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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · 4h

No, it came straight from the printer in China, for another company. I really doubt Flying Pig had anything to do with it, they must share the same printer though.

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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · 5h

Who knows? So many questions... Why use a game sheets as a separator of cardboard shipping boxes? Why do you even need a separator, as I've never seen that before? Is it a weird advertising pitch for what kind of stuff they make?

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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · 8h

Was unloading a shipment received in our warehouse and this map was used as a buffer between cartons. This map is gorgeous, even in its beaten up condition!

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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · 1d

Another playtest of True Commands Ancients today with @gamingthepast.bsky.social . Today we worked on facing, morale & rally, which brought up other commander moves as well.

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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · 3d

Just backed this, what a cool idea!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/fer...

Battle Box - Napoleonic Wars

A complete wargame in your pocket, with all you need to play exciting battles in the age of black powder.

www.kickstarter.com

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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · 8d

The TRUTH is out there... at least, that's what I've been told to believe.

Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · 8d

Received in as a submission. Looked it up, and its a video game... Love the enthusiasm though!

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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · 11d

The English rampaging at the end of Crusader Kings! Maybe better than Fief???

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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · 23d

Yin and Yang, future game for @capstone-games.com . Very euro-ey with area control

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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · 24d

Playing River of Gold at the inaugural CapCon! Have no idea what I'm doing in this game ... But I think it's fun @capstone-games.com

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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · 24d

First North America play of Afghanistan: Decades of Strife. Went very well for a prototype

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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · 26d

@ilyakudr.bsky.social thought you would be interested in this discussion

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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · 26d

Question for my esteemed Bluesky colleagues. I've got a game we're doing on the Baltic crusades, and the designer (whose family is from the region) has authentic Baltic runes in the game. Is the ugunskrusts symbol, the 2nd down on the left, acceptable?

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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · 26d

It was. I was just about to throw in the towel but I wanted to let her to "savor" the victory...

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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · 26d

But somehow, the knights prevailed! I got super lucky. Fun game

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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · 26d

But 2 units of knights valiantly surged across the battlefield, until there were only 2 units left....

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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · 26d

My imperials were taking a beating, the tower was under seige!

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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · 26d

My wife (!!!!) suggested we play this, Battle Masters, last night, and I simply could not say no... Highlights below

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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · Sep 19

Likely going to Capcon @capstone-games.com next weekend with @boardagain.bsky.social. I'll have some games to playtest... anyone interested in joining me?

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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · Sep 16

Grant has a nice write up about Martin Melbardis' (designer of campaign Fall Blau) siege works. Martin has some really interesting roll and write games

The Players’ Aid @playersaidblog.bsky.social · Sep 16

Grant shares his First Impressions for Siege Works: A Napoleonic Siege Roll & Write from Solo Wargame. theplayersaid.com/2025/09/16/f...

First Impressions: Siege Works: A Napoleonic Siege Roll & Write from Solo Wargame

Until a few months ago, I had literally never heard of the concept of a Roll & Write game. But, I started seeing these things pop up on Kickstarter from a new company called Solo Wargame and I …

theplayersaid.com

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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · Sep 11

Reporting you to the doctrine police. And this won't be your first offence!

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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · Sep 11

Card M14- Holland lighthouse "Big Red", flavor text: "Prior to 1956, “Big Red” wasn’t red. It was pale yellow on top with a maroon base."

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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · Sep 11

Maybe... Or fix, then attack?

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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · Sep 11

Ok, finally have a workable set of prototype dice for True Command. The saga is finally over!

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Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social · Sep 10

Getting our boxes to send out to previewers. Should have the dice arriving today

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