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Apparently, those links expired this morning. I've extended the sale two more days: For the 3e PDF bundle: www.wargamevault.com/browse.php?d... for the Traveller bundle: www.wargamevault.com/browse.php?d...

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Wargame Vault - The Largest RPG Download Store!

Wargame Vault is the largest wargame download store.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/09/2026

Reuters got some of the IPO docs. Anthropic is a total dog of a company. Spent $12.6bn to make $4.6bn in revenue in 2025, $7.33bn of which was compute costs. Operating loss of $8bn. Losses getting worse year over year. Amazing stuff www.reuters.com/business/fin...

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• Anthropic IPO could value the company at more than $2
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• Anthropic lost $42 billion in 2025
• Al lab spent $7.33 billion on compute and infrastructure last year
• Operating loss widened to $8.06 billion in 2025 from $2.98 billion in 2024
• Execs, industry analysts have expressed concerns over harms of Al tech
Sept 28 (Reuters) - Anthropic is making a massive bet that Al will transform the global economy more profoundly than industrialization, electricity and the internet, according to its IPO prospectus seen by Reuters.
But the cost to get there will be staggering. Anthropic reported a net loss of $42 billion in 2025, and plans to spend $518 billion on cloud, computing and infrastructure obligations in coming year, according to the
prospectus.

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AdAstraGames @adastragames.com · 17h

When we put Squadron Strike 3e and Squadron Strike: Traveller 3e up on Wargame Vault, we created some discount codes -- they expire tomorrow, and not all of them have been redeemed! So, use these links while they're valid!

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AdAstraGames @adastragames.com · 27/09/2026

We can generate these ships from that data export tab, as the new version of SpaceShipPDF nears completion! This includes extending the custom font of "defensive shapes" to cover Screens and Filters as well as armor. What's significant is these came straight from SpaceShipPDF! No editing needed!

A 3-up Squadron Strike of the Constitution-class cruiser with defenses on the left, hit locations in the middle, and four black and white ovals of 3-D firing arc diagrams on the right.

A 3-up Squadron Strike of the D7-class cruiser with defenses on the left, hit locations in the middle, and four black and white ovals of 3-D firing arc diagrams on the right.

A 3-up Squadron Strike of the War Eagle-class cruiser from Balance of Terror with defenses on the left, hit locations in the middle, and three black and white ovals of 3-D firing arc diagrams on the right.

Weapon tables and the notes on the special rules for those that need them, plus the Basic Cloak cheat sheet.

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AdAstraGames @adastragames.com · 27/09/2026

On September 8th, for Star Trek Day, we posted the three classic ships from Star Trek: The Original Series. For about 10 months, we've been working on getting the ship design tool chain functioning for 3rd Edition Squadron Strike. We've shown prior iterations of this screen shot.

A spreadsheet screenshot with purple cells with ship names, and six columns showing various bits of text, in white on gray, white on dark blue, white on light blue, white on rust-orange, yellow fixed width on charcoal and green fixed with on charcoal.

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AdAstraGames @adastragames.com · 20/09/2026

Four more sales of this will get us to our highest Wargame Vault sales month ever: www.wargamevault.com/en/product/5...

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Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

In recent years, the media has quietly begun to change the way in which it writes about Bobby Kotick, the former CEO of Activision Blizzard. PMG investigates how Kotick used the threat of defamation to reshape his legacy in the games business, one article at a time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKwp...

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Inside Bobby Kotick's Campaign Against the Press

YouTube video by People Make Games

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AdAstraGames @adastragames.com · 20/09/2026

Four more sales of this will get us to our highest Wargame Vault sales month ever: www.wargamevault.com/en/product/5...

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Wargame Vault - The Largest RPG Download Store!

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Abortion, Every Day spoke to a woman whose state refused to let her cross state lines for an abortion. Don’t tell me Republicans will never criminalize travel—they already do. Pieces like this make me so proud to work with @kylietcheung.bsky.social

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She Wanted An Abortion. The State Wouldn’t Let Her Leave

Travel bans are already here—we just don’t talk about them

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AdAstraGames @adastragames.com · 17/09/2026

"But what if I want something more scientifically realistic?" On Tsiolkovsky's birthday, pick up Attack Vector: Tactical, which is loads of fun, a gold bestseller on Wargame Vault, and has "behind the numbers" essays threaded throughout explaining the mechanics and their physical basis!

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Wargame Vault - The Largest RPG Download Store!

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AdAstraGames @adastragames.com · 11/09/2026

Squadron Strike 3e is now up for sale! Base Set Upgrade Kit: www.adastragames.com/products/p/s... Traveller Upgrade Kit: www.adastragames.com/products/p/s... Base Set PDF Bundle: www.adastragames.com/products/p/s... Traveller Full PDF bundle: www.adastragames.com/products/p/s...

