J. R. Tracy @jrtracy.bsky.social · 11hSay what you will about the looming Apocalypse, but the sunsets have been spectacular 2130
J. R. Tracy @jrtracy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026In the movies, all the cool secretly evil supercorporations have their own paramilitaries. I gotta assume this current batch is one-upping that with a fleet of killbots they will inevitably lose control over 060
J. R. Tracy @jrtracy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Who established the international standard for caper bottles? Are they in bed with Big Tiny Spoon? 360
J. R. Tracy @jrtracy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026One of the arguments against US support of Ukraine against Russia was the fear of escalating that conflict. Instead, the putative worrywarts started a war of their own that adds a fresh dimension every couple of weeks 170
J. R. Tracy @jrtracy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026The news is just a series of rejected Onion headlines at this point 090
J. R. Tracy @jrtracy.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Pickling cherry tomatoes - we have a zillion of them. An easy pickle - the effort/outcome ratio is outstanding. Lots of recipes on the internet but I like add a pinch of red pepper flakes as well. 070
J. R. Tracy @jrtracy.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Here's my writeup of my week at the 2026 WBC - great gaming and great friends: boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/382... @multimanpublishing.bsky.social @dropded.bsky.socialboardgamegeek.comAllegheny Getaway - JR's 2026 DonCon AARAllegheny Getaway - JR's 2026 DonCon AAR 2142
J. R. Tracy @jrtracy.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Good friends and gaming pals Chris 'Campoverdi' Greenfield and Jim Campagna, enjoying beers on the Bavarian deck at Seven Springs on the final weekend of DonCon 080
J. R. Tracy @jrtracy.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Tony Birkett explains his new operational combat system to Jeff, under Gary's baleful gaze. Tony is working with Curtis Baer and Chip Saltsman on the system, using the early '43 Red Army counteroffensive and Manstein's Backhand Blow as the base case. It's early in the process but looks promising 190
J. R. Tracy @jrtracy.bsky.social · 01/08/2026A Polish tankette about to be captured - Maczek Fire Brigade in the ASL tournament at DonCon @multimanpublishing.bsky.social 1192
J. R. Tracy @jrtracy.bsky.social · 31/07/2026A 75mm HEAT round from a field piece claims a Canadian Sherman, drawing first blood in Sting of the Italian Hornet vs Rob Schoenen - ASL tournament at DonCon @multimanpublishing.bsky.social 0183
J. R. Tracy @jrtracy.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Playing Wonderland’s War with Laura Mueller’s lovely painted set - the sculpts are very nice but she really makes them pop - WBC at Seven Springs 150
J. R. Tracy @jrtracy.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Victory is out of reach, but I can salvage a draw by taking the Holy City. Repeated assaults weaken the garrison, but thin my own forces. With fading hope I send them forward once more on my final card. God smiles, Jerusalem falls, Gary blasphemes - Kingdom of Heaven from MMP. 080
J. R. Tracy @jrtracy.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Egypt is out so I turn to Damascus. However, my fistful of siege cards is neutered by Heroic Defense, which increases the resolve of the defenders and halves the effectiveness of my siege engines. Another year of campaigning comes to nought. Kingdom of Heaven, MMP @multimanpublishing.bsky.social 0130
J. R. Tracy @jrtracy.bsky.social · 28/07/2026My Crusader army learns the Mediterranean is closed for transit for the year thanks to a Venetian-Genoese trade dispute - Damietta and the Nile Delta are safe for the moment. MMP’s Kingdom of Heaven, Fifth Crusade, versus the GareBear @multimanpublishing.bsky.social 3110
J. R. Tracy @jrtracy.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Turnabout is fair play as Dutch Fokkers strike heavy weapons and artillery assets of 22. Luftlande-Division - Fallschirmjäger from MMP, with Jeff Coyle @multimanpublishing.bsky.social 1122
J. R. Tracy @jrtracy.bsky.social · 27/07/2026The terrorbombing continues - MMP’s Fallschirmjäger versus The Jackal at DonCon @multimanpublishing.bsky.social 0100
J. R. Tracy @jrtracy.bsky.social · 27/07/2026It’s raining men over Rotterdam! Fallschirmjäger from MMP/The Gamers at the WBC, versus the Jackal 181
J. R. Tracy @jrtracy.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Stukas and Ju-88s open the German air assault on Holland - MMP’s Fallschirmjäger versus the Jackal at DonCon 070
J. R. Tracy @jrtracy.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Warthogs hammer the 44th Guards Tank Regiment two miles from its objective - Air & Armor: V Corps from Compass Games, Spearhead scenario 0201
J. R. Tracy @jrtracy.bsky.social · 26/07/2026The 303rd Guards Artillery Regiment sends a 203mm love letter to the HQ of the 1st Squadron of the Blackhorse 180
J. R. Tracy @jrtracy.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Supported by Cobra gunships, 3ID pushes into the DDR to threaten the flank of 28th Army’s axis of advance - Air & Armor from Compass Games 1180
J. R. Tracy @jrtracy.bsky.social · 26/07/202629th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment feasts on the soft nougaty deliciousness of 3ID’s support echelon - Air & Armor: V Corps from Compass Games at the WBC 1141
J. R. Tracy @jrtracy.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Life is tough at the tip of the spear of the Group of Soviet Forces Germany - Air & Armor: V Corps from Compass Games, Juggernaut scenario 090
