Hunh. I thought this was only for Protestants. Well, so long suckers.

#OTD 45 years ago, the Iran-Iraq war began. Both countries exhausted themselves in the process of the war. (Image from #TwilightStruggle @jasondcmatthews.bsky.social @gmtgames.bsky.social)

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

France had strategic depth in the 18th century, juggling four theaters in the global struggle with Britain (image from #ImperialStruggle @jasondcmatthews.bsky.social @gmtgames.bsky.social). The nascent USA had none. Read more about their alliance: cliosboardgames.wordpress.com/2025/09/07/t...

This is the podcast episode that got Dan Thurot nominated for a games coverage award. Definitely worth a listen www.buzzsprout.com/265407/episo...

Amen

Thanks to @boardgamegeek.com (and @candidrum.bsky.social in particular!) for adding the Summit Award to their awards database and linking it to game pages. You can view past winners and nominees here: boardgamegeek.com/award/113190.... We love to see it!

Fun read, but I was expecting the reference to be to Founding Fathers, not Imperial Struggle for some reason.

Tonight would be a superb night to crack out Tory Brown's modern classic @downtowntbrown.bsky.social and commemorate a little bit of American progress. @fortcircle.bsky.social

The perfect drink for when your DEFCON is low.

Join us tonight at 6:00pm for Wargame Wednesday @labyrinthdc.bsky.social with Kevin McPartland discussing his fantastic games Banish the Snakes and Conquest of Paradise @gmtgames.bsky.social

Only time for one game this past weekend and taught 1960:The Making of the President to a friend of mine. Was hoping to get this one plus 13 Days: The Cuban Missile Crisis and Watergate in. Took us longer to play 1960 than I had planned. Had fun though. @jasondcmatthews.bsky.social #boardgames

As many as 100 survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and other victims of sexual abuse are expected to attend a rally Wednesday in Washington, D.C. as a bipartisan Congressional effort gains steam to force the U.S. Department of Justice to make public its controversial files on the disgraced sex trafficker.

Like Napoleon from Elba, Wargame Wednesday returns this coming week, September 3rd at 6:00 PM Labyrinth Games and Puzzles on Capitol Hill. Our featured speaker will be the Kevin McPartland, designer of the recent GMT hit, Banish the Snakes. See you there!

Inaugural play of Days of Wonders, Battle for Hoth. Days of Wonder is of course a @asmodee-es.bsky.social brand. The game utilizes Richard Borgs fantastic Command & Colors system. My 10 year old self was thrilled. Go grab it. Oh, the Sith Lord across from me won.

Pretty sold piece on the impacts of Trumps tariffs on this collection of American small businesses. Tragically, my fellow nerds are insufficiently well heeled to go to Mara Largo and buy and flatter their way out of them.

Nothing like old friends getting back together. Lucky us, we got the fat, dumb junior-partner.

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!

I love this game. I love this subject. It’s a genius piece of design.

The whole family really enjoyed Queen Games charming flip and write, Star Explorer. @queengamesus.bsky.social

One of GAMAs best programs. @gamaofficial.bsky.social

More of this please. @gamaofficial.bsky.social Thanks to John Stacy and GAMA Board President Nicole Brady.

I am sad to announce that we have lost one of wargaming's founders. Al Leonardi, designer of the classic game Ace of Aces, left us yesterday. Ace of Aces was inducted into the GAMA Hall of fame in 1993. Al was also cofounder of NOVA games, which first published Larry Harris' Axis & Allies

Why do these middling level Nazis all look the same? This is literally the face they make right before someone opens the Arc of the Covenant.

www.stuartellisgorman.com/blog/hunt-fo... Really nice review of Volko's superb Hunt for Blackbeard coming soon from @fortcircle.bsky.social . www.fortcircle.com/the-hunt-for... I think this is a bit of accessible brilliance from Volko, and I was a playtester for Wilderness War!

In today’s American fascist call back.

Behold Fort Circle booth decorations. @fortcircle.bsky.social Charcon 2025 (20th Anniversary Edition)

Kevin Bertram of Fort Circle Games @fortcircle.bsky.social fame and I will be at Charcon again this year (July 11th - 13th, Charleston, West Virginia). Come say hi. Come try First Monday in October or Shakespeare's First Folio. Come get your copy of Twilight Struggle signed!

For those of you shopping around for a wedding march to consecrate your impending nuptials.

My thanks to Dominik and Alex of Legendary Games, Germany for the excellent conversation and this long-form interview.

Interesting.

Oh look America, we won again! They sure are afraid of the Don. We're not looking impotent in front of a developing country at all!

"Adults with sociopathy display ... a pervasive pattern of disregard for the rights of others; chronic violation of social norms, rules, and laws; deceitfulness, impulsivity, and aggression; and a near-complete lack of remorse or empathy." Yup. That's the Taco! hartmannreport.com/p/the-broken...

A very kind and generous neighbor which deserves to be celebrated.

Hunt for Blackbeard by @volko.bsky.social was the first game I playtested ever, both on a homemade physical copy and Vassal. Before the physical release, kindly thanks to @fortcircle.bsky.social and @ccxvii.bsky.social, this gem of a game is now available on Rally the Troops!

Starting tomorrow, June 26th, all of Playdek's GMT titles will be 60% off on Steam AND mobile for the Steam Summer Sale! You can find all of the games here: linktr.ee/playdek

I greatly regret the damage done to the Wilson Center by the current administration.

Hey wargamers, it’s time to comeback back to Origins. My two favorite moments, I finally met Hermann Luttmann and I found out that Paul Rohrbaugh was the designer who sold General Giáp his wargame on Dien Bien Phu. @gamaofficial.bsky.social @gmtgames.bsky.social

I will be there with Kevin @fortcircle.bsky.social. We will be demoing and hanging out in the @armchairdragoons.bsky.social demo area per usual. Come by and say hi.

The only people who seems more bored than Donald Trump at this show of farce, are these soldiers "marching" like a prison detail.

A couple hundred people in my white, middle-class Virginia suburb. I’ve never seen a political protest here EVER. I’d hate to be a Republican facing Commonwealth voters this Fall. #NoKings

Great video on the "Sankt" or Chinese style of Twilight Struggle play from our friends at @legendarytactics.bsky.social @gmtgames.bsky.social

The little boy with the big birthday party, but no guests.

Given this evening's Federal District Court order returning the CA National Guard to the proper command of Governor Newsom (now under appeal to the 9th Circuit), its worth recalling that 179 years ago, from June 1846 to July 1846, California was an independent country. Viva the Bear Flag Republic!

An excellent episode; thank you all very much!

There's nothing beautiful about this bill that would balloon the deficit and cut crucial programs to give the ultra-wealthy tax cuts. #MomSky

Day 1 of Hill meetings with the gaming industry on tariffs. Felt great to be with volunteer advocates who traveled to DC on their own dime to defend our community. If you’re not part of the new GAMA, you should be. @gamaofficial.bsky.social @fortcircle.bsky.social @gmtgames.bsky.social

Fun conversation today with SD Hist Con, Second Front. I personally learned a lot, and appreciated the insights provided by this panel of superb designers. Watch it here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYQ3... @sdhistcon.bsky.social