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Meeple Lady

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Phoenix-based game writer. Rulebook editor. Podcaster on @fivebygames.bsky.social. ❤️s euros, historical games, giant tweezers & all things adorable. http://instagram.com/meeplelady/. She/her 🇵🇭 🌵 https://www.boardgamemeeplelady.com/

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Meeple Lady @meeplelady.bsky.social · Aug 19

NEW POST: This is the true story of 14 wargamers picked to live in an airbnb. Find out what happens when people stop being polite — and start getting real. SDHistCon: New Orleans. Weekend spoiler: It was a great time!

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SDHistCon: New Orleans: WWII Museum, Arabian Struggle, Latitude 29 -

This is the true story of 14 wargamers picked to live in an airbnb. Find out what happens when people stop being polite — and start getting real. SDHistCon: New Orleans.

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Meeple Lady @meeplelady.bsky.social · 1d

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Meeple Lady @meeplelady.bsky.social · 1d

Visiting the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center and thought of @drawnonward.bsky.social!

Meeple Lady @meeplelady.bsky.social · 3d

Oh for sure! Something about being straight up in a skyscraper makes my knees weak! 😵‍💫

Meeple Lady @meeplelady.bsky.social · 3d

😂😂😂

Meeple Lady @meeplelady.bsky.social · 3d

I've done those, too! Why do I freak myself out? 😂

Meeple Lady @meeplelady.bsky.social · 3d

Yup! And the mirrored floor was like 😵😵

Meeple Lady @meeplelady.bsky.social · 3d

For someone who does not like heights, this was pretty harrowing 😂 #SummitOne

Me holding on to dear life in a high rise overlooking the Empire State building and New York City

Meeple Lady @meeplelady.bsky.social · 4d

Where's John Wick?

Meeple Lady @meeplelady.bsky.social · 4d

When you're in the Big Apple and you see Keanu Reeves! 😍

Meeple Lady @meeplelady.bsky.social · 6d

I know you'd appreciate it! 🙌🏽

Meeple Lady @meeplelady.bsky.social · 6d

This concert was the best day ever! 😍😍😍

Me and David Duchovny, aka Fox Mulder

Meeple Lady @meeplelady.bsky.social · 8d

Ahhh! I can't wait to get my copy!

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Pijus Krūminas @pijusk.bsky.social · 8d

Last semester we had a Churchill day in the class, and here's the write up of why it works in the educational context.

GMT Games @gmtgames.bsky.social · 9d

Check out our latest InsideGMT article from Pijus Kruminas: "Churchill in the Classroom" @pijusk.bsky.social insidegmt.com/churchill-in...

Churchill in the Classroom

Last semester we started playing Churchill in our wargaming class at ISM University of Management and Economics in Vilnius, Lithuania. This article looks at how the game can contribute to the broad…

Meeple Lady @meeplelady.bsky.social · 10d

Got to see The Format last night! What an awesome show! This is when they brought up the Jimmy Eat World lead singer to sing a Gin Blossoms song. Phoenix-area hometown bands! 🌵

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Fort Circle @fortcircle.bsky.social · 12d

Are there any professors, teachers or home schoolers here who would be willing to write a letter about their usage of our games in an educational setting to be submitted to Customs? If so, shoot me an email to [email protected]

Meeple Lady @meeplelady.bsky.social · 12d

Awesome! Thanks for reading @senetmagazine.bsky.social!

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Brooks Barber @rollplusfun.bsky.social · 12d

Just found a review for Sykes-Picot in @senetmagazine.bsky.social! That was unexpected! Thanks to @meeplelady.bsky.social for the review.

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🥧 suzanne 🥧 @425suzanne.bsky.social · 14d

Most folks who follow me won't be aware of this ongoing trauma for adoptees but for my fellow Korean adoptees, broader international adoptee community, and even larger general adoptee population - it's just tragedy upon tragedy. Sadly, I have little hope the USA will reckon with this properly.

At least 200,000 children, most born to unmarried and impoverished mothers, were sent abroad during this period, primarily to Scandinavia, the United States, and Australia. Records were falsified, families misled, and in some cases, parents were told their babies had died shortly after birth.

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Maurice Suckling @writegameread.bsky.social · 14d

New cards for Rebellion: Britannia prototype. New playtest. Never seen Rome struggle like this before. This suggests Rome is harder to play for new players. (Silures have lapped the other factions on the score track.)

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SirBearsworth.bsky.social @sirbearsworth.bsky.social · 14d

I know you're reading this, wondering what I sound like..... well you can find out here as I and a bunch of other amazing people talk board games

The Five By @fivebygames.bsky.social · 14d

It's time for another episode! We've got animals, constellations, aliens and more! Check out what Justin, @panda8ngel.bsky.social, @ovenall.bsky.social, @sirbearsworth.bsky.social and @bookofnerds.bsky.social are playing!

thefiveby.fireside.fm/165

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Andrew Bucholtz @andrewbucholtz.bsky.social · 14d

New post (free): Why local TV ownership matters for sports: andrewbucholtz.com/posts/why-lo....

Why local TV ownership matters for sports

andrewbucholtz.com

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Andrew Bucholtz @andrewbucholtz.bsky.social · 14d

Some career news: I'm no longer at Awful Announcing, and have launched my own sports business/sports media site/newsletter, Bucholtz Sports Media. Free and premium subscription options, plus an intro on what I have planned, viewable here: andrewbucholtz.com.

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Taylor Shuss @drawnonward.bsky.social · 14d

Been quietly working on Fold & Fly! lately. Would any reviewers be interested in a copy pre-PAX U? Ideally US-based but open to discussion. I think I already have 2 lined up so a third feels natural.

Feel free to reply here or DM me!

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Pijus Krūminas @pijusk.bsky.social · 14d

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

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 14d

Happy #PunctuationDay! What punctuation would YOU buy?

Illustration of a sign advertising punctuation for sale. Beside the sign is a pony-tailed woman on a typewriter at a desk. Punctuation for sale includes a comma (5 cents), hypen (15 cents), ellipsis (27 cents), Em dash (30 cents), silcrow (42 cents), semicolon (61 cents), and guillemets (75 cents).