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 …
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 …
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 …
The San Diego Historical Games Convention (SDHist) is proud to announce the four finalists for 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 Read More …
Tickets are now available for this year’s SDHistCon Summit 2025 in San Diego! This face-to-face convention will take place November 7-10 (Friday to Monday) in the Point Loma neighborhood at the SES Portuguese Hall. That’s four full days of gaming Read More …
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 …
Thanks to everyone who came out to our second online convention of the year, SDHistCon Second Front 2025, on June 7! We had 36 total events on the day, covering excellent game demonstrations (many from designers), full games, company updates, Read More …
Our second online convention of 2025, SDHistCon Second Front, is just one week away on June 7! This convention will run from 8 a.m. Eastern/5 a.m. Pacific to 11 p.m. Eastern/8 p.m. Pacific, and will feature an incredible array of Read More …
We have important news about our upcoming conventions. Unfortunately, SDHistCon East 2025 (which had been set for Rhode Island in August) will not be happening this year. Following discussions with the staff of the US Naval War College Museum, we Read More …
Thanks to everyone who attended our SDHistCon Winter Quarters 2025 convention on Feb. 8! More than 150 people came for some or all of a full day of gaming events, covering game demos, topical panels, company updates, and more. Here Read More …