Kyle at Miniatures Market has this to say about the Band of Brothers system:

I’m convinced this system is one of the only squad systems to effectively communicate genuine World War II period tactics, without silly gamey tactics or hundreds of pages of rules. It’s a ballet of bullets, armor, blood, and sweat, whirling around until one side is left standing. It’s one of the best wargames available on the market today.

Wargame printing being what it is, I have never actually seen a copy. I hear nothing but good from the people that have managed to get one, though!

Meanwhile, for an in depth look at how wargame design works in practice, head over to the Linguistics Defense where Neal Durando will take you from research to design and testing of a scenario depicting this action. Here’s a bit from his latest post:

My draft rule for tank-infantry coordination prohibited vehicle and foot movement in the same phase. I backed off, opting instead obliging that a turn end upon vehicle activation. The rule needs a bit more testing. Honestly, I feel a bit bad about the ease with which this play came together and wonder if the more janky rhythm imposed by the original rule wouldn’t better serve. A situation where it wouldn’t be more advisable to move your infantry first is difficult to imagine. But so far, the running and gunning seems to square with Middleton’s account.

You know, I’m amazed anyone can come up with a solution to these sorts of game design issues. But the difference between “solid” and “half baked” is crystal clear to anyone that sits down to play!

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PaxSims (Simulations)

• Baltic Challenge matrix game (10/29/16)
• MORS wargaming AAR (10/29/16)
• Gaming foreign policy (at the FSI) (10/25/16)
• A simple planning game (10/22/16)
• Gaming talks at Duke University (10/21/16)
• MORS livestream: US DEPSECDEF Robert Work on wargaming (10/19/16)

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Inside GMT (GMT Games)

• MBT Example of Play (Part 3): Advanced Game ATGM Dodge (11/01/16)
• A Look at Strategy and Tactics for the Americans in Combat Commander by GMT Games (10/29/16)
• Tearing Apart Hitler’s Reich: The Designers Battle It Out in the Overlord/Bagration Scenario: 1944 Game Set-Up (10/27/16)
• Gallipoli, 1915 Example of Play (Part 2) – Moving, Firing, Assaulting, Hiding (10/26/16)
• Gallipoli, 1915 Example of Play (Part 1): Moving, Firing, Assaulting, Hiding (10/26/16)
• MBT Example of Play (Part 2): Advanced Game AP Combat (10/22/16)
• B&T Biweekly Issue #4: Developer’s Introduction (10/20/16)

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Castalia House (Wargames)

• WARGAME WEDNESDAY: Olyde School Fantasy Miniature Armies Part 1 (10/26/16)

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Real and Simulated Wars (JC)

• Strategic Command WWII War in Europe – Coming Out on 17 November! (10/24/16)
• Russia Doesn’t Love my Grenadiers – Graviteam Tactics: Drive on Voronezh (10/23/16)

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VASSAL (News)

• New Module – Pax Renaissance (11/01/16)
• Update – X-Wing Miniatures v6.2.2 (10/27/16)
• New Module – Freedom in the Galaxy (Avalon Hill) 1981 (10/23/16)
• New Module – Star Trek: The Dice Game (10/23/16)
• New Module – Wizards (10/20/16)

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War in a Box (Warren Abox)

• Weirdo Beardos (10/26/16)
• Pepe! (10/24/16)
• Religion: Let’s Not Make a Big Thing Of It (10/19/16)

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The Players Aid (Grant A. Kleinhenz)

• Interview with Mark Herman Designer of Pericles: The Peloponnesian Wars 460-400 BC by GMT Games (10/31/16)
• A Look at Strategy and Tactics for the Americans in Combat Commander by GMT Games (10/29/16)
• Best 3 Games with…Modular Board! (10/28/16)
• Interview with Matt Leacock Designer of Chariot Race by Eagle-Gryphon Games (10/27/16)
• Review: Nations by Asmodee (10/25/16)
• Interview with Scott Muldoon & William Terdoslavich Designers of Cataclysm: A Second World War by GMT Games (10/24/16)
• October Update for the P500 by GMT Games – I’m making strides…when no new games are offered! (10/22/16)
• Best 3 Games with…City Building! (10/20/16)
• Interview with Mike Denson Designer of The Last Hundred Yards by GMT Games (10/20/16)
• Empire of the Sun Rules & Tactics Intro: Zones of Influence (10/20/16)