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Hi everyone!
I hope you are all well. With winter upon us, I hope you are all getting some time to stay inside and play some boardgames.
Let's begin this month with some cool new "free stuff" for you WWII tactical players:
The Last Hundred Yards Basic Training - The 2nd Printing of Mike Denson's innovative tactical small-unit combat game just started shipping this week, and this is the perfect time to get into the series. For new players, or returning players who need a refresher, Mike worked with his team (David Reynolds and Andrea Cantatore) to put together a FREE pdf Basic Training Guide for The Last Hundred Yards that walks you through everything you need to know to play. Not only that, but there are 4 training missions included! The training guide can be used with Volumes 1, 2, or 3 of The Last Hundred Yards, but if you have Volume 2 or 3 you will need to download and print the accompanying maps for the scenarios. Enjoy!
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Hey everyone! Kyle here, brand manager at Playdek. I hope you all had a great President’s Day weekend. We are excited to let you know that we will be releasing Twilight Struggle: Red Sea on March 28th! It will be available on PC and Mac through Steam, and on mobile via the iOS App Store and Google Play for Android. Twilight Struggle has clearly been one of the most popular and respected GMT games for a long time, so being able to expand on that world in the digital space with TS: Red Sea is a thrill. Jason Matthews’s fantastic design really brings this unique corner of the Cold War to life.
What I love about TS: Red Sea is that it takes the familiar gameplay experience from the parent game and introduces new elements such as Flashpoint Countries, which add a whole new dynamic to the player’s method of making decisions. With TS: Red Sea coming to digital, you will be able to play against Jason Carr’s BOT design for the solo game experience, against the competitive A.I., and challenge other players online with our asynchronous system.
On February 28th, you will be able to Wishlist and Pre-Order TS: Red Sea on Steam, the App Store, and the Google Play Store, so please mark that in your calendars. The Steam Community forum will also be open at that time for everyone to start discussing strategies and engage with other players. We can’t wait to get this fantastic game in your hands! Thanks! - Kyle
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"We Built This City": New 3-Player Variant for Urban Sprawl. Here's more cool "free stuff" for those of you who enjoy Chad Jensen's games. I love it when one of our designers likes another designer's game enough to create some additional content for it. That's what happened here. Cross Bronx Expressway designer Non-Breaking Space loves Chad Jensen's games and has created a well-thought-out Variant Scenario for Urban Sprawl. He has also written an article in Inside GMT with links to everything you need to play this new variant for Chad's Urban Sprawl.
The Article is here and the pdf file with all the details for the Variant Scenario is here.
Enjoy this new variant! And many thanks to Non-Breaking Space for taking the time and care to create it!
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Follow Along with a new The US Civll War Team Game. This is a really cool and easy way to learn and improve your play of The US Civil War. The game will be between Jim Dauphinais, developer of the game, as the Confederate Player and a Union Team consisting of Bob Prince, Bill Cooper, Fred Finkenbinder, Miguel Escandon, Gilbert Collins, and Jim Bailey. Thanks to Jim for setting this up and to all of you who are playing for allowing us to "look over your shoulders" and learn from your game play.
You can follow the game on a BoardGameGeek thread here.
In addition to following the game through postings made in the above BGG thread, for those who would like to follow along in detail, the VASSAL logs for the game are being posted to a dropbox link. The link is provided in the BGG thread.
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Commands and Colors Reprints: We're closing in on the deadline for sending these to the printer on March 15, 2023, and we're going to print quantities based on the orders we have on that date. So, one last time, here are the details and pricing information for this one-time printing. If you want copies, please get your orders in before March 15! - Gene
We are committed to the long-term viability of the Commands & Colors Napoleonics series, despite the massive rise we've seen of late in the cost of wooden blocks. To make the games more affordable, we will in the future consolidate the first five volumes into two volumes to cut duplication of blocks in the four army volumes, but also reduce the number of charts, counters, and terrain tiles needed. The same will be done with volumes 6 and 7 (C&C Napoleonics Generals, Marshals & Tacticians and C&C Napoleonics – The Epic Battles).
Before we take this step, in fairness to those who have started to collect the first seven volumes, or who want to collect the first seven volumes, we have obtained limited outside financing in order to re-issue a limited run of these first seven volumes. Retail prices on all will be raised. P500 prices for the two expansions that were already on P500 will remain unchanged. The level of the orders received will determine how many copies of each volume are reprinted.
C&C Napoleonics base game P500 63 Retail 90
C&C Napoleonics Spanish Army Expansion P500 52 Retail 75
C&C Napoleonics Russian Army Expansion P500 45 Retail 75
C&C Napoleonics Austrian Army Expansion P500 45 Retail 75
C&C Napoleonics Prussian Army Expansion P500 52 Retail 75
C&C Nap Generals, Marshals & Tacticians P500 49 Retail 70
C&C Napoleonics – the Epic Battles P500 55 Retail 80
As of March 15th, 2023, all seven volumes will be sent to the printer, so time is of the essence.
