Huoltoreitti
@huoltoreitti.bsky.social
Huoltoreitti (supply chain or supply rout in Finnish) is Finnish blog on war and conflict themed board and card games. https://huoltoreitti.fi/
Mikko Saario visited (again) Swedish wargame event,
Friendly Fire de Luxe XVII, in where he tested two different games: Battle of Napue and Here I stand related Time of Troubles (ToT). See details (in Finnish) in the article.
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Friendly Fire de Luxe XVII, in where he tested two different games: Battle of Napue and Here I stand related Time of Troubles (ToT). See details (in Finnish) in the article.
huoltoreitti.fi/friendly-fir...
Friendly Fire de Luxe XVII | Huoltoreitti.fi
Kuvaus Ruotsalaisesta Friendly Fire de Luxe XVII pelitapahtumasta syksyllä 2025.
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December 9, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Mikko Saario visited (again) Swedish wargame event,
Friendly Fire de Luxe XVII, in where he tested two different games: Battle of Napue and Here I stand related Time of Troubles (ToT). See details (in Finnish) in the article.
huoltoreitti.fi/friendly-fir...
Friendly Fire de Luxe XVII, in where he tested two different games: Battle of Napue and Here I stand related Time of Troubles (ToT). See details (in Finnish) in the article.
huoltoreitti.fi/friendly-fir...
Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_...
November 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_...
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Today’s games in Narrative-Driven Analog Games: Monumental Consequence, and The Grizzled.
October 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Today’s games in Narrative-Driven Analog Games: Monumental Consequence, and The Grizzled.
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I've agreed with Avalon Digital to design a new digital wargame for them with the working title of Estonia 2028. It will use their SGS system, and I'm going to go big on multi domain effects.
In the meantime I can recommend another SGS game I've been enjoying: Winter War share.google/bR5dazTVXGMk...
In the meantime I can recommend another SGS game I've been enjoying: Winter War share.google/bR5dazTVXGMk...
SGS Winter War on Steam
Winter War is the story of the Soviet onslaught on tiny Finland from November 1939 to March 1940, at the beginning of WW2. Can the Finns hold beyond the reasonable and receive the long awaited Allied ...
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October 15, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I've agreed with Avalon Digital to design a new digital wargame for them with the working title of Estonia 2028. It will use their SGS system, and I'm going to go big on multi domain effects.
In the meantime I can recommend another SGS game I've been enjoying: Winter War share.google/bR5dazTVXGMk...
In the meantime I can recommend another SGS game I've been enjoying: Winter War share.google/bR5dazTVXGMk...
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Our unboxing video for Freezing Inferno: USSR vs. Finland 1939-1940 from Princeps Games. theplayersaid.com/2025/10/04/u...
Unboxing Video: Freezing Inferno: USSR vs. Finland 1939-1940 from Princeps Games
Freezing Inferno is an Operational level 1 or 2 players board-wargame set in World War II covering the 1939-1940 conflict between the USSR and Finland. It is a hex & counter wargame with unique…
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October 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Our unboxing video for Freezing Inferno: USSR vs. Finland 1939-1940 from Princeps Games. theplayersaid.com/2025/10/04/u...
New article (in Finnish) from #Ropecon gaming event in Helsinki, Finland in July. We played there many wargames from @gmtgames.bsky.social and @multimanpublishing.bsky.social huoltoreitti.fi/ropecon-2025/
Ropecon 2025 | Huoltoreitti.fi
Marko Tainio, Lauri Tarkiainen ja Anselmi Helminen. Ropecon 2025 oli viime vuoden poikkeusaikataulun jälkeen oikealla kohdallaan heinäkuun viimeisenä viikonloppua. Ulkona oli hellettä…
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September 15, 2025 at 4:22 AM
New article (in Finnish) from #Ropecon gaming event in Helsinki, Finland in July. We played there many wargames from @gmtgames.bsky.social and @multimanpublishing.bsky.social huoltoreitti.fi/ropecon-2025/
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@vucasimulations.bsky.social in their recent newsletter announced several new ready games as well as preorders. I am especially fond of Traces of Victory - a game I had a pleasure to playtest. Great continuation of the series - and a big challenge for Allies! 👇
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September 6, 2025 at 10:51 AM
@vucasimulations.bsky.social in their recent newsletter announced several new ready games as well as preorders. I am especially fond of Traces of Victory - a game I had a pleasure to playtest. Great continuation of the series - and a big challenge for Allies! 👇
vucasims.com/collections/...
vucasims.com/collections/...
