Unit cards and counters are some of the most visible areas of artwork when designing a game. Deciding on the style, look and feel is important to how a game is perceived as a perfectly good game system can be maligned based upon the look of the graphics. With the Panzer Battles series, we decided Read more about Unit Imagery for Maleme, Crete[…]
The next blog in our series ‘So you want to design a Wargame?’ focuses on building the map for our action around Maleme, Crete. The first game in the Panzer Battles series (Kursk – The Southern Flank) used a custom program that expanded the previously published Panzer Campaigns map to the right scale and Read more about Mapping Maleme, Crete[…]
As a continuation of our last blog, we’re going to focus on the Allied Order of Battle for our action around Maleme, Crete. The major opponent for the German Luftlande-Sturm-Regiment 1 at Maleme was the 5th Brigade of the 2nd New Zealand Division. The 5th Brigade had only arrived from the ill-fated expedition to Read more about The Allied Order of Battle at Maleme, Crete[…]
This week’s blog is going to focus on building the German order of battle for our action around Maleme, Crete. The primary unit that led the initial assault at Maleme was the Luftlande-Sturm-Regiment 1 (in English the 1st Air Landing Assault Regiment). The Sturm Regiment had been expanded from the single battalion that famously Read more about The German Order of Battle at Maleme, Crete[…]
As part of a regular series of blogs, we thought it worthwhile taking you through exactly what’s involved in building one of our games. Not surprisingly, there is a lot more work than you would expect! To provide a practical example, we will take you through the creation of one situation – the German parachute landings Read more about So you want to design a Wargame?[…]