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A Quick Look at “Hammerin’ Sickles” and “At Any Cost: Metz 1870”

A Quick Look at “Hammerin’ Sickles” and “At Any Cost: Metz 1870”

Fred Manzo February 2, 2015 0

By Fred Manzo   Although some people know Hermann Luttmann and I are working on a good 6+ games, today I’d like to discuss two of them in particular: “Hammerin’ Sickles: Longstreet Attacks at

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Beta Rules for “At Any Cost: Metz 1870” – A Boardgaming Way Special Presentation

Beta Rules for “At Any Cost: Metz 1870” – A Boardgaming Way Special Presentation

Hermann Luttmann November 10, 2014 0

By Hermann Luttmann At Any Cost: Metz 1870 Rules  1.0 Introduction 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

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Notes on WBC 2014 – A Photo Essay

Notes on WBC 2014 – A Photo Essay

Fred Manzo August 23, 2014 2

By Fred Manzo   WBC – 2014 The World Boardgaming Championship (WBC) is a gaming convention held in Lancaster, Pennsylvania every summer that a bunch of us from Long Island have been attending for

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Beta Rules for “AT ANY COST:  METZ 1870”

Beta Rules for “AT ANY COST: METZ 1870”

Hermann Luttmann May 27, 2014 0

Designed by Hermann Luttmann Developed by Fred Manzo Oct. 26th, 2014 P500 page Consimworld Discussion page for AAC    (The following are the near-beta rules for Hermann Luttmann’s new Franco-Prussian War game: At Any Cost:

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AT ANY COST: METZ 1870 Event Chits (Provisional)

AT ANY COST: METZ 1870 Event Chits (Provisional)

Hermann Luttmann May 27, 2014 0

By Hermann Luttman AT ANY COST: METZ 1870 FRENCH EVENT CHITS Commander-in-Chief: The French player may immediately select any one French unit to activate, even if the unit is in the Available to Rebuild

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AT ANY COST: METZ 1870 – Detailed Sequence of Play (A Boardgaming Way Preview)

AT ANY COST: METZ 1870 – Detailed Sequence of Play (A Boardgaming Way Preview)

Hermann Luttmann May 13, 2014 0

By Hermann Luttmann AT ANY COST: METZ 1870 At Any Cost is played in a series of Game Turns, the actual number of turns depends on the scenario selected. Every Game Turn (about 1

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GMT places “At Any Costs: Metz 1870” on their P500 list.

GMT places “At Any Costs: Metz 1870” on their P500 list.

Other May 3, 2014 0

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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