First Impressions of Master of Command Master of Command is an odd pup You need to walk into this game with this basic knowledge: This is a combination Roguelite & RTS Wargame hybrid If you are not seeing colors & have a headache with that statement, then proceed wp.me/pae4WL-d62

The Americans attacking Cardonville were dodging casualties in numbers well outside probability, but a lone sniper left Capt. Achilles to be carried from the battlefield and his company withdrew. They'll be back, if only because "29, Let's Go!" says so.

It's that time again when the @armchairdragoons.bsky.social r visit the Radar Station at Cardonville for "I Ain't Been Shot Mum". Part of our embiggened "29, Let's Go!" Pint-Sized Campaign. @toofatlardies.bsky.social #IABSMRevolution LIVE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzH1...

Connections Online 2023's theme was The Enemy Gets A Vote — Playing Red QUOTE: We’ll look at playing Red in wargaming, as well as what various professional communities mean by the term “red teaming.” the conf archive page: armchairdragoons.com...

Here's what will be in our annual fall sale, which begins November 7 at 0001 EST. Rather than post the list here, which would be about 20 pages, here's a link to the post on @boardgamegeek.com boardgamegeek.com/thread/36013...

#TBT — Cyrano took a spin through some of the best Jena-Auerstedt games back in 2018 Do they all still hold up 7 years later? Read on and let us know! There's plenty more to explore in our archives; you should poke around & see for yourself armchairdragoons.com...

ICYMI —— Happy 50th to Chaosium, Convention News, Pre-Orders, Hold The Mustard ~ #TuesdayNewsday Lots of great content from our friends around the web! wp.me/pae4WL-chE

Whenever a discussion of "how long is the game?" comes up, people inevitably talk about how fantastic their long-running campaigns have been. Not everyone wants a 3-year commitment. Make sure to highlight some great one-shot adventures you can play in a single sitting "First taste is free..." 🤠

Watching the maneuver that opened tonight's game of "A Fistful of TOWS 3" was a great deal of fun as the not-so-very-powerful Germans and Soviets matched up in June '41. One nasty set of melees in some trees, though. More next week. @armchairdragoons.bsky.social

Eutaw Springs – Bonus Game in Volume III of the Battles of the American Revolution (BoAR) series Quote Eutaw Springs has two scenarios – the Campaign Game and the Historical Scenario, which starts in turn 4, picking up after the forces are much closer to each other wp.me/pae4WL-d5D

Time to find out if "Spearhead" scenarios will work for "A Fistful of TOWS 3". This one is "A Roaring Start". @armchairdragoons.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG-B...

Blue Panther's sale is underway! www.bluepantherllc.com Plenty of great games, including some that've been part of our Fall Assembly (Dawn of Battle, Plague of Dracula, Off The Line) or our Origins program (Arabian Struggle, Campaign Fall Blau) or reviewed here (White Tribe, Sekigahara) GO! ➡️

Happy 50th to Chaosium, Convention News, Pre-Orders, Hold The Mustard ~ #TuesdayNewsday Quote Before you roll your first attack or click that next turn, get the latest headlines with #TuesdayNewsday! 🕹️ wp.me/pae4WL-chE

Connections Online back in 2023 focused on Red-Teaming, and included some of the staff's favorite panels that went a little under-the-radar www.youtube.com/play...

Like an (Air) Boss – A veritable Typhoon of Angels, Bears, Phantoms, Intruders and Mustangs all Fly(ing) to Fight and Win These miniatures rule are very much low-to-medium fidelity games highly suitable for playing with a large group in a club or even at a convention. wp.me/pae4WL-d0P

We're streaming tonight! Hang with the brothers Wehrle as we show off some dreams and schemes for the John Company Companion web app we're working on. Starting soon!

Eric is wise

First Impressions of WEGO World War II: Overlord ...feels different in scope vs the predecessors, & that is obviously related to the nature and scale of the operation at hand! Tackling the full on D-DAY OVERLORD scenario in this wargame will challenge you significantly wp.me/pae4WL-cZQ

ICYMI —— Mentioned In Dispatches S15e7 ~ Designer James Day We barrage Mr Day w/ a variety of Q's about his history of designing tank-heavy games, the local newspaper covering his CSR win, some history in the computer gaming world, solo adaptations of his games, and more... armchairdragoons.com...

#wargameday at @TheGamersArmory Cataclysm TAHGC Bulge Memoir '44

We've played the Battle of Trafalgar using three sets. "Fire As She Bears" is, so far, the best of the three. Crisp, clean (except for an occasional error), and it looks and feels like the books. Bonus: the Victory was very nearly taken as a prize. More next week. @armchairdragoons.bsky.social

Eight players. More than 70 Ships of the Line. This is not madness. This. Is. Trafalgar. www.youtube.com/watch?v=h99a... @armchairdragoons.bsky.social

Sharing this to boost awareness, but also so we can find the link for ourselves later today www.explorersdesign....

