2016 . jump to navigation search this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2007 learn how and when to remove this template message gmt games is a california based wargaming publisher founded in 1990 . the current management and creative team includes tony curtis rodger macgowan mark simonitch and andy lewis . the company has become well known for graphically attractive games that range from monster games of many maps and counters to quite simple games suitable for introducing new players to wargaming . they also produce card games and family games . the washington post called gmt the modern hobby s highest profile wargame publisher . 1 gmt s name comes from the first name initials of founders gene billingsley mike crane and terry shrum . however crane and shrum soon split acrimoniously with gmt and founded their own company the fresno gaming association . contents 1 project 500 2 games 3 references 4 external links project 500 edit after the downsizing of the game distribution network in the mid late 1990s the company decided they needed a new way to fund the production of new games . this prompted them to introduce the project 500 system which allows customers to vote via pre order for the games they most want to see produced . production of a new game does not start until there are a minimum number pre orders for a particular game originally about 500 but now more realistically about 750 . pre orders are offered at a discount to encourage people to commit to a game with the understanding that sufficient numbers of orders are needed before the game is produced . this commitment does not involve a financial payment until the game has made the needed number of orders and is about to be produced . this system has since been adopted by other wargame publishers such as multi man publishing for some of their games . games edit some of the better known games produced by gmt games include american revolution series andean abyss asia engulfed barbarossa series barbarossa to berlin battle line blackbeard revised edition chandragupta churchill combat commander commands & colors ancients a block game with card driven action based upon tactical combat in the classical period . cuba libre a distant plain dominant species down in flames a card driven game of ww2 air combat europe engulfed fading glory fallen sky fields of fire fire in the lake for the people revised edition glory series great battles of history series great battles of the american civil war series here i stand hellenes invasion sicily ivanhoe june 6th kutuzov liberty or death labyrinth mbt napoleonic wars the navajo wars next war series no retreat series operation dauntless panzer series paths of glory pursuit of glory reds roads to leningrad roads to moscow sword of rome spqr space empires 4x and its expansion space empires close encounters twilight struggle unconditional surrender u.s. civil war wellington 2 wilderness war a game set in the french and indian war wing leader a world at war references edit jason albert january 10 2014 . in the world of war games volko ruhnke has become a hero . the washington post . retrieved january 17 2014 . gmt games wellington external links edit http www.gmtgames.com gmt games at boardgamegeek this wargame related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title gmt games & oldid 731828299 categories board game publishing companieswargame companieswargame stubshidden categories wikipedia pending changes protected pages level 1 articles needing additional references from august 2007all articles needing additional referencesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschitaliano edit links this page was last modified on 27 july 2016 at 19 39 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view