Red Flags Over a Red Planet: Terraforming Mars (2016) as Cassandra’s Warning

This article is from Edgar Milik, a long time board and historical gamer and technological facilitator for SDHist. It is based on the 2016 Terraforming Mars board game, designed by Jacob Fryxelius and published by FryxGames, Stronghold Games, and more, Read More …

San Diego Historical Games Convention announces 2024 Summit Award finalists

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

The four-decade history and future of NYC’s trailblazing Metropolitan Wargamers

This article is by Kimber VanRy, who has been president of the Metropolitan Wargamers club for 10 years. Below, Kimber explores the club’s history around its 40th anniversary this year, and also discusses what’s next for them. Background Metropolitan Wargamers Read More …

‘Nothing That Happened During the War Was a Surprise’: Teaching Strategy at the Naval War College Between the World Wars 

This article is from Rob Doane, curator of the U.S. Naval War College Museum in Newport, Rhode Island. (Its Founders Hall location is seen at right above, next to Luce Hall at left.) The museum is the host for SDHistCon Read More …

Transcript: Pete Pellegrino of the U.S. Naval War College on the history of the college and wargaming

Last year, ahead of the inaugural SDHistCon East at the U.S. Naval War College Museum in Newport, Rhode Island, we held several Zoom sessions with notable gaming figures that were exclusively open to attendees. With SDHistCon East again set for Read More …