Charles Vasey
@charlesvasey.bsky.social
Funkmaster C, bespoke designer of games to the gentry. Descended in the true line.
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Ushibori in the Rain, 1929, by Hasui Kawase.
January 31, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Ushibori in the Rain, 1929, by Hasui Kawase.
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I'll be at SquareBASH near Gatwick on Sunday, demonstrating my new game "Wolfe Tone's Rebellion"about the Irish 1798 rebellion.
January 29, 2026 at 7:16 PM
I'll be at SquareBASH near Gatwick on Sunday, demonstrating my new game "Wolfe Tone's Rebellion"about the Irish 1798 rebellion.
This is a big Vae Victis Special with very smart looking cards. The rules are a bit Exception City (though it was a wild old topic) and the annual turn will be a long one (12 cards?) with Events seeming to predominate.
I'm not persuaded that I'd want to play the full game.
I'm not persuaded that I'd want to play the full game.
January 20, 2026 at 9:44 PM
This is a big Vae Victis Special with very smart looking cards. The rules are a bit Exception City (though it was a wild old topic) and the annual turn will be a long one (12 cards?) with Events seeming to predominate.
I'm not persuaded that I'd want to play the full game.
I'm not persuaded that I'd want to play the full game.
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A mockup of Operation Overlord by Clem. Files went to the printer these days. More info should be available soon.
December 23, 2025 at 2:24 AM
A mockup of Operation Overlord by Clem. Files went to the printer these days. More info should be available soon.
Played Rivoli as our second visit, corking game. Thanks @fredserval.bsky.social
January 10, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Played Rivoli as our second visit, corking game. Thanks @fredserval.bsky.social
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‘Extraordinary’ iron age war trumpet find in Britain may have Boudicca links. Bronze instrument or carnyx dug up in Norfolk in area inhabited by Celtic tribe led by warrior who fought Romans. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
‘Extraordinary’ iron age war trumpet find in Britain may have Boudicca links
Bronze instrument or carnyx dug up in Norfolk in area inhabited by Celtic tribe led by warrior who fought Romans
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:05 AM
‘Extraordinary’ iron age war trumpet find in Britain may have Boudicca links. Bronze instrument or carnyx dug up in Norfolk in area inhabited by Celtic tribe led by warrior who fought Romans. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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Dernière lecture de 2025 : Gaelle Audéon remet à leur juste place les souveraines et les aristocrates qui de 1137 à 1226 participent du pouvoir politique. Trop longtemps invisibilisées dans l’historiographie. Soumises à beaucoup de violences elles gouvernent pourtant leurs fiefs
December 31, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Dernière lecture de 2025 : Gaelle Audéon remet à leur juste place les souveraines et les aristocrates qui de 1137 à 1226 participent du pouvoir politique. Trop longtemps invisibilisées dans l’historiographie. Soumises à beaucoup de violences elles gouvernent pourtant leurs fiefs
Just cut this one out, it covers the 1792-1797 and uses sticks and boxes (and has some nice cards). A lot of the range is in the commanders (this is really an Austrian-French affair) and the range of other states. All the time a young Corsican is getting bolder.
December 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Just cut this one out, it covers the 1792-1797 and uses sticks and boxes (and has some nice cards). A lot of the range is in the commanders (this is really an Austrian-French affair) and the range of other states. All the time a young Corsican is getting bolder.
An excellent book on the opening part of the wars up to Towton. Grummitt prefers to work from contemporary sources and sometimes to reach no hard conclusion at all. His discussion of Towton is especially useful possibly being split into three battles all closely attached.
December 27, 2025 at 8:46 PM
An excellent book on the opening part of the wars up to Towton. Grummitt prefers to work from contemporary sources and sometimes to reach no hard conclusion at all. His discussion of Towton is especially useful possibly being split into three battles all closely attached.
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Today’s movie:
December 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Today’s movie:
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Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
December 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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Second outing. French have a
Near calm sea with the hint of a Southerly breeze. Main
English sail trio are far off, but the Red Galley is returning from the Brittany coast and is in the way.
Near calm sea with the hint of a Southerly breeze. Main
English sail trio are far off, but the Red Galley is returning from the Brittany coast and is in the way.
December 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Second outing. French have a
Near calm sea with the hint of a Southerly breeze. Main
English sail trio are far off, but the Red Galley is returning from the Brittany coast and is in the way.
Near calm sea with the hint of a Southerly breeze. Main
English sail trio are far off, but the Red Galley is returning from the Brittany coast and is in the way.
