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akochowi.bsky.social
Professor of History. Russia/USSR/IR/War. Author: Russian and Soviet Diplomacy; Russia’s International Relations in the 20th Century. Wargamer. Has a famous game cart he takes to class.
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Student game designs from my Wargaming course, presented at the Research and Project Showcase @ClarksonUniv today.

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Off to class!

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Prototype complete!

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Exciting new game from @sebastianbae.bsky.social

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Trying to explain to my students that I’m from a part of London called Crystal Palace resulted in some confusion today.

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Cards for my prototype are here!

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Prototype finished. Waiting for cards to come from the printer and then onto playtesting!

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The visual correlation of yesterday’s German election results by constituency and a partitioned Germany, 1945-1990, is quite striking.

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Class today

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Current view from the end of the driveway.

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Happy Cyril and Methodius Day to those who celebrate.

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Off to class!

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Cover art preview for a game I've been working on. More to come soon...

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One of my students has concluded, because I have sorted games they have played into counter trays that they are part of @gmtgames.bsky.social standard packaging. How do I tell them..?

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Off to class!

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Off to class!

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Off to class!

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Saturday morning WW2 wargaming with local highschoolers.

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This has to one of the oddest branding I’ve ever seen.

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People have asked about the books behind my wargaming course. So here’s a “shelfie” of many of them.

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Students playing Take That Hill and adding space marines donated by games workshop in my wargaming class.

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Prepping for tomorrow, when I have the first of five Saturday mornings with highschool students engaging with tabletop games a means to understand aspects of WW2.

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Off to class!

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This morning’s mail. This new book from @amabel.bsky.social looks to be a really good addition to contemporary writing on games.

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Revisiting a design I haven’t worked on in a while. One Day This Will be Over

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