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GMT to run 50 % off sale.
By the GMT Staff: Hi guys! The big news in today’s update is that we’re having a Sale! The sale lasts for one week, so get your order in quickly! This update also includes
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GMT places “At Any Costs: Metz 1870” on their P500 list.
By the GMT staff “On the morning of August 16th, 1870 at the Gravelotte crossroads outside the fortress of Metz, Napoleon III, Emperor of the French Second Empire, turned over command of the Army
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GMT places “Hammerin’ Sickles: Longstreet Attacks at Gettysburg” on their P 500 list
By the GMT staff “On the afternoon of July 2nd, 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg, Union General Daniel Sickles, commanding III Corps of the Army of the Potomac, made a decision that historians
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Forbes: Captain Kirk Meets The Settlers of Catan
By Michael Peck “Kirk to Enterprise. We need to build … an outpost on this planet. Beam down a brick, wood, sheep and wheat card.” How does someone turn Settlers of Catan, the legendary German board game,
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The South Cocoon: a paper by Ryan Owens based on the testimony of Joseph Lutrario, the only person pulled alive from the WTC’s South Tower on 9/11.
“The South Cocoon” is a paper by Ryan Owens based on the testimony of Joseph Lutrario, the only person pulled alive from the WTC’s South Tower on 9/11. Description Page 305 of the 9/11
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Washington Post: In the world of war games, Volko Ruhnke has become a hero
War game designer Volko Rulnke plays the board game Angola at the World boardgaming Championships in Lancaster, PA., in August. (Al Tielemans/For The Washington Post) Written by Jason Albert At the last stop on a
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The Economist: To understand war, American officials are playing board games
Military strategy War games Mar 15th 2014 TWO evenings a month, four dozen defence and intelligence officials gather in an undisclosed building in Virginia. They chat informally about “what if” scenarios. For example: what
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Financial Times: War games in The Hague: global leaders 1, bad guys 0
Barack Obama, Xi Jinping, David Cameron and 50 other world leaders are battling against the clock to protect the world from a “dirty bomb” attack by terrorists in the heart of a major financial
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Los Angeles Times: Scientists use math — and computer war games — to show how society evolved
By Monte Morin September 24, 2013, 6:00 a.m. How did human societies ever manage to evolve from small, tightknit groups into vast, organized states? Researchers, using computers and math, show it was the result of
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The Crimson Courier (VPG) Mid-April 2014 Edition
It… is… ALIVE! We have flipped the switch on the new VPG v3.0 web site and wanted to invite you to take a look over the weekend. It’s at the same address, of course: https://victorypointgames.com. You’ll know you’ve
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