Monday morning re-up: It even surprised Belousov when he was picked to be Russia's next defence minister. Why was he picked, and how's he doing? And what does it mean to be a "real Bolshevik" these days?

Reglas traducidas ST 358 Pensacola: Luisiana y las Floridas, 1779-81 #Decisiongames Descarga t.ly/lpxMN @desafioaguilas.bsky.social @ardwulf.bsky.social @agapablo.bsky.social @palafoxz.bsky.social @snafustore.bsky.social #wargame

Set-up inicial (No histórico) y posiciones finales en Santander 37' de @snafustore.bsky.social @javier-romero.bsky.social El ejército popular tiene todo para perder, pero los eventos de clima, ofensivas fuera del escenario y la voladura de la fábrica de Reinosa, le da la victoria. Joyita de juego

Más recomendaciones para el #DíadelLibro ‘La última batalla’, de Stephen Harding Edita @despertaferroed.bsky.social Traduce @javier-romero.bsky.social eldesafiodelasaguilas.wordpress.com/2025/07/03/l...

DOJ arrested one of the commandos involved in the Maduro raid for insider trading on a predictions market on it. abcnews.com/US/doj-arres...

Monday morning re-up: While western media often runs overhyped tales of proxy and coming "war with Russia", there's an even more toxic brand of Russian militarist fantasy that craves confrontation. I deconstruct an example of each, and discuss how they feed off each other

Baltic Wargaming Convention in Helsinki, Finland. #balticwargamingconvention. www.flintlockgames.com/baltic-warga...

Playing Polar Storm (2024) #wargame on Autumn 1944 Soviet operation against Germans in what is now border region between Norway and Russia (used to be part of Finland). Game is from Swedish 3CG and we are playing at VASSAL. Screenshot is from turn 3. So far working well.

A Ukrainian Yak-52 light aircraft crew is fighting Russian Shaheds.

Three Spitfire Mark VBs flying in close starboard echelon formation off the Tunisian coast. In the foreground is the personal aircraft of the Wing Commander I.R. "Widge" Gleed, which he flew when he was shot down and killed over Cap Bon #OTD in 1943. #WW2 #HISTORY

The Pope dealing with critics of his interpretation of theology.

July 27 scenario. The XIII International Brigade tries to break the Fascist line and occupy Gandesa. Without support, not an easy task. GTS Ebro 1938, the Spanish Civil War, with some adaptations: prefixed orders, no radios.

Playing #wargame Battle of Finland 1944 (2025), designed by @javier-romero.bsky.social and published in World at War magazine #103.

It is one of the overlooked facts of the Middle East and East Africa campaigns that some very much obsolete aircraft such as the Wellesley operated well into 1941, still doing bombing runs in November of that year. IWM (CM 658)@curatorian.bsky.social Details in ALT. @airpowerhistory.bsky.social

2 Apr 1804 // Transport HMS Hindostan (a former East Indiaman) caught fire in the Gulf of Lion and was run aground, well ablaze, in Rosas Bay on the Catalan coast. An orderly evacuation followed. 256 of the 259 on board survived. (Image: Wikimedia Commons) #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

Moving on from the German intelligence assessments, another resource that is likely unique, are the full translations of the war diary of the German Africa Corps, the Deutsches-Afrika-Korps, at this time complete to late April 1941. @kstatehistory.bsky.social @jeffcrutherford.bsky.social

A 12th-century “Warder” from the Lewis Chessmen—the medieval equivalent of a rook. Discovered in 1831 on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland but likely carved in Norway around 1150–1200, these pieces reveal the artistry and reach of the Norse world.

History without historians is doomed to fail. With an interdisciplinary team of scholars we show how the purported link between late Roman conflicts and drought has been misunderstood. We also outline a path forward in the use of sources in paleoclimatic research. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

I really want to do a follow-up to my "Forging Wargamers" book for MCU Press. I want the next edited volume to focus on #wargaming for professional military education around the world -- methodologies, lessons learned, educational games, and challenges ahead. 📖 🎲 💥

We have a lot of amazing webinar episodes and guests for the Georgetown University Wargaming Society - but this upcoming session with Ian Sullivan is worth tuning in for! Wargaming Lessons for Intelligence Analysts & What I’ve Learned Playing Red www.eventbrite.com/e/wargaming-...

Today, I had the opportunity to playtest "Red Arrow, Blue Arrow," a prototype in-the-box French Army #wargame focused on company level combat. The game has tremendous potential with its level of accessibility and flexibility. #wargaming 🪖 🎲 💥

Marine life is booming www.earth.com/news/wwii-wa...

