We’ve got a lot of wargaming content from the past couple of weeks here: Zac writes about miniatures gaming with Flames of War, Alex breaks out SPI’s Musket & Pike, and there’s my deluge of PrezCon reports as well.
For people that want even more wargaming news and discussion beyond even that, I suggest looking up the designers on Twitter. It was via Mark Herman’s feed that I discovered the Three Moves Ahead podcast discussing Silver Bayonet and the origins of GMT Games. Volko Ruhnke tweeted a link to a CNN article about the Go champion’s defeat at the hands of an AI opponent. Finally, Lewis Pulsipher has another game design video up on the “silver bullet” mentality:
Check it out!
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PaxSims (Simulations)
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Inside GMT (GMT Games)
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Castalia House (Wargames)
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Ludic Futurism (Brian Train)
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VASSAL (News)
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The Demo Gamers (David)
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War in a Box (Warren Abox)
I watched the first 45 minutes of the Alphago v Lee Sedol match with my DM and his brother, who are big Go fanatics, last night. They noted Lee made some strange choices choices early on, speculating that Lee was possibly gambling that Alphago might not know what to do if he made unorthodox plays, and even pulled up a virtual board to work out a few ways things might play out.
My inability to grasp beyond the basic fundamentals of Go strategy makes me feel unserious as a wargamer. Those guys are hardcore.
Analysis, Commentary and play-by-play recreation of the Alphago/Lee Sedol match here:
https://gogameguru.com/alphago-defeats-lee-sedol-game-1/