Today’s games in Narrative-Driven Analog Games: Monumental Consequence, and The Grizzled.

I've agreed with Avalon Digital to design a new digital wargame for them with the working title of Estonia 2028. It will use their SGS system, and I'm going to go big on multi domain effects. In the meantime I can recommend another SGS game I've been enjoying: Winter War share.google/bR5dazTVXGMk...

Our unboxing video for Freezing Inferno: USSR vs. Finland 1939-1940 from Princeps Games. theplayersaid.com/2025/10/04/u...

New article (in Finnish) from #Ropecon gaming event in Helsinki, Finland in July. We played there many wargames from @gmtgames.bsky.social and @multimanpublishing.bsky.social huoltoreitti.fi/ropecon-2025/

@vucasimulations.bsky.social in their recent newsletter announced several new ready games as well as preorders. I am especially fond of Traces of Victory - a game I had a pleasure to playtest. Great continuation of the series - and a big challenge for Allies! 👇 vucasims.com/collections/...

Battle of Finland 1944 (2025) have arrived Finland. @javier-romero.bsky.social

Finnish public broadcaster YLE interviewed @sebastianbae.bsky.social about his wargame Littoral Commander: The Baltic.

Stefan Ekström talks about the latest 3CG games: #wargames #newreleases #interviews eldesafiodelasaguilas.wordpress.com/2025/08/18/s...

New article (in Finnish): The Finnish Front, 1941-42 (2009). TFF is magazine game designed by Ty Bomba ja Joseph Miranda, and published by Decision Games. Game focuses on the first year of the Continuation War (1941-44). TFF is chit-pull game with hex-map. huoltoreitti.fi/pelattuna-tff/

Angola from @multimanpublishing.bsky.social in #ropecon event in Helsinki, Finland.

Virgin Queen from @gmtgames.bsky.social in #ropecon event in Helsinki, Finland.

Conquest & Consequence from @gmtgames.bsky.social in #ropecon 2025. Japan won by taking China & Siperia.

It's here! More winter war to play from 3CG.

#LEGO #Diplomacy board. Over 21,000 pieces. So large it's split into six sections underneath the map.

Are you a man, at least 15 years old and either Finnish or living in Finland? Do you participate in game culture by e.g. playing video games, RPGs or miniature games, watching videos or through activities like cosplay? Take the questionnaire in Finnish or English at bit.ly/pelikulttuuri

Organizing game components to new trays bought from @cube4me.bsky.social! Here an example from Conquest & Consequqnces from @gmtgames.bsky.social. All three players have own trays, speeding setup. And everything fits in to box, even with mounted map!

Not #unboxing, but boxing! Moving magazine and folio wargames to cardboard boxes and adding labels for easier access. All six games relate to wars of Finland. 🇫🇮

Trawling through the Finnish Defence Forces archive and this absolute gem appeared. Crying out for an album cover...

There’s so much in @cfarrell317.bsky.social latest blog entry that I had to go past the Purple Haze and Pandemic-LotR stuff to get to what wanted—a critical look at the “history” in Pax Hispanica. Worth it. open.substack.com/pub/chrisfar...

Cover for World at War #103 Finland '44

New article (in Finnish) on soon-to-be-released Winter War Game Stalin’s Lost Chance from 3CG, designed by Stefan Ekström and Magnus Nordlöf. Spoiler: Mikko liked the game a lot! huoltoreitti.fi/pelitestaus-...

Testing The Finnish Front, 1941-42 (2009), designed by Ty Bomba & Joseph Miranda, published by Decision Games. We played two months and ended there with axis victory.

The ballot for the 2024 Charles S. Roberts Awards is now live. It will remain open until June 1, 2025. forms.gle/Wyy9u6MgN2ZA... We would like to thank all who assisted with the Awards, including the members of the Board of Governors and the members of our Nominating Committee.

New article (in Finnish) from Red Winter (2012), which described five crucial days during the battle of Tolvajärvi in 1939 during the Winter War. Game published by @gmtgames.bsky.social huoltoreitti.fi/pelattuna-re...

Pelattuna artikkeli (in Finnish) @gmtgames.bsky.social julkaisemasta Red Winter (2012) talvisotapelistä huoltoreitti.fi/pelattuna-re...

New article (in Finnish) from two games related to Finland: Salla 1941 (1991) ja Kestenga (1993). Both designed by Michael Bennighof and published by Pacific Rim Publishingin. huoltoreitti.fi/salla-1941-j...

