Lovely day in the neighborhood watching the reactors for the #BattleofBrooklyn.
Michael Calleia
@calleia.bsky.social
Designer and maker of things, dad, husband, researcher, gamer, film photographer.
Fun weekend of gaming down at @metrowargamers.bsky.social Thursday: Horrified Greek Monsters and D&D Friday: Plum Island Horrors with the expansion More of a Bad Thing Saturday: Space Corp. The last two from @gmtgames.bsky.social
Kaiju Table Battles by @amabel.bsky.social made it to the table today along with 2 Giugno 1946: Per libera scelta di popolo from @ingeniosohidalgo.bsky.social down @metrowargamers.bsky.social
Had the pleasure of talking games and RPG/game history with @benriggs.bsky.social and @amabel.bsky.social. youtu.be/p7FCPa4pPA0?...
Is this game a hoax? A conversation with Amabel Holland & Michael Calleia Ep 103
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Amabel Holland@amabel.bsky.social · 2mo agohad a lovely conversation with two TTRPG historians about researching games of the twentieth century, and the influences that fed into the creation of Swords Against youtu.be/p7FCPa4pPA0
Spent part of my PTO day teaching my daughter to prime a miniature. She has aspirations to paint up the minis in her copy it Clone Wars Pandemic.
When backing Hunt for Blackbeard from @fortcircle.bsky.social by @volko.bsky.social, I had no idea I was purchasing my future self a Father’s Day gift. But that’s what happened when the game arrived yesterday.
2 Giugno 1946 by @ingeniosohidalgo.bsky.social down at @metrowargamers.bsky.social with my wife. Final scoring, 17 million to 10 million, Italy remains a monarchy.
I feel seen. Amabel saw the madness of playing older editions of RPGs and spending time on RPG history and made a game out it bsky.app/profile/amab...
Amabel Holland@amabel.bsky.social · 2mo agoToday's the day! Swords Against - Beginner's Box (1979 Replica Edition) is a complete reproduction of a specific, incomplete, unplayable copy of an 1979 RPG starter set purchased at an estate sale, including some of the deceased owner's personal effects. hollandspiele.com/products/swo...
Our second game of Obsession down at @metrowargamers.bsky.social, this time the Upstairs, Downstairs expansion. #boardgames #obsession
#Obsession #boardgame. Part of our #Mothersday celebrations. Thanks for friends for the teach, good game and company down @metrowargamers.bsky.social
Friday, Mad Max miniatures; Saturday, War of the Roses miniatures; Sunday and Mother’s Day it will be a learning game of the board game Obsession. Gaming with my wife and friends. It’s been a good weekend.
@nbsp1618.bsky.social if you’re still up for a visit to Metropolitan Wargamers in Brooklyn, we’re holding a Mark Herman day Sat 5/16. Mark is invited and thus far excepted. @metrowargamers.bsky.social
They have rockets in the Wasteland?! Mad Max miniatures game. @metrowargamers.bsky.social #miniatures #wargames
Three games arrived from High Flying Dice Games, complementing another already in hand, making four games around the theme of Malta in WWII. #Malta #WWII #History #historicalwargames #HighFlyingDiceGames
Third game of Angola down at @metrowargamers.bsky.social in #Brooklyn trying another faction and a new side. Things are a little heated by the coast. #boardgames #historicalgames
Help the Steel Hawks get to Houston to compete in the 2026 Worlds Robotics Championship! #robotics #NYCRobotics #funraising gofund.me/7505f4c8c
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SPLASHDOWN CONFIRMED! There we go, for the first time in over half a century, humanity has reached the Moon and safely returned. A small step in a journey of a thousand miles. Congratulations to the crew, NASA, and everyone involved 🍾
Cross Bronx Expressway from @gmtgames.bsky.social by @nbsp1618.bsky.social down at @metrowargamers.bsky.social. Played 1950s to 60s and we lost by bankrupting the city. With three copies owned by members, we’re considering a tournament. Team that makes it furthest in a six decade game wins.
Got in a game of Angola, with a plan for another round with the same gaming crew. Thanks to @volko.bsky.social on @zillablitz.bsky.social ‘s YouTube channel for the recommendation.
Learning game of The Guerrilla Generation at @metrowargamers.bsky.social. #familiesthatwargametogerher @gmtgames.bsky.social
(1/4) We have become aware of a fraudulent website - ospreypress (dot) com - that is misrepresenting itself as Osprey Publishing. This site is not affiliated with us in any way.
Fire in the Lake at @metrowargamers.bsky.social. Wife and I on the NVA and VC “side.” @gmtgames.bsky.social @volko.bsky.social @markherman54.bsky.social
Seven player Star Trek Ascendancy down at @metrowargamers.bsky.social #boardgames @galeforcenine.bsky.social
Votes for Women from @fortcircle.bsky.social, votes secured. Played down at @metrowargamers.bsky.social
28 years ago, I ran a tiny design firm called Industrial Strength Design out of my apparent in the East Village. This was one of the things I designed while doing that.
