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Hi everyone! 

I hope you are all well. As we head into the summer convention season, Iet's start with our recent Weekend at the Warehouse event.

 

Weekend at the Warehouse. I want to thank all of you who attended our Spring Weekend at the Warehouse just a few weeks ago. 


 Photos courtesy of Michael Arrighi, Tim Porter, and Patrick Mulvihill
 

We had about 100 gamers in attendance, as well as about a dozen designers and developers. It was great to meet some of you for the first time and to renew friendships and chat with many long-time team members and attendees. I know we come to this event to play games, but more and more as the years pass, I enjoy the "hanging out with old and new friends" part best, regardless of whether it's around a game board. Often, that "catching up with an old friend or getting to know a new one" happens over food! This time, I got to enjoy a private tri-tip dinner on Wednesday night with designers, developers, and office/warehouse staff, Saturday night "Street Taco Night" with all of the attendees, as well as several lunches and dinners with various team members. 

I definitely saw several games this time that will be on our P500 list over the coming year. One is from one of our long-time designers, but a couple were from designers new to GMT (and one from a first-time designer). One of the aspects of the Weekend that I love is that it's an easy venue for new designers to come and show us their game face-to-face. So, Kai Jensen, Mark Simonitch, Rachel, and I got to see and play a few cool new games and enjoyed meeting and getting to know the designers.

Speaking of Rachel, she and I managed to squeeze out enough time to run come-and-go demos of the advance copy of Mr. President on three afternoons during the event. Everyone seemed to have a lot of fun and said things like "it feels like the decisions the President would have to make," which made me feel like maybe I got it right, design-wise.

Running a demo using my designer advance copy of Mr. President!


Overall, as usual, this weekend was a tremendous time for enjoying our hobby together with our customers, looking at new games, and getting to do some team-building and strategic planning with our team members. If you joined us this time, thanks again for attending! You definitely made it a better event because you were there. And I hope many of you will join us October 12-15 for our next Weekend at the Warehouse. 


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Mr. President PDF Books. We're now just two days from Charging for Mr. President (and several other games), with shipments set to begin June 5-10. So we've begun to post PDFs of the game's booklets online to help you get a head-start on how to play before your game arrives. We now have the following Booklets available for free download:


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New "Twilight Struggle Games" Series for Browsing and Auto-Ordering on our Website. With three "Twilight Struggle" brand titles now on our website (two in stock and one new to P500 today), we have added a new Series option on our site for "Twilight Struggle Games." This is useful for browsing but also for setting up Auto-Orders for any future games in this series. 

To set up an auto-order for future titles in this (or any) series:

 

  • Go to "My Account" on our website (top right of any page)
  • Click the "Auto Orders" Tab
  • Choose the series you want from the list and enter the quantity you'd like to auto-order
  • Click the red "Update Auto Orders" tab at the bottom


IMPORTANT: Auto orders only work for orders for FUTURE games in a series that are not yet on the P500 list. For existing P500 titles, including the new ones announced today, you'll still need to order the game with a P500 order, as usual.

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Hey everyone, Kyle from Playdek here! I’m very excited let you know that Twilight Struggle: Red Sea will be coming to Steam on Wednesday, May 24th! To say thank you for all your support, it’ll be available at a discount of 10% off from 5/24-5/29, so you don’t want to miss out on that. We’ll also be running a limited time discount from now until May 29th on our entire GMT collection at 75% off...what a steal!!! 

You can click on the links below to add Twilight Struggle: Red Sea to your Steam wishlist as well as purchase our discounted GMT games.

Red Sea will be available on mobile very soon, so stay posted on our social media for when we announce. Thank you for all your support! - Kyle 
 

Wishlist TS: Red Sea on Steam:
 https://store.steampowered.com/app/1276130/Twilight_Struggle_Red_Sea/ 

 

Purchase our GMT games at 75% off:


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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 Sovereign of Discord. Enjoy!



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GMT One - Jason Carr. This month is a very special month for me, as my first game design is heading to P500. Jason Matthews has been an excellent design mentor and partner ever since I got to work with him on Twilight Struggle: Red SeaI am very excited for our first collaboration on Twilight Struggle: South Asian Monsoon. Unlike Red Sea, I am more than the solo designer for South Asian Monsoon, but I'm still bringing solo bots to the party.

The reception to the Twilight Struggle: Red Sea bots has been gratifying; thank you all for the kind words. They were a lot of fun to make, and we're going to use them as the basis for the bots in South Asian Monsoon. Since Monsoon is a more complex game and has many more cards, I am planning to evolve the solo system further to handle the complexities of the game. Some of you might see where this is going: the end goal is a solo system that can also work for Twilight Struggle. Time will tell if that works out.


This month was exciting for other reasons too: the advance copies of CDG Solo System Pack #2 arrived, and everything looks wonderful. Print and play kits for that will come shortly, for those of you who are excited by craft projects or just want some of the playsheets. We also sent Sovereign of Discord to the printer, which features the same card-based bot play as the Tru'ng bots and Fall of Saigon. Joe Dewhurst and Kevin Crooks did a phenomenal job with the bots in Sovereign of Discord.
 

