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I left Prezcon early due to our long time family dog becoming very ill. Our small town vet treated him, but he passed yesterday evening peacefully with my wife and I on his favorite couch and blanket. Goodbye to our beloved Max. #dogs

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Playing Monmouth from @gmtgames.bsky.social in RevCon. The smaller con within the con at #Prezcon. Today was mainly Richard III from Columbia Games. #boardgames

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Played Hammer of the Scots at Prezcon 2025. It’s always an enjoyable game. Prezcon is definitely a fun time. It is ran similarly to WBC. Plan on playing several Columbia & GMT Games titles this week. @gmtgames.bsky.social #Prezcon

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Interesting read - definitely worth your time. Unplugging and enjoying the outside is tougher this time of year, but definitely need to enjoy the small things of life.

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Tournament time for Indiana Girls High School basketball. Scottsburg hosting the sectional with a great crowd for two visiting teams. Scottsburg takes the floor in the late game. Friday night in a small town. #smalltown #IHSAA

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I have it, but haven’t got it to the table. That is about to change!

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Here is the link to National Public Radio's upcoming story on "board game culture" that will include our own Tory Brown @downtowntbrown.bsky.social the1a.org/segments/the...

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We were back to playing Downfall by @gmtgames.bsky.social last evening. Our group is very impressed by the design. It has a depth to it that will encourage multiple plays.

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We played The Napoleonic Wars by @gmtgames.bsky.social on Sunday. Thanks to @shaneavery.bsky.social for hosting us. This game needs a kickstarter with a neoprene map……

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We’re still in this thing, and victory will happen… but it’s not automatic. My latest: adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/united-we-...

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Great article by Grant! I always enjoy his take on the different cards and the history behind them. #boardgames. theplayersaid.com/2025/01/15/m...

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Commanding the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron in the waning months of the Civil War, Rear Admiral John Dahlgren metamorphosed from armaments wizard to amphib guru. usni.org/magazines/n...

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Read a few books over the Holidays. All of these were good and looking forward to more of Cornwell’s series on Arthur! #GoodReads

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Jackson and Henry are a deadly combination in the #NFLplayoffs. KC is still the favorite, but these guys could be the team to deny the Chiefs.

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Where is the #SEC ? All the IU haters…….. #IUFB #CollegeFootball This 👇

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Doing the groundwork for a couple of online Battle Above The Clouds GCACW games with Dan. Scarily this title, which I mentally file in the 'fairly recent' mental drawer, is a decade and a half old.

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Alliance by Columbia Games. Their take of the Napoleonic Wars. Components are a notch above previous releases. I set up the 1812 scenario. The game plays up to 7 players. Britain, France and Russia are the major powers. The other empires that are a player gets a 5 vp bonus. #boardgames

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At this point we now know based upon the finebaum/herbstreit differential equations for hypothetical events relative to good losses, IU>Georgia #IUFB

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Where are the haters of Indiana Football? I mean big bad Bama lost to Michigan. IU beat the Wolverines. The SEC mouthpiece ESPN looks even more biased now. #IUFB

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Max says, Merry Christmas and have a wonderful holiday season!

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Me in Kirk Herbstreit voice: "Tennessee was outclassed... It was not a team that should’ve been on that field when you consider other teams that could’ve been there.” #CFBPlayoff

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@espn.com The committee should really look at strength of schedule next year to have more competitive matchups in round 1. This Tennessee team clearly doesn’t belong here. Must have had a soft schedule #cfb #cfpround1 #OSUvsUT

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This 👇. #cfp #sec

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I don't care who you are rooting for tonight... #Tennessee? #OhioState? Either way, it doesn't matter. Thankfully, Gus Johnson will not be screaming "World Famous THE Ohio State Buckeyes" at us all night... and that means we are all winners. #CFBplayoff

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This arrived today from @gmtgames.bsky.social! This sure is a high quality book. Great production and I’m so excited to get into it! There is sure to be a lot of great nuggets of wisdom from Mark to be found on the pages within!

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Great article about my hometown gymnasium. #smalltown #HoosierPride #hometown #IndianaBasketball hoosiergymjourney.weebly.com/scottsburg.h...

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Russian general is killed in Moscow. - Top Bluesky searches produce media sources (NYT, Guardian) - Twitter algorithm results: Crazypants conspiracy tweets Twitter's advantage used to be breaking news. No longer.

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These arrived today. Votes for Women is a fantastic game. I needed my own copy for my collection. I am also thrilled to read Mark Herman’s new book. @fortcircle.bsky.social @gmtgames.bsky.social #boardgames

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