Well, the odds were well and truly beaten, as the final and biggest Arrivage du Jour did make it to my door right before we went on leave, allowing me just enough time to admire it and store it nicely pending our return. Though I uploaded all the rules on my phone to be studied on the beach 😉

So many of the claims about trans athletes by the anti trans side are simply made up. This woman got caught lying about two trans athletes and was forced to pay out because of it. www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/07/an-a...

An anti-trans activist lied about a trans athlete injuring cis women. Now she has to pay the price. - LGBTQ Nation

Kirralie Smith admitted in court she didn't have any evidence to back up her claim about a trans woman injuring two cis women.

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Second Arrivage du Jour of the week, with a well filled box from Hexasim! In it, the long awaited restock of the Deluxe version of La Der des Der, and a game for which I finally jumped off the fence, Red Dragon Green Crescent…

I’m expecting several game deliveries these days, and the first one looks absolutely fantastic! @gmtgames.bsky.social Cuius Regio. Congratulations @fgradaille.bsky.social Can’t wait to dive in (though that probably will have to wait until we’re back from vacation…

A Finnish psychiatrist holds increasing influence over youth gender care worldwide. At home, the inpatient mental health facility she oversees has been repeatedly cited for excessive restraints, invading patient privacy, and other acts of neglect and mistreatment of (cis) adolescents).

As a Gender Critic’s Influence Grew, So Did Concerns About Cis Adolescents in Her Care - Assigned Media

Finnish government reports cite neglectful practices in the mental health care of young people at a hospital affiliated with Riittakerttu Kaltiala.

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Last (long) weekend was the 5th edition of the Asynconv near Tours, France, masterfully organized by Olivier Chanry. Over 5 intense days, I played Bretwalda (twice), Battle for Rokugan, Pax Pamir, Europa Universalis and Imperial Elegy. Great games, great players, great fun!

We believe policies and campaigns for trans exclusion distract from the true causes of inequality and violence against women by scapegoating a tiny minority, create problems for cis and trans+ people alike, and divide communities that naturally stand together. notinourname.org.uk/targeting-tr...

Targeting trans people, failing women - the EHRC Update - Not in our name

The EHRC's updated Code of Practice has just dropped. It affects how your gym, GP and local council treats those who use their services -...

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Great game of @gmtgames.bsky.social Hubris - Twilight of the Hellenistic World with French star designer Frédéric Bey and my son Riwal, the young one edging the two veterans with the Ptolemies (250 BCE scenario of the upcoming prequel expansion, some playtest material mixed with released material)

I wrote up what the Iran War and crisis in the Strait of Hormuz means for the world. If this continues to spiral, we may be heading for a very different world than the one we currently inhabit. The last bit of normal may be gone for a generation. www.thedissident.news/the-last/

The Last Bit of Normal

The Strait of Hormuz crisis may permanently change the world for a generation. Sometime in the last three weeks, we passed through a door we are not going back through. Most people haven’t realized i...

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Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 5mo ago

Even if the war stopped today, supplies will be disrupted for months. If it continues on a few more weeks, supplies will be disrupted for years. If it lasts for months, we can mark this as the end of fossil fuel hegemony in energy markets. In the meantime, millions will starve.

Help us make hope normal again. Join the Green Party now.

Hubris can really deliver some awesome narrative and twists of fate: in my current solo test game of the prequel expansion, the 4th turn (235-231) was just spectacular! First, Seleukos II suffered a crushing defeat despite enjoying numerical superiority against his rebel brother Antiochos Hierax.

Closing out 2025 with a test game of the upcoming prequel expansion for @gmtgames.bsky.social Hubris… Antigonos Gonatas, Ptolemaios III and Seleukos II wish you a very Happy New Year 226 BCE! 🍾🎇

I’d like to believe that the horrific darkness of this past year is a necessary prelude to a brighter and saner future. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-a-year-of-reckoning

Splurged a little bit and purchased the @cube4me.bsky.social set for my own @gmtgames.bsky.social Hubris: everything fits in very nicely and neatly 😊

Ich habe nun ein wenig in Hubris von @morganegr.bsky.social und @gmtgames.bsky.social reingespielt und Euch mal einen Ersteindruck aufgenommen. Viel Spaß beim Schauen. Ich freue mich über Feedback und natürlich ein Like sowie vllt. ein Abo. 😉 #Brettspiele #wargames #boardgames youtu.be/ZM4zHm17mIg

Hubris Ersteindruck

YouTube video by Armored Pawn

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Took me a couple tries, but I finally managed to win @snafustore.bsky.social Operation Bøllebank by getting tank BQ in Tango 2 on the very last turn, despite the 1st tank being slowed down by Hull dmg, achieving both Operational, Strategic & Political victories! Very interesting little game indeed!

