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Farewell 2023 – Historical Games!
Games + History = Life. Here are the three that gave me most life this year! You can read the other Farewell 2023 articles here: Farewell 2023 – New-to-Me Games Farewell 2023 – Historical Fiction...
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Farewell 2023 – Best on the Blog!
Now the year truly comes to a close. I’ve celebrated the sixth anniversary of this blog this year. I guess that means it’s time for this blog to grow up and go to school. Let’s see what has been going...
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Most Anticipated Historical Board Game Releases in 2024
Happy new year, everybody! I hope it will bring you much joy. I also hope it will bring you board games (which is basically the same thing). The question is, however: Which games? – Here are a few...
View ArticleBochumCon 2024
I had the special pleasure of attending BochumCon on the first January weekend! BochumCon is a small invite-only convention held in Bochum, Germany focusing on longer, more complex games (often with a...
View Article2024 Board Gaming Resolutions
It’s good to have goals. Thinking about them gives you clarity on what you want, chasing them is fun, and fulfilling them even better. Thus, here are my board gaming resolutions for 2024. Complete a...
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SDHistCon Online Winter Quarters 2024
One of my board gaming resolutions for this year is to attend the right events – those that are really up my alley. In that spirit, I once more attended the San Diego Historical Games Convention...
View ArticleThe State of Blogging
This is a blog. The hottest medium of self-expression… in 2003. Since then, blogs have turned from the exciting new thing to something a lot of people were dabbling in to something a lot of people had...
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Glimming Embers: 1849 (1848, #5)
Welcome back to the fifth – and last – instalment of the 1848 series! So far, we’ve seen the European continent erupt in a plethora of revolutions fueled by liberal, democratic, and nationalist...
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Blog Recommendations, #1
Earlier this year, I assessed the state of board game/history blogging and found it to be somewhat better than expected. Reports on the death of blogging seem to have been greatly exaggerated. I...
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How to Win as the Protestants in Here I Stand (Three Basic Tips, #10)
Haven’t done a strategy post in over a year! But I know you like them, so there will be more of them over the next months. Today, we’re returning to a mainstay: Here I Stand (Ed Beach, GMT Games) is...
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