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Squadron Strike: 3e Upgrade Kit (Color Rulebook) — Ad Astra Games

This is the upgrade kit for Squadron Strike 3rd Edition.  It replaces the following components from Squadron Strike: 2nd Edition. Rulebook SSD Book Tutorial Book Scenario Book

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Fanbase Press @fanbasepress.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

@hoopladigital.bsky.social’s Fanbase Press BingePass is here! Have a library card? Access single issues of our award-winning titles with a single Hoopla Instant Borrow. www.hoopladigital.com/title/18433076

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ToughSF @toughsf.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The Milky Way scoops up 0.5 M☉ of extragalactic gas and dust, converts 1.3 M☉ into stars and loses 0.2 M☉ into dense objects every year. All you ever wanted to know about the Interstellar Medium in this book: staff.fnwi.uva.nl/a.dekoter/IS...

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AdAstraGames @adastragames.com · 16/09/2026

Sometimes, you take a break from teaching the games, and playtesting the games, to just play a known good scenario with people who are fluid with the game. We're doing a run of Gauntlet at 5 PM Eastern US time on Friday the 18th! Observers are welcome, though we won't be explaining much.

A side view of the initial setup of Gauntlet, with an Earthlike planet (11 hexes in diameter) hovering over a hex grid over a blue starfield. There are 8 box miniatures at different orientations and altitudes around the map, for an initial scenario setup that's rough for both sides!

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AdAstraGames @adastragames.com · 16/09/2026

We just sent the files for the rulebook covers and box wraps to the printers for these. In the other room, we're printing batches of the booklets, 10 at a time. Thank you all so much for your orders. We look forward to shipping them!

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Nesskain @nesskain.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Some Tarot cards I did for Blizzcon.

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AdAstraGames @adastragames.com · 13/09/2026

Initial play! Scenario setup was "hey diddle diddle, car crash inna middle." Three D7s versus three Connies and a Republic-class CL. Turn 1: We started at range 26, and would end at range 18-19. I chose no fire on turn 1, and wondered if I'd regret that. The CL and one CA were within Photon range.

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AdAstraGames @adastragames.com · 13/09/2026

We're putting these on the table to see how they do tomorrow.

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

It's so sleazy for a governor to edit an opposing candidate's photos or ads secretly. Texans, don't let the sleazy fraudsters of Texas manipulate you and get away with it.

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AdAstraGames @adastragames.com · 11/09/2026

Squadron Strike 3e is now up for sale! Base set Upgrade Kit: www.adastragames.com/products/p/s... Traveller Upgrade Kit: www.adastragames.com/products/p/s... Base Set PDF Bundle: www.adastragames.com/products/p/s... Traveller Full PDF bundle: www.adastragames.com/products/p/s...

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Squadron Strike: 3e Upgrade Kit (Color Rulebook) — Ad Astra Games

This is the upgrade kit for Squadron Strike 3rd Edition.  It replaces the following components from Squadron Strike: 2nd Edition. Rulebook SSD Book Tutorial Book Scenario Book

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Squadron Strike: 3e Upgrade Kit (Color Rulebook) — Ad Astra Games

This is the upgrade kit for Squadron Strike 3rd Edition.  It replaces the following components from Squadron Strike: 2nd Edition. Rulebook SSD Book Tutorial Book Scenario Book

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AdAstraGames @adastragames.com · 11/09/2026

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Squadron Strike: 3e Upgrade Kit (Color Rulebook) — Ad Astra Games

This is the upgrade kit for Squadron Strike 3rd Edition.  It replaces the following components from Squadron Strike: 2nd Edition. Rulebook SSD Book Tutorial Book Scenario Book

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AdAstraGames @adastragames.com · 08/09/2026

Happy Star Trek Day! These are Squadron Strike interpretations of Star Trek: The Original Series classic trio of warships. They're not based on Star Fleet Battles, or the Star Trek: Tactical Combat Simulator; they fly in 3D and showcase some of the additions made to the game engine in 3rd edition.

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AdAstraGames @adastragames.com · 02/09/2026

Want to learn to fly a rocket ship? Game starts in 2 hours, more or less. If you've not played before, we'll teach you the basics in 20 minutes -- no combat, just piloting. Scenario details in the alt-text!

A hex map over a blue starfield, with five asteroids hovering at different altitudes, and four box miniatures of Canberra-class CLs in the center, about to light up their ammonia-fueled NTR lantern rockets to fly a rocket rally!

