Fred Serval
@fredserval.bsky.social
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I make games. ファシストになるより、豚の方がマシさ
https://youtube.com/@HomoLudens1871
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I never thought this would happen... I entered the top 100 wargames on
@boardgamegeek.com
with Gest. Thanks so much to
@joedewhurst.bsky.social
for helping me make this game actually good, Chechu and Robert for making it look awesome, and
@gmtgames.bsky.social
for believing in me.
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Looks like I still need to do some videos about clean wehrmacht in tabletop wargames... Poke
@waitmanwbeorn.com
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A dans une heure !
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PunchedCon 2026 was a delight. We debrief the games we played there with bean farmer
@candidrum.bsky.social
, solo mom
@joedewhurst.bsky.social
, babyface
@pierrevj.bsky.social
, radicalised
@ericvulgaris.bsky.social
and ASMR voice
@blinks.itch.io
youtu.be/8177PhxrJCE?...
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PunchedCon 26 - Wargame Convention Debrief
YouTube video by Homo Ludens
https://youtu.be/8177PhxrJCE?si=yoHjX5E3_PI0EJIf
3 days ago
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Big PunchedCon debrief coming soon featuring
@candidrum.bsky.social
@blinks.itch.io
@ericvulgaris.bsky.social
@pierrevj.bsky.social
and
@joedewhurst.bsky.social
4 days ago
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I got caught up in late night games again... My brain hurts
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Day two was intense!
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We played late at night
9 days ago
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Day two of PunchedCon was something
9 days ago
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First night at PunchedCon 👀👀👀👀👀
10 days ago
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YoYoni
21 days ago
Slicing up a prototype of "The Nights of King Ludd" for unguided play testing this week (and humming this little song).
#boardgame
#design
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Nicola S
21 days ago
With the one on the left, my ACW collection has almost reached the (current) end. I blame
@fredserval.bsky.social
Homo Ludens « We Intend to Move on Your Works » podcast by
@drcrossbows.bsky.social
&
@pierrevj.bsky.social
The one on the right is because I am a completist and just love GCACW!
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Heureux d'enfin sortir notre review avec
@polgara.bsky.social
du jeu de
@hollandspiele.bsky.social
, Meltwater. On parle des limites de ce que peu proposer le jeu de plateau, entre produit de consommation et expérience esthétique, et si un jeu peu vraiment être anti-guerre ?
youtu.be/NTMBOluze_s?...
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Review de Meltwater - Un jeu de plateau anti-Guerre ? (avec Polgara)
YouTube video by Homo Ludens
https://youtu.be/NTMBOluze_s?si=hhYEQMuxNw_RW_ov
22 days ago
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Beyond Solitaire
23 days ago
Foxes and Lions is on P500!
www.gmtgames.com/p-1229-foxes...
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Foxes and Lions: Renaissance City-States in the Age of Machiavelli
Foxes and Lions: Renaissance City-States in the Age of Machiavelli
https://www.gmtgames.com/p-1229-foxes-and-lions-renaissance-city-states-in-the-age-of-machiavelli.aspx
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J from 3 Minute board games
24 days ago
I am an advocate for solo board gaming, but not every game needs a solo mode. Seeing people complain that Fury of Drcaula 5th edition won't have a solo mode and all i can think is No shit it won't There are so many games and so many solo modes these days, just get over the odd game not having one.
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I make an average of 1 unboxing of a game I haven't designed every 8 years, so when I make one, you know the game probably looks good:
youtu.be/-PUUeKFlz_g
poke
@gmtgames.bsky.social
@zweigefuhle.bsky.social
@joedewhurst.bsky.social
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Baltic Empires - Unboxing of Brian Asklev's upcoming wargame with GMT
YouTube video by Homo Ludens
https://youtu.be/-PUUeKFlz_g
25 days ago
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The Quietus
25 days ago
"Because [of] personal computers and mobile phone devices... We’ve all got this immense power and we’re still sat at home watching pornography and buying scratch cards." A Quietus Interview With
#AlanMoore
-
#ThePortal
: Your Weekly Quietus Archive Dive
buff.ly/CvwPGlc
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Perplexing Ruins
25 days ago
Looking pretty hard at this comic crowdfund! Not read Bablet before, but damn, this book looks gorgeous
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lab...
