My "Napoleonic Wars" Cited as Useful in "Dealing With Stress" and for "Leadership Lessons"
Award-winning fellow wargamer and noted business consultant Scott Pfeiffer featured my Napoleonic Wars boardgame in an article on his company's blog. Entitled "Dealing With Stress: Lessons from a Boardgame," Scott not only said many complimentary things about it ("Trust me, this is a great game,") but also demonstrated how games, and my game in particular, can help teach people and the companies they run or work for some good lessons in how to deal with stress, especially in hard times.
For the full article, please go to http://marshallfredrickco.com/On_Business/stress-boardgame/
On a related note, consultant Richard Bliss mentioned my Napoleonic Wars in his piece in Forbes entitled "Juicy Leadership Lessons...From Boardgames?"
http://www.forbes.com/sites/netapp/2013/07/31/leadership-lessons-boardgames/
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Showing posts with label Consimworld. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Consimworld. Show all posts
Monday, August 5, 2013
Sunday, August 4, 2013
Hudson's Hideout Interviews Mark McLaughlin
10 Questions with game designer Mark McLaughlin
http://hudsonshideout.blogspot.com/2013/08/10-questions-with-game-designer-mark.html
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
This day 150 years ago in Rebel Raiders’ History - Custer and Rebel Raiders
-Dedicated to Civil War episodes, battles, people and ships
that also appear in GMT ’s Rebel Raiders on the High Seas.
Custer and Rebel Raiders
Today, June 25, is the 137th anniversary of the Battle of the Little Bighorn. While neither Custer's Last Stand in 1876 nor the flamboyant boy general himself are represented exactly in Rebel Raiders on the High Seas, the link to the Civil War is undeniable. Custer was Gen. Phil Sheridan's favorite, his "go to" for bold action, and in that sense when any Union gamer plays US Card 11 - Sheridan ...they are in effect playing Custer.
Sheridan (standing, left) and Custer (seated, right)
Sheridan on horseback (the illustration used for Rebel Raiders Card 11)
Custer, wearing the stars of a brevet major general of volunteers on a uniform of his own design - complete with the distinctive red scarf tie that, as much as his perfumed yellow hair, would be his trademark.
Custer, of course, made his name 150 years ago next week, leading the Michigan Brigade in a series of desperate charges that brought to a halt J.E.B Stuart's attack on the rear of the Union lines at Gettysburg. That battle is represented in Rebel Raiders by CSN Card 77 - Lee Moves North....
Monday, June 24, 2013
Rebel Raiders Rocks –
What Gamers Are
Saying About Rebel Raiders on the High Seas – June 24, 2013
Good reports, congratulations and recommendations continue
to flow in for Rebel Raiders on the High Seas;
here are some of the latest:
Rebel Raiders Rocks!
“Kudos Fred and Mark on this gem. Really captures the feel
of the naval war, with lots of flavor and definitely a player’s game.”
-Darin Leviloff, Foster City CA Independence
That Game Really Rocks!
“Charles and I just played about 2/3 of a game of Rebel
Raiders (it’s set up on my table until we can finish it). That game really
rocks! I’ll write more later, I just wanted to let you know I really enjoy it....I really enjoyed the game, can't wait to finish it.
Chris Buhl, Pittsfield , MA
A Very Entertaining Game..Oodles of choices to make...
“A very entertaining game.
Oodles of choices to make and opportunities for variation. I’ve started a second.”
-John Bolash, Consimworld
A Nail Biter Down to the Wire and We Had a Great Time
With It
“Got to play our first full game of RR last Wednesday and
had a great time with it.”
“A nail biter down to the wire and we had a great time with
it.”
-Chuck Parrot, Winnabow , NC
This is a Game I Would Recommend to Anyone
“This is a game I would recommend to anyone. It is fairly
simple to learn and understand, but it does not suffer from insufficient
strategy and AP. You are constantly second guessing yourself and wondering what
you could have done differently with each play.
Really well done game and one I think will hit the table a few more
times.”
- Erich Vereen, Leland NC
And Cheers for the AAR too….
….and on the just-completed After Action Report of the game
between the designer and naval historian Brandon Musler:
-“I must say this was one of the most exciting AARs I’ve
ever read. It reinforces my desire to play RR to death.”
-Pat Kairns, Montreal , Canada
-“I think it says
a lot (in a good way) that the designer wants to play his game after all the
toil to produce it. I hear sometimes/often that is not the case”
-Steve Duke, Georgetown , Texas
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
"Inside the Box" of Rebel Raiders by The Gaming Gang - and some "Wow" Praise
Jeff McAleer of The Gaming Gang has an 11-minute "inside the box" preview of Rebel Raiders. His preview is very upbeat, and he says especially nice things about the Playbook - "I love the GMT Playbook!" says Jeff, because it includes "historical info," "how to play the game," and "rules for advanced play." All of that, says Jeff, "really helps turn a light bulb on in my head."
http://thegaminggang.com/2013/05/tgg-inside-the-box-rebel-raiders-on-the-high-seas-from-gmt-games-video/
Two AARs of the game were posted on Consimworld this weekend.
"We'll definitely play again"
Allen Hill in his report called it "A fun game, not least for providing detail to the naval campaign while abstracting the land struggle. The Union player has to be prepared to watch blockade runners and raiders roll successfully time after time, with nothing to do for it, but then the tide turns as the Union economy and land forces grow in strength and effectiveness. We'll definitely play again!"
"All I can say was....WOW!"...."What a great strategic game!"
Pat Kairns wrote in his comments: "It's rare that a game 'grabs me' as quickly as RR."...and "This IMHO is a MUST play game!" "What a great strategic game" and "had a blast!"
Jeff McAleer of The Gaming Gang has an 11-minute "inside the box" preview of Rebel Raiders. His preview is very upbeat, and he says especially nice things about the Playbook - "I love the GMT Playbook!" says Jeff, because it includes "historical info," "how to play the game," and "rules for advanced play." All of that, says Jeff, "really helps turn a light bulb on in my head."
http://thegaminggang.com/2013/05/tgg-inside-the-box-rebel-raiders-on-the-high-seas-from-gmt-games-video/
Two AARs of the game were posted on Consimworld this weekend.
"We'll definitely play again"
Allen Hill in his report called it "A fun game, not least for providing detail to the naval campaign while abstracting the land struggle. The Union player has to be prepared to watch blockade runners and raiders roll successfully time after time, with nothing to do for it, but then the tide turns as the Union economy and land forces grow in strength and effectiveness. We'll definitely play again!"
"All I can say was....WOW!"...."What a great strategic game!"
Pat Kairns wrote in his comments: "It's rare that a game 'grabs me' as quickly as RR."...and "This IMHO is a MUST play game!" "What a great strategic game" and "had a blast!"
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