Alex Knight
@alexknight.bsky.social
Award-winning game designer of Land and Freedom (Blue Panther), Hammer and Sickle (GMT P500), John Brown, and more! https://www.gmtgames.com/p-1081-hammer-and-sickle.aspx
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Alex Knight
@alexknight.bsky.social
· Nov 21
Hammer and Sickle is now up for pre-order from GMT! An easy-to-learn asymmetric game on the Russian Civil War. Anarchists, Bolsheviks, New Nations, and Whites compete through negotiation, bluffing, and managing their unique powers. www.gmtgames.com/p-1081-hamme...
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War Story: Occupied France is the winner of this year's @sdhistcon.bsky.social Summit Award!
Huge congratulations to @djackthompson.bsky.social, Dave Neale, @kwanchai.bsky.social and the whole team here at Osprey Games 👏👏👏
Read more and find the other amazing finalists https://bit.ly/4qWpgbk
Huge congratulations to @djackthompson.bsky.social, Dave Neale, @kwanchai.bsky.social and the whole team here at Osprey Games 👏👏👏
Read more and find the other amazing finalists https://bit.ly/4qWpgbk
November 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
War Story: Occupied France is the winner of this year's @sdhistcon.bsky.social Summit Award!
Huge congratulations to @djackthompson.bsky.social, Dave Neale, @kwanchai.bsky.social and the whole team here at Osprey Games 👏👏👏
Read more and find the other amazing finalists https://bit.ly/4qWpgbk
Huge congratulations to @djackthompson.bsky.social, Dave Neale, @kwanchai.bsky.social and the whole team here at Osprey Games 👏👏👏
Read more and find the other amazing finalists https://bit.ly/4qWpgbk
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Had an amazing time demoing Cross-Bronx Expressway for two tables at @sdhistcon.bsky.social this morning. Thanks to @alexknight.bsky.social, @yoyoni.bsky.social, and Justin DeVries (and, not pictured, @mirikuski.bsky.social, Damani Pant, and Nathaniel James) for playing!
November 8, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Had an amazing time demoing Cross-Bronx Expressway for two tables at @sdhistcon.bsky.social this morning. Thanks to @alexknight.bsky.social, @yoyoni.bsky.social, and Justin DeVries (and, not pictured, @mirikuski.bsky.social, Damani Pant, and Nathaniel James) for playing!
A celebration of the Summit Award, highlighting board games that matter and push the boundaries (like past winners by @fredserval.bsky.social and @downtowntbrown.bsky.social), and what winning it for an anti-fascist game like Land and Freedom means in this climate. sdhist.com/alex-knight-...
Alex Knight: What the Summit Award means to me – SDHist
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November 4, 2025 at 1:32 AM
A celebration of the Summit Award, highlighting board games that matter and push the boundaries (like past winners by @fredserval.bsky.social and @downtowntbrown.bsky.social), and what winning it for an anti-fascist game like Land and Freedom means in this climate. sdhist.com/alex-knight-...
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We have a new Conflicts of Interest Online post, where designer @alexknight.bsky.social writes about what receiving the 2024 Summit Award has meant to him. Check it out here: sdhist.com/alex-knight-...
November 4, 2025 at 12:43 AM
We have a new Conflicts of Interest Online post, where designer @alexknight.bsky.social writes about what receiving the 2024 Summit Award has meant to him. Check it out here: sdhist.com/alex-knight-...
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Statement of support from historians at Columbia University and Barnard College. Thank you for your solidarity!
We recognize in the case of Rutgers historian Mark Bray a threat to us all
We, the undersigned historians at Columbia University and Barnard College, write to express our profound dismay at the events involving historian Professor Mark Bray, a scholar of anti-fascist politic...
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October 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Statement of support from historians at Columbia University and Barnard College. Thank you for your solidarity!
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#OtD 16 Oct 1859 abolitionists led by John Brown, including Black people recruited by Harriet Tubman, raided a federal armoury in Harpers Ferry, WV, to get weapons to arm enslaved people. Several were killed, and Brown later executed for treason stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8828...
October 16, 2025 at 7:25 PM
#OtD 16 Oct 1859 abolitionists led by John Brown, including Black people recruited by Harriet Tubman, raided a federal armoury in Harpers Ferry, WV, to get weapons to arm enslaved people. Several were killed, and Brown later executed for treason stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8828...
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#OtD 26 Sep 1919 during the Russian revolution, the anarchist Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine ended months of retreat and turned in a successful surprise attack on the pursuing counter-revolutionary White Army of Gen Denikin. Learn more: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
September 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM
#OtD 26 Sep 1919 during the Russian revolution, the anarchist Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine ended months of retreat and turned in a successful surprise attack on the pursuing counter-revolutionary White Army of Gen Denikin. Learn more: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
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NEW EPISODE! I chat with @gregisonthego.bsky.social about his excellent zine RULEBOOKS FOR RADICALS, his work, and finding design inspiration in dire times. We only got sidetracked on Process Era 76'ers for a tiny bit, but GDDD is never a slave to the algorithm. www.buzzsprout.com/1993070/epis...
