Working artifact from the past spotted in New Hampshire. 99.998% chance that the woman using it right before I took this photo was doing something illegal.

And the whistle blows and that’s full time! A 3-1 win sends the crowd into delirium. If you’re a fan of soccer, Counter Attack is the game to get. Fun, fast, and absolutely captures the essence of a real game.

The first review of Battlegroup Clash: Baltics is in. "One of the most compelling modern battlefield designs on the marker... a truly amazing design.". I'll take that! www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCRV...

Lock n’ Load put religious pamphlets in their game boxes? Probably most offensive thing I’ve ever seen in a hobby that’s sadly full of some incredibly offensive people. That’s a hard pass for me.

People are rightfully roasting Awaken Realms' lazy Concordia: AI Art Edition on BGG reviews, but I find it funny how the AI art defenders like to parrot, "If you don't like it, don't buy it," as if that means people aren't allowed to voice their opinions as well. boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/46...

me paying $30 in gas to buy imported things that have been hit with tariffs bc joe rogan is learning about politics at age 58

Coffee Roaster. Brewing the perfect cup with this classic. What a fun, elegant game. #BoardGames

More people around the U.S. are picking up the centuries-old tile game Mahjong and uncovering new community connections in the process.

Very fun game you can even play on your phone’s browser.

Just like that Mrs. Molotov ties it 1-1 on a beautiful corner kick. Some questionable decisions and defense on my side. Let’s keep our composure, lads. (Game is Counter Attack)

Coming soon. IYKYK 🚚 #Haemus

The most perfect description of AI.

Race to Rabaul preorder from @phalanxgames.bsky.social announced! gamefound.com/en/projects/...

Writing for the Dragoons One aim I had for 2024 was to submit an article for the Armchair Dragoons. Somehow the schedule got busy and energy diverted, or extinguished, somewhere else but 2025 being 2025 I had to do it and finally it is through the editor and published. Thank you for reading. Click…

14,000 lines of code later and a hiatus of at least a year, I'm back trying to finish my web-based version of GMT's "Churchill". A classic case of the last 10% of a project taking 90% of the time.

In August of 2021, I decided to try my hand at #boardgames 🎲✂️ design. I know I'm the givey-uppey type, so I told myself that if I didn't have a game published in 5 years, I could go find something else to do. Evenglow is set to hit GenCon 4 years and 11 months after I made that deal with myself.

Talked himself right out of a job. Well done, AEG.

It's worth noting that Travis' games aren't just creative but also great for channeling your own creativity. In the interest of celebrating humanity in all it's quirks faults here's my own very amateur attempt at Portal of Hill House, the first solo journaling game I played.

Adding AEG to the increasing-at-an-alarming rate list of companies that are dead to me

Absolutely this.

Finally playing Red Cathedral for the first time. What a brilliant design. This one’s instantly a new favorite.

Be careful how you pay for advertising out there, folks. 🤨

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Woohoo! Thanks to Brant of @armchairdragoons.bsky.social for the ACDC raffle prize delivery! So excited to play Cross Bronx Expressway, @gmtgames.bsky.social’s coolest game ever.

More attention here, please.

Thanks so much to everyone who came out to our @sdhistcon.bsky.social Winter Quarters event yesterday! Incredible presentations. FYI, many of the demos and panels are available on our YouTube channel, including my interviews with @volko.bsky.social and Brian Train: www.youtube.com/@SDHistVideo...

It is not an exaggeration to say that this is textbook genocide. Plunder is one of the main motivations and mechanisms of genocides across the world and down through the ages.

Listening to designer Volko Ruhnke and Andrew Bucholtz discuss the upcoming 1942: Race to Rabaul at SDHistCon Winter Quarters. Check that map! #boardwargames #boardgames @sdhistcon.bsky.social @volko.bsky.social @andrewbucholtz.bsky.social

I never expected to see an In Memoriam from Merriam-Webster, yet here we are, and it’s lovely!

#wargaming #humor #humour

Just got an email from Goodman Games about their free DCC Demo Con Feb. 6-8 where they'll teach you how to play their Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG. Free quick start rules for DriveThruRPG and Roll20 on the event home page. Good deal. tabletop.events/conventions/...

I'll be at SquareBASH near Gatwick on Sunday, demonstrating my new game "Wolfe Tone's Rebellion"about the Irish 1798 rebellion.

When someone in this hobby says, “My [blog, channel, group] is about board games and fun, not politics,” they might as well put on their MAGA hat. Tells me they’re either entitled passive enablers or right-wing extremists in hiding.

Saturday will see our next online convention, SDHistCon Winter Quarters 2026. Event tickets are available now: here's a look at just a few of the incredible seminars, demos, panels, and more we have planned! sdhist.com/incredible-e...

Five jobs you’ve had: -Not -Today -Data -Harvesting -Robots!

Awesome vid from one of the nicest guys in wargaming.

Don’t ever fall for BGG’s manufactured image of inclusivity and caring. They’re unfortunately the very definition of a necessary evil in this hobby. Really hope we get a better option for reviews and game files someday.

I've got a story in this one as well, about the impact cryptids might have on the modern warfare environment. 'Thence North to the Glaciers' and a bunch of other modern cryptids tales!

Working on a scenario for the skirmish at Lyginus 335 BC. We have next to nothing about the conflict in the sources. Anything I do for this will be complete fiction (more than other battles I've included in Arete). Arrian gave a casualty count but we don't even know how many soldiers took part.🧵 1/2

My favorite solo wargame.

making a TON of progress this weekend on catching up my Godot prototype. next up is getting units up to snuff, then movement, then it's all caught up, much more performant (scrolling the map is smooooth) and with 80% less chance of c-suite shenanigans First pic is Unity, second pic is Godot.

If you're looking to snag future copies of my "Littoral Commander" series -- you can find the Baltic, Indo-Pacific, and Australia sets below. #wargame #wargaming 🗺️ 🎲 💥 Link 🔗 dietzfoundation.org/bb-list/

The realization every American should be coming to.

My game #LittoralCommander: #SpaceForce is available for presale dietzfoundation.org/product/litt...

Block instantly.

The designer of The Great Hunger was on an Irish radio show and the callers brought up some great points both for and against. The topic of using board games to model sensitive topics interests me immensely so it was great to hear non-gamers' raw reactions. www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

My friend's Dad doesn't know who Cookie Monster is and referred to him as COLD ELMO.

Huge thank you to @ardwulf.bsky.social for sending my raffle prize from his stream a few weeks ago! I was sad I missed this issue and thrilled I can finally dig into it now.