The free, downloadable newsletter issue #12 of Duckbills features OB references, national differences in radio/phone communications and two scenarios. Overloon was played at GaryCon 2025 and we demoed how to design an AI Tractics scenario with just a prompt using a dozen or so words. Click here for the latest issue. Click here to download the other eleven free issues.

Duckbills is our downloadable free PDF newsletter that covers Tractics , Fast Rules , and Brew Up . In it you will find errata for rules...

A common question is, "What are the Differences in Tractics editions?" The short answer is that the 2021 edition incorporates all three...

I am working on a redo of our colorful D-Day map (below) that shows details like the contours of the whole area of Normandy, the beaches...

News bits: We have added a new product section called Bits. This is where we put play aids for other rulesets (for Command Decision and...

Fifty-page issue of Duckbills, the free newsletter, is ready to download now! Features new scenarios from Mike Reese, Q&A's, Bow MGs,...

The following table describes the difference between the two editions. Compare the difficulty of finding Vehicle Data in listings where...

The featured image shows the back & front cover. Thank you to Matt White, who produced both images and has an Etsy store so you can...

Brew Up is nearing its final draft with a final cover, as shown above. UPDATE: Brew Up is published as of December 2023; buy a copy here...

A thoughtful blogger, Thomas Brandstetter, writes about his effort to design an ACW naval game & mentions the benefits of Tractics’...

Stay tuned for our third set of World War II rules: Brew Up. We are working on them now and hope to have them published before the end of...

As part of my gamer Getting Started section, I have been collecting options of companies that 3D print miniatures and posting about them...

Often the first thing that a gamer does is buy some miniature figures. I suggest thinking about a few other things first. The ruleset is...

CombatRules.com publishes game instructions, a ruleset for playing wargames. It’s not about how to have real combat with real people! And...

Gamers often buy figures and vehicles and then wonder what ruleset to use with them. This could get the cart before the horse since the...

My not-so-humble opinion is that the linked blog post describes the easiest & best way to make wargame terrain. Wargame terrain is a...

I am working on getting a new ruleset ready to publish. I won't say now which one but ask you what do you want to see? If it's different...

We chose the name Duckbills because that's what GIs nicknamed tank track extensions in World War II. So, the free newsletter contains...

Tractics gamers are supported by a free newsletter called Duckbills that helps fans try out new ideas like Team Fire. Team Fire allows...

Most of the buyers of one of the nearly identical print versions of Tractics came from the Facebook fan group for Tractics. Most were...