Finally, I know that you all hear from me every month, but GMT One consists of an amazing team of people that work on our games. Please take time to say thank you to these folks if you see them around the internet: Bruce Mansfield, Joe Dewhurst, and Kevin Crooks (COIN Series Bot Design and Development), Andrew Stead and Colin Parsons (Fields of Fire Series Developers), Joe Schmidt (Bot Design), Marco Poutré (Development Support), and Ken Kuhn (CDG Solo Design and Development, plus Bot Development). Without these guys, we would not be able to support solo play in so many wonderful games. ~ Jason
 

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Playtesters/Help Wanted! On an ongoing basis, we'll use this section to let you know which of our design teams currently need extra testers. If you are interested in helping out, please contact the team members for the game you are interested in at the links below. We greatly appreciate you helping us test our games and make them better! Thank you!

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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:
 

Last Update Game Module & Link Contributors Version Update Summary
6 May Combat Commander: Pacific Advocator 1.3 C3i Scenarios for module v1.3
  Combat Commander: Europe Advocator 2.3 C3i Scenarios for module v2.3
5 May Skies Above Britain Jim Pyle  1.1 User interface improvements.
1 May Washington's War Jim Hunter 2.1 Minor improvements & Vassal 3.6.12+ compatibility fix.
  Commands & Colors: Medieval Giulio Bottazzi 1.9 Epic scenario added to Norse Invasions extension.
27 Apr Empire of the Sun Francisco Colmenares
Jim Hunter
5.10.3 Fixes, end of turn improvements & 2nd Edition content updates.
26 Apr Commands & Colors: Ancients Mark Benson 4.3.4 Minor updates.
23 Apr Imperial Struggle Brian Reynolds 3.0.6 Fixes to recent v3.0 release.
17 Apr Guilford Rob Doane 1.7 Minor updates.

For the most reliable experience, players should use the same Module and Vassal versions.

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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. 


Homo Ludens - Video interview with
-Stephen Rangazas, designer of The Guerrilla Generation 

Mesa de Guerra - Video Interview with
-Francisco Gradaille, designer of Plantagenet [Spanish

Pushing Cardboard - Podcast Interview with
-Designer Jerry White

El Wargamero Novato - interview with:
-Joe Dewhurst, designer of Resisting Revolution [English, Spanish]

The Players' Aid - interview with:
-Mark Simonitch, designer of North Africa '41

BoardGameItalia - Interview with
-Enrico Acerbi, Inferno co-deisgner [Italian

Ardwulf's Lair - Video interview with:
-Mitchell Land, Designer of Next War: Iran

 

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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
Today's New P500 Additions
(Click on box image to go to P500 page for more info and to order.)
 
             
                                                                                                                          Spearhead                           Twilight Struggle                     Wilderness War  
   The Balloon Goes Up!              South Asian Monsoon                    4th Printing                                              (New on P500)                           (New on P500)                      (P500 Reprint)
               

                                                                 
            Normandy '44               Clash of Sovereigns/Clash of         C&C Napoleonics
   Mounted Map + 3" Box      Monarchs 2-sided Mounted Map          Custom Dice
         (New on P500)
                          (New on P500)                          (New on P500) 

Recent P500 Additions:
                                        630 Orders       182 Orders       443 Orders      625 Orders      498 Orders      542 Orders      451 Orders         
                             918 Orders       733 Orders     717 Orders        639 Orders      337 Orders        557 Orders      2,107 Orders          

New P500 Additions. We have several new and enhanced products to add to our P500 list this time. 

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I have long been a huge fan of Mark Herman's Flashpoint: Golan system. Spearhead - as well as the entire The Balloon Goes Up! series - uses a version of this system that has been updated and refined by Mark and Chris. I can't wait to see this on my game table! - Gene

The Balloon Goes Up! is a series which simulates hypothetical or actual armored warfare in Western Europe, the Middle East, and Asia from the mid 1980s to the present day, all using a consistent core set of rules coupled with a situation-specific playbook that allows for a variety of situations to be portrayed. The first game in the series, Spearhead, represents a summer 1986 conflict between elements of the Soviet and East German armies and United States, West German, and French armies.

The game emphasizes how long-range detection and firepower technologies dramatically increased the depth of the theater of operations in modern warfare. This “Deep Engagement” waged far behind the front lines can determine the outcome of a campaign even before the opposing ground forces truly come to grips. Players must learn how to fight and win the Deep Engagement to achieve overall victory, taking into account the different ways the forces of the two sides were prepared to fight.

 
Spearhead scenarios range from smaller battle scenarios that deal with specific situations, locations, and forces to larger campaign style scenarios that portray the wider battle between Warsaw Pact and NATO forces. Battle scenarios depict Warsaw Pact drives into the province of Hesse, with objectives of Kassel, the Fulda Gap, Frankfurt, and ultimately the Rhine River. Three different Campaign scenarios are included that provide for varied starting conditions for the conflict.

For more details, click the image or the link below.

Spearhead: The Balloon Goes Up! Volume I

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On the heels of the success of Twilight Struggle: Red Sea, we are excited to offer a new game in our Twilight Struggle series. Please note that while Twilight Struggle: Red Sea was a simpler Twilight Struggle experience, Twilight Struggle: South Asian Monsoon is a more complex experience. With a playtime of 90-120 minutes, TS: South Asian Monsoon is shorter than a full game of Twilight Struggle, while introducing new mechanisms to depict unique aspects of the Cold War in South Asia.

To make sure you get the most out of Twilight Struggle: South Asian Monsoon, a full solitaire system is included, based on the system in Twilight Struggle: Red Sea. This system can replace either the US or Soviet player and provides a difficult and unique challenge.

