Hethwill Wargames

My thanks to @papillon19.bsky.social for finding this contemporary painting by Samuel Scott of HMS Blast in action against the two Spanish xebecs, part of the collection at Wilton House.

🎲 What an amazing day to end my visit to Ankara with: Running a #Kriegsspiel of the eastern flank of the Battle of the Sakarya at a historical museum with a group of awesome players.

📝 This playtest was part of a joint project. We'll keep developing the system and accompanying resources. #wargaming

Proper SOE operation Jedburgh vibes.

100% This!!!!!!!
#Warhammer

As we ready ourselves to commemorate Trafalgar Day, tonight's game is Dogger Bank for "Victory at Sea: Age of Dreadnought". 1800 CST! (h/t to @maniagnosis.bsky.social for the models) @armchairdragoons.bsky.social

Really great design.
Simple but effective simulation.
Card play is, as always, a wonderful method to rule command and logistics constraints.

Table with a map of Cyprus and pieces of a board game placed on the map. Cards, instructions prints and dice are placed around.

#wargaming Saturday
On the table
Brian Train quad design, Brief Border Wars vol.1

Here's a quick look at the progress I've made on some dwarven wall decoration (for my next video & pdf).

There's still a few things that I'm not happy with (mainly the way it's layered) - but I think I'm getting there slowly :)

#dnd #ttrpg #terrain #papercraft

As we wind down our look back at Connections Online 2022, here's another one of the videos from that year:
"How do you Design a Professional Wargame?"

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The cover of Warriors of Athena: Heroes, with art depicting a hero in bronze armour, a tunic, horsehair-crested helmet and cloak, leaping through the air with a spear towards a roaring cyclops surrounding by circling birds

The cover of Warriors of Athena: Quests, with art depicting two Greek heroes at the prow of a trireme as they sail through a lake of dead spirits in the water and air above them

📜📜 Announcing WARRIORS OF ATHENA, the new miniatures wargame from Joseph A. McCullough...

⚡ Enter the realms of Greek myth. Play solo, cooperatively – or with one player scripting scenarios as Oracle.

Releasing in two books, Heroes & Quests, Feb '26: https://bit.ly/4n2x8ob

Guest Column - Politics In Wargames

Quote:
“Everything is Politics”
Technically true, but not a useful analytical tool.

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a woman is drinking a cup of coffee while wearing a blue tank top . Alt: a woman starts to laugh in the middle of drinking a cup of coffee and spills it out

"...enerally from people who believe they are in fact more profound than the reality."

Much of tonight's "Radar Station at Cardonville" for "I Ain't Been Shot Mum" moved languidly, but, towards the end, the fire began in earnest. Fog of War is a cruel mistress. This one will be close.

The Myth of Allied Technological Inferiority World War II, The Free Press, and the Problematic Use of History in Contemporary Media

America didn’t win WWII through “inferior tech," it won through organization, integration, and strategy, as well as the myth that Nazi Germany’s “exquisite” weapons outclassed the Allies, and critiques how the media keeps misusing history to sound profound. My latest⬇️

The Ursus, art by Philippe 'Manchu' Bouchet

Once Upon a Time… Space (Il était une fois… l'Espace, 1982-1983): The Ursus, art by Philippe 'Manchu' Bouchet

Ignoring universal weapons like spears, here's what I think of as the "stereotypical" polearm from the major European powers in the late Middle Ages and Renaissance. Do you agree? :)

Baths used to be more fun.

The Great Wargaming Survey logo

An update on the Great Wargaming Survey #GreatWargamingSurvey - GWS 2025: On the reliability of data
https://www.karwansaraypublishers.com/blogs/great-wargaming-survey-blog-wss-magazine/gws-2025-on-the-reliability-of-data #wargaming

Europe Trip and SPIEL Essen Convention Road Show Daily Debrief Series As you may have heard, we will be making a trip to Europe to attend SPIEL Essen in Essen, Germany this month. SPIEL Essen, often referred to as Essen Spiel, is the world’s largest public fair …

Europe Trip and SPIEL Essen Convention Road Show Daily Debrief Series. theplayersaid.com/2025/10/16/e...

In the Fall of 2022, we experimented with a one-day "showcase" that was a full slate of presentations of professional wargames, and their design & execution

Take That Hill (UK Fight Club) was our most-watched video from that year!

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This. And also this.

ICYMI on Tuesday ——
Successful Fall Assembly, Tariffs Are Back, and Wow That's A Lot of Pre-Orders ~ #TuesdayNewsday

Seriously, it's a LOT of pre-orders

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Squadron of the Blue by 18th century maritime artist Dominic Serres

Showing Royal Navy officers, including the commanding admiral, returning to their ships from shore.

#MaritimeArt #RoyalNavy #Ageofsail

Post an image you can hear!

The players have learned a lot about "A Fistful of TOWS 3". Who am I kidding, I've learned a lot about "A Fistful of TOWS 3". This has left our Battle for Arracourt feeling very, very different the second time around. The Germans are still coming, but this will be close.

Over 5,000 slop accounts blocked now.
These are accounts that primarily post slop. Randos that post one piece of cringe a month don't get added to this, so it's fairly permissive, but will still wipe a significant chunk of slop from bsky.
bsky.app/profile/did:...

Power Behind the Throne by Carl Sargent. Featuring a cover by Les Edwards.

Part 4 of the legendary Enemy Within campaign for Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, Power was published in 1988 at the height of the game’s phenomenal first run.

#WarhammerCommunity