December 14, 2024

Mentioned in Dispatches Season 13 Kicks Off! ~ #TuesdayNewsday

Happy #TuesdayNewsday! Let’s explore the latest developments in hobby & practitioner wargaming

 

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Season 13 of our podcast – Mentioned In Dispatches – started this week, and will run for about 3 months before our holiday hiatus.

Topics this season include FOMO, SDHISTCON, our Fall Assembly, using AI in tabletop gaming, the worst of wargaming, and more

 

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This article is about happiness and life in general, but a couple of particular snippets jumped out that are applicable to this wild and weird niche of the wargaming world in which we all find ourselves.  Rather than try to (badly) over-explain, we’ll just pull this quote directly and let y’all fill in the blanks with your thoughts either in the comments at the end of this article, or in our forums.

Follow your passions. “One of the easiest ways to make new friends is to do something you care about,” Waldinger says. Whether you’re volunteering or joining a club, focus on your interests. Don’t join a bowling league to meet people; join it because you lovebowling. “If you rub elbows with the same people again and again, you’re more likely to strike up a conversation,” he says. “And if you’re doing something you care about, you have an immediate subject in common to talk about.”

Many of us in the wargaming world definitely passionate about it, whether as a way to explore broader history or narrower conflict dynamics or the mathematical puzzles of maximizing inputs & outputs.
No matter what drew you to this community, it’s pretty rare to find someone reading our weekly news recap of the strategy gaming world who is not deeply enmeshed in this niche of the broader gaming hobby.  So congrats!  You’re already on your way . . .

 

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  • Both badge and event registration are open and we’ve still got some badges available
  • We will be back at The Gamer’s Armory again this year, in Cary, NC (just outside Raleigh)
  • Event flyers in both PDF and PNG format you can share
  • Swag?  Sure.  Check out either of these two, and maybe some more to come?

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5News 3 Incoming

Hitting the shelves (and webstores) near you now!

 

 

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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

 

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

 

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5News 8 Blogs

This week’s best written coverage from the wargaming world

 

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The best videos this week from our wargaming friends

 

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

 

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

Reminder than #UnboxingDay is on hiatus until 2025, when we’ll re-evaluate its potential return

 

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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

Other Conventions & Events

 

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

 

 

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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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