Hethwill Wargames
@hethwill.bsky.social
Wargames hobbyist. Curious about conflict history and age of sail aficionado.
Blog @ wargamercoffeebreak.com
Ad infinitum designing - 'A Sprinkling of Nobility' - a diceless age of sail tactical naval wargame.
Blog @ wargamercoffeebreak.com
Ad infinitum designing - 'A Sprinkling of Nobility' - a diceless age of sail tactical naval wargame.
Pinned
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#WIP shot of my most recent Black Seas ships- a French brig and French frigate. Once these are fully rigged and based I’ll finally be able to play a game a year after I started this project. As the instructions say, rigging is fiddly….
January 4, 2026 at 11:40 PM
#WIP shot of my most recent Black Seas ships- a French brig and French frigate. Once these are fully rigged and based I’ll finally be able to play a game a year after I started this project. As the instructions say, rigging is fiddly….
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Working on 1704, a game about Marlborough's campaign using Atlantic Chase style trajectories. When I ran out of time, we see Marlborough has cornered Marsin and the Elector Count at Ingolstadt while Eugene stands at Blenheim to block Villeroi and Tallard.
#gamedesign #wargaming
#gamedesign #wargaming
January 4, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Working on 1704, a game about Marlborough's campaign using Atlantic Chase style trajectories. When I ran out of time, we see Marlborough has cornered Marsin and the Elector Count at Ingolstadt while Eugene stands at Blenheim to block Villeroi and Tallard.
#gamedesign #wargaming
#gamedesign #wargaming
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🚨 THIS WEEK TO PATREON AND APPLE SUBS🚨 Renaissance surgeons built prosthetics with moving joints—yes, really. 🦾
Dr Alanna Skuse uncovers this forgotten innovation
🎧 Listen now: www.patreon.com/post...
#HistoryRage #Podcast #MedicalHistory #Prosthetics #Renaissance #AlannaSkuse
Dr Alanna Skuse uncovers this forgotten innovation
🎧 Listen now: www.patreon.com/post...
#HistoryRage #Podcast #MedicalHistory #Prosthetics #Renaissance #AlannaSkuse
January 4, 2026 at 12:01 PM
🚨 THIS WEEK TO PATREON AND APPLE SUBS🚨 Renaissance surgeons built prosthetics with moving joints—yes, really. 🦾
Dr Alanna Skuse uncovers this forgotten innovation
🎧 Listen now: www.patreon.com/post...
#HistoryRage #Podcast #MedicalHistory #Prosthetics #Renaissance #AlannaSkuse
Dr Alanna Skuse uncovers this forgotten innovation
🎧 Listen now: www.patreon.com/post...
#HistoryRage #Podcast #MedicalHistory #Prosthetics #Renaissance #AlannaSkuse
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Alexandros is a fantastic old-school game. All players decide how Alexander moves around the region, dividing it into regions as he moves. And then we fight for control of those regions.
One of the players asked to buy my copy when we finished!
One of the players asked to buy my copy when we finished!
January 4, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Alexandros is a fantastic old-school game. All players decide how Alexander moves around the region, dividing it into regions as he moves. And then we fight for control of those regions.
One of the players asked to buy my copy when we finished!
One of the players asked to buy my copy when we finished!
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January 3, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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Euryalus (36), commanded by Captain Blackwood,She accompanied Victory, repeating Nelson’s signals. Blackwood also commanded the line of repeating frigates that signalled the Franco-Spanish fleet’s departure from Cádiz.
🎨Geoff Hunt
#NavalHistory #Trafalgar #Signals #RoyalNavy
🎨Geoff Hunt
#NavalHistory #Trafalgar #Signals #RoyalNavy
January 3, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Euryalus (36), commanded by Captain Blackwood,She accompanied Victory, repeating Nelson’s signals. Blackwood also commanded the line of repeating frigates that signalled the Franco-Spanish fleet’s departure from Cádiz.
