Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
On Episode 16 of GMT Talk, Rachel and Luke chat with designer Ananda Gupta about Twilight Struggle 20th Anniversary Hall(s) of Fame Edition, Imperial Struggle, and Mr. President Digital. We hope you enjoy!
Episode music was composed and performed by Dan Pancaldi. Thanks Dan!
0:00 Intro
0:31 XCOM
5:45 Twilight Struggle 20th Anniversary Hall(s) of Fame Edition
12:48 Twilight Struggle: Liberation??
16:04 Imperial Struggle
21:16 Mr. President Digital
35:45 Favorite game by another GMT designer?
37:38 Who are a few people in the gaming hobby who have had a positive influence on you as a designer?
39:15 Outro
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If you would like to listen to the audio only version of the podcast, you can find us on:
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/0rVh4a8geI6kBdXvQEv9dj
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gmt-talk/id1721637441
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Twilight Struggle 20th Anniversary Hall of Fame Edition P500 page: gmtgames.com/p-1138-twilight-struggle-20th-anniversary-hall-of-fame-edition.aspx
Imperial Struggle game page: gmtgames.com/p-888-imperial-struggle-2nd-printing.aspx
Mr. President Digital Steam page: store.steampowered.com/app/3333670/Mr_President
On Episode 16 of GMT Talk, Rachel and Luke chat with designer Ananda Gupta about Twilight Struggle 20th Anniversary Hall(s) of Fame Edition, Imperial Struggle, and Mr. President Digital. We hope you enjoy!
Episode music was composed and performed by Dan Pancaldi. Thanks Dan!
0:00 Intro
0:31 XCOM
5:45 Twilight Struggle 20th Anniversary Hall(s) of Fame Edition
12:48 Twilight Struggle: Liberation??
16:04 Imperial Struggle
21:16 Mr. President Digital
35:45 Favorite game by another GMT designer?
37:38 Who are a few people in the gaming hobby who have had a positive influence on you as a designer?
39:15 Outro
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If you would like to listen to the audio only version of the podcast, you can find us on:
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/0rVh4a8geI6kBdXvQEv9dj
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gmt-talk/id1721637441
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Twilight Struggle 20th Anniversary Hall of Fame Edition P500 page: gmtgames.com/p-1138-twilight-struggle-20th-anniversary-hall-of-fame-edition.aspx
Imperial Struggle game page: gmtgames.com/p-888-imperial-struggle-2nd-printing.aspx
Mr. President Digital Steam page: store.steampowered.com/app/3333670/Mr_President
![GMT Talk Episode 7: Volko Ruhnke
On Episode 7 of GMT Talk, Rachel and Luke chat with Volko Ruhnke, the father of the COIN series, about Labyrinth, COIN, Levy & Campaign, and his new design, Coast Watchers. We hope you enjoy!
This episode was recorded on May 14, 2024.
00:00 Intro
04:46 Labyrinth
15:09 COIN series
21:17 Levy & Campaign series
32:13 Coast Watchers
59:33 Recon series
01:04:07 Favorite game by another GMT designer?
01:06:18 Which gaming people positively influenced you?
01:13:19 Outro
Intro and outro music was composed and performed by Dan Pancaldi. Thanks Dan!
If you would like to listen to the audio only version of the podcast, you can find us on:
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0rVh4a8geI6kBdXvQEv9dj
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gmt-talk/id1721637441
Labyrinth series page: https://www.gmtgames.com/xsearch?searchterm=labyrinth
COIN series page: https://www.gmtgames.com/c-36-coin-series.aspx#[PageNumber(0)|PageSize(50)|PageSort(Name)|DisplayType(Grid)]
Levy & Campaign series page: https://www.gmtgames.com/c-92-levy-campaign-series.aspx#[PageNumber(0)|PageSize(50)|PageSort(Name)|DisplayType(Grid)]
Coast Watchers P500 page: https://www.gmtgames.com/p-1102-coast-watchers.aspx
Also, check out Volko’s Hunt for Blackbeard Kickstarter page with Fort Circle: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fortcircle/hunt-for-blackbeard GMT Talk Episode 7: Volko Ruhnke](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/t_8V41FTOf4/mqdefault.jpg)









