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Rwizi Rweizooba @rweizooba.bsky.social · 1d

phew! lesson of the day: take the easy win and move on... no matter how "under-climatic" it feels. that hard dunk might be tempting but it's not worth the risk of an upset at the very last second! 🏀

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Rwizi Rweizooba @rweizooba.bsky.social · 1d

fortunately, the USSR then played the summit card which worked out in my favor! 💪🏾

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Rwizi Rweizooba @rweizooba.bsky.social · 1d

i was actually lucky to have escaped with a draw on that scoring! my 19 VP lead could have reduced if i hadn't been so strong in that region before all my influence in two battleground countries (iraq and saudi arabia) was removed 😱

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Rwizi Rweizooba @rweizooba.bsky.social · 1d

i thought i had my super satisfying win in the bag... but then it got neutralized out of the blue when the USSR headlined muslim revolution! 🤯

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Rwizi Rweizooba @rweizooba.bsky.social · 1d

middle east scoring had no chance of a nasty defcon surprise and more importantly, i could score 23 VP instead of just 20 VP with camp david accords or even 22 VP with duck & cover (if it somehow didn't get sabotaged). it was perfect... this was the hard dunk I was looking for 😌

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Rwizi Rweizooba @rweizooba.bsky.social · 1d

camp david accords could have given me the one VP i needed without any possibility of defcon drama but it didn't really feel satisfying enough for the climax that i felt i deserved after all the times that this USSR bot had beaten me on this handicap level 🤔

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Rwizi Rweizooba @rweizooba.bsky.social · 1d

duck & cover felt too risky to headline. The USSR (which always has the initiative) could play a headline card that reduced the defcon level to 2 before my duck & cover got activated, resulting in a defcon own goal for me. this has happened to me before, would've crushed me ☢️

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Rwizi Rweizooba @rweizooba.bsky.social · 1d

i entered turn 7 with 19 victory points (VP) and three possible ways to secure that one missing VP in the headline phase and seal the win:
1. camp david accords (1 VP)
2. duck and cover (3 VP)
3. middle east scoring (4 VP)
so i was feeling quite cocky 😏

Wargaming Weekly @wargamingweekly.bsky.social · 1d

"Twilight Struggle" by @gmtgames.bsky.social 🎲

1st time winning as the US with the AI opp at +9 influence handicap 🤖

Very dramatic end! Thought I had it in the bag with my Middle East Scoring but it got neutralized by Muslim Revolution! 🤯

Fortunately the USSR then played the Summit in my favor! 💪🏾

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Wargaming Weekly @wargamingweekly.bsky.social · 1d

"Twilight Struggle" by @gmtgames.bsky.social 🎲

1st time winning as the US with the AI opp at +9 influence handicap 🤖

Very dramatic end! Thought I had it in the bag with my Middle East Scoring but it got neutralized by Muslim Revolution! 🤯

Fortunately the USSR then played the Summit in my favor! 💪🏾

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Rwizi Rweizooba @rweizooba.bsky.social · 3d

this is unironically what it feels like to run a startup

(...to design a wargame too, to be honest)

Rwizi Rweizooba @rweizooba.bsky.social · 7d

“play is one way that nature incentivizes our species to learn. children learn through play. it’s a hyper-motivated way for them to engage in practices that are going to prepare them for participation in society.”

- @pauldarvasi.bsky.social

magazine.utoronto.ca/research-ide...

Humans Are Wired to Learn Through Gaming | U of T Magazine - U of T Magazine

Educators are using everything from Minecraft to Dungeons and Dragons to enhance education for students of all types Read More

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Rwizi Rweizooba @rweizooba.bsky.social · 10d

“you face rejection when recruiting, you face rejection when fundraising. even if a team seems successful, they've all gone through a lot of rejection.”

- michael lingelbach, cofounder and ceo of hedra

speedrun.substack.com/p/the-hardes...

The Hardest Game in the World: Founding a Startup

Four successful a16z speedrun alumni share advice—and warnings—for others considering the path of the startup founder.

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Rwizi Rweizooba @rweizooba.bsky.social · 12d

this is the most deliciously difficult solitaire wargame i have played so far and the best part is that i have barely scratched its surface 🎲

fight-club-intl.bsky.social @fight-club-intl.bsky.social · 12d

Check out @wargamingweekly.bsky.social review of our Readiness Game on Substack. Lots of good feedback we will look to take into an update. Can you lead Freedonia to operational readiness? Join FC and get access to this and all our other analogue games. wargamingweekly.substack.com/p/readiness-...

Wargaming Weekly #044: Am I ready to serve as a Joint Chief after playing this micro wargame?

