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Historicon 2026 Convention Report You expect to go to a convention to have fun, and the mood at this show just felt upbeat and positive. Walking around the floors when the vendor hall closed was a very pleasant experience. wp.me/pae4WL-fpO

Our 4th Annual Favorite Solo War + Historical Games Survey is open 📝 We want your top 5 solo/solitaire games in the historical space, whether traditional wargames, broader conflict simulations, or games that actively engage with history 31 August 📆 cutoff! https://f.mtr.cool/obazieruox

Diffusing Command Fixation - 2nd Bull Run Using Kriegsspiel "By playing and umpiring in multiple sessions of Second Bull Run from the American Civil War, I could compare the session outcomes with the historical battle and derive a clear lesson." wp.me/pae4WL-flK

The fourth annual Favorite Solo War + Historical Games Survey is live! ✅ We’re collecting community favorites for solo historical gaming—traditional wargames, broader conflict simulations, & games that actively engage with history Open 'til 31 August 📆 https://f.mtr.cool/yufkrlwgcg

5 Questions with . . . Designer Wes Crawford "everyone says that they have never played a wargame like this. Then they either tell me it’s refreshing and a fun system or else they tell me how nervous they became playing it" wp.me/pae4WL-fiK

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Our 4th annual Favorite Solo War + Historical Games Survey is now live In partnership with Liz Davidson we’re collecting community favorites for solo wargaming & historical gaming, again! Survey's open 'til 31 August 📆 armchairdragoons.com...

Happy 10th to Hollandspiele, Solo Survey Still Open, New Releases & Industry News ~ #TuesdayNewsday The rumor mill, release schedule, and event calendar are all buzzing —time for #TuesdayNewsday  wp.me/pae4WL-f0r

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The fourth annual Favorite Solo War + Historical Games Survey is live! ✅ We’re collecting community favorites for solo historical gaming—traditional wargames, broader conflict simulations, & games that actively engage with history Open 'til 31 August 📆 https://f.mtr.cool/wkvvearioo

Hubris, or How My Plans All Went for Naught All joking aside about the game hating you, those nasty events and effects feel true to the era Not having them would be giving too much control to the kings They were often swept along by events rather than dictating them—same for you wp.me/pae4WL-flo

First Impressions of Strategic Command WWI – Battles For Ypres DLC It has a lot of research packed into it, and the scripting built into it around events, and unique decision tree mechanisms, is a brilliantly simple approach to wargaming as a whole wp.me/pae4WL-fm3

"Things you didn't need to know this early on a Monday"

Newtown - Volume VII of the BoAR series Newtown brings a new player faction to the BoAR series The Patriots face off against the Indian player Most of the Indian player's units represent the Iroquois Confederacy, w/ Loyalist, Tory Milita, & British Regular units involved wp.me/pae4WL-fo3

AAR of the Kriegsspiel Scenario, Vitoria 1813 The French are outnumbered and have to protect a long line of communication through the town of Vitoria (Avon) The British have to fight through rough terrain over a wide area wp.me/pae4WL-faK

FL(W)GS Spotlight ~ Checkmate Games & Hobbies It's a classic old-school, stuffed-to-the-gills game store with inventory in every nook and cranny that really feels like your crazy uncle's back office and that's in no way a negative. wp.me/pae4WL-eRg

SPI Alive in 2026! – Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of 1976's Games Collectively we played more—and a larger variety of—SPI games than last year. By Friday our room was packed, with all available table space taken, and this carried into Saturday. wp.me/pae4WL-fkn

Normandy Deluxe in small bites I see Normandy Deluxe as an above average wargame to play; that is, if you have the time to commit to it. — not only about playing time, but also the time it takes to sort nearly 3,000 counters. wp.me/pae4WL-f44