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RBM Studio Update: The Palisades Fire

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Rodger MacGowan has seen his home and RBM Studio facility destroyed in the Palisades fire in California. His son Steven has set up a gofundme account where you can learn what happened and offer recovery help if you wish.

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 1/24/2025


Obituary: Alan Emrich, game designer and writer, has died

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The site Game Developer brings us news of the passing of this industry titan.

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 1/10/2025


2024 Christmas Newsletter

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"Hopefully all the socks and after shave that one could ever dream of, have graced your Christmas stocking and perhaps a wargame treat or two has sneaked in and brought a smile!" Norm Smith, in Battlefields and Warriors, brings us another entertaining sum up of his wargaming year!

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 12/25/2024


Pournelle on “Does it matter if you call it a wargame?”

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"Much of what the Department of Defense calls wargaming is not actually wargaming, and that matters." Rex Brynen, in PAXsims, taps in on a discussion by analyst and former officer Phil Pournelle on what passes for "wargaming" in the DOD. "Failing to wargame properly in advance may mean having to learn in actual combat and risk it all."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 12/20/2024


Princeton 1777

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"...this one proved to be the decisive battle that really cemented the American survival in the early months of the Revolution." Jeff Berry, in Obscure Battles, covers the fascinating follow-up engagement to Trenton. Check out the action as "Just when everything seemed to be falling apart, Washington came galloping up."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 12/13/2024


Armchair Dragoons Digital Convention

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The Armchair Dragoons Digital Convention is coming up next month, registration is open now!

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 12/3/2024


Trenton 1776

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"...not many may know that if it weren't for this tiny, half-hour battle, the American Revolution was on the verge of collapsing. The United States might never have existed." Jeff Berry, in Obscure Battles, brings us a fascinating, in-depth look at why this was a key engagement. Check out why he asserts that Trenton "...was like one of those Schrödinger moments in quantum theory where the universe split into two metaverses."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 11/1/2024


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Game: I, Napoleon



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Publisher: GMT Games
Game Type: Card
Designer(s): Ted Raicer
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I, Napoleon is a solitaire historical role-playing card game in which you step into the boots of Captain Buonoparte (as he still was) in the year 1793. Louis XVI has just gone to the guillotine, the brothers Robespierre control the destiny of France, and all Europe has joined French Royalists to take down France, end the Revolution, and restore peace and safety for the hereditary principles that have underlain society for 1,000 years. As an ambitious but unknown young artillery officer, who speaks French with a Corsican accent, you would seem to be an unlikely agent of destiny. Can you harness a brilliant mind, titanic energies, and a sometimes terrifying charisma to leave your mark on history? Or will you die a minor footnote in the story of France?


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Date: 12/6/2024
Poster: Doug Holt
Unboxing: I, Napoleon (GMT Games)

"It is an interesting design idea with a lot of potential, so of course I had to order it." Steven Pow, in Boisterous Exuberance, checks out his newly arrived copy of this Ted Raicer design. See why he views this game as "...a fresh, interesting take on Napoleonic gaming, but also opens the door for future topics using a system like this."
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Date: 4/22/2022
Poster: Doug Holt
The Many Lives of Napoleon Bonaparte

"I wanted players to experience the narrative of Napoleon’s extraordinary life, and also the narratives that could have been." Designer Ted Raicer looks at the sweep of possibilities he needed to consider for his GMT Games' I, Napoleon, which is billed as a card driven historical role-playing game. And the teaser line is appropriately epic: "In all this, Fate will have its say. But so will you. Your destiny awaits. But unlike the actual Bonaparte, if luck or your mistakes deal you a losing hand, you can always try again."
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