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Paul B @pbgameshistory.bsky.social · 11h

Minor tweaking and typo directions ready for tomorrow’s Hastings battle.

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Bob Marshall @bobmarshall.co.uk · 11/10/2026

Rather chuffed that my castle reconstructions have made it onto two book covers in sucessive months. Can’t foresee that ever happening again.

Book cover of ‘William Wallace illustrated’ by Barry Moss, featuring a reconstruction image of Stirling Castle under siege in 1314.

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Paul B @pbgameshistory.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Great anecdote. I found ‘The Inheritance of Rome’ particularly helpful.

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Paul B @pbgameshistory.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Am at a conference today, which links well to the games - history theme I often hover around. ‘At’ in a virtual sense as for €10 you can skip going down to Dublin for the day and drop in and out of the talks that interest.

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Dave Kershaw @davekershaw.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

My terrible picture of HMS Queen Elizabeth in Belfast today. It's parked in the same place the cruise ships use, which makes it seem weirdly small because cruise ships are so massive.

It's an aircraft carrier behind a security fence

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Paul B @pbgameshistory.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Am mostly focused on Things 1066, but am exploring unit representation in the proposed ‘Serving Well’ Marlburian battles project. Am going to use an 8cm grid so 7cm long pieces work. May need to glue cubes.

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Paul B @pbgameshistory.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Noodling around the big 4 Marlburian battles, Malplaquet having woods either side (and fighting in them) throws up something to cover that isn't really in the other three. militarymaps.rct.uk/war-of-the-s...

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Paul B @pbgameshistory.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Combing through rules and resources in the run up to our Hastings battle (Normans shown with red trim) checking Norman-specific abilities and some ‘how things happen on a grid’ tweaks.

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Paul B @pbgameshistory.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Making some system tweaks ahead of Hastings, but when I asked where something tabletoppy might go in the medium to longer term the suggestion was…

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Jur @jurdj.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Brilliant mosaic floor in Setif. The Triumph of Dionysus 9m x 6,3m

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Paul B @pbgameshistory.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

On to the battle. The initial stage sees both sides a little mauled and the berserkers on the bridge hold out well before withdrawing. My English start drawing up with Harold mot unite where he wants to be.

Green is the English colour. Harold has Gyrth with him. No horse (1 in 6 chance there were to align with Norwegian chronicle).

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Paul B @pbgameshistory.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Stamford Bridge started out quiet. A terrain roll showed where a rise might become noticeable. Asking where York lay, the answer was “you cross the bridge, then pass the chair, and keep on going beyond the radiator”.

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Paul B @pbgameshistory.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Love this game. After a break I need to play it before being able to PLAY it. Yucata.de implementation is very good.

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Paul B @pbgameshistory.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Tidying up the rules for tomorrow's Stamford Bridge anniversary game. have committed to page numbers so I must be pretty much 'there'.

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Stuart Jordan @stuartjwargames.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Technical playtest for my game for Winchester Shieldwall, Edington 878 using Midgard. Come and play some Viking games in November! www.ryanlavelle.net/winchestersh...

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Jur @jurdj.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Constantine: Rhummel valley, mosque and former French government building

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Paul B @pbgameshistory.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

As if there would ever be unfriendly bases in Greenland? Oh. [The announcement of the proposed more remote Trumpbase in Greenland brings events in a cold WW2 theatre to mind.]

Article abstract from Polar Record. The tale of how this played out with captured sled dogs and US bombing is quite something.

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Paul B @pbgameshistory.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Remember long long ago an early adopter work friend coming in one morning raving about his BBC Computer experiences with a new game. He said it was ‘Elite’ but to me he was talking Traveller.

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Dave Watson @balkandave.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Speaking at the University of St Andrew’s this evening. It would be rude not to visit the castle. Oh, and the cathedral, museum, and of course the golf course. The university is pretty impressive too.

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Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I’ve been working on the gaming board all summer. Hadn’t been planning on adding a sphinx, but here we are.

A calico/tabby crouched in a very self satisfied way on a desert themed homemade tabletop wargaming board.

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Paul B @pbgameshistory.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Fulford. The day arrived. Set up rolls placed the armies close to each other with no straggling so soon the Norwegians were using wedges and failing to break the Earls’ shieldwall.

Harald is doing his best across the ditch but does not gain much if anything.

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Paul B @pbgameshistory.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Dining table extended for Fulford tomorrow. Can do a bigger surface on the upstairs setup but would rather have it here. And it is within bounds. Deepcut mat I am sure. 6” squares.

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Alex Harvey @alexharvv.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Practiced some undergrad level toponymic exercises in Old English, Old Welsh, and Old Norse today with my Year 7 pupils Amazingly they not only all understood it, but excelled at it, and asked for extension tasks. Marvellous to see Budding early medievalists in the making...

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Paul B @pbgameshistory.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Reign of Witches on RTT: rich little storylines evolve and opportunities come and go. Great as a side game too.

