Francisco Gradaille
@fgradaille.bsky.social
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Mathematic's teacher, game designer, former investor and (sadly) former cat owner.
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Mark
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Great video from Justin Fassino for
@gmtgames.bsky.social
Seljuk his new
#levyandcampaign
game shipping now!! It was great fun to participate as Vizier for Sultan Florent
@nutspublishing.bsky.social
and Emirs Volko
@volko.bsky.social
and Mark.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=tPIq...
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Seljuk: Byzantium Besieged at SDHistCon - Designers vs. Creators Manzikert scenario
YouTube video by Justegarde
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tPIqHhjFVFw
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Neva Wargames
1 day ago
Valls 1809: Battle of the Goi Bridge, a new Napoleonic wargame by Marc Aliaga with art by Nils Johansson! This fast, tactical title for the P-300 System is coming soon. Wish-list it and help us bring this game to life!
https://nevawargames.com/product/valls-1809-battle-of-the-goi-bridge/
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The Boardgames Chronicle
1 day ago
Just as Seljuk, a new Levy & Campaign game from
@gmtgames.bsky.social
is being shipped, we discuss with designer, Justin Fassino, his idea for that game. Enjoy this interesting interview!
theboardgameschronicle.com/2025/11/16/i...
@volko.bsky.social
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Interview with Justin Fassino, designer of new Levy & Campaign game – Seljuk: Byzantium Besieged, 1068-1071 from GMT Games
To immediately jump to the Game Page follow the below link: Michal: Hi Justin and welcome to The Boardgames Chronicle blog. Really glad to meet you! May I ask you to tell the Readers about what you…
https://theboardgameschronicle.com/2025/11/16/interview-with-justin-fassino-designer-of-new-levy-campaign-game-seljuk-byzantium-besieged-1068-1071-from-gmt-games/
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Dan Thurot
4 days ago
This past weekend, I was delighted to attend
@sdhistcon.bsky.social
, where on Saturday I played not one, not two, but three games about selling opium. It was quite the day. Read about it here:
spacebiff.com/2025/11/13/s...
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SDHist 2025: Day of Copium
This past weekend, I attended SDHistCon in San Diego, the most interesting board gaming convention currently running. Here are the official snapshots: the Summit Award went to War Story: Occupied F…
https://spacebiff.com/2025/11/13/sdhistcon-2025/
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Salt & Pepper Games
4 days ago
🚨 Nos alegra anunciar que vamos a sacar ETERNAL DECKS en español 😀. Toda la info y preventa a un precio imbatible aquí:
saltandpeppergames.es/nuevo-lanzam...
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Salt & Pepper Games
3 days ago
Averigua el porqué 👉🏾
saltandpeppergames.es/nuevo-lanzam...
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GMT Games
5 days ago
You can learn more or pre-order Drachen on the P500 page here:
www.gmtgames.com/p-1162-drach...
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I like these comments about creativity from John Cleese. I strongly believe that this applies also to game design. The start of the process, when you are playing with some ideas.
youtu.be/r1-3zTMCu4k?...
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John Cleese on creativity. Play/playfulness
YouTube video by Jikan
https://youtu.be/r1-3zTMCu4k?si=MpI0dHS3EI4NlH0K
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Salt & Pepper Games
5 days ago
No podemos estar mas contentos por cómo está quedando el asalto al tren de Glasgow de @FerranRenalias y @eloipujadas . Sigue la campaña 👉🏾
gamefound.com/es/projects/...
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Nick Bentley Makes Games
6 days ago
I LOVE this: "There exists a paradox in game design. You are simultaneously the most knowledgeable and least knowledgeable person about your game..." 🎲✂️(1/4)
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🎲 Osprey Games ➡️ Dragonmeet Tables E3&4
7 days ago
War Story: Occupied France is the winner of this year's
@sdhistcon.bsky.social
Summit Award! Huge congratulations to
@djackthompson.bsky.social,
Dave Neale,
@kwanchai.bsky.social
and the whole team here at Osprey Games 👏👏👏 Read more and find the other amazing finalists
https://bit.ly/4qWpgbk
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SDHistCon
9 days ago
We're thrilled to announce
@amabel.bsky.social
's video essay “Vonnegut’s Board Game: Preservation, Annotation, Context” as the recipient of the 2025 Bobby Nunes Memorial Award. More info on the award here:
sdhist.com/amabel-holla...
