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The Essay Length Answer to a Multiple-Choice Attention-Span World ~
Wargaming is our jam & we're here to spread it
Next event? The Fall Assembly 9-11 October, Cary NC
https://tinyurl.com/acdfa26
@armchairdragoons.bsky.socialFall Assembly day 3! Big article coming later in the week & bigger plans for next year 🤠
@armchairdragoons.bsky.socialAAR of the Kriegsspiel Scenario, Moltke Problem #13
Moltke Problem 13 is about the preservation of forces
The answer to the problem is to not march your forces back and forth and diminish their strength before you have a chance to effectively oppose the enemy
@armchairdragoons.bsky.socialAAR of the Kriegsspiel Scenario, 1859 Battle of Palestro
Victor Emmanuel II was more than brilliant facial hair & admirable posture, he was the reigning king of Piedmont-Sardinia who led a charge into the Austrian flank at Palestro & collapsed an attack on his forces
@armchairdragoons.bsky.socialWe're putting together the November article publication schedule. Feels like a work of fiction 🤷
@armchairdragoons.bsky.social2026 Fall Assembly ~ Convention Is Open
We're up to 4yrs of the Fall Assembly, & we're still bringing in wargamers from all over the map, with this year's attendees coming in from VA & TN, plus MD, PA, OH, SC, & DC
@armchairdragoons.bsky.socialFall Assembly day 2 in full effect, yo
@armchairdragoons.bsky.socialMentioned in Dispatches s17e5 Preview! Why I tear games down—destructive iteration explained
Why do their games take so long to brew? Cole & Drew explain the build/teardown cycle during their game development
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@armchairdragoons.bsky.socialMentioned In Dispatches S17 E4 — The Tabletop Game Designers Association
We're joined by Elizabeth Hargrave & David Thompson to talk about the TTGDA & what it can do for game designers & publishers
Incl discussions of contracts/shenanigans, AI, prof dev & more…
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@armchairdragoons.bsky.social@armchairdragoons.bsky.socialMentioned In Dispatches S17 E5 - Buried Giant Studios
Brant is joined by Drew & Cole Wehrle, of Buried Giant Studios, for a rambling chat about their plans & development processes, plus alt-histories, convention booths, and more
@armchairdragoons.bsky.socialAnnual Assembly-eve dinner with the Dragoons!
@armchairdragoons.bsky.socialMentioned in Dispatches s17e5 Preview! Why card-driven games need "what if" historical events
Discussing some of the challenges with most card-driven games and how to 'fix' it
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@armchairdragoons.bsky.socialBack with the next monthly installment of our retrospective!
#TBT — Classic Car Wars Revisited - Part 2: Truck Stop: A Car Wars (First Edition) Supplement
"It seemed only right, given the fact that tanker trucks were a lynchpin of the Mad Max universe"
@armchairdragoons.bsky.social"still really don't know how to win" that's not a small population of games now, is it? 😆
@armchairdragoons.bsky.socialPeople need to stop using "grok"as a verb for "ask a query of X's crappy AI" and get back to the original understanding of "grok" from Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land. Of Musk's many sins, stealing a perfectly good word from scifi fandom for a shitty piece of software is way up there
@armchairdragoons.bsky.social@armchairdragoons.bsky.socialMentioned in Dispatches s17e5 Preview! Our audience as partners, not just consumers
Cole Wehrle explains how they treat their audience and the differences with some other publishers
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@armchairdragoons.bsky.socialFirst Impressions of Flashpoint Campaigns: Lowland Lions DLC
I have been pleasantly surprised by the amount of variety provided by the add'l Dutch (3 Scenarios), Belgian (4 Scenarios), & remastered West German campaigns (6 Scenarios) added to the game by Lowland Lions DLC
@armchairdragoons.bsky.socialAh, yep - that would do it!
