Marisol (Escobar) with Dinner Date, 1963 by John D. Schiff

"Race to Rabaul 1943" is a forthcoming addition to the "Race to the Rhine" series by PHALANX. Volko Ruhnke made an excellent game where players have to wrestle with the push and pull of logistics in the Pacific theater. The adversarial gameplay is great. #wargaming @volko.bsky.social

The newest addition to Commands & Colors system - Battle of Hoth - quickly gained our interest. After two months of intense play I am sharing my experiences and suggestions. Enjoy! Link 👇 theboardgameschronicle.com/2025/11/09/s... #daysofwonder

Fun was had playing Foxes & Lions today!

Today’s game: Statecraft: Age of Elizabeth - a prototype in early development giving us the Elizabethan Age in 3 hours, for 2-6 players.

I'm looking forward to learning more about this Falklands title from NAC Wargames. Operational level game where recon plays a large role.

The box of games we shipped from SPIELE Essen arrived yesterday intact and full of gaming goodness!

A great man and one of my subbers!

And done. Pre next playtest need to comb through rules to check matches to paragraphs and move the playbook along.

Always a great day when there is a new Rally the Troops release! Thanks @ccxvii.bsky.social! #boardwargames #boardgames

The new game Punicus from Carlos S. Olivares and @gmtgames.bsky.social uses Craig Besinque's formula and drops it into the Second Punic War - the one where Hannibal crossed the Alps. Looks terrific.

I just came across this mind-blowing reconstruction of the #Pantheon … in Lego. Not only does it accurately reflect the architecture, but it reconstructs everything with suggested polychrome decoration. The statues are ‘painted’, as are parts of the architecture. Bravo! 👏 🏺 flic.kr/s/aHBqjCxeQ1

Hoshoryu was gifted a giant soy sauce after becoming Grand Champion in London.

What if Disney Villains were just normal people but then they worked in food service and they lost all faith in humanity.

More project items in the mail. These are for the Tudor Battle System that can be bolted on to 1549 or 1536 or stand alone. For theWestern Rosing there are real battles to go on, but hypothetical in 1536 for Grace.

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education. America’s children deserve better than this.

This is all kinds of wonderful.

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Grace project tweaks: minor text alterations for clarity (such as there can be when some of it is Tudor English) plus three revised symbols for forcing a Narrative onward, Pausing until the aftermath, and Stop for that's it in this area for now.

Uno de mis tipos de canción preferida: música animada, letras desgraciadas... youtu.be/FRAA-EIM4d0?...

Current extent of play area. The three Rising Narratives drop down from L, N & B a la Lost Cities flanked by associated Tudor Cards.

DRACHEN playtest continues via TTS. This was a French defensive win in Situation B "Kronprinz", as historical German gains on the left bank came at too great a cost in men. ...

The Federal Government may close but there is no stopping Wargame Wednesday! Joins us Labyrinth Games at 6:00 pm to preview the exciting IADs the Game (Integrated Air Defense System) by the husband and wife team Madonna & Ric Rebulanan! See you there!

As usual, this is Techbro policy that is simply beyond hypocrisy. Can you imagine a single billionaire who could survive a fraction of such scrutiny?

Joke from the Soviet Union: Why do KGB officers travel in threes? One can read, one can write, and the third one keeps on eye on the two intellectuals

This Starfighter reminds me that I have the Turkish version kit waiting to be done. Midland Air Museum. They also have a Super Sabre and a Sabre here!

ICYMI: Here's my book/game pairing on Prussia in the Seven Years' War!

Excellent volume as the Laconians take a beating. The battle itself is prefaced by an top-hole discussion of hoplite warfare that comes near to (IMO) the savage nature of the blood red game: boxing armed with a stick and a bin lid.

I’d like to clear a few things up. Honey is fine (though I use it sparingly). Chiles are great (I use them to excess). Hot honey CAN be okay—sometimes? But people, please: STOP “DRIZZLING” IT ON ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING. Chicken parmigiana?? Are you kidding me?!

How to wash yr hands

Looking forward to getting Cato! The new Ultramarines look amazing!!

I'm such a fanboy of this design, I homespun a placard.

Excellent book. An effective galley used the brutal life of an oarsman to winnow out the weak and strength/train the strong. Defeating corsairs yielded more trained crews, but the Turks used mostly untrained crews so not worth the effort.

Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival

Oh, flower of Scotland…

© Andre Kohn. 'The Yellow Umbrella.' Oil on canvas, 51 × 88 cm.

#dnd #rpg #ttrpg #dungeonsanddragons #gaming #dndmemes #mtg #bg3

The last pieces to the puzzle! Finally acquired 信玄上洛 (Shingen’s March on the Capital) and 関東制圧 (Conquest of the Kantō), two early modules in the Sengoku Legends series. I now have all nine modules published in Game Journal. I’ve already translated the series rules, time to finish the rest!

Sand batteries are literally just silos of sand that retain heat exceptionally well -- so well that they can be tied to heat exchange systems to serve as proxy *electrical* batteries. Finland's new model can store enough power (100 MWh) to heat an entire town for a week. newatlas.com/energy/large...

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share.google/XpNUApzwmIc8... Remarquable documentaire sur le massacre de la St Barthélemy ce soir. Une réussite sur la forme d’abord : une véritable enquête accompagnée de magnifiques dessins animés. Une réussite sur le fond grâce à Jérémie Foa.

You’ve seen the popemobile, but have you seen the Jesus semi

Took a stroll through some beautiful local gardens today, and found this little friend.

Some 3,300 years ago, an ancient Egyptian artist painted this humorous illustration of a cat herding geese on a flake of limestone. From Deir el-Medina, Thebes, Egypt. 📷 Egyptian Museum, Cairo. #Archaeology

What’s the best Bruegel book and why is it Jürgen Müller’s?