Battle of Finland 1944 (2025) have arrived Finland. @javier-romero.bsky.social
August 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Battle of Finland 1944 (2025) have arrived Finland. @javier-romero.bsky.social
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Finnish public broadcaster YLE interviewed @sebastianbae.bsky.social about his wargame Littoral Commander: The Baltic.
Sebastian Bae gör krigsspel för USA:s flotta: ”Krig på Östersjön är som ett knivslagsmål i en telefonkiosk”
Underofficerare får spela ut hur ny teknik påverkar moderna krig, från marken till rymden. Vad kan spel lära oss om hur krig ser ut på Östersjön?
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August 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Finnish public broadcaster YLE interviewed @sebastianbae.bsky.social about his wargame Littoral Commander: The Baltic.
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Stefan Ekström talks about the latest 3CG games:
#wargames #newreleases #interviews
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#wargames #newreleases #interviews
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Stefan Ekström talks about the latest 3CG games
Stefan Ekström talks about the latest 3CG releases: Mud & Blood, Allenby’s Gamble, Desert Duel and Stalin’s Lost Chance.
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August 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Stefan Ekström talks about the latest 3CG games:
#wargames #newreleases #interviews
eldesafiodelasaguilas.wordpress.com/2025/08/18/s...
#wargames #newreleases #interviews
eldesafiodelasaguilas.wordpress.com/2025/08/18/s...
New article (in Finnish): The Finnish Front, 1941-42 (2009). TFF is magazine game designed by Ty Bomba ja Joseph Miranda, and published by Decision Games. Game focuses on the first year of the Continuation War (1941-44). TFF is chit-pull game with hex-map. huoltoreitti.fi/pelattuna-tff/
Pelattuna: The Finnish Front, 1941-42 (2009) | Huoltoreitti.fi
Pelattuna artikkeli jatkosodan alkuun sijoittuvasta The Finnish Front, 1941-42 heksasotapelistä.
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August 14, 2025 at 4:40 AM
New article (in Finnish): The Finnish Front, 1941-42 (2009). TFF is magazine game designed by Ty Bomba ja Joseph Miranda, and published by Decision Games. Game focuses on the first year of the Continuation War (1941-44). TFF is chit-pull game with hex-map. huoltoreitti.fi/pelattuna-tff/
Angola from @multimanpublishing.bsky.social in #ropecon event in Helsinki, Finland.
July 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Angola from @multimanpublishing.bsky.social in #ropecon event in Helsinki, Finland.
Virgin Queen from @gmtgames.bsky.social in #ropecon event in Helsinki, Finland.
July 26, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Virgin Queen from @gmtgames.bsky.social in #ropecon event in Helsinki, Finland.
Conquest & Consequence from @gmtgames.bsky.social in #ropecon 2025. Japan won by taking China & Siperia.
July 26, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Conquest & Consequence from @gmtgames.bsky.social in #ropecon 2025. Japan won by taking China & Siperia.
It's here! More winter war to play from 3CG.
July 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
It's here! More winter war to play from 3CG.
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#LEGO #Diplomacy board. Over 21,000 pieces. So large it's split into six sections underneath the map.
July 1, 2025 at 9:21 AM
#LEGO #Diplomacy board. Over 21,000 pieces. So large it's split into six sections underneath the map.
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Are you a man, at least 15 years old and either Finnish or living in Finland?
Do you participate in game culture by e.g. playing video games, RPGs or miniature games, watching videos or through activities like cosplay?
Take the questionnaire in Finnish or English at bit.ly/pelikulttuuri
Do you participate in game culture by e.g. playing video games, RPGs or miniature games, watching videos or through activities like cosplay?
Take the questionnaire in Finnish or English at bit.ly/pelikulttuuri
June 10, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Are you a man, at least 15 years old and either Finnish or living in Finland?
