James Buckley
@jsbuckley.bsky.social
Founder of Sapper Studio - a tabletop game design and development studio. https://www.sapperstudio.com/
Interested in all things wargamey - both professional and hobby fields.
Interested in all things wargamey - both professional and hobby fields.
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So this arrived this morning.
Delighted to have my copy Battlegroup Clash: Baltics by @sapperstudio.bsky.social land and am looking forward to getting stuck into it!
#Wargaming
Delighted to have my copy Battlegroup Clash: Baltics by @sapperstudio.bsky.social land and am looking forward to getting stuck into it!
#Wargaming
February 13, 2026 at 11:43 AM
So this arrived this morning.
Delighted to have my copy Battlegroup Clash: Baltics by @sapperstudio.bsky.social land and am looking forward to getting stuck into it!
#Wargaming
Delighted to have my copy Battlegroup Clash: Baltics by @sapperstudio.bsky.social land and am looking forward to getting stuck into it!
#Wargaming
Professional wargaming on the front page of BGG. A first?
February 10, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Professional wargaming on the front page of BGG. A first?
It's taken some time to grok but now I have, I'm very much appreciating the risk-reward solitaire mechanics of Operation Bollebank. Original. Good emergent narrative too. Thanks for bringing it to my attention @letsplayhistory.bsky.social
February 7, 2026 at 2:56 PM
It's taken some time to grok but now I have, I'm very much appreciating the risk-reward solitaire mechanics of Operation Bollebank. Original. Good emergent narrative too. Thanks for bringing it to my attention @letsplayhistory.bsky.social
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Check out our latest production schedule below. Of particular interest to wargamers is the news that Guerre Eclair will arrive at our warehouse next month, and in May we'll launch the Kickstarter for our new edition of Sword of Rome. More details on that to come.
February 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Check out our latest production schedule below. Of particular interest to wargamers is the news that Guerre Eclair will arrive at our warehouse next month, and in May we'll launch the Kickstarter for our new edition of Sword of Rome. More details on that to come.
Day 2 & 3 of Napoleonics @ SquareBASH with Congress of Vienna and 1812 Napoleon's Fateful March. French victories in both. Excellent games. It's been a great excursion in the world of Napoleonics, but now it's back to my main interest of modern warfare with these three new purchases.
February 1, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Day 2 & 3 of Napoleonics @ SquareBASH with Congress of Vienna and 1812 Napoleon's Fateful March. French victories in both. Excellent games. It's been a great excursion in the world of Napoleonics, but now it's back to my main interest of modern warfare with these three new purchases.
Day one of my Napoleonic all in at SquareBASH. War & Peace, Santa Cruz 1797 and best of all, a very blinded up Coalitions, which was great to finally see and play IRL.
January 31, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Day one of my Napoleonic all in at SquareBASH. War & Peace, Santa Cruz 1797 and best of all, a very blinded up Coalitions, which was great to finally see and play IRL.
NEWS!
Delivery of Battlegroup Clash: Baltics has begun. And now available is a free game supplement with enhanced rules for Orders and Electronic Warfare.
If you want to know more about Battlegroup Clash: Baltics you can check out the product page here -https://www.sapperstudio.com/battlegr
Delivery of Battlegroup Clash: Baltics has begun. And now available is a free game supplement with enhanced rules for Orders and Electronic Warfare.
If you want to know more about Battlegroup Clash: Baltics you can check out the product page here -https://www.sapperstudio.com/battlegr
January 26, 2026 at 1:04 PM
NEWS!
Delivery of Battlegroup Clash: Baltics has begun. And now available is a free game supplement with enhanced rules for Orders and Electronic Warfare.
If you want to know more about Battlegroup Clash: Baltics you can check out the product page here -https://www.sapperstudio.com/battlegr
Delivery of Battlegroup Clash: Baltics has begun. And now available is a free game supplement with enhanced rules for Orders and Electronic Warfare.
If you want to know more about Battlegroup Clash: Baltics you can check out the product page here -https://www.sapperstudio.com/battlegr
1812 from @vucasimulations.bsky.social Napoleon makes it to Moscow! This game has elements of Pericles and Levy & Campaign. The orders mechanic is excellent. Unfortunately it can get a bit lost in other bells and whistles, but it definitely has lots of potential.
January 19, 2026 at 9:50 PM
1812 from @vucasimulations.bsky.social Napoleon makes it to Moscow! This game has elements of Pericles and Levy & Campaign. The orders mechanic is excellent. Unfortunately it can get a bit lost in other bells and whistles, but it definitely has lots of potential.
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COMPETITION TIME!
