I wish there would have been retail software on 8 inch disks. These disks and disk drives are legendary! They always make me think of the "War Games" movie.

Finally found time to read “Metaphor vs. Mechanics: Don’t Fight the Fusion” by Matt Forbeck:

https://www.forbeck.com/2025/07/27/metaphor-vs-mechanics-dont-fight-the-fusion/

Well worth the read for anyone interested in #TTRPGs and #BoardGames, even #Wargames.

I touched on this years ago from the perspective of introducing newcomers to gaming, though Matt’s terminology of “metaphor” is far more artful than my use of “theme.”

https://hobbygamesrecce.blogspot.com/2016/06/introducing-newcomers-to-games-theme.html

Juli war wieder recht schwach in der realen Welt. BGA macht sich schon bemerkbar.

Aber 3, mit der Mischwald Erweiterung sogar 4, neue Spiele für mich.

ich finde die Entdeckungen Erweiternug für Mischwald klasse, besonders das Solospiel mit den verschiedenen Aufgaben.

Everdell Duo im Koopmodus auch genau unser Spiel. Macht Spaß und ist doch recht kniffelig.

Ja und mein Einstieg ins Wargame mit Comancheria. Bin immer noch am Tutorial. Wenn ich es denn begreifen sollte, dann wird es glaub ich sehr spannend sein.

Navoria hat und auch sehr gut gefallen. Strohmann schafft es immer wieder gute Spiele an Land zu ziehen. Hut ab.

So, allen viel Spaß auf der #BerlinCon Wir können leider nicht kommen.

Rebooting WarGames‘ WOPR with a Pi and Gemini - WarGames fans, rejoice: [Nick Bild] has rebooted WOPR for real. In his latest hack... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/30/rebooting-wargames-wopr-with-a-pi-and-gemini/ #computerhacks #raspberrypi #wargames #wargames #gemini #wopr

Playtested some new monsters for my upcoming game.

The zephyr beetle (a flying creature) and the marauder beetle (a tanky brute) feel about right.

The huge goliath beetle, on the other hand, WRECKED my party. First my shield warden went down, and then my dog. Only an extremely lucky critical hit at the end saved my hero archer, but in a real game, he would probably not make it back out of the dungeon after being so hurt...

Eigentlich wollte ich heute Comancheria anfangen. Naja, hab es zeitlich nicht geschafft mehr als nur die Regeln zu lesen. Morgen geht es dann mit dem Tutorial los.
#comancheria #wargames #brettspiele #boardgames #historischeSpiele

Doing some more work on the papercraft miniatures for the second adventure location of my solo miniatures RPG "Fable on your Table" (second edition).

This set introduces outdoor battles, and I think the papercraft terrain and enemies are starting to look pretty good.

This time, I remembered to time myself. Each miniature takes only about two minutes to score, cut out, and assemble. Not bad!

#HobbyGamesRecce

I reminisce about the time I met game designer Al Leonardi at my first game convention way back in 1985. The driving force behind the #AceOfAces and #LostWorlds “combat picture book games” passed away on July 12.

#Wargames #GamesForLearning

https://hobbygamesrecce.blogspot.com/2025/07/remembering-al-leonardi.html

Assembled some papercraft miniatures for a new adventure setting for my solo miniatures-based RPG game, "Fable on your Table".

Shown are:

* Giant beetles (Zephyr, Maurader, and Goliath varieties)
* Some vampires
* Werewolves
* Some "oakens" – living tree giants

These were just two pages printed out. Didn't take long to score 'em, cut 'em out, and glue 'em up!

Trump’s War on Iran Killed Any Shot at Dialogue With North Korea

Trump’s strikes on Iran may show North Korea that US diplomacy is masking its real strategy of coercion or aggression.

https://murica.website/2025/07/trumps-war-on-iran-killed-any-shot-at-dialogue-with-north-korea/

It's Friday, Gazetteer time! this week I think aloud about starter sets (increasingly nearly all I want from a trad RPG), we look at Kickstarters for
@maxmoongames's new solo RPG zine & @modiphius's revised 6mm wargame plus all kinds of other stuff to enjoy

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#ttrpg #RPG #wargames

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| #Google|s KI gibt vor dem Schachspiel gegen #Atari 2600 auf

The only winning move is not to play. (wopr) #Gemini #Wargames

I managed to find my old french army for #boltaction.

#historical #wargaming #WarGames #warlordgames #paintingwarhammer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1qYCa5K6h8

Biggest ever war games. I wonder what the carbon footprint was? Probably greater than a number of nations' annual emissions
https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2025/7/14/australia-hosts-largest-ever-military-war-games
#TalismanSabre #WarGames #emissions