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Why use D10 instead of 2d6?
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06 Dec 2013 1:41 p.m. PST
Need Hippies - the Definitive Flower Power Thread!
62
05 Dec 2013 8:14 p.m. PST
law of playtest improbability
17
05 Dec 2013 3:49 p.m. PST
Mobile RPG module. Travel-sized Magnetic Role Playing Mod.
13
05 Dec 2013 8:33 a.m. PST
Wargaming uneven battles
69
05 Dec 2013 5:27 a.m. PST
What draws you to a set of rules?
37
04 Dec 2013 6:58 a.m. PST
Alamo - how wide were Mexican assault columns
9
04 Dec 2013 3:23 a.m. PST
Starting a game in the middle of a battle?
23
03 Dec 2013 6:13 p.m. PST
Galactic:Conflict in the Stars - revamping designs
17
03 Dec 2013 9:28 a.m. PST
Measuring Sticks?
35
02 Dec 2013 2:11 a.m. PST
What drives the value of a historical rules set?
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29 Nov 2013 5:38 p.m. PST
Calling Colgar6 (and everyone else too actually)...
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29 Nov 2013 2:43 a.m. PST
Building Destruction in a Game #2 - Rules?
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26 Nov 2013 11:10 p.m. PST
Indirect Fire Artillery Classifications and 25 Pdr
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25 Nov 2013 1:44 p.m. PST
Crowd-written rules
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25 Nov 2013 2:40 a.m. PST
What can a Commander-in-Chief do?
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24 Nov 2013 4:06 p.m. PST
Building Destruction in a Game #1 - How do You Show This?
18
24 Nov 2013 11:20 a.m. PST
Pricing and Format of Wargaming Rule Sets
39
20 Nov 2013 4:59 a.m. PST
Design mechanics and modifiers question
12
19 Nov 2013 11:47 a.m. PST
Looking for lfit trucks and factory workers in 28mm
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18 Nov 2013 1:25 p.m. PST
I am Making 1:100 Little Willie tank
25
15 Nov 2013 1:38 p.m. PST
Game Design: MG Versus Small Size HE?
31
14 Nov 2013 11:48 a.m. PST
Map creation
5
14 Nov 2013 10:25 a.m. PST
Stock car themed car racing board game
3
13 Nov 2013 6:50 p.m. PST
Kraftmark has its own Facebook Page
1
13 Nov 2013 4:30 p.m. PST
Suggestion for wound chart
12
13 Nov 2013 9:31 a.m. PST
What Should a Flame Thrower Guy Do When the Fuel Is Gone?
45
13 Nov 2013 7:37 a.m. PST
Alamo garrison command and organization
11
05 Nov 2013 2:50 p.m. PST
Bluetooth enabled electronic die...
13
01 Nov 2013 8:06 a.m. PST
Skirmishing: Squads and Individuals?
32
29 Oct 2013 2:22 p.m. PST
What is the Format for Writing Rules?
36
27 Oct 2013 8:03 a.m. PST
Making Mutant Chronicles/Warzone Work....
11
25 Oct 2013 7:28 p.m. PST
Red vs Blue: Real-time, Mass participation game at CRISIS
9
24 Oct 2013 6:20 a.m. PST
One step closer to Car Wars
9
22 Oct 2013 12:46 p.m. PST
Home Built or Purchased
31
17 Oct 2013 7:14 a.m. PST
Nether Lords: Rise of Darkness, a "wargame in disguise"
4
17 Oct 2013 5:48 a.m. PST
Representing suppression and pinning in games
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13 Oct 2013 11:54 a.m. PST
gaming the new 15mm Alamo vs Hudson 28mm
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11 Oct 2013 8:43 a.m. PST
Penalties for War Crimes
16
09 Oct 2013 1:21 p.m. PST
Squad on Squad shooting: Hits, cover, and damage resolution
28
02 Oct 2013 4:51 p.m. PST
Buildings to create and deploy units?
16
02 Oct 2013 9:52 a.m. PST
Totally random or semi-random?
12
30 Sep 2013 8:04 a.m. PST
Interview with Robert Faust (Brink of Battle)
4
25 Sep 2013 7:02 a.m. PST
Test Play at Advance the Colors
1
23 Sep 2013 1:03 p.m. PST
Card design software..? what to try....
17
22 Sep 2013 1:02 p.m. PST
NEW Architectural based 2D maps available on KS
4
20 Sep 2013 3:13 p.m. PST
Buck Surdu gives insight on Game Design process
44
16 Sep 2013 12:28 p.m. PST
Anyone seen this game: Ashes
10
16 Sep 2013 4:21 a.m. PST
The Great War against the Cthonians
10
11 Sep 2013 4:08 a.m. PST
Elegant d6 system...?
