Exciting online events to check out at SDHistCon Winter Quarters 2026!

We’re pulling together the events schedule for our next online convention, SDHistCon Winter Quarters 2026. This convention will run from 8 a.m. ET/ 5 p.m. PT to 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT on Saturday, Jan. 31, and we have lots Read More …

Save the date for SDHist’s 2026 events!

We at SDHist are excited to share the four great events we have planned for 2026! Here are our planned dates for the year. Stay tuned to Conflicts of Interest Online and our social media feeds (X, Bluesky, Instagram, Facebook, Read More …

SDHistCon Summit 2025 seminar recording: Dan Bullock, John Butterfield, David Thompson and Jeremy White on narrative in solitaire games

Our recent Summit convention in San Diego featured a number of excellent seminars for attendees, featuring game designers, podcasts, writers, and more discussing numerous areas of importance to historical games. One of those panels, on narrative in solitaire games, was Read More …

Amabel Holland’s “Vonnegut’s Board Game: Preservation, Annotation, Context” selected as 2025 Bobby Nunes Memorial Award recipient

The San Diego Historical Games Convention (SDHist) is proud to announce Amabel Holland’s video essay “Vonnegut’s Board Game: Preservation, Annotation, Context” as the recipient of the 2025 Bobby Nunes Memorial Award. This award, launched last year in memory of our Read More …

War Story: Occupied France announced as 2025 Summit Award recipient

The San Diego Historical Games Convention (SDHist) is proud to announce the winner of the fourth annual Summit Award. The Summit Award aims to recognize a historical board game published in the preceding year that most broadened the hobby through Read More …

San Diego Historical Games Convention announces 2025 Bobby Nunes Memorial Award finalists

The San Diego Historical Games Convention (SDHist) is proud to announce the finalists for the 2025 Bobby Nunes Memorial Award. This award, launched last year in memory of our colleague and friend, Robert “Bobby Factor” Nunes (seen above during a Read More …

Nominations are open for the 2025 Summit Award and 2025 Bobby Nunes Memorial Award!

Nominations are now open for the 2025 Summit Award and 2025 Bobby Nunes Memorial Award! The Summit Award, established by SDHist in 2022, is an annual award recognizing the published game that most broadens the historical gaming hobby through its Read More …