First Minnesota

The Twin Cities' premier wargaming and boardgaming club. We currently meet every Friday in person and digitally over discord. Join us!

[Harold Buchanan @HBuchanan2]

Walk through the prototype of @SobhiYoussef2 After the Last Sky at CSW Expo. Very interesting take coming out of the Zenobia Award process. Very interesting!

[Dan Thurot @DanThurot]

Turncoats by @MildaGames understands exactly how to do shared control. Its deep abstraction is a strength, eschewing the historical or the fantasy to generate something deeper: the personal.

Read my review here: https://t.co/O0sHBh0aAc

[First Minnesota @FirstMinn]

@williescottb @SobhiYoussef2 My friend (pictured) mentioned it was the second block game. Do you know the first?

[First Minnesota @FirstMinn]

Back at it! First MN action this week:

Napoleon (1974! Almost 50 years old and still elegant)

Alan contemplating how to escape bluchers charge thru the center. @SobhiYoussef2

#Wargaming #boardgames

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Terraforming Mars later in the evening... Deluxifies.

The South Pole just got nuked 😁

#boardgames

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@gengelstein I think you would probably get a task anyway that might even take longer if you have to vaguely plan and send more messages. This strategy seems extremely efficient... Although less personable 😆

[BoardGameGeek @BoardGameGeek]

German game and puzzle publisher @RavensburgerNA has announced an investment in and partnership with crowdfunding site @Gamefound: https://t.co/0MMDZhDXby —WEM

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@gengelstein @SobhiYoussef2 @gmtgames Thanks! Said no longer accepting. Ah well.

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A First MN game of John Company 2e on @wehrlegig's production proof. Taught by Drew and @colewehrle

AAR here: https://t.co/7YH16iz8Kn

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Early game of Hansa Tuetonica from @pegasusspiele

Followed by Brian Boru from @OspreyGames and @Koenigvonsiam

Everyone loved this one! Super unique use of trick taking.

Finished off the night with a good game of Versailles 1919 by @gengelstein and @gmtgames ... Italian win!

[First Minnesota @FirstMinn]

@Bublublock It's on. We'll supply the lutefisk if you bring the spotted cow.

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@Bublublock You'll have to come to first MN and test with the club. You might even get foreign legion status

[First Minnesota @FirstMinn]

@Volko26 First MN welcomes the Ruhnke tribe with open arms for any in person testing... Forever! :)

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Learning game of Hansa Teutonica by @PegasusspieleNA

What an incredible design!

Great night of gaming at @BlackStackBrew ... Terraforming Mars and Triumph and Tragedy by @gmtgames made appearances also.

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@drwictz @ADragoons I think some of the club members do online cons

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To round out the year, we brought some young recruits out for a day of playing family games and pretend. We got in some games of draftosaurus, ten, and apocalypse road by @gmtgames @SobhiYoussef2 @MelissaAndDoug

[First Minnesota @FirstMinn]

Recaps from the holidays incoming! We had a ton of games and not enough time to tweet about them 🤪

First up on 12/17, we had a game of Pax Viking. This is exactly how to make new pax players... Very approachable game with clean rules.

#boardgames #wargames

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... then some follow-up trains with 18Ches

@scottredracecar