Radical Rulebooks with Greg Loring-Albright, PhD - Game Design Deep Dive
Greg Loring-Albright is the designer of Ahoy, Keep the Faith, and co-designed Bloc by Bloc: Uprising with T.L. Simmons. Moreover, he teaches Game Studies and Game Design at Harrisburg University. We d...
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September 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
NEW EPISODE! I chat with @gregisonthego.bsky.social about his excellent zine RULEBOOKS FOR RADICALS, his work, and finding design inspiration in dire times. We only got sidetracked on Process Era 76'ers for a tiny bit, but GDDD is never a slave to the algorithm. www.buzzsprout.com/1993070/epis...
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#OtD 15 Sep 1954 Veterans of the Abraham @LincolnBrigade – US volunteers in the Spanish Civil War – were brought before the Subversive Activities Control Board as the government attempted to classify them as a subversive organisation stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8742...
September 15, 2025 at 8:25 PM
#OtD 15 Sep 1954 Veterans of the Abraham @LincolnBrigade – US volunteers in the Spanish Civil War – were brought before the Subversive Activities Control Board as the government attempted to classify them as a subversive organisation stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8742...
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Drawings by Felicia Browne:, the first British person and only woman to die fighting in the Spanish Civil War. Killed while taking part in an operation to dynamite a rebel train on the Aragón front on 25 August 1936. Her drawings were sold in London to raise money for Spanish relief.
August 30, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Drawings by Felicia Browne:, the first British person and only woman to die fighting in the Spanish Civil War. Killed while taking part in an operation to dynamite a rebel train on the Aragón front on 25 August 1936. Her drawings were sold in London to raise money for Spanish relief.
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#OtD 21 Aug 1944 the Maquis uprising took place in Paris where more than 4000 Spanish exiles took up arms against the occupying Nazi regime. Spanish civil war veterans were also the first external troops to enter the capital to liberate it stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9351...
August 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
#OtD 21 Aug 1944 the Maquis uprising took place in Paris where more than 4000 Spanish exiles took up arms against the occupying Nazi regime. Spanish civil war veterans were also the first external troops to enter the capital to liberate it stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9351...
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Basque militia fighters, Alegia, Gipuzkoa, 1936. Photo by Pascual Marín. Beautifully colourised by Julius Backmaan (Instgr). How young they are. Most don't even seem to be armed. Given the village fell shortly after in early August 1936, I shudder to think of their fate.
August 20, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Basque militia fighters, Alegia, Gipuzkoa, 1936. Photo by Pascual Marín. Beautifully colourised by Julius Backmaan (Instgr). How young they are. Most don't even seem to be armed. Given the village fell shortly after in early August 1936, I shudder to think of their fate.
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Tickets are on sale now for SDHistCon Summit 2025, to be held from Nov. 7-10 in San Diego: tabletop.events/conventions/.... More information on the event: sdhist.com/sdhist-summi.... Hope you can join us for it!
August 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Tickets are on sale now for SDHistCon Summit 2025, to be held from Nov. 7-10 in San Diego: tabletop.events/conventions/.... More information on the event: sdhist.com/sdhist-summi.... Hope you can join us for it!
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#OtD 12 Aug 1936 after the French government shut the border with revolutionary Spain, the first international volunteers who were going to join the fight against the fascists began crossing the Pyrenees mountains on foot shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
August 12, 2025 at 4:10 AM
#OtD 12 Aug 1936 after the French government shut the border with revolutionary Spain, the first international volunteers who were going to join the fight against the fascists began crossing the Pyrenees mountains on foot shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
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"Spaniens Himmel breitet seine Sterne über unsere Schützengräben aus"
Time to save the republic in Alex Knight's awesome semi-cooperative card-driven wargame "Land and Freedom". Players fight the clerical-monarchist-fascist coup while vying over political control and social revolution.
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Time to save the republic in Alex Knight's awesome semi-cooperative card-driven wargame "Land and Freedom". Players fight the clerical-monarchist-fascist coup while vying over political control and social revolution.
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August 10, 2025 at 12:17 PM
"Spaniens Himmel breitet seine Sterne über unsere Schützengräben aus"
Time to save the republic in Alex Knight's awesome semi-cooperative card-driven wargame "Land and Freedom". Players fight the clerical-monarchist-fascist coup while vying over political control and social revolution.
#wargaming
Time to save the republic in Alex Knight's awesome semi-cooperative card-driven wargame "Land and Freedom". Players fight the clerical-monarchist-fascist coup while vying over political control and social revolution.
