Happy #PunctuationDay! What punctuation would YOU buy?

It's time for another episode! We've got animals, constellations, aliens and more! Check out what Justin, @panda8ngel.bsky.social, @ovenall.bsky.social, @sirbearsworth.bsky.social and @bookofnerds.bsky.social are playing! thefiveby.fireside.fm/165

Really engaging read on Hawaiian cultural preservation through the lens of their ancient board game, Konane.

The Lost pilot is now old enough to drink.

Vijayanagara is one of the best light/medium wargames which I played in the recent years. I am trying to explain this opinion in below review. Enjoy! theboardgameschronicle.com/2025/09/21/r... @sespagnolie.bsky.social @gmtgames.bsky.social

Sorting my bookshelf in A Place for All My Books. So cozy!

🔴Live now! Join me as we get to know Paula from @thingsgetdicey.bsky.social using the You Think You Know Me game from @pinktigergames.com. This series is co-sponsored by @violetdaisygames.bsky.social 📺 www.twitch.tv/panda8... 📺 www.youtube.com/@Pan...

It's been a week already. How's everyone's Monday going?

We're proud to announce the 2025 Bobby Nunes Memorial Award finalists, recognizing exceptional pieces of gaming media from 2024 by @amabel.bsky.social, @fredserval.bsky.social, @charlietheel.bsky.social, and @danthurot.bsky.social. More on their nominated works here: sdhist.com/2025-bobby-n...

Just got back from Alaska where we fought a bear.

Woohoo, got my ticket already!

Capilano Bridge was wayyyy more swingy than I thought it would be! 😂

Great article by Keith Law about games (Diplomacy) in the classroom: www.endlessmode.com/article/how-...

🎲✂️ Historical board game idea: a collection of games published as an anthology or edited volume, similar to what you see in academic treatments of complex topics. Like 5-6 designers take on a beefy historical topic or era and each make their own game about one part of it.

heyyyyyyyyyyyyyy can we stop with using "your wife" as short had for "non-gamer" in reviews?? like "so easy even your wife can play it!"

We're proud to announce the 2025 Summit Award finalists: Operation Bøllebank, GHQ, War Story: Occupied France, and Vijayanagara: The Deccan Empires of Medieval India, 1290-1398. More details, and honorable mentions, here: sdhist.com/2025-summit-...

We've got a great episode for you all!

Oh my gosh, this made me laugh so hard: www.reddit.com/r/boardgames...

2026 is looking very exciting right now! @mightyboards.bsky.social @floodgategames.bsky.social @bitewinggames.bsky.social @rebellionunplugged.bsky.social @fortcircle.bsky.social @trevormbenjamin.bsky.social @beyondsolitaire.bsky.social

Drinks from Bitter and Twisted, a cocktail parlor in Phoenix. Yummy and gorgeous! 😍

When you're at a speakeasy and this is how your photo ends up looking 😂

NEW POST: This is the true story of 14 wargamers picked to live in an airbnb. Find out what happens when people stop being polite — and start getting real. SDHistCon: New Orleans. Weekend spoiler: It was a great time! www.boardgamemeeplelady.com/2025/08/19/s...

Update: GMT's CROSS BRONX EXPRESSWAY game is shipping September 2025 👀 The designer (Non-Breaking Space) shared a photo of their game in front of the abandoned building (no longer there) & South Bronx street corner depicted on the box which was visited by Presidents Carter and Reagan 40+ years ago

@meeplelady.bsky.social heads to New Orleans, eats great food (totally jealous) and plays Arabian Struggle! I think she even liked it... (the game that is, it's pretty clear she loved the town) www.boardgamemeeplelady.com/2025/08/19/s...

NEW POST: This is the true story of 14 wargamers picked to live in an airbnb. Find out what happens when people stop being polite — and start getting real. SDHistCon: New Orleans. Weekend spoiler: It was a great time! www.boardgamemeeplelady.com/2025/08/19/s...

That Crossfire song will permanently be burned into our memories. www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ar...

Completed a side quest. FYI, you don't have to buy a Happy Meal at most places. You can just buy the toy.

I spent the weekend in New Orleans, playing games with hist-game designers and wargaming wonks. Two of those games, Fruit and Chalice of Poison, were especially impressive. Read about it here: spacebiff.com/2025/08/13/c...

