Some more cards and the PACs arrived today for demoing #levyandcampaign #Chevauchée at @sdhistcon.bsky.social 🎉

If you are heading to SDHistCon this weekend and are looking for a game Friday afternoon 12-3, I've turned in a last-minute Teach & Play event for Gettysburg: A Time for Heroes. Join me! Newbies welcome: tabletop.events/conventions/... @sdhistcon.bsky.social

Leaving for SDHistCon tomorrow! It’s one of my favorite cons in general, and it’s a very special one this time around because my friend and co-designer Paul Wright and I will be showing our first game together, Foxes & Lions.

WHO IS GOING TO BE AT #SDHISTCON?! @sdhistcon.bsky.social

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

Thank you! This is only part 1! More to come!

Step onto the battlefields of the Great War with our World War I Wargame Ladder — a ranked guide that takes you from accessible, beginner-friendly titles to the most complex and immersive simulations of the First World War. youtu.be/OG_8jzFAYY8

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In early 2023 @fredserval.bsky.social made a game we could give away at PunchedCON. I enjoyed the game, and @domhnallh.bsky.social art so much, I convinced @phalanxgames.bsky.social to publish it. And here it is. Excellent production by PHALANX as always. Can't wait to play it again!

A celebration of the Summit Award, highlighting board games that matter and push the boundaries (like past winners by @fredserval.bsky.social and @downtowntbrown.bsky.social), and what winning it for an anti-fascist game like Land and Freedom means in this climate. sdhist.com/alex-knight-...

A Very Civil Whist is out, as per tradition I recorded an unboxing. Massive thanks to @phalanxgames.bsky.social @scotthmoore.bsky.social @domhnallh.bsky.social @joedewhurst.bsky.social @jsbuckley.bsky.social and all the play-testers for their help in making this game what it is. youtu.be/IoaDmwLztlw

The November Wargame Watch sponsored by Blue Panther is up and includes 32 games from publishers like Renegade Game Studios, Neva Wargames, GMT Games, Matt White, SoloWargame, Flying Pig Games, Salt & Pepper Games, VUCA Simulations and more! theplayersaid.com/2025/11/03/w...

1943 Race to Rabaul - art underway by the talented Donal Hegarty, who I had the privilege to work with on Labyrinth in 2009

I am very proud to say I helped playtesting this game. I absolutely love how intricate the cat-and-mouse game can get, and yet the game always preserves a breezy, playful feeling. And it ended up gorgeous! I absolutely recommend it. Great job @volko.bsky.social and @fortcircle.bsky.social !

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...

youtu.be/KW5PrJ_H5nY?... @volko.bsky.social @legendarytactics.bsky.social Great work both of you!

Local high school student interested in game development? The application to our FREE Future Game Designers program is now live! Join us tomorrow, Saturday 10/25 at 1pm on Zoom for the virtual open house + Q&A. Deadline to apply is Nov 10. More info here: tisch.nyu.edu/future-artis...

The main thing was I expected the four games in the British Way to be too small for my taste, with too few decisions. Then we played all four and I didn’t feel like that at all. Shorter than big COIN games but you are immediately in the thick of things. No time for feeling things out.

This podcast episode created by the designer of Cross Bronx Expressway is well worth your time to listen to, even if you aren't interested in the game. By the end, I'm guessing you will be. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... Highly anticipating the arrival of my ordered copy.

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.)

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

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. ...

Played #CombatCommander: Vietnam today boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/44... #bggplay via @boardgamegeek.com PLAYTEST 3 Scenario 1: Uphill Struggle Nov. 1965 / Central Highlands FWF/US Army win via Concession by Comm/NVA @gmtgames.bsky.social #wargaming

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...

Cuius Regio box art. I like it a lot.

More #levyandcampaign to play!!!🎉

Step inside the story of GMT Games with founder Gene Billingsley as we look back at the titles that defined the company between 2014 and 2018. From groundbreaking wargames to innovative strategy designs, this was a transformative era for GMT! @gmtgames youtu.be/QX3ZmHpIy0k

Check out our latest episode of GMT Talk featuring our interview with Justin Fassino, designer of Seljuk: Byzantium Besieged, 1068-1071, which is Volume V the Levy & Campaign series. We hope you enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WxS...