. Check out the essay here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xXy...
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Vonnegut’s Board Game: Preservation, Annotation, Context
YouTube video by Hollandspiele
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xXy9x81irU
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Jason Paterson
9 days ago
Sample counters for Cuius Regio. I think these were sneak peeked a while ago but this is the first time I'm seeing them. Very slick.
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Lord of the Boooard 👻
11 days ago
I’ll say it. One of the most innovative designs came out 6 or so years ago. And that’s Nevsky by
@volko.bsky.social
It’s created really incredible games using its framework too! like Almoravid, Inferno and Plantagenet. So excited to receive Seljuk & thinking I’ll do a video series on these
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Raph Koster
14 days ago
Game design is simple, actually. Except when it isn't. Here are the 12 things you need to know.
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Game design is simple, actually
So, let’s just walk through the whole thing, end to end. Here’s a twelve-step program for understanding game design. One: Fun There are a lot of things people call “fun.” But most of them are not useful for getting better at making games, which is usually why people read articles like this. The fun of a bit of confetti exploding in front of you, and the fun of excruciating pain and risk to life and limb as you free climb a cliff are just not usefully paired together.
https://www.raphkoster.com/2025/11/03/game-design-is-simple-actually/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
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Mark
10 days ago
Here we go!
#SDHistCON2025
starts today!
@sdhistcon.bsky.social
some
#LevyandCampaign
prototype to demo this weekend.
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Meeple Lady
13 days ago
Getting ready to pack my games for
@sdhistcon.bsky.social
! Can't wait to see everyone! 😎
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Mollie Russell
14 days ago
Had a delightful chat with
@colewehrle.bsky.social
recently about the practical and artistic aspects of board game design, and the meaning it creates. There were so many thoughtful threads of conversation to follow that I had to split the interview into two parts.
www.wargamer.com/board-games/...
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Modern board game maestro Cole Wehrle on getting mad, metaphor in game design, and future projects that are "Big with a capital B"
For Cole Wehrle, the designer behind Arcs, Root, and John Company, "games are not just their pieces" - they are an ongoing conversation.
https://www.wargamer.com/board-games/cole-wehrle-interview-conversation
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Nick Bentley Makes Games
15 days ago
I'm constantly amazed how much more I like Figma than Illustrator for making prototypes. Most things in Figma take me less than half the time they used to in Illustrator (thanks to
@marcelineleiman.bsky.social
for showing me the light) Youtube tutorial on Figma Data Merge below. 🎲✂️(2/2)
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Syncing Google Sheet Data to Figma
YouTube video by FigmaTalk
https://youtu.be/nL6ciu0aOZM?si=W2CxuYFXuYAxJd6v
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Ludonauta.es
17 days ago
Vamos a ver qué tal va de componentes este "Habemus Papam" (de
@saltandpeppergames.bsky.social
), gracias a este unboxing de Rewind Masters.
#JuegosDeMesa
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Abrimos - HABEMUS PAPAM (2025)
YouTube video by Rewind Masters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NT8diUB5iQ
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Salt & Pepper Games
17 days ago
👻 ¡Feliz Halloween! 🔮 Si vas a invocar algo, que sea una buena partida de Brujería.
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Salt & Pepper Games
17 days ago
Hoy sale a la venta un juego muy especial de @the_good_meeple: ¡La Batalla de las Divas!
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Salt & Pepper Games
18 days ago
Dirige a ru red de espías en Queen of Spies. Queda 1 mes para que empiece la campaña. Apúntate aquí:
gamefound.com/en/projects/...
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El Desafío de las Águilas - Where Eagles Dare
18 days ago
Novedades:
@gmtgames.bsky.social
(¡Cuius Regio! de
@fgradaille.bsky.social
),
@snafustore.bsky.social
,
@assaultgames.bsky.social
@soundofdrumsgames.bsky.social
etc
#wargames
eldesafiodelasaguilas.wordpress.com/2025/10/30/n...
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Novedades: Cuius Regio y GMT, Red Horizon ’41 (SoD), Snafu…
Novedades de GMT, Sounf Drums, Snafu, Draco Ideas, Trafalgar Editions, Worthington…
https://eldesafiodelasaguilas.wordpress.com/2025/10/30/novedades-cuius-regio-y-gmt-red-horizon-41-sod-snafu/
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Volko
18 days ago
Kevin
@fortcircle.bsky.social
yesterday brought by the latest beautiful advance copy of Hunt for Blackbeard for me to bring to SDHistCon in November. A couple pics at the link - I'll take some more to show in a bit!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...
