Interesting.

Remember, remember the 5th of November! But not for some odd British version of Halloween. Because it’s Wargame Wednesday! Tonight at 6:00pm we’re joined by Jason Williams who will discuss his epic design on the Middle Ages, Swords and Sails. Join us at Labyrinth tonight.

Vote tomorrow and play Wednesday. Join us for the final Wargame Wednesday of 2025 with Jason Williams designer of the epic Swords & Sails. As always, we kick off at 6 with a question and answer session followed by a demo and open historical gaming. See you at Labyrinth on Capitol Hill.

If you would like to learn about great design by @jasondcmatthews.bsky.social & AnandaGupta - Imperial Struggle (via @gmtgames.bsky.social) - we created a video review. You will find there also some strategy tips there! Enjoy! ⬇️ theboardgameschronicle.com/2025/03/30/i...

Fun conversation I participated in with the Dragoons on the history and future of wargaming in GAMA. armchairdragoons.com/podcast/s15e5/

Germany’s parliament met only 20 times during the Nazis’ 12-year reign, and didn’t meet at all in the last 3 years. MAGA Mike Johnson is going after that record.

Its amazing that just 5 years after Twilight Struggle was created, an international league spawned the globe with intense competition from all over the world. Join the ITSL for its 15th!!! Season. Thanks to Tasos and the ITSL League for all their work! @gmtgames.bsky.social

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense. www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

Happy 250th Birthday to the greatest guarantor of Freedom of the Seas that there has ever been, the United States Navy.

If you want to register for Circle DC, now is the time to do it. We are going to send an email to our entire customer list (14000+ folks) that will include, among other discussions, a link to the registration at circledc.com. The dates are April 10-12, 2026. We only have 102 badges left.

Very excited about this. Congrats to the whole team.

Had a superb time this last weekend in Rochester NY representing the GAMA @gamaofficial.bsky.social Education Committee at the Board Game Academics conference. The conference was held at the Strong Museum of Play which was an absolutely magnificent venue.

Gov. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma, a Republican and the chairman of the National Governors Association, on Thursday criticized the deployment of Texas National Guard troops to Illinois as a violation of his beliefs in federalism and “states’ rights.”

🚨🚨🚨Chicago - NOW!🚨🚨🚨 1/2

Michigan Avenue right now.

Someone needs to check the weather in hell. Has it frozen over??? Here is an actually uplifting story about wargaming/wargamers.

I am genuinely excited about this project and you should be, too.

The Federal Government may close but there is no stopping Wargame Wednesday! Joins us Labyrinth Games at 6:00 pm to preview the exciting IADs the Game (Integrated Air Defense System) by the husband and wife team Madonna & Ric Rebulanan! See you there!

The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy. www.chosun.com/english/nati...

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.