Author Archives: Jim Bambra

I started thinking about time in a tabletop game. By using Command Dice to issue orders, I’m effectively saying that each one is equivalent to a slice of time. If I have four Command Dice, I’ve got four time slices. … Continue reading →

Using cards threw up a number of problems. If I get a good run of cards – say three red cards in a row – I can pretty much cave in my opponent’s defences. Even with opportunity fire, I can … Continue reading →

Playtesting with Western Desert scenarios threw up the interesting problem of how tanks armed only with machine guns could damage each other. The answer proved to be easy: deduct the target’s Reaction Dice from the machine gun’s Firepower. It meant … Continue reading →