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Update 15: Production · Hunt for Blackbeard
Hello folks! I just received the first copy from the production line (I had it airmailed to me) and it looks fantastic. I dropped it off with Volko and he will be taking it to SD Hist Con next week,...
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fortcircle/hunt-for-blackbeard/posts/4526398?ref=ksr_email_mktg_auto_backer_project_update_registered_users
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The Boardgames Chronicle
19 days ago
A bit later than usually (due to Spiel fair) I am analyzing & sharing October GMT Update (
mailchi.mp/b4efd75a60b8...
). Cuius Regio - a new design by
@fgradaille.bsky.social
- will have one of the most striking box covers I have ever seen! Check out article for more great news!
@gmtgames.bsky.social
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Brett-vorm-Kopf
22 days ago
Onoda, die Geschichte des letzten Soldaten, der WW2 noch 30 Jahre weiter führte auf der Insel Lubang, ein
#Brettspiel
von
@fgradaille.bsky.social
. In meiner ersten Partie des Solospiels verlor Onoda zwischen 1960-1964 den Verstand und erschoss sich selbst. Es ist ein schmaler Grat, sehr spannend!
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MissPumpkin
23 days ago
Hoy hemos jugado 2 partidas a
#Valls1809
con una magnífica explicación del diseñador
@marc-alda.bsky.social
. Primero sufrí con los franceses gestionando la moral, pero gané de chiripa, y luego con los españoles pringué por malas tiradas. Nos lo pasamos todos genial, es un juego muy divertido 😃
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Juanra
23 days ago
Jugamos Habemus Papam del gran
@fgradaille.bsky.social
Lo hicimos con la variante de inicio que está en la página de Salt and Pepper.
saltandpeppergames.es/variante-par...
Recomendable meter menos objetivos secretos para tener experiencia gratificante desde la primera partida. Un acierto.
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Tor
23 days ago
Rally the Troops has added yet another World War I game to the line up: Verdun 1916: Steel Inferno. This is a CDG about the trench warfare around Verdun during World War I, designed by Walter Vejdo, with illustrations by Tardi.
rally-the-troops.com/verdun
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Volko
23 days ago
Another DRACHEN playtest this morning via TTS. Resulting refinements include more open adjustment of forces after initial setup, surprise use of AA guns, and affirmation of the need for historical restriction of late German offensives to the Right Bank. (Prototype not production art.)
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Salt & Pepper Games
25 days ago
Habemus Papam in Hotness est! 🙌 Gratias vobis agimus, ludentes fidelissimi!
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GMT Games
25 days ago
Check out today's GMT Customer Newsletter to get all the latest news. This issue has new P500s, digital news, production updates, an operations update, a BUNCH of art samples, and plenty more. Enjoy!
mailchi.mp/b4efd75a60b8...
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Volko
24 days ago
From yesterday's
@gmtgames.bsky.social
Monthly, Levy & Campaign Series Volume V - SELJUK - will charge preorders on 30 October. That means only a few days left to get the preorder discount. ...
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Jason Paterson
25 days ago
Cuius Regio box art. I like it a lot.
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Neva Wargames
25 days ago
Valls 1809: Battle of the Goi Bridge, a new Napoleonic wargame by Marc Aliaga with art by Nils Johansson! This fast, tactical title for the P-300 System is coming soon. Wish-list it and help us bring this game to life!
https://nevawargames.com/product/valls-1809-battle-of-the-goi-bridge/
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The Boardgames Chronicle
26 days ago
A pretty unique design from
@fgradaille.bsky.social
takes us to Conclave in which we will try to influence the election of the next Pope. Let us look at the game and its core mechanics - enjoy!
#Saltpeppersgames
theboardgameschronicle.com/2025/10/22/h...
