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Epic Project Part II - Painting Figures

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"The first intention was a disaster." Norm Smith, in Battlefields & Warriors, continues his Napoleonic project, this time mainly focused on painting strategy. Check out what worked, and what didn't; and how, in the end, Norm has "...no doubt my newly painted Prussian 1st Battalion will perform heroic deeds!"

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 9/27/2023


Creating a pair of Epic Pocket Armies - new project

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Norm Smith, in Battlefields & Warriors, combines "...a ‘from scratch’ approach and the ‘want’ to play games along the way, rather than waiting for armies to be fully painted..." as inspiration for his new miniatures project. If you've got figures waiting on the shelf for paint, this might be your ticket, because for Norm, "...an important principle during the life of this project ... to get playing from day 1."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 9/20/2023


Best 3 Games with…Card Driven Games!

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"...I contend that one of the origins of CDG’s was the fantastic Up Front from Avalon Hill." Grant Kleinhenz, in The Players' Aid, covers what he thinks are the best three Card Driven Games. See if you agree with his ranking, and check out which game "...makes me sweat, cringe, jump with joy and bite my fingernails."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 9/11/2023


Putting rules (napoleonic) to the test.

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"...the old saying of ‘Jack of all trades, master of none’ springs to mind." Norm Smith, in Battlefields & Warriors, brings us some interesting ruminations from a Napoleonic rule set comparison. Join Norm for some insights and excellent miniatures photos, and see why he ends up wondering "...about just how necessary, bigger, deeper and more thorough rule systems are compared to a simpler fun system - if both come up with a similar result and the result / narrative feels right, then more power to the fun set."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 8/9/2023


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Game: Mr. President



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Publisher: GMT Games
Game Type: Board
Designer(s): Gene Billingsley
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Description:


Mr. President is a solitaire game about governing as the President of the United States. It's not an election game. It begins after you've been elected. It's about sitting in The Chair and trying to advance your agenda while navigating ongoing crises, political enemies, public opinion, your relations with Congress and the press, and keeping your country secure in a world of rival nations and agendas that just seems to keep blowing up around you. Mr. President is a resource management game, where you never have enough resources to achieve your entire agenda, and the path you take through an always unpredictable storyline rests on the choices you make. Depending on the results of those choices, and on the unfolding of a "different every game" story, you'll either be thinking "POTUS? Piece of Cake!" or "Why was it that I WANTED this job?" many times in each game.


Articles


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Pub Date
Article Description
5
Date: 8/25/2023
Poster: Doug Holt
FIRST IMPRESSIONS, SOLITAIRE SUNDAY First Impressions: Mr. President: The American Presidency, 2001-2020 from GMT Games

"I really enjoyed our play of Mr. President and as a solitaire game it ticks all the boxes for me." Grant Kleinhenz, in The Players' Aid, reviews this game about governing as President of the United States. See what critical aspect of the game leads Grant to comment that "This part of the game is very stressful and I found the tension to be real..."!
4
Date: 12/16/2022
Poster: Doug Holt
“Cat-Herder-in-Chief”: Playing the Mr. President 2017 Hard Scenario (Part 3)

"An important strategy in Mr. President is to solve problems before they blow up in your face." Rick Engelbart, with comments by game designer Gene Billingsley, continues a replay of the "hard scenario", showing some of the twists and turns possible in this game. Check out what elicits this comment: "Ugh! What a lousy card to get at the end of the Activation Phase. It did indeed bring some unwanted Chaos to the game."
3
Date: 9/2/2022
Poster: Doug Holt
“Cat-Herder-in-Chief”: Playing the Mr. President 2017 Hard Scenario (Part 1)

"No game of Mr. President will ever be the same; in fact, no scenario setup will ever be the same...". Veteran playtester Rick Engelbart starts an AAR of GMT Games' Mr. President, accompanied by tongue-in-cheek comments from designer Gene Billingsley. Things get interesting when Rick has to deal with a major adversary: "Since its now Cold War II, I’ll need to hit China with both Multi-lateral and Unilateral sanctions…"!
2
Date: 8/5/2022
Poster: Doug Holt
Pragmatism, Tension, and the Power of Cooperation in Mr. President

"...in Mr. President, you allow your alliances to weaken at your peril." Gene Billingsley discusses key elements in his GMT Games' Mr. President, "...a solitaire game about governing as the President of the United States...". Gene covers player tradeoffs, to include frustrations: "If I only had a nickel for every time I’d heard a tester (or myself) bemoaning, 'How do I reign in the Israelis?'"
1
Date: 8/4/2017
Poster: Doug Holt
Domestic Tranquility (or not!) in Mr. President

"The game has you manage quite a bit of unexpected chaos..." Gene Billingsley discusses design progress on domestic issues in his GMT Games' Mr. President. Seems Gene will force you to you juggle both foreign and domestic crises if you want to "…become an amazing President – loved by at least 51% of the people!"