🎨Geoff Hunt
#NavalHistory #Trafalgar #Signals #RoyalNavy
🎨Geoff Hunt
#NavalHistory #Trafalgar #Signals #RoyalNavy
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🚩 Signal of the Day — Signal No. 3 (1804) ⚓
"Order of Sail"
Royal Navy signal book, form the established order of sailing, taking the course off the Admiral
#DockYardTalk #NavalSignals #RoyalNavy #AgeOfSail #MaritimeHistory
"Order of Sail"
Royal Navy signal book, form the established order of sailing, taking the course off the Admiral
#DockYardTalk #NavalSignals #RoyalNavy #AgeOfSail #MaritimeHistory
January 3, 2026 at 1:01 PM
🚩 Signal of the Day — Signal No. 3 (1804) ⚓
"Order of Sail"
Royal Navy signal book, form the established order of sailing, taking the course off the Admiral
#DockYardTalk #NavalSignals #RoyalNavy #AgeOfSail #MaritimeHistory
"Order of Sail"
Royal Navy signal book, form the established order of sailing, taking the course off the Admiral
#DockYardTalk #NavalSignals #RoyalNavy #AgeOfSail #MaritimeHistory
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Here's a picture of the 12 episodes that I released over on the channel in 2025 (not including challenges, announcements, bonus videos, etc.).
I also have a couple of pictures of what's coming next in my latest newsletter (if that's of interest):
crookedstaff.substack.com/p/crooked-st...
#ttrpg
I also have a couple of pictures of what's coming next in my latest newsletter (if that's of interest):
crookedstaff.substack.com/p/crooked-st...
#ttrpg
January 3, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Here's a picture of the 12 episodes that I released over on the channel in 2025 (not including challenges, announcements, bonus videos, etc.).
I also have a couple of pictures of what's coming next in my latest newsletter (if that's of interest):
crookedstaff.substack.com/p/crooked-st...
#ttrpg
I also have a couple of pictures of what's coming next in my latest newsletter (if that's of interest):
crookedstaff.substack.com/p/crooked-st...
#ttrpg
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January 3, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Storm weekend plans revolve in-house and dialing the time machine back 358 years.
What is your time machine set to ?
#wargaming
What is your time machine set to ?
#wargaming
January 3, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Storm weekend plans revolve in-house and dialing the time machine back 358 years.
What is your time machine set to ?
#wargaming
What is your time machine set to ?
#wargaming
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‘In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.’ ~ Tolkien. #BookWormSat
January 3, 2026 at 8:41 AM
‘In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.’ ~ Tolkien. #BookWormSat
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Q for #navalwargaming Skyvers:
Trying to figure out paint schemes for RN and RM ships in Mediterranean in WW2.
Any good websites?
Trying to figure out paint schemes for RN and RM ships in Mediterranean in WW2.
Any good websites?
January 2, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Q for #navalwargaming Skyvers:
Trying to figure out paint schemes for RN and RM ships in Mediterranean in WW2.
Any good websites?
Trying to figure out paint schemes for RN and RM ships in Mediterranean in WW2.
Any good websites?
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No, it’s not a used bookstore find, it’s the first instalment of a history of a large WW1 naval game that I ran for 11 players between June and November last year. Terrific fun.
madpadrewargames.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...
#navalwargaming #greatwaratsea #wargaming
madpadrewargames.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...
#navalwargaming #greatwaratsea #wargaming
January 3, 2026 at 3:49 AM
No, it’s not a used bookstore find, it’s the first instalment of a history of a large WW1 naval game that I ran for 11 players between June and November last year. Terrific fun.
madpadrewargames.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...
#navalwargaming #greatwaratsea #wargaming
madpadrewargames.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...
