SDHistCon

Nominations are now open for the 2026 Summit Award (for historical games published in 2025) and the 2026 Bobby Nunes Memorial Award (for historical gaming content published in 2025)! More info, and the nominations form, available here: sdhist.com/nominations-op…

Thanks to @beyondsolitaire for a great recap of her time at #SDHistConNorth2026! youtu.be/yNywN2718Oo

The kickstarter page for Rebels Against Rebellion is now up: kickstarter.com/projects/markh…

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Faces from this weekend SDHist Con North 2026! Super smooth event due to tremendous volunteer support and planning! #sdhistconnorth2026

Had a marvelous time playing “Chicago ‘68” and our upcoming game, “The Nights of King Ludd: The Luddite War on Industry 1811-?” at the inaugural @SDHistCon: North! #boardgames #wargames

Had an awesome time @SDHistCon North. Demo’d Night Witches with @beyondsolitaire, Undaunted 2200 Revolution, and Rebels Against Rebellion. @OspreyGames @fortcircle @denvermwalker @MarkHoltWalker

Some Day 2 highlights for me from #SDHistConNorth2026: Tank Duel, High Treason: The Trial of Louis Riel, O Canada, and Pacific Typhoon. Thanks to all of the @SDHistCon staff and attendees for making this con a great one!

Army of the Potomac teacher and play at SD HistCon North. Heading home now.

Had a terrific day at #SDHistConNorth2026. Played and taught or helped teach Liberty or Death and Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship, and played Confederate Rails! And got to see so many cool people. Thanks to all who are making this a special @SDHistCon event!

I had a great time helping @HBuchanan2 teach his Liberty or Death game to two tables at #SDHistConNorth2026 this morning! Always an awesome game.

Liberty of Death @gmtgames at the first of hopefully many @SDHistCon North in St Paul MN!

Terrific crowd for our pre-convention social at MetroNOME Brewery! #SDHistConNorth2026

Another amazing pre-convention event for #sdhistconnorth2026: a tour of special exhibits at the @mnhs, including the 28th Virginia flag from Gettysburg!

Some great pre-convention #SDHistConNorth2026 events so far today! First, a tour of Fort Snelling, complete with rifle demonstration.

Great finish to our SDHist AmRevCon today, including @HBuchanan2 looking back on Liberty or Death with Volko Ruhnke, Harold talking with @gmtgames' Gene Billingsley as well as @markherman54 on AmRev publishing, and Ardwulf hosting a fun wrap-up show! Thanks to all who came!

@kimbervanry Thanks so much for coming! Always great to see you at our events! -Andrew

Great day with the online @SDHistCon 2026 AmRev convention with great teaches and conversation about games of the American Revolution and wider European colonial struggles of the 18th-century from designers, publishers and fellow gamers.

Lots of great events going on at SDHist AmRevCon. Some highlights thus far include an Imperial Struggle discussion and Liberty or Death and Wilderness War demos!

SDHist AmRevCon is under way! Great coffee chat to start things off with Volko Ruhnke, Mark Herman, and many more!