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Wargamer Swag
News bits: We have added a new product section called Bits. This is where we put play aids for other rulesets (for Command Decision and...
Bill Owen
Sep 2, 20241 min read
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Go Nuts! with a free 50-page Duckbills issue
Fifty-page issue of Duckbills, the free newsletter, is ready to download now! Features new scenarios from Mike Reese, Q&A's, Bow MGs,...
Bill Owen
Jun 9, 20242 min read
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Brew Up's Halftracks are detected
Brew Up is nearing its final draft with a final cover, as shown above. UPDATE: Brew Up is published as of December 2023; buy a copy here...
Bill Owen
Nov 12, 20233 min read
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Narrative Suspense
A thoughtful blogger, Thomas Brandstetter, writes about his effort to design an ACW naval game & mentions the benefits of Tractics’...
Bill Owen
Sep 27, 20232 min read
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More than just the armies
Often the first thing that a gamer does is buy some miniature figures. I suggest thinking about a few other things first. The ruleset is...
Bill Owen
Jun 13, 20234 min read
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Starter Army
Gamers often buy figures and vehicles and then wonder what ruleset to use with them. This could get the cart before the horse since the...
Bill Owen
Jun 13, 20233 min read
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More About Tractics
Tractics gamers are supported by a free newsletter called Duckbills that helps fans try out new ideas like Team Fire. Team Fire allows...
Bill Owen
Aug 10, 20226 min read
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Why Tractics now?
Most of the buyers of one of the nearly identical print versions of Tractics came from the Facebook fan group for Tractics. Most were...
Bill Owen
Mar 6, 20223 min read
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Duckbills: Tractics variants & errata
Mike and I will produce an irregular newsletter for Tractics that you can download for free. Click here for its webpage (that included...
Bill Owen
Feb 4, 20221 min read
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Tractics Features
Because there are 8 different versions of the second edition of Tractics, I added a webpage that explains the features. Since the...
Bill Owen
Feb 4, 20221 min read
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"E Gary Gygax would be proud"
Another guest post after receiving the new edition. This one is from Terry Terry: "Tractics Review The updated edition of Tractics has...
Bill Owen
Feb 2, 20222 min read
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Panzermaster
Here I pass on what one of the Quick Reaction Force let me know, Pete Mousseaux. The QRF were volunteers who agreed to receive initial...
Bill Owen
Jan 25, 20222 min read
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Tractics: What's New
This second edition for Tractics still includes all the Classic Rules as in the first edition. The big difference is that the graphic...
Bill Owen
Sep 11, 20215 min read
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Why Tractics?
Tractics: Is a Reference work: hundreds of AFVs, guns, mortars and small arms. Is a marvel! Consider the excellence of the game's breadth...
Bill Owen
Mar 17, 20213 min read
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Valentines Day: Tractics Testimonials
Tractics is that you really felt like you were commanding individual tanks. All the details in the rules gave you a feeling of each type...
Bill Owen
Feb 14, 20213 min read
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Do we live simultaneously?
The 5000’ General is waxing philosophical while peering at the battlefield from his light plane. What is time? Noted British wargame...
Bill Owen
Feb 11, 20212 min read
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Style of Play can make a big difference
In working with Mike Reese for nearly a year on the second edition of Tractics, I have learned about the difference in how he played the...
Bill Owen
Feb 8, 20212 min read
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Searching for Tractics in those bushes
One thing that made Tractics games so exciting was the hidden set-up. As the player moving on the board (or after setting up hidden...
Bill Owen
Jan 24, 20213 min read
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