Monthly Archives: January 2016
GrogHeads Advanced Research on Projects Advisory #85
GARPA! Special Weekend Edition ~
Invierno Cubano: Castro’s Counterinsurgency, 1959-1965 (GMT Games)
p500 $19, MSRP $28 (not there yet)
An expansion for Cuba Libre, Invierno Cubano expands Cuba Libre to focus on Castro’s initial time in charge, as he consolidated power through his own counterinsurgency. Factions include Casto’s forces, the rich landowners threatened by the socialist revolution, the escapees to the US that want to strike back at the new government, and Batista’s holdouts hoping to take the country back. It’s almost like a whole new game on the same map. Wade ashore at GMT’s p500 site to get your order in!
Gaming Nostalgia – Alert Force!
#TBT at GrogHeads!
Anyone ever seen or played this one? These tiny ads were all over mid-80s magazines.
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Tracer Rounds – Uses for Wargaming
Seeing a new way to do things ~
Brant Guillory, 11 January 2016
I had a completely different plan for today’s column, and then I started writing. Remember last week when I said I was going to do this without an editor? This week is one of those weeks where I needed that editor. My first attempt at a column was pretty lousy. I’m a revisit it and try to shine it up for later use, and see if I can salvage something for the hour of work I put in. But that didn’t solve the problem that on a Sunday night I needed something to publish on Monday. There’s nothing like a weekly column to put the abject terror of failure in you. So instead, I am pulling ahead a topic I was planning to write about much later
The professionals talk about wargaming in very different terms than the casual hobbyists do. Don’t get me wrong, the professionals know the difference between a hobby or game and their jobs. Most of them also wargame for fun, and have a huge knowledge of the hobby. But for casual wargamers the professional uses of wargames mainly seem like two cases, and an occasional third.
2015 Readers’ Choice Tabletop Awards Voting!
Vote now for your 2015 Readers’ Choice Awards winners ~
This year, we have separate polls covering digital and tabletop gaming. All the games listed were nominated by you, our readers and forum-goers. Don’t see your pick for the 2015 games of the year? You should’ve nominated it! Check out our forums where you can start now with your nominations for the 2016 games of the year, both digital and tabletop. (click through to vote)
2015 Readers’ Choice Digital Awards Voting!
Vote now for your 2015 Readers’ Choice Awards winners ~
This year, we have separate polls covering digital and tabletop gaming. All the games listed were nominated by you, our readers and forum-goers. Don’t see your pick for the 2015 games of the year? You should’ve nominated it! Check out our forums where you can start now with your nominations for the 2016 games of the year, both digital and tabletop. (click through to vote)