Atypical « arrivage du jour » today with my designer’s lot of @gmtgames.bsky.social Hubris copies 😊🙏

It's December and we're sharing Assigned Media's top stories from 2025! Two of our most evergreen stories came from the incredible @billiejsweeney.bsky.social (who classes the place up immensely, let me just say). Here, Billie wrote about the attacks on science undergirding misinfo on trans care.

"A Shameful Chapter": How Anti-Trans Disinformation Drowned Out Science and Gripped the Mainstream — Assigned

A pipeline of pseudoscience funded by powerful right-wing hate groups has undermined medical truths with the help of big media.

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Arrivage du jour: Imperial Elegy, a very heavy and interesting box from @vucasimulations.bsky.social I’m typically weary of 6-players CDGs to play at home, but the game’s subject is so enticing, and I trust the great people at VUCA to deliver on their 1-6 players promise…

#Hubris at #Batalladores25 @morganegr.bsky.social as a teacher. She's done It again. Very, very, very fun, yet deep enough for hardcore gamers. Great desing. Absolutely,the nirvana of wargaming @gmtgames @clubbatallador.bsky.social @gmtgames.bsky.social

Back home tired but delighted after a wonderful 4-days trip to Zaragoza to attend the top notch Batalladores 2025 convention masterfully organized by @clubbatallador.bsky.social So impressed, and not a little jealous, by the super dynamic ConSim community in Spain.

Check out our latest InsideGMT article from Morgane Gouyon-Rety: "The Hubris Histories – Book 5: Making War in the Hellenistic World" @morganegr.bsky.social insidegmt.com/the-hubris-h...

The Hubris Histories – Book 5: Making War in the Hellenistic World

As the game has started reaching the first backers as I am writing this book of the Chronicles, it is probably time to look in detail at what is an essential part of every wargame: waging war itsel…

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Courier dropped off my copy of Hubris last night 🥰 By @morganegr.bsky.social and @gmtgames.bsky.social We’ve come a long way since I first heard about it on Harold Buchanan’s podcast.

Arrivage du jour: back to games, and two beautiful games it is! Mark McLaughlin’s 7th edition of War and Peace, and @fredserval.bsky.social A Gest of Robin Hood @gmtgames.bsky.social 2nd printing

Arrivage du jour… Books, not games, though some, if not all of them will be as much pleasure as study…

True nuff.

rusty54.bsky.social@rusty54.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Check out our latest InsideGMT article from designer Morgane Gouyon-Rety: "The Hubris Histories – Book 4: Of War and Peace" @morganegr.bsky.social insidegmt.com/the-hubris-h...

The Hubris Histories – Book 4: Of War and Peace

The Hellenistic period was undoubtedly one marked by much war: the prominent historian John D. Grainger for instance identified no less than nine “Syrian Wars”, i.e. wars pitting the Seleucids agai…

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@padrepio.bsky.social www.christian-lehmann.org/post/ne-pas-...

Ne pas laisser Tolkien aux fascistes

En 2001, à la sortie de "La Communauté de l'Anneau", j'ai publié ce texte dans les Inrocks. Vingt-et un ans après, la panique morale et l'affolement de ceux qui s'offusquent de découvrir ( #TriggerWar...

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Check out our latest InsideGMT article from designer Morgane Gouyon-Rety: "The Hubris Histories – Book 3: The Lay of the Land" @morganegr.bsky.social insidegmt.com/the-hubris-h...

The Hubris Histories – Book 3: The Lay of the Land

We have introduced in the precedent entry of these Histories the main players and movers of things in Hubris – Twilight of the Hellenistic World: the Kings and their Friends. Now we are going to ex…

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