Royce Simpson 🇺🇲🇺🇦

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Geospatial Analyst, wilderness enthusiast, and lately, into historical conflict board games.
Grant shares his Best 3 Games with…Hidden Movement! What games do you enjoy with Hidden Movement? https://theplayersaid.com/2024/03/22/best-3-games-with-hidden-movement/
Best 3 Games with…Hidden Movement!

I love exploring different mechanics and game styles in these Best 3 Games with… Series! It gives me an opportunity to think back on games that I have played and enjoyed that focus on the cho…

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The new field manuals for Fields of Fire are looking good. I think they’ll help folks who bounced off earlier versions of game. Took a while for GMT to get to this point but they’re doing a good job getting the game up to the standards of their more recent productions.

https://gmtwebsiteassets.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/FoF_Deluxe/FoF_Deluxe-Field_Manual_Part_1_03062024.pdf

@theplayersaidgrant Hats off to Alexander on this one. For anyone like me who's had difficulty getting into COIN games, this series unlocks all the answers. Bravo!
Today’s video is a 4 for 1 treat as Alexander shares a 4-part video series called Faction Function that takes a look at each of the four factions found in Andean Abyss from GMT Games including the FARC, AUC, Government and Cartels. https://theplayersaid.com/2024/03/03/faction-function-strategy-guides-andean-abyss-insurgency-and-counterinsurgency-in-columbia-from-gmt-games/
Faction Function Strategy Guides: Andean Abyss: Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Columbia from GMT Games

Andean Abyss, which is the first game in the COIN Series, is simply a masterpiece! This game was originally published in 2012 and I didn’t get to actually play and experience the game until around …

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@antisanti Thank you. Well said!
@evildrganymede I hear all of that and makes 100% sense. The thing in this particular instance is that I felt like the game was still young and lots could happen. But the opponent was on his heels and decided to concede as a way to say, "I don't like how this is going and I want a do-over."
What's your take on "offering to concede a wargame" in a recreational setting? Is that good or bad form when someone offers to concede? I tend to get annoyed if someone offers to concede in a wargame if there's even a remote chance they could pull off a win. I feel like the offer of concession is a cheap way to try to end the game without facing defeat on the game's terms and therefore rob the opponent of a legit win. Granted, in any kind of competitive setting, a win is a win... I'm talking strictly recreational.
Welp, I went and got Final Girl. Wow, what a system. For my first... stab at it ... I'm trying The Rachet Lady, Wolfe Asylum and Heather. Seems perhaps not a great intro to the game. Lots of moving parts here.
@Pete indeed.