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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · 22h

The TRUTH is out there... at least, that's what I've been told to believe.

Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · 1d

Received in as a submission. Looked it up, and its a video game... Love the enthusiasm though!

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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · 3d

The English rampaging at the end of Crusader Kings! Maybe better than Fief???

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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · 16d

Yin and Yang, future game for @capstone-games.com . Very euro-ey with area control

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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · 16d

Playing River of Gold at the inaugural CapCon! Have no idea what I'm doing in this game ... But I think it's fun @capstone-games.com

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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · 17d

First North America play of Afghanistan: Decades of Strife. Went very well for a prototype

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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · 18d

@ilyakudr.bsky.social thought you would be interested in this discussion

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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · 18d

Question for my esteemed Bluesky colleagues. I've got a game we're doing on the Baltic crusades, and the designer (whose family is from the region) has authentic Baltic runes in the game. Is the ugunskrusts symbol, the 2nd down on the left, acceptable?

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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · 18d

It was. I was just about to throw in the towel but I wanted to let her to "savor" the victory...

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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · 19d

But somehow, the knights prevailed! I got super lucky. Fun game

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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · 19d

But 2 units of knights valiantly surged across the battlefield, until there were only 2 units left....

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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · 19d

My imperials were taking a beating, the tower was under seige!

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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · 19d

My wife (!!!!) suggested we play this, Battle Masters, last night, and I simply could not say no... Highlights below

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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · 25d

Likely going to Capcon @capstone-games.com next weekend with @boardagain.bsky.social. I'll have some games to playtest... anyone interested in joining me?

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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · 28d

Grant has a nice write up about Martin Melbardis' (designer of campaign Fall Blau) siege works. Martin has some really interesting roll and write games

The Players’ Aid @playersaidblog.bsky.social · 28d

Grant shares his First Impressions for Siege Works: A Napoleonic Siege Roll & Write from Solo Wargame. theplayersaid.com/2025/09/16/f...

First Impressions: Siege Works: A Napoleonic Siege Roll & Write from Solo Wargame

Until a few months ago, I had literally never heard of the concept of a Roll & Write game. But, I started seeing these things pop up on Kickstarter from a new company called Solo Wargame and I …

theplayersaid.com

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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · Sep 11

Reporting you to the doctrine police. And this won't be your first offence!

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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · Sep 11

Card M14- Holland lighthouse "Big Red", flavor text: "Prior to 1956, “Big Red” wasn’t red. It was pale yellow on top with a maroon base."

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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · Sep 11

Maybe... Or fix, then attack?

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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · Sep 11

Ok, finally have a workable set of prototype dice for True Command. The saga is finally over!

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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · Sep 10

Getting our boxes to send out to previewers. Should have the dice arriving today

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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · Sep 6

Heh everyone! Steve at Blue Panther is running a sale on our games!

www.bluepantherllc.com/collections/...

Catastrophe Games Collection

Catastrophe Games offers high quality war titles. LIMITED TIME SALE For a limited time, get 20% off when you purchase any title in the Catastrophe Games Collection. Use promo code CAT20 at checkout to...

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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · Sep 3

Our graphics artist is getting the rules for True Command worked out. Nearing the end on this game!

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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · Aug 28

Only took 4 months to figure it out...

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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · Aug 25

True Command custom dice:
OK, not perfect, but 100% usable for a prototype. Steve's work at Blue Panther!

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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · Aug 22

Well, happy to discover that Arabian Struggle was nominated for the Summit award for 2025! And congrats to the winners!

SDHistCon @sdhistcon.bsky.social · Aug 20

We're proud to announce the 2025 Summit Award finalists: Operation Bøllebank, GHQ, War Story: Occupied France, and Vijayanagara: The Deccan Empires of Medieval India, 1290-1398. More details, and honorable mentions, here: sdhist.com/2025-summit-...

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