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Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 2/5/2025


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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


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


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


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


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


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Poster: Doug Holt
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Game: Peloponnesian War



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Publisher: GMT Games
Game Type: Board
Designer(s): Mark Herman
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Description:


From the opening of the Archadameian War in 431BC to the Fall of Athens in 404, The Peloponessian War allows YOU to compete against the man in the mirror, as you live through the suicide of Greece. Maneuver your generals, hoplites, and navies to fight battles and attempt to bring the war to an end on your terms. Take heed, however. As you weaken your foe, you create a greater game challenge for yourself. For as you improve in strength, so does your opponent.


Articles


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11
Date: 10/15/2022
Poster: Pat L.
Peloponnesian War Replay & Commentary

Mark Herman, designer for Peloponnesian War, observes, describes, and provides commentary for four turns from a game played in November, 1991. Click these links to see: turn 1; turn 2; turn 3; and turn 4. We thank Archive.org for preserving this set of web pages.
Archive.org
10
Date: 12/30/2020
Poster: Harvey M.
Learning to Play Peloponnesian War (GMT Games) - Diagonal Move

The Peloponnesian War published by GMT Games and designed by Mark Herman is a remake of the same title published by Victory games In 1991. A true classic with unique features of role switching when played solitaire, it's a game definitely worth having in your library. Diagonal Move teaches you how to play in this instructional video.
Web Link
9
Date: 4/6/2020
Poster: Doug Holt
A New Wargamer’s Insights and Impressions from Peloponnesian War

"...the game doesn’t really make it clear what you SHOULD be doing...". David Wiley offers an interesting list of insights he gained while learning his way into the GMT Games version of Mark Herman's Peloponnesian War. See how David's persistence pays off as he gets to the point where "Equipped with those three revelations, I had a much better time…"!
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7
Date: 2/18/2020
Poster: Harvey M.
Peloponnesian War - Fall of Sparta Scenario

Avedis Yaacoubian pens a thoughtful replay of the Fall of Sparta Scenario from GMT's latest edition of Peloponnesian War designed by Mark Herman. "Looking at the situation, both sides are vulnerable to a large force going against their home space once unable to respond due to passing. The initial operations will have to be small for both sides, unless they are willing to lose their home space. That’s the mindset I had when playing the game. I have plenty of questions, mostly related to this scenario, at the end of this post but I would appreciate if anyone reading this sees something unusual or wrong and could take a minute to point it out."
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6
Date: 11/5/2019
Poster: Harvey M.
A Video Review of Peloponnesian War

Many lessons applicable to today can be drawn from the Peloponnesian War,an epic conflict that forever changed the Greek world. In fact it is still taught in all our military academies. Bonding with Board Games gives us a nice video review of a reworking of Mark Herman's classic Victory Games title now published by GMT
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5
Date: 8/19/2019
Poster: Doug Holt
A New Edition of a Classic War Game – GMT’s Peloponnesian War- Board Game Review

"The game encourages you to be aggressive and bring the war to an early end by decisive aggressive campaigning." Rick Martin reviews the new edition of Mark Herman's GMT Games' Peloponnesian War. Check out what has Rick so enthused that he finds himself "…wanting to play this game every few days…"!
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4
Date: 7/4/2019
Poster: Mark D.
New Edition of Peloponnesian War

Unboxing video produced by Moe's Game Table, covering the new GMT version of Mark Herman's Peloponnesian War.
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