Two other C&C games already on P500 will also be sent to the printer on March 15. The retail prices have been raised, but the P500 prices remain unchanged. The same conditions apply. The more P500 orders received, the greater the number reprinted. The two games are:
- C&C Samurai Battles P500 59 Retail 95
- C&C Medieval base game P500 55 Retail 90
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New P500s. As part of this month's update, we are adding several new P500 items.
Combat Commander: Europe/Med. Master Edition
Order & Opportunity
Combat Commander: Minor Nations Battle Pack
North Africa '41 Mounted Maps
Please check out the "New P500 Additions" section below for more details.
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This Month's Box Back Sneak Peek. Here's this month's sneak peek at the final box back for our upcoming People Power. Enjoy!
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GMT One - Jason Carr. Here in Colorado, we've gotten a few big snowstorms this past month—great for staying in and playing more board games!
Red Dust Rebellion has been taking up nearly all of my time lately; I've been deep diving in the rules and strategy. Kai Jensen has been invaluable in clarifying the edge cases in the rules and helping to reformat them to an easier-to-digest format. This coming month we will work on solving a few remaining issues with the solo system; we expect that we'll need some solo testers as early as next month, so stay tuned for that update.
In addition to Red Dust Rebellion, we started art and layout for Fields of Fire Deluxe Edition and are putting the final touches on the learn to play materials that will come with the game. As promised, we will post those online once they're ready so that everyone who already owns Fields of Fire can take advantage of them as well.
Of course there's always more happening than I can cover in my update; make sure to check out the updates from our designers and developers below, and watch this space for updates and playtesting opportunities in the coming months.
Enjoy the games!
~ Jason
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Latest New/Updated VASSAL Mods and More - by Mark Benson (my thanks to Mark for compiling this information to help all of our online players - GB). It is now easier than ever to get started with VASSAL; go to the Vassal home page, click the blue button to download the software, install it, then download a module, and open it from your newly installed Vassal program. If you need more help, you might start with one of the more recent video tutorials, such as the first 6 or 7 minutes of this one by Charles Cabell which will take you through to your first install of a module and beyond.
Here's a list of new or updated VASSAL mods for GMT games over the past month or so:
For the most reliable experience, players should use the same Module and Vassal versions
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Hexasim Games Back in Stock! Several popular Hexasim games are back in stock—plus a new old friend!
Back in stock:
Newly issued:
- Waterloo 1815, Fallen Eagles 2 – The price remains unchanged, but virtually every major component has undergone significant changes. There is no update kit for the original Waterloo, Fallen Eagles
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Designer Interviews. We are privileged to work with and be supported by dozens of excellent content creators who help us by sharing information about our games and our company with their online audiences. Recently, several of those creators have published interviews with a number of our designers. We're listing them herein so you can have a one-stop reference to all the recent interviews.
Cardboard Creations with Candice Harris - video interview with:
-Jason Matthews, designer of Twilight Struggle: Red Sea
El Wargamero Novato - interview with:
-Justin Fassino, designer of Seljuk [English, Spanish]
-Mitchell Land, designer of Next War: Iran [English, Spanish]
No Enemies Here - video interviews with:
-Jeff Horger, designer of Seas of Thunder
-Marc Rodrigue, co-designer of Bayonets & Tomahawks
Ardwulf's Lair - video interview with:
-Justin Fassino, designer of Seljuk
The Players' Aid - interview with:
-Ted Raicer, designer of I, Napoleon
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GMT Merchandise: This month we have 3 new Levy & Campaign series shirts available for purchase. Check out these Inferno, Almoravid, and Nevsky shirts! Also, check out our Banish the Snakes shirt from last month. Enjoy!
Note that our GMT Merchandise store is located on the Spring site, and ALL MERCHANDISE ORDERS AND FULFILLMENT ARE HANDLED BY SPRING, NOT BY GMT (so please don't try to order through or seek help from our office folks; they—for once—will have no idea how to help you).
Below is a link to browse or order from the GMT Merch Store. Check it out!
GMT Merchandise at Spring!
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Keep up with GMT Online
Virtually every day, we announce new information, show off upcoming products, or give you a peek under the hood of our new designs in our various online sites and forums. For those of you looking to keep up with us online, here is where you can find us. Drop in and start a conversation!
GMT Games Website
InsideGMT blog
Official GMT Games Facebook Group
GMT Facebook Page
GMT Twitter Feed
GMT on Instagram
GMT on BoardGameGeek
GMT YouTube Channel
GMT on ConsimWorld
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We are doing our best to segment this update so it's easier for you all to read. Here is what you'll find in the rest of today's update:
- P500 Additions
- Coming Events
- News You Can Use
- Digital Games
- InsideGMT
- Charging and Shipping Update
- Production Outlook
- Project Updates and Sample Art
- P500 Reprint Tracking
Thanks, as always, for your support of GMT Games! Enjoy the games! - Gene
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