Robert Shala
@robertsh.bsky.social
Wargaming, Game Design, Hacking, AI Red Team, @Georgetown & @GUWargaming.
From 🇽🇰 Kosovo.
From 🇽🇰 Kosovo.
Skanderbeg is part negotiation game, part wargame. Think Pandemic, but messy politics, and hard tradeoffs. Easy to play, complex decision space. The 3 player game went great!
Im considering publishing it locally in Kosovo and Albania, and maybe even starting a game design + publishing studio here.
Im considering publishing it locally in Kosovo and Albania, and maybe even starting a game design + publishing studio here.
April 21, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Skanderbeg is part negotiation game, part wargame. Think Pandemic, but messy politics, and hard tradeoffs. Easy to play, complex decision space. The 3 player game went great!
Im considering publishing it locally in Kosovo and Albania, and maybe even starting a game design + publishing studio here.
Im considering publishing it locally in Kosovo and Albania, and maybe even starting a game design + publishing studio here.
Ready for a 3 player Skanderbeg round. Lets see how this plays!
Players can now ransom captured Ottoman commanders for 💰💰💰.
Resource constrained Skanderbeg utilized this strategy, using the gold to fund his medieval-guerilla resistance.
#boardwargames #boardgame #wargame #boardwargame
Players can now ransom captured Ottoman commanders for 💰💰💰.
Resource constrained Skanderbeg utilized this strategy, using the gold to fund his medieval-guerilla resistance.
#boardwargames #boardgame #wargame #boardwargame
April 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Ready for a 3 player Skanderbeg round. Lets see how this plays!
Players can now ransom captured Ottoman commanders for 💰💰💰.
Resource constrained Skanderbeg utilized this strategy, using the gold to fund his medieval-guerilla resistance.
#boardwargames #boardgame #wargame #boardwargame
Players can now ransom captured Ottoman commanders for 💰💰💰.
Resource constrained Skanderbeg utilized this strategy, using the gold to fund his medieval-guerilla resistance.
#boardwargames #boardgame #wargame #boardwargame
Tariffs will most likely delay Open Windows.
Putin is our generations biggest asshole and I wish that game would have come out sooner for many reasons.
Part of the revenue would go to Ukrainian demining efforts. They need all the help they can get.
@fortcircle.bsky.social
#boardwargames
#wargame
Putin is our generations biggest asshole and I wish that game would have come out sooner for many reasons.
Part of the revenue would go to Ukrainian demining efforts. They need all the help they can get.
@fortcircle.bsky.social
#boardwargames
#wargame
April 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Tariffs will most likely delay Open Windows.
Putin is our generations biggest asshole and I wish that game would have come out sooner for many reasons.
Part of the revenue would go to Ukrainian demining efforts. They need all the help they can get.
@fortcircle.bsky.social
#boardwargames
#wargame
Putin is our generations biggest asshole and I wish that game would have come out sooner for many reasons.
Part of the revenue would go to Ukrainian demining efforts. They need all the help they can get.
@fortcircle.bsky.social
#boardwargames
#wargame
Playtesting Skanderbeg. Game is tight so far. Working in improvements after playtests.
#boardwargames #boardgames
#boardwargames #boardgames
April 16, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Playtesting Skanderbeg. Game is tight so far. Working in improvements after playtests.
#boardwargames #boardgames
#boardwargames #boardgames
Prototyping on TTS. Need to get this on a table for some playtests.
April 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Prototyping on TTS. Need to get this on a table for some playtests.
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🏆 To celebrate the arrival of my "Littoral Commander: Baltics" #wargame, I am going to give away a signed copy of the game. Like, repost, and follow by April 8 (midnight EST)! May the odds be ever in your favor. 😉🎲 #wargaming
April 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
🏆 To celebrate the arrival of my "Littoral Commander: Baltics" #wargame, I am going to give away a signed copy of the game. Like, repost, and follow by April 8 (midnight EST)! May the odds be ever in your favor. 😉🎲 #wargaming
Working on “Skanderbeg” a coopetitive game about Albanian resistance against the Ottoman invasion in the 15th century.
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#boardwargames #boardgames
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#boardwargames #boardgames
April 7, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Working on “Skanderbeg” a coopetitive game about Albanian resistance against the Ottoman invasion in the 15th century.
Thread 🧵..
#boardwargames #boardgames
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#boardwargames #boardgames
Do not attribute to conspiracy that which you could attribute to incompetence.
