Vijayanagara by GMT Games - Live Interview with the designers

GMT Games just announced the launch of a new series, inspired by COIN, called Irregular Conflict Series. The first game is Vijayanagara: The Deccan Empires of Medieval India, 1290-1398 that depicts the epic, century-long rise and fall of medieval kingdoms in India over two dynastic periods, for 1-3 players.

In this live interview we'll chat with the designers: Saverio Spagnolie, Mathieu Johnson, Cory Graham, Aman Matthews. We'll discuss their game, design process and how they use the COIN mechanics to build a different kind of game.

Timestamps:
00:30 Intro
01:32 Designers presentation
05:14 How the project started
13:20 Historical research process
14:45 Game overview
21:05 Historical background
25:40 Game Demo
43:20 Questions form the chat (asymmetry, player count, difference with COIN base system etc.)
50:59 Irregular Conflict Series
56:32 Conclusion

[wviking]

Had to necro this just to say what a friggin masterpiece this game is

[danieldavalos]

Well. This interview sold me on the game.

This is my kind of game (I'm now in the P500 for it). Nice interview!

[captainnolan]

Another great interview. I got an idea or two to steal for my own COIN design. Thanks!

[rgg]

Excellent interview Fred - very much enjoyed that....keep them coming!

One question I was hoping would be asked/answered was ...what other settings and conflicts would this system be used for? Will it always need to be a 3-player faction setting as the game is constructed or can the game handle more or less factions aka 2-player or 4-player?

Given it has a 'combat' fighting kinetic element I wonder if more formal conflicts would be viable using this system...what other periods can it be used for as interesting as this period of Indian history is?

Cheers

Happy Wanderer

[frankbranson]

Wonder why India looks like that. So elongated. Almost getting phallic.