Archive for May, 2007

“It’s déjà vu all over again”

Wednesday, May 9th, 2007

(Quote by Yogi Berra)
After digging through my wargame pile and piles of assorted notes and other amusing detritus, I discovered some 7 year old notes on WWI game design. What’s old is new again.
One of the key aspects of a good strategic WWI game, in my not so humble opinion, is how to place […]

A Series of Catastrophes

Sunday, May 6th, 2007

From Georges Clemenceau: “War is a series of catastrophes that results in a victory.”
A Series of Catastrophes is my working title for a corps-level wargame set in Europe during World War One. As I do not have an extensive library of primary research material, I’m going to derive the game from other wargames on […]

SpedPAC, The Great War and JSON

Friday, May 4th, 2007

Just in time for the office elections of the Tewksbury SpedPAC, I was able to finish the data management code for the web site. Now, I need to train the powers-that-be in how to update the site themselves. I’m not finished, of course. (Do these projects ever finish?) The co-chairs want […]