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Mathieu Bablet's SILENT JENNY graphic novel
A haunting story of dystopian melancholy and visual grandeur from the author of SHANGRI-LA and CARBON & SILICON.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/label619/silent-jenny?ref=discovery&term=silent%20jenny&total_hits=1&category_id=252
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It is time to vote for the best historical game of 2025. Last year Golden Luddite winners were: 1812 Napoleon's Fateful March from
@vucasimulations.bsky.social
, Pax Penning from
@mildamatildagames.bsky.social
and A Gest of Robin Hood from
@gmtgames.bsky.social
Vote here :
forms.gle/xjS2YW9c7xMZ...
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Golden Luddite 2025
Please nominate, using BGG ID (the number in the URL of a game on BGG), your three favourite historical boardgames of 2025.
https://forms.gle/xjS2YW9c7xMZP91d9
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William Gibson
27 days ago
Dad pun of the year so far, imo
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Domhnall Hegarty
28 days ago
#circlecon2026
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Homo Ludens is back from the dead with a video about my gaming highlights of 2025 and the game's I'm looking forward to this year 👀
youtu.be/o7DiyoEeWnw
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Best boardgames and wargames of 2025 and a channel update
YouTube video by Homo Ludens
https://youtu.be/o7DiyoEeWnw
about 1 month ago
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Slowly going back to working on Homo Ludens, today a new episode of the American Civil War podcast by
@pierrevj.bsky.social
and
@drcrossbows.bsky.social
on Give Us Victories
open.spotify.com/episode/4rqc...
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Give Us Victories (Dissimula Edizioni) | We Intend To Move On Your Works - Episode 15
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4rqcZFfsBuqyCpEyYRkhgg?si=cdb230eea6094a8b
about 1 month ago
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Beyond Solitaire
about 1 month ago
It's been a crazy time as the new creative director at Leder Games, but I'm settling in. In fact, I am delighted to announce a major typographic improvement to all of our games, past and future: We will be changing our official font to Papyrus! Can't wait to share even more innovations.
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étagèresetlivres
about 2 months ago
Un jeu toujours aussi sympathique !
@fredserval.bsky.social
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Thanks for the new bio
@danthurot.bsky.social
and
@senetmagazine.bsky.social
about 2 months ago
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Spielworxx. Spiele. Iserlohner EC. Nachdenken. Füße hoch
2 months ago
Played A Very Civil Whist with
@odedot.bsky.social
- wie had a really good time!
@fredserval.bsky.social
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Duwamish
2 months ago
@fredserval.bsky.social
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Cannes Gaming festival is quite fun
2 months ago
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Nicola S
2 months ago
Big shout-out to the crew of
@fredserval.bsky.social
Homo Ludens “We Intend to Move on Your Works” podcast:
@pierrevj.bsky.social
@drcrossbows.bsky.social
and Alexandre.I have literally devoured all the episodes in my commute in the past 2 weeks and greatly enjoyed the discussion.Can’t wait 4 more!
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So yeah, that's unethical and also super cringe. What I like to do is a punctual "purge", I give games away to people on my discord, I just ask for shipping costs, and sometimes I travel with batches of games to cons to give them directly.
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Docteur Bagarre
2 months ago
C'est LE danger le plus évident avec cette criminalisation de l'anti fascisme : invalider toute logique d'auto défense. En répétant "mais le fascisme n'existe plus vous n'avez rien à craindre... si vous etes comme nous, si vous bossez assez, si vous vous taisez, si vous avez la bonne religion..."
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Hinokodo
3 months ago
Blessed to have the
#DungeonDive
do a little overview of the MIRU Hex Kit! Unprompted at that! I've been shipping orders all month from my living room. Blizzard gonna slow me down today, but more go out tomorrow! May ALORA be with you.
#rpg
#hexcrawl
#boardgame
youtu.be/eokbRB_Y2CU?...
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MIRU - Hex Kit Overview (solo RPG turned board game)
YouTube video by The Dungeon Dive
https://youtu.be/eokbRB_Y2CU?si=btD0uwHai8j5THpB
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Armored Pawn
3 months ago
A very Civil Whist von
@fredserval.bsky.social
,
@phalanxgames.bsky.social
. In ein 2P Stichspiel verpackt trägt man hier den englischen Bürgerkrieg ab 1642 aus. Verschiedene Events beeinflussen das Geschehen. Ein hochinteressanter, kurzweiliger Mix mit mehr Tiefe als gedacht.
#Brettspiele
#boardgames
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Arno
3 months ago
Might eventually cobble together a blog, depends on how regular I end up doing these! Little review on Brian Asklev's upcoming Baltic Empires from GMT
boardgamegeek.com/thread/36612...
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Baltic Brawl | Baltic Empires: The Northern Wars of 1558-1721
Baltic Empires has interested me for quite a while after it had landed on the P500. The big attraction for me was cutting into a piece of history that is left by the wayside too often. I also have lik...