Follow us on Bluesky, like this link, and you'll be entered to win one of 17 Heroes of Normandie bundle prizes (more on the game here en.dpg-final.com).
Read more details on the competition on the Facebook post below (no FB account is required).
www.facebook.com/nutspublishi...
Follow us on Bluesky, like this link, and you'll be entered to win one of 17 Heroes of Normandie bundle prizes (more on the game here en.dpg-final.com).
Read more details on the competition on the Facebook post below (no FB account is required).
www.facebook.com/nutspublishi...
Nuts Publishing
We are launching a give away with HUGE prizes, to win some of Devil Pig Games' very last games. Whether you're a long-time fan or a newcomer, you have until Monday, January 26 at 6 p.m. French time...
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January 19, 2026 at 3:32 PM
COMPETITION TIME!
Follow us on Bluesky, like this link, and you'll be entered to win one of 17 Heroes of Normandie bundle prizes (more on the game here en.dpg-final.com).
Read more details on the competition on the Facebook post below (no FB account is required).
www.facebook.com/nutspublishi...
Follow us on Bluesky, like this link, and you'll be entered to win one of 17 Heroes of Normandie bundle prizes (more on the game here en.dpg-final.com).
Read more details on the competition on the Facebook post below (no FB account is required).
www.facebook.com/nutspublishi...
Very grateful to Moe's Gaming Table for the opportunity to do a play through of Battlegroup Clash Baltics, and the great editing job he did here youtu.be/hRg1fDA4wWc?...
Whiskey Charlie - Battlegroup Clash: Baltics Demo
YouTube video by Moe's Game Table
youtu.be
January 12, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Very grateful to Moe's Gaming Table for the opportunity to do a play through of Battlegroup Clash Baltics, and the great editing job he did here youtu.be/hRg1fDA4wWc?...
War & Peace 7th ed. Solo play through of the 1812 Russia campaign scenario. The production quality of the board and counters for this edition are absolutely top notch.
January 7, 2026 at 5:56 PM
War & Peace 7th ed. Solo play through of the 1812 Russia campaign scenario. The production quality of the board and counters for this edition are absolutely top notch.
The shelf of opportunity, new year's day, 2026. How many will be added, how many removed, this year 🤔
January 1, 2026 at 7:28 PM
The shelf of opportunity, new year's day, 2026. How many will be added, how many removed, this year 🤔
The game finishes and the USMC has achieved an overwhelming victory with 18pts. I rolled amazingly well throughout.
This is a good solo system that I would like to adapt for a game on the liberation of Brittany in 1944. One day...
Iwo Jima: Hell on Earth by @nevawargames.bsky.social
This is a good solo system that I would like to adapt for a game on the liberation of Brittany in 1944. One day...
Iwo Jima: Hell on Earth by @nevawargames.bsky.social
January 1, 2026 at 7:13 PM
The game finishes and the USMC has achieved an overwhelming victory with 18pts. I rolled amazingly well throughout.
This is a good solo system that I would like to adapt for a game on the liberation of Brittany in 1944. One day...
Iwo Jima: Hell on Earth by @nevawargames.bsky.social
This is a good solo system that I would like to adapt for a game on the liberation of Brittany in 1944. One day...
Iwo Jima: Hell on Earth by @nevawargames.bsky.social
End of turn 1 of Iwo Jima: Hell on Earth by @nevawargames.bsky.social
The Marines seem to be making good progress, but as half the force separates off to try to take Mt Suribashi, things will get much harder me thinks. I'm having to make lots of little decisions, which I like. & great production 👏👏
The Marines seem to be making good progress, but as half the force separates off to try to take Mt Suribashi, things will get much harder me thinks. I'm having to make lots of little decisions, which I like. & great production 👏👏
December 30, 2025 at 8:16 PM
End of turn 1 of Iwo Jima: Hell on Earth by @nevawargames.bsky.social
The Marines seem to be making good progress, but as half the force separates off to try to take Mt Suribashi, things will get much harder me thinks. I'm having to make lots of little decisions, which I like. & great production 👏👏
The Marines seem to be making good progress, but as half the force separates off to try to take Mt Suribashi, things will get much harder me thinks. I'm having to make lots of little decisions, which I like. & great production 👏👏
Lots planned for Sapper Studio in 2026, including a modern naval war game by Nick, again, like Battlegroup Clash, based on a successful professional wargame.
Happy Christmas everyone! Here's a teaser for a potential future project with @sapperstudio.bsky.social - a more playable spinoff of my analytical naval wargame A Balanced Fleet.
Still a great deal of development and testing to do in the new year but the core is taking shape!
Still a great deal of development and testing to do in the new year but the core is taking shape!
