Check this out! One of our Co-Directors, Dr. Jonathan Truitt, consulted on Imperium: Horizons by @ospreygames.bsky.social by playtesting the Maya deck for historical accuracy. Read more here: boardgamegeek.com/blog/17242/b...

If anyone is teaching Roman Republic this year or interested in a Roman political Roll&Write for historical fun, please consider giving my Path of Honors Roll&Write prototype a spin. Solo / Multiplayer. Pdf (rules & record sheets) includes link to how-to-play video. Grateful for any feedback!

My Favorite Wargame Cards – A Look at Individual Cards from My Favorite Games – Card #88: National American Woman Suffrage Association from Votes for Women from Fort Circle Games. theplayersaid.com/2026/08/05/m...

My Favorite Wargame Cards – A Look at Individual Cards from My Favorite Games – Card #88: National American Woman Suffrage Association from Votes for Women from Fort Circle Games

With this My Favorite Wargame Cards Series, I hope to take a look at a specific card from the various wargames that I have played and share how it is used in the game. I am not a strategist and fra…

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I finally made it to the big time! AI + internet scraping scam mail about Desiging Historical Games only 4 business days after publication😂

#gamingthepast

Jeremiah McCall (he/him)@gamingthepast.bsky.social · 2d ago

So, history educators (and humanities educators that are comfortable riffing off of history examples): here we are, August, school year coming soon. A perfect time to improve your game (hah) and check out my new book. Amazon has a decent reading sample:

OMG and I forgot to mention since the title is not completely encompassing. History educators who use choice-based text (Twine; Inkle; etc.) Half of www.amazon.com/Designing-Hi... is on designing and supporting students researching and designing digital choice-based histories.

OMG and I forgot to mention since the title is not completely encompassing. History educators who use choice-based text (Twine; Inkle; etc.) Half of www.amazon.com/Designing-Hi... is on designing and supporting students researching and designing digital choice-based histories.

So, history educators (and humanities educators that are comfortable riffing off of history examples): here we are, August, school year coming soon. A perfect time to improve your game (hah) and check out my new book. Amazon has a decent reading sample:

Read a sample: “Designing Historical Games for Classrooms”

Jeremiah McCall

read.amazon.com

If anyone has earned the respect and right to do this, you guys have! Till we all meet again GSSB

cmrn knzlmn@ckunzelman.bsky.social · 2d ago

Big announcement: Game Studies Study Buddies is going on hiatus after the 100th episode and will return in 2027 in a slightly different form. We talk about it extensively near the end of this episode.

So, history educators (and humanities educators that are comfortable riffing off of history examples): here we are, August, school year coming soon. A perfect time to improve your game (hah) and check out my new book. Amazon has a decent reading sample:

Read a sample: “Designing Historical Games for Classrooms”

Jeremiah McCall

read.amazon.com

Looks cool!

Sovereign Tower - ✨Launching TOMORROW!✨@sovereigntower.bsky.social · 2d ago

Trois! #IndieGames #IndieDev #RPG #Narrative #Medieval

Just a gentle reminder to anyone in the UK right now…🌞 Please put out ground-based water trays for the birds and little critters. They are desperate for water right now. I had a wren and robin ‘queuing up’ to get in this one. Apologies for the poor image - I didn’t want to disturb the blackbird! 🐦‍⬛ 🐦

Got me to start fiction reading again (okay technically rereading LOTR a third time, but I'm going to try some other series alongside their awesome discussions) after like 15 years off. These three are erudite and funny and I always learn something new!

cmrn knzlmn@ckunzelman.bsky.social · 3w ago

listen to shelved by genre

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Jeremiah McCall (he/him)@gamingthepast.bsky.social · 6d ago

Now today!!!

Today's environmental politics is tomorrow's cost of living. Why is this so hard? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘It’s too fast, too big’: speed of climate crisis is devastating crops, say farmers

Drought and extreme heat are killing plants, driving up prices while also making some farms economically unviable

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Now today!!!

Jeremiah McCall (he/him)@gamingthepast.bsky.social · 7d ago

Coming out tomorrow! Routledge has a nice online preview if you select the EBook option. Looks like all of the preface and at least a ll of chapter 1, more than enough, I'd think, to help you decide if this is of interest. I am so, so excited this might make a real difference in history teaching.