For more details, click the image or the link below.


Twilight Struggle: South Asian Monsoon
 
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New P500 Reprint Additions. 


Wilderness War, 4th Printing


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P500 Upgrades/Mounted Maps/Accessories. 


Normandy '44 Mounted Map + 3" Box

Based on customer requests, we are offering another print run of the mounted map for Mark Simonitch's Normandy '44. This time, we're adding a 3" box to the package for those of you who want a larger box to accommodate the mounted map.


Clash of Sovereigns/Clash of Monarchs
Double Sided Mounted Map


This dual mounted map includes a new map for Clash of Monarchs on one side and the map for Clash of Sovereigns on the other.  Plus, you get a terrific P500 discount! 



C&C Napoleonics Custom Dice

Note: We are printing 400 extra sets of these dice along with the C&C Napoleonics reprints. They are availalbe on a first-come, first-served basis via P500 order. So get yours reserved now if you want a set!

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P500 Removals. None this time.
 

 
 
Here is a brief tease for P500 additions lining up in the coming months. This month's new Spearhead was teased last month as "An operational wargame of the cold war going hot in the 1980s." The new Twilight Struggle: South Asian Monsoon was highlighted as "A 20th century CDG set in South Asia." Note that this is not a comprehensive list (nor will I preview EVERY game we have planned), so I will switch these up a bit from month to month. Over the coming 1-6 months, I anticipate that we will add:
  • A pre-WWI deckbuilding game (for you Time of Crisis fans).
  • A Multipack game from Mark Herman and Alan Ray
  • A new Levy & Campaign series game
  • A Deluxe GMT Edition of a popular game that was originally from another publisher
Yearly Best-Sellers April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023 (Updated Quarterly)
(Click on box image to go to Game page on our website for more info and to order.)
 
                                                                       


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First off this time, I'd like to share a couple of recaps of recent conventions that we supported and/or had various team members attend.

The Players' Aid - Buckeye Game Fest - from Grant and Alexander

Just wanted to report back on our adventures at Buckeye Game Fest this past week. We displayed the advance copy of The British Way that you provided and ended up engaging with about 10 people about the game, how it compares to the rest of the COIN Series, and its accessibility. 

  
We also ran 4 total COIN Series Teach & Play events, 2 on Friday and 2 on Saturday with a total of 14 players. Grant ran Cuba Libre and Alexander ran Andean Abyss. Everyone had a great time, and we gave away the games you provided as prizes. 

  

We also played lots of GMT Games including Unconditional Surrender! (2-player but we had some help with the Soviets and Italians at times), Time of Crisis (3-player), Fire in the Lake (4-player), and Sword of Rome (5-player).

All in all, we had a very productive and fun 4 1/2 days at Buckeye Game Fest. Thank you for the games and for your continued support. Sincerely,

Grant & Alexander
The Players’ Aid



Video Recap of PunchedCon '23 by Fred Serval at Homo Ludens.


Click the image above to watch Fred and GMT Staff Developer Joe Dewhurst (you'll also see Staff Developer Peter Evans herein) recap PunchedCon '23, an excellent wargame convention in the UK. They talk a lot about The British WayFire in the Lake and both expansions (Sovereign of Discord, Fall of Saigon), as well as several other games. (17 Minute Video)
 

For more info our Spring Events that featured GMT games, check out Rachel's recent InsideGMT article on Convention Reports for details.

I just saw one more recap of our Weekend at the Warehouse this morning, posted on BGG by first-time attendee Brett Murrell. Enjoy!



Upcoming Events

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GMT presence at Origins June 21-25, 2023
 
We are pleased to announce that Enterprise Games will again be repping our game line at this year’s Origins and that Arm Chair Dragoons will again be running numerous gaming events featuring GMT games:
 
Salerno '43 - run 4 times
Liberty or Death - run 4 times
Space Empires 4X - run 2 times
Plains Indian Wars - run 2 times
Combat Commander - run 2 times
A Distant Plain (team game) - run once


For those of you attending Origins this year, we encourage you to visit the Entrerprise Games booth to check out our line of games and others, and for those of you wanting to play in GMT events, please sign up for those run by Arm Chair Dragoons.

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Harold Buchanan and the San Diego Historical Games Convention (SDHist) is proud to announce the first SDHistCon East. This event will be from August 18-20, hosted by the U.S. Naval War College Museum in Newport, RI.

On Friday, August 18, the convention will make available a series of historical tours. This will include a tour of the Battle of Rhode Island battlefield by Mark Miklos, designer of GMT’s Battles of the American Revolution series. Tours of other local historical sites, including Battleship Cove (featuring the USS Massachusetts and many other notable ships), are in the works.

On Friday evening, the convention will move to the Museum at the US Naval War College to play games and enjoy the facility. On Saturday and Sunday, the gaming will continue. There will also be time out for a tour of the historic wargaming facilities on campus, conducted by experts associated with the command. Mix with hobby and professional gamers and take in the history that surrounds you! GMT designers Mark Herman (a former USNWC Adjunct), Mark Miklos, Volko Ruhnke, Joe Balkoski, and others are confirmed guests.

Space considerations mean only a limited number of tickets are available, and those are currently sold out. But a waitlist is available for those with strong intention of attending.


Inquiries to harold@sdhist.com.

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Fall 2023 Weekend at the Warehouse - October 12-15, 2023. On the heels of a really fun Weekend at the Warehouse last month, and to help you all with early vacation days planning, we have set the dates and hotels details for our October Weekend. Please contact our office folks to reserve your spot.