OK folks, is the 🎙️podcast feed working for iTunes / 🍏 Apple Podcasts now ⁉️

Huzzah! The pre-translated version! (not that we have a problem with spreading the wargaming love in any & all languages; just trying to help the bulk of our audience out)

Mentioned In Dispatches S15 E7 ~ Designer James Day We barrage Mr Day with a variety of Q's about his history of designing tank-heavy games, the local newspaper covering his CSR win, some history in the computer gaming world, solo adaptations of his games, and more... armchairdragoons.com...

#GameStoreDay is this Saturday! Celebrate your Friendly Local Game Store. Shout out your faves in the replies!

People who walk right up to supermarket cashiers whose lights are off, indicating that they are closed and just finishing with their last customer before their break or end of shift

OK, most of our readers will need a translator app for this thread, but the TL;DR version is "SNAFU makes cool games about *other* battles than the usual subjects"

You can find all of our social channels through Linktree, where we keep them all consolidated on one set of buttons; this will let you follow us on your platform of choice, but remember it's mainly just 1-way traffic throughout the year linktr.ee/connection...

It's almost like Project Gutenberg doesn't exist or something ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ www.gutenberg.org

The Americans continue their push on Cardonville for "I Ain't Been Shot Mum". LIVE. NOW: www.youtube.com/watch?v=egod... @armchairdragoons.bsky.social

Off to class!

Games As Art Forms The classical artforms are easy to spot: painting, sculpture, music, theater, dance, poetry (and others, I’m sure). But board games seem stuck in an interminable cycle of discourse around whether or not they can be art. wp.me/pae4WL-d36

Yes! I love this perspective. Bringing art into games, treating them as meaning-making machines and not only funtertainment. Thanks for reading!

I wrote a thing. Check it out.

#TBT — Cyrano took a spin through some of the best Jena-Auerstedt games back in 2018 Do they all still hold up 7 years later? Read on and let us know! There's plenty more to explore in our archives; you should poke around & see for yourself armchairdragoons.com...

ICYMI —— Game Store Day, Professional Wargaming, and more ~ #TuesdayNewsday A lot of great articles this week for our pros & practitioners wp.me/pae4WL-chD#TuesdayNewsday

Games As Art Forms https://armchairdragoons.com/games-art-forms/

Wargaming Research: Solo War & Historical Gaming 2025 Deep Dive 2 As we have data over several years, we are able to show some trends in the data from a year-to-year basis.  Here is a look at how rankings have changed for those titles that have appeared on every survey. wp.me/pae4WL-cNP

The Germans were doing quite well in their drive on Arracourt for "A Fistful of TOWS 3" when, quite suddenly, it seemed the bottom fell out and their tanks melted like snow at the thaw. Off to the east front! @armchairdragoons.bsky.social

Time for the Battle for Arracourt for "A Fistful of TOWS 3"! @armchairdragoons.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKg8...

Guilford – Volume III of the Battles of the American Revolution (BoAR) series Guilford was originally pub'ed in '02 & reprinted as part of the first Tri-Pack from '17 This game also includes a second scenario, Eutaw Springs, which will be covered in the next article wp.me/pae4WL-d1f

The Pile -- 10/29/25 Arracourt for AFFoT3 -- WED The Radar Station at Cordonville for IABSM -- THU Trafalgar for Fire as She Bears -- SAT Warmaster -- BotFA Cape St. Vincent for Fighting Sail TTMATB Star Wars Rules Fight "C&C: Napoleonics" &c. @armchairdragoons.bsky.social

Guilford – Volume III of the Battles of the American Revolution (BoAR) series https://armchairdragoons.com/bs-boar-guilford/

Game Store Day, Professional Wargaming, and more ~ #TuesdayNewsday Quote Shake off those Monday blues—#TuesdayNewsday is here to boost your morale with some wargaming news! 🥳 wp.me/pae4WL-chD

What are you missing each week in #TuesdayNewsday? We've got all of this, and sometimes more, every week 🤠 armchairdragoons.com...

Game Store Day, Professional Wargaming, and more ~ #TuesdayNewsday Quote Shake off those Monday blues—#TuesdayNewsday is here to boost your morale with some wargaming news! 🥳 wp.me/pae4WL-chD

Strategic Command: American Civil War ~ Concert Of Europe DLC – Press Preview First Impressions Quote I’ll be diving a bit closer into the second campaign which covers the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878, just in that it appeals to me more than the other. wp.me/pae4WL-d1Z