J. R. Tracy @jrtracy.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Due to a major plumbing catastrophe (thank you, upstairs neighbors!) I'm throwing out a lot of games and game-related material. Most fill me with sadness but tossing this piece of shit Yaquinto counter tray was a rare bright spot. Jeebus, these things sucked. Loved their games, but not these. 8140
J. R. Tracy @jrtracy.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Dostoyevsky’s CSA of the Damned: a lot of turnips, a few potatoes, and kale, unless you like kale, in which case no kale 010
J. R. Tracy @jrtracy.bsky.social · 20/06/2026On her last impulse of the first turn of the Great War, France takes Westphalia to knock Germany out of the war - the Triple Alliance concedes. Great experience, chock full of poor judgment and hard lessons. Looking forward to trying it again! Imperial Elegy from VUCA Simulations 6222
J. R. Tracy @jrtracy.bsky.social · 20/06/2026France drives into the heart of Germany while the Austro-Hungarians begin to comprehend the true vastness of Mother Russia. VUCA Simulations’ Imperial Elegy 040
J. R. Tracy @jrtracy.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Hero City Riga fends off the bloodthirsty Teutonic hordes - the Great War opens with a bang. Imperial Elegy from VUCA Simulations 081
J. R. Tracy @jrtracy.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Going into 1900 (turn 6) the sides are set - an International Conference staved off the Great War last turn but the next crisis will trigger it for certain. Imperial Elegy from VUCA Simulations 040
J. R. Tracy @jrtracy.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Dagestan is pacified on my FIFTH ATTEMPT - it has really crippled my game between the consumption of impulses and the reduced card draw. It starts the game a little uppity and proved to be unreasonably stubborn. Imperial Elegy from VUCA Simulations 191
J. R. Tracy @jrtracy.bsky.social · 19/06/2026An independent Poland? Not on my watch. Imperial Elegy from VUCA Simulations, playing as Russia 2141
J. R. Tracy @jrtracy.bsky.social · 15/06/2026There is a certain quantity of really good things in this world that carry meaning well out of proportion to their hard-factor significance 050
J. R. Tracy @jrtracy.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Admittedly more a nostalgia buy than anything else but still a pretty damn good game 4140
J. R. Tracy @jrtracy.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Nothing helps me enjoy a relaxing moment more than a comprehensive review of all the things I need to do once we’re done relaxing 061
J. R. Tracy @jrtracy.bsky.social · 09/05/2026We greeted our daughter’s Scottish boyfriend in style before taking them out to dinner. His next surprise: he will be guest starring in our community theater production of Get Out. 5130
J. R. Tracy @jrtracy.bsky.social · 26/04/2026"But I'm not even hunting elephants!" "Cool story, bro" <squish> www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/w...nytimes.comBig-Game Hunter From California Is Killed by Elephant in Central Africa 190
J. R. Tracy @jrtracy.bsky.social · 15/04/2026MMP's Inflection Point - Kalach campaign. My spearheads are 24 miles from the town, but the panzer formations are exhausted and an ever-thickening sludge of Soviet infantry continues to form in my path. The Jackal is giving ground grudgingly and popping me with the occasional counterattack. 080
J. R. Tracy @jrtracy.bsky.social · 10/04/2026January, 1945 - as the Allies go back on the offensive in the waning days of the Ardennes Offensive, my paras of the 551PIB slam into Curt's Volksgrenadiers in the Belgian village of Rocheinval. Very interesting scenario for an upcoming HASL module from Multi-Man Publishing. 180
J. R. Tracy @jrtracy.bsky.social · 28/03/2026May, 1940 - my landsers try to clear Curt's Chasseurs Ardennais from the heights above the River Salm at Rochelinval. An early playtest for a 1940/1944 HASL from MMP @multimanpublishing.bsky.social 1233
J. R. Tracy @jrtracy.bsky.social · 26/03/2026It’s hard to fuck up liverwurst. It starts out pretty fucked up and if you’re already into that you’re not gonna let a little grape jelly get in the way. 180
J. R. Tracy @jrtracy.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Drop a movie that traumatized you as a kid. media4.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2l...giphy.comConfused Sci-Fi GIF by Turner Classic Movies - Find & Share on GIPHYDiscover & share this Confused Sci-Fi GIF by Turner Classic Movies with everyone you know. GIPHY is how you search, share, discover, and create GIFs. 483
J. R. Tracy @jrtracy.bsky.social · 23/03/2026I just finished Robert Massie's Castles of Steel, following up his earlier Dreadnought. It's about 2500 pages between the two of them, but I'm still sad to finally wrap them up. Dreadnought covers the naval arms race between Britain and Germany running up to WWI, while Castles covers the war itself. 290
J. R. Tracy @jrtracy.bsky.social · 05/03/2026In celebration of Women in Aviation Week, here's my mom in 1943, inspecting the undercarriage of an SB2C Helldiver, at the Curtiss-Wright plant in Columbus, Ohio. An aeronautical engineer, she met my father, another engineer, while working on the Helldiver program. 4291
J. R. Tracy @jrtracy.bsky.social · 04/03/2026It's February 1945 and I am once again acting defiantly in Festung Breslau. At the end of T1 I am down 1.5 squads and have a wounded leader, but have knocked out two T-44s. A Goliath dropped one bridge but the other will likely remain intact for the oncoming ISU-122s @multimanpublishing.bsky.social 1182
