Ian TB
@iantb.bsky.social
Retired #Marine, scribbler, #wargame analyst, podcast co-host, geek. Author of “A New Conception of War” on #USMC reading list. All views my own.
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If you want to make it to Veterans Day
you first have to survive the Marine Corps Birthday.
you first have to survive the Marine Corps Birthday.
November 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
If you want to make it to Veterans Day
you first have to survive the Marine Corps Birthday.
you first have to survive the Marine Corps Birthday.
Get your #wargaming week going with my AAR of the “Wargaming as an Analytical and Training Tool in Military and Civilian Environment” conference at AWL a few weeks back. It was a deeply illuminating experience:
people…
armchairdragoons.com/serious-peop...
people…
armchairdragoons.com/serious-peop...
November 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Get your #wargaming week going with my AAR of the “Wargaming as an Analytical and Training Tool in Military and Civilian Environment” conference at AWL a few weeks back. It was a deeply illuminating experience:
people…
armchairdragoons.com/serious-peop...
people…
armchairdragoons.com/serious-peop...
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Happy Birthday Devil Dogs!
250!!!
250!!!
a man with glasses is screaming in front of another man
ALT: a man with glasses is screaming in front of another man
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Happy Birthday Devil Dogs!
250!!!
250!!!
These New England Patriots are for real.
November 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
These New England Patriots are for real.
Saw Iliza Shlesinger’s DC show tonight and she asked 4 people in the audience what they did and they all gave the most DC answers possible:
“Technical salesman”
“CPA”
“Program Manager”
“Navy”
“Technical salesman”
“CPA”
“Program Manager”
“Navy”
November 9, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Saw Iliza Shlesinger’s DC show tonight and she asked 4 people in the audience what they did and they all gave the most DC answers possible:
“Technical salesman”
“CPA”
“Program Manager”
“Navy”
“Technical salesman”
“CPA”
“Program Manager”
“Navy”
LOAC is about two things: creating space for a lasting peace when the fight’s over, and more importantly, ensuring that when your own troops come home they don’t spend the rest of their lives looking in the mirror and seeing a monster look back at them.
The laws of war are not mere niceties. They are lessons from centuries of blood agreed upon to keep the world more stable.
Violating them isn’t hero cop who cuts through red tape to get things done, it’s psycho cop who crosses lines in ways even the rule benders find appalling and must be stopped.
Violating them isn’t hero cop who cuts through red tape to get things done, it’s psycho cop who crosses lines in ways even the rule benders find appalling and must be stopped.
November 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
LOAC is about two things: creating space for a lasting peace when the fight’s over, and more importantly, ensuring that when your own troops come home they don’t spend the rest of their lives looking in the mirror and seeing a monster look back at them.
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NEW: Top 10 things SECDEF is spending money on while you’re not getting paid www.duffelblog.com/top-10-thing...
Top 10 things SECDEF is spending money on while you’re not getting paid
It's nice to know he's having the time of his life.
www.duffelblog.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
NEW: Top 10 things SECDEF is spending money on while you’re not getting paid www.duffelblog.com/top-10-thing...
#Wargaming ICYMI #3–my #ManeuverWarfare #cardgame has a page on @boardgamegeek.com; check it out for the rules PDF, and by all means, if you have questions about how something works in the game, PLEASE ask them!
@thedietzfoundation.bsky.social
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/45...
@thedietzfoundation.bsky.social
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/45...
November 5, 2025 at 1:11 AM
#Wargaming ICYMI #3–my #ManeuverWarfare #cardgame has a page on @boardgamegeek.com; check it out for the rules PDF, and by all means, if you have questions about how something works in the game, PLEASE ask them!
@thedietzfoundation.bsky.social
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/45...
@thedietzfoundation.bsky.social
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/45...
#Wargaming ICYMI #2–my write-up on the recent #wargaming conference at AWL:
www.spa.com/focus-global...
www.spa.com/focus-global...
Global Reflections: Insights from Wargaming Conference
On October 14-15, 2025, I attended the inaugural conference on “Wargaming as an Analytical and Training Tool in Military and Civilian Environment…”
www.spa.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:04 AM
#Wargaming ICYMI #2–my write-up on the recent #wargaming conference at AWL:
www.spa.com/focus-global...
www.spa.com/focus-global...
#Wargaming ICYMI #1–check out my interview w/ @playersaidblog.bsky.social on the design philosophy, development, and gameplay of my #ManeuverWarfare #cardgame from @thedietzfoundation.bsky.social:
theplayersaid.com/2025/10/27/i...
theplayersaid.com/2025/10/27/i...
November 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
#Wargaming ICYMI #1–check out my interview w/ @playersaidblog.bsky.social on the design philosophy, development, and gameplay of my #ManeuverWarfare #cardgame from @thedietzfoundation.bsky.social:
theplayersaid.com/2025/10/27/i...
theplayersaid.com/2025/10/27/i...
Thanks for the share!
