Basically anything Chain of Command related for minis, and for board games to continue learning GCACW and hopefully to start Great Battles of Julius Caesar (GBOH series)
January 6, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Basically anything Chain of Command related for minis, and for board games to continue learning GCACW and hopefully to start Great Battles of Julius Caesar (GBOH series)
Fanboy of the GBOH series
January 6, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Fanboy of the GBOH series
Strugling between having an Alexandrian or a Caesarian wargaming begin of the year… I thinks Caesar wins @gmtgames.bsky.social #gboh
January 6, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Strugling between having an Alexandrian or a Caesarian wargaming begin of the year… I thinks Caesar wins @gmtgames.bsky.social #gboh
Me ha llegado de @despertaferroed.bsky.social esta maravilla 😍 que dan ganas de sacar ya el C&C Ancients o algún GBoH
December 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Me ha llegado de @despertaferroed.bsky.social esta maravilla 😍 que dan ganas de sacar ya el C&C Ancients o algún GBoH
🎤 El Cuarteto Lúdico Programa 9: Grandes Batallas de la Historia (GBoH) y Andean Abyss ( @gmtgames.bsky.social )
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El Cuarteto Lúdico Programa número 9: Grandes Batallas de la Historia y Andean Abyss - El Cuarteto Lúdico - Podcast en iVoox
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December 4, 2025 at 12:08 PM
🎤 El Cuarteto Lúdico Programa 9: Grandes Batallas de la Historia (GBoH) y Andean Abyss ( @gmtgames.bsky.social )
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Now that the Dark Months are here, I commit to addressing my
Shelf of Shame!!!
I realized I have 4 different Great Battles of History games by GMT that I have yet to master.
Just sitting there, gathering dust,
mocking me...
SPQR
Alexander
Cataphract
Simple GBoH
By all the gods,
I WILL Learn them!
Shelf of Shame!!!
I realized I have 4 different Great Battles of History games by GMT that I have yet to master.
Just sitting there, gathering dust,
mocking me...
SPQR
Alexander
Cataphract
Simple GBoH
By all the gods,
I WILL Learn them!
November 18, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Now that the Dark Months are here, I commit to addressing my
Shelf of Shame!!!
I realized I have 4 different Great Battles of History games by GMT that I have yet to master.
Just sitting there, gathering dust,
mocking me...
SPQR
Alexander
Cataphract
Simple GBoH
By all the gods,
I WILL Learn them!
Shelf of Shame!!!
I realized I have 4 different Great Battles of History games by GMT that I have yet to master.
Just sitting there, gathering dust,
mocking me...
SPQR
Alexander
Cataphract
Simple GBoH
By all the gods,
I WILL Learn them!
That's my recollection. Although there is a pretty wide range of complexity in GBOH.
But yeah, War Galley is a good way to bring casual gamers into naval games, especially if they're fond of the battle scenes from Ben-Hur (the good version).
Thanks for the feedback.
Cheers, Terry
But yeah, War Galley is a good way to bring casual gamers into naval games, especially if they're fond of the battle scenes from Ben-Hur (the good version).
Thanks for the feedback.
Cheers, Terry
October 31, 2025 at 2:14 PM
That's my recollection. Although there is a pretty wide range of complexity in GBOH.
But yeah, War Galley is a good way to bring casual gamers into naval games, especially if they're fond of the battle scenes from Ben-Hur (the good version).
Thanks for the feedback.
Cheers, Terry
But yeah, War Galley is a good way to bring casual gamers into naval games, especially if they're fond of the battle scenes from Ben-Hur (the good version).
Thanks for the feedback.
Cheers, Terry
It’s a fun game, and probably the least complex of the GBOH series
October 31, 2025 at 7:49 AM
It’s a fun game, and probably the least complex of the GBOH series
次の次の新作「Italy'43」「Next War:Taiwan 2nd」は買うかな。あとGBoHの拡張モジュールと、新版ってなんだ。「Samurai」＋「Ran」だったら買い直すぞ(テレビドラマ「将軍」人気にあやかって再版しよう)。
Check out today's GMT Customer Newsletter to get all the latest news. This issue has new P500s, digital news, production updates, an operations update, a BUNCH of art samples, and plenty more. Enjoy! mailchi.mp/b4efd75a60b8...
