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The San Diego Historical Games Convention. Check out everything on our in-person and online conventions, our Conflicts of Interest Online articles, and our annual Summit Award at www.sdhist.com.
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Here's another opportunity to participate virtually in a game-related conference! You can register now for @sdhistcon.bsky.social's AmRevCon 2026 online convention. Registration is $10 for 12 hours of gaming, tutorials, etc. on June 27th. Visit link in our bio for info!
12.02.2026 01:23 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Thanks to everyone who came out to our Winter Quarters event on Jan. 31! We have many of the panels and presentations from that event, featuring incredible designers of some of the top historical games, now available on YouTube for anyone to watch. Here's a list of those! sdhist.com/highlights-p...
11.02.2026 22:38 — 👍 12 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Last year for @sdhistcon.bsky.social I interviewed @djackthompson.bsky.social on the Homo Ludens YouTube channel about his upcoming design Rebels Against Rebellion. I was really proud of it, and I don't think enough people have seen it, so I'm plugging it again now! www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5Cf...
05.02.2026 06:53 — 👍 16 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
Just finished Afghanistan: Decade of Strife. I played the Coalition, and had a clear advantage having played the game before, and allowed the Coalition to hold Kabul in the end! Thanks @sdhistcon.bsky.social for running this con!
31.01.2026 19:41 — 👍 24 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0
SDHistCon Winter Quarters 2026 continues! Here's Andrew Brailey showing off Waterways:
31.01.2026 20:12 — 👍 12 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
SDHistCon Winter Quarters 2026 is continuing strong! Here's @danbullock.bsky.social interviewing @jasondcmatthews.bsky.social and Ananda Gupta about 20 years of Twilight Struggle: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtDK...
31.01.2026 19:32 — 👍 14 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
We have lots of cool stuff going on at SDHistCon Winter Quarters 2026! @volko.bsky.social and @smarkg52.bsky.social are currently demoing Volko's 1943: Race To Rabaul design: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEZ6...
31.01.2026 16:21 — 👍 21 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
Designer Mark Herman and Andrew Bucholtz talking about the upcoming Army of the Potomac at SDHistCon's Winter Quarters. Great to see this series expanding!
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SDHistCon Winter Quarters is tomorrow! Check out some of the amazing events we have planned for this online convention, like @volko.bsky.social's 1943: Race To Rabaul events at 9 and 11 am ET: sdhist.com/incredible-e.... The con kicks off at 7 am ET: badges here! tabletop.events/conventions/...
31.01.2026 01:45 — 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0I'll be running Afghanistan: Decade of Strife and True Command tomorrow! If I get my act together tonight, True Command will feature a first play of a Kharkiv scenario.
30.01.2026 22:07 — 👍 13 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
It's just two days until our next online con, SDHistCon Winter Quarters 2026! You can buy badges here: tabletop.events/conventions/.... Check out some of our amazing events, including Brian Train talking with @andrewbucholtz.bsky.social about China's War and more: sdhist.com/incredible-e...
30.01.2026 02:49 — 👍 16 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 3We have a lot of cool stuff coming up Saturday at SDHistCon Winter Quarters 2026! Another one is my interview of Brian Train at noon ET/9 a.m. PT on his amazing 2025 (China's War, Brief Border Wars Vol. 2, O Canada, and much more) and what's ahead. It's going to be a great con!
29.01.2026 00:56 — 👍 13 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
And check out the full day of historical board gaming events of SDHistCon here: tabletop.events/conventions/...
Hope to see you there!
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Curious about innovation in board wargaming? Free this Saturday at 5pm EST? Join designers Volko Ruhnke & Jerry White, as well as podcaster Pushing Cardboard & me as we discuss the topic as part of SDHistCon's Winter Quarters online convention.
Link: youtube.com/live/Cmdy7Hs...
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I will be demoing my upcoming “Catch-18 - The Battle of the Brenner” game for @snafustore.bsky.social
The demo will be via Vassal and multiple players can take a hot seat and play a turn or two!
Come and be merry!
Saturday will see our next online convention, SDHistCon Winter Quarters 2026. Event tickets are available now: here's a look at just a few of the incredible seminars, demos, panels, and more we have planned! sdhist.com/incredible-e...
28.01.2026 23:47 — 👍 13 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 2
We have SDHistCon Winter Quarters 2026 coming up online Saturday, but ahead of that and our other online and in-person conventions this year, we're looking back at some highlights from SDHistCon Summit 2025 in San Diego in November. Thanks to all who made it special! sdhist.com/highlights-s...
28.01.2026 01:15 — 👍 15 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
SDHistCon Winter Quarters 2026 is in 16 days! Here are some of the amazing events to expect at this online convention, featuring @markherman54.bsky.social, @volko.bsky.social, @djackthompson.bsky.social, @jasondcmatthews.bsky.social, @danbullock.bsky.social, and many more! sdhist.com/exciting-eve...
15.01.2026 21:21 — 👍 37 🔁 11 💬 2 📌 0You better believe I'll be there!! Excited to see all the local greats, such as @ryanschneider.bsky.social, @beyondsolitaire.bsky.social, @zillablitz.bsky.social, @colewehrle.bsky.social !!!
09.01.2026 00:16 — 👍 12 🔁 1 💬 5 📌 0My favorite convention is coming to my favorite cities. Come join us this summer!
09.01.2026 00:32 — 👍 23 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
We have exciting news of our 2026 convention dates, including the all-new SDHistNorth in the Twin Cities July 11-12!
Jan. 31: SDHist Winter Quarters 2026
June 27: SDHist AmRevCon 2026
July 11-12: SDHistCon North 2026
November 6-9: SDHistCon Summit 2026
Details: sdhist.com/save-the-dat...
@sdhistcon.bsky.social Nov2025 games diary - thanks DavidF!
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NEW POST: It's my fourth year attending @sdhistcon.bsky.social, a historic gaming convention I look forward to all year. Here are all the games I played:
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@sdhistcon.bsky.social 2025 travelog via @leder.games --
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Guess what? Besides the cool seminars/talks and seeing the local sights I also played some GAMES at @sdhistcon.bsky.social . As befits this unique event, the titles reflect new directions in “wargaming,” as well as older precursors of the same. History Games!
15.11.2025 17:22 — 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
This past weekend, I was delighted to attend @sdhistcon.bsky.social, where on Saturday I played not one, not two, but three games about selling opium. It was quite the day. Read about it here: spacebiff.com/2025/11/13/s...
13.11.2025 21:51 — 👍 62 🔁 11 💬 3 📌 1
Twilight Struggle by GMT Games on my iPad, digital implementation by Playdek.
At San Diego airport on the way home from SDHistcon, squeezing in one more game… @gmtgames.bsky.social
11.11.2025 18:45 — 👍 21 🔁 2 💬 3 📌 0More than anything, I am grateful for the welcoming nature of the community @sdhistcon.bsky.social has built. I am relatively new to the historical gaming space, but I have been greeted with open arms and encouraged to pursue design and included in all kinds of interesting discussions.
11.11.2025 19:29 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0And now that I've had a decent night's sleep, a more in-depth recap of my time in San Diego this past weekend at #SDHistCon. It was only my second time there, and I got even more out of it than I did the first one. This convention is consistently excellent in what it delivers.
11.11.2025 19:29 — 👍 13 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1
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What a great experience at @sdhistcon.bsky.social! Finally had a chance to play Cross Bronx Expressway, the John Co. Mega-Game, Bowie, Tierra y Libertad, and even run a double demo of Chicago '68...
Huge thanks to all the convention staff, players, and designers for making this happen!!