Wargames To Go 19.2 - Operation Barbarossa, part 2 (with Carl Paradis)

Episode geeklist Carl Paradis Designer Carl Paradis is featured in this episode. Of course I asked him onto the podcast to discuss his landmark Eastern Front game, No Retreat: The Russian Front . Beyond that, Carl has explored this topic in his development of Gary Graber's The Barbarossa Campaign and his own forthcoming Absolute War . That would make him an interesting designer for most wargamers--what makes him special for me is his penchant for small wargames. Even if boxed, with a large map, the counter densities he uses are low, the hexes large, the rules short. Just the sort of gaming I find most interesting, because those designs have to make bold choices & cuts in their simulation modeling. Now Carl is furthering this design style in his No Retreat Battles series. The first in this new series focuses on five battles from 1942: Velikiye Luki, Stalingrad, Gazala, Guadalcanal, and Dieppe (two of those are solitaire). Small maps, not too many counters...sign me up! (Literally--this game is nearing the cutoff for GMT's P500 preordering system , and one of those preorders is mine.) Siberian trooper Carl Think that a big topic like Barbarossa cannot be simulated sufficiently by a low counter density? They might not be for everybody, but take a look at Carl's interesting designs. Within the context of familiar hexmaps, cardboard counters with combat-move factors, and Combat Results Tables, he takes the epic scope of the Russian Front and does clever things with ZOCs and a counterattack system, not to mention multi-use cardplay. YouTube is full of gamers showcasing this title. If you're not a Twitter user, but still want to see my photos and short videos about some wargames, just go to . Feedback here or there is always welcome. -Mark Lex Saxonum La Ders de Ders

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Wargames To Go 19.2 - Operation Barbarossa, part 2 (with Carl Paradis) is an episode from Wargames To Go by Mark Johnson.

This episode is 01:31:13 long.

This episode was published on May 7, 2020.

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