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Board Game Bloke @boardgamebloke.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

My #bgstats graphic for 2025. I played #boardgames with (at least) 167 people this year. 127 different games played a total of 353 times; 55 games were new (for me). Still never been a cylon…. honest. #sosayweall

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Board Game Bloke @boardgamebloke.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Another #boardgame off the #shelfofshame Tempus by #MartinWallace is a 2-5 player civ-lite game published in 2006. Graphics wise it shows its age. It does give the 4x feel in a few hours. I'd play it again. Perhaps I won't wait 14 years. That's how long I have owned my copy.

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Board Game Bloke @boardgamebloke.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Have a perfectly good Win10 computer that will not upgrade to Win11 due to not being super duper? Check Windows Updates to see if ESU is an option. If so you can get another year of vital Win10 security fixes. How many folks have spent money on replacing perfectly puters when they did not need too?

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Board Game Bloke @boardgamebloke.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Donating at the food bank, standing on a freeway overpass, waving signs, and trying to be optimist about our futures. We did fireworks last night. How did you celebrate Independence Day? #nokings

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Board Game Bloke @boardgamebloke.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Who knew Twitter was around back then.

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Board Game Bloke @boardgamebloke.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

So glad that the local #NoKings day protests were staggered that allowed us to attend more than one of the many events. Great engagement with the general public. The cacophony of car horns was exhilarating. It was good to see such a wide mix taking part including families with kids. #VenturaCounty

No Kings in Moorpark long after the event had officially ended

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Board Game Bloke @boardgamebloke.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

#ConquestVentura tabletop gaming con dates have been announced for the 26-27th July 2025 in beachy downtown Ventura, CA. I’ll be there for the #boardgames!

Conquest Ventura tabletop gaming con from 26-27th July 2025

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Board Game Bloke @boardgamebloke.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

#rugbysevens tournament yesterday in #Moorpark, CA. A great atmosphere and great on-pitch action in the local public park. #VenturaCountryRugbyClub

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Board Game Bloke @boardgamebloke.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Some random pics from yesterday. A Monarch Butterfly caterpillar chilling on a plant and a glorious view of the western sky. Things will get better folks.

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Board Game Bloke @boardgamebloke.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

There was a great turnout. Great energy and well behaved. Wonderful engagement with the general public. Lots of thumbs up, waves, and horn tooting.

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Amabel Holland @amabel.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

My games are manufactured in the United States. It is incredibly expensive to produce, there is almost no profit margin, we cannot distribute in stores, and I get frequent complaints about component quality for the pricepoint that allows us to eke out a living... in Detroit, a cheap place to live. 🧵

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Amabel Holland @amabel.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

there's a US-based online retailer who has a habit of selling used & incomplete copies of our games as "new in shrink" - we have never & will never sell to them - leading to customers writing to us for redress & by all accounts they're supposed to be nice people but they're a real pain in my ass

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Board Game Bloke @boardgamebloke.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Whatever reason it is… and there are too many to list here. Make a sign and attend a local event. Bring US flags too. Show folks how real patriots act while holding a peaceful and civil event. #HandsOff #ConejoValley #VenturaCounty #ThousandOaks

Hands Off!
Corner of Lynn and Hillcrest
Saturday, 19th of April from 1-3pm

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Dan Bullock @danbullock.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Does anyone have photos of Blood & Treasure from recent conventions that they would be comfortable with me posting on BGG? I would like to update the BGG page before posting design diary entries. Please feel free to comment or DM😉

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Board Game Bloke @boardgamebloke.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

#VCSBG Tuesday night #boardgames and #craftbeer at Pedals & Pints in #thousandoaks I especially like #boardgames designs where I can do well despite my poor luck with dice. #DiceHateMe One such game is Kingsburg. I lost by a single point. GG. #conejovalley #gamenight #venturacounty #thingstodo

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Alex Knight @alexknight.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Hey! You can play Land and Freedom right now for free on Rally the Troops! And the game will even do the rules for you, so learning is a breeze. www.rally-the-troops.com/land-and-fre... #antifascism @ccxvii.bsky.social

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Board Game Bloke @boardgamebloke.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Install the latest Tabletop Simulator hotfix today to get the latest functionality! #tabletopsimulator #boardgames #AprilFools #onlinetablegames #SleeveEverything

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Amabel Holland @amabel.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Board game bluesky, help this person out!

