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Waking after 15 hours sleep #neuro, after having a truly bizarre dream, where I was playing a computer game set in a sort of alternative circa 1600 setting. Including alchemy, spying and royal intrigue. And episodic so could replay sections to maximise scores. It was quite an engrossing game! Wish I could play it in real life. My husband said I must type up full details (have done) in case I want to develop it as a game myself! #sleeping #IndieGames #VideoGames #HistoricalGames #dreams #GameDev
Episode 47: Our Soft Underbellies featuring Salerno `43 and Rich's con report and multi day play of GTS: The Greatest Day: https://historytable.podbean.com/e/episode-47-our-soft-underbellies/
#HexesForever #hexandcounter #historical #historicalgames #boardgames #podcast
Grab your coffee and pop in for some Iron Curtain: Central Europe, 1945-1989 at 9:30 AM CDT. We're out of Run Up and into all out war!
https://www.youtube.com/@historyonthetable
#HexesForever #historicalgames #boardgames #hexandcounter #wargames
The presentation of the 2022 Historical Board Game Awards will be Friday, April 7th, at 8:20 PM (CDT): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu9h-fzIj5k
@billsimoni #HexesForever #wargames #historicalgames #boardgames #hexandcounter #consim
The #Inform7 #sourceCode for my two released #parser #TextAdventure / #InteractiveFiction games (Border Reivers and Napier's Cache) is now in the #IFArchive, in the games/source/inform directory. This is part of a move this year to release more IF game source code publicly. http://www.ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archive/games/source/inform/ #ComputerGames #Adventure #HistoricalGames #ScottishGames #Code #GameDev
April 1 is IF #SourceCode Amnesty Day. I plan to join in on this, sharing my #Inform7 source code for my Scottish historical #parser #InteractiveFiction #games Border Reivers and Napier's Cache. http://blog.zarfhome.com/2023/03/april-1-is-if-source-code-amnesty-day.html #OpenSource #ScottishHistory #HistoricalGames #TextAdventures #GameDev #Inform #Coding #Programming #ComputerGames
We are less than 6 months away from four days of historical gaming in Greater Kansas City!
HistoriKC Fest - Overland Park, KS - August 17-20, 2023
https://historikcfest.com/
https://tabletop.events/conventions/historikc-fest-2023
Featuring all this and so much more:
- Next War Con
- ASL Summer Sizzler
- Last Hundred Yards Skin in the Game
- Learn to Play
- Open Gaming
- Great Prizes
- Designer interactions.
#wargames #historicalgames #HexesForever #boardgames #boardgameconvention #boardgameevents #hexandcounter #consim
Announcing the finalists for the 2022 Historical Board Game Awards. The fan vote will run through March 21, 2023. Ballot below.
Anglo-Zanzibar Award: The Anglo-Zanzibar war lasted between 38-45 minutes and is considered the shortest recorded war in history. The ‘Anglo-Zanzibar Award’ recognizes the best ‘small’ historical board game, including the following: magazine games, ‘lunchtime’ games, quick playing games, folio games, post card games, and other small format games. Finalists:
- 1815: Scum of the Earth
- Caesar!: Seize Rome in 20 Minutes!
- Flashpoint: South China Sea
- Resist!
- Saladin
- Twilight Struggle: Red Sea – Conflict in the Horn of Africa
Most Innovative Game Design: The ‘Most Innovative Game Design’ is awarded to a game and design team to recognize excellence in creative and innovative game design. Finalists:
- Flashpoint: South China Sea
- John Company: Second Edition
- Lanzerath Ridge
- Resist!
- The Chase of the Bismarck: Operation Rheinübung 1941
- Undaunted: Stalingrad
- Zurmat: Small Scale Counterinsurgency
Game of the Year: The ‘Game of the Year’ awards outstanding performance in all board game fields and recognizes the game that delivers the best historical, war, or conflict board game experience. Finalists:
- A Most Fearful Sacrifice: The Three Days of Gettysburg
- Almoravid: Reconquista and Riposte in Spain 1085-1086
- Arracourt
- John Company: Second Edition
- Lanzerath Ridge
- Point Blank: V is for Victory
- Salerno '43
You have through March 21, 2023 to vote as part of the HBGA Fan Vote: https://forms.gle/FU9m7wwbuUDbVzkn7
Episode 45: Eckert Brothers and the Fortress of Metz. Featuring At Any Cost: Metz 1870 from GMT Games and Fortress America. We also talk about our most anticipated games of 2023 and give a little recap of Viking Con. #wargames #HexesForever #boardgames #historicalgames https://historytable.podbean.com/e/episode-45-eckert-brothers-and-the-fortress-of-metz/
If you're making a game set in the Middle Ages and you don't include /at least/ one reference to the Filioque Controversy, I feel like you need to reconsider your priorities.
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #HistoricalGames #Theology #FilioqueControversy
