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It's Ruined!
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15 Sep 2019 4:41 a.m. PST
My first game, plus a 6 year old, suggestions?
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07 Sep 2019 8:29 p.m. PST
What's the Most Enjoyable Session you Ever Had
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07 Sep 2019 1:20 p.m. PST
Que Cavalry at Barnet?
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07 Sep 2019 12:27 p.m. PST
Expertise request
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06 Sep 2019 3:44 p.m. PST
My M.U.S.C.L.E. wrestling game!
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04 Sep 2019 7:47 a.m. PST
Redoubt - Ranch Raid
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25 Aug 2019 3:06 p.m. PST
You write your own rules because...
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25 Aug 2019 6:21 a.m. PST
Pseudo random Numbers
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21 Aug 2019 7:34 a.m. PST
Nightfall
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10 Aug 2019 9:44 a.m. PST
Where's the Wargaming Rules Innovation?
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10 Aug 2019 8:42 a.m. PST
Napoleonic Rules Mods for One Hour Wargame
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09 Aug 2019 9:24 a.m. PST
Scale height
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07 Aug 2019 3:02 p.m. PST
Cover Art Artist?
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05 Aug 2019 12:59 p.m. PST
Keeping it in the Family
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05 Aug 2019 12:51 p.m. PST
Amazing Article on Wargame Design History & WWII In France
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04 Aug 2019 6:41 a.m. PST
A review of TRAVEL BATTLE by Perry Miniatures
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02 Aug 2019 5:00 p.m. PST
No Quarter?
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31 Jul 2019 6:47 a.m. PST
Model Wargames Developments IS NOT WARGAME DEVELOPMENTS
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12 Jul 2019 3:08 a.m. PST
LOTR Battle Game new version vs old
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11 Jul 2019 12:16 p.m. PST
Commands and Colors: Ancients is the best
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11 Jul 2019 7:05 a.m. PST
Writing gamey WW2 rules, COH
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11 Jul 2019 3:16 a.m. PST
1st Draft of PRC Chit to Be Used in Capt. Zeelow Adventures
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09 Jul 2019 11:03 a.m. PST
"O GROUP!" Rules
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30 Jun 2019 12:20 p.m. PST
You enjoy checking out new rulesets!
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24 Jun 2019 5:22 p.m. PST
Missile range bands Justification
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19 Jun 2019 7:04 a.m. PST
Panty Explosion is the Corniest!
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14 Jun 2019 5:04 p.m. PST
The ideal rulebook is this long...
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07 Jun 2019 1:42 a.m. PST
The 5 Test Battles for Ancients
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25 May 2019 8:42 a.m. PST
Test Battles for Renaissance Rulesets
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22 May 2019 10:53 p.m. PST
The 5 Wargame Rules That Changed the Industry are...
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19 May 2019 8:26 p.m. PST
Fast-Playing Rules
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14 May 2019 12:00 a.m. PST
FoG:r index?
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11 May 2019 4:24 p.m. PST
Reenactor Experience versus War Game Rules
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06 May 2019 1:02 p.m. PST
A tale of wargaming from my early days at Osprey Publishing
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02 May 2019 8:26 a.m. PST
Accurate Simulation of Military Operations
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30 Apr 2019 3:58 a.m. PST
Very good web resource for WW1 naval gunnery & fire control
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24 Apr 2019 7:17 a.m. PST
wargames that better help understand the world
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20 Apr 2019 1:32 p.m. PST
Has anyone thought to use near field tags in games?
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20 Apr 2019 6:16 a.m. PST
Where Do I Begin ..?
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19 Apr 2019 11:49 p.m. PST
How Wargames Have Shaped History and may the Future
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17 Apr 2019 7:09 a.m. PST
What slows down your games the most?
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12 Apr 2019 11:58 p.m. PST
Fixing up Frostgrave Ghost Archipelago table
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12 Apr 2019 8:09 p.m. PST
When to end games?
