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The Twilight Struggle map from the Playdek Steam version.

My Favorite Card: Clio on Twilight Struggle’s “Decolonization”

Posted onJuly 7, 2023October 26, 2023AuthorAndrew Bucholtz

This post is from Clio, who runs the Clio’s Board Games blog and Twitter account dedicated to musings on history, board games, and history in board games. He holds an M.A. in history (obtained with a thesis on the Cold Read More …

CategoriesCoITagsClio's Board Games, My Favorite Card, Twilight Struggle

The outside of the Greater Columbus Convention Center during Origins. (Andrew Bucholtz photo.)

Convention report: historical games and more at Origins 2023 (and IPCON 2023!)

Posted onJuly 1, 2023February 28, 2024AuthorAndrew Bucholtz2 Comments

This Conflicts of Interest Online post is from SDHistCon COI Online editor Andrew Bucholtz. This is the first in an intended series of post-convention recaps from historical gamers, with this one focusing on Origins 2023, which was held in Columbus, Read More …

CategoriesCoI, From the EditorsTagsconvention recaps, conventions, Origins

The board for GMT Games' "Labyrinth: The Awakening," from @cmoipap on BoardGameGeek.

My Favorite Card: Trevor Bender on Labyrinth: The Awakening’s “Obama Doctrine”

Posted onJune 22, 2023April 6, 2025AuthorAndrew Bucholtz

This post is from Trevor Bender. Trevor is the designer of four published games or game expansions, including the Labyrinth: The Awakening and Labyrinth: The Forever War expansions for GMT Games’ Labyrinth: The Global War on Terror. He is also Read More …

CategoriesCoITagsLabyrinth, Labyrinth: The Awakening, My Favorite Card, Trevor Bender

An image of part of the Combat Commander: Europe map for the Fat Lipski scenario.

My Favorite Card: Kai Jensen on Combat Commander’s “Move”

Posted onJune 18, 2023June 20, 2023AuthorAndrew Bucholtz1 Comment

This post is from Kai Jensen, who currently works as the Production Coordinator for GMT Games, LLC. She has a background in game development, working with her late husband, game designer Chad Jensen, for 19 years on such titles as Combat Read More …

CategoriesCoITagsChad Jensen, Combat Commander, Kai Jensen, My Favorite Card

Charles S. Roberts' "Tactics."

History is political: games are propaganda

Posted onJune 7, 2023AuthorAndrew Bucholtz

The following Conflicts of Interest Online article comes from Non-Breaking Space, the defender of orphans and widows, defenestrator of conventions and harbinger of the post-grog. They design games focused on the human impacts of modernization. Their latest design, Cross Bronx Read More …

CategoriesCoITagshistory, Non-Breaking Space, perspective, propaganda

Free postcard game: Sebastian Bae’s “Call Sign” gives a look at carrier combat

Posted onMay 24, 2023AuthorAndrew Bucholtz

This Conflicts of Interest Online post, and this free-to-download postcard game Call Sign (click the PDF at the bottom of the post), come from Sebastian J. Bae. Bae designs games at the Center for Naval Analyses, teaches game design at Read More …

CategoriesCoITagsCall Sign, free games, Sebastian Bae

The map for "Savannah."

My Favorite Card: Mark Miklos on “Allies Quarrel at the Battle of Savannah”

Posted onMay 17, 2023June 22, 2023AuthorAndrew Bucholtz1 Comment

This post is 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. Below, as part of Read More …

CategoriesCoITagsBattles of the American Revolution, Mark Miklos, My Favorite Card, Savannah

A graphic for a new Undaunted: Normandy scenario.

Bonus Undaunted: Normandy scenario: No. 17, The Battle of San Pietro

Posted onMay 10, 2023May 11, 2023AuthorAndrew Bucholtz

The following post is from David Thompson, co-designer (with Trevor Benjamin) of the Undaunted series from Osprey Games. David, Trevor, and Osprey have agreed to allow Conflicts of Interest to publish, for the first time in English, a bonus No. Read More …

CategoriesCoITagsUndaunted, Undaunted: Normandy

The box for Littoral Commander: Indo-Pacific.

Designing Littoral Commander: Indo-Pacific, a professional educational wargame

Posted onMay 3, 2023July 11, 2023AuthorAndrew Bucholtz

The following designer diary is from Sebastian J. Bae, on his Littoral Commander: Indo-Pacific wargame. Bae designs games at the Center for Naval Analyses, teaches game design at Georgetown University, and left the US Marine Corps as a Sergeant.  Disclaimer: Read More …

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An August 2022 playtest of Ukraine! 2022.

First Draft of History: Designing a Military Simulation of the Russo-Ukraine War 2022-2023

Posted onApril 27, 2023April 27, 2023AuthorAndrew Bucholtz3 Comments

D B Dockter and Mark Herman discuss their in-progress “Ukraine! 2022” design. Read More …

CategoriesCoITagsConflicts of Interest, Conflicts of Interest Online, DB Dockter, Mark Herman, Ukraine! 2022

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