It started with an SPI subscriber feedback survey. The resulting game from SPI was Operation Typhoon (OT), and if you read just the first half of the designer's notes in OT you might think it turned out an unplayable mess.
Tag - Joe Balkoski
December 12, 2019
vmod: Fighting Sail
December 12, 2019. vmod file
A minimalist module of less than 150 KB. Fighting Sail is Joe Balkoski's look at the age of sail, geared for ship duels and small fleet actions.
December 11, 2019
vmod: The Kaiser's Battle
December 11, 2019. vmod file
World War I's Battle of the Bulge in a solo-friendly game. Designed by Joseph Balkoski using an unusual, table-less combat resolution. Emphasis is on the various types of artillery barrage supporting the German infiltration tactics of Operation Michael in 1918.
November 30, 2019
vmod: Air Cav
November 30, 2019. vmod file
Published by West End Games (1985), Air Cav offers an impressive amount of data on 1980s era weaponry presented in a playable format. Only eight pages of basic rules, and only five more for the advanced rules, Not a big rules overhead for a tactical game, and it has very little errata. Serves quite well as a test bed and toolkit for exploring match-ups.
November 25, 2019
vmod: Against the Reich
November 25, 2019. vmod file
Joe Balkoski's treatment of the 1944 campaign in northwest Europe (West End Games 1986).
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