New arrivals! The Great Hunger from Compass Games, Guerre Eclair from Nuts! Publishing and A Mad Endeavor from High Flying Dice Games.

Coast Watchers: Allied Field Intelligence in the South Pacific, 1942-1943 designed by @volko.bsky.social. You can learn more or pre-order with a discount on the P500 page here: www.gmtgames.com/p-1102-coast...

Interview with Peregrine Nicholls Designer of Limits of Glory Campaign VI: Jersey from Form Square Games Currently on Gamefound A few years ago, we became acquainted with Andrew Rourke through his Coalitions design from PHALANX that went on to a successful crowdfunding campaign and has recently been delivered. He has since …

Interview with Peregrine Nicholls designer of Limits of Glory Campaign VI: Jersey from Form Square Games currently on Gamefound. theplayersaid.com/2026/04/20/i...

Well earned. That’s a great little game. Loved the narrative generated and the tension.

This bad boy arrived yesterday! The Other Side of the Hill 2nd Edition from NAC Wargames.

Unboxing Video: In a Dark Wood: C3 Module 4 – The Hof Gap from Thin Red Line Games Taking its roots from SPI’s Central Front and NATO: Division Commander, In a Dark Wood is the fourth module of the C3 series, focused on Command, Control and Communication …

Unboxing Video: In a Dark Wood: C3 Module 4 – The Hof Gap from Thin Red Line Games. theplayersaid.com/2026/04/18/u...

Grant’s Top 10 Solitaire Wargames of 2025! As I have done with my Top 10 Wargames of each year list I am going to do the same with the Top 10 Solitaire Wargames/Games that I played that were published in 2025. I played a total of 17 new pub…

Here are my Top 10 Solitaire Wargames of 2025! theplayersaid.com/2026/04/16/g...

My Favorite Wargame Cards – A Look at Individual Cards from My Favorite Games – Card #73: Russian Leader Tsar Alexander I from Congress of Vienna from GMT Games With this My Favorite Wargame Cards Series, I hope to take a look at a specific card from the various wargames that I have played and share how it is used in the game. I am not a strategist and fra…

My Favorite Wargame Cards – A Look at Individual Cards from My Favorite Games – Card #73: Russian Leader Tsar Alexander I from Congress of Vienna from @gmtgames.bsky.social theplayersaid.com/2026/04/15/m...

After Action Report for the Sunday game of #LittoralCommander #SpaceForce #CircleDC #CircleDC2026 Defense of New York Scenario on the North East Corridor Map

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An Impossible War: The First Carlist War in the North, 1834-1838 from Bellica Third Generation – Action Point 1 An Impossible War: The First Carlist War in the North, 1834-1838 from Bellica Third Generation is a block wargame that recreates the First Carlist War in the North of Spain which was a civil war be…

In a new series covering An Impossible War: The First Carlist War in the North, 1834-1838 from Bellica Third Generation, in Action Point 1 we look at the Game Map, the point-to-point movement and the delineation of the Carlist vs Liberal Zones. theplayersaid.com/2026/04/14/a...

Lord Of The Rings Games | Monthly Debrief S6E1 | Jan 2026 | The Players' Aid YouTube video by The Players Aid

Did you miss the latest monthly debrief from our friends @playersaidblog.bsky.social

You can check it out here!

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Interview with Martin Melbardis Designer of Campaign: Operation Bagration from Catastrophe Games Currently on Kickstarter A few years ago, I played and very much enjoyed a cool little solitaire WWII card-driven game called Campaign: Fall Blau from Catastrophe Games and designer Martin Melbardis where the player attemp…

Our interview with Martin Melbardis designer of Campaign: Operation Bagration from Catastrophe Games currently on Kickstarter. theplayersaid.com/2026/04/13/i...

#CircleDC #CircleDC2026 #RevolutionPairs

Today’s game: 7-player game of Elizabeth: England Aflame. The agents in the pay of Spain and Portugal took a surprise win as the Spanish Armada landed. Playing at Circle DC convention.

The postman just brought me this cute little game called Battle Box Napoleonic Wars from Feral Wizard.

