It deals with events in Russia between October 1631 and June 1636, and focuses on Bernie Zeppi. The "games" of the title are strategic simulation war-games, an idea that Bernie introduced as a way to pass time in winter. A significant change from the stories is that the arrival of Vladimir Gorchakov and Boris Ivanovich Petrov in Grantville is shifted from the spring of 1632 to October of 1631, Also, Petrov's time in Grantville is compressed from around a year to around a month; he and Bernie leave in November of 1631. This article is a . You can help My English Wiki by expanding it.