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Habemus Papam – Unboxing & Overview
Francisco (Pako) Gradaille has a talent of designing very interesting boardgames, which at the same time cover pretty broad spectrum of mechanics and topics. As you know, I played his Plantagenet e…
https://theboardgameschronicle.com/2025/10/22/habemus-papam-unboxing-overview/
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Clio's Board Games
26 days ago
SPIEL at Essen begins tomorrow! ICYMI, here are the games to which I am looking forward the most (including titles by
@fgradaille.bsky.social
@saltandpeppergames.bsky.social
@phalanxgames.bsky.social
@mandoogames-en.bsky.social
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Essen SPIEL 2025: Most Anticipated Board Games
You say „board game fair“, I say “SPIEL” at Essen. It’s the Mecca for the tabletop gaming faithful. Four days of playing, trying, and buying. 200,000+ visitors. I’ve been there a few times over the…
https://cliosboardgames.wordpress.com/2025/10/19/essen-spiel-2025-most-anticipated-board-games/
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Salt & Pepper Games
26 days ago
Essen we are ready!
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Javi de Castro
28 days ago
Boceto y arte final de la caja de 'The Battle of the Divas' el juego de mesa de
@saltandpeppergames.bsky.social
que he ilustrado.
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Yo ya tengo mi copia y la estoy jugando. ¿Y vosotros?
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27 days ago
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Salt & Pepper Games
28 days ago
Aleluya, ¡Habemus Papam agotado en distribución! Corred a por vuestra copia sino queréis arrepentiros de vuestros pecados 🙌🏽💒
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Taula de jocs
28 days ago
Habemus Papam. Submergeix-te en les profunditats de la política vaticana, on cada cardenal participant busca no només triar el Papa que li convé, sinó també assegurar el futur de l'Església segons la seva visió. https://saltandpeppergames.es/producto/habemus-papam/
@saltandpeppergames.bsky.social
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Taula de jocs
28 days ago
Habemus Papam. Els jugadors han de teixir la seva xarxa d'aliats, sabent que la lleialtat és tan efímera com el fum. Els més astuts sabran quan revelar les cartes i quan mantenir les seves intencions ocultes. Com es juga: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK5h3_i4-YU
@saltandpeppergames.bsky.social
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Clio's Board Games
27 days ago
Among my most anticipated board games at SPIEL this year: Habemus Papam (
@fgradaille.bsky.social
@saltandpeppergames.bsky.social
) - an election game unlike any other. Read more:
cliosboardgames.wordpress.com/2025/10/19/e...
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Beyond Solitaire
28 days ago
This week on the pod, Gonzalo of
@saltandpeppergames.bsky.social
dropped by for a great conversation.
youtu.be/z-4McmOFqik
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Beyond Solitaire Podcast 213: Gonzalo Maldonado on Salt & Pepper Games
YouTube video by Beyond Solitaire
https://youtu.be/z-4McmOFqik
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Clio's Board Games
28 days ago
My most anticipated board games at
@spielessen.bsky.social
- with titles by
@fgradaille.bsky.social
@saltandpeppergames.bsky.social
@phalanxgames.bsky.social
@mandoogames-en.bsky.social
and others!
cliosboardgames.wordpress.com/2025/10/19/e...
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Essen SPIEL 2025: Most Anticipated Board Games
You say „board game fair“, I say “SPIEL” at Essen. It’s the Mecca for the tabletop gaming faithful. Four days of playing, trying, and buying. 200,000+ visitors. I’ve been there a few times over the…
https://cliosboardgames.wordpress.com/2025/10/19/essen-spiel-2025-most-anticipated-board-games/
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The Boardgames Chronicle
29 days ago
Essen Wargames Preview is ready. Let us see what we can expect! ⬇️
theboardgameschronicle.com/2025/10/19/s...
@soundofdrumsgames.bsky.social
@assaultgames.bsky.social
@phalanxgames.bsky.social
@ospreygames.bsky.social
@mightyboards.bsky.social
@djackthompson.bsky.social
@fgradaille.bsky.social
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Spiel Essen 2025 – Wargames Preview
SPIEL, also known as Essen Spiel, is a major annual board game convention held in Essen, Germany, typically in October. It draws thousands of global attendees, including publishers, designers, and …
https://theboardgameschronicle.com/2025/10/19/spiel-essen-2025-wargames-preview/
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Salt & Pepper Games
about 1 month ago
Alleluia! Habemus Papam ya está disponible en tu tienda preferida 💒
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Jason Matthews
about 1 month ago
Its amazing that just 5 years after Twilight Struggle was created, an international league spawned the globe with intense competition from all over the world. Join the ITSL for its 15th!!! Season. Thanks to Tasos and the ITSL League for all their work!
@gmtgames.bsky.social
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