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Kimber VanRy

@brooklynwargaming.bsky.social

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Friend, Dad, Scouting America Troop 187B Brooklyn Scoutmaster, Backpacker, Historian, Sales Leader, Game Player, Miniatures Painter, President Metropolitan Wargamers in Park Slope, Brooklyn

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Metropolitan Wargamers @metrowargamers.bsky.social · 11h

Cross Bronx Expressway, Merchants & Marauders, Dune Imperium and the Avalon Hill classic Trireme all on the table at the club today.

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Kimber VanRy @brooklynwargaming.bsky.social · 21h

The Battle of Agincort, October 25, 1415 (610 years ago today).

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Henry V - Speech - Eve of Saint Crispin's Day - HD

YouTube video by technicalmark

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Metropolitan Wargamers @metrowargamers.bsky.social · 7d

Big day at the club with a members meeting welcoming five new members. Then, there were games — Kill Team, Red Dust Rebellion, Sol and Falling Sky among others.

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Metropolitan Wargamers @metrowargamers.bsky.social · 7d

Cross Bronx Expressway from @gmtgames.bsky.social was on the table for the first time at the club today. It was a group loss in the 1970s as the South Bronx collapsed into disenfranchisement. Many lessons learned and we’re looking to a replay soon.

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Kimber VanRy @brooklynwargaming.bsky.social · 8d

Posted up some videos to my channel from my recent trip to a number of War of 1812 sites in Ontario, Canada

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The War of 1812 in Ontario, Canada - YouTube

Observations from various forts and sites telling the story of the War of 1812 in Ontario, Canada.. From my trip to Canada in October 2025.

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Kimber VanRy @brooklynwargaming.bsky.social · 15d

War of 1812 firing demonstration at Fort George in Ontario, Canada

Kimber VanRy @brooklynwargaming.bsky.social · 15d

Getting my War of 1812 on at Fort George in Ontario, Canada

Kimber VanRy @brooklynwargaming.bsky.social · 16d

Back in my hometown and got in a Wednesday morning game of 28mm Napoleonic action located somewhere in Spain during the Peninsular Campaign — great time with my brother and a longtime friend.

Kimber VanRy @brooklynwargaming.bsky.social · 20d

Terrible @buffalo-bills.bsky.social #GoBills

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Kimber VanRy @brooklynwargaming.bsky.social · 20d

My boys and nephew hosting a @magic.wizards.com Spider-Man draft at the house today.

Kimber VanRy @brooklynwargaming.bsky.social · 20d

Gorgeous early fall weekend of my Troop 187B at Alpine Scout Camp with fantastic camping, cooking and Scout skills development.

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Metropolitan Wargamers @metrowargamers.bsky.social · 23d

The Piano Roadblock July 10th 1943 scenario using Battleground rules and 20mm figures was on one of the club’s sand tables today.

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Metropolitan Wargamers @metrowargamers.bsky.social · 23d

Some of us had the day off from work so we got Vijayanagara from @gmtgames.bsky.social on the table at the club.

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Kimber VanRy @brooklynwargaming.bsky.social · 27d

Another kind of ugly one but I’ll take the win for the @buffalo-bills.bsky.social

#GoBills

Kimber VanRy @brooklynwargaming.bsky.social · 27d

Began the day with an 11am viewing of Lord of the Rings (1978) at Nitehawk Cinema - Prospect Park in Brooklyn, NY. The last time I saw this animated classic in the theater was when my mom took nine-year-old me to see it some 47 years ago.

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Metropolitan Wargamers @metrowargamers.bsky.social · 28d

Saturday at the club with a classic game of Third Reich, the still new Chicago ‘68 from @thedietzfoundation.bsky.social and some Chain of Command from @toofatlardies.bsky.social

#wargaming
#boardgaming
#miniatureswargaming
#spreadthelard

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Kimber VanRy @brooklynwargaming.bsky.social · Sep 19

Oof — closer than I’d like @buffalo-bills.bsky.social but #GoBills!

Kimber VanRy @brooklynwargaming.bsky.social · Sep 17

Got my Jalen Kimber #38 @buffalo-bills.bsky.social jersey — #GoBills!

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Kimber VanRy @brooklynwargaming.bsky.social · Sep 15

Great day in New Jersey and a win for the @buffalo-bills.bsky.social

#GoBills

Kimber VanRy @brooklynwargaming.bsky.social · Sep 8

Go Bills!

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Metropolitan Wargamers @metrowargamers.bsky.social · Aug 31

The club has long been an incubator of new ideas and games. Yesterday was a big first playtest of a new WWI game. Each unit is a corps, so each player controls two armies in the beginning and an army group by the end.

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Kimber VanRy @brooklynwargaming.bsky.social · Aug 27

I did get out on a four-masted schooner out of Bar Harbor for a sunset sail.

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Kimber VanRy @brooklynwargaming.bsky.social · Aug 27

Flew to Bangor and drove around from Camden to Bar Harbor and immediate areas.

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Kimber VanRy @brooklynwargaming.bsky.social · Aug 27

On the 57th anniversary of start of the Chicago Democratic National Convention on August 26th, 1968 I revived one of my most highly anticipated games of the year — Chicago ‘68 from
Toni Goldstein and The Dietz Foundation.

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Kimber VanRy @brooklynwargaming.bsky.social · Aug 27

Back from a week exploring some of coastal Maine, and snagged a great book focusing on the conflicts among British, French and Wabenaki nations along the 17th and 18th centuries frontier of what would become Maine.

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