My First Time Playing Avalon Hill's Squad Leader: Heavy Cardboard Balm for a Cursed Century

Hear about my first real attempt at #SquadLeader, Avalon Hill's classic WWII #HexAndCounter infantry tactics game — and the pal who volunteered to guide me through this towering cardboard Shangri-La, this unforgiving analog beast.

While I cover newer games—the level of passion and creativity in contemporary tabletop design is boggling—I have been digging backwards lately in all my media consumption, as things redolent with real human work are more and more appealing as the automated, the synthetic, the simulated, engulf everything.

Excerpted from Episode 94 of Breakup Gaming Society: https://www.breakupgamingsociety.com/episodes

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