John Poniske, designer of Hearts & Minds, King Philip's War, and Lincoln's War, discusses the reasons why he developed a different game system for each of these games. Plus, John tells us about some upcoming designs, including games about the Plains Indians Wars and the Haitian rebellion. (Note: Apologies for the poor sound quality during the interview. Skype was not our friend that night.) Plus, a quick shout-out to some other wargame/boardgame podcasts.…

Two of the games I ordered in the GMT sale arrived today. The method of shipping was by surface mail as this was the much cheaper shipping option plus I was in no rush for these games, so I was expecting 4- 6 week wait.

They arrived in 8 days! I was so impressed with that!

Plus GMT followed my request and put the shipping value at $20, this way it avoided a small customs charge and an annoying Post Office administration charge, which combined would have cost around…

So, has anyone taken the plunge (or planning to) and ordered any instock games from GMT during their 50% sale?

If so, what have you ordered or plan to order?

I bought Fading Glory and No Retreat North Africa. Not much else really caught my eye that was in stock.

Osprey Publishing is asking for suggestions for their Men at Arms titles, asking what they should re-visit. Some of the titles were published ages ago and may benefit from updates, re-writes and expansion.

http://www.ospreypublishing.com/blog/what_subjects_should_we_revisit_maa