We'll spend the better part of 3 1/2 days, often long into the night, playing your favorite GMT (and non-GMT, if you'd prefer) games. This is mostly an open gaming event, although we do have tournaments from time to time.

Gaming starts around 8 each morning and goes until the last player leaves—or when players collapse from exhaustion in the wee hours of the morning. :-)





Hotel Details:

Sequoia Inn:

559-582-0339 (Ask for the GMT Block Rate)

Rooms Available:

Mention corporate rate “GMT” 
72hr cancellation policy will be 1 night stay + tax
September 25th is the cut-off date

$96.00 - Traditional Room
$129.00 - Executive Suite
$140.00 - V.I.P Suite

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Home to Suites by Hilton - Hanford

Booking Link:
TBD - we haven't received this from the hotel yet, sorry.

Group Name: GMT GAMES

Please note, the entire URL must be copied and pasted for it to work properly.


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We're looking forward to seeing you all here in October!

To register, please let our office folks know by phone or email or chat that you'd like to attend and they'll add you to the list. Registration will be $45, payable at the event. Also, please also let them know whether you would like an event t-shirt and if so, what size you would like.


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Click above to see Candice Harris teach you How to Play Twilight Struggle: Red Sea. (21+ Minute Video)
 
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Another Beautiful Period Video from Volko Introducing Plantaganet. Many of you remember the amazing video that Volko created last year to help players better understand and appreciate the world of Inferno and get a head-start on gameplay. Well, to the benefit of us all, Volko is at it again! This time he's created a 22 minute Introductory video for our upcoming Plantaganet, Cousins War for England, 1459-1485, the fourth game in Volko's Levy & Campaign series. To view the video, just click on the image below.




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Wilderness War and Nevsky on Rally the Troops! In case you have not yet checked out the Rally the Troops! website, you can play Wilderness War there in a fabulous on-line implementation that enforces all the rules for you! The site is cost- and ad-free, a labor of love by Tor Andersson, who worked intensively with Volko Ruhnke to ensure that Rally the Troops! Wilderness War functionality is correct and official.

Update 3/23: Tor has now finished the work to bring Nevsky to Rally the Troops! You can check it out here.












Close-up of Rally the Troops! interface for Wilderness War that shows you what the troops you have selected can do.


Nevsky on Rally the Troops! guides you beautifully and seamlessly through all the rules.


Update 4/18: Tor is now working on Andean Abyss for Rally the Troops! Stay tuned!


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Volko's Intro to Inferno Video: Volko has managed to pack into 24 minutes of video a concise and well-organized overview of 13th-century Tuscan politics, rivalries, and military affairs. Volko uses the game map and pieces to show us exactly how Inferno simulates the realities of politics and warfare in central Italy during the conflict between the Guelphs and the Ghibellenes. If you have ANY interest in Inferno or in life and conflict in 13th century Tuscany, click the image at top left and immerse yourself into the period and the game as you get a blended game and history education from a master teacher and student of history. Enjoy! 


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Online Support Site for Fields of Fire: As our Fields of Fire Rules Editors Andrew Stead and Colin Parsons work with Ben Hull to produce a Third Edition rules set for this amazing series, we want you to know about our Fields of Fire HQ, our preferred place for you to ask game questions and get Fields of Fire help. Andrew and Colin man the site themselves, so now you'll have the opportunity to get your questions answered directly by the two co-editors of the upcoming Third Edition Rules.

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Vassal Ladder Tournament for The Last Hundred Yards. There is now a Vassal Ladder Tournament for The Last Hundred Yards! The Vassal Ladder is a monthly matchup of players competing using the Vassal Software (usually live but occasionally by email). There is no experience required to join the Ladder! In fact, it’s a great place to learn the game, hone your skills, and meet some great friends and skilled players from around the world! If you’d like more information or to join the ladder, contact Mark Buetow via email. Check it out to really get into this great game of tactical WWII combat!

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Vassal Ladder Tournament for Combat CommanderThere is also an excellent Vassal Ladder Tournament for Combat Commander! They start new games each month and new players are welcome. If you’d like more information or to join the ladder, either visit the BGG thread or contact Patrick Pence via email (add a subject of "CC Ladder" please). Check out online play of one of our best-selling games of tactical WWII combat!


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Find Opponents on GMT's Discord Server (Managed by Mitchell Land and Joel Toppen). We’d like to take this opportunity to remind you that GMT maintains a Discord server which can be used to facilitate both finding an opponent and playing with that opponent using voice communication. To keep SPAMmers and BOTs out of the server, you need to contact either Mitchell Land (webmaster@gmtgames.com) or Joel Toppen (joel_m_toppen@msn.com) for a Discord invite. Enjoy the gaming!

