St.Paul/Mpls Game Activity

• Minnesota Diplomacy  Play face-to-face in the land of the frozen north.  The way the game was meant to be played...
  
  
• Con of the North  February game convention.
  
  
• Minnesota Gamer's Convention  November game convention.
  
  

Board Game Recommendations

Military-flavored, but not too complicated.

• Struggle of Empires  Civilization/strategy/war game (up to 7 players).
  
  
• Hammer of the Scots  Braveheart in a board game (2 players).
  
  
• A House Divided  American Civil War (2 players).
  
  
• Napoleon, The Waterloo Campaign, 1815  (2 or 3 players).
  
  
• Memoir '44  WWII tactical battles (2 players).
  
  

Star Navy_TM

A space battle game of my own design.

• Rules for "Star Navy."
  
  
• Chicago Class Dreadnought Ship Console (pdf).
  
  
• Detroit Class Battleship Ship Console (pdf).
  
  
• Milwaukee Class Cruiser Ship Console (pdf).
  
  
• Saint Louis Class Frigate Ship Console (pdf).
  
  
• Pittsburgh Class Destroyer Ship Console (pdf).
  
  
• Cincinnati Class Corvette Ship Console (pdf).
  
  
• One page, printable tables for Star Navy.
  
  

Diplomacy

These are resources for the Hasbro game Diplomacy.

• A one page, printable help sheet.  Designed for novices in face-to-face play.  Summarizes all possible orders, with examples.
  
  
• A GM guide.  Designed to make sense out of mangled orders submitted by novices.
  
  
• A Diplomacy Order Form (pdf).  An easy-to-fill-out order sheet for face-to-face play.  Just circle the provinces, fill in F or A, and complete the orders.  A real time saver.
  
  

Risk

These are resources for the Hasbro game Risk.

• Rules for "Metal Risk," a variant.
  
  
• One page, printable tables for Metal Risk.
  
  

The Bible

• A Bible reading guide (pdf)