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Nils Johansson

@zweigefuhle.bsky.social

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Artist 🠚 France. Nerdissimo for paper simulations, History gaming and all things maps. #boardwargames Bio + Art samples: https://armchairdragoons.com/nilsj/ https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameartist/51906/nils-johansson/linkeditems/boardgameartist

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Nils Johansson @zweigefuhle.bsky.social · Nov 19

Cartography — Data visualization

Ongoing thread. A personal primer to cartographic approaches 🗾 and works 📚 underlying all my map projects and that go beyond our hobby's perennial dogma on functionality versus form.

"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known."
— Carl Sagan.

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Naked Cardboard @nakedcardboard.com · 29d

Here's the cover art for Brian Asklev's Baltic Empires. Gorgeous! @zweigefuhle.bsky.social @gmtgames.bsky.social

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Nils Johansson @zweigefuhle.bsky.social · Sep 19

🙌 My part is now entirely done so this will definitely get a printing slot asap.
Thanks for the kind word!

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Nils Johansson @zweigefuhle.bsky.social · Sep 19

Just a couple of edits to carry out and then it's back in the hands of GMT.

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Nils Johansson @zweigefuhle.bsky.social · Sep 19

Nothing Roman/Byzantine on the horizon for 2025-2026. Does the 'Wars of the Diadochi' count? 😜

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Nils Johansson @zweigefuhle.bsky.social · Jun 18

Done. Didn't realise you had made the transition from the other place! 🙌

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Nicola S @6xwa.bsky.social · Jun 5

Next Saturday for @sdhistcon.bsky.social Second Front 2025, I will be hosting a panel about @snafustore.bsky.social with Oscar Olivier (head honcho) and artist extraordinaire @zweigefuhle.bsky.social. A 6-handed interview and we will showcase a few of SNAFU games.
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Nils Johansson @zweigefuhle.bsky.social · May 30

Especially when you can - also - get two other wonderful entries into the Series. 😂

After Spain... Russia!

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Nils Johansson @zweigefuhle.bsky.social · May 26

Thanks a million 🙏

Nils Johansson @zweigefuhle.bsky.social · May 26

Games came first. Art is a natural byproduct of my day-job at the time and of my love for all things maps.

Nils Johansson @zweigefuhle.bsky.social · May 26

Absolutely. I need, at a minimum, a draft of the rules (and it's not a given at all, believe me...) and a few play-testing sessions. I'm particularly interested in designing components that make sense - during - play or for key moments when playing.

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Nils Johansson @zweigefuhle.bsky.social · May 25

Top 10 historical boardgames of 2024 as voted by the Homo Ludens community! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Fred Serval @fredserval.bsky.social · May 25

Here it is, for the first time this year the Homo Ludens community rewards the best historical games of last year! Featuring games by @gmtgames.bsky.social @soundofdrumsgames.bsky.social @ospreygames.bsky.social @vucasimulations.bsky.social and many more 😎
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Best Historical Boardgames of 2024 - Golden Luddite Award

YouTube video by Homo Ludens

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Nils Johansson @zweigefuhle.bsky.social · May 24

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Nils Johansson @zweigefuhle.bsky.social · May 24

Awfully kind Jason, thank you!
Had the same feeling until Joe Dewhurst introduced me to his new COIN design. Players compete to align lots of factions to their cause and play distributes nearly across the full length of the map. It's definitely one of the more interesting takes on the series.