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Comment on Global Conflict Blue 2: A free naval warfare simulator by matias

matias — Tue, 14 Sep 2021 09:37:53 +0000

como puedo diferenciar mi fuerza de la del enemigo? se pueden nombrar mis buques por ejemplo?

Comment on Designing an insurgency wargame – Part 3: Political Mechanics by David

David — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 00:36:54 +0000

Great series of posts and thoughts. I am disappointed they did not continue as I am on a project currently for my own use to build a “game” which models the military side of an insurgency beginning with Afghanistan but may expand at a later date. Being a tabletop gamer this is really an effort to create a context for the generation of tabletop contacts to be played out where each player is not just going to drop JDAMs everywhere and shoot anything that moves. My intent is for the player to take the role of a Coalition commander of an area from a village zone up to the whole country but have to work with multiple tools at his disposal to balance and meet the requirements of his superiors, coalition and local partners and the local populations he is there to work with. So not so much the political modelling you guys are discussing but the results of such beasts represented by random cards handed down to the player.

Is there any further discussions after these 3 posts or anywhere else related?

Comment on Designing an insurgency wargame – Part 3: Political Mechanics by Dave

Dave — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 02:51:59 +0000

Hey good reads so far. What happened to this project as the last update was in 2013?

Comment on Fardh al-Qanoon simulation, version 1.1 by Harrison

Harrison — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 11:47:55 +0000

Dear Robert,

Excellent work here! Very interested in the way you built this COIN game around manpower and control of regions.

What software did you use to build the map on? Very cleanly done!

Harrison

Comment on Must-read blogs by US Foreign Service Officers by You Can't Do That in the Foreign Service - Foreign Service Test

You Can't Do That in the Foreign Service - Foreign Service Test — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 21:32:24 +0000

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Comment on Talking with the Taliban: a timeline by Sadia

Sadia — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 05:37:13 +0000

This has been a great help! Thanks so much! (:

Comment on Global Conflict Blue 2: A free naval warfare simulator by Italo Viacava

Italo Viacava — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 17:20:40 +0000

Problem solved, GCB2 do not agree to been installed on c:/program file, he wants to be installed on c:/ directory

Comment on Talking with the Taliban: a timeline by Managing Expectations in Taliban Talks « Commentary Magazine

Managing Expectations in Taliban Talks « Commentary Magazine — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:15:55 +0000

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Comment on Global Conflict Blue 2: A free naval warfare simulator by Damian

Damian — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 16:26:31 +0000

Just came across your simulation. Cant seem to get t to install on my Win 7 64bit system\, any suggestions? Thanks again.

Comment on Global Conflict Blue 2: A free naval warfare simulator by Italo

Italo — Fri, 31 May 2013 16:37:27 +0000

Good Morning Sir.
First of all, congratulation for the excelent simulation software that you share with all the world. Second, sir I have this problem when creating and when creating a scene, when I click on save, it show the save in the text box , but when get out of the edition to enter the start game, it is not there, how can I do to save and play my scene created?
Thank you.
Italo Viacava

PD I am runing on xp, but I try the same on other W7 computer but the same case.