February 17, 2025

New Games, New Pre-Orders, New Contests, New News! ~ #TuesdayNewsday

In this week’s #TuesdayNewsday, we embark on a journey through the landscapes of tabletop, digital & practitioner wargaming, uncovering the news, events, & innovations that are shaping our beloved hobby.

5News 1 top

By now you’ve seen the info about Rodger MacGowan’s family losing their house in the recent California wildfire.  You’ve also likely already seen the information about the GoFundMe campaign to support Rodger’s family in their recovery, but we’re bringing you the information again, just in case

 

5News 2 Below 1

Now that the 2025 ACDC is in our rearview mirror, we’ve got 2 pieces of business to wrap up.  Later this week you’ll get our ACDC AAR.  Today, you’re getting the links to our live shows from The ACDC, most of which were private for the live audience, and shared now after the fact.

 

5News 2 Below 2

The 2025 Wargame Print & Play Design Contest is live on BGG.  The first part of the deets

⭐ Games entered in this contest should be purpose-designed wargames. Games may be solitaire, two player, multi-player or even co-operative. However it is critical that the game is a wargame. The primary focus should therefore be on conflict and warfare. For the avoidance of doubt, the following themes are allowed: historical war from any time period (e.g. the Irish civil war), hypothetical war from any time period (e.g. hypothetical invasion of Cornwall by Korea in 1248), fantasy war (e.g. ents versus fungusfolk), sci-fi war (e.g. Cthulhu versus Godzilla on Planet X). Any scale of conflict is allowed from 1 on 1 (e.g. gladiators) through to grand strategic (e.g. whole of WW2). If you are in doubt about whether your idea qualifies, please consult BGG’s very detailed definition of what a wargame is.

And the rest you can read at the link.  The other important piece?

Submissions close October 1, 2025. No further entries will be accepted after this date, but existing entries may be further developed. By this date, entries must be playable, with all components and rules available for download, though these need not necessarily be the final versions.

 

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 actually been a damned busy week for the regiment and we’re not just saying that!

Seriously, that’s a lot of articles for one week!

 

The Best Thing We Saw On Another Site This Week Was

this thread from Dreadnought Holiday over on Bluesky

Literally clearing the decks, Roberts built a space to control and move his model convoys and their dinky wolf pack predators, and then he and his team taught themselves to fight using the same tactics as their subjects to see what they might learn.

it’s a heck of a journey that talks not just about the WATU work, but the personalities involved, too

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 Games, Part V: 2011-2013

 

 

5News 10 industry

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

We are currently looking for playtesters for our upcoming game Crown & Courage. So if you are interested in trying it on Tabletop simulator please let me know.

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— tompetgames.bsky.social (@tompetgames.bsky.social) January 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM

 

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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 <– THIS WEEKEND!
  • Next confirmed live event is BuckeyeGameFest, 1-4 May 2025
  • Next confirmed 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!

 

5News 12 different

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

 

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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