Coming out tomorrow! Routledge has a nice online preview if you select the EBook option. Looks like all of the preface and at least a ll of chapter 1, more than enough, I'd think, to help you decide if this is of interest. I am so, so excited this might make a real difference in history teaching.

Designing Historical Games for Classrooms: A Practical Guide for Educators

Designing Historical Games for Classrooms: A Practical Guide for Educators is a complete introductory guide for designing analog games and interactive choice‑based historical texts for history classes...

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A super thoughtful post on the way interpretation of literary texts - across time - shapes the stories we tell, even before they make it into a video game. Super interested to see more of @mabinogiongame.bsky.social and how it puts Wales and the Welsh language at its heart! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Historical Games Network@historygamesnet.bsky.social · 7d ago

New post! ✍️ The first for our "Nations" theme, Stevan Anastasoff writes about the ongoing development of Tales of the Mabinogion (@mabinogiongame.bsky.social), translating Welsh history, stories and language into game design through layers of interpretation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 www.historicalgames.net/making-tales...

Thrilled to invite @sirbeans.bsky.social onto PROJECT TOGRA, a game set in Ireland that I've been working on since April. I needed a programmer who loved my creative vision & he's the perfect collaborator. This is our biggest project. We're knee deep in prototyping, but for now a teaser! #gamedev

Our best games of the 2026 so far list is out. Some real gems in here. www.npr.org/2026/07/21/n...

The best games of 2026 so far, picked by NPR's staff

Titans like Resident Evil Requiem and Crimson Desert dominated in the first half of the gaming year, with early-access sequels like Slay the Spire 2 and Subnautica 2 not far behind.

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I legit gasped @fredserval.bsky.social it finally arrived state side!

54, expert history pedadogue of 26+ years, competent historical game studies scholar of 20 years ... and when you're on vacation and Mom really needs the deck scraped for repainting-- you scrape!!!

54, expert history pedagogue of 26+ years, competent Historical Game Studies scholar, author of 7 books But when Mom really needs the deck scraped for repainting...you scrape!!!!

Microsoft wants to build three massive AI data centres in Leeds. It’ll drain thousands of litres of water from the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop the council's final sign-off, but we need more voices. Add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...

Stop the Microsoft AI megasite in Leeds!

Microsoft want to build three huge AI data centres at Skelton Grange. It would drain the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop it - add your name to the petition.

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(Gift Article) The Cockroach Janta Party called an end to weeks of protests after the education minister resigned, a win for that movement even as deep-seated anger among young people remains. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/w...

India’s Education Minister Steps Down in Victory for Cockroach Party Protesters (Gift Article)

The Cockroach Janta Party called an end to weeks of protests after the education minister resigned, a win for that movement even as deep-seated anger among young people remains.

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Witch-hunts targeted women with financial independence and status. In colonial New England, women from families w/o male heirs made up 64% of the females prosecuted for witchcraft, 76% of those who were found guilty and 89% of those who were executed. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

What makes a woman a witch? Financial independence

Women aren’t being burnt at the stake any more, but there is still risk and violence implicit in the label ‘witch’

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Or anything anyone can recommend for podcasts on the cheap? I wonder if I could even do Teams or Google Hangouts these days

Jeremiah McCall (he/him)@gamingthepast.bsky.social · 2w ago

Finally, anyone know anything about sonobus.net ? Note 1. Never going to sound engineer GTP talks. Will likely use ear buds 2. Need easy to connect w/ multiple guests & record all (with or without tracks). So NOT one where guests record their own tracks 3. Free 4. I'll edit in audacity Any advice?

Hey friends. Had a nice request from an rog designer to do a GTP Designer Talks podcast with them, and I've been mulling over doing some more. 1. Anyone interested in listening to more? 1/

Hey do starter packs still work? In honor of a new colleague who has joined BSky, I'm sending this around. If it does work and you think you should be on the historical game studies list (you decide; I don't gatebjeep) let me know go.bsky.app/DCc9miK

We’ve got a copy of Alexandra Sills’ incredible new book ‘Gladiators in the Greek World' to give away - it’s signed and everything! Our review: www.workingclassicists.com/zine/book-re... T&Cs: UK only, ends 3rd Aug, RT this post and follow us and her (@belovedofoizys.bsky.social) to enter.