38
10 Sep 2013 12:13 p.m. PST
solo napoleonic rules
68
06 Sep 2013 1:11 a.m. PST
Shoot or Move First?
9
03 Sep 2013 7:16 a.m. PST
Are you a proper flanker?
11
02 Sep 2013 4:07 a.m. PST
Non Parametric Methods
7
01 Sep 2013 8:01 p.m. PST
An alternative to a traditional turn sequence
20
31 Aug 2013 7:07 p.m. PST
Do we want innovation in rules?
33
30 Aug 2013 2:10 a.m. PST
Are you content with your current rule-set?
71
29 Aug 2013 9:07 a.m. PST
Why change the names of things
19
29 Aug 2013 1:57 a.m. PST
It's Ony a Flesh Wound, Sarge: Small-arms incapacitation
11
28 Aug 2013 1:37 p.m. PST
Converting figure rules to fit a hex based board
6
28 Aug 2013 2:47 a.m. PST
Campaign Siege Rules
11
27 Aug 2013 9:28 p.m. PST
Making progress with Cyberboard
2
27 Aug 2013 8:24 a.m. PST
Light Cover- Hard Cover?
33
26 Aug 2013 11:20 a.m. PST
Dominoes versus Dice
14
23 Aug 2013 6:52 a.m. PST
The X Factor
10
20 Aug 2013 11:41 a.m. PST
On Morale/Experience Grades
41
20 Aug 2013 10:26 a.m. PST
Command Combat 1863 & Gettysburg have been released
2
19 Aug 2013 4:53 p.m. PST
Resolving firefights en masse?
18
18 Aug 2013 2:19 a.m. PST
Ancient board game discovered. No rules.
4
17 Aug 2013 2:51 a.m. PST
Multi-stand units or single stands?
18
14 Aug 2013 10:13 a.m. PST
Mechanicum gear edge design - ideas for shortcuts?
6
13 Aug 2013 6:50 a.m. PST
Game or Simulation???
79
13 Aug 2013 5:45 a.m. PST
An easy and fun simulation
17
12 Aug 2013 1:38 p.m. PST
how do you determine your games points system
44
11 Aug 2013 5:58 p.m. PST
Critique my Shooting Mechanic
12
11 Aug 2013 6:08 a.m. PST
Activation scheme, trying to spot holes in the rules
15
09 Aug 2013 3:55 a.m. PST
Page Layout
7
07 Aug 2013 9:25 p.m. PST
BDB recap from Historicon 2013: Oil on Troubled Waters
7
05 Aug 2013 8:07 p.m. PST
Rolling 1d6 each for initiative - persists!
35
04 Aug 2013 11:34 a.m. PST
God of Battles - Foundries new fantasy system
11
03 Aug 2013 3:21 p.m. PST
Exoshift, scifi skirmish rules almost done, need fresh eyes
4
02 Aug 2013 3:45 p.m. PST
North Africa Map Pulp/WW2/Colonial
2
02 Aug 2013 9:18 a.m. PST
Orbital Space Combat
21
02 Aug 2013 8:05 a.m. PST
fantastic history or historical fantasy Vox Day
9
31 Jul 2013 3:10 p.m. PST
Magi: Waving Hands in glorious 54mm scale
3
31 Jul 2013 5:24 a.m. PST
Ripping Off Someone Else's Rules
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26 Jul 2013 5:50 a.m. PST
Song of Blades and Heroes and variants: d10 or d12
6
22 Jul 2013 9:21 a.m. PST
Does size matter?
16
18 Jul 2013 10:17 a.m. PST
Samurai / Sengoku period - a retinue based approach?
12
16 Jul 2013 1:34 p.m. PST
Empires: Core Rules
3
14 Jul 2013 6:56 a.m. PST
Towed Gun: Bugging Out of a Position
21
11 Jul 2013 7:51 a.m. PST
Why Flames of War is a fantastic rules set
35
10 Jul 2013 7:14 a.m. PST
Why I Hate Buckets O Dice
52
09 Jul 2013 2:20 p.m. PST
City of Ruination
4
08 Jul 2013 6:40 p.m. PST
Towns aren't
28
08 Jul 2013 4:56 p.m. PST
Playtesters Needed for Chibi Crawl
1
07 Jul 2013 4:08 p.m. PST
Rick Priestley on Rules Questions
48
03 Jul 2013 9:52 a.m. PST
Alternating activation in a mass combat game
25
02 Jul 2013 10:51 p.m. PST
Ramshackle Games Nuclear Renaissance
4
30 Jun 2013 4:33 a.m. PST
Ideas wanted for army specific event cards
2
27 Jun 2013 8:03 a.m. PST