I wanted to alert everyone that we are moving to a new social platform in the coming days/weeks. That means this site will be closing down and will not be accessible any longer, as it is getting fully replaced with a new platform we feel will best serve our community over the long term. Content from this site will not be migrating to the new service, so if there are any images or content here you wish to hold onto, please save it locally to your…

I usually would not list this here, but I'm going to make an exception. One of our local game publishers, Dana Lombardy, has created a card game with Roger MacGowen on The Great War. It's absolutely gorgeous.  Take the time to check it out on Kickstarter: …

When I returned to board wargaming in 2000 I started buying up used games and magazines from our local game shop. Fortunately (or unfortunately), it was a time when people were bailing out of the area and selling off games “as cheap as chips.” A few dollars would buy an AH or SPI classic (punched) or a few magazines. You’d see they guys name and address (i.e. John Smith, 11 Elm St. Santa Cruz, etc..)  and I always wondered about the previous owners.…

Lately I’ve been thinking about the Twilight Zone episode “Time Enough at Last” where the character, Henry (played by Burgess Meredith), finally has the time to read all he wants as he is finally without interruptions (being the last man on Earth). Then he breaks his glasses….

 Labor Day weekend has traditionally been my weekend to play wargames at our premier SF Bay Area wargame convention, Pacificon. Cancelled this year because of…

WW2 Global ConflictWW2 Global Conflict

You are invited.

This new game concept depicts the global war ( 1939-> ) using existing board games on the topic and melding them into a large, multi-player effort for those who own at least one of the many games on the topic.

Play will be handled by email and Vassal for those who wish that form. Email is the method for communication with me and among players outside of specific game…

WW2 Global ConflictWW2 Global Conflict

You are invited.

This new game concept depicts the global war ( 1939-> ) using existing board games on the topic and melding them into a large, multi-player effort for those who own at least one of the many games on the topic.

Play will be handled by email and Vassal for those who wish that form. Email is the method for communication with me and among players outside of specific game play.

The…

This is today's big project.  I gave a presentation at Armchair Dragoons' virtual game convention, on American seacoast fortification and coastal artillery.  Take a look!

https://youtu.be/Rzh0-luH7Vg

I'm looking to migrate our social platform and was wondering what name would you all prefer. I will most likely still using "social.consimworld.com" as one of the sub-domains but I'm considering changing the name to one of the following. Do you have a preference?

• CSW Connect  (connect.consimworld.com)
• CSW Community  (community.consimworld.com)
• CSW Social (thinking I'd like to drop this name but the URL will still…

I’ll never forget the first time I played Mini WWII. It was at BGG Con 2018. One of my gaming buddies, Lee, knew of my interest in historical wargames and thought I would enjoy this one. He had just grabbed it from the game library and put the tiny, unassuming box on the table. I remember thinking, “Hmm, this game doesn’t look like much. It’s probably too light for my tastes, but I’ll give it a try.” 

As we were…

I feel like the learning curve on the GTS system is huge.

Through many hours of gameplay I've now worked through seven scenarios [the first Learning scenario, then the six Introductory scenario], and am onto my first Intermediate-level scenario, and I still feel like I'm wrapping my head around many of the rules, and making the occasional…

Hi Folks,

Work continues on the next Line of Departure. Right now, I'm working on an analysis of SPI's Great Battles of the American Civil War game on the Battle of Monocacy, Drive on Washington. This will be joining reviews of Jack Greene's Togo, from the final tranche of Turning Point Simulations titles, The Day of Waterloo.

The elephant in the room of course is COVID-19. As someone approaching the literal drop dead age, and with a couple of preexisting medical conditions, I am…

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A Review of Embedding Hexagonal Cells in the Circular and Hexagonal Region of Interest

Interesting article.  I've used something like this in mating TWW and the Fleet series.

It's that time of year again in which your host needs to get down on his knees and give thanks to all of you for your continued support to ConsimWorld. If you can consider donating today, we will be happy to provide you with a FREE print-n-play game from High Flying Dice Games along with publisher specials starting…

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Argghhhhh, I just crashed the comment generator and lost all the text. I will start again. I will write it in Word and paste here.

Further to what I already posted, I don’t believe there is anything much needed for additional rules, the only interaction between the two systems are the political rules and rules about naval movement of supply and land units.

I’ll look up some info on the ships mentioned in the Fleet games.   I don’t know yet if many of the Soviet ships in the…

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