Bart
@bartekzech2.bsky.social
I'll post about TTRPGs, wargaming, and news because that's just unavoidable these days on this account. Really into wargaming, I own a bunch of 15mms and currently doing a 6mm project
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Previous generation of game designers passing the torch to the next one. "Seljuk: Byzantium Besieged" by Justin Fassino (Justegarde on YouTube), newest game on the Levy and Campaign series by @volko.bsky.social and @gmtgames.bsky.social . Looking forward to my copy!
November 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Previous generation of game designers passing the torch to the next one. "Seljuk: Byzantium Besieged" by Justin Fassino (Justegarde on YouTube), newest game on the Levy and Campaign series by @volko.bsky.social and @gmtgames.bsky.social . Looking forward to my copy!
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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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Pictures from tonight's #Quar #wargame #Nerdlings #spreadthelard
Crusaders won on every metric; 9 of 14 VPs, 13 vs 26 casualties, FM of 9 to 0
Used "Quar of Command"
Crusaders won on every metric; 9 of 14 VPs, 13 vs 26 casualties, FM of 9 to 0
Used "Quar of Command"
November 9, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Pictures from tonight's #Quar #wargame #Nerdlings #spreadthelard
Crusaders won on every metric; 9 of 14 VPs, 13 vs 26 casualties, FM of 9 to 0
Used "Quar of Command"
Crusaders won on every metric; 9 of 14 VPs, 13 vs 26 casualties, FM of 9 to 0
Used "Quar of Command"
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Had a great Greco-Roman fest today with GURPS Mythic Rome (forgot to grab a picture) and DCC Caverns of Thracia. 🤘🏻😊
November 9, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Had a great Greco-Roman fest today with GURPS Mythic Rome (forgot to grab a picture) and DCC Caverns of Thracia. 🤘🏻😊
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"Fire in the Lake" with Volko and Mark, giants of the #wargaming field. @volko.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
"Fire in the Lake" with Volko and Mark, giants of the #wargaming field. @volko.bsky.social
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And to do that, you've got to fully mobilize every resource you have, win internal political fights, and then efficiently wipe the floor with the Axis powers' militaries.
November 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
And to do that, you've got to fully mobilize every resource you have, win internal political fights, and then efficiently wipe the floor with the Axis powers' militaries.
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You should be *aching* to quash the Holocaust as fast as possible, to stamp out the ongoing slaughter of Chinese and Soviet civilians by the Axis Powers, and to save as many refugees from death.
And you should also have to worry about the future tyranny of Soviet satellite states and Maoist China.
And you should also have to worry about the future tyranny of Soviet satellite states and Maoist China.
November 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
You should be *aching* to quash the Holocaust as fast as possible, to stamp out the ongoing slaughter of Chinese and Soviet civilians by the Axis Powers, and to save as many refugees from death.
And you should also have to worry about the future tyranny of Soviet satellite states and Maoist China.
And you should also have to worry about the future tyranny of Soviet satellite states and Maoist China.
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Someone really should create a WW2 Simulator where you can only play the US and UK (and you control *both* separately), but in return it is extremely detailed.
And it should actually simulate the effects of all countries' policies, and their internal politics. Yes, especially the mass murder.
And it should actually simulate the effects of all countries' policies, and their internal politics. Yes, especially the mass murder.
Ok, 'meme politics' is an excellent framing here and I am *absolutely* going to borrow it when I get to discussing HoI4.
My thoughts in that direction were mostly 'hey, politics sure seem de-emphasized' but this discussed the how and impacts of that choice.
My thoughts in that direction were mostly 'hey, politics sure seem de-emphasized' but this discussed the how and impacts of that choice.
it's not quite a @bretdevereaux.bsky.social five-part teaching paradox series, but i did my best to explain the underlying concept of politics hearts of iron embodies... and why "meme politics" is a good way to understand how Trump II operates
www.liberalcurrents.com/neon-liberal...
www.liberalcurrents.com/neon-liberal...
November 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Someone really should create a WW2 Simulator where you can only play the US and UK (and you control *both* separately), but in return it is extremely detailed.
And it should actually simulate the effects of all countries' policies, and their internal politics. Yes, especially the mass murder.
And it should actually simulate the effects of all countries' policies, and their internal politics. Yes, especially the mass murder.
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One thing HOI4 completely lacks when playing as a superpower is the feeling that you're 'on the clock', that there's real stakes to delay.
But the stakes were deadly real! Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan were conducting some of the largest mass murders in human history, and meant to do far more!
But the stakes were deadly real! Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan were conducting some of the largest mass murders in human history, and meant to do far more!
November 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
One thing HOI4 completely lacks when playing as a superpower is the feeling that you're 'on the clock', that there's real stakes to delay.
But the stakes were deadly real! Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan were conducting some of the largest mass murders in human history, and meant to do far more!
But the stakes were deadly real! Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan were conducting some of the largest mass murders in human history, and meant to do far more!
