@joebottoms.bsky.social

28 Followers 17 Following 28 Posts Joined Jan 2025
1 week ago

As far as I know, the design is done the game art is done, Legions Q1 update says ready to enter production!
Their output has been getting a bit better soo...
Surely its this year 😅

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1 week ago
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Adventures in Time - 2026 Historical Games Anticipation I have started using the "games to play in 2026" as a timer for putting together my annual list of upcoming games that have peaked my interested for the year ahead, some of which may feature in your w...

My annual wargame anticipation list for 2026. Lots of games from: @gmtgames.bsky.social @fortcircle.bsky.social @phalanxgames.bsky.social @soundofdrumsgames.bsky.social @vucasimulations.bsky.social @nutspublishing.bsky.social @iongamedesign.com @ulible.bsky.social
boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/371...

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1 month ago

I speculate that wargame publishers go with quantity. No single game will usually have the 'market reach' to get large sales numbers. So they seem to print lots of games that sill appeal to smaller numbers of people.
....often not always that good.

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4 months ago
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Well bonjour! Look what showed up. Looking forwards to trying this again with some of the fancy bits. @fredserval.bsky.social
@phalanxgames.bsky.social

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9 months ago

I saw @joedewhurst.bsky.social with this on the table at PunchedCon and it looked incredible!
A bit jealous I didn't get a chance to try it, but all in good time!

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9 months ago

This type of CDG where the rules and scope are fairly straightforward but 'the real game' is in the interaction of the players is my favourite. So perhaps I am biased but I enjoyed it.

This was a playtest for the new version coming from @nutspublishing.bsky.social so there were some changes.

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10 months ago
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A flavour of what I got up too at PunchedCon this past weekend.

It turned out to be very @gmtgames.bsky.social heavy!

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11 months ago

Fred you are too kind, but I don't think I would make the cut.
.....as I haven't designed anything yet 🙃

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11 months ago

I am picturing... the Homo Ludens calendar; "Handsome Game Designers 2026" 😍

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11 months ago

Not sure as I didn't play myself. It looks great though!
@pierrevj.bsky.social might be able to tell you. I think he said this particular session went longer than ones he had played previously.

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11 months ago

I love that you and Drew play historical/wargames together, I do the same with my brother.

When it can be difficult to find opponents for some of theese games, it's nice familied often share common interests and an opponent could be close by. Certainly was the way for me growing up.

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11 months ago

Oh wow, this looks interesting.
Good luck with the testing today!

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11 months ago

Great to see you are brining this back Uli. The new graphic design looks very nice, though I am a little sad the historical details seem to have been left off the cards. It would be nice to know who/what the illustrations are supposed to be.

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11 months ago

Ha - just general gaming. It's a small historical boardgames convention near Reading, UK 🇬🇧

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11 months ago
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Final day at VanguardCon. Angola 🇦🇴 for me.
Many other games being played.
@gmtgames.bsky.social

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11 months ago
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Can't believe I missed this though! 🙀

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11 months ago

Certainly a better photographer than I.

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11 months ago
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Day 2 at VanguardCon; Molly House gets its first run out. I also played Republic of Rome, (obvious I was so engrossed I forgot a picture). Alongside many other great games.
@wehrlegig.games @gmtgames.bsky.social @ulible.bsky.social

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11 months ago

We missed you being here!

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11 months ago
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Kicked off VanguardCon with a lovely game of 1960 with @lukeevison.bsky.social other games being played; Plantagenet, Burning Banners, Kingdom of Heaven, No Peace without Spain etc.
@gmtgames.bsky.social

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1 year ago

Nice, an original copy! Pierre was trying to make a PnP at one pont.
Again I would be interested to hear how it went?

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1 year ago

I thought this looked pretty neat, I would be interested to hear what you thought.
I guess my worry, is it an abstract resource exchanging pattern making game with added historical flavour?

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1 year ago

Volko! I though I had no real interest in this topic, but after hearing your SDHistCon talk and seeing the art for this I am becoming sorely tempted 😅

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1 year ago

And because I didn't know if you could do this. The list features a lot of great games from the!!
@gmtgames.bsky.social @iongamedesign.com @wehrlegig.games @fortcircle.bsky.social @hollandspiele.bsky.social @nutspublishing.bsky.social @phalanxgames.bsky.social @vucasimulations.bsky.social

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1 year ago

Thanks Luke, I really enjoyed my play of it, looking forwards to trying the final thing.

Hopefully I will be adding Hell Raisers to the 2026 list!

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1 year ago
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Adventures in Time - 2025 Historical Games Anticipation With the recent buzz in the wargame sphere of "games to play in 2025" I thought it was about time to put out my annual list of upcoming games that have peaked my interested for the year ahead, some of...

I think Hubris may be my top most anticipated, but thanks for putting me onto Chicago '68.
Here is my list for the year ......it got a bit out of hand! 😂
boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/351...

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1 year ago
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Adventures in Time - 2025 Historical Games Anticipation With the recent buzz in the wargame sphere of "games to play in 2025" I thought it was about time to put out my annual list of upcoming games that have peaked my interested for the year ahead, some of...

I thought I should probably start off my BlueSky 'career' with something I do very well.
Getting excited for new boardgames! 😍

Here is my anticipation list for 2025!
boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/351...

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