10 October 2025 ~
After 3 years, Brian’s back to join us to talk about his latest releases, both Brief Border Wars 2, and China’s War, which have been in extended development and both just happen to hit your porch at about the same time.
Brant, Mike, and Brian talk about quad games overall, d66 dice mechanics, development & history of the Brief Border Wars oeuvre, other ‘quad’-like sets that Brian’s worked on, when WW2 actually started, and some of Brian’s recent gallivanting through Europe for professional wargaming purposes.
Brian’s always a great guest, so sick back and enjoy!
The mandatory list of links
- Brian’s website with his game design musings and occasional new material
- China’s War (GMT Games)
- Brief Border Wars 2 (Compass Games)
- Brief Border Wars (Compass Games from the Wayback Machine)
- Deep Fried Happy Mice site referenced by Brian for d66 mechanic that’s undergoing a move/migration
- The District Commander series at Hollandspiele (Binh Dinh, Kandahar, Maracas, and ZNO)
- Brian’s previous appearance on Mentioned in Dispatches: Wargaming Ukraine; The Essential Wargaming Library
Mike’s copies of the Fiery Dragon versions of Battle for China
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Great conversation! Loved the discussion of conflict choices as they relate to the BBW series. I passed on BBW2 because the conflicts didn’t interest me as much as BBW1, but it sounds like BBW3 will be more my speed – excited to see where that goes.
But I’m even *more* excited for the O Canada game – I keep checking Brian’s blog to see if orders have opened up!
Thanks, that was fun!
Brian, great talk as usual. The good news is that Compass already posted the 2nd ed rules for BBW on their website: https://issuu.com/consimworld/docs/brief_border_wars_ii_system_rules
I didn’t realized BBW1 was sold out. Do you know if Compass is doing a reprint? I would bet they are…