Single best description of AI I’ve ever read, from the great Ted Chiang.

If you’ve ever been curious about creating games in Tabletop Simulator, check out this great series that Jim Owczarski has put together youtube.com/live/rZ0qm_4EC…

Everyone's talking about the Cylons, but that's actually the signal Dr Eleanor Ann "Elie" Arroway received over a quarter of a century ago! Someone please notify NASA that this contains a sequence of prime numbers that appears to have originated from Vega. 👋

Getting some serious SPI Damocles Mission vibes here!!! IYKYK

Where do wargamers learn about games? Who do they watch, read and listen to? The answers are here sapperstudio.com/post/wargaming… (and more about Sapper Studio in the coming days) The Players’ Aid Dan Thurot TheBoardgamesChronicle Grant Linneberg The Armchair Dragoons Beyond Solitaire Zilla Blitz Ardwulf

ICYM, Cube4meShop is celebrating its third anniversary and today is the last moment to take advantage of their sale. Check this out! theboardgameschronicle.com/2024/08/21/thi… CUBE4ME Marcin Olempa RailsOnBoards

#Boardgame Bulletin 24-12 ~ An expansive evening of play with Wyrmspan (Connie Vogelmann, Stonemaier Games, 2024) rockymountainnavy.com/2024/09/02/boa…

#Angola Civil War boardgame is a fascinating classic. Almost 30 years old, it still feels very fresh and innovative. In below material I am trying to explain and present phenomenon of this title. Enjoy! theboardgameschronicle.com/2024/09/03/ang… Multi-Man Publishing #wargames #boardgames

>Be Lucasfilm in 1980 >Release the much anticipated sequel to an already beloved movie >30 mins in, drop one of the most iconic snow battle scenes in sci fi >Give both the Empire & Rebels insanely cool uniforms & vehicles >Instant classic I fucking love Empire Strikes Back

Taiwanese company develops board game based on Chinese invasion taiwannews.com.tw/news/5930241

Strategic leaders must be creative, agile & flexible to have a cognitive advantage over adversaries. Wargaming in general, and NATO ACT's Wargaming Initiative for #NATO #WIN24, ensures that NATO remains a step ahead in various warfare development scenarios. #WeAreNATO

Jackie Chan's famous chopstick fight from "Drunken Master" in 1978

Space: 1999 is 49 today, so let's dance 🕺💃

What an interesting comment. 🧐 SFB is oft derided as “accountancy in space” but I’ve never heard it heralded for world-building. Derived from the Original TV Series, I loved it for years but eventually saw all the ships as more formulaic than asymmetric. Time to reconsider? 🤔

Mountain Navy 🎲🗺⚔️ Oh yeah, and best of all ... no Jean-Luc Picard and his constant no-fighting, sit on the bridge sipping tea and listening to opera and never fighting (wuss). 100% Kirk!!!

Wargaming is an Art not a Science. So - what does that mean for those involved? Read Sawyer Judge's excellent MSc Thesis: professionalwargaming.co.uk/WargamingGuild…

#Book Shelf 24-19 ~ OODDA, Flux, and the Algorithms of Armageddon: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Future Wars (George Galdorisi, Sam J. Tangredi, Naval Institute Press, 2024) rockymountainnavy.com/2024/09/05/boo…

Like Intel, Views of War Change in Boots on the Ground Deluxe via The Armchair Dragoons #wargame rockymountainnavy.com/2024/09/05/lik…

I repost this from time to time because ON THE BEACH is the best end of the world/SF film you've never heard of, and a personal favorite, with Fred Astaire, Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner and Anthony Perkins, based on Nevil Shute's novel. Highly recommended. youtube.com/watch?v=dNNsah…

It's why we use toy soldiers. Entirely more respectable.