Oops! This happens. This game unfortunately fell after Gen Con (when I'm beat) and then during Ramadan (when I'm hungry thristy tired and beat). So I guess it...
Who has read the British book "The Defense of Duffer's Drift"? If you haven't you should. Here is a link to the text on line. It takes a couple of hours to...
In case you couldn't read the attachment, here are the rules in a readable form. ENCOUNTERS MATRIX GAME “In this world nothing is certain but death and...
How soon did you want to start, how many people would you prefer, and how often should we be checking in? ... I'd ... [mailto:MatrixGame2@yahoogroups.com] ... ...
I'm thinking four players. As to how fast turns will be - this will be a turn sequenceless game. Players pay a coin and make an argument. I will hold resolving...
Cool! I hope you'll play though if you want to just watch you can do that as well. I'll attach a copy of the rules to this message so you can see how they...
Yup, I'm in! :-) ... will be a ... will ... weekends. ... reading. ... possible ... cgsc.army.mil/carl/resources/csi/Swinton/Swinton.asp ... turn ... one...
THE MATRIX GAMER: November 2007 This marks yet another return of “The Matrix Gamer”. The difference this time is that I’m planning on keeping it up. The...
One of the things I've been working on is a way to encourage folks to build cool terrain ( something I'm imfamous for skipping as well, incidently...). ...
My daughter is 3 years old. she loves a lot of the stuff that Daddy does, but she also loves Disney's "Sleeping Beauty". Every time I read her the story, I...
Chris, I think you like most North American readers overdo the bit about all the power resting in one man. The sovereign isn't necessarily one man and Men and...
Hobbes was certainly reacting to a religiously driven alternate power (Parliament) undermining and killing his king. I hadn't thought of the weakness of Spain...
I think there is a huge gulf of history between Hobbes and our time which makes understanding his posititions difficult. It's a case of we know too much and...
I'm interested in running a game that is cross between an Matrix Game and a Kriegspiel set in the Franco-Prussian War. The actual war was a fiasco for France...
Countdown to War August 23 1866- the Peace of Prague. After a seven-week war, Prussia humbles the formerly dominant Austrian Empire, annexing many of the ...
Im ready to pitch in , I ve read a tiny bit about the hapless Napoleon III so I'll take a french position if I may . ( I cant do worse then they did in...
... Here's my two cents. ... The French staff used le system 'D' (for 'se debrouillier', loosely 'we'll muddle through somehow'). This non-system made the ...
Can I recommend a reading of Emile Zola's 'La Debacle' for all prospective players? Enjoy the "slow paralysis, starting at the top from the Emperor, a sick man...
Well we have Simon and Vincent both tentatively signed up. Two is sufficient, but more would be better. I will post further background material from time to...
The Troops In the 55 years since Waterloo, technological change had made the 1870 battlefield of Napoleon III a very different proposition from the 1815 ...
Thanks Dylan. I think writing about what I have some energy on is a lot better idea than trying to force "Matrix Games" into every box. Thought provoking...
Marcus do you want to run this now or after the Duffer's Drift game is over? I think running both at the same time might be a bit much. Chris Engle ... ...
Great, I am really looking forward to this - although I have to admit to being just a little nervous...having never tried anything like this before (although...
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