My review of “Readiness” - an analogue game by Fight Club International

wargamingweekly.substack.com

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fight-club-intl.bsky.social @fight-club-intl.bsky.social · 12d

Check out @wargamingweekly.bsky.social review of our Readiness Game on Substack. Lots of good feedback we will look to take into an update. Can you lead Freedonia to operational readiness? Join FC and get access to this and all our other analogue games. wargamingweekly.substack.com/p/readiness-...

Wargaming Weekly #044: Am I ready to serve as a Joint Chief after playing this micro wargame?

My review of “Readiness” - an analogue game by Fight Club International

wargamingweekly.substack.com

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Rwizi Rweizooba @rweizooba.bsky.social · 14d

funny thing is that as soon as i got into the sequence of play, i realized that i had absolutely bungled my setup 🤣

Rwizi Rweizooba @rweizooba.bsky.social · 16d

i haven't even started turn 1 but just figuring out how to distribute all my 23 units in the game setup has me so exhausted and excited at the same time that i need to take a break!

Wargaming Weekly @wargamingweekly.bsky.social · 16d

About to try "Readiness", a solitaire micro wargame by @fight-club-intl.bsky.social 🎲

You perform the role of Joint Chiefs of Freedonia, a fictional global power 🌎

🔗: www.fightclubinternational.org/readiness-mi...

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Wargaming Weekly @wargamingweekly.bsky.social · 17d

I'm pumped to see @armchairdragoons.bsky.social feature my review of @kingswargaming.bsky.social Wargaming & Strategy certificate in this week's #TuesdayNewsday! 📜

🔗 Read my full review: wargamingweekly.substack.com/p/kcl-wargam...

🔗 Read #TuesdayNewsday here: armchairdragoons.com/tn-093025/ 🗞️

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Armchair Dragoons @armchairdragoons.bsky.social · 19d

Steam Sale/Other Sales, A LOT of New Games, Next Week's Lottery Numbers* ~ #TuesdayNewsday

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Sound the trumpets and update your calendars—#TuesdayNewsday has landed with a fresh wave of intel ⚡️

* results not guaranteed

wp.me/pae4WL-chz

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Wargaming Weekly @wargamingweekly.bsky.social · 27d

"One thing I have noticed about @sebastianbae.bsky.social’s wargame design style is that he doesn’t hold back on using a lot of dice as compact, removable tracks in his games."

🔗 Read the full newsletter here: wargamingweekly.substack.com/p/the-beachh...

Wargaming Weekly #042: How should we model morale in wargaming? (Part 2)

My review of “The Beachhead” by Sebastian Bae (from his Indo-Pacific Micro Wargame Series)

wargamingweekly.substack.com

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Armchair Dragoons @armchairdragoons.bsky.social · Sep 17

Changes at GAMA, The War Room, and More ~ #TuesdayNewsday

Whether you command battalions or just the snack table on game night, #TuesdayNewsday is your weekly sitrep ➡️

wp.me/pae4WL-chx

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Wargaming Weekly @wargamingweekly.bsky.social · Sep 19

I'm happy to see @armchairdragoons.bsky.social feature my latest "Are we ready for AI-powered wargaming?" in this week's #TuesdayNewsday 📜

🔗 Read my full round-up here: wargamingweekly.substack.com/p/are-we-rea... 🤖

🔗 Read the full #TuesdayNewsday here: armchairdragoons.com/tn-091625/ 🗞️

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Pijus Krūminas @pijusk.bsky.social · 26d

I've met @icurtiss.bsky.social at Connections UK last year, where we talked about wargaming as a modelling method, risk gaming and his scenarios for Lux Capital. A couple of weeks ago, we sat down online to talk about these topics, students' games, and other war/riskgaming matters. Enjoy!

The global future of wargaming in Lithuania

open.spotify.com

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Evan D'Alessandro @evandalessandro.bsky.social · Nov 15

If you ever wanted to fight the opening month of a war between the US and China between you and a friend or for 200 people you can do so! Jaws of the Dragon is freely available for download, and I keep it periodically updated as forces change and I read more.
evandalessandro.com/jaws-of-the-...

Jaws of the Dragon

Jaws of the Dragon is a brigade level wargame of a US-China war happening tomorrow.

evandalessandro.com

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Sapper Studio @sapperstudio.bsky.social · 20d

How worried should we be about Russia's escalating electronic warfare (EW) threat on NATO's doorstep? 🧵 (1/4)

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Sapper Studio @sapperstudio.bsky.social · 20d

Satellite imagery has revealed the construction of what may be one of the largest electronic surveillance installations built since the Cold War (2/4)

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