Today at 5:00pm EST, we’re releasing Battle of the Bulge Lite, the free version of our highly acclaimed game, Battle of the …

Shenandoah Studio wants you to fight for “Free”dom with Battle of the Bulge Lite

Dear Gamers,

Last December, we launched Battle of …

Update, April 12, 2013: We just got a nice review over at Impulse Gamer. Although it is late, we’ll take it!

Feb. …

Dear Kickstarter Backers,

When Eric first Kickstarted Battle of the Bulge in April ’12, I was still back in Singapore. And …

We met our Art Director, Pat, for the first time on the first week of January 2013 when …

Now that it’s mid-March and winter’s coming to an end, we have our winners from February’s Battle of the Bulge …

While I intern at Shenandoah and take college classes by day, I feel very compelled to moonlight as a t-shirt …

Here are some updates from Quarter to Three:

UPDATE 1: The tournament is now full. Thanks to all who applied. There …

Update, Feb 16, 2013. Version 1.1 is now ready for download. Please get it! You will need to be on …

A strange thing happened last month ..

We launched a game on the App Store.

Strange as in it totally wasn’t what …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Shenandoah Studio Challenges 17 Kickstarter Backers to a Game of “Battle of the Bulge”

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania January 24, 2013 …

Battle of the Bulge is the first game in the Crisis in Command game series.  We conceived the system for low-complexity iPad boardgames on …

Our Battle of the Bulge Day by Day series continues as the Germans keep rolling west and the famous Airborne …

Our Battle of the Bulge Day by Day series continues, with videos covering the crucial second day from both sides.

Axis …

The first video in our Battle of the Bulge Day by Day series is up! This series of videos gives …

We’ve been nominated to be iOS Game of the Week by PocketGamer.com. Winner gets a writeup on their front page, …

As of this writing, Battle of the Bulge is now the #59 paid app in the US App Store, and …

The Studio is proud to announce that

John Butterfield’s Battle of the Bulge is now available worldwide in the App Store …

Owen Faraday over at Pocket Tactics has posted what I think is the first full review of Battle of the …

…and as much as part of me wants to just keep quoting the Ramones’ “I Wanna Be Sedated”, it’s just …

Battle of the Bulge simulates a historic asymmetric battle and features variable number of turns per game day.  The goal …

Key to a game that purports to simulate a military operation is the Order of Battle – the identification of …

Battle of the Bulge will launch on the App Store on Thursday, December 13th at 3 PM Eastern Time. Hope …

Woah. They’re like buses. No art diary for months and then two come along at once.

I’d like to tell you …

One feature of software development is that, like neolithic flint-knappers, we create our own tools out of the material we …

Simplicity is a key design parameter of Battle of the Bulge and this applies to the game board itself – …

I know, I know. Promises, promises. I was supposed to keep updating you with graphics stuff but quite frankly I …

Dear all,

We have prepared a screen capture of the in-game introduction, for your entertainment. (There is also a tutorial, etc., …

Evidence from the 13th Sprint Meeting that shows that the Bulge development team is so close to completion:

1) …

AFTER ACTION REPORT: John Butterfield’s Battle of the Bulge

                by Ros Hermans (Allies) …

T-shirts started getting popular in the US during World War 1 when wool-uniformed American soldiers noticed European troops wearing lightweight …

Transcript Excerpt of A Random Bug Report Discussion:

[Jeff]: Any other burn down?
[Nick]: 1211. This is where the attacker goes into an area …

Continuing this design blog with a look at design goals for iPad Bulge.