On 9 March 1941 HM/Sub Utmost torpedoed Italian merchant Capo Vita. The attack was successful and Capo Vita disintegrated in a giant explosion with the loss of all hands, 29 crew and 14 naval gunners and support crew. @rjhammond215.bsky.social

Just arrived- issue 28 of Banzai Magazine by Yasushi Nakaguro featuring Balkan Gamble a what if game of invasions in the Balkans in 1943-45 by Brian Train #wargame

Operation Spring Awakening began #OTD in 1945. After three failed attempts to relieve the besieged garrison of Budapest, the German and Hungarian armies launched a massive offensive aimed at eliminating the 3rd Ukrainian Front and a stabilizing the front line. #history #WW2 #WWII

Reglas traducidas ST 357 CENTCOM PERSIAN GULF WAR 2001-03 #Decisiongames Descarga 👉 t.ly/uRp_i @desafioaguilas.bsky.social @ardwulf.bsky.social @agapablo.bsky.social @palafoxz.bsky.social @snafustore.bsky.social #wargame

Radar was heavily used to protect the night skies of Egypt from raiders, and directed the night-fighter Beaufighters towards their targets until their on-board could get readings or they obtained visual contact (exhausts).

‘We don’t have infantry’: Ukraine’s war machine evolves into machine war www.defensenews.com/global/europ...

Admittedly human players lean towards extreme actions in the late stage of wargames -- where they don't have to deal with consequences of said choices (as the game ends). However, 95% is a pretty stark percentage for AI nuclear use in wargames. I am curious why. www.newscientist.com/article/2516...

CIvilization predicted this.

23 Feb 1942 // HM Submarine P.38 was sunk with all hands (32 men) while preparing to attack an Italian convoy off the Libyan coast east of Tripoli. P.38 was detected and depth-charged by torpedo boat Circe and was also attacked by other escort vessels and aircraft. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

Newly emerged footage of a Ukrainian MANPADS crew shooting down a Russian Ka-52 attack helicopter over Hostomel, March 2022.

¡Ya lo tenemos aquí! #DosFlanqueanJuntos 09 - Erratas, metáforas y experiencias extracorporales go.ivoox.com/rf/168829978

Final del T2. La República lucha por entrar en Navalagamella, pero no lo consigue, al igual que en Quijorna, donde los nacionales llegan con refuerzos. Los elementos de la 11ªD que estaban en Brunete bajan a Sevilla la Nueva pero encuentran una gran fuerza de la 13ªD nacional.

Final del T4. Las cosas se complican para los republicanos.

Final de partida. Los republicanos pierden Brunete y la esperanza de al menos conseguir un empate.

From 5mins 26 secs you can see Germans and Italians entering Siwa Oasis, previously HQ of the LRDG. Some very interesting kit. m.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ1b...

13 Feb 1945 // Corvette HMS Denbigh Castle was torpedoed in the Kola Inlet by German submarine U.992 while on Arctic convoy escort duty. 11 seamen were killed in the attack. She was taken in tow but ran aground and then capsized and sank. (Imperial War Museum FL 6032) #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

In a new series covering the strategic level WWI game La Der des Ders - The War to End War from Hexasim, in Action Point 1 we take a look at the Game Board discussing the Collapse Track, Trade Tracks, Russian Revolution Track and more. theplayersaid.com/2026/02/12/l...

#OTD in 1944. A Spitfire Mark IXC from Polish 302 Squadron. #WW2 #HISTORY

Hawker Tempest from 486 Squadron. (1,702 were produced. The fastest single-engine propeller-driven aircraft of the war at low altitude. Effective in bringing down V-1 flying bombs and the jet-propelled aircraft like the Messerschmitt Me 262. #WW2 #HISTORY)

Three "Crocodiles" in Holland. (October 1944. #WW2 #HISTORY)

🇨🇴 | The ELN’s offensive in Colombia’s Catatumbo region is just one part of its plan to achieve something no illegal armed group has accomplished in more than 60 years of conflict: gaining hegemony over the border with Venezuela. Read more here: https://bit.ly/3Mn2J7D

Preview of Siege of Constantinople, a reprint of the SPI game by Decision Games youtu.be/EzhFPsxMuGU?...

Preview of the deluxe edition of Year of the Rat Vietnam 1972 by Decisiongames youtu.be/H2xVZsTbyLo?...

85 years ago. Incident at Jebel Sherif. vimeo.com/ondemand/36199

Designer Mark Herman and Andrew Bucholtz talking about the upcoming Army of the Potomac at SDHistCon's Winter Quarters. Great to see this series expanding! #boardwargames #boardgames @markherman54.bsky.social @sdhistcon.bsky.social @gmtgames.bsky.social @andrewbucholtz.bsky.social