Indeed....

A great if biased thread of elegant trash talking during one of today's games.

Don't invade Russia in winter, don't get involved in a land war in Asia, and don't put your melon, or any other body part, in front of an ox bow.

A weird fact for your morning. When that fine singer and actor Kris Kristofferson was young, he was at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar doing a B.Litt. One of his tutors was J.R.R. Tolkien.

And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?"

Here's a fun fact about Elon Musk: in 2020, his (nominal) net worth was $20b, and today it's $1t (nominally). But *that's* not the fun fact; *this* is: everything he's done since 2020 was a flop. 1/

Do you ever find notes you’ve written to yourself but you have no context

This is a glorious post and thread.

Ready for tomorrow's game of Eisenhower, covering June 6-8, 1944.

In what may go down as an act if immense hubris, next Sunday 3 of us are replaying the invasion of Normandy with the Eisenhower rules. Figures aren't ready, so using counters and limited physical terrain on this purpose built map. Plan on it being an annual thing with improvements over time.

Last Tuesday's basement game for May - ancient Greeks vs lizardfolk, fighting over the last minotaur in Greece, as you do. Ended in a draw, even a final challenge and duel by each side's heroes couldn't solve it. Labor of the Gods rules, 28mm.

It's always instructive to try and paint something simple and common. How many Canada Geese have I seen in my life? A million? A billion? What even do they look like?! Think this came out ok and at least reads goose enough for arguments sake. Good enough to field! #BloodBowl #MiniaturePainting

First time I've ever given 'goop in a bottle' a try, painting on to a flat surface. Not unhappy with that, though I think there's still plenty of practice to be had there! The bubbles help, for sure.

Pay attention, class. Please tell me what she's doing wrong if her intention is to reduce accidents?

my theory is that during the pandemic a lot of normal people hung on social media all day for the first time in their lives, and since they didn't have any defenses from doing so since the early internet they just kinda went Internet Insane, and now we have an industry keeping them insane for profit

Ladies and gents, we're in May so there's 2 months to go and circumstances being as they are unfortunately we're down to 3 hosts and a few players at the moment. If you or someone you know would like to host or play at a Lard game day on July 4th then get in touch! Shares very much appreciated.

A wholesome story for nerds: On Saturday, I was signing books at a local bookstore for Independent Bookstore Day. The store had a signing-palooza with new authors every hour; toward the end of my hour, a woman came up and asked what my book was about. "Dictionaries," I said, and she lit up. 1/n

I am conducing a mad experiment. Which is better, the off-white...

This is not wrong.

I don't post enough table pics, but this is next week's table for a SYW battle using Rebels and Patriots, with 4 players. Table and general scenario are based on one of Peter Cushing's maps the Perrys have shared, tho he did Naps.

It says an enormous amount about the Royal Navy in the late Victorian period that they could essentially build HMS "Fuck That One Ship In Particular" as and when required.

The legendary game designer, distributor, and publisher Louis Zocchi has left us at the age of 91. He founded Zocchi Distribution (the first distributor dedicated exclusively to hobby games) and Gamescience (which made games and polyhedral dice).

The YB-49 Flying Wing circa 1947. Those freakish US strategic stealth bombers in the news are just updates. "It came out of the 1940's and today it still looks like the future." (source: Brian Roemmele on the other place.) More details: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northro...

you so rarely see a leader picking fights with both sides of the crusades. it's probably because everyone else throughout history was simply too big of a coward to try

For the first time in over 30 years we're not attending Salute this year, so we've decided to have a sale instead! There's 10% off over 10,000 products on our website so head over and grab yourself a bargain: www.pendraken.co.uk (Sale ends at midnight on Sunday)

all these universities kept axing medieval history departments as if they thought tyrants beefing with the Pope was going to stop being relevant

I feel this is like The Seven Samurai, every time I watch it, I gain new insights. Main difference is how much laughing I'm doing right now.

I have created simple cardboard standees of coastal forces craft, if anyone wants to try out Torpedoes and Tides without investing in ship models. They are a bit crude, but my drawing skills are limited. But at least they are free: site.wargamevault.com/product/5627... #torpedoesandtides

These are probably the only figures that would get me to invest.

The Cheers we could have had...

NOT NOW, MYSTERIOUS LARGE STEEL CYLINDER

This has destroyed me. Don’t skip school, indeed. Also, MANY MANY DIG DIG!

Thanks! Just a heads up is good, I think I have a good backlog since my last order a few years ago! I guess I should figure out why I don't get e-mails from them, but that just adds to the backlog, so maybe that's a good thing that I don't.

We've got EIGHTY-THREE open participation miniatures games at Hotlead this year, including Dungeon Creepers, an ode to the '80s dungeon crawls of our youth. #Nerdlings #wargaming

2 min ago I googled the red bellied woodpecker because of a meme and I am calling for a complete and total shutdown of bird names till we can figure out what the hell is going on

Bird person: I know what these have to be called... Not Bird person: Hopefully something normal that can't be confused with other-- Bird person: Tits. We must call them tits, there is no alternative

So, yes, my next game should be full of subtlety. Cyberpunk X Conan sums it up nicely. Once GUNS MAGES CORPSES get 200 followers, I'll push that big red button. Please share on your favorite social network(s) and forums. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ale...

The extent of Renfrew Christie’s heroism, and what it accomplished, is astonishing!

I have a friend with a 3D printer. They let me have some of the supports normally destined for the bin. I made them into ruined buildings.

Mario Kart Nautical just dropped

MY WORLD WAR 2 TANKER TTRPG IS FINALLY AVAILABLE 12:Hours is a deeply tactical game in which players crew together a single tank to fight through the bloodiest conflict the world has ever seen ✅ Complex Damage ✅ Mission Generators ✅ Downtime Activities ✅ Beautiful Pages taliautsch.itch.io/12hours

Don't neglect that WGV is running their black friday sale letting you get a discount on most NWG titles. Do you really want to be the one guy who does NOT play Weaseltech and SLAM? www.wargamevault.com/en/publisher...

@atrupar.com - from a Canadian satire magazine, equivalent of The Onion.

We'd like to congratulate Nunavut on having the most RRD games per capita. They just received lots of 1pg games for their community centre! Specifically: 🔸3 copies x 6 volumes x 13 games in each = 234 games 🔸Pop. = 36,858 (across Qikiqtaaluk , Kivalliq, Kitikmeot) 🔸That's a game per 157 people!

Bask in the unfeasible glory that is Aotearoa New Zealand's only locally designed and built Tank.

In 2025, a monkey commando unit was sent to prison for a crime they didn't commit. These monkeys promptly escaped from a truck to the Mississippi underground. Now, they survive as monkeys of fortune. If you’ve a problem, if no one else can help & if you can find them, maybe you can hire The M-Team.

When he says “hit it, Joe”, I don’t think first time viewers are going to be prepared for just how hard Joe hits it.

Some newly painted space debris, satellite, and mines for fighter-scale space gaming. They'll be on the table Tuesday for another Star Wars game with @wileygames.bsky.social Starfighters rules. Also shown is a ringworld space station for fleet-scale gaming.

Frank Zamboni. Do we not all watch with fascination at his ice scraper invention throughout the United States and Canada to this day? They pause the playing of sports to enjoy his inventions periodically throughout live events.