Do you participate in game culture by e.g. playing video games, RPGs or miniature games, watching videos or through activities like cosplay?
Take the questionnaire in Finnish or English at bit.ly/pelikulttuuri
Do you participate in game culture by e.g. playing video games, RPGs or miniature games, watching videos or through activities like cosplay?
Take the questionnaire in Finnish or English at bit.ly/pelikulttuuri
Organizing game components to new trays bought from @cube4me.bsky.social! Here an example from Conquest & Consequqnces from @gmtgames.bsky.social. All three players have own trays, speeding setup. And everything fits in to box, even with mounted map!
June 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Organizing game components to new trays bought from @cube4me.bsky.social! Here an example from Conquest & Consequqnces from @gmtgames.bsky.social. All three players have own trays, speeding setup. And everything fits in to box, even with mounted map!
Not #unboxing, but boxing! Moving magazine and folio wargames to cardboard boxes and adding labels for easier access. All six games relate to wars of Finland. 🇫🇮
June 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Not #unboxing, but boxing! Moving magazine and folio wargames to cardboard boxes and adding labels for easier access. All six games relate to wars of Finland. 🇫🇮
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Trawling through the Finnish Defence Forces archive and this absolute gem appeared. Crying out for an album cover...
May 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Trawling through the Finnish Defence Forces archive and this absolute gem appeared. Crying out for an album cover...
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There’s so much in @cfarrell317.bsky.social latest blog entry that I had to go past the Purple Haze and Pandemic-LotR stuff to get to what wanted—a critical look at the “history” in Pax Hispanica. Worth it.
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May 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
There’s so much in @cfarrell317.bsky.social latest blog entry that I had to go past the Purple Haze and Pandemic-LotR stuff to get to what wanted—a critical look at the “history” in Pax Hispanica. Worth it.
open.substack.com/pub/chrisfar...
open.substack.com/pub/chrisfar...
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Cover for World at War #103 Finland '44
May 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Cover for World at War #103 Finland '44
New article (in Finnish) on soon-to-be-released Winter War Game Stalin’s Lost Chance from 3CG, designed by Stefan Ekström and Magnus Nordlöf. Spoiler: Mikko liked the game a lot! huoltoreitti.fi/pelitestaus-...
Pelitestaus: Stalin’s Lost Chance (2025) | Huoltoreitti.fi
Pelitestausta Ruotsalaisen Three Crowns Gamesin (3CG) kehittämästä Stalin’s Lost Chance (SLC) talvisotapelistä.
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May 20, 2025 at 3:10 AM
New article (in Finnish) on soon-to-be-released Winter War Game Stalin’s Lost Chance from 3CG, designed by Stefan Ekström and Magnus Nordlöf. Spoiler: Mikko liked the game a lot! huoltoreitti.fi/pelitestaus-...
Testing The Finnish Front, 1941-42 (2009), designed by Ty Bomba & Joseph Miranda, published by Decision Games. We played two months and ended there with axis victory.
May 11, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Testing The Finnish Front, 1941-42 (2009), designed by Ty Bomba & Joseph Miranda, published by Decision Games. We played two months and ended there with axis victory.
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The ballot for the 2024 Charles S. Roberts Awards is now live. It will remain open until June 1, 2025.
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We would like to thank all who assisted with the Awards, including the members of the Board of Governors and the members of our Nominating Committee.
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We would like to thank all who assisted with the Awards, including the members of the Board of Governors and the members of our Nominating Committee.
2024 CSR Awards Final Ballot
This is the public ballot for the 2024 Charles S. Roberts Awards for Excellence in Conflict Simulation Games. Please select one game in each category; you may abstain from any category you wish. Plea...
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May 1, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The ballot for the 2024 Charles S. Roberts Awards is now live. It will remain open until June 1, 2025.
forms.gle/Wyy9u6MgN2ZA...
We would like to thank all who assisted with the Awards, including the members of the Board of Governors and the members of our Nominating Committee.
forms.gle/Wyy9u6MgN2ZA...
We would like to thank all who assisted with the Awards, including the members of the Board of Governors and the members of our Nominating Committee.