Tickets are on sale now for SDHistCon Summit 2025, to be held from Nov. 7-10 in San Diego: tabletop.events/conventions/.... More information on the event: sdhist.com/sdhist-summi.... Hope you can join us for it!

If you are a white illustrator, you will not get diversity right every time. I certainly haven’t. It’s scary to think about harming marginalized groups with your ignorance, but I cannot stress enough that diversity and inclusion is a critical part of illustration.

Should we tell him that virtually all wargame podcasts are precisely this?

When you accidentally end up at a Teddy Swims concert! 😍

Codenames publisher CGE has apologised for the pain caused by its announcement of a Harry Potter themed version of the game, says it will donate 100% of the profits to charity, and the fee for licensing the game to organisations supporting the trans community:

Reminder that Congress is out of session and it is the perfect time to look up when your members will be near you and tell them in person how you are affected by all this fuckery. Try to think of one specific ask -- stop funding genocide, stop tariffs, whatever you feel most strongly about.

NEW POST: In July, I braved the hot, hot sun, like we do about this time, and attended Consimworld in Tempe. It was nonstop gaming for five days! www.boardgamemeeplelady.com/2025/08/06/c...

NEW POST: In July, I braved the hot, hot sun, like we do about this time, and attended Consimworld in Tempe. It was nonstop gaming for five days! www.boardgamemeeplelady.com/2025/08/06/c...

It's my first official review and edited podcast content, so be nice! LOL I know you all are wonderful! Thanks for being an awesome community! Please go listen to all these awesome people talking about great games!

Anyway - if you're not comfortable with loud and messy protests and activism around inclusive gaming... I suggest you try to remember where it's coming from. Your discomfort at the protest is far less than the discomfort of those suffering at the hands of systemic bigotry, harassment, and exclusion.

we did it! 40+ people joined us for an incredible session of john company, where the familial links of the east india company emerged from play. it was amazing to see joco and the company archives scale so well. thanks @colewehrle.bsky.social and @wehrlegig.games all the players and volunteers.

Observing the Cosmos in Galileo Galilei!

I've been chipping away at Empire of the Sun, reading the rules before bed and watching Homo Luden's Teach & Play at the gym. The teach & play is outstanding! www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXMN... #boardwargames #boardgames @markherman54.bsky.social @fredserval.bsky.social

🎉 We’ve got the GEN CON booth covered! 🎉 We’re thrilled to announce that we’re teaming up with @buttonshy.bsky.social at booth #2609! 🙌 Come see BOTH of us just through the Hall F Main entrance doors. 👉 weirdgiraffegames.com/gencon #BoardGames #GenCon #GenCon2025 #ToTheStarsAndBeyond

So happy to have @panda8ngel.bsky.social join the us! Go listen to her first review with @fivebygames.bsky.social!

I wanted to share a few thoughts recent discussions around CGE’s decision to partner with JKR for their upcoming @codenamesgame.bsky.social game have prompted. Thankful to those who spoke early to this issue (Marceline, Tiffany, @nopunincluded.com et al) for helping this get the needed attention.

Breaking News: Tabletop gaming crowdfunding platform Gamefound has bought veteran Kickstarter rival Indiegogo, adding a potentially massive new source of backers for its creators' campaigns: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20... @gamefound.bsky.social @indiegogo.com.web.brid.gy

What are some good clauses to have in your game contracts? Thing that either protect you as a designer, or have paid surprising dividends over time?

It's a deliberate decision, in a hobby that's founded on the idea that people should come together in a shared space, to craft a board game that says to the most vulnerable among us, "No, you don't belong here."

Board Game publishers claiming that inclusivity is a priority without throwing trans people under the bus challenge 2025. We're well past the point of any plausible deniability that propagating Harry Potter is support for bigotry and hate.

Raising Chicago is an auction and area control game about the impressive engineering feat of raising an entire city by six feet. Despite some complexity (and very small font), there's a lot to like here. My review: spacebiff.com/2025/07/22/r...

I will be streaming tomorrow! Let's talk about games on the Gen Con preview list on @boardgamegeek.com ! Maybe I'll just make a bunch of lists! 😂 Then I'll be at @sandiegocomic-con.bsky.social with Sunrise Tornado @tatewu.bsky.social with back to back going to Gen Con w/ @rosegauntlet.bsky.social