 a.m. PST
Making an OODA Loop Time Competitive IGYG game	32	16 Oct 2020 9:56 a.m. PST
Marines go all in for wargaming	3	14 Oct 2020 9:51 a.m. PST
"O GROUP!" Rules	36	14 Oct 2020 2:01 a.m. PST
Ship Scale vs Ground Scale and problems that arise	30	13 Oct 2020 9:57 a.m. PST
Subsets of Rules	14	11 Oct 2020 7:00 p.m. PST
Wait time between turns	86	10 Oct 2020 10:12 a.m. PST
Mechanics for Surprising Sentries, Guards, Pickets, etc. ?	12	08 Oct 2020 6:13 a.m. PST
solo napoleonic rules	73	29 Sep 2020 12:43 a.m. PST
Is Ty Beard still with us?	4	28 Sep 2020 10:28 a.m. PST
Scenarios for Wargames	11	18 Sep 2020 6:18 p.m. PST
HERO in miniature 2.0	2	10 Sep 2020 7:10 a.m. PST
Panzer Korps into science fiction (40k)	6	08 Sep 2020 2:13 a.m. PST
My first game, plus a 6 year old, suggestions?	28	07 Sep 2020 4:11 a.m. PST
Renaissance: 5 Test Battles	1	05 Sep 2020 2:41 p.m. PST
Arnold Hendrick has passed away	14	01 Sep 2020 2:20 p.m. PST
a fun ww2 combat calculator	8	30 Aug 2020 10:54 a.m. PST
A ww2 dice gauntlet	1	28 Aug 2020 1:32 p.m. PST
Fast-Play Rules? You're satisfied!	2	25 Aug 2020 3:53 a.m. PST
Critique my Morale System	18	18 Aug 2020 11:26 a.m. PST
Random Pseudo random or programed events.	18	18 Aug 2020 1:16 a.m. PST
US v UK rule style, and Sam Mustapha	35	17 Aug 2020 1:18 a.m. PST
Incorporating Logistics into Wargames with Dr. Hank Donnelly	10	14 Aug 2020 5:48 a.m. PST
Low Tech/No Tech Live-Action Role Games for Public Audiences	3	13 Aug 2020 3:21 a.m. PST
Avery Playing Card Template	11	06 Aug 2020 12:27 p.m. PST
What is the objective behind big battles?	26	28 Jul 2020 10:22 a.m. PST
Making Room for a New Generation of Designers?	38	23 Jul 2020 8:50 a.m. PST
Multi-fig bases in Charles Grant rulesets - how to handle?	3	19 Jul 2020 6:24 p.m. PST
Storytelling & Wargame Design free webinar	5	12 Jul 2020 6:46 a.m. PST
On the virtues of IGO-UGO	152	06 Jul 2020 8:31 p.m. PST
"D6 Rules" - a one page PDF ?	3	02 Jul 2020 8:08 p.m. PST
Worst Accidents With My Miniatures	34	16 Jun 2020 8:14 p.m. PST
Tony Bath's Hyborian Campaign	37	15 Jun 2020 7:07 a.m. PST
Scrumlandia: The Start of Something Special?	9	12 Jun 2020 12:26 a.m. PST
Game design webinars	3	06 Jun 2020 6:16 p.m. PST
medieval battleline rules question	12	06 Jun 2020 5:38 a.m. PST
Racing Season & Victory Points?	1	05 Jun 2020 6:31 a.m. PST
C2 dynamic OODA Loop	1	04 Jun 2020 11:51 a.m. PST
D-Day to Berlin v3.0 Avaiable	7	26 May 2020 8:49 a.m. PST
Slope and movement	20	22 May 2020 8:00 a.m. PST
indirect fire	12	21 May 2020 6:30 p.m. PST
Is It Our Fault?	36	19 May 2020 5:35 p.m. PST
Treadheads gunnery system	8	19 May 2020 7:12 a.m. PST
Wildland Fire tactical decision games with a sand table	2	16 May 2020 7:46 p.m. PST
From WRG Ancients to DBx	9	16 May 2020 4:57 a.m. PST
Which version of this Rout rule do you prefer?	20	12 May 2020 10:03 a.m. PST
Opposed Die Rolls? You prefer them...	5	11 May 2020 1:59 p.m. PST
Solo gaming WW1 air combat	4	09 May 2020 10:28 a.m. PST
You like your odds 'rough'	1	08 May 2020 7:03 p.m. PST
Miniature Wargaming in 54mm (part 3) Artillery	1	29 Apr 2020 12:48 p.m. PST
Miniature Wargaming in 54mm (part 2) Action/Reaction	4	25 Apr 2020 5:28 p.m. PST
Graph Paper for Maps???	13	24 Apr 2020 4:33 p.m. PST
What about rules for losing control because you're winning???	26	24 Apr 2020 8:49 a.m. PST
Miniature Wargaming in 54mm (part 1)	9	22 Apr 2020 4:48 p.m. PST
classifying types of turn order in games	55	16 Apr 2020 7:08 a.m. PST
Ammunition in games	76	15 Apr 2020 9:09 a.m. PST
Variable morale, or just lucky dice?	39	10 Apr 2020 3:20 a.m. PST
Alien: Isolation and Stealth in Wargames	13	05 Apr 2020 9:20 a.m. PST
Black Powder House Rule question	4	04 Apr 2020 10:33 a.m. PST
Artillery and heights?	23	01 Apr 2020 8:20 p.m. PST
Apocalypse Earth: Black Ops Playtest	2	13 Mar 2020 7:17 p.m. PST
Kessel Run Racing Game by Skull & Crown	12	08 Mar 2020 10:12 p.m. PST
Initiative idea	14	04 Mar 2020 12:38 p.m. PST
Mind Games?	22	29 Feb 2020 6:47 p.m. PST
Win-Win	14	25 Feb 2020 5:16 a.m. PST
Leadership? Chain of Command	4	18 Feb 2020 10:42 a.m. PST
Nothing worse than a smart Ass	6	14 Feb 2020 2:38 p.m. PST
Anyone here a pro at using Anydice?	9	06 Feb 2020 7:35 p.m. PST
The 5 Wargame Rules That Changed the Industry are...	39	06 Feb 2020 1:43 a.m. PST
A little game I made	1	02 Feb 2020 3:20 p.m. PST
Game Design: Leadership	44	01 Feb 2020 9:41 p.m. PST
Boyd's OODA Loop and the Infantry Company	36	26 Jan 2020 10:50 a.m. PST
Tactics Discussion: First shot in a tank engagement	59	19 Jan 2020 8:56 a.m. PST
Action/Reaction in Miniature Wargaming (Part 6)	21	17 Jan 2020 12:38 p.m. PST
Grid/square multi occupancy rule design	17	03 Jan 2020 9:52 a.m. PST
Trees 2D or 3D	19	03 Jan 2020 2:29 a.m. PST
Do You Know What I Know?	23	26 Dec 2019 12:51 p.m. PST