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Board Game Bloke @boardgamebloke.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

We’ve had the vouchers for years, way back in lockdown. With mild weather and half-term it was time to go. The gardens are full of blooms with copious amounts of Wisteria. Glorious. All in all a nice day trip to The Huntington library and gardens near Pasadena, CA

I’m a meme. The portrait of Samuel Johnson by Joshua Reynolds at The Huntington

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Board Game Bloke @boardgamebloke.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

We have a Google group. A bunch of us are going to GMT West weekend at the warehouse next month. That's a great event to play all types of board games.

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Board Game Bloke @boardgamebloke.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Many thanks to Alex & Kathleen for hosting #boardgames on Sunday. I got to learn some new games, relearn some old ones, & teach folks some games new to them. Secret H_____ was fun. The liberals lost. El Grande was the longest crunchy game. I managed a respectable 2nd place behind the other Alex.

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Board Game Bloke @boardgamebloke.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

The main game for the #socalwargamers gathering at Geeky Teas in Burbank was the classic CDG Napoleonic Wars. Nappy landed and conquered Britain in turn 1. I then sunk the Franco-Spanish fleet. Along with the turncoat Russia-Prussia, Nappy then conquered Austria. Not my best ever game of Nappy. 2/

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Board Game Bloke @boardgamebloke.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

23rd times lucky I guess. After so many plays I finally win at the hybrid #eurogame / #wargame #boardgame Wings For The Baron. Design &market aircraft in WW1 Germany. The winner has the highest amount of gold and paper money. Inflation will erode the worth of paper money as the game progresses. 1/

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Board Game Bloke @boardgamebloke.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

#VCSBG Tuesday night #boardgames and #craftbeer at Pedals & Pints in #thousandoaks A very wide range of games were played last night. From simple card games, meaty euros, and we even snuck in a historical consim aka #wargame. Good times! #conejovalley #gamenight #venturacounty #thingstodo

Mark played the Prussians in Leuthen 1757. He won too.

Lost ruins of Arnak with lots of fancy 3d printed add-ons

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Volko @volko.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Any fans of this policy able to explain it? - Navajo code talkers were DEI hires? - Recounting them disadvantages white code talkers? - Removing rebel statues "erases history" but this does not? www.axios.com/local/salt-l...

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Navajo Code Talkers get "DEI" label as military info disappears under Trump order

Also vanishing: The Civil War regiment from "Glory," women pilots from WWII and a Medal of Honor winner.

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Board Game Bloke @boardgamebloke.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

I live in Thousand Oaks. I completely missed it as I was driving. Folks reported a nice jiggle.

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Board Game Bloke @boardgamebloke.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

#VCSBG Tuesday night #boardgames and #craftbeer at Pedals & Pints in #thousandoaks Harmonies and Medici, two great games with striking table presence hit the table. Lancaster, Deception Murder in Hong Kong, and Clank! Catacombs were also played. #conejovalley #gamenight #venturacounty #thingstodo

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Board Game Bloke @boardgamebloke.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Tuesday night #boardgames and #craftbeer with the #VCSB meetup in #thousandoaks A bunch of new, to us, gamers and one new/old game in Black Gold. Find, extract, and sell oil in 1920s Texas. It’s a wild ride with fluctuating prices. Too random for some perhaps. #venturacounty #gamenight

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Board Game Bloke @boardgamebloke.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Clank! Legacy 2 #boardgame continued with game 6 aka Clank Candyland. 1 set such a high bar and it’s tough to do more without throwing the kitchen sink at the system. Clank! still goes with pun loaded references and I wonder how many more (good ones) they can come up with? #boardgames #ClankLegacy

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Board Game Bloke @boardgamebloke.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

FS is a bit of a dud compared to 13 Days. FS had rather bland gameplay that had enough of base that it begat a better game in RFOP. It reminded me of the Israeli Independence States of Siege game that itself soon seemed weak but started a series of much better games.

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Board Game Bloke @boardgamebloke.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

#bgstatsapp #boardgame grid for February A few #boardgames were brought out after 10+ years to see if they still work. Hamburgum and Redneck Life still hit the spot for vastly different reasons. Walk the Plank did not work. Some clever ideas but implementation was fiddly. So out it went.