"As this conference made clear, virtually every NATO country is implementing wargaming in some fashion—connecting those efforts under a common architecture will make the whole greater than the sum of its parts."
- @iantb.bsky.social (Wargame Analyst at Group W)
www.spa.com/focus-global...
- @iantb.bsky.social (Wargame Analyst at Group W)
www.spa.com/focus-global...
Global Reflections: Insights from Wargaming Conference
On October 14-15, 2025, I attended the inaugural conference on “Wargaming as an Analytical and Training Tool in Military and Civilian Environment…”
www.spa.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Thanks for the share!
Michael Pigford
11/4/2024
Not forgotten. S/F.
11/4/2024
Not forgotten. S/F.
November 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Michael Pigford
11/4/2024
Not forgotten. S/F.
11/4/2024
Not forgotten. S/F.
Got my game designer’s box of #ManeuverWarfare today from @thedietzfoundation.bsky.social! Can’t wait to find some worthy gaming tables for these. #wargaming
November 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Got my game designer’s box of #ManeuverWarfare today from @thedietzfoundation.bsky.social! Can’t wait to find some worthy gaming tables for these. #wargaming
Weekend #wargaming with the youngest. Time to target the shield generators:
November 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Weekend #wargaming with the youngest. Time to target the shield generators:
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Your regularly scheduled reminder of one of the pioneering groups of what is now called operations research was a group of teen and twenty something women led by a gamer too ill for sea duty trying to do their part to defend their island home.
This here is one of the great U-boat hunters of the Second World War.
Grab a comfy seat and a glass of something pleasing. We're going on a journey...
Grab a comfy seat and a glass of something pleasing. We're going on a journey...
November 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Your regularly scheduled reminder of one of the pioneering groups of what is now called operations research was a group of teen and twenty something women led by a gamer too ill for sea duty trying to do their part to defend their island home.
Ok Blue Jays, let’s play ball.
October 31, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Ok Blue Jays, let’s play ball.
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from "Star Wars", "Star Trek", "Doctor Who", or "Transformers".
October 30, 2025 at 12:27 PM
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from "Star Wars", "Star Trek", "Doctor Who", or "Transformers".
Let the lie come into the world, let it even triumph. But not through me.
October 28, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Let the lie come into the world, let it even triumph. But not through me.
It’s a little box, but it holds three years of my life. My thanks to @playersaidblog.bsky.social for the chance to tell the story of #ManeuverWarfare from @thedietzfoundation.bsky.social from inception of publication. Keep #wargaming! #USMC #Marines
theplayersaid.com/2025/10/27/i...
theplayersaid.com/2025/10/27/i...
October 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
It’s a little box, but it holds three years of my life. My thanks to @playersaidblog.bsky.social for the chance to tell the story of #ManeuverWarfare from @thedietzfoundation.bsky.social from inception of publication. Keep #wargaming! #USMC #Marines
theplayersaid.com/2025/10/27/i...
theplayersaid.com/2025/10/27/i...
My thanks to @playersaidblog.bsky.social for their interview on my #ManeuverWarfare #wargame game from @thedietzfoundation.bsky.social. This is perhaps the most exhaustive discussion of the game’s origins, development, and mechanics available to date:
theplayersaid.com/2025/10/27/i...
theplayersaid.com/2025/10/27/i...
October 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
My thanks to @playersaidblog.bsky.social for their interview on my #ManeuverWarfare #wargame game from @thedietzfoundation.bsky.social. This is perhaps the most exhaustive discussion of the game’s origins, development, and mechanics available to date:
theplayersaid.com/2025/10/27/i...
theplayersaid.com/2025/10/27/i...
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Our interview with Ian Brown designer of #Maneuver Warfare from The Dietz Foundation. theplayersaid.com/2025/10/27/i...
Interview with Ian Brown Designer of #Maneuver Warfare from The Dietz Foundation
I am always very interested in games that are designed by veterans as they bring a very real experience and viewpoint on the subjects they are trying to tackle. What’s that old saying…“straight fro…
theplayersaid.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Our interview with Ian Brown designer of #Maneuver Warfare from The Dietz Foundation. theplayersaid.com/2025/10/27/i...
For Kyle.
10/26/2009
Not forgotten. S/F.
10/26/2009
Not forgotten. S/F.
October 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
For Kyle.
10/26/2009
Not forgotten. S/F.
10/26/2009
Not forgotten. S/F.
The PDF rulebook for #ManeuverWarfare is now up on @boardgamegeek.com! URL for download is below:
@thedietzfoundation.bsky.social #wargaming #USMC #Marines
boardgamegeek.com/filepage/309...
@thedietzfoundation.bsky.social #wargaming #USMC #Marines
boardgamegeek.com/filepage/309...
October 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The PDF rulebook for #ManeuverWarfare is now up on @boardgamegeek.com! URL for download is below:
@thedietzfoundation.bsky.social #wargaming #USMC #Marines
boardgamegeek.com/filepage/309...
@thedietzfoundation.bsky.social #wargaming #USMC #Marines
boardgamegeek.com/filepage/309...