Momentum continues to build for the first SDHist event of the year, online convention SDHistCon Winter Quarters 2024 on Feb. 3. Badges are still available, but are limited, so if you would like to reserve your spot, do so now! Read More …
This post is by Mary Bryant Shrader. Mary teaches how to make traditional foods, including bone broth, sourdough, and ferments, on her Mary’s Nest website and YouTube channel, which includes over 600 videos. Her YouTube channel has over a million Read More …
The San Diego Historical Games Convention (SDHist) is proud to announce our next online convention: SDHistCon Winter Quarters 2024 , taking place all day on Saturday, Feb. 3. Registration is open now for $10 and gets you access to a Read More …
On Dec. 11, SDHist announced Votes for Women (the second edition is currently available on Kickstarter here) as the recipient of the 2023 Summit Award (for games published in 2022). After that, SDHist founder Harold Buchanan spoke to designer Tory Read More …
This post is from Jason Matthews. Jason is a conflict simulation designer and Napoleonic miniatures junkie. His titles include Twilight Struggle, Imperial Struggle, and 1960: The Making of the President. The easiest headline to write about the new Napoleon film is Read More …
The San Diego Historical Games Convention (SDHist) is proud to announce the winner of the second 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 …
SDHistCon Summit 2023 S.E.S. Portuguese Hall of San Diego November 3-5 This convention recap is from Conflicts of Interest Online editor Andrew Bucholtz. You can contact him on Twitter here. The featured photo above is from Meeple Lady; you can Read More …
This piece is from SD HistCon founder Harold Buchanan. This looks at the history of Point Loma, home to this week’s SDHistCon Summit 2023. (See also Harold’s series on San Diego in WWII here, here, here, here, here, and here, Read More …
This Conflicts of Interest Online post is from Alex Knight, designer of Land and Freedom: The Spanish Revolution and Civil War. In this piece, Knight interviews seven designers about their work on board games focusing on struggles for social justice, Read More …
This piece is from Clio, who runs the Clio’s Board Games blog and Twitter account dedicated to musings on history, board games, and history in board games. He holds an M.A. in history (obtained with a thesis on the Cold Read More …