Fri, 6 April 2012
One item I discussed on the Episode 2 was a series of posts on BGG with designer Harry Rowland. They occurred in December 2011 when Mr.Rowland was selected as the featured wargame designer of the month. I've always been a BIG fan of Mr.Rowland's work: Empire in Arms, World in Flames, Days of Decision, etc. I posed the following question to Mr.Rowland: That brings up a question; How you [Mr.Rowland] would rate the relative chances (from favored to win vs didn't have a snowball's chance of winning) of the losing side to have actually won the conflict - both the relative order and a categorization of that chance: Link to Mr.Rowland's response: http://gunsdicebutter.libsyn.com/rowland-on-historys-losing-sides-pdf And a link to forum where Mr.Rowland entertained and responded to a long series of questions from wargamers on BGG: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/694008/bgg-wargame-designer-of-the-month-harry-rowland/page/1
Category:Data
-- posted at: 10:52am CDT
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Fri, 6 April 2012
Ed Wimble and I refered to a number of books on Episode 2. Following is that list: Logistics and the Failure of the British Army in America by R. Arthur Bowler The Southern Strategy by David Wilson The War for America by Piers Mackesy The Long Fuse: How England Lost the American Colonies 1760-1785 by Don Cook The Frontier War for American Independence by William R. Nester I've read all but Mr.Wilson's book and would highly recommend the whole lot: they really gave me a different perspective on the conflict. I will be getting a copy of Mr.Wilson's book very shortly. I also referred to a forum that where Wilson and Wimble hold court that I think is about the best thing on the net regarding the American Revolutionary War (Art of War: David K. Wilson - in the Blog Central section of consimworld.com). A link here: http://talk.consimworld.com/WebX/.1dd09579/3206
Category:general
-- posted at: 9:08am CDT
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Fri, 6 April 2012
Those of you that know me from BGG (Boardgamegeek.com), know that I periodically conduct analysis of the BGG data regarding wargames. Consequently, I've now uploaded (or linked to) some of that work to this website. The first file contains my analysis of wargames from 1958-2008. This work was initated when I began to wonder how wargames had evolved: by subject type, mechanic, etc. BGG is a GREAT resource for the hobby, so, I utilized the data there to compile a short analytical piece. It is located on a few places on the net (grognard and wargamer), but, thought I would also place it on this website. The link is here: http://gunsdicebutter.libsyn.com/gamedata-pdf Finally, I've upload one chart as a sample of many contained in my gallery on BGG. The chart is of wargames by complexity (game weight) vs historical plausibility (BGG survey response) and sized by the reported number of owners (as reported on BGG). http://gunsdicebutter.libsyn.com/game-weight-vs-historically-plausibility-sized-by-number-of-owners-pdf
Category:Data
-- posted at: 8:34am CDT
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Fri, 6 April 2012
Thank you for the feedback I've been receiving. I've posted a short survey for listeners to complete that will help us better tailor content to what you want to hear on Guns, Dice, Butter. If you have a few minutes, please take time to complete at: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/787515/podcast-poll-guns-dice-butter
Category:Plumbing
-- posted at: 8:09am CDT
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