Unboxing Video: Operation Dragoon: The 2nd D-Day Solitaire Travel Game from Worthington Publishing Operation Dragoon: The 2nd D-Day Solitaire Travel Game is a fast-playing corps and division-level operational solitaire game of the Operation Dragoon campaign from the initial invasion that hit the…

Unboxing Video: Operation Dragoon: The 2nd D-Day Solitaire Travel Game from Worthington Publishing. theplayersaid.com/2026/04/11/u...

In today’s edition of The Love/Hate Relationship, we take a look at our thoughts on Card Driven Games. theplayersaid.com/2026/04/09/t...

La Der des Ders – The War to End War from Hexasim – Action Point 6 La Der des Ders – The War to End War from Hexasim is a 1-2 player slightly abstracted strategic level look at World War I. The game allows the players to relive the First World War at a strate…

In the final entry in a series covering the strategic level WWI game La Der des Ders - The War to End War from Hexasim, in Action Point 6 we give an overview of the “Athena” solitaire bot and how it works. theplayersaid.com/2026/04/08/l...

My Favorite Wargame Cards – A Look at Individual Cards from My Favorite Games – Card #72: Commodus from The Wars of Marcus Aurelius: Rome 170-180CE from Hollandspiele With this My Favorite Wargame Cards Series, I hope to take a look at a specific card from the various wargames that I have played and share how it is used in the game. I am not a strategist and fra…

My Favorite Wargame Cards – A Look at Individual Cards from My Favorite Games – Card #72: Commodus from The Wars of Marcus Aurelius: Rome 170-180CE from Hollandspiele. theplayersaid.com/2026/04/07/m...

New arrival today! Limits of Glory Volume V: Donning the Sacred Heart from Form Square Games.

Interview with Wolfgang Klein Designer of Assault – Red Horizon ’41: Revised Edition from Assault Games and Sound of Drums A few years ago, I came across a new designer named Wolfgang Klein (no relation to Alexander Klein) and his new company Assault Games. They create fantastic tactical level wargames and we have play…

Our interview with Wolfgang Klein designer of Assault – Red Horizon ’41: Revised Edition from Assault Games and Sound of Drums. theplayersaid.com/2026/04/06/i...

Unboxing Video: Blue & Gray Deluxe Edition from Decision Games The American Civil War was the bloodiest conflict and a defining event in the history of the United States. The tragedy of the conflict was amplified by the fact the battles were brutally fought wi…

Unboxing Video: Blue & Gray Deluxe Edition from Decision Games. theplayersaid.com/2026/04/04/u...

New arrival today (I have a problem I know!). Strategy & Tactics Magazine #358 with the pack-in game Battle of Pensacola 1781 designed by Javier Romero.

The Beautiful Boards of Wargaming! – Phantom Fury: Iraq, November 9, 2004 The Second Battle for Fallujah 2nd Edition from Nuts! Publishing Continuing along in this series devoted to the best looking boards found in the wargaming world where I will highlight the art and layout of a different board in a wargame that we have played to sh…

In today’s edition of The Beautiful Boards of Wargaming, we take a look at the work of Nicolas Robin for Phantom Fury: Iraq, November 9, 2004 The Second Battle for Fallujah 2nd Edition from Nuts! Publishing. theplayersaid.com/2026/04/03/t...

Newest arrival! Trying Men’s Souls: The Campaign for New York, 1776 from LPS, Inc. in Against the Odds Magazine Issue #63.

A giant map of Italy with approximately 12 million counters on it.

Having a morning playtest of Foxes & Lions (HIS system game I'm co-designing with Paul Wright) with @joedewhurst.bsky.social. Venice is both kicking butt and about to get wrecked by all the other powers who are clearly just jealous.

What is this new devilry?!?

La Der des Ders – The War to End War from Hexasim – Action Point 5 La Der des Ders – The War to End War from Hexasim is a 1-2 player slightly abstracted strategic level look at World War I. The game allows the players to relive the First World War at a strate…

In a continuing series covering the strategic level WWI game La Der des Ders - The War to End War from Hexasim, in Action Point 5 we review the Victory Conditions. theplayersaid.com/2026/04/02/l...

This arrived yesterday! COIN Series Multi-Pack II The Guerilla Generation from @gmtgames.bsky.social Looking forward to diving into this one!

We need to do a written designer interview with you if you’re up for it?