The rules:

1) You must fly within range 3 of an asteroid to score its points.
2) You must not crash into the asteroid; this will destroy your ship.
3) Your sequence for which asteroids to fly by in which order is randomized, and secret.
4) Winner is the person who does it in the fewest turns.
5) Ties go to the person with the most fuel left over.
6) Second tie breaker is the person with the lowest vectors at the end.

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AdAstraGames @adastragames.com · 01/09/2026

If you buy one of our titles, you definitely own the atoms that make up the product! And can archive the PDFs of anything you buy. We do ask you not to throw them into LLM training data or upload them to "file sharing" sites. We like having enough money to buy groceries and pay rent!

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 28/08/2026

For 16.7 million, you can give every single child aged under five in the state of Michigan a free book a month for a year under Dolly Parton's Imagination Library program. And Trump is using this money to purchase weapons that specifically don't leave visible torture marks on victims:

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AdAstraGames @adastragames.com · 25/08/2026

Squadron Strike teaching game posted on our Discord server! Come learn to fly rocket ships in 3D as the Martian War transitions to the Galilean moons! Newton's Cradle is a low-complexity Squadron Strike setting with accurate fuel and vector mechanics! Read more here: Newbies explicitly welcome!

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Squadron Strike: Newton’s Cradle preview — A fully 3D flight/combat sim for your tabletop

Physics? In my tabletop space fighter? It's more likely than you think.

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Dean Lamar the Revenger @deanlamarrevenger.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Oh shit.. via writer Larry Hama on Facebook.

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Drew Scanlon @drewscanlon.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE. If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease! Donate at blinkingguy.com

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AdAstraGames @adastragames.com · 25/08/2026

OK, we've got the re-shuffled/reorganized web shop up and running! We think. We've got the Squadron Strike 3e PDF bundle and the 3e Upgrade kit up: PDF Bundle: www.adastragames.com/products/p/s... Upgrade Kit: www.adastragames.com/products/p/s...

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17/07/2026

When we have fires in the US, Canada sent help. When Canada has fires, Trump threatens them with tariffs. What an asshole.

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c.e. chant/hades 💀🐊 💬 too many comics @portaltohades.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Hey guys, i apologize to push but yesterday's ER trip ate about $30 of my transportation fund that I really need. I know things are tight for everyone so Im sorry for always asking for more. I have a diagnosis now so im hoping to see about reapplying for assistance but that's sadly gonna take time

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Atomic Kommie Comics @atomickommiecomics.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

US Navy admits it has abandoned Bahrain port base due to attacks by Iran…despite their military being obliterated by “Hooch” Hegseth! www.stripes.com/branches/nav...

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Navy families evacuated from Bahrain face ‘uncharted territory’ amid bureaucratic confusion

The evacuation has left families in limbo and forced military officials to improvise solutions for support programs.

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AdAstraGames @adastragames.com · 23/08/2026

As a test case for fixing the Weapon XML tab, Ken toodled around with making some Trek ships on the "SI 13 is a Huge Ship" scale. Can't show the SSDs just yet, but...

A set of 6 weapon tables for Squadron Strike for a Plasma Carronade (a Wide Conic Area weapon that peaks at 12 damage in each range bracket), the Photon Torpedo (A long range weapon with a cooldown turn that has fairly steady damage and low Penetration, plus Split Strike /2), the Klingon Disruptor Cannon (Only goes to range 10, low damage and high Penetration, with Phasing and Continuous 7).

Federation Phasers and Romulan Phasers are _nearly_ identical; the Federation Phaser has more damage in the middle range bracket, it's got a slightly wider point blank bracket...and has Precision Fire, which the Romulan phaser lacks.

The Klingon Phaser is slightly less fancy than either of the Federation or Romulan types, has the same range rackets as the heavy weapon, and has more variable damage on the closest bracket.

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Orpheus "Teige" Wren 🏳️‍⚧️ @probablyacryptid.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I was in the ER last night, so yeah Can I interest any of you in some fantasy and/or poetry books? I'm not averse to pity donations either

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 22/08/2026

Oh no. Rest in peace, Dave Lanphear, and deepest condolences to his loved ones.

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moby dickgirl @eigenvectrix.northsky.social · 20/08/2026

Hey @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social @mayor.nyc.gov this seems like it might be up your alley, what do you reckon

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AdAstraGames @adastragames.com · 20/08/2026

Just put together the SqSt 3e bundle. It should be up for sales on Wargame Vault and the Ad Astra Games website on Friday evening! Possibly tomorrow if the Ad Astra Games webshop re-org gets done in time. We're about two product categories to go!

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AdAstraGames @adastragames.com · 19/08/2026

Protect your children's future. Teach them to fly spaceships using their own brains with Attach Vector: Tactical!

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