Good rule for life stuff. 👍
Good rule for life stuff. 👍
April 4, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Do not attribute to conspiracy that which you could attribute to incompetence.
Good rule for life stuff. 👍
Good rule for life stuff. 👍
Got to teach and play Open Windows with friends and colleagues at #CircleDC! Thank you to everyone for stopping by and for your valuable feedback.
I sincirely appreciate it! The game is already way better thanks to your input and guidance.
ETA Q4 2025 with @fortcircle.bsky.social 👍
I sincirely appreciate it! The game is already way better thanks to your input and guidance.
ETA Q4 2025 with @fortcircle.bsky.social 👍
March 31, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Got to teach and play Open Windows with friends and colleagues at #CircleDC! Thank you to everyone for stopping by and for your valuable feedback.
I sincirely appreciate it! The game is already way better thanks to your input and guidance.
ETA Q4 2025 with @fortcircle.bsky.social 👍
I sincirely appreciate it! The game is already way better thanks to your input and guidance.
ETA Q4 2025 with @fortcircle.bsky.social 👍
Lets gooooo
15 of the folks on Heavy Cardboard have submitted Top 50 lists and tonight, we unveil the aggregate of the #HCHQ Top 50 of All-Time.
I get to find out LIVE, at the same time y'all do. Should be a lot of fun.
Join us at 1800 EDT for the unveiling!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I74K...
I get to find out LIVE, at the same time y'all do. Should be a lot of fun.
Join us at 1800 EDT for the unveiling!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I74K...
Top 50 of All-Time, of Right Now - HCHQ Aggregate by Heavy Cardboard
YouTube video by Heavy Cardboard
www.youtube.com
March 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Lets gooooo
Im so excited for @fortcircle.bsky.social Circle DC. Looking forward to hanging out with friends, learning from the community, and playtesting Open Windows.
I’ve added in a small expansion where players can collect intelligence and spend it for cool combos. Come try it out!
I’ve added in a small expansion where players can collect intelligence and spend it for cool combos. Come try it out!
March 24, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Im so excited for @fortcircle.bsky.social Circle DC. Looking forward to hanging out with friends, learning from the community, and playtesting Open Windows.
I’ve added in a small expansion where players can collect intelligence and spend it for cool combos. Come try it out!
I’ve added in a small expansion where players can collect intelligence and spend it for cool combos. Come try it out!
#IdesOfMarch The Plis (pileus) never went out of style in Dardania, modern day Kosovo!
It’s an important cultural artifact among Albanians, passed down from our Illyrian (Albanian word, Ilir, for free-person) ancestors.
It’s an important cultural artifact among Albanians, passed down from our Illyrian (Albanian word, Ilir, for free-person) ancestors.
March 16, 2025 at 12:34 PM
#IdesOfMarch The Plis (pileus) never went out of style in Dardania, modern day Kosovo!
It’s an important cultural artifact among Albanians, passed down from our Illyrian (Albanian word, Ilir, for free-person) ancestors.
It’s an important cultural artifact among Albanians, passed down from our Illyrian (Albanian word, Ilir, for free-person) ancestors.
Reposted by Robert Shala
If all goes well, for those of you wondering how the game works, how the design was conceived or just how my weird voice sounds, tomorrow at 9pm (CET) I will be a guest of @fredserval.bsky.social for a Teach and Play session of @snafustore.bsky.social Operation Bøllebank!
Be many!!! Be merry!!!
Be many!!! Be merry!!!
March 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
If all goes well, for those of you wondering how the game works, how the design was conceived or just how my weird voice sounds, tomorrow at 9pm (CET) I will be a guest of @fredserval.bsky.social for a Teach and Play session of @snafustore.bsky.social Operation Bøllebank!
Be many!!! Be merry!!!
Be many!!! Be merry!!!
Reposted by Robert Shala
Votes for Women received a glowing review from the Washington Post! (Scroll down)
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www.washingtonpost.com/newsletters/...
March 15, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Votes for Women received a glowing review from the Washington Post! (Scroll down)
www.washingtonpost.com/newsletters/...
www.washingtonpost.com/newsletters/...
Reposted by Robert Shala
We have lots of awesome events set for SDHistCon Winter Quarters 2025 Saturday! Come check out @patrickstactics.bsky.social and Kai Jensen's "An Introduction to Fighting Formations" at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT: tabletop.events/conventions/.... Con badges available here: tabletop.events/conventions/...
