Wargame Design »

GovTechWorks: How a Board Game Helps DoD Win Real Battles

GovTechWorks: How a Board Game Helps DoD Win Real Battles

Fred Manzo October 6, 2016 0

by Michael Peck | Oct 5, 2016  Computers continue to revolutionize modern warfare, not the least of when it comes to putting battle plans to the test. Devise the scenario, feed it into the

Read More »
“Thunder in the Ozarks” design analysis

“Thunder in the Ozarks” design analysis

Fred Manzo September 10, 2016 2

By Fred Manzo Hermann Luttmann’s latest game, “Thunder in the Ozarks: the Battle of Pea Ridge” is being released by Revolution Games next month. I was its developer and its artist was Rick Barber. It

Read More »
Five Times Fives – A Boardgaming Way Review of “Knights of the Air”

Five Times Fives – A Boardgaming Way Review of “Knights of the Air”

Paul Comben May 9, 2016 0

By Paul Comben: Looking for Buried Wargaming Treasure in the BGG Basement   Part 1 Knights of the Air By and large we all have an idea how this works – wargames rated over

Read More »
Reviving “La Différence” – A Boardgaming Way Analysis

Reviving “La Différence” – A Boardgaming Way Analysis

Paul Comben March 7, 2016 7

Read More »
DILEMMAS OF THE LAMPS ARE GOING OUT – A Boardgaming Way Analysis

DILEMMAS OF THE LAMPS ARE GOING OUT – A Boardgaming Way Analysis

Other March 1, 2016 0

Read More »
The MIT Press: “Zones of Control: Perspectives on Wargaming”

The MIT Press: “Zones of Control: Perspectives on Wargaming”

Other January 19, 2016 0

By the Staff of The MIT Press: Edited by Pat Harrigan and Matthew G. Kirschenbaum Foreword by James F. Dunnigan Overview “Games with military themes date back to antiquity, and yet they are curiously

Read More »
Assault And Batteries  French Artillery And d’Erlon’s Attack At Waterloo

Assault And Batteries French Artillery And d’Erlon’s Attack At Waterloo

Paul Comben November 9, 2015 2

Read More »
Podcast: Wargames to Go with Mark Johnson and Paul Comben

Podcast: Wargames to Go with Mark Johnson and Paul Comben

Other September 28, 2015 0

By Mark Johnson:  Timestamps (approximate) 12:09 – Andrew Hobley interview (Bicentennial Waterloo gaming) 38:25 – Pete Belli interview (One-Minute Waterloo) 1:02:45 – Books & Films 1:19:45 – Paul Comben interview (Waterloo wargaming) 1:59:30 –

Read More »
Feats in Ancient Times:  Wargaming the Battles of Antiquity – A Boardgaming Way Essay

Feats in Ancient Times: Wargaming the Battles of Antiquity – A Boardgaming Way Essay

Paul Comben August 17, 2015 10

Read More »
Stonewall’s Sword Player’s Aid – Terrain Levels

Stonewall’s Sword Player’s Aid – Terrain Levels

Fred Manzo June 10, 2015 0

By Steve Best: Stonewall’s Sword Reference map 1 (Although the terrain levels in Stonewall’s Sword: The Battle of Cedar Mountain seemed clear enough to me and the other playtesters some people who have now

Read More »