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Art of the day
Two girls racing sheep on a farm in Cornwall, England (colorization), 1969 - by John Drysdale (1925 - 2016), English
Two girls racing sheep on a farm in Cornwall, England (colorization), 1969 - by John Drysdale (1925 - 2016), English
December 11, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Art of the day
Two girls racing sheep on a farm in Cornwall, England (colorization), 1969 - by John Drysdale (1925 - 2016), English
Two girls racing sheep on a farm in Cornwall, England (colorization), 1969 - by John Drysdale (1925 - 2016), English
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Coming next spring!
”The Business of War in the Early Modern Baltic Sea Region 1530–1765”
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”The Business of War in the Early Modern Baltic Sea Region 1530–1765”
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December 6, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Coming next spring!
”The Business of War in the Early Modern Baltic Sea Region 1530–1765”
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@profmurdoch.bsky.social @anulah.bsky.social
”The Business of War in the Early Modern Baltic Sea Region 1530–1765”
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Two more of the over sized Napoleonic battles by Hourtoulle. They may be big but they are beautiful with amazing illustrations inside. 📚 🇫🇷 #histbookchat
December 6, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Two more of the over sized Napoleonic battles by Hourtoulle. They may be big but they are beautiful with amazing illustrations inside. 📚 🇫🇷 #histbookchat
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Adding alt text to this because this is fucking amazing and everyone deserves to read it.
December 2, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Adding alt text to this because this is fucking amazing and everyone deserves to read it.
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For anyone interested in vikings: a symposium on the impact of the viking Great Army, to be held at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge on 24 April 2026.
November 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
For anyone interested in vikings: a symposium on the impact of the viking Great Army, to be held at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge on 24 April 2026.
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You know you’re getting a little too into the 18th century Habsburg when you start to buy books on Maria Theresia’s government and economic policy! But I really do want to know how you finance a war against Frederick the Great (especially once the UK is no longer on side). 📚 #histbookchat
November 26, 2025 at 9:25 AM
You know you’re getting a little too into the 18th century Habsburg when you start to buy books on Maria Theresia’s government and economic policy! But I really do want to know how you finance a war against Frederick the Great (especially once the UK is no longer on side). 📚 #histbookchat
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Plaque for Scottish Holocaust victim to be unveiled in Edinburgh. Outside St Stephen's Church in Stockbridge, where a service was held for Jane Haining before she travelled to Budapest to work as a matron. Later murdered by the Nazis in Auschwitz in 1944. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Plaque for Scottish Holocaust victim to be unveiled in Edinburgh
The Stolperstein stone has been laid outside St Stephen's Church in Stockbridge in Edinburgh.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Plaque for Scottish Holocaust victim to be unveiled in Edinburgh. Outside St Stephen's Church in Stockbridge, where a service was held for Jane Haining before she travelled to Budapest to work as a matron. Later murdered by the Nazis in Auschwitz in 1944. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I got a very detailed rundown of the upcoming game set in 1942 in the Mediterranean directly from the designer @javier-romero.bsky.social
Lots of interesting things to look forward to.
Thanks Javier!
Coming soon from @vucasimulations.bsky.social
I got a very detailed rundown of the upcoming game set in 1942 in the Mediterranean directly from the designer @javier-romero.bsky.social
Lots of interesting things to look forward to.
Thanks Javier!
Coming soon from @vucasimulations.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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I got a very detailed rundown of the upcoming game set in 1942 in the Mediterranean directly from the designer @javier-romero.bsky.social
Lots of interesting things to look forward to.
Thanks Javier!
Coming soon from @vucasimulations.bsky.social
I got a very detailed rundown of the upcoming game set in 1942 in the Mediterranean directly from the designer @javier-romero.bsky.social
Lots of interesting things to look forward to.
Thanks Javier!
Coming soon from @vucasimulations.bsky.social
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#dnd #funfact
Gygax often claimed that Tolkien and his books had just a "superficial" influence on D&D. According to him, such authors as Anderson, Sprague de Camp and Pratt, Leiber, Lovecraft, Merritt, Moorcock, Vance, and Zelazny were used as inspiration more than Tolkien.
#ttrpg #mtg #gamedev
Gygax often claimed that Tolkien and his books had just a "superficial" influence on D&D. According to him, such authors as Anderson, Sprague de Camp and Pratt, Leiber, Lovecraft, Merritt, Moorcock, Vance, and Zelazny were used as inspiration more than Tolkien.
#ttrpg #mtg #gamedev
November 19, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Marisol (Escobar) with Dinner Date, 1963 by John D. Schiff
November 12, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Marisol (Escobar) with Dinner Date, 1963 by John D. Schiff