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Basic roll under mechanic (d20)
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18 Oct 2018 1:45 a.m. PST
Scale of the battlefield and weapon ranges.
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15 Oct 2018 12:48 p.m. PST
DARPA wargaming RFI
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10 Oct 2018 3:43 p.m. PST
Do your melee/assault rules allow double elimination?
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09 Oct 2018 2:52 p.m. PST
Representing Buttoned/Unbuttoned AFVs
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03 Oct 2018 9:51 p.m. PST
The Peasants are Revolting!
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02 Oct 2018 10:32 a.m. PST
Too Many or Too Few?
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25 Sep 2018 5:18 p.m. PST
Trying to contact Chris Russell (Wings at War)
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24 Sep 2018 8:45 a.m. PST
Help me find generic fantasy rules??
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24 Sep 2018 5:19 a.m. PST
Connections UK Conference
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16 Sep 2018 10:06 a.m. PST
A difference between Board and Table wargaming: A Question
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13 Sep 2018 8:20 p.m. PST
Best Simple Ruleset?
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13 Sep 2018 7:19 a.m. PST
Table sizes and scales of model, what are yours?
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12 Sep 2018 3:47 p.m. PST
Changing situations make games more interesting
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12 Sep 2018 1:56 p.m. PST
Cabin Wars Shopping
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12 Sep 2018 9:12 a.m. PST
Real Naval War Gaming
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10 Sep 2018 7:54 a.m. PST
Off Limits=
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07 Sep 2018 7:17 p.m. PST
New WW2 Naval rules - Carrier Strike at Dawn
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04 Sep 2018 2:04 p.m. PST
The purpose of a limber in a wargame...
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03 Sep 2018 5:08 p.m. PST
Stone Golem for my Kings of War Dwarf Army
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01 Sep 2018 4:32 a.m. PST
Off Limits!
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31 Aug 2018 1:33 p.m. PST
Off Limits?
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31 Aug 2018 10:27 a.m. PST
Specialised and "Official" Dice?
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31 Aug 2018 7:44 a.m. PST
Cabin Wars Melon Field WIP. 1
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29 Aug 2018 11:07 p.m. PST
The 5 Designers That Impacted the Hobby
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27 Aug 2018 6:39 p.m. PST
Solo Game, Cabin Wars Scenario Design Draft. 15
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25 Aug 2018 2:30 p.m. PST
How absurd is Sharp Practice?
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21 Aug 2018 3:27 p.m. PST
Game Designers That Impacted the Hobby
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17 Aug 2018 10:23 a.m. PST
Bob Wall Gridded Tournament Game
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17 Aug 2018 7:18 a.m. PST
Rules - Not Detailed Enough!
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15 Aug 2018 12:04 a.m. PST
Cabin Wars.1 Map Sketch
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13 Aug 2018 10:53 a.m. PST
Ancients version of Lion Rampant?
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10 Aug 2018 11:16 a.m. PST
Do you use flow charts?
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04 Aug 2018 2:39 p.m. PST
Best 'Design Your Own Unit' System? Full Thrust!
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02 Aug 2018 9:30 p.m. PST
Ram Company Games needs playtesters.
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02 Aug 2018 11:04 a.m. PST
HVU - High Value Useless?
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29 Jul 2018 2:21 p.m. PST
Hcon 18: WWII 1943 Battle of Gela in Sicily in 15mm
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26 Jul 2018 3:31 a.m. PST
repost: Getting stuff published electronically
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15 Jul 2018 3:58 p.m. PST
Random Initiative sequence options
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15 Jul 2018 3:08 p.m. PST
L'Art of the Deal
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15 Jul 2018 9:56 a.m. PST
Rules that represent "reserves" well?
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09 Jul 2018 11:33 a.m. PST
We need those funny game designers!
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05 Jul 2018 1:51 a.m. PST
Range / effect curves
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02 Jul 2018 6:59 a.m. PST
Need math help for old time game
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27 Jun 2018 10:06 p.m. PST
Ludology, Episode #178
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26 Jun 2018 9:23 a.m. PST
Best Richard H. Berg Game Design: TSS!
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25 Jun 2018 6:38 p.m. PST
A designer's dilemma, about bases
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13 Jun 2018 1:38 p.m. PST
Help Needed on Command and Control game mechanic
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08 Jun 2018 9:22 a.m. PST
List of Titles used for rules, Please add yours..Long
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03 Jun 2018 4:55 p.m. PST
Treadheads at KublaCon this weekend
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01 Jun 2018 8:05 p.m. PST
Playtest Opportunity - 28mm Gladiator Skirmish Gaming
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21 May 2018 1:36 p.m. PST
All Bad Guys ...
