I made a two-sided Game Reference Chart (GRC) for Britannia, which you can download by clicking below. The versions are identical except for the sheet size: first, a Letter-sized and then an A4. Updated 8/7/24 10:15 PM: I made two slight improvements. I marked Major Invasions’ initial in red print. Roman forts are built immediately… Continue reading Britannia GRC
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Mark 1 Eyeball vs. Counter art
The Fantasy Flight edition of Britannia is big and impressive overall. Two newbie gamers played it with me. I hadn’t played it since the Avalon Hill version in the 1980s. I couldn’t find a copyright year printed on anything; think my FF edition was from 2005 or 2006 because BGG’s photos make the counters look… Continue reading Mark 1 Eyeball vs. Counter art
Game company management
What’s pizza got to do with this? Having been a wargame accessory publisher at Judges Guild in 1976-1978, I felt I could add commentary on this Boardgame Geek post. A guy named Chabuki Cheishvili asked: So, I answered (with few added bits since): A 1960 game, Management, is a 2 to 4 player game that… Continue reading Game company management
Counters
I found a nicely-written blogpost about wargame counters (as the half-inch cardboard chits are called) by a guy interested in design. It gives a overall view of they got their start and his view of when they peaked. He mentioned how Charles S. Roberts took the symbols for Tactics II from a post-World War II… Continue reading Counters
Game Design & Counters
Cutting up game counters at home is a challenge, takes a fair amount of time, and with some tools, one can risk serious injury. But there is a modern option that will get them close to the store-bought look. Another blog post focuses more on counters and fonts. Here’s a DIY process for making your… Continue reading Game Design & Counters
eBay Wargames
At its peak, I had several hundred wargames, mostly made by Avalon Hill and S&T/SPI. I sold most of them off between 2008 and 2011 via eBay. That was like a part-time job as I put up about 10-20 games and accessories continuously for weeks and then started up again. The auctions included hundreds of… Continue reading eBay Wargames
Board Wargames
The photo shows Al Nofi (in the blue shirt) and James F. Dunnigan (in sunglasses) in Masstrict, Belgium during a lunch break on our 1991 Wargamers tour named Millennium of Mayhem. Another hero of my teenage years was Redmond Simonsen but he did not go on the tour. Bob Bledsaw was my roommate and it… Continue reading Board Wargames
Kingmaker: War of the Roses Play Aids
Here are some ideas and an accessories for Kingmaker. A portion of the redone map is pictured above and the full map PDF is linked in the second block of numbered items below. Starting Royals & Other Basics I felt that a reference card would be helpful for getting new players into the game, so… Continue reading Kingmaker: War of the Roses Play Aids
Hitler’s War Reworked Map
Here are accessories that fans of the Avalon Hill board game Hitler’s War may find useful. I am thinking about a Naval variant, so watch this space. Click HitlersWarMapWhiteBorder for a reworked map in PDF (shown above), which was originally redrawn by Gary Krockover, which I found at the Consim site. His goal was to… Continue reading Hitler’s War Reworked Map
Wargame Campaign 