John Butterfield, Four Decades of Wargame Design - Live Interview

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John Butterfield has been designing war and strategy games for more than 40 years. In July 2021, his latest project was announced by GMT Games: Downfall, Conquest of the Third Reich. Initially designed by Chad Jensen (R.I.P.), John picked up the design where Chad left it off to finalise it.
It felt like an excellent opportunity to discuss his career as a wargame and board game designer. From Ambush to Space Corp, John has made so many influential designs, and we will discuss his beginnings, his influence on solo wargaming, his current projects and many more topics.
Timestamps:
Intro - 00:14
Part 1: Backstory - 03:10
Part 2: Current projects (Downfall, Enemy Action Kharkov etc.) - 34:42
Parts 3: Wargame Questionnaire - 01:18:00
Conclusion on solo-gaming - 01:26:00
Special thanks: Jason Carr.

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19 сен 2024

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@kevinbertram4828 3 года назад

This is the first interview I have seen of Mr. Butterfield - what a fantastic gentleman and a great interview.

@HomoLudens1871 3 года назад

Thanks Kevin! If you follow the channel I am pretty sure it’s not the last time you’ll see John 😉

@kevinbertram4828 3 года назад

@@HomoLudens1871 Excellent!

@thilog5874 2 года назад

Bought in 1985 as a German exchange student in Phoenix, Arizona a copy of Ambush and Purple Heart. In Germany I played this with a friend and we had countless nights of super cool gaming. This game design was never!!! Ever reached again. I am 100% sure a design like this would still work today. Also as a non war game.

@HomoLudens1871 2 года назад

I still haven't tried Ambush... 😔 But from what I've seen of the system I'm pretty sure you might be right. It looks like it creates great narrative experiences on top of being an exciting game.

@eugeniomariopazielli8478 2 года назад

Great character, his simulations are brilliant we hope he will publish these jewels again. Thank's John and Homo Ludens. Merci mon frere

@HomoLudens1871 2 года назад

He is indeed a great chap.

@DigitalEelRich 3 года назад

Such a fan.

@HomoLudens1871 3 года назад

Thanks Rich, happy you enjoyed the interview.

@arsenmarek597 Год назад

Thanks to John and Fred for this nice interview. I knew of John background as a graphic designer, which transpire in many of his designs, including early ones. But I am curious on how he approach the number crunching and the engineering part of the design, especially in simulation games.

@HomoLudens1871 Год назад

Happy you enjoyed our chat! And funny thing you should ask about number crunching, I was thinking about doing a designer panel about maths.

@christopherabelet4672 11 месяцев назад

Super interview, des questions très pertienentes. Merci !

@HomoLudens1871 11 месяцев назад

Merci Christophe!

@MichaelKotsarinis 3 года назад

Thank you for such a great review! John Butterfield is one of the legends in the hobby and my favourite designer.

@HomoLudens1871 3 года назад

Happy you enjoyed it and yes John is definitely one of the legends. I just think I need to play more of his games!

@MichaelKotsarinis 3 года назад

@@HomoLudens1871 yes I think you should! DDOB is "simple", fast, deadly and addictive and Enemy Action:Ardennes is simply brilliant. I even still get his older design Hell's Highway to table from time to time despite not having an opponent.

@ludwigvan2932 3 года назад

Great interview of a great designer

@HomoLudens1871 3 года назад

Thanks Ludwig! I was super happy to have the opportunity to chat with John and I am pretty confident he'll be back on the show.

@wtrollkin 3 года назад

Love this. Sci-fi war games were my jam and the SPI sci-fi games and thus John Butterfield were key parts to that (as there are lots of war game designers but people who have designed sci-fi wargames are rarer than ever)

@HomoLudens1871 2 года назад

Yes, he is a great Sci-Fi game designer indeed.

@erichkeys 2 года назад

Awesome interview. Thank you!

@HomoLudens1871 2 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@Obalcan 3 года назад

Thank you for doing these!

