Sometimes I buy games just because the scenario might interest me and scroll through them every now and then. Pulled a few off my shelf before winter break. This is one of them: Rachel Simmon's 1985 "Thunder at Luetzen". The C2 rules look promissing, so I went on to cut the counters. #wargaming

I am the most patient guy on this planet. Until you try to fuck me over with plain bullshit.

Staff ride throwback.

TOP SECRET SOE agents inserted in Bretagne, spent the night at the inn. #wargaming

Nice to have some professional photographs of us facilitating and debriefing TWIKS. Wrong captions only. #wargaming #Kriegsspiel

You can only get on top of Mangal Dagi with 4WD or on foot. The view from the top drastically underlines the sheer drama of losing this dominating position and the incredible difficulty of attempting to take it back up its steep slope and western flank.

Master of Herding Cats

Why look at the landscape, if you can stare at maps?

Not registered for The 2026 Armchair Dragoons Digital Convention yet 😮 ⁉️WHY NOT⁉️ 🎲 It's the best value in wargaming today 💰 📆 16-18 January, all online 🧑‍💻 http://tinyurl.com/a...

WWN: Kriegsspiel An announcement from the Women's Wargaming Network: On February 7, 2026, the Women’s Wargaming Network (WWN) will partner with the International Kriegsspiel Society (IKS) to host a live, facilitated Kriegsspiel session, the 200-year-old Prussian staff wargame that still shapes how…

We'll be back running another #Kriegsspiel staff simulation with updated components and digital support infrastructure in Ankara on Sunday! #wargaming

@janawerner.bsky.social und ich haben da mal was geschrieben ... Danke, Peter, für's Veröffentlichen!

"Free-play, human-adjudicated wargames expose conceptual weaknesses, challenge participants to adapt in real time, and provide adversaries who think, adapt, and exploit operational opportunities." I will dare to add: Let go of Course of Action "Wargaming" and shift to mission command. #wargaming

@janawerner.bsky.social und ich haben da mal was geschrieben ... Danke, Peter, für's Veröffentlichen!

Ran a matrix wargame as an explorative edu game today. Pleasure to see people realize the method's potential for edu and analytic purposes, feel the power of synthetic experiences, understand importantance of diverse perspectives and the grave geopol implications of climate change. #wargaming

All that's missing now is a keg of coffee, otherwise I'm ready to start into another week of co-teaching #wargaming basics at the Command and Staff College #FüAkBw. This time I brought Arctic Heat, a matrix game prototype I am working on. How timely considering recent events.

I was on the 20 Sided Gamified Podcast discussing a pile of topics: how I got into wargaming, the mystique and practice of professional wargaming, what it's like running a megagame, and my research on what dice represent in combat resolution, plus more. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2...

Oh, and I do these with a rewrite of the OG rules, facilitation is in realtime, no screenshots, no chatting with the players. The full experience of being in command, but not in control. Dirty stuff. #wargaming

Just ran another double-blind #Kriegsspiel for the Women's #Wargaming Network. All new players to the game they had issues identifying a clear objective and commiting to it, which caused half of their forces to be overrun by the Prussians governed by the umpires. A tense learning experience again!

The Avalon Hill International Kriegspiel Society was founded to provide a forum within which an internationally useable play by mail system could be utilized, encourage the spread of wargaming outside the USA, and provide members with mature opponents who would complete games promptly & fairly.

The French struggled to get their assault going due to terrain, lost a battery early on, but managed to put some pressure on the British who in turn had some units very unwilling to fight, but eventually launched the Black Watch to halt the French advance. British victory with +4 VP on first marker.

Ready to teach Battlefields of the Napoleonic Wars @mropla.bsky.social to two friends in Italia and Türkiye via TTS tonight. We're going in with La Coruña, which looks like a tense scenario to me, it'll be fun! #wargaming #napoleonics

Die Gründung der BAG Shalom zeigt: Wer in der Linkspartei Antisemitismus bekämpft, gilt schnell als „zionistisches U-Boot“. Der eigentliche Skandal? Nicht der Hass, sondern der Widerstand gegen ihn wird zum Problem erklärt. peterslinkerbolg.blogspot.com/2025/11/zerr...

BAG Shalom auf X: "Wir haben heute die BAG Shalom gegründet. Das heißt: Ab jetzt kannst du bei uns ganz offiziell mitmachen. Hier geht es lang: bag-shalom.de/mitwirkungse... "

Kommunalgremientour geht weiter, heute tagt der Rat der Landeshauptstadt #Hannover im Neuen Rathaus. Wenn ihr auch mal gemeinsam zu Gremiensetzungen gehen wollt, meldet euch gerne.

