Alex Knight
@alexknight.bsky.social
Award-winning game designer of Land and Freedom (Blue Panther), Hammer and Sickle (GMT P500), John Brown, and more! https://www.gmtgames.com/p-1081-hammer-and-sickle.aspx
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Alex Knight
@alexknight.bsky.social
· Nov 21
Hammer and Sickle is now up for pre-order from GMT! An easy-to-learn asymmetric game on the Russian Civil War. Anarchists, Bolsheviks, New Nations, and Whites compete through negotiation, bluffing, and managing their unique powers. www.gmtgames.com/p-1081-hamme...
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@joedewhurst.bsky.social and I are play testing The Nights of King Ludd today. A manufacturer was assassinated, oaths were broken, signal rockets were fired ... but Fortune did not favor us this time. In the end, only one Mill was left smoldering, our compatriots banished to exile in Australia.
February 10, 2026 at 9:02 PM
@joedewhurst.bsky.social and I are play testing The Nights of King Ludd today. A manufacturer was assassinated, oaths were broken, signal rockets were fired ... but Fortune did not favor us this time. In the end, only one Mill was left smoldering, our compatriots banished to exile in Australia.
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#OtD 4 Feb 1892 Catalan communist and son of a shoemaker Andreu Nin was born in Tarragona. He was later a leading figure in the Spanish civil war, during which he was arrested and executed under the supervision of Russian NKVD agents stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1042...
February 4, 2026 at 2:55 PM
#OtD 4 Feb 1892 Catalan communist and son of a shoemaker Andreu Nin was born in Tarragona. He was later a leading figure in the Spanish civil war, during which he was arrested and executed under the supervision of Russian NKVD agents stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1042...
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We have eleven badges left for Circle DC, April 10-12, 2026. We would love to see YOU there but you will need to grab a badge ASAP!
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February 2, 2026 at 11:44 PM
We have eleven badges left for Circle DC, April 10-12, 2026. We would love to see YOU there but you will need to grab a badge ASAP!
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Here are my most anticipated historical board games to be released in 2026!
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Most Anticipated Historical Board Games, 2026
Happy new year, everybody! I hope it will bring you much joy. I also hope it will bring you board games (which is basically the same thing). The question is, however: Which games? – Here are a few …
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January 12, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Here are my most anticipated historical board games to be released in 2026!
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With Minneapolis on my mind, here some time and place in the good state of Minnesota, a freight wagon tagged with "Abe Lincoln Brigade" in remembrance of the 2800 Americans who fought against fascism in Spain in the International Brigades. Artist is Impeach Alb.
January 11, 2026 at 12:37 PM
With Minneapolis on my mind, here some time and place in the good state of Minnesota, a freight wagon tagged with "Abe Lincoln Brigade" in remembrance of the 2800 Americans who fought against fascism in Spain in the International Brigades. Artist is Impeach Alb.
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#OtD 3 Jan 1994 Jewish Ukrainian revolutionary, Leah Feldman, died in London. Born in 1899, she joined the Makhnovist army in Ukraine, raised money for the anti-Nazi resistance in Germany and joined the Spanish resistance to Franco stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1070...
January 3, 2026 at 3:40 PM
#OtD 3 Jan 1994 Jewish Ukrainian revolutionary, Leah Feldman, died in London. Born in 1899, she joined the Makhnovist army in Ukraine, raised money for the anti-Nazi resistance in Germany and joined the Spanish resistance to Franco stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1070...
Happy New Year! The Players Aid is an essential resource for anyone interested in historical games, and they just published an interview we did covering my game on the Russian Civil War. 😊
Our interview with Alex Knight designer of Hammer and Sickle: Hunger and Utopia in the Russian Civil War, 1918-1921 from GMT Games. theplayersaid.com/2025/12/29/i...
Interview with Alex Knight Designer of Hammer and Sickle: Hunger and Utopia in the Russian Civil War, 1918-1921 from GMT Games
A few summers ago, while attending WBC in Pennsylvania, we met and played a game with Alex Knight (in case you were wondering the game was Nicaea from Hollandspiele). He is an aspiring ne…
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December 31, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Happy New Year! The Players Aid is an essential resource for anyone interested in historical games, and they just published an interview we did covering my game on the Russian Civil War. 😊
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Our interview with Alex Knight designer of Hammer and Sickle: Hunger and Utopia in the Russian Civil War, 1918-1921 from GMT Games. theplayersaid.com/2025/12/29/i...