BG Stats 5 x 5.
Play count:
6: Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game;
3: Clank! Legacy 2: Acquisitions Incorporated – Darkest Magic;
2: Codenames;
1: Hamburgum;
1: Redneck Life;
1: Twilight Struggle;
1: Ra;
1: Star Wars: Jabba's Palace – A Love Letter Game;
1: Caesar!: Seize Rome in 20 Minutes!;
1: Tsuro;
1: Walk the Plank!.

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Board Game Bloke @boardgamebloke.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Tuesday night #boardgames & #craftbeer with the #VCSBG meetup With 20 in attendance we snuck in a 2-player #boardgame with Twilight Struggle. Meanwhile a whole bunch of multiplayer games were played. We finished with a few rounds of Codenames. #thingstodo #gamenight #conejovalley

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Board Game Bloke @boardgamebloke.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Wow. That’s a shocker. I only heard he was I’ll yesterday. RIP Rodger.

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Fishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

We're celebrating, as ever, the start of Super Bowl 2025 with this Superb Owl. 🦉

A mosaic of an owl, with part of the black and white corner of the mosaic border above him. The owl is a mess. He honestly looks like he hasn't slept for days.

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Board Game Bloke @boardgamebloke.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

uesday night #boardgames & #craftbeer with the #VCSBG meetup As is normal we had some folks play one #boardgame in the whole evening, some play two, while others play a bunch. That's the benefit of having a good sized group & 6 tables at the same time. #thingstodo #gamenight #conejovalley

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Board Game Bloke @boardgamebloke.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Tuesday night #boardgames and #craftbeer with the #VCSB meetup at #pedalsandpintsbrewing in #thousandoaks A fun game of AuZtralia with 4 players. It’s a blast of a #martinwallace design. Other tables played Rebirth Ireland ,Yokohama, and Merchants of the Dark Road. #boardgame

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Board Game Bloke @boardgamebloke.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

The training is being held at a suitable time for folks across the pond. Gain valuable skills from experienced teachers on using Discord, Vassal, and Tabletop Simulator to play board games online. Sign up at bit.ly/sdhistwinter25 #hexesforever #wargamebootcamp #boardgames #historicalboardgames

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SDHist Online 2025 Winter Quarters

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Board Game Bloke @boardgamebloke.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Next Saturday 8th Feb 2025 is the SDHISTCON Winter 25 online board gaming con. The Wargame Bootcamp is holding a special online training event on Friday, the day BEFORE the con. Read on… #hexesforever #wargamebootcamp #boardgames #historicalboardgames

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Board Game Bloke @boardgamebloke.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Tuesday night #boardgames and #craftbeer with the #VCSB meetup at #pedalsandpintsbrewing in #thousandoaks A bunch of the newbies are now regulars. Welcome folks. I got to play a few old games like The Field of the Cloth of Gold, Ivanhoe, and Vegas. First play for me of 60 Second City #boardgame.

60 Second City. Not bad for $6 at Target!

Hollywood 1947. I see Commie film-makers everywhere!

The Field of the Cloth of Gold. It's good to be the King!

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Jackie Fox @jackiefox.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

The listing for the first of a dozen plus signed Jackie Fox promo cards for Rock Hard: 1977, which I'm auctioning off for L.A. fire relief, is now live. Thank you @devirgames.bsky.social for providing the cards and thank you to all bidders in advance for your generosity! www.ebay.com/itm/14634635...

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new Jackie Fox promo card and standee for Rock Hard: 1977 - signed by Jackie Fox | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for new Jackie Fox promo card and standee for Rock Hard: 1977 - signed by Jackie Fox at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many...

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Board Game Bloke @boardgamebloke.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

With Karl attending we scheduled some #Wargamebootcamp #boardgame events. I recruited some non-wargamers for the Vietnam themed pseudo RPG Purple Haze, including a father & son duo. They had a fun time.Last game of the day was The Other Side of the Hill by NAC Wargames. Thanks to Karl for teaching.

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Board Game Bloke @boardgamebloke.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Pics of #boardgames at ConQuest Ventura yesterday. It’s is a 3 day #tabletopgaming con in Ventura, CA. #SoCalWargamers came up from LA and beyond. Members of my local #VCSB group also attended. It was good to see a bunch of folks I don’t see very often. #ConQuestVentura #boardgame #VenturaCounty

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