War College at Celesticon

I was honored to be a spokesperson at the War College this year at Celesticon.  Thanks to Dana Lombardi, who invited me.  To be honest, I was nervous.  I had never done a presentation like this before, but Dana did a great job of putting me at ease.

The topic of the speech I gave was the personalities of the generals, since that is so much of what my game endeavors to reflect.  I focused on the generals most notable in 1864 since that's the expansion that's coming out later this month.  Those generals are: Joseph Johnston, William Sherman, Robert Lee, and Ulysses Grant.

I learned the most about Johnston as I did the research, since he was the one of whom I knew the least going in.  Dana also added to it after the speech was done, telling me a story about when Johnston went hunting and refused to pull the trigger until he was completely certain he had the shot.

Here is the link to the talks, though at the time of this writing, the links to the recordings don't seem to work.  Hopefully they'll get fixed soon.

http://www.celesticon.com/warcollege.php

Command Combat to be Played at Celesticon in San Francisco

Command Combat will be at Celesticon in San Francisco this Memorial Day weekend, August 30 - September 2.  This time we have a special surprise.  Not only will we be putting on Command Combat: Civil War, but we will also be showcasing the upcoming Command Combat: Colonial Wars by Craig Robertson!  He will be showing British battles in South Africa and in India.

Command Combat: Civil War will have Gettysburg, the second day, the same game that premiered at Historicon.  Prizes will be given out to players, including free copies of the Gettysburg battlepack.

http://www.celesticon.com/