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Realism is overrated	85	02 Mar 2015 6:21 a.m. PST
Cavalry v. squares – determining factors?	104	28 Feb 2015 1:25 p.m. PST
Hex spines vs hex sides	23	28 Feb 2015 4:11 a.m. PST
What are the top five things that makes a set "WWII rules"?	74	25 Feb 2015 11:56 p.m. PST
Armour values of WWII tanks?	28	25 Feb 2015 5:12 a.m. PST
"Swarm 2640" - development question	13	24 Feb 2015 1:41 p.m. PST
classifying types of turn order in games	49	21 Feb 2015 12:05 p.m. PST
Seeking game designer/rules writer for scifi game	11	21 Feb 2015 11:03 a.m. PST
BTLB2 question.	3	20 Feb 2015 12:51 p.m. PST
Dry Erase Board Tape	9	20 Feb 2015 10:18 a.m. PST
Do the rules work?	28	18 Feb 2015 6:51 a.m. PST
"Hail Of Fire" at Williamsburg Muster! Friday @ 2pm	7	13 Feb 2015 4:12 p.m. PST
Anomalies in a Classic	6	13 Feb 2015 1:13 p.m. PST
John Hill: An Appreciation	43	07 Feb 2015 12:34 p.m. PST
Using a pinboard for wargaming	9	02 Feb 2015 9:46 a.m. PST
For BIG Participation Game Players, Hosts, Judges & Others	15	27 Jan 2015 9:55 a.m. PST
Game 1 with new wargame board of Norwegian coastal invasion	24	25 Jan 2015 3:44 p.m. PST
Para Bellum - Rules for Activation	5	24 Jan 2015 6:07 a.m. PST
Wargaming Chess	10	19 Jan 2015 9:47 a.m. PST
Firing at "clustered" targets (WW2)	7	18 Jan 2015 9:02 a.m. PST
Thane's Games is back, with Terrenus: The Game of Gods	11	17 Jan 2015 11:13 a.m. PST
Suppression and Firepower	21	17 Jan 2015 9:03 a.m. PST
Artwork needed for rules cover	13	14 Jan 2015 11:21 a.m. PST
3D Modeling of charcters	5	12 Jan 2015 11:27 a.m. PST
artillery effects	22	11 Jan 2015 8:06 a.m. PST
National Characteristics: Some Questions	21	09 Jan 2015 6:23 a.m. PST
IWG INTEREST GROUP	13	08 Jan 2015 4:51 a.m. PST
Conflict of Heroes - gun /armour relationships	6	06 Jan 2015 7:46 p.m. PST
Tactical Factors in Combat Systems	67	06 Jan 2015 7:46 p.m. PST
Rolling dice for movement?	42	04 Jan 2015 4:48 p.m. PST
Looking for a Rules Writer...	7	04 Jan 2015 4:15 p.m. PST
Making the French Rev & Napoleonic Wars into a boardgame	26	04 Jan 2015 8:56 a.m. PST
Age of Madness Design Notes: Turn Sequence	8	01 Jan 2015 1:37 p.m. PST
rules that trade one aspect for another	8	31 Dec 2014 8:37 a.m. PST
Fire support in wargaming	8	28 Dec 2014 6:26 p.m. PST
My Game of All Games	4	27 Dec 2014 5:24 p.m. PST
"Hail Of Fire" simple 3-page rules! Looking for feedback!	43	27 Dec 2014 1:25 p.m. PST
comparing 5 tactical systems	9	26 Dec 2014 3:26 p.m. PST
Games Tightly Focussed On A Single Commander	5	24 Dec 2014 11:06 a.m. PST
Fog of War with Standard Poker Deck	11	21 Dec 2014 6:18 p.m. PST
Great service ... but	4	19 Dec 2014 10:55 a.m. PST
More reaper bones	5	18 Dec 2014 8:10 p.m. PST
Command Combat: Civil War - Grant v. Lee (1864 expansion)	1	13 Dec 2014 1:59 p.m. PST
Defense: Cover vs. Skill	8	13 Dec 2014 3:43 a.m. PST
Variable Movement for "Throw me a 6"	3	12 Dec 2014 6:05 p.m. PST
Commanding positions	8	12 Dec 2014 8:35 a.m. PST
What makes it fun?	35	08 Dec 2014 11:30 a.m. PST
Straight squares vs staggered/brick patterns squares?	17	06 Dec 2014 8:44 a.m. PST
The Nutcracker -- the game.	12	03 Dec 2014 1:10 p.m. PST