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COIN Series Discord Player's Club. For you COIN series players, check this out!
https://discord.gg/JWkrfCgwV9

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The Last Hundred Yards Facebook Group. Designer Mike Denson runs an excellent Facebook Group that supports one of our fastest-growing series of games, The Last Hundred Yards. Check it out here: The Last Hundred Yards Facebook Group

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Official GMT Games Facebook Group. Our official GMT Games Facebook Group now is a community of over 15,400 gamers! If you have a Facebook account and you'd like to join our GMT Group to get the latest news, share game pics with other players, or just get your GMT-related questions answered, please click here to visit our group

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Facebook Reivers and Reformers Group.
For you fans of Ed Beach's games, feel free to join Ed's Reivers and Reformers Facebook Group. There you'll find discussion, testing, and inside info about the follow games:

Here I Stand (P500 Reprint)
Virgin Queen (P500 Reprint)
Border Reivers (P500 - shipping in June)
Tanto Monta: The Rise of Ferdinand and Isabella (P500 - Developed by Ed; designed by Carlos Diaz Narvaez)

Click here to go to the Group


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Facebook COIN Group. For those of you on Facebook who like our COIN series games, check out the GMT COIN Series Fan & Vassal Play group, run by Daniel Hernández Iniesta. It’s a great place to share COIN discussions, photos, and fun.

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The Boardgames Chronicle Video Tutorials. 
For those interested, here are a few of the latest how to play videos from The Boardgames Chronicle:
 
"Not There Yet" P500 Items That Could Use More Orders
Thanks for your orders this past month that helped Combat Commander: Minor Nations Pack and Resisting Revolution Make the Cut!
(Click on box image to go to Game page on our website for more info and to order.)

 
                 
     498 Orders      478 Orders      476 Orders      451 Orders     443 Orders      434 Orders     383 Orders       
                         
     364 Orders      361 Orders      349 Orders      341 Orders     337 Orders      325 Orders      182 Orders


See the Playdek Update near the top of this newsletter.

Digital Versions of our Games from Playdek
 
Labyrinth, designed by Volko Ruhnke. Expansions designed by Trevor Bender:


Click above to see Mark Herman teach you how to play Rebel Fury. (26 Minute Video)
Coming This Week on InsideGMT!
 
Here's an update from Rachel on this week's upcoming InsideGMT articles:

Lots of great stuff this week on InsideGMT! 

On Monday, I posted an article that featured a compilation of reports, photos, and one video from some of the Spring 2023 gaming conventions featuring GMT titles. I plan to post more of these compilations on InsideGMT about four times a year going forward, so please let me know if you like them!

Today on InsideGMT, we published a progress report from Fields of Fire Deluxe Edition developers Andrew Stead and Colin Parsons. Here's a short excerpt: "Fields of Fire Deluxe is far more than a “clarifications update;” it’s a whole new edition of the game, enhanced, improved, expanded, easier to approach, and yet, still very much the Fields of Fire that players around the world love. There’s a way to go yet, but we’re still hopeful to get it printed and onto your tables before the end of the year." If you'd like to read the full progress report, you can find that here.

On Thursday, we will be publishing the second and final part in the Congress of Vienna illustrated example of play series from designer Frank Esparrago and developer Fred Schachter. If you'd like to read the first part of the example of play first, you can find that here.

Last but certainly not least, we have a great article coming on Friday from Mark Miklos, designer of GMT's 10-volume Battles of the American Revolution series. He recently attended the Camden burials honoring fallen soldiers from the 1780 Battle of Camden, South Carolina, and he shares his experience that weekend in a travelogue for InsideGMT. This article (and the accompanying photos taken by Mark) is very special, and I highly recommend that all of you read it on Friday. 

Enjoy and h
ave a great week!

-Rachel B
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This Past Month in InsideGMT!

Here are links to this month's new InsideGMT articles:

Order & Opportunity: Cards and Card Play Part #2

Video: The Recreation Department Ranks Levy & Campaign Series Factions

Napoleon in Egypt: Dramatis Personae, Part 1

Solo Playthrough of Borikén Game One: Pre-1493

Designing Congress of Vienna’s Solitaire Game, Part 2 of 2: The French Bot During the Government & War Phases

Introducing New Players to the World of SpaceCorp! — Session Report from The Boardgames Chronicle

Congress of Vienna Detailed Example of Play Part 1 of 2 – The Initial through Diplomacy Phase

Solo Playthrough of Borikén Game Two: 1493-1528

An Interesting Thing Happened on the Way to Jask

GMT Gaming: Spring 2023 Convention Reports

Fields of Fire Deluxe – Progress Report



As always, I invite you all to head over to www.insidegmt.com, check out the articles, leave us your comments, and tell us what else you'd like to see us do to make InsideGMT even better! 
Most Requested P500 Games (by orders received through May 21)
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    3,534 Orders    2,567 Orders    2,233 Orders    2,105 Orders    1,849 Orders     1,602 Orders    1,446 Orders
                  
    1,319 Orders    1,311 Orders    1,303 Orders    1,300 Orders    1,292 Orders    1,278 Orders    1,271 Orders
 
Charging and Shipping. Here's a look at our current and near-future charging and shipping:

Current Charges/Shipments: We finished shipping all P500 orders for the following games late last week: 
The British Way (5 lbs)

Next Charges/Shipments: We have a BIG shipment arriving in the warehouse later this week. And we pretty much have to ship all of these together because we have a bunch more titles scheduled to arrive in July. The good news is that our "Consolidated Shipping" feature is going to save significantly on shipping for those of you with multiple games on order in this batch.

Because of the large volume of orders for these FIVE items, it's going to take our office and warehouse folks a bit longer than usual on both the "prepare for shipment" after charging and the shipping itself. So we're going to charge later this week, on May 25th and plan to start shipping roughly June 5-10. Our goal will be to finish shipping all (currently around 7,200) games in this group within 4 weeks of the start of shipping. The games we'll charge and ship in this batch are:


Border Reivers (5 lbs)
Mr. President: The American Presidency, 2001-2020 (7 lbs)
People Power (4 lbs)

The Barracks Emperors (3 lbs)
Under the Southern Cross (3 lbs)


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For those of you calculating shipping charges for these games, I've included the weights we are using for shipping in parenthesis after each game title, above.