Bell of Treason by @gmtgames.bsky.social at CzechConSimCon. It's less expansive, there's less 'to do', than Red Flag Over Paris. It's more set piece. But that's not a criticism. Rather you feel the pressure placed on the president, and the whim and nefarious impact of outside powers. Very tight.

Had a wonderful time yesterday at @gmtgames.bsky.social 's Warehouse Weekend. Picked up @nbsp1618.bsky.social 's hot new game Cross Bronx Expressway and I immediately fell in love! Fantastic game! Here's a shot at the start of a 60s'/70's game and the end state. Community wins!

I just love these little, solitaire games from Mike Lambo. This time we're featuring Australian commandos in action during the Vietnam War. Join us! 👇👇👇 theboardgameschronicle.com/2025/10/17/g... #wargames #tabletop

Video from today's No Kings protest in Williamsburg, VA! #No_Kings #50501_Strong

From today’s No Kings rally in little Williamsburg, VA.

Very nice indeed! I hear there is something I should see in the Horror expansion? And I went from zero to pre-order on Seljuk this weekend, very much looking forward to that one. :)

Die Levy & Campaign Serie, welche von @volko.bsky.social ins Leben gerufen wurde, ist eines der mMn spannendsten Spielsysteme welche es aktuell gibt. Auf Seljuk freue ich mich schon enorm. P.

Also if you’d like even more detail, the designer Justin Fassino posted a Seljuk unboxing video on YouTube: youtu.be/FKVViny-TEY?...

Ok here’s some Seljuk photos for @megadoux.bsky.social and @megaslippers.net

A Gest of Robin Hood is a light & fun game to play. I created whole set of materials which can help players to quickly jump into this title. Check this out 👇👇👇 theboardgameschronicle.com/2025/10/12/s... @gmtgames.bsky.social @fredserval.bsky.social @joedewhurst.bsky.social @volko.bsky.social

Red Dust Rebellion von @gmtgames.bsky.social , @3mbg.bsky.social aus der COIN Serie von @volko.bsky.social. Es ist eines der komplexeren der Reihe und auch ohne historischen Hintergrund durchgehend spannend und unglaublich thematisch. Megakonzerne und Extremisten auf dem Mars 😍 #Brettspiele

We just published our Top 3 Games with… Julius Caesar! Hope you will get some great inspirations there! ⬇️⬇️⬇️ theboardgameschronicle.com/2025/10/05/m... @gmtgames.bsky.social @markherman54.bsky.social @volko.bsky.social

🎤 Dos Flanquean Juntos, episodio 4: Jugando la Historia. Hablamos de: · 🪖 Labyrinth @volko.bsky.social @gmtgames.bsky.social · 🏛️ Plinivs adversvs Vesuvius @marcfigueras.bsky.social @snafustore.bsky.social · AD30, Heroes of Telemark, 1960 Carrera a la Casa Blanca, etc. www.ivoox.com/dfj-04-jugan...

Digging into the Connections Online files and going back to CNX ONL '22 We post an archive page for every year that includes add'l details on the conference and the presentations armchairdragoons.com...

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. ...

@playersaidblog.bsky.social and @playersaidalex.bsky.social - Thank you for this juxtaposition, I feel honored! www.youtube.com/watch?v=irQY... Also, I hope you will find Verdun as moving a visit as I did. Volko

@boardgamegeek.com was kind enough to let me publish a designer diary for #crossbronxexpressway boardgamegeek.com/blog/1/blogp... @gmtgames.bsky.social

New cards for Rebellion: Britannia prototype. New playtest. Never seen Rome struggle like this before. This suggests Rome is harder to play for new players. (Silures have lapped the other factions on the score track.)

In anticipation for anniversary edition of Combat Commander Europe, let us look at its cousin - Combat Commander Pacific. While similar system, the flavor and feel is definitely different. Enjoy the material! theboardgameschronicle.com/2025/09/28/f... @gmtgames.bsky.social

As COAST WATCHERS Playbook art nears finished, here via artist Wouter Schoutteten are a couple peeks inside ...

Drachen development playtest today via TTS. Each side in this case fulfilled 1 of their 3 Objectives. The Germans' offensive failed to take ground. But the game win went to them, as the French defense was advantaged here, in the last gasp of German effort at Verdun in July 1916.