Space Empires 4X (Re)Learning AAR, Part 1
by MarcM, 16 November 2025 If you’ve played Civilization, Alpha Centauri (I loved Alpha Centauri), Endless Legend, Galactic Civilizations, Distant Worlds, or (on and on and …
Saturday Night Fights ~ “Fire As She Bears”: The Battle of Trafalgar (3)
by The denouement of our battle as the smoke lingers over the waves, and the detritus of destroyed digital ships
Mentioned In Dispatches S15 E9 – Wargame Design Studio Sword & Siege Crusades Interview
14 November 2025 ~ Brant & Jim are joined by (only a few of) the Riches of Wargame Design Studio to talk about their latest …
Reintroducing Space Empires 4X
MarcM, 13 November 2025 When I started playing strategy board games again, I didn’t try Jim Krohn’s Space Empires 4X. It was too different from …
Wednesday War Stories ~ The Battle of Cuito Cuanavale, Angola, September 1987 – April 1988
by Aaron Danis, 12 November 2025 The Battle for Cuito Cuanavale in Angola was the last large battle (really a series of battles) between the Soviet-backed …
SDHIST Awards, Holiday Sales, New Games all to Read-in or Carry-out! ~ #TuesdayNewsday
by From cardboard tokens to kinetic training—if it’s wargaming, it’s in #TuesdayNewsday 🎲
12th Annual Board Game Marathon
by Brant Guillory, 9 November 2025 For over a decade now, The Gamer’s Armory has hosted an annual board game marathon to benefit Gamers for Cures …
Wargaming with Serious People ~ A Conference Report
Ian T. Brown, 9 November 2025 In late August, 2025, I received a message notification on LinkedIn. It was from Major Łukasz Wójciak, the head …
Saturday Night Fights ~ “Fire As She Bears”: The Battle of Trafalgar (2)
Our guys continue their shootout at Trafalgar and threaten to take longer than the original battle.
Mentioned In Dispatches S15 E8 – How is the Wargaming Business Like the Music Business?
7 November 2025 ~ OK, so we’re getting wacky this week as we bring in a pair of game designers/professional musicians on board to talk …