As the concept for iPad Bulge began to …

John Butterfield, the designer of Battle of the Bulge has written a short post about his experience designing the Battle …

Steering slightly off-topic, I’m thinking how nice it would be to launch the game by December 16; because on that …

Well, it’s official – Summer’s gone and Autumn’s begun. The weather is changing, tans are fading, and at the Shenandoah …

Hi All,

Jeff and I had a great time at the Heat of Battle game convention this past weekend and I …

Eric and I had a great time this weekend down in New Orleans, visiting the National World War II Museum …

We are pleased to announce that we are a sponsor of the upcoming “Heat of Battle” game convention being held …

Well, I’m sorry there hasn’t been an update for ages but we’re really upping the work rate to get the …

We last left off with a working algorithm that satisfied the majority of the goals of the initial design. A …

In many ways the Battle of the Bulge is an ideal gaming situation: a surprise attack with massive superiority; then …

Last time I gave an overview of using CCRibbon and GL_Line in creating lines. We were left with 2 major …

One of the exciting features of Cocos2D was the CCRibbon class. This class claimed to easily draw and animate lines …

We’ve just gotten a very nice mention from Owen Faraday of the noted mobile strategy gaming blog Pocket Tactics- you …

One of Battle of the Bulge’s key mechanics is a variable passage of time system that I think does a …

It’s a very exciting time here at Shenandoah as we move along on Battle of the Bulge. I have several …

An interesting aspect of turn-based games (like Battle of the Bulge) is that in many ways they’re a hybrid of …

From our Kickstarter page, a demo of an early Bulge build:

We’re slowly moving towards a working game!

Well, after a short break for lots of back-end changes to the website and a whole scale ramping up of …

Folks,

This is all somewhat belated, but I wanted to put something up on our website about two very exciting events. …

So form follows function .. does it? Really?

Well .. yes .. and no.  Partly.

Anyone who’s read my earlier art diary …

We are happy to announce that our first game, John Butterfield’s “Battle of the Bulge,” is now a Kickstarter project. …

We’d decided we wanted at least 3 buttons on screen all the time, commit, undo and menu, so the interface …

My iPad 2 was the first touch screen device I’d had. My son has an iPod Touch but that always …

One of my biggest pet peeves with wargames is when they treat units as nothing more than cardboard counters on …

It’s great to be part of Shenandoah Studio and working on games for my day job again!

One of the first …

Short and sweet this week. I know I’ve said that before but its got to be true today.

So. Icons. I …

Let’s talk about dead time.

Anybody who’s played a serious board game knows what exactly I’m talking about- heck, anyone who’s …

Continuing from Part 1

I decided early on to go for a more traditional counter design. Something that would hold the …

When looking at a good game board, there is a bunch of information you just intrinsically “GET”. (You can check …

I’m sure you’re all mighty disappointed but the diary shall be shorter than usual this week.

There’s plenty of …

It’s been an exciting few weeks here at Shenandoah. Unfortunately, I missed most of the last one due to catching …

Any monkey can pound out a few hundred lines of code and call it a game. Given that, you’d think …

Part 2

So. Continuing on from Art diary 9.

Scale

Issues with scale encompasses everything. The map is obviously not to scale. From …

Today wraps up my first week with the talented folk here at Shenandoah. There’s so much to do, but I …

Part 1

OK so the first 8 Art Diaries came out pretty quickly .. I was and still am playing catchup …

I’ve spent most of today playing games. And before anyone jumps through the Internet to stab me from envy, let …

So we have the rough playtest map that John had worked up that shows all the most important gameplay features. …

I’ve just reread some posts and something I thought I should point out is that non of this happened in …

With the overall approach starting to gel I wanted to dig down and find the core elements

I’d already established the …

Since Pat’s been doing a great job these past few days showing off some of the artwork he’s done for …

The major terrain features of the initial map are Forest, Woods, Rough terrain, Clear terrain, Cities, Towns, Rivers, Roads, Bridges …

If you follow Redmond’s directives the first and most important visual game element are the units. However I can’t help …

The Battle of the Bulge is a very familiar moment in history to many of us. It is one of …

There’s no getting away from the fact that the iPad is just fantastic.

There. I’ve said it.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m …

Well if you came here for a first look at our Battle of the Bulge game you’re out of luck! …

The Shenandoah Studio is very pleased to announce our first game release for the iPad, veteran game designer John Butterfield’s …