I am extremely honored to have received an amazing review by Armchair Dragoons for my debut game into professional wargame publishing with my first game: Emergency Operations Center - Wildfire Mayhem!!!
Article:
Amateur Catches Fire – Emergency Operations Center: Wildfire Mayhem
https://armchairdragoons.com/rev-eocwm/
"First-time designer Arthur Simental delivers excellent training on Emergency Management using the medium of a wargame in Emergency Operations Center: Wildfire Mayhem. Simental uses this wargame to educate disaster responders on the different resources and planning required to respond to a rapidly evolving (devolving?) situation" - RockyMountainNavy
My favorite part of the review "Probie no more" in which I've been dubbed having gone from "amateur game maker to pro".
I loved that the review calls out the genius behind game and its system, "Emergency Operations Center can be played without resorting to taking FEMA Emergency Management courses—but doing so greatly helps. For a layperson who is not steeped in Emergency Management, Emergency Operations Center is an easy-to-learn, relatively quick to play, simulation of aspects of a disaster response. The aspect simulated focus on player decisions using an ‘Orient – Decide – Act’ approach. The players training audience is sure to come away from a game session training event with more practical knowledge of Emergency Management than that communicated through boring PowerPoint slides."
Thank you for this review Armchair Dragoons, I was very pleasantly surprised to discover it this evening while updating our website and socials :) P.S. EOC Hell's Highway is fun, but I bet you'd love our first Red Team vs. Blue Team game even more!
Best,
Dr. Arthur J. Simental