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20 May 2018 11:52 p.m. PST
Could Orwell’s ‘1984’ Be Made Into A GAME? How?
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10 May 2018 6:00 a.m. PST
Need Help with Logo Design
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02 May 2018 3:58 p.m. PST
Need Help with logo Design
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01 May 2018 10:34 a.m. PST
Pony Wars question
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01 May 2018 7:21 a.m. PST
Loose filled and American scramble . Any updates ?
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01 May 2018 2:32 a.m. PST
Slaughter At Forge Valley - A Future Force Warrior AAR
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30 Apr 2018 3:18 p.m. PST
How far should WW2 infantry move?
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29 Apr 2018 2:44 a.m. PST
Pre-Battle Rules for Maneuvers, Logistics, etc.?
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26 Apr 2018 10:17 p.m. PST
A Valid Simulation?
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26 Apr 2018 5:24 p.m. PST
KartoffelKrieg
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22 Apr 2018 5:39 p.m. PST
Breakpoints, morale failure and success in battle
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21 Apr 2018 2:36 p.m. PST
Integrated Game Design - some thoughts
179
20 Apr 2018 12:39 p.m. PST
Cabin Wars Wound Chart
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17 Apr 2018 4:53 p.m. PST
Alternate/random activation in 40k 8th ed
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15 Apr 2018 8:12 p.m. PST
Feedback Requested on My Homebrew C&C Mechanics
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13 Apr 2018 8:58 p.m. PST
Complicated or Complex?
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13 Apr 2018 1:03 p.m. PST
Cabin Wars Update: Rules Design
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07 Apr 2018 10:15 a.m. PST
Quick-Playing Combat Mechanisms with Dice Pools?
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06 Apr 2018 4:46 p.m. PST
Cabin Wars Rules Update
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04 Apr 2018 11:14 a.m. PST
Cabin Wars: Big Bertha Rules
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03 Apr 2018 2:27 p.m. PST
Commercial or Home brewed?
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03 Apr 2018 1:20 a.m. PST
How far should a minature be able to move in a game?
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02 Apr 2018 9:11 a.m. PST
Martian and Gramma Rules for Cabin Wars
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01 Apr 2018 6:20 p.m. PST
Cabin Wars Game Design WIP.5
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28 Mar 2018 5:11 p.m. PST
Cheap 'n' Simple Scratchbuild: Soviet Shock Drone
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26 Mar 2018 7:36 a.m. PST
USS Essex versus HMS Phoebe challenge match
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22 Mar 2018 7:38 p.m. PST
Using Berthier for a naval game
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22 Mar 2018 11:03 a.m. PST
Hammipoi
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22 Mar 2018 10:30 a.m. PST
Add Die or reroll Which is More of an Advantage?
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16 Mar 2018 9:50 a.m. PST
light machine gun volume of fire ?
18
15 Mar 2018 11:57 p.m. PST
Connections US 2017
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14 Mar 2018 9:57 a.m. PST
Cabin Wars Scenario Design Draft. 3
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10 Mar 2018 9:04 p.m. PST
Eric Lee Smith interview
1
09 Mar 2018 7:06 p.m. PST
Cardmogrifier: DIY Create Card Deck via Your Laser Printer
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09 Mar 2018 12:37 p.m. PST
What application.....
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08 Mar 2018 3:55 a.m. PST
Best brigade morale and army breakpoint
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06 Mar 2018 10:32 a.m. PST
Getting inside the enemy Decision Loop
34
04 Mar 2018 8:39 p.m. PST
Playing Congo or using Congo rules
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01 Mar 2018 8:44 a.m. PST
Which one is more annoying? (basing issue)
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01 Mar 2018 7:07 a.m. PST
Operation Deliberate Force (Bosnia Air Combat)
9
01 Mar 2018 6:37 a.m. PST
Favorite Old School Game Designer?
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26 Feb 2018 1:51 p.m. PST
Modifier tracking - something simple has just occurred to me
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22 Feb 2018 3:47 a.m. PST
Hex based sci fi rules
10
18 Feb 2018 3:26 p.m. PST
Cabin Wars. 2
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18 Feb 2018 3:12 p.m. PST
Cabin Wars.1
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15 Feb 2018 8:57 p.m. PST
@ jefritrout
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09 Feb 2018 3:42 p.m. PST
Professional 3D Artist for Hire
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07 Feb 2018 4:40 a.m. PST
stacking and grid/hex unit limits ? board/wargames
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06 Feb 2018 7:16 a.m. PST