February 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
We have lots of awesome events set for SDHistCon Winter Quarters 2025 Saturday! Come check out @patrickstactics.bsky.social and Kai Jensen's "An Introduction to Fighting Formations" at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT: tabletop.events/conventions/.... Con badges available here: tabletop.events/conventions/...
Played some Arcs with friends today. Very fun!
December 14, 2024 at 11:30 PM
Played some Arcs with friends today. Very fun!
Sweet list!
With Bluesky hitting 25m subscribers and a lot of new historical board gamers here, I thought I'd repost this Historical Board Game Starter Pack:
go.bsky.app/BtYDoBn
I've been keeping it up to date as new accounts come in, but let me know if I'm missing someone.
#boardwargames #boardgames
go.bsky.app/BtYDoBn
I've been keeping it up to date as new accounts come in, but let me know if I'm missing someone.
#boardwargames #boardgames
December 11, 2024 at 2:40 PM
Sweet list!
First Arcs game. Got crushed after Andrra raided and destroyed my cities. Ransacking the court was a killing blow. Very cool game. Will play more.
December 8, 2024 at 12:15 AM
First Arcs game. Got crushed after Andrra raided and destroyed my cities. Ransacking the court was a killing blow. Very cool game. Will play more.
Reposted by Robert Shala
SEASON FINALE: Joe Schmidt and I discuss co-designing In the Shadows, his Levy & Campaign game Henry, solo design for Weimar Republic and more. www.buzzsprout.com/1993070/epis...
Interview with Joe Schmidt - Game Design Deep Dive
SEASON FINALE: We welcome designer and developer Joe Schmidt to discuss In the Shadows: Resistance in France 1943-1944 (a game we designed together), his Levy & Campaign game Henry, solitaire desi...
www.buzzsprout.com
November 27, 2024 at 7:15 PM
SEASON FINALE: Joe Schmidt and I discuss co-designing In the Shadows, his Levy & Campaign game Henry, solo design for Weimar Republic and more. www.buzzsprout.com/1993070/epis...
Niceee
Great one turn video of First Monday in October by @zillablitz.bsky.social @fortcircle.bsky.social
First Monday in October Gameplay Demo | Board Historical Game | Fort Circle Games
YouTube video by Zilla Blitz
youtu.be
November 30, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Niceee
Design for “Open Windows” is 95% done and will be sent for development very soon.
Question: should the Putin player have a Novichok mechanic in addition to defenestration? Been thinking of adding it to murder exiles.
Question: should the Putin player have a Novichok mechanic in addition to defenestration? Been thinking of adding it to murder exiles.
November 25, 2024 at 11:43 PM
Design for “Open Windows” is 95% done and will be sent for development very soon.
Question: should the Putin player have a Novichok mechanic in addition to defenestration? Been thinking of adding it to murder exiles.
Question: should the Putin player have a Novichok mechanic in addition to defenestration? Been thinking of adding it to murder exiles.
Reposted by Robert Shala
Hello to all of our new followers enjoying the blue skies! Just to let everyone know, we are currently crowdfunding Talia Rosen's amazing game on the US Supreme Court, First Monday in October.
www.firstmondaygame.com
www.firstmondaygame.com
First Monday in October
Shape the judicial philosophy of the Supreme Court and advocate for or against famous cases in American history.
www.firstmondaygame.com
November 24, 2024 at 4:24 PM
Hello to all of our new followers enjoying the blue skies! Just to let everyone know, we are currently crowdfunding Talia Rosen's amazing game on the US Supreme Court, First Monday in October.
www.firstmondaygame.com
www.firstmondaygame.com
Hi all! I’ve moved away from Twitter/X and will be deactivating my account there.
I joined twitter very recently to follow my favorite wargaming creators and community members. I did not sign up to get perma-spammed with US politics and doom.
Giving Bluesky a shot! 😊
I joined twitter very recently to follow my favorite wargaming creators and community members. I did not sign up to get perma-spammed with US politics and doom.
Giving Bluesky a shot! 😊
November 24, 2024 at 4:27 PM
Hi all! I’ve moved away from Twitter/X and will be deactivating my account there.
I joined twitter very recently to follow my favorite wargaming creators and community members. I did not sign up to get perma-spammed with US politics and doom.
Giving Bluesky a shot! 😊
I joined twitter very recently to follow my favorite wargaming creators and community members. I did not sign up to get perma-spammed with US politics and doom.
Giving Bluesky a shot! 😊