To avoid any delays in your game shipment, please make sure you've updated your charge cards on our website before we charge. This is especially important this time for a game like Mr. President - where many of you have had your cards on file for years. So please double check your account and make sure your card on file is current. If you use the "Pay by Check" P500 option, please send your checks in to arrive by the charge dates. Thanks!
All-Time Best-Sellers (as of 12/31/22 - Updated Quarterly)
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Here is our most current Production Status update from Mark and Kai. We update these monthly so that you will be able to follow progress as games get added and moved between pre-art, the art department, and the printer. Games with a ** following their entry are currently at the printer (we are a little more certain about scheduling on these). Entries listed in bold have moved in the Print Queue since last month.
 
P500 Shipping Complete

At Sea: In Warehouse by Late May. P500 Charging May 25. Shipping starts June 5-10. 
At Sea: No P500 Charge/Ship Date Yet
18 India **

At the Printer: No Ship Date Yet
C&C Napoleonics: The Austrian Army, 3rd Printing **
C&C Napoleonics: (Base Game) 5th Printing **
C&C Napoleonics: The Prussian Army, 3rd Printing **
C&C Napoleonics: The Russian Army, 4th Printing **
C&C Napoleonics: The Spanish Army, 4th Printing **

CDG Solo System Pack #2 **
Downfall **
Great Battles of Alexander, Expanded Deluxe Edition, 2nd Printing **

Great Battles of Alexander: Tyrant Module **
Liberty or Death, 3rd Printing **
North Africa '41 **
North Africa '41 Mounted Maps
**
Going to the Printer Late This Month
C&C Napoleonics Expansion 5: Generals, Marshals, and Tacticians2nd Printing
C&C Napoleonics Expansion 6: EPIC Ancients, 2nd Printing
Banish All Their Fears
Prime Minister
The Last Hundred Yards: The Russian Front

Going to the Printer in June
C&C Medieval 2nd Printing
C&C Samurai, 2nd Printing

In Final Art and Proofing
C&C Ancients Expansion #5, 2nd Printing
Congress of Vienna
Panzer North Africa
 
There are quite a few games nearing Art Dept. Readiness, but these are the ones that Mark thinks are closest now. You'll see several of these move up and others added to this section each month.
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Sneak Peeks:

Box Cover for Vijayanagara



Box Cover for Sovereign of Discord




Box Cover for The Last Hundred Yards Volume 4: The Russian Front




Countersheets for The Last Hundred Yards Volume 4: The Russian Front

  

Game Map for Next War: Taiwan, 2nd Edition




Game Board for Prime Minister


 
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Project Updates/Examples of Play


Away Team -
Designer John Butterfield

Away Team is rocketing into development. Our 3-person writing team has completed the narratives for four (of seven) star systems. This allows our playtesters to fully test all scales of play—the hours the Away Team spends exploring alien environments, the weeks the Pandora spends touring the sites in a star system, and the years that pass as Pandora voyages to different star systems gaining experience and upgrades.

Shown here is one of 24 environs that the Away Team explores on one "drop." The Deep Blue environ is on an ocean world and most of the action takes place underwater. The illustration is near finished. The labels, tracks, and symbology are of preliminary playtest quality. Markers are placed on the grid to track hours, supply limits, and the team's terror level. Supply limits vary depending on the planet's gravity and other factors.

Observing in-person testing of Away Team has been a revelation. In all the tests, ostensibly for one player, two or three people are at the table, passionately debating and dreading every possible course of action for the Away Team, advocating for their favorite crew members, disagreeing on what to do next, and placing blame when it goes south. I haven't seen such delightful group interaction in my other solitaire designs. This has led me to consider putting aside my proposed stand-alone competitive two-player variant in favor of supporting play of the solo game by two or three players in a cooperative fashion. - John

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China's War - Designer Brian Train

 

People have been clamouring for an update on China's War 1937-41, so here we go...


Since first going up for P500 in August 2019, this design is now north of 1,600 pre-orders. It has had a bit of a bumpy ride due to the continual disruptions of COVID and the competing demands of developing other GMT designs. I'm very lucky and grateful to have Jason Carr and Joe Dewhurst working on this game, but unfortunately we cannot clone these guys. The game has been proceeding through playtesting and development well, just not always at the same speed...but in my opinion the motion has been uniformly good progress!


 

The basic mechanics of the game have remained much the same since it was submitted. Also we have spent a good deal of time working through the cards in the Event Deck to tweak their powers and effects, which is always an involved step in working out a GMT COIN system design. We are now at the point of finalizing the look of the thing—illustrated above is the latest version of the map by the talented Matthew Wallhead, which I think will also be close to the final version.


We think you'll be pleased! - Brian


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Decisive Action - Developer Evan Yoak
 


 

Decisive Action is coming along nicely: the process for using assets (i.e., combat support toys like helicopters, drones, and artillery) has been smoothed out, making them easier to understand and play with, and optional rules have been added for underwhelming Russian performance and for more realistic LOS. We're opening playtesting this month and think players will really enjoy these changes.