Traveling to Lancaster for the Fall in convention. Some photos as I travel
November 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Traveling to Lancaster for the Fall in convention. Some photos as I travel
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So there’s a website called Deer Of St Nicholas which posts Christmas wish letters from Ukrainian children who had their childhood stolen by the war, anyone can pick a child and get them their present and it’s that time of the year again to achingly scroll it for hours again
November 7, 2025 at 8:21 AM
So there’s a website called Deer Of St Nicholas which posts Christmas wish letters from Ukrainian children who had their childhood stolen by the war, anyone can pick a child and get them their present and it’s that time of the year again to achingly scroll it for hours again
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Anyone know how Elon Musk’s America Party did yesterday?
November 6, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Anyone know how Elon Musk’s America Party did yesterday?
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The cruelty is the point.
abcnews.go.com/US/faith-lea...
abcnews.go.com/US/faith-lea...
Faith leaders blocked by ICE from delivering Communion to immigrants speak out
Faith leaders denounced ICE and DHS for rejecting access to administer Communion to immigrants being held at an Illinois facility on Día de los Muertos.
abcnews.go.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The cruelty is the point.
abcnews.go.com/US/faith-lea...
abcnews.go.com/US/faith-lea...
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Seeing this chart as an impressionable young man was a formative moment in my political development
November 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Seeing this chart as an impressionable young man was a formative moment in my political development
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Just in: Zohran Mamdani says he's voting yes on ballot questions 1-5 and no on 6.
November 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Just in: Zohran Mamdani says he's voting yes on ballot questions 1-5 and no on 6.
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84% of indie video games are basically like, 'What if you were employed'
April 17, 2024 at 4:57 AM
84% of indie video games are basically like, 'What if you were employed'
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Can we at least give Canada a break on the tariffs now?
November 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can we at least give Canada a break on the tariffs now?
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As someone who doesn't watch sports but does love human suffering, I'm having a great night
November 2, 2025 at 4:05 AM
As someone who doesn't watch sports but does love human suffering, I'm having a great night
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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) pleaded with Homeland Security to live up to its ideals and pause ICE raids during the Halloween weekend to protect children from tear gas. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem denied it and called it "shameful."
October 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) pleaded with Homeland Security to live up to its ideals and pause ICE raids during the Halloween weekend to protect children from tear gas. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem denied it and called it "shameful."
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Guess its all going to be sycophants by the end
Hegseth forces out Joint Staff J-5 Lt. Gen. J.P. McGee.
He “pushed back against Hegseth and [CJCS Gen.] Dan Caine on issues ranging from Russia and Ukraine to military operations in the Caribbean.”
Remember him from 2013 when as 1/101 brigade commander he oversaw the final US pullout from the Pech
He “pushed back against Hegseth and [CJCS Gen.] Dan Caine on issues ranging from Russia and Ukraine to military operations in the Caribbean.”
Remember him from 2013 when as 1/101 brigade commander he oversaw the final US pullout from the Pech
Exclusive: Three-star general pushed out amid tensions with Hegseth | CNN Politics
A three-star general serving on the Pentagon’s Joint Staff has been pushed out of his position following months of sustained tensions with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, according to people famili...
www.cnn.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Guess its all going to be sycophants by the end
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Hegseth forces out Joint Staff J-5 Lt. Gen. J.P. McGee.
He “pushed back against Hegseth and [CJCS Gen.] Dan Caine on issues ranging from Russia and Ukraine to military operations in the Caribbean.”
Remember him from 2013 when as 1/101 brigade commander he oversaw the final US pullout from the Pech
He “pushed back against Hegseth and [CJCS Gen.] Dan Caine on issues ranging from Russia and Ukraine to military operations in the Caribbean.”
Remember him from 2013 when as 1/101 brigade commander he oversaw the final US pullout from the Pech
Exclusive: Three-star general pushed out amid tensions with Hegseth | CNN Politics
A three-star general serving on the Pentagon’s Joint Staff has been pushed out of his position following months of sustained tensions with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, according to people famili...
www.cnn.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Hegseth forces out Joint Staff J-5 Lt. Gen. J.P. McGee.
He “pushed back against Hegseth and [CJCS Gen.] Dan Caine on issues ranging from Russia and Ukraine to military operations in the Caribbean.”
Remember him from 2013 when as 1/101 brigade commander he oversaw the final US pullout from the Pech
He “pushed back against Hegseth and [CJCS Gen.] Dan Caine on issues ranging from Russia and Ukraine to military operations in the Caribbean.”
Remember him from 2013 when as 1/101 brigade commander he oversaw the final US pullout from the Pech
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Nativism is a remarkable combination of bigotry and stupidity.
Thinking what this will mean for STEM labs and departments, especially at places like UFlorida
Florida's governor is telling public universities to stop hiring anyone on a H-1B visa. Expect other red states to follow suit.
October 30, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Nativism is a remarkable combination of bigotry and stupidity.