Interview with Alex Knight Designer of Hammer and Sickle: Hunger and Utopia in the Russian Civil War, 1918-1921 from GMT Games
A few summers ago, while attending WBC in Pennsylvania, we met and played a game with Alex Knight (in case you were wondering the game was Nicaea from Hollandspiele). He is an aspiring ne…
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December 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Our interview with Alex Knight designer of Hammer and Sickle: Hunger and Utopia in the Russian Civil War, 1918-1921 from GMT Games. theplayersaid.com/2025/12/29/i...
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#OtD 25 Dec 1837 the Africans and Native Americans who formed Florida's Seminole nation defeated a vastly superior US invading army bent on cracking this early rainbow coalition and returning the Africans to slavery stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9721...
December 25, 2025 at 6:40 AM
#OtD 25 Dec 1837 the Africans and Native Americans who formed Florida's Seminole nation defeated a vastly superior US invading army bent on cracking this early rainbow coalition and returning the Africans to slavery stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9721...
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#OtD 21 Dec 1919 Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman were deported from the US alongside 247 fellow worker activists, anarchists and radicals on board the SS Buford bound for Russia stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9360...
December 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM
#OtD 21 Dec 1919 Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman were deported from the US alongside 247 fellow worker activists, anarchists and radicals on board the SS Buford bound for Russia stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9360...
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Infographic by @fbiodiversidad.bsky.social showing the continued remarkable recovery of Iberian lynx, up to 2,401 animals last year. Catalonia with pressure from reactionary farmers is not stepping up in bringing back this beautiful native feline.
December 13, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Infographic by @fbiodiversidad.bsky.social showing the continued remarkable recovery of Iberian lynx, up to 2,401 animals last year. Catalonia with pressure from reactionary farmers is not stepping up in bringing back this beautiful native feline.
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Basque republican troops, Boga-boga company, with their Ikurriña flag. Monte de San Pedro, 15 December 1936. Mainly EAJ-PNV members, many fishermen. I don't know original photographer. Beautifully colourised by Julius Backman on Instgm
December 12, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Basque republican troops, Boga-boga company, with their Ikurriña flag. Monte de San Pedro, 15 December 1936. Mainly EAJ-PNV members, many fishermen. I don't know original photographer. Beautifully colourised by Julius Backman on Instgm
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#OtD 7 Dec 1928 Noam Chomsky, legendary American linguist, radical, social critic, activist and member of the @IWW union was born in Philadelphia. Chomsky contributed the foreword for our first book, available here: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/wor...
December 7, 2025 at 12:40 PM
#OtD 7 Dec 1928 Noam Chomsky, legendary American linguist, radical, social critic, activist and member of the @IWW union was born in Philadelphia. Chomsky contributed the foreword for our first book, available here: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/wor...
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#OtD 5 Dec 1955 the Montgomery bus boycott began, four days after arrest of Rosa Parks for refusing to vacate her seat in the "coloured" section of a segregated bus to a white passenger. The successful campaign helped spur the civil rights movement stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1050...
December 5, 2025 at 10:40 AM
#OtD 5 Dec 1955 the Montgomery bus boycott began, four days after arrest of Rosa Parks for refusing to vacate her seat in the "coloured" section of a segregated bus to a white passenger. The successful campaign helped spur the civil rights movement stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1050...
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#OtD 2 Dec 1859 US abolitionist John Brown was executed by the state of Virginia for his leadership in a plot to incite an armed rebellion against slavery stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1265...
December 2, 2025 at 8:40 AM
#OtD 2 Dec 1859 US abolitionist John Brown was executed by the state of Virginia for his leadership in a plot to incite an armed rebellion against slavery stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1265...