October 24, 2025 at 12:05 AM
次の次の新作「Italy'43」「Next War:Taiwan 2nd」は買うかな。あとGBoHの拡張モジュールと、新版ってなんだ。「Samurai」＋「Ran」だったら買い直すぞ(テレビドラマ「将軍」人気にあやかって再版しよう)。
Got this game second hand in pristine condition at a reasonable price, a new addition to my GBoH collection ☺️@gmtgames.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Got this game second hand in pristine condition at a reasonable price, a new addition to my GBoH collection ☺️@gmtgames.bsky.social
The set includes a battle between Chandragupta - a younger contemporary of Alexander’s who once met him but ended up fleeing his wrath after offending him - & Seleceus Nicator, one of the Diadochi. #gboh #boardwargame #alexanderthegreat #chandragupta #ashoka
October 12, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The set includes a battle between Chandragupta - a younger contemporary of Alexander’s who once met him but ended up fleeing his wrath after offending him - & Seleceus Nicator, one of the Diadochi. #gboh #boardwargame #alexanderthegreat #chandragupta #ashoka
Day 1 #FallAssembly2025 went great
- Fading Glory (Borodino)
- BoAR (Savannah)
- Simple GBOH
- Traces of Hubris
- Combat Commander
- Great War Commander
- Off The Line
- Bell of Treason
- and a rollickin' 6-player game of World At War '85 w/ Bruce Maxwell & Mike Nagel as players
More fun today!
- Fading Glory (Borodino)
- BoAR (Savannah)
- Simple GBOH
- Traces of Hubris
- Combat Commander
- Great War Commander
- Off The Line
- Bell of Treason
- and a rollickin' 6-player game of World At War '85 w/ Bruce Maxwell & Mike Nagel as players
More fun today!
October 11, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Day 1 #FallAssembly2025 went great
- Fading Glory (Borodino)
- BoAR (Savannah)
- Simple GBOH
- Traces of Hubris
- Combat Commander
- Great War Commander
- Off The Line
- Bell of Treason
- and a rollickin' 6-player game of World At War '85 w/ Bruce Maxwell & Mike Nagel as players
More fun today!
- Fading Glory (Borodino)
- BoAR (Savannah)
- Simple GBOH
- Traces of Hubris
- Combat Commander
- Great War Commander
- Off The Line
- Bell of Treason
- and a rollickin' 6-player game of World At War '85 w/ Bruce Maxwell & Mike Nagel as players
More fun today!
Finally got ahold of one of my grail #boardwargames - "Chandragupta" by @gmtgames.bsky.social , covering the chief battles of the Mauryan Empire in Alexandrine-era* India - to complete my set of GMT's #GBoH (Great Battles of History) series, via an eBay auction at a rational price point.
October 7, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Finally got ahold of one of my grail #boardwargames - "Chandragupta" by @gmtgames.bsky.social , covering the chief battles of the Mauryan Empire in Alexandrine-era* India - to complete my set of GMT's #GBoH (Great Battles of History) series, via an eBay auction at a rational price point.
I'm also keeping an eye out for "Case Yellow" though it's pricey enough on eBay that I've had to move it down the list in favor of others. (FYI my two leading grails right now are GMT's "Chandragupta" to complete my GBoH collection and SPI's/DG's "War in Europe".)
October 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I'm also keeping an eye out for "Case Yellow" though it's pricey enough on eBay that I've had to move it down the list in favor of others. (FYI my two leading grails right now are GMT's "Chandragupta" to complete my GBoH collection and SPI's/DG's "War in Europe".)
Good write-up, thanks for sharing. Clarifies that GBoH system is not for me. I don't mind some in-game book-keeping but clouds of counters can be infuriating, dealing with them all 'breaks' the immersion in the game.
August 5, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Good write-up, thanks for sharing. Clarifies that GBoH system is not for me. I don't mind some in-game book-keeping but clouds of counters can be infuriating, dealing with them all 'breaks' the immersion in the game.
Ha! Reminds me, going back to GBoH for a moment, of the "bundori" counters in "Samurai" and "Ran". Those, of course, are the severed heads so beloved as trophies by samurai of the Sengoku Jidai. Or the severed-head counters so thoughtfully provided with SPI's "Gondor" game...