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3661238/baltic-brawl
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Watch It Played
3 months ago
Today I emailed publishers about a concerning practice a board game media creator engaged in. This will likely become public, so I'm providing the details here to give the full context of what I shared. 1) Document:
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/o8ovt...
2) Video:
youtu.be/fHXGWflPj4c
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https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/o8ovtpzw9fs5a9p2wb7v8/Report-On-Unethical-Practice-In-Board-Game-Media-Ad-Sales.pdf?rlkey=3vr1g6bzq47fd8hkjcxlr8xdp&st=yvfpc5wc&dl=0
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Duwamish
3 months ago
Peasants struggle in Thuringia. Playing With the Hammer at the monthly get-together in
#Waltembourg
#WJHS
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Tim Clare
3 months ago
I am basically an atheist, materialist, rationalist, whatever, but I also yearn for the cosmos to be spookier & weirder than it is. Just some goblins hiding out in the woods, some aliens, a few ghosts here & there, the occasional clash between warring factions of time travellers, cunning folk etc
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Chris Flores
3 months ago
Been a bit! I severely underestimated how much time I'd have to script, film, and edit a new How to Play during the holidays, BUT... Check out this How to Play for A Very Civil Whist, designed by
@fredserval.bsky.social
and published by
@phalanxgames.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVZY...
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A Very Civil Whist: A COMPREHENSIVE How to Play With Examples
YouTube video by Hop On Board
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVZY9JUSHHU
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Jesse Herro
3 months ago
Thanks to
@molotovcockatiel.bsky.social
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Gareth
4 months ago
Loved this chat between
@theoldkingscrown.bsky.social
and
@fredserval.bsky.social
, interesting to hear the machinations and experiences of game design from the designers of great games :
youtu.be/eXG4AhEA-xM?...
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Old King's Crown - Designer Interview with Pablo Clark
YouTube video by Homo Ludens
https://youtu.be/eXG4AhEA-xM?si=QwcP_jIpw6JG1yFa
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Armored Pawn
4 months ago
Gestern kam noch ein bisschen was Neues bei mir an 😁 A very civil Whist von
@fredserval.bsky.social
und
@phalanxgames.bsky.social
sowie Bannockburn 1314 von TS (Taktykaistrategia), einem polnischen Publisher. Bin auf beides sehr gespannt 😄
#Brettspiele
#wargames
#boardgames
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Charles Vasey
4 months ago
Played Rivoli as our second visit, corking game. Thanks
@fredserval.bsky.social
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Dom Ervolina
4 months ago
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you." The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?" "Learned what?" she asks Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
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Dan Thurot
4 months ago
A Very Civil Whist is
@fredserval.bsky.social
's take on the English Civil War and trick-taking. This one is excellent. My review:
spacebiff.com/2026/01/09/a...
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A Rather Whistful War
Fred Serval, one of wargaming’s great rabble-rousers, has a new game out. It might not sound like a new game, since I covered it a year and a halfish ago, but that was a convention freebie th…
https://spacebiff.com/2026/01/09/a-very-civil-whist-2/
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YoYoni
4 months ago
Played
@fredserval.bsky.social
‘a Gest of Robin Hood last night. Struggled mightily against the sheriff and barely managed to eke out a Justice win…
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The Boardgames Chronicle
4 months ago
We present today A Very Civil Whist - wargame with an interesting combination of trick-tracking, area control and German Whist mechanics. Enjoy the material! Link:
theboardgameschronicle.com/2026/01/09/u...
@fredserval.bsky.social
@phalanxgames.bsky.social
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Unboxing & Overview for A Very Civil Whist from PHALANX
A Very Civil Whist, designed by Fred Serval and published by PHALANX, is a 2-player trick-taking wargame. It is set in the English Civil War, blending German Whist mechanics with area control on a …
https://theboardgameschronicle.com/2026/01/09/unboxing-overview-for-a-very-civil-whist-from-phalanx/
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Tine Fieldling
4 months ago
I made a new mini, get him here:
www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-pr...
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One of the frenchiest thing I've seen in a while: a Naruto themed galette des rois 😙👌
4 months ago
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This 3d printing thing is fun
4 months ago
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French Wargaming
4 months ago
Ce soir, 21h, on reprend l'étude des règles de "Dien Bien Phu : the Last Gamble" RDV sur twitch :
www.twitch.tv/frenchwargam...
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Twitch
Twitch is the world
https://www.twitch.tv/frenchwargaming
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