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Buckeye Game Fest will be held May 2-5, 2024, with The War Room opening on 29 April ~~ More Info here

Author Topic: Tuesday Newsday! Weekly dump of wargaming news  (Read 71179 times)

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Reply #120 on: April 13, 2021, 06:58:39 PM
https://www.armchairdragoons.com/news/connections-online-is-ongoing-tuesday-newsday-4-13-21/

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The Educational Wargaming Cooperative have announced their finalists for EWC Challenge ’21.

Wherein we find...

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The cabinet

Designed by mark leno, US Army War college

The Cabinet makes bureaucracy more fun (or at least interesting). Quick to play (four hours or less, one hour per turn) strategy game for 3-13+ players (recommend for 11-13) that teaches strategic planning, resource management, risk analysis, and negotiation. Players represent senior (cabinet) level agencies and must negotiate how to allocate resources between daily operations and potential foreign and domestic crises. The agency that fails the least wins. Suitable for both professional (educational and analytical) gaming and casual play by all audiences. No prior knowledge or experience with US government required, but simulates real cabinet level agencies and actual budgets using publicly available data.

How could I have missed this before. I'm not sure whether I want to download it and try to rustle up 11-13 empire builders or just have some kind of seizure.

Yeah, I tried to download it. Bad URL. Wonder if I could get Jim to run a game on Saturday Night Fights?

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Reply #121 on: May 04, 2021, 10:45:15 AM
lots of Kickstarters in here, along w/ the usual stuff

https://www.armchairdragoons.com/news/may-the-fourth-be-with-you-tuesday-newsday/

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Reply #122 on: May 05, 2021, 02:45:00 AM
How the hell did I miss the update to Shadow Empire??  Sheesh. 


Still wish Vic would make another pass at the logistics system.  I know it's better than it was, but there's a lot that still isn't very intuitive and/or explained well. 


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Reply #123 on: May 14, 2021, 04:05:43 PM

probably old news to you ...  I especially liked the digital version of Valor and Victory

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Reply #124 on: May 18, 2021, 10:22:58 AM

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Reply #125 on: May 25, 2021, 11:17:29 AM

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Reply #126 on: May 25, 2021, 02:55:43 PM
https://www.armchairdragoons.com/news/tuesday-newsday-5-25-21-the-acdc-is-back-18-20-june/

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The next Armchair Dragoons ACDC will be 18-20 June 2021.
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COVID permitting, we will be virtually hosting the Connections Wargaming Conference from 22-25 June, 2021.

Y U do dis?  :waah:

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Reply #127 on: May 25, 2021, 03:13:17 PM
We took over the dates that origins vacated when they moved to october. Blame the connections guys, because the origins dates had been set 3 years ago

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Reply #128 on: June 01, 2021, 04:29:16 PM

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Reply #129 on: June 02, 2021, 02:50:38 AM
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The Witcher boardgame is up on Kickstarter right now, and has better funding that most South Pacific Island nations.

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Y’know, we went and added Solosaurus to the roster of friends, and they’ve released 1 episode in the last 7 weeks…

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Reply #130 on: June 29, 2021, 12:03:35 PM

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Reply #131 on: June 29, 2021, 04:30:26 PM
Y’know, we went and added Solosaurus to the roster of friends, and they’ve released 1 episode in the last 7 weeks…

 :hehe:

Yeah, I've had some family issues these last few weeks. It's held up Solosaurus recording and production unfortunately.

I have one episode in the can that needs editing that I'm working on this week, and then Martin is going to move forward with a guest host this weekend to record with him. I've allowed myself too many distractions on top of the issues too - need to get back on top of this. :(


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Reply #132 on: June 29, 2021, 05:02:35 PM
I mean, that gag was 4 weeks ago :D

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Reply #133 on: June 29, 2021, 07:42:58 PM
^  Exactly.  And of course, we now know that yes, you've been just a tad occupied dealing with some family stuff. 


More than any other reason, though, I'd posted it (along with Brant's other comment) because I'm a connoisseur of snark, and at the time I felt compelled to share.  :P  I guarantee I wasn't trying to give you a hard time about it.  :) 



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Reply #134 on: June 29, 2021, 11:51:51 PM
LOL, it's okay. I didn't even pay attention to the time stamp.

I need to stop spending time moping and do some stuff. Lord knows I am, but I might be spending too much time on just one or two projects. I'm just waiting for the hammer to drop is all.

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