Diffusing Command Fixation - 2nd Bull Run Using Kriegsspiel "By playing and umpiring in multiple sessions of Second Bull Run from the American Civil War, I could compare the session outcomes with the historical battle and derive a clear lesson." wp.me/pae4WL-flK

The fourth annual Favorite Solo War + Historical Games Survey is live! ✅ We’re collecting community favorites for solo historical gaming—traditional wargames, broader conflict simulations, & games that actively engage with history Open 'til 31 August 📆 https://f.mtr.cool/yufkrlwgcg

5 Questions with . . . Designer Wes Crawford "everyone says that they have never played a wargame like this. Then they either tell me it’s refreshing and a fun system or else they tell me how nervous they became playing it" wp.me/pae4WL-fiK

Nice thread here

Wargaming Weekly@wargamingweekly.bsky.social · 3d ago

About to play "Battlegroup Clash: Baltics" by @jsbuckley.bsky.social at @sapperstudio.bsky.social 🎲 I'm going to try Scenario 2 (The Battle for Purtse Bridge) ⚔️ 🔗 The game is currently sold out, sign up to the Sapper Studio mailing list for updates on a reprint: sapperstudio.com/battlegr

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#CNXONL26 Real world events we omit: Congress, Abu Ghraib, and HADR

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Our 4th annual Favorite Solo War + Historical Games Survey is now live In partnership with Liz Davidson we’re collecting community favorites for solo wargaming & historical gaming, again! Survey's open 'til 31 August 📆 armchairdragoons.com...

Happy 10th to Hollandspiele, Solo Survey Still Open, New Releases & Industry News ~ #TuesdayNewsday The rumor mill, release schedule, and event calendar are all buzzing —time for #TuesdayNewsday  wp.me/pae4WL-f0r

Huzzah!

Amabel Holland@amabel.bsky.social · 4d ago

This month marks the tenth anniversary of Hollandspiele, which started taking orders for a reprint of Brian Train's The Scheldt Campaign on August 16, 2016. We have in that time released 122 games, expansions, and freebies - 64 of them my own designs. What a beautiful gift this life & work is.

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The fourth annual Favorite Solo War + Historical Games Survey is live! ✅ We’re collecting community favorites for solo historical gaming—traditional wargames, broader conflict simulations, & games that actively engage with history Open 'til 31 August 📆 https://f.mtr.cool/wkvvearioo

This month marks the tenth anniversary of Hollandspiele, which started taking orders for a reprint of Brian Train's The Scheldt Campaign on August 16, 2016. We have in that time released 122 games, expansions, and freebies - 64 of them my own designs. What a beautiful gift this life & work is.

Teugn-Hausen is on my short list of favorite battles. Time for a re-run using "Valour and Fortitude", 4.0. @armchairdragoons.bsky.social

Hubris, or How My Plans All Went for Naught All joking aside about the game hating you, those nasty events and effects feel true to the era Not having them would be giving too much control to the kings They were often swept along by events rather than dictating them—same for you wp.me/pae4WL-flo

First Impressions of Strategic Command WWI – Battles For Ypres DLC It has a lot of research packed into it, and the scripting built into it around events, and unique decision tree mechanisms, is a brilliantly simple approach to wargaming as a whole wp.me/pae4WL-fm3

"Things you didn't need to know this early on a Monday"

Newtown - Volume VII of the BoAR series Newtown brings a new player faction to the BoAR series The Patriots face off against the Indian player Most of the Indian player's units represent the Iroquois Confederacy, w/ Loyalist, Tory Milita, & British Regular units involved wp.me/pae4WL-fo3

Wagram for "Valour and Fortitude", 4.0. One is reminded how many allied armies Napoleon was already dragging hither and yon. @armchairdragoons.bsky.social

AAR of the Kriegsspiel Scenario, Vitoria 1813 The French are outnumbered and have to protect a long line of communication through the town of Vitoria (Avon) The British have to fight through rough terrain over a wide area wp.me/pae4WL-faK

FL(W)GS Spotlight ~ Checkmate Games & Hobbies It's a classic old-school, stuffed-to-the-gills game store with inventory in every nook and cranny that really feels like your crazy uncle's back office and that's in no way a negative. wp.me/pae4WL-eRg

Let's take a look at the history of Dungeons&Dragons Dice, a thread. #Dungeons&Dragons #Dice #TSR Part One Continued below...

Foy's brigade drove like a sledge hammer into the British defenders at Coruna and did real damage, but the Red Line hit back every bit as hard. This one, half over, promises to be close, score standing at 4-3, French. The game is "Valour and Fortitude", 4.0. @armchairdragoons.bsky.social

TONIGHT! It's the Battle of Coruna for "Valour and Fortitude". This is a 4.0 play test. @armchairdragoons.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9Oa...

"Valour and Fortitude": The Battle of Coruna

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And we're all set for Coruna this evening. Another play test of "Valour and Fortitude" 4.0. @armchairdragoons.bsky.social