December 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Lots planned for Sapper Studio in 2026, including a modern naval war game by Nick, again, like Battlegroup Clash, based on a successful professional wargame.
Really, don't delay, tickets going hotter than an Oasis concert. Just 65 remaining from the 225 that went on sale at 10 this morning.
Tickets are now on sale for PunchedCON2026. It will be from 1st to 3rd May 2026, in Coventry UK. Now in its fifth year, this is the UK's premier board wargaming con - 225 attendees over three days. Come along and see for yourself what all the fuss is about.
punchedcon.com
punchedcon.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Really, don't delay, tickets going hotter than an Oasis concert. Just 65 remaining from the 225 that went on sale at 10 this morning.
Tickets are now on sale for PunchedCON2026. It will be from 1st to 3rd May 2026, in Coventry UK. Now in its fifth year, this is the UK's premier board wargaming con - 225 attendees over three days. Come along and see for yourself what all the fuss is about.
punchedcon.com
punchedcon.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Tickets are now on sale for PunchedCON2026. It will be from 1st to 3rd May 2026, in Coventry UK. Now in its fifth year, this is the UK's premier board wargaming con - 225 attendees over three days. Come along and see for yourself what all the fuss is about.
punchedcon.com
punchedcon.com
Hey @gmtgames.bsky.social. I just discovered this amazing set of playlists for your games by @templetonblair.bsky.social. There's a playlist for each British Way game & even every decade covered in Cross Bronx Expressway. Worth a mention in the newsletter maybe?
open.spotify.com/user/1167648...
open.spotify.com/user/1167648...
December 10, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Hey @gmtgames.bsky.social. I just discovered this amazing set of playlists for your games by @templetonblair.bsky.social. There's a playlist for each British Way game & even every decade covered in Cross Bronx Expressway. Worth a mention in the newsletter maybe?
open.spotify.com/user/1167648...
open.spotify.com/user/1167648...
I guess I was really into a French chanteuse this year 😅
December 6, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I guess I was really into a French chanteuse this year 😅
Another game from the shelf of opportunity set up and ready to go. Anyone played it?
December 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Another game from the shelf of opportunity set up and ready to go. Anyone played it?
I just backed The Secret Cabal Gaming Podcast 2025 on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/sec...
The Secret Cabal Gaming Podcast 2025
The Cabal is bustin' loose with more of what you're lookin for - weekly tabletop gaming podcasts and other irreverent tomfoolery!
www.kickstarter.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I just backed The Secret Cabal Gaming Podcast 2025 on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/sec...
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👀New project sneak-peak-arama👀
Who would you ally with?
Who would you ally with?
November 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
👀New project sneak-peak-arama👀
Who would you ally with?
Who would you ally with?
I wonder which multi-domain campaign Sapper Studio will be examining in a future game release 🤫
November 20, 2025 at 8:32 AM
I wonder which multi-domain campaign Sapper Studio will be examining in a future game release 🤫
My Napoleonic gaming 'moment' is in full swing. Today'game: Reves de Gloire, a solitaire game recently published in Strategy & Tactics. Rules need interpretation but otherwise it's pretty good on the emergent narrative front, particularly if you know a bit about the period.
November 16, 2025 at 1:48 PM
My Napoleonic gaming 'moment' is in full swing. Today'game: Reves de Gloire, a solitaire game recently published in Strategy & Tactics. Rules need interpretation but otherwise it's pretty good on the emergent narrative front, particularly if you know a bit about the period.
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Snap sale!
Following Devil Pig Games' closure we have obtained the remaining stock of their Heroes of Normandie games & expansions.
You can buy the stock individually or bundled at EXTREMELY low prices from this dedicated website en.dpg-final.com
Don't miss out! Hours of heroic gaming await you!🪖🪖🪖
Following Devil Pig Games' closure we have obtained the remaining stock of their Heroes of Normandie games & expansions.
You can buy the stock individually or bundled at EXTREMELY low prices from this dedicated website en.dpg-final.com
Don't miss out! Hours of heroic gaming await you!🪖🪖🪖
November 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Snap sale!
Following Devil Pig Games' closure we have obtained the remaining stock of their Heroes of Normandie games & expansions.
You can buy the stock individually or bundled at EXTREMELY low prices from this dedicated website en.dpg-final.com
Don't miss out! Hours of heroic gaming await you!🪖🪖🪖
Following Devil Pig Games' closure we have obtained the remaining stock of their Heroes of Normandie games & expansions.
You can buy the stock individually or bundled at EXTREMELY low prices from this dedicated website en.dpg-final.com
Don't miss out! Hours of heroic gaming await you!🪖🪖🪖