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Portrayal of airpower in a ground wargame
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18 Nov 2019 8:05 p.m. PST
Updating rules ethics
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18 Nov 2019 2:28 p.m. PST
Close-range fire for MGs?
45
15 Nov 2019 11:18 a.m. PST
O Group Design Update
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14 Nov 2019 10:23 a.m. PST
My first game, plus a 6 year old, suggestions?
22
07 Nov 2019 4:23 p.m. PST
Resolving Hand-to-Hand
1
07 Nov 2019 3:56 a.m. PST
Tactics Discussion: Recon by Fire
29
04 Nov 2019 2:34 p.m. PST
Off The Rails ...
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02 Nov 2019 6:47 p.m. PST
Hero System Skirmish continued
2
25 Oct 2019 12:53 a.m. PST
The Mechanics of Artillery Firing
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24 Oct 2019 1:02 p.m. PST
Any good books on wargame design?
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21 Oct 2019 3:30 a.m. PST
Using Flow Charts for QRS Sheets
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20 Oct 2019 4:21 a.m. PST
Ramblings of a Military Historian
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19 Oct 2019 2:26 p.m. PST
Stress of Battle republished
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11 Oct 2019 7:32 a.m. PST
Is there Innovation in Rules?
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08 Oct 2019 10:17 a.m. PST
It's Ruined!
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01 Oct 2019 1:46 p.m. PST
Feudal Patrol(TM) Play Test
3
01 Oct 2019 12:48 p.m. PST
TooFatLardies Oddcast 23 Arrives
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01 Oct 2019 3:43 a.m. PST
Swapitty Swap Swap
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29 Sep 2019 4:16 p.m. PST
What Matters In Wargame Reviews: A Checklist
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25 Sep 2019 6:02 a.m. PST
A 15 minute History of Wargaming 18th and 19th Century
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19 Sep 2019 5:43 a.m. PST
Que Cavalry at Barnet?
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16 Sep 2019 11:03 a.m. PST
What's the Most Enjoyable Session you Ever Had
31
07 Sep 2019 12:20 p.m. PST
Expertise request
9
06 Sep 2019 2:44 p.m. PST
My M.U.S.C.L.E. wrestling game!
4
04 Sep 2019 6:47 a.m. PST
Redoubt - Ranch Raid
4
25 Aug 2019 2:06 p.m. PST
You write your own rules because...
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25 Aug 2019 5:21 a.m. PST
Pseudo random Numbers
43
21 Aug 2019 6:34 a.m. PST
Nightfall
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10 Aug 2019 8:44 a.m. PST
Where's the Wargaming Rules Innovation?
107
10 Aug 2019 7:42 a.m. PST
Napoleonic Rules Mods for One Hour Wargame
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09 Aug 2019 8:24 a.m. PST
Scale height
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07 Aug 2019 2:02 p.m. PST
Cover Art Artist?
3
05 Aug 2019 11:59 a.m. PST
Keeping it in the Family
42
05 Aug 2019 11:51 a.m. PST
Amazing Article on Wargame Design History & WWII In France
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04 Aug 2019 5:41 a.m. PST
A review of TRAVEL BATTLE by Perry Miniatures
27
02 Aug 2019 4:00 p.m. PST
No Quarter?
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31 Jul 2019 5:47 a.m. PST
Model Wargames Developments IS NOT WARGAME DEVELOPMENTS
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12 Jul 2019 2:08 a.m. PST
LOTR Battle Game new version vs old
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11 Jul 2019 11:16 a.m. PST
Commands and Colors: Ancients is the best
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11 Jul 2019 6:05 a.m. PST
Writing gamey WW2 rules, COH
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11 Jul 2019 2:16 a.m. PST
1st Draft of PRC Chit to Be Used in Capt. Zeelow Adventures
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09 Jul 2019 10:03 a.m. PST
"O GROUP!" Rules
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30 Jun 2019 11:20 a.m. PST
You enjoy checking out new rulesets!
2
24 Jun 2019 4:22 p.m. PST
Missile range bands Justification
25
19 Jun 2019 6:04 a.m. PST
Panty Explosion is the Corniest!
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14 Jun 2019 4:04 p.m. PST
The ideal rulebook is this long...
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07 Jun 2019 12:42 a.m. PST
The 5 Test Battles for Ancients
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25 May 2019 7:42 a.m. PST
Test Battles for Renaissance Rulesets
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22 May 2019 9:53 p.m. PST
The 5 Wargame Rules That Changed the Industry are...