@HomoLudens1871 3 года назад

My pleasure!

@brendanirvin4277 3 года назад

Awesome interview! Super fun stream! Downfall and EA Kursk look fantastic. Only negative thing I can say is that sadly John had to go after 90mins! 🤣 Look forward to him coming back again soon!

@HomoLudens1871 3 года назад

Don’t worry Brendan, he’ll be back!

@brendanirvin4277 3 года назад

@@HomoLudens1871 Huzzah! Cheers Fred! All the best! 🙂

@cardboardconflicts 3 года назад

Fantastic interview! Keep them coming Fred! Downfall looks great and fascinating excited to see that one for sure.

@HomoLudens1871 3 года назад

I will ! Expect a bit of a gap though, I’m going on holidays soon and I don’t really have plans for before then

@marcelmeerkerk7905 3 года назад

Thank you for the great interview, I enjoyed it very much. I wasn’t familiar with Johns work but I think he just sold me some games.

@HomoLudens1871 3 года назад

Our pleasure!

@patricefuster1773 3 года назад

Bravo Fred , super interview. Les bonnes questions et l'art de la conversation pour mettre son interlocuteur à l'aise. Un grand moment wargamistique! On en veut d'autres! Queremos mas!

@HomoLudens1871 3 года назад

Salut Patrice, merci beaucoup pour ce commentaire! C'était vraiment sympa de discuter avec John et je pense qu'il reviendra pour jouer à un de ses jeux dans le futur.

@patricefuster1773 3 года назад

@@HomoLudens1871 J'avais suivi (et découvert) tes interventions lors du Bellota Con en janvier. On était peu de français (il fallait parler espagnol et anglais) à assister à cette e-convention. Je suis un wargameur de la première heure (fin des années 70) plus collectionneur que joueur d'ailleurs (pour mon malheur). J'ai beaucoup vécu à l'étranger dans une carrière précédente et maintenant j'oscille entre France et Espagne. Je trouve d’ailleurs nos amis espagnols plus dynamiques que nous ne le sommes sur le hobby. En tout cas tes vidéos sont pertinentes et rafraîchissantes. Saludos.

@davidwilkinson7439 3 года назад

Great questions Fred!

@HomoLudens1871 3 года назад

Thanks David, John was a great guest so it was pretty easy for me.

@scottbeall2212 3 года назад

Great interview Fred! I would love to hear John talk about Ambush, and also about Hell's Highway, two of my favorites from way back that I still hold in high regard.

@HomoLudens1871 3 года назад

John will be back, I feel like we still had a lot to talk about. Next time we’ll play and then we’ll see if we could do a follow up.

@A._J_. 2 года назад

Eric lee smith did Ambush

@maximonteur 3 года назад

Bravo l'artiste !

@HomoLudens1871 3 года назад

Le retour de ma muse...

@Rasmushoygaard 9 месяцев назад

I Think In downfall, the full game length is around 12 hours now and not the 20 hours John estimated.

@HomoLudens1871 9 месяцев назад

Now that the game is out, I should probably invite him again.

@Rasmushoygaard 9 месяцев назад

@@HomoLudens1871 yeah would be great. Im eager for all downfall content at the moment

@erichkeys 2 года назад

Did John ever come back for the teach of the Bulge?

@HomoLudens1871 2 года назад

No, he didn't! I reached out to Compass to ask for a copy of one of the 2 games in this series, didn't gat any answer and the topic got lost. thanks for the reminder though, I would really like to have John back on the show.

@erichkeys 2 года назад

@@HomoLudens1871 Thank you for the quick replies! I just bought his Battle for the Bulge game and I was informed that Enemy Action: Kharkov is coming out in a couple of months…👌🏼👌🏼 Might be good timing to bring him back again 😬. Thank you for all the content 👍🏻👍🏻

@HomoLudens1871 2 года назад

@@erichkeys Thanks Eric!