Harold Buchanan

Flashpoint: South China Sea published by @gmtgames has won the 2022 @AwardsCharlies Charles S. Roberts Award for Best Modern Wargame! Thanks to everyone who has played the game, and for those who voted for it. Thanks to the Awards Board of Governors and Nominations Committee. Thanks to you all for recognizing the hard work that went into making it happen including Developer @maudineormsby , Rules Editor Kai Jensen , Artist Terry Leeds and dozens of opinionated play testers as well as publisher @gmtgames . We are all humbled by the positive comparison to such fantastic modern wargames: 2 Minutes to Midnight, Resist!, Twilight Struggle: Red Sea and Zurmat. Thanks!

Its amazing that the spell check on #Discord is better than the spell check on Outlook. No hope for #Microsoft #MSFT AI integration

USS Boxer (LHD 4) Wasp-class amphibious assault ship leaving San Diego - March 18, 2026 SRC: YT- SanDiegoWebcam

@___PHALANX Or dramatically increase prices.

We need to seriously consider increasing our print runs. Our games are selling out way faster than expected. In particular, titles like Purple Haze and Bretwalda got snapped up as soon as we released them. We anticipate similar issues with our upcoming titles - Race to Rabaul, Tora Tora Tora, Dust in the Wind and Sovereign: Shogun. Make sure you are following us here so you know when these games are released - don't miss out!

Badges are on sale for SDHistCon North 2026, July 11-12 in the Twin Cities! Get yours here now: tabletop.events/conventions/sd…. More information here: sdhist.com/badges-on-sale….

Tickets for our next in-person convention, the inaugural SDHistCon North in the Twin Cities (July 11-12), will go on sale this coming Saturday! Also, our @HBuchanan2 will discuss the event with Ardwulf tonight: youtube.com/watch?v=DBAj6B…. More on the con: sdhist.com/sdhistcon-nort….

@SebastianBae @newcoldwar89 @PhilMarineCorps I get excited when I get to see someone playing my games from a location on the map! Philippines is worth 3 VPs. I might increase it to 4! @gmtgames

@HBuchanan2 @newcoldwar89 @PhilMarineCorps Haha 😆 I love our allies and partners playing our games 🎯

Very happy to see our game in the tables of the Marine Corps Force Development Center of the @PhilMarineCorps with other great games as Flashpoint South China Sea from @HBuchanan2 and Littoral Commander from @SebastianBae!!! Many thanks to Robert Baynosa for his help!!!

Tonight at 7:30 pm Eastern I will be on the Ardwulf and Dan Pancaldi show - I plan to discuss the July con in Minnesota - stop by and give me some softball questions. And you never know who might pop in! youtube.com/watch?v=DBAj6B…

USS Makin Island (LHD 8) Wasp-class amphibious assault ship coming into San Diego - February 28, 2026 SRC: YT- SanDiegoWebcam

@HBuchanan2 He's been around helping us out. Watch for him on Sunday.

Greatest finish to a sporting event ever. Ever. From an open net tying goal to a master stroke goal in a 3 or 3 OT. Pure cinema. wow.

@ColeFPetersen Try this.

@HBuchanan2 I can live with that - the Grey Cup has more caché anyways. It's that damn Stanley Cup I want back! 😂

@HBuchanan2 ...as do the 2014 Olympics.

@HBuchanan2 2010 Olympics enters the chat.

Swisswargaming review of my design Flashpoint South China Sea. Well considered and written. @gmtgames

Philosopher George Santayana wrote "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" in his 1905 book "The Life of Reason." History remembers Cato as the man who refused to trade the Republic for an Emperor. #Ethics #Leadership #History #RuleOfLaw #Governance #Cato

USS Savannah (LCS 28) Independence-variant littoral combat ship leaving San Diego - January 27, 2026 SRC: YT- SanDiegoWebCam

USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Nimitz-class aircraft carrier coming into San Diego - January 28, 2026 SRC: YT- SanDiegoWebCam

My fitness tracker believes that I am really getting after it in the middle of each lecture today.