venezuela's major metropolitan areas are all somewhat inland because the spanish were worried about this exact situation: pirates conquering their towns.

i'm 100% serious about the pirates part

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Some last minute prototyping before I (hopefully) fly out to the San Diego Historical Gaming Convention ✊

Sous les pavés la plage with @fredserval.bsky.social & @joedewhurst.bsky.social

At @sdhistcon.bsky.social 🎲✂️

A map/diagram design doodle this evening. Historical snapshots of polities around the Black Sea, with extents taken from www.worldhistorymaps.info.

I never thought I would see something like this in my lifetime. California finally decided to rip the band-aid off and fix the state's zoning.

good morning, i wrote a manifesto about a new direction for game design / play
possumcreek.medium.com/the-expressi...

this is absolutely electric.

here's some first thoughts about jay's inclusion of Molly House in this manifesto (I was nodding along while reading and honoured to see it mentioned!) and how we sort of stumbled into this approach.

I'm not sure when it got posted, but I'm so happy that my GDC talk from a couple years ago about historical games is finally publicly viewable over at the GDC vault.
gdcvault.com/play/1029322...

I…maybe needed to see this right now

There should be a superhero movie where the villain conquers the universe, serves out his term, then 100 years later the galaxy transitions to a Republic, but there are controversies about how to teach the galactocides of Lord Doomheart to young people without damaging their sense of civic pride.

When confronted by Trump, so many people and organizations look to polling for guidance, get paralyzed, talk in circles or just fold like a cheap suit. Disabled American Veterans, on the other hand, has taken the right approach. This is how you respond.

A few snippets from a very unexpected commission to work on a COIN game.

Total freedom to come up with a map for the next volume in the COIN Series: The Ōnin War, Muromachi Japan.

A game by Joe Dewhurst.

A tribute to Kisai Risshō (Hiroshige II).

@volko.bsky.social
@joedewhurst.bsky.social

“Andor” offers a vision of the Empire as a genuinely terrifying force, not as faceless drones with terrible aim, FP’s @beijingpalmer.bsky.social writes.

donald trump has nothing to worry about. a corrupt oligarch with a campaign run by paul manafort has never been brought down over his decision to turn away from closer trade ties with europe in favor of submission to russian domination

After 2+ years in development, Rayroads should finally be out this year.

Your world is dying. Drain the life from your sun to propel your trains through the void, crack open new planets to exploit their precious minerals, and increase your company’s value to shareholders as all of you go extinct.

Foxes & Lions, an Italian Wars game I am co-designing with Paul Wright, hit the table with a testing group yesterday! A great time was had—and we got fantastic feedback to incorporate. I am very excited. (Also don’t mind our prototype map lolll.)

Spending this morning with @lukeevison.bsky.social and @mildamatildagames.bsky.social Hell Raisers. I haven't played it in a couple months, and it's feeling very close. I cannot wait for everyone to see what y'all (including @josephnschmidt.bsky.social and @wehrlegig.games ) have been up to!