Can't wait to dig into this Summit Award winner! @djackthompson.bsky.social @sdhistcon.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Can't wait to dig into this Summit Award winner! @djackthompson.bsky.social @sdhistcon.bsky.social
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#OtD 26 Nov 1920 the Red Army attacked its allies, the Makhnovists in Ukraine, after the latter defeated the Whites. Russian troops attacked in Crimea and Huliaipole, and arrested and executed many. Rebel leader Nestor Makhno managed to escape. More: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
November 26, 2025 at 9:25 PM
#OtD 26 Nov 1920 the Red Army attacked its allies, the Makhnovists in Ukraine, after the latter defeated the Whites. Russian troops attacked in Crimea and Huliaipole, and arrested and executed many. Rebel leader Nestor Makhno managed to escape. More: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
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November 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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#OtD 20 Nov 1975 Spain's fascist dictator, General Franco, whose 1936 coup led to the Spanish Civil War, died. He killed 150-400k people. After his death, a workers' assembly and strike movement escalated as militant workers encountered democracy: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9316...
November 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
#OtD 20 Nov 1975 Spain's fascist dictator, General Franco, whose 1936 coup led to the Spanish Civil War, died. He killed 150-400k people. After his death, a workers' assembly and strike movement escalated as militant workers encountered democracy: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9316...
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Photo report by Robert Capa on Republican prisoners at the Argeles camp in France, March 1939. "Miguel Largo is a Catalan peasant. He thought once to have passed his life peacefully on the strip of land his family have cultivated for generations. Now he's living in a hole in the sand."
November 15, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Photo report by Robert Capa on Republican prisoners at the Argeles camp in France, March 1939. "Miguel Largo is a Catalan peasant. He thought once to have passed his life peacefully on the strip of land his family have cultivated for generations. Now he's living in a hole in the sand."
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#OtD 12 Nov 1918 in Kursk, Ukraine, a conference began which led to the formation of the Nabat Confederation, one of the most important anarchist groups in the world at that time stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8428...
November 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
#OtD 12 Nov 1918 in Kursk, Ukraine, a conference began which led to the formation of the Nabat Confederation, one of the most important anarchist groups in the world at that time stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8428...
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War Story: Occupied France is the winner of this year's @sdhistcon.bsky.social Summit Award!
Huge congratulations to @djackthompson.bsky.social, Dave Neale, @kwanchai.bsky.social and the whole team here at Osprey Games 👏👏👏
Read more and find the other amazing finalists https://bit.ly/4qWpgbk
Huge congratulations to @djackthompson.bsky.social, Dave Neale, @kwanchai.bsky.social and the whole team here at Osprey Games 👏👏👏
Read more and find the other amazing finalists https://bit.ly/4qWpgbk
November 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
War Story: Occupied France is the winner of this year's @sdhistcon.bsky.social Summit Award!
Huge congratulations to @djackthompson.bsky.social, Dave Neale, @kwanchai.bsky.social and the whole team here at Osprey Games 👏👏👏
Read more and find the other amazing finalists https://bit.ly/4qWpgbk
Huge congratulations to @djackthompson.bsky.social, Dave Neale, @kwanchai.bsky.social and the whole team here at Osprey Games 👏👏👏
Read more and find the other amazing finalists https://bit.ly/4qWpgbk
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Had an amazing time demoing Cross-Bronx Expressway for two tables at @sdhistcon.bsky.social this morning. Thanks to @alexknight.bsky.social, @yoyoni.bsky.social, and Justin DeVries (and, not pictured, @mirikuski.bsky.social, Damani Pant, and Nathaniel James) for playing!
November 8, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Had an amazing time demoing Cross-Bronx Expressway for two tables at @sdhistcon.bsky.social this morning. Thanks to @alexknight.bsky.social, @yoyoni.bsky.social, and Justin DeVries (and, not pictured, @mirikuski.bsky.social, Damani Pant, and Nathaniel James) for playing!
A celebration of the Summit Award, highlighting board games that matter and push the boundaries (like past winners by @fredserval.bsky.social and @downtowntbrown.bsky.social), and what winning it for an anti-fascist game like Land and Freedom means in this climate. sdhist.com/alex-knight-...
Alex Knight: What the Summit Award means to me – SDHist
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November 4, 2025 at 1:32 AM
A celebration of the Summit Award, highlighting board games that matter and push the boundaries (like past winners by @fredserval.bsky.social and @downtowntbrown.bsky.social), and what winning it for an anti-fascist game like Land and Freedom means in this climate. sdhist.com/alex-knight-...