#navalwargaming #greatwaratsea #wargaming
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Oh neat, there's apparently another film treatment of the Battle of Drøbak Sound (youtu.be/ccz0EXDYg9E?...) and the sinking of the Blücher. Alas, as with the King's Choice (2016) it doesn't seem like they included Eriksen's incredible "Either I will be decorated or I will be court-martialed. Fire!"
The sinking of Blücher - The Battle of Oslo (2025)
YouTube video by ashton
youtu.be
January 3, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Oh neat, there's apparently another film treatment of the Battle of Drøbak Sound (youtu.be/ccz0EXDYg9E?...) and the sinking of the Blücher. Alas, as with the King's Choice (2016) it doesn't seem like they included Eriksen's incredible "Either I will be decorated or I will be court-martialed. Fire!"
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Young boy reading book in a ruined bookshop in London devastated by an air raid - 1940
January 3, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Young boy reading book in a ruined bookshop in London devastated by an air raid - 1940
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Still plenty of badges for The 2026 Armchair Dragoons Digital Convention 🤠
2-1/2 days of wargames, talk shows, presentations, learn-to-play sessions, and more!
🎲 It's the best value in wargaming 💰
📆 16-18 January, all online 🧑💻
http://tinyurl.com/acdc26
2-1/2 days of wargames, talk shows, presentations, learn-to-play sessions, and more!
🎲 It's the best value in wargaming 💰
📆 16-18 January, all online 🧑💻
http://tinyurl.com/acdc26
January 2, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Still plenty of badges for The 2026 Armchair Dragoons Digital Convention 🤠
2-1/2 days of wargames, talk shows, presentations, learn-to-play sessions, and more!
🎲 It's the best value in wargaming 💰
📆 16-18 January, all online 🧑💻
http://tinyurl.com/acdc26
2-1/2 days of wargames, talk shows, presentations, learn-to-play sessions, and more!
🎲 It's the best value in wargaming 💰
📆 16-18 January, all online 🧑💻
http://tinyurl.com/acdc26
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Another Clay…
…is on its way
I’ve just sent the completed manuscript for book 12 in the Alexander Clay series, Clay and the Sublime Porte, to my editor.
#AmReading #AlexanderClay #RoyalNavy
…is on its way
I’ve just sent the completed manuscript for book 12 in the Alexander Clay series, Clay and the Sublime Porte, to my editor.
#AmReading #AlexanderClay #RoyalNavy
January 2, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Another Clay…
…is on its way
I’ve just sent the completed manuscript for book 12 in the Alexander Clay series, Clay and the Sublime Porte, to my editor.
#AmReading #AlexanderClay #RoyalNavy
…is on its way
I’ve just sent the completed manuscript for book 12 in the Alexander Clay series, Clay and the Sublime Porte, to my editor.
#AmReading #AlexanderClay #RoyalNavy
Walking into 2026 like…
January 2, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Walking into 2026 like…
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More info about the event : www.formsquaregames.com/squarebash
SquareBASH! — Form Square Games | Boardgames Wargames
www.formsquaregames.com
January 2, 2026 at 12:04 PM
More info about the event : www.formsquaregames.com/squarebash
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From January 30th to February 1st, Snafu DT will attend the SquareBASH! Convention at Gatwick...
We kindly invite all our btitish fans to get there and meet us, we will run some demos of our latests games... Tarqui, Bollebank, Nothing Left to Bomb and 12 Hours at Maleme!
We kindly invite all our btitish fans to get there and meet us, we will run some demos of our latests games... Tarqui, Bollebank, Nothing Left to Bomb and 12 Hours at Maleme!
January 2, 2026 at 12:03 PM
From January 30th to February 1st, Snafu DT will attend the SquareBASH! Convention at Gatwick...
We kindly invite all our btitish fans to get there and meet us, we will run some demos of our latests games... Tarqui, Bollebank, Nothing Left to Bomb and 12 Hours at Maleme!
We kindly invite all our btitish fans to get there and meet us, we will run some demos of our latests games... Tarqui, Bollebank, Nothing Left to Bomb and 12 Hours at Maleme!