Game position with each player having three cards down.

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Paul B @pbgameshistory.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Rules done but need checking and perhaps reordering, Fulford scenario fleshed out ready for Sunday, a few more markers done.

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Lee Brimmicombe-Wood @leebwood.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

As someone who had a hand in pushing this into print I heartily endorse this game system. I'm currently working on 'genre pack' supplements for the game and they're very exciting.

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Dave Watson @balkandave.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

What the Bayeux tapestry reveals about medieval buildings on both sides of the Channel. From Westminster Abbey to Mont St Michel, the Bayeux tapestry’s 33 buildings reveal its designer was familiar with monastic manuscripts and stonemasonry. theconversation.com/what-the-bay...

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What the Bayeux tapestry reveals about medieval buildings on both sides of the Channel

From Westminster Abbey to Mont St Michel, the Bayeux tapestry’s 33 buildings reveal its designer was familiar with monastic manuscripts and stonemasonry.

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Paul B @pbgameshistory.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Great Slaughter rules - just about done. 13 pages with flavour images from various tapestries tending to link to nearby text and break up the paragraphs. Help sheets and three battle scenarios need attention.

13 pages. Might do some reordering as things just grow, but I can work off this.

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Paul B @pbgameshistory.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The hills are alive. Scratch that. ‘The hills have arrived’.

Wargaming hills set from Total System Scenic via EBay.

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Paul B @pbgameshistory.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A change that is a challenge to model and extrapolate from.

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Paul B @pbgameshistory.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Books Do Furnish and all that. This was an ‘extra’ while delving in London.

Cover of Henry of Huntingdon’s ‘chronicle’.

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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This is an Eastern Roman triumphal inscription celebrating in Greek a local victory on land _and_ sea over the Langobards. I cannot emphasize enough how extremely rare such a text is, not only because of its location, but just as a document illuminating a very obscure period in history.

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Joe Bilton (Joe_Wargamer) @joewargamer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I'm at Bovington Tank Museum for a wargames event during the South West model show!

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Mark Backhouse @markbackhouse29.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Fulford Gate 3mm action with Chivalry and Honour

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Paul B @pbgameshistory.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The Hastings die shakers were mislabeled as goblets.

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Paul B @pbgameshistory.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Have translated, in the sense a bishop or relics might, to the British Museum. Not for Korea or Bayeux, they are for later in the year, but another mother country manifestation of 2776 +250.

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Paul B @pbgameshistory.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Little did I realise that when I took on the challenge of home grown battle games to play out the 1066 battles on their calendar days it would turn into a bit more than a mini project.

Norwegians go for a wedge attack against the English shield wall at proto-FulfordStamford.

English spend very limited ‘Will’ to hold on. One side tends to start at 6, the other at 5, depending. The token on the feigned retreat chit denotes shieldwall

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Paul B @pbgameshistory.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

1776 +250 took me to the British Library where their colour scheme is the same.

Intro board for the run of American Revolution display cases temporarily in the Treasures Gallery.

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Paul B @pbgameshistory.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Don't think I'll get to play Republic of Rome again but I won't forget having played it. Some plays from the past stay with you.

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Paul B @pbgameshistory.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Still looks very interesting, but haven’t noticed any reviews. Book price in ‘oh really?’ zone and PDF requires an encrypting reader app. [2nd go at posting.] #BattleNarratives

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Paul B @pbgameshistory.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Hello Kew, hello Paris. Welcome to 1763, or 1776+.

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Paul B @pbgameshistory.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This week I'm following up on the 1776+250 theme. Not just games.

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Paul B @pbgameshistory.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

A tale of two Bahmanis. In the left one I got on a roll and exploited some opportunities, winning by 1. The right one is ongoing and I am flailing and failing.

Vijayanagara played on Rally the Troops. Board detail.

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Paul B @pbgameshistory.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The two day set-up makes it extra attractive is journeying from the Frozen North.

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Paul B @pbgameshistory.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Those little plastic stands underpin what this game can achieve visually.

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Paul B @pbgameshistory.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

In Lee v Grant I have managed to get most of my Union forces South of the mobile Confederates (though we have both done a lot of digging in and abandoning entrenchments).

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Paul B @pbgameshistory.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Have been doing a little bit off systems testing for the planned trio of 1066 battles ‘on their days’. Just trying to see that they should not be overly wild nor flatline. But who knows? Main aim is to see how things develop, hopefully a little differently but within reasonable bounds.

These weee an unexpected distance apart, but approach and ‘events’ can occur.

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Paul B @pbgameshistory.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Assembling dice (must have some better ones somewhere but these were to hand). D6 for indicating King’s Will, D4 for early activations, D3 through most of the day, Saga Dice (only really need 6 of each and D6s could less atmospherically substitute.

English tend free, Norwegians cream, Normans red.

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