About me and this blog

My name is Brian Train. I am a freelance writer and game designer

I have published games and/or historical articles with BTR Games, Compass Games, Decision Games, Fiery Dragon Productions, Flying Pig Games, GMT Games, Hollandspiele, Lock n’ Load, Microgame Design Group, Modern Combat Studies Group, Nestorgames, One Small Step Games, Schutze Games, Simulations Workshop, Strategy Gaming Society, Steambubble Graphics, Tiny Battle Publishing and XTR Corp.

My special interests in game design are irregular warfare, “pol-mil” games, and asymmetric games generally.

This blog is dedicated to writing about my game designs, and items on “serious” gaming generally that catch my interest.

If you’d like to hear from me, I am at brian.train@gmail.com .

Preface to a self-published book from perhaps 1890, on a card game the author had invented. I suppose and hope we all feel this way sometimes.