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Fields of Fire, Deluxe Edition  Progress Report - Developers Andrew Stead and Colin Parsons



Andrew and Colin posted a comprehensive Progress Report in InsideGMT today. Check it out for the current status of this project. Here's a brief taste from InsideGMT:

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So what’s going on with Fields of Fire Deluxe?

In October 2022, a draft of the new rulebook went online. This is due for another update once all the components are done to add new images along with a handful of new clarifications. The rulebook now contains all the base rules, with full explanations and examples, and should answer any question that comes up during play. However, that’s just the first step towards the new presentation of Fields of Fire.
 

The second step is the Starter Guide & Field Manual. Fields of Fire can be a tricky game to grasp, especially for players of other tactical wargames. The training course in this guide takes you through the basics of the game one step at a time and teaches you how to follow the sequence of play. The book also provides a series of examples and guidance for the various situations that the campaigns present; how to plan for an air assault, what to think about when setting up a defensive mission, a demonstration of between-mission reconstitution and replacements and so on. The main text is complete and it’s currently going through a series of checks, edits and design discussions to make sure it’s as user-friendly as possible.

Read the rest of the article here.


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Imperial Eagles: Air War in the Pacific, 1941-43 - Designer Chris Janiec


 

While testing continues, we’re working on a campaign tutorial to help players move beyond simple Dogfights. The goal is to induce more players to at least try a campaign without attempting to digest too many rules pages at once.
 

In the first five Down in Flames volumes, and particularly in Wild Blue Yonder, the campaign rules have been organized to facilitate locating needed information. For example, the rules for every type of strike (three different bombing methods, strafing, rockets, torpedoes, mine laying, etc.) are all in one section. This is great if you want to find the dive bombing procedure. But the first time you sit down to play a campaign, there’s no way to know what to read ahead of time and what you can ignore. The tutorial will not significantly change this organization, which is better for long-term reference. Instead, after reading the rules for bombers and skilled aircrews, it will guide players through the rules, skipping sections not needed to play the first mission. When you’ve played that mission, the tutorial instructions will direct you back to rules needed for the second mission, and so on.

 

The campaign is Operation WATCHTOWER, the US invasion of Guadalcanal in August 1942. Six missions depict actual or plausible historical air action during the first three days, introducing rules as needed:

  • Mission 1) USN strike on the IJN Seaplane Base at Tulagi
    Mission Setup and Resources; Campaign Sequence of Play; Dive and Saturation Bombing Missions; Strafing; Flak
  • Mission 2) IJN reconnaissance intercepted by USN CAP
    Reconnaissance Mission; Attacking Medium and Heavy Bombers
  • Mission 3) IJN strike on a Destroyer intercepted by USN CAP
    Attacking Light Bombers; Level Bombing Mission
  • Mission 4) Escorted IJN strike on the Invasion Force intercepted by USN CAP
    Defending Bombers; Saturation Bombing Naval Targets
  • Mission 5) Escorted IJN strike on the Invasion Force intercepted by USN CAP
    Light Bombers as Interceptors; Torpedo Bombing Mission
  • Mission 6) One of four possible Missions:
    a) Escorted IJN bombing strike on an Aircraft Carrier intercepted by USN CAP (hypothetical)
    b) Escorted IJN torpedo strike on an Aircraft Carrier intercepted by USN CAP (no contact)
    c) Escorted IJN torpedo strike on a Destroyer intercepted by USN CAP (historical)
    d) Escorted USN bombing strike on the IJN Seaplane Base intercepted by IJN CAP (hypothetical)


Land Campaign Conduct; Special Missions

After completing this tutorial, players will be well-prepared to play Land Campaigns or Operations in IE, as well as earlier DiF volumes using the latest rules.
 

Anyone who is familiar with basic DiF Dogfight rules and interested in reviewing the organization of the tutorial and testing the campaign is welcome to contact me directly by e-mail: drklahn@centurytel.net. - Chris


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Next War: Iran and Next War: Taiwan, 2nd Edition - Designer Mitchell Land

         

Testing continues on Next War: Iran, and things are coming together nicely. We're now focusing on ensuring that the VP mechanics are working as intended. We have also spun up more testing on Next War: Taiwan, 2nd Edition as it's closer to completion. Although this will exist primarily as an Order of Battle update, we are introducing new mechanics and bringing the game up to the new standard, since it was the second game in the series. - Mitch

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Norman Conquests - Designer Ralph Shelton

Norman Conquests is in Art & Layout and nearing completion! Counter icons are by the inestimable Mike Lemick and look excellent as always. Charlie Kibler has done another great job on the counters and maps! Below is a sample of the game's near-final Hastings map. - Ralph









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Order & Opportunity - Designer V.P.J. Arponen


 

After a short hiatus due to yours truly and the family moving house, the development of Order & Opportunity is picking up pace again. Most recently, I have been working on the setup for a short scenario. The play time of the full game of Order & Opportunity is about 3 hours, so it is not an overtly long game even if played full. Yet, the inclusion of a short scenario of max 90 minutes might still help folks get the game to the table that little bit more often.
 

Some playtest games have been planned, so stay tuned for impressions on Twitter (#OrderAndOpportunity) as well as for AARs on the game's BGG page.
 

In a scene from the on-going playtest, Russia (red) makes use of the Chávez event to challenge the US (green) presence in South America.
 

Cheers! - Vez


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Panzer: North Africa - Designer James M. Day


 


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Here's the current status of all the games on our P500 reprint list - with current order totals and a +/- order growth since last month, with status in BOLD to the right if they are in or nearing the final stages of our production cycle. Please help us determine what to reprint by pre-ordering any of these that interest you. Thanks for your help!

