Playtesting the game online using Tabletop Simulator.
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But at its heart, Littoral Commander: Indo-Pacific is and always will be a game aimed at professional military education. The commercial version will include substantial graphic upgrades for the cards and counters, new designs for maps, and some rule changes to make it more accessible and easier to learn. The commercial version of Littoral Commander: Indo-Pacific retains that vision at its core. However, this does not change the goal nor vision of the wargame.įrom its inception, the game was designed to help professional warfighters to think about the tactical challenges of the future conflicts with peer adversaries in contested, multi-domain operations. You can find more information about the Marine Corps and its trademark guidance here.Īs for the name change, it is bothersome as a designer especially given the amount of work we did with the Marines. I will not speak to other games and their use of Marine Corps trademarks, but Littoral Commander: Indo-Pacific changed its name and excluded other trademarked terms, like Marines, from all game materials upon request from the Marine Corps Trademark Office. OK, big headline up front: Why the name change? What’s different now that it’s a “real” game instead of a personal passion project to share wargaming with the fleet? And how are the Marines able to dictate name changes when there’s 384572034985 other games out there that feature the USMC? Littoral Commander 1 is now on preorder from the Deitz Foundation, and designer Sebastian Bae joined us for a quick chat about it. It’s all over MilTwitter, and you can’t follow GUWS for more about 11 seconds without seeing pop up on their social media feeds.
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