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🚨New episode🚨- Napoleon's rise from Lieutenant to Emperor! Special guest & director of Napoleonic Studies at Florida State University Rafe Blaufarb joins the show to discuss Napoleon's improbable rise from an artillery officer to Emperor. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
#napoleon #rise
#napoleon #rise
January 2, 2026 at 12:43 PM
🚨New episode🚨- Napoleon's rise from Lieutenant to Emperor! Special guest & director of Napoleonic Studies at Florida State University Rafe Blaufarb joins the show to discuss Napoleon's improbable rise from an artillery officer to Emperor. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
#napoleon #rise
#napoleon #rise
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🚩 Signal of the Day — Signal No. 2 (1804) ⚓
In the Royal Navy signal book, this was the first and most urgent hoist:
"Prepare for Battle"
#DockYardTalk #NavalSignals #RoyalNavy #AgeOfSail #MaritimeHistory
In the Royal Navy signal book, this was the first and most urgent hoist:
"Prepare for Battle"
#DockYardTalk #NavalSignals #RoyalNavy #AgeOfSail #MaritimeHistory
January 2, 2026 at 1:00 PM
🚩 Signal of the Day — Signal No. 2 (1804) ⚓
In the Royal Navy signal book, this was the first and most urgent hoist:
"Prepare for Battle"
#DockYardTalk #NavalSignals #RoyalNavy #AgeOfSail #MaritimeHistory
In the Royal Navy signal book, this was the first and most urgent hoist:
"Prepare for Battle"
#DockYardTalk #NavalSignals #RoyalNavy #AgeOfSail #MaritimeHistory
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#taldiacomavui de fa 11 anys estava fent una de les primeres proves del joc que després publicaríem amb
@snafustore.bsky.social , el primer de tots, Ambon.
@snafustore.bsky.social , el primer de tots, Ambon.
December 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
#taldiacomavui de fa 11 anys estava fent una de les primeres proves del joc que després publicaríem amb
@snafustore.bsky.social , el primer de tots, Ambon.
@snafustore.bsky.social , el primer de tots, Ambon.
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"Toulon Blockade"
Surprise meets Victory, 19 June 1796. Just two months after her capture from the French (l’Unité), Surprise, under Captain Miller, reported to Admiral Sir John Jervis aboard Victory off Toulon. A brief but historic meeting of two legendary ships.
🎨 Geoff Hunt
#NavalHistory
Surprise meets Victory, 19 June 1796. Just two months after her capture from the French (l’Unité), Surprise, under Captain Miller, reported to Admiral Sir John Jervis aboard Victory off Toulon. A brief but historic meeting of two legendary ships.
🎨 Geoff Hunt
#NavalHistory
January 2, 2026 at 11:23 AM
"Toulon Blockade"
Surprise meets Victory, 19 June 1796. Just two months after her capture from the French (l’Unité), Surprise, under Captain Miller, reported to Admiral Sir John Jervis aboard Victory off Toulon. A brief but historic meeting of two legendary ships.
🎨 Geoff Hunt
#NavalHistory
Surprise meets Victory, 19 June 1796. Just two months after her capture from the French (l’Unité), Surprise, under Captain Miller, reported to Admiral Sir John Jervis aboard Victory off Toulon. A brief but historic meeting of two legendary ships.
🎨 Geoff Hunt
#NavalHistory
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Sign Up to Play Online #LittoralCommander: #SpaceForce at @armchairdragoons.bsky.social online wargaming convetion.
Badges for the con are available at: tabletop.events/conventions/...
Badges for the con are available at: tabletop.events/conventions/...
January 2, 2026 at 4:28 AM
Sign Up to Play Online #LittoralCommander: #SpaceForce at @armchairdragoons.bsky.social online wargaming convetion.
Badges for the con are available at: tabletop.events/conventions/...
Badges for the con are available at: tabletop.events/conventions/...