Barbarossa: AGN: 1,184 Orders (+3)
France '40, 2nd Printing: 1,087 Orders (+7)
Barbarossa: AGS: 1,076 Orders (+6)
Next War: Taiwan, 2nd Edition: 968 Orders (+31)
Liberty or Death, 3rd Printing: 930 Orders (+29) AT THE PRINTER
Pursuit of Glory, 2nd Edition: 901 Orders (+20) AT THE PRINTER
Red Winter: Expanded 2nd Edition: 877 Orders (+2) NEARING ART DEPT READINESS
C&C Ancients Expansion #5: Epic Ancients, 2nd Printing: 776 Orders (-4) IN FINAL ART
Great Battles of Alexander, Expanded Deluxe Ed, 2nd Printing: 772 Orders (+33) AT THE PRINTER
For the People, 4th Printing: 704 Orders (+15)

Comanchería, 2nd Printing: 678 Orders (+12)
Virgin Queen, 2nd Printing: 668 Orders (+10)
Unconditional Surrender, 3rd Printing: 622 Orders (+23)
Here I Stand, 500th Anniversary Edition, 2nd Printing: 583 Orders (+27)
Hoplite, 2nd Printing: 520 Orders (+4)
Labyrinth, The Awakening, 2nd Printing: 509 Orders (+11) NEARING ART DEPT READINESS
Holland '44, 2nd Printing: 507 Orders (+11)

Washington's War, 3rd Printing: 486 Orders (+5)
Turn Zero Expansion, 3rd Printing: 485 Orders (+12)
Skies Above the Reich, 2nd Printing: 484 Orders (+3) IN FINAL ART
The Hunters, 4th Printing: 456 Orders (+32)
Silent Victory, 3rd Printing: 395 Orders (+15)
Fields of Despair, 2nd Printing: 391 Orders (+2)
Space Empires: Replicators, 2nd Printing: 390 Orders (+19)
Combat Commander: Resistance, 2nd Printing: 386 Orders (+0)
Enemy Coast Ahead: The Dambuster Raid, 2nd Printing: 380 (+1)
Combat Commander: Mediterranean, 3rd Printing: 361 Orders (-5)
C&C Napoleonics, Austria Exp, 3rd Printing: 337 Orders (+1)
C&C Napoleonics, Russia Exp, 4th Printing: 324 Orders (+6)
C&C Medieval, 2nd Printing: 313 Orders (+7)
No Retreat, The Russian Front Deluxe, 3rd Printing: 305 Orders (+10) IN THE ART DEPT

Space Empires: Close Encounters, 3rd Printing: 288 Orders (+14)
C&C Ancients, Exp #6, 2nd Printing: 279 Orders (+2)
A Distant Plain, 4th Printing: 270 Orders (+14)
Chariots of Fire, 2nd Printing: 270 Orders (+6)
Thunder Alley, Crew Chief Expansion, 2nd Printing: 253 Orders (+1) NEARING ART DEPT READINESS
Space Empires, 5th Printing: 241 Orders (+17)
C&C Napoleonics, 5th Printing: 239 Orders (+16)
Ardennes '44, 4th Printing: 231 Orders (+4)
C&C Napoleonics Prussian Army Exp, 3rd Printing: 226 Orders (+4)
No Retreat 2: The North African Front, 3rd Edition: 226 Orders (+1) IN THE ART DEPT 
Tank Duel, 2nd Printing: 216 Orders (+6)
Bayonets & Tomahawks, 2nd Printing: 213 Orders (+6)
Gandhi, 2nd Printing: 203 Orders (+9)
Combat Commander: Europe, 5th Printing: 202 Orders (-19)
Stalingrad '42, 2nd Printing: 202 Orders (+18)
Talon, 3rd Printing: 200 Orders (+13)

Nevsky, 2nd Edition: 198 Orders (+26)
Peloponnesian War, 2nd Printing: 193 Orders (+6)
C&C Napoleonics Spanish Army Exp, 4th Printing: 183 Orders (+6)
Red Flag Over Paris, 2nd Printing: 177 Orders (+12)
C&C Napoleonics Expansion #5: Generals, Marshalls & Tacticians, 2nd Printing: 172 Orders (+3)
C&C Samurai, 2nd Printing: 168 Orders (-3)

Conquest of Paradise, 3rd Printing: 151 Orders (+1)
Falling Sky, 2nd Edition, 2nd Printing: 151 Orders (+6)
Cataclysm, 2nd Printing: 143 Orders (-2)
Enemy Coast Ahead: The Doolittle Raid, 2nd Printing: 139 Orders (+4)
Manoeuvre, 3rd Printing: 127 Orders (+2) NEARING ART DEPT READINESS

C&C Napoleonics Expansion #6: EPIC Napoleonics, 2nd Printing: 122 Orders (+3)
Men of Iron Tri-Pack, 2nd Printing 120 Orders (+23)
The Dark Valley Deluxe Edition, 2nd Printing 112 Orders (+112)
1960: The Making of the President, 3rd Printing: 106 Orders (+16)


Tyrant, 2nd Printing 79 Orders (+79)
The Dark Summer, 2nd Printing: 62 Orders (+7)

Labyrinth, 5th Printing: 53 Orders (+3)
Wilderness War, 4th Printing (New to List)

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