Uusi pelattuna artikkeli kahdesta Suomen sotiin liittyvästä pelistä: Salla 1941 (1991) ja Kestenga (1993). huoltoreitti.fi/salla-1941-j...

A new game from a new (to me at least) publisher. Check out VERDUN from DRAGON DAWN in Finland. youtu.be/5Fh1i-n7OTU

"Littoral Commander: Baltics" is finally here! The game is the latest expansion to my Littoral Commander series. Designed as an educational professional military #wargame, LC:Baltic explores hypothetical conflicts in the Baltic region. Link here: dietzfoundation-org.square.site/product/litt...

Continuing testing with Kestenga: Another Fight to the Finnish (1993), also from Pacific Rim Publishing and designed by Michael Bennighof. This is even faster to play than Salla. Same operational level rule system with small changes.

Testing Salla 1941: A Fight to the Finnish (1991) from Pacific Rim Publishing. Small operational level game from Continuation war. Simple rules and fast to play (1h per scenario).

New article (in Finnish) from prototype game descibing the Great Nothern War battles. In this scenario Sweden and Denmark descide the fait of Skåne. #wargaming huoltoreitti.fi/pelitestaus-...

1. D&D 2. Twilight 2000 3. D&D 4. D&D 5. Harn Master 6. D&D 7. D&D A bit boring list…

After event report (in Finnish) from Swedish Friendly Fire de Luxe XVI #Wargaming event in February 2025. huoltoreitti.fi/friendly-fir...

Mikko Saario raportoi Ruotsissa järjestetystä viisipäiväisestä Friendly Fire -sotapelitapahtumasta. "FF pidetään kahdesti vuodessa Rimforsassa, Linköpingistä etelään ja tapahtuma keskittyy sotapelaamiseen." huoltoreitti.fi/friendly-fir...

Poll: Finnish publisher Lautapelit.fi has a couple of large games in its catalog (Agemonia & Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy), and with shipments nearly ready for the U.S., it's wondering how a 20% tariff will affect potential buyers. Let them know: boardgamegeek.com/thread/3472668 —WEM

Mail call time with five new games related to Finland! 🇫🇮

Kuusi vuotta huoltoreittiä - yhteenveto blogin menneestä vuodesta huoltoreitti.fi/kuusi-vuotta/

It is with deep sadness that we confirm the passing of wargaming legend and CSRA Chairman Rodger B. MacGowan, mere weeks after he and his family lost everything in the Palisades fires. Our most profound condolences go out to Steven and Mae. Rodger was, as Steven has said, a river to his people.

Here I Stand starting. @gmtgames.bsky.social

New literature have arrived to Finland. @markherman54.bsky.social @gmtgames.bsky.social

We are pleased to announce that EuroWarGames, our new book on the diversity and growth of board wargaming in Europe, is now available for purchase from our webstore. This book had a very successful Kickstarter and is getting a lot of critical acclaim. Buy it! www.nutspublishing.com/eshop/eurowa...

I'm so excited to see Bayonets and Tomahawks is now on board game arena pushingcardboard.com...

Hobby project to create Next War: Finland map. @gmtgames.bsky.social @tkdland.bsky.social

The VASSAL module for my "Littoral Commander: Baltic" #wargame will allow players to put together all four maps. It is truly epic. 🗾 #wargaming

There's now a product page for my forthcoming game Battlegroup Clash: Baltics. It's intended as a professional-commercial hybrid game a la Littoral Commander by @sebastianbae.bsky.social, focused on modern day platoon-level combat. You can sign-up for updates via the link. www.sapperstudio.com/games

Per thread started by his friends on CSW, Alan Emrich has passed away talk.consimworld.com... A longtime giant of the gaming world, both tabletop & digital, Alan founded VPG, taught game design in college before it was cool, and coined the term "4X" for those games we all love

Review (in Finnish) of the Undaunted: Stalingrad (2022) campaign game from @djackthompson.bsky.social and @trevormbenjamin.bsky.social, published by @ospreygames.bsky.social huoltoreitti.fi/undaunted-st...

You might not know that we maintain the most comprehensive board game convention calendar on the web. I look at so many convention websites and the single biggest problem? Websites that don't list the dates at the very top of the page. www.meeplemountain.com/articles/the...

Today on Dec 6 Finland celebrates its 107th Independence Day. All Bridges Burning, Vol X in the COIN Series by @volko.bsky.social and @gmtgames.bsky.social covers the rocky beginnings of that independence that has lasted perhaps against all odds!