February 8, 2025

A New Wargaming Challenge + ACDC Follow-Up, and more! ~ #TuesdayNewsday

As the battle rages on both on the table & the screen, join us for this week’s roundup of wargaming news, releases, sales, pre-orders, and more, serving the passionate community that fuels our favorite pastime.

 

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Judd Vance over on BGG has a 2025 challenge for all wargamers

Last year, I bribed wargamers to see their favorite wargames. It was fun. So I thought I’d do something like it again.
We need more wargame geeklists. Plus I got a crapton of Geekgold and I’m ready to start spending it like Scrooge on Christmas day.
So here is my plan.
1. Think of 12 wargames you want to play this year. It doesn’t have to be your favorites, just 12 that you really want to play this year and that you’ll make some sort of effort to play.
2. Go make a Geeklist with them. Don’t know how to make a Geeklist? I created a tutorial. It’s easy: even I can do it.
3. Put a link to your Geeklist in the comments below. I’ll probably make a metalist with the lists in them.
5. I’ll tip your Geeklist 10 Geekgold. Others may chip in. This may make you wealthy beyond imagination and you end up being the Wolf of BGG! Top that with the 10s of 20s of thumbs you’ll receive, and well… how COULDN’T you????

note, #4 was missing in the original post at BGG

 

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Here’s Brant taking a swing at “walking around” the ACDC as games were in action

 

Other follow-up to the ACDC includes Hethwill’s coverage of his gameplay and some other folks chiming in on social media

Neustart was exactly what I was hoping it would be! Loved my first Emergency Response game! Loving the ACDC so far! @armchairdragoons.bsky.social Oh, and had a great time with True Command as well this morning!

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— Catastrophe Games (@catastrophegames.bsky.social) January 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM

There’s something coming you’ll not want to miss. Hex-and-counter WW2? 🥱 But wait, even if you don’t care about it you gotta take a look at the system. It very neatly combines chit-pull activation (push your luck), leadership, fog of war, staff planning to build up for the right moment! #wargaming

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— Jan (he/him) | Let’s Play History (@letsplayhistory.bsky.social) January 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM

 

5News 3 Incoming

Hitting the shelves (and webstores) near you now!

 

 

5News 4 launch

Time to get those orders in now and then either (a) complain that it’s 2 years late, and/or (b) be surprised when it gets here sooner than you thought

 

5News 5 falling

Looking for a deal? Getting more bang for your buck?

 

5News 6 regiment

It’s been a busy week for the regiment; here’s what you might’ve missed!

 

 

The Best Thing We Saw On Another Site This Week Was

Stuart Ellis-Gorman’s review of Wargames According to Mark certainly gives the reader a lot to chew on, and two particular parts of it stood out:

The CDG discussion is also the aspect of the book that is probably the most useful to designers looking for actionable advice from Wargames According to Mark – anyone thinking about designing their own CDG could probably benefit from reading this book even if they ultimately reject Mark’s advice and make different choices for their design.

and

Perhaps more frustrating, to me at least, is that there is also no substantive discussion of historiography or the work of historians on the subject’s Herman discusses, even those areas where he considers himself an expert. While Herman frequently refers to where in the design process he does his research, there is no detailed breakdown of what his research process looks like. For a historian’s view on design, I would have hoped for a lengthy discussion of what makes good vs. bad historical research, particularly on subjects that might have a challenging historiography (like, say, the American Civil War).

This week’s best written coverage from the wargaming world

The best videos this week from our wargaming friends

Ardwulf’s counter clipping stream talked about the Best of GMT from ’08-’10

 

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Various news & notes from the business end of the gaming world

Very much here for the staff of IKEA inventing fake board games for their room display

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— Matt Thrower (@mattthr.bsky.social) January 20, 2025 at 4:08 AM

 

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Don’t forget to check our consolidated event & convention calendar for more!
You can also submit your own events for our calendar here.

Upcoming Dragoons Events

  • Wargame Days at The Gamer’s Armory in Cary, NC ~ 2 February and 2 March
  • Next confirmed live event is BuckeyeGameFest, 1-4 May 2025
  • Next planned virtual event is Connections Online, 7-12 April, 2025

Other Conventions & Events

 

5News 11 Pros

Focusing on the practitioner world ~ don’t forget about our dedicated area in our forums for the wargame professionals!

 

I designed “The Beachhead” as a simple, educational micro game highlighting the “tactical will to fight.” Players must try to manage the precarious cohesion of a unit together as they fight on contested beaches. #wargaming

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— Sebastian Bae (@sebastianbae.bsky.social) January 18, 2025 at 10:44 AM

 

 

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Something neat from outside the wargaming world we thought was worth sharing

You’ve got about a week-&-a-half before one of the wildest sporting events in the US: run 2.5 miles, eat a dozen Krispy Kreme donuts, run the 2.5 miles back to the start.  Do it in under an hour, and you’ve completed The Krispy Kreme Challenge2.  The best part of the story?  While it started as a bit of a dare between some college friends, the guy came up with the idea actually slept through the first one and missed it.

And yes, our editor actually completed the challenge back in 2008 when he still had 2 functioning knees that could handle a 5k on asphalt.

 

That’s all for this week!
Be sure to drop by our forums and join the fun, and next Tuesday we’ll drop some more news on you.


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Footnotes

  1. requires the base game Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal – Pacific War Naval Warfare on Steam
  2. and it’s a charity fundraiser, too

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