Viele #Brettspiele nutzen historische Themen – aber selten richtig. In der neuen Beeple Talk-Folge spricht @wuerfelmagier.bsky.social Dirk mit Historiker Jan Heinemann @letsplayhistory.bsky.social darüber, warum Geschichte im Spiel oft oberflächlich bleibt und wie man sie besser erzählen kann.

No, a TTX is not a wargame. Yes, being precise about the method is crucial to evaluating its outcomes. Yes, simply using the term wargame for something else hurts the establishment of #wargaming at large.

✏️ Save the date! ⚜️ The 2026 Armchair Dragoons Digital Convention is coming 📆 16-18 January 🎲🎲🎲 All-online / virtual wargaming convention For a full weekend of gaming, talks shows, and more ⚜️ tinyurl.com/acdc26

Heute zu Besuch in der Regionsversammlung. #Gremienarbeit kenne ich gut, habe ich 7 Jahre intensiv betrieben, aber in die Gremien vor der eigenen Haustür schaut man doch irgendwie viel zu selten, dabei wird in der #Kommunalpolitik vieles entschieden, was Bürger*innen direkt betrifft. #Demokratie

@lag-gja-nds.bsky.social Absolute Folge-Empfehlung, insbesondere für Genoss*innen aus der Partei Die Linke! Die LAG "Gegen jeden Antisemitismus" ist eine Unterorganisation der "BAG Shalom" - eine sich in der Gründung befindenden AG der Linken. Ich selbst habe mich gerade angemeldet.

Wort zum Sonntag. #gegenjedenantisemitismus

#KeinVergessen 9. November 1938 – Erinnerung verpflichtet zur Verantwortung. In der Nacht vom 9. auf den 10. November 1938 brannten in Deutschland Synagogen. Jüdische Geschäfte wurden geplündert, Wohnungen zerstört, Menschen gedemütigt, misshandelt und ermordet. 1/x

Aux armes, citoyen•nes! #wargaming #boardgames

60,8% fordern mehr politische Bildung. Call me, maybe.

Can you ever have too many napoleonic wargames? Well, if a new neat system is published you gotta get it. #wargaming #boardgames

Hab im Radio über den Beschluss des Linksjugend-Buko gesprochen: Wer Israel als rein rassistisch-kolonialistisches Projekt denunziert & von der Landkarte streichen will, wer den Terror der Hamas ausspart, leistet Antisemitismus Vorschub. Es braucht Frieden & Verständigung! www.mdr.de/mdr-aktuell-...

"Statt Israel zu diffamieren, sollte man denen die Hand reichen, die gegen diese Regierung sind, die Frieden wollen. Man sollte helfen, sie zu stärken.“ Solche Positionen werden im Zuge des grassierenden Israel-Hasses ausgeladen. Bitter.

Pentanóstimo.

✡️ Gestern waren Mitglieder der LAG #GegenJedenAntisemitismus und des KV Schaumburg zu Besuch in der ehemaligen #Synagoge Stadthagen, einem Gedenk- und Lernort mit spannenden Veranstaltungen,der u.a. in die Schullandschaft des Landkreises eingebettet ist. www.synagoge-stadthagen.de/home.html

Recap of the #Kriegsspiel I ran in Ankara. #wargaming Always great to see players struggle with incomplete information, contingency and friction, trying to coordinate, making plans and overcoming the challenge. Glad the participants found the experience insightful and took away valuable lessons.

Been attending the first iteration of the German #Wargaming Symposium over the past three days with some amazing international colleagues. Gladly presented the Fight Club approach to joint communities of practice and interest.

Promotion immediate.

Wargaming, #wargaming, wargaming. #fcde #pme #milsky #gwc #hsu

🎲 What an amazing day to end my visit to Ankara with: Running a #Kriegsspiel of the eastern flank of the Battle of the Sakarya at a historical museum with a group of awesome players. 📝 This playtest was part of a joint project. We'll keep developing the system and accompanying resources. #wargaming

🎲 What an amazing day to end my visit to Ankara with: Running a #Kriegsspiel of the eastern flank of the Battle of the Sakarya at a historical museum with a group of awesome players. 📝 This playtest was part of a joint project. We'll keep developing the system and accompanying resources. #wargaming

Take a random detour, look for calm and hearty places off the beaten paths. You might find something beautiful and meet kind people.

Making friends in Ankara already. Also ticked off "being chased by MP carrying AUGs" off my Bingo card.

Wargaming in Professional Military Education – Challenges and Solutions Where to start, what to use games for. www.usmcu.edu/Outreach/Mar... #wargaming

Thanks for today's insights and discussions and some important questions raised on CTO, #MDO and #wargaming. I am happy about new contacts and potential future cooperations.

I am tired, very tired. With a license to wargame.