August 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Ha! Reminds me, going back to GBoH for a moment, of the "bundori" counters in "Samurai" and "Ran". Those, of course, are the severed heads so beloved as trophies by samurai of the Sengoku Jidai. Or the severed-head counters so thoughtfully provided with SPI's "Gondor" game...
SPI's "The Next War" (developed, IIRC, by Berg's GBoH partner Mark Herman - maybe we should tag him to offer his views!), as well as its spiritual successor Thin Red Line's "Under an Iron Sky" series, is another large wargame that depends a LOT on updating status markers. I used to play...
August 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
SPI's "The Next War" (developed, IIRC, by Berg's GBoH partner Mark Herman - maybe we should tag him to offer his views!), as well as its spiritual successor Thin Red Line's "Under an Iron Sky" series, is another large wargame that depends a LOT on updating status markers. I used to play...
For my own part, I own all installments of GBoH (including "Great Battles of Julius Caesar", essentially an omnibus edition collecting Volumes IV and VI, covering the Civil War between Caesar & Pompey and the conquest of Gaul, respectively, as well as most of the separately issued scenario modules).
August 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
For my own part, I own all installments of GBoH (including "Great Battles of Julius Caesar", essentially an omnibus edition collecting Volumes IV and VI, covering the Civil War between Caesar & Pompey and the conquest of Gaul, respectively, as well as most of the separately issued scenario modules).
The OP notes that the process has been changed to a significant extent, and greatly improved, in Hoplite (the game, by the way, is the last volume published to date in the GBoH series, covering major engagements of the Greco-Persian and Peloponnesian Wars).
August 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The OP notes that the process has been changed to a significant extent, and greatly improved, in Hoplite (the game, by the way, is the last volume published to date in the GBoH series, covering major engagements of the Greco-Persian and Peloponnesian Wars).
This review points up what I consider to be a key weakness of the GBoH system (and other #boardwargaming systems which rely extensively on markers to denote current unit status); the sheer amount of time & concomitant tedium needed to update markers in large-scale battles.
I'm currently on holiday, but before I left I jotted down some thoughts on Hoplite, by Richard Berg (and series design with Mark Herman) from @gmtgames.bsky.social. I enjoyed my second foray into GBoH more than my first, but I'm still not entirely sold. www.stuartellisgorman.com/blog/hoplite...
Hoplite by Richard Berg (and Mark Herman) — Stuart Ellis-Gorman
I didn’t quite click with Mark Herman’s SPQR , the second volume in the Great Battles of History (GBoH) series that he co-designed with Richard Berg, but I’m nothing if not willing to give a seri...
www.stuartellisgorman.com
August 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
This review points up what I consider to be a key weakness of the GBoH system (and other #boardwargaming systems which rely extensively on markers to denote current unit status); the sheer amount of time & concomitant tedium needed to update markers in large-scale battles.
I'm always ambivalent about simple gboh. On one side, is true that you save some time, and having all the systems under one rulebook is great... But I play mostly gboh in solitarie and the strenght and hoy of gboh Lies mostly in the Detail.
August 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I'm always ambivalent about simple gboh. On one side, is true that you save some time, and having all the systems under one rulebook is great... But I play mostly gboh in solitarie and the strenght and hoy of gboh Lies mostly in the Detail.
This review is of the original rules, but I am planning to try Simple GBoH, and I may well write a second review of Hoplite using that system instead.
August 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This review is of the original rules, but I am planning to try Simple GBoH, and I may well write a second review of Hoplite using that system instead.
I'm currently on holiday, but before I left I jotted down some thoughts on Hoplite, by Richard Berg (and series design with Mark Herman) from @gmtgames.bsky.social. I enjoyed my second foray into GBoH more than my first, but I'm still not entirely sold. www.stuartellisgorman.com/blog/hoplite...
Hoplite by Richard Berg (and Mark Herman) — Stuart Ellis-Gorman
I didn’t quite click with Mark Herman’s SPQR , the second volume in the Great Battles of History (GBoH) series that he co-designed with Richard Berg, but I’m nothing if not willing to give a seri...
www.stuartellisgorman.com
August 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I'm currently on holiday, but before I left I jotted down some thoughts on Hoplite, by Richard Berg (and series design with Mark Herman) from @gmtgames.bsky.social. I enjoyed my second foray into GBoH more than my first, but I'm still not entirely sold. www.stuartellisgorman.com/blog/hoplite...