The Newport Skirmish: Notes and Thoughts from SDHistCon East 2023

This post on SDHistCon East 2023 comes from Mark S. Miklos, designer of GMT’s award-winning Battles of the American Revolutions (BoAR) series. That series, now in its 25th year, currently has 10 published volumes featuring 12 battles and 28 scenarios. Read More …

My Favorite Card: Geoff Engelstein on Empire of the Sun’s “Operation Vengeance: The Death of Yamamoto”

This post is from Geoff Engelstein, a game designer and educator. Some of his designs include The Expanse, the Super Skill Pinball series, Versailles 1919 (with Mark Herman) and the upcoming Zheng He (with David Thompson). A full bio is at the end of this post. Geoff Read More …

Designing Crisis: 1914: the meandering path of development

This article is by Maurice Suckling, about the design of his currently-on-Kickstarter Crisis: 1914. Maurice is an Assistant Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY, where he teaches and researches storytelling in games and historical simulations. He has been writing for Read More …