THE OGABAS OB.	4	29 Nov 2014 6:27 a.m. PST
Move then Shoot actions: Why that order?	39	26 Nov 2014 10:49 p.m. PST
Board Game Honor Code	14	25 Nov 2014 11:32 p.m. PST
Faction - A Hated Term?	23	24 Nov 2014 11:52 a.m. PST
Skull and Crown: Turkish Galley with Firing Marker	8	20 Nov 2014 10:47 p.m. PST
OpFire in the Age of Madness	2	20 Nov 2014 10:49 a.m. PST
Real Tactics	21	20 Nov 2014 7:35 a.m. PST
Energy resource for defense and offense.	2	15 Nov 2014 5:43 p.m. PST
Fleet game using C&C core mechanic	6	15 Nov 2014 8:37 a.m. PST
Moving from the opposite edge.	6	14 Nov 2014 8:33 a.m. PST
Last Chance for Kickstarter "Gunman's Law"	1	11 Nov 2014 12:13 p.m. PST
Update on range of 15mm sci-fi models I'm working on	10	11 Nov 2014 11:52 a.m. PST
Online or Digital Random Event Cards	8	08 Nov 2014 6:02 a.m. PST
Which Wars and How ?	78	30 Oct 2014 8:42 a.m. PST
Some tweaks for "Throw me a 6!"	5	28 Oct 2014 12:12 p.m. PST
Dust Tactics- using 40K units; conversions?	2	25 Oct 2014 6:57 p.m. PST
New version of "Throw me a '6'...	21	25 Oct 2014 11:48 a.m. PST
Magnesia using Throw me a 6 now up...	3	24 Oct 2014 9:58 a.m. PST
Cavalry vs Cavalry	6	24 Oct 2014 7:38 a.m. PST
A means of activation	7	22 Oct 2014 9:15 a.m. PST
Rules vs. Stats	27	22 Oct 2014 2:28 a.m. PST
Throw Me a 6 now online.	15	21 Oct 2014 7:55 a.m. PST
Static Wargame?	19	20 Oct 2014 1:32 p.m. PST
How many dice = 'Bucket of dice'?	21	20 Oct 2014 8:48 a.m. PST
Relief of Cadiz in 1810 AAR	3	20 Oct 2014 5:33 a.m. PST
Six-Color Hex Map	2	17 Oct 2014 9:18 p.m. PST
How to handle chariots and arrtillery	26	17 Oct 2014 7:49 a.m. PST
Throw me a 6 battle report	7	16 Oct 2014 8:26 a.m. PST
Some ruminations about simple game design.	26	16 Oct 2014 4:46 a.m. PST
East front campaign module - video trailer	1	15 Oct 2014 9:38 p.m. PST
Two Hour Wargames Contracts with LnL Publishing.	8	13 Oct 2014 1:34 p.m. PST
Can anyone recommended a comic book style artist.	6	13 Oct 2014 2:53 a.m. PST
New Injection Molding Company	9	10 Oct 2014 1:58 p.m. PST
Experimental Games	8	08 Oct 2014 3:27 p.m. PST
Mine Fields: How to represent?	43	08 Oct 2014 1:13 p.m. PST
On the lighter side perhaps...?	14	07 Oct 2014 7:58 a.m. PST
Urban Squirrel Territory Fighting	8	03 Oct 2014 4:18 p.m. PST
Look Ma! No dice.	16	02 Oct 2014 9:16 p.m. PST
Time to act on orders in high level games	22	02 Oct 2014 2:32 p.m. PST
Personalities for NPCs	20	28 Sep 2014 10:01 a.m. PST
Simple Objective Markers	2	27 Sep 2014 8:10 a.m. PST
Printing Cards -- alternatives to Superior POD	15	25 Sep 2014 9:01 a.m. PST
placing terrain DURING a game	22	18 Sep 2014 4:41 a.m. PST
solo rules for the 19th century	4	17 Sep 2014 1:02 a.m. PST
Using TSATF for The Greek War of Independence 1821-1830	42	11 Sep 2014 12:52 p.m. PST
Are we looking in all the wrong places in our game designs?	44	06 Sep 2014 7:20 a.m. PST
Skirmish versus unit games, and back again	2	05 Sep 2014 7:39 a.m. PST
Help with simplifying this mechanism	16	03 Sep 2014 10:34 a.m. PST
If i wanted to be totally realistic...	26	31 Aug 2014 10:05 p.m. PST
Biker Games?	11	22 Aug 2014 10:57 a.m. PST
The Brotherhood Board Game	2	22 Aug 2014 7:03 a.m. PST

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