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Fog on the Somme (James Halstead): An Offside Report

This is Deborah Southwell’s offside report of ‘Fog on the Somme’ run by James Halstead at the CLWG Conference. Fog on the Somme – Offside (Deborah Southwell) Five phases were planned for the German Spring Offensive of 1918: Operation Michael (21 March – 6 April) Operation Georgette (9-29 April) Operation Blücher-Yorck (27 – 30 May) […]

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By Deborah Southwell
October 5, 2022
In Offside
Tagged 1918 , 3rd Battalion , Battle of the Somme , Deborah Southwell , design session , Fog on the Somme , France , game design , German Spring Offensive , James Halstead , map , Offside Report , Operation Michael , Somme Crossings , Third Battle of the Aisne , Worcestershire Regiment , WW1

EMU Wars: Onside Review – Deborah Southwell

Emu Wars is a landscape (map) -based game derived from real life events. In 1932, over 20,000 emus, large flightless birds indigenous to Australia, broke through the rabbit-proof fence on their annual migration to the coast. The emus saw the recently established croplands as a ‘tucker basket’, and the farmers saw the emus as dangerous […]