19
12 Apr 2019 7:59 p.m. PST
Heights and their effect on the battlefield
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08 Apr 2019 8:55 a.m. PST
Never Tell Me the Odds
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07 Apr 2019 3:06 p.m. PST
Opposed Dice Rolls
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07 Apr 2019 2:54 p.m. PST
The Sniping Game
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07 Apr 2019 9:23 a.m. PST
Minimum Requirements for a simulation
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29 Mar 2019 12:43 p.m. PST
Tony Bath's Hyborian Campaign
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22 Mar 2019 9:38 a.m. PST
Table movement distance
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22 Mar 2019 6:07 a.m. PST
NATO Cold War - Battalion Strategy plus Game Design
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17 Mar 2019 9:43 p.m. PST
Incoming !! New rules from David Brown & Reisswitz Press
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16 Mar 2019 9:27 a.m. PST
Where to find Super Unstoppable Death Machine Units?
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12 Mar 2019 5:14 p.m. PST
Odds in card-based systems
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09 Mar 2019 5:23 p.m. PST
Did "recoiling" actually happen in Ancient Battles?
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07 Mar 2019 2:44 a.m. PST
Killing Is My Business
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06 Mar 2019 1:51 p.m. PST
How Long is a Campaign?
16
05 Mar 2019 6:24 a.m. PST
Game Design: Leadership
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28 Feb 2019 11:41 p.m. PST
Favorite tank-infantry 1:1 rule sets
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13 Feb 2019 10:27 a.m. PST
Playing Congo or using Congo rules
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10 Feb 2019 7:27 a.m. PST
Drop out?
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08 Feb 2019 1:59 p.m. PST
Published my WW2 rules on my blog
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04 Feb 2019 4:58 p.m. PST
The Portable Napoleonic Wargame is now on sale ...
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19 Jan 2019 8:41 a.m. PST
When can a commander ignore orders
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16 Jan 2019 8:59 a.m. PST
Scenarios for Wargames
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15 Jan 2019 11:18 p.m. PST
How long to change formation?
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14 Jan 2019 6:33 a.m. PST
Please constrain me!
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13 Jan 2019 11:04 a.m. PST
Help me with my grid math
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10 Jan 2019 11:47 a.m. PST
The Problems with IGOUGO...
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09 Jan 2019 9:21 a.m. PST
Realism in (WWII) Wargames Rules
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05 Jan 2019 12:51 p.m. PST
Campaign Siege Rules
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05 Jan 2019 2:13 a.m. PST
Pz8 (two-pages free wargaming rules) Yahoogroup
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31 Dec 2018 11:17 a.m. PST
New blog entry on creating command friction in game rules
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27 Dec 2018 1:43 p.m. PST
Connections North
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17 Dec 2018 8:58 a.m. PST
Streamlined Alternatives to a Reaction Mechanic?
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16 Dec 2018 11:59 a.m. PST
What are the chances?
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07 Dec 2018 10:41 a.m. PST
My new idea of a dice mechanism, and helps are needed
4
06 Dec 2018 1:59 a.m. PST
VSF IO Group
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02 Dec 2018 10:26 p.m. PST
Designer's Notes? A paragraph will do...
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02 Dec 2018 4:15 p.m. PST
Rules for Border Reivers: Play test interest?
1
30 Nov 2018 5:01 p.m. PST
In praise of The All-Knowing Odds Table
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30 Nov 2018 10:53 a.m. PST
Basic roll under mechanic (d20)
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23 Nov 2018 6:31 p.m. PST
Valid Simulation? Nope!
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21 Nov 2018 2:05 p.m. PST
Game design posts on my blog
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13 Nov 2018 4:01 p.m. PST
Maybe seeking Card designer - UK
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13 Nov 2018 11:56 a.m. PST
Range distortion in the Goldilocks Zone
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05 Nov 2018 3:28 a.m. PST
Scale of the battlefield and weapon ranges.
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04 Nov 2018 8:44 a.m. PST
Most Accessible Game Designer?
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31 Oct 2018 1:40 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
Why do you write your own rules?
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29 Sep 2018 7:03 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)
2
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
30
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