#wargaming
Love @benmandelker.bsky.social 's enthusiasm for this game! I'm currently working on some updates and improvements for a possible second (English) edition of Land and Freedom. Anyone who'd like to play test, hit me up and I'll invite you to my discord server. youtu.be/sW60RF7EZVs?...
Obsessed with... Land and Freedom
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August 4, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Love @benmandelker.bsky.social 's enthusiasm for this game! I'm currently working on some updates and improvements for a possible second (English) edition of Land and Freedom. Anyone who'd like to play test, hit me up and I'll invite you to my discord server. youtu.be/sW60RF7EZVs?...
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You all know I’m a #boardgame addict; so here are some #boardgames that I’m obsessed with lately:
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OBSESSED: Our 6 Biggest Gaming Addictions of 2025 (So Far!)
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July 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
You all know I’m a #boardgame addict; so here are some #boardgames that I’m obsessed with lately:
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#OtD 1 Aug 1902 Lola Iturbe was born in Barcelona. A maid and seamstress from childhood, she was a lifelong anarchist involved in the @CNTsindicato uprisings in 1933 and 1934, the 1936 revolution, and the founding of the Mujeres Libres feminist group stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8045...
August 1, 2025 at 10:10 AM
#OtD 1 Aug 1902 Lola Iturbe was born in Barcelona. A maid and seamstress from childhood, she was a lifelong anarchist involved in the @CNTsindicato uprisings in 1933 and 1934, the 1936 revolution, and the founding of the Mujeres Libres feminist group stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8045...
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#OtD 25 Jul 1934 Nestor Makhno, leader of the Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine during the Russian revolution of 1917 and co-author of the Organisational Platform of the General Union of Anarchists, died in exile in Paris at the age of 44 shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/no-...
July 25, 2025 at 5:55 AM
#OtD 25 Jul 1934 Nestor Makhno, leader of the Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine during the Russian revolution of 1917 and co-author of the Organisational Platform of the General Union of Anarchists, died in exile in Paris at the age of 44 shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/no-...
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#OtD 24 Jul 1936 days after the start of the civil war, Buenaventura Durruti left Barcelona with an armed column and headed for Zaragoza which was occupied by the fascists. His workers' militia advanced and saved the Aragon front. More about the war: workingclasshistory.com/2020/06/17/e...
July 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
#OtD 24 Jul 1936 days after the start of the civil war, Buenaventura Durruti left Barcelona with an armed column and headed for Zaragoza which was occupied by the fascists. His workers' militia advanced and saved the Aragon front. More about the war: workingclasshistory.com/2020/06/17/e...
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#OtD 19 Jul 1936 after a right-wing coup by General Franco, workers across Spain took up arms and launched a social revolution. The ensuing civil war pitted the working class against Spanish capitalists, German Nazis and Italian fascists. More in our pod: workingclasshistory.com/2020/06/17/e...
July 19, 2025 at 10:25 PM
#OtD 19 Jul 1936 after a right-wing coup by General Franco, workers across Spain took up arms and launched a social revolution. The ensuing civil war pitted the working class against Spanish capitalists, German Nazis and Italian fascists. More in our pod: workingclasshistory.com/2020/06/17/e...
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#OtD 17 Jul 1936 the Spanish Civil War began with a coup in Morocco as right wing generals rose up against the Republican govt. The coup was smashed by the working class, and full-scale revolution would break out in the coming days. Learn more in our pod: workingclasshistory.com/2020/06/17/e...
July 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
#OtD 17 Jul 1936 the Spanish Civil War began with a coup in Morocco as right wing generals rose up against the Republican govt. The coup was smashed by the working class, and full-scale revolution would break out in the coming days. Learn more in our pod: workingclasshistory.com/2020/06/17/e...
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#OtD 14 Jul 1896 Spanish anarchist, rail mechanic and Civil War fighter, Buenaventura Durruti, was born. Involved in strikes, uprisings and bank robberies across Europe and Latin America, he was killed during the civil war. 500k attended his funeral stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8575...
July 14, 2025 at 11:05 AM
#OtD 14 Jul 1896 Spanish anarchist, rail mechanic and Civil War fighter, Buenaventura Durruti, was born. Involved in strikes, uprisings and bank robberies across Europe and Latin America, he was killed during the civil war. 500k attended his funeral stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8575...
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No Pasarán". Cristóbal Arteche, 1936
July 13, 2025 at 11:06 AM
No Pasarán". Cristóbal Arteche, 1936
Estoy emocionado de haber conseguido por fin mi copia de Tierra y Libertad! ¡No pasarán! #MasQueOca #JuegosdeMesa
July 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Estoy emocionado de haber conseguido por fin mi copia de Tierra y Libertad! ¡No pasarán! #MasQueOca #JuegosdeMesa