29
19 May 2019 7:26 p.m. PST
Fast-Playing Rules
28
13 May 2019 11:00 p.m. PST
FoG:r index?
1
11 May 2019 3:24 p.m. PST
Reenactor Experience versus War Game Rules
38
06 May 2019 12:02 p.m. PST
A tale of wargaming from my early days at Osprey Publishing
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02 May 2019 7:26 a.m. PST
Accurate Simulation of Military Operations
12
30 Apr 2019 2:58 a.m. PST
Very good web resource for WW1 naval gunnery & fire control
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24 Apr 2019 6:17 a.m. PST
wargames that better help understand the world
3
20 Apr 2019 12:32 p.m. PST
Has anyone thought to use near field tags in games?
12
20 Apr 2019 5:16 a.m. PST
Where Do I Begin ..?
17
19 Apr 2019 10:49 p.m. PST
How Wargames Have Shaped History and may the Future
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17 Apr 2019 6:09 a.m. PST
What slows down your games the most?
50
12 Apr 2019 10:58 p.m. PST
Fixing up Frostgrave Ghost Archipelago table
8
12 Apr 2019 7:09 p.m. PST
When to end games?
19
12 Apr 2019 6:59 p.m. PST
Heights and their effect on the battlefield
46
08 Apr 2019 7:55 a.m. PST
Never Tell Me the Odds
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07 Apr 2019 2:06 p.m. PST
Opposed Dice Rolls
25
07 Apr 2019 1:54 p.m. PST
The Sniping Game
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07 Apr 2019 8:23 a.m. PST
Minimum Requirements for a simulation
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29 Mar 2019 11:43 a.m. PST
Tony Bath's Hyborian Campaign
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22 Mar 2019 8:38 a.m. PST
Table movement distance
22
22 Mar 2019 5:07 a.m. PST
NATO Cold War - Battalion Strategy plus Game Design
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17 Mar 2019 8:43 p.m. PST
Incoming !! New rules from David Brown & Reisswitz Press
28
16 Mar 2019 8:27 a.m. PST
Where to find Super Unstoppable Death Machine Units?
8
12 Mar 2019 4:14 p.m. PST
Odds in card-based systems
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09 Mar 2019 4:23 p.m. PST
Did "recoiling" actually happen in Ancient Battles?
16
07 Mar 2019 1:44 a.m. PST
Killing Is My Business
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06 Mar 2019 12:51 p.m. PST
How Long is a Campaign?
16
05 Mar 2019 5:24 a.m. PST
Game Design: Leadership
9
28 Feb 2019 10:41 p.m. PST
Favorite tank-infantry 1:1 rule sets
35
13 Feb 2019 9:27 a.m. PST
Playing Congo or using Congo rules
9
10 Feb 2019 6:27 a.m. PST
Drop out?
20
08 Feb 2019 12:59 p.m. PST
Published my WW2 rules on my blog
12
04 Feb 2019 3:58 p.m. PST
The Portable Napoleonic Wargame is now on sale ...
8
19 Jan 2019 7:41 a.m. PST
When can a commander ignore orders
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16 Jan 2019 7:59 a.m. PST
Scenarios for Wargames
10
15 Jan 2019 10:18 p.m. PST
How long to change formation?
39
14 Jan 2019 5:33 a.m. PST
Please constrain me!
2
13 Jan 2019 10:04 a.m. PST
Help me with my grid math
14
10 Jan 2019 10:47 a.m. PST
The Problems with IGOUGO...
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09 Jan 2019 8:21 a.m. PST
Realism in (WWII) Wargames Rules
213
05 Jan 2019 11:51 a.m. PST
Campaign Siege Rules
15
05 Jan 2019 1:13 a.m. PST
Pz8 (two-pages free wargaming rules) Yahoogroup
7
31 Dec 2018 10:17 a.m. PST
New blog entry on creating command friction in game rules
6
27 Dec 2018 12:43 p.m. PST
Connections North
1
17 Dec 2018 7:58 a.m. PST
Streamlined Alternatives to a Reaction Mechanic?
5
16 Dec 2018 10:59 a.m. PST
What are the chances?
19
07 Dec 2018 9:41 a.m. PST
My new idea of a dice mechanism, and helps are needed
4
06 Dec 2018 12:59 a.m. PST
VSF IO Group
4
02 Dec 2018 9:26 p.m. PST
Designer's Notes? A paragraph will do...
10
02 Dec 2018 3:15 p.m. PST
Rules for Border Reivers: Play test interest?
1
30 Nov 2018 4:01 p.m. PST