Stuart Ellis-Gorman
Medieval historian, crossbows and the Hundred Years War. Author of The Medieval Crossbow (2022) and Castillon (2025).
Freelance writer/editor/proofreader, occasional game designer. Reviewer of books and games.
Website: www.stuartellisgorman.com
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- Last year for @sdhistcon.bsky.social I interviewed @djackthompson.bsky.social on the Homo Ludens YouTube channel about his upcoming design Rebels Against Rebellion. I was really proud of it, and I don't think enough people have seen it, so I'm plugging it again now! www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5Cf...
- Reposted by Stuart Ellis-GormanGallows Corner funded in less than 90 minutes! At the time of writing, 302 outlaws have helped us raised more than £16,000, and the numbers keep swelling! Want to join the struggle for the soul of England? Want to burn it down and built back better? Back us on Kickstarter today: shorturl.at/km3rm
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- It has been a while since I reviewed a game but I'm back! This week it's the excellent Verdun 1916: Steel Inferno from Fellowship of Simulations. This is one of the hottest CDGs of the last few years, and while it is impressive, do I love it? ...yes? ish? www.stuartellisgorman.com/blog/verdun-...
- Reposted by Stuart Ellis-GormanPlease make it your new resolution to visit AskHistorians once a week, because we've never been this invested in overtaking another community.
- Noir update: we have watched 42 film noirs so far this year.
- Reposted by Stuart Ellis-GormanFLASH UNSALE! This weekend all our magazines cost the same they did during the week, ie they’re still all absurdly great value… Discover the world’s best print magazine today and prepare yourself for greatness! shop.wyrd.science
- Reposted by Stuart Ellis-GormanVeteran Dice Tower reviewer Sam Healey resigns in wake of saying Alex Pretti, Renee Good were to blame for ICE killing them, after comments began impacting review giant’s annual pledge drive: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
- Reposted by Stuart Ellis-GormanThe Dice Tower's silence on Sam Healy's fascist apologia is bad — hot take, I know — but it's also in line with this hobby's paradoxical insistence that games are simultaneously art and apolitical.
- While I don't expect that in this capitalist hellscape it is always possible for the people who make things I want to also be good, one must draw a line somewhere. I vaguely knew this guy sucked, but given all that's going on I can't in good conscience be giving him any money, even indirectly.
- Five jobs I've had * Lifeguard * Public servant (libraries) * Assistant professor * Freelance editor * Mover, specifically for an eccentric old professor
- I only now, almost a month later, realised that I didn't actually post a link to the video, because I'm an idiot. Better late than never I guess. youtu.be/MWteJW-wYas?...
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- Reposted by Stuart Ellis-GormanA reminder that my latest article is available through Open Access. If you are interested in late medieval or early modern English warfare then be sure to give it a read or share.
- How did the concept and role of the English soldier change across the late medieval and early modern divide? 'Change and Continuity in English Armies, 1453–1513' by Dan Spencer, a new research article in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society' bit.ly/44QK8Y7 #Skystorians 1/2
- A lot is awful at the moment (an understatement), and it's all very overwhelming. I am coping this week by being at the beach, and it's very nice.* *it's also freezing cold.
- Last year my partner and I watched 117 noirs from the 1940s and 1950s. It was great, we're still watching them this year as well. However, I decided that the end of the year was a good time to put down some thoughts on noir and to recommend a few great ones: www.stuartellisgorman.com/blog/la-bell...
- Okay so it's WWII trivial pursuit basically. If I made up a parody of a historical game I think Iron Cross branded competitive rivet counting would have felt too on the nose, but actually that's just a real game apparently. boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/46...
- Holy shit y'all. This one's a doozy.
- I'm trying not to be a guy who posts only about the Famine board game, but I really liked this article from EPIC. While obviously skeptical of the whole idea, I think it tries to give it a fair shake and finds the product wanting epicchq.com/story/a-fami...
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- Reposted by Stuart Ellis-GormanImportant perspective from Greenland.
- Iron Maiden Sabaton Metallica Mastodon Trans-Siberian Orchestra
- I got a new tattoo this week, and I'm incredibly happy with this lil guy.
- Reposted by Stuart Ellis-GormanI like that the same day a guy was like “this place will never be Twitter” this thread gave us the most 2015 Twitter experience (complimentary) imaginable.
- Final post in my Year in Review, this time looking forward to the games I'm most looking forward to in 2026. Will I play this game? History suggests, very few of them, but I remain eternally optimistic. Also includes some shelf of shame games. www.stuartellisgorman.com/blog/most-an...
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- Monthly board game day in Daejeon today. It really reinvigorates my enthusiasm for the hobby - much as I enjoy playing online, there's nothing quite like pushing cardboard bits together. I even managed to introduce some non-wargamers to COIN via @gmtgames.bsky.social People Power.
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- Reposted by Stuart Ellis-GormanYIKES. Upper Deck (Marvel Legendary) just announced a CCG using the Harry Potter license. Fans of UD are rallying against this decision. Like the CGE situation last year, I’m asking for your help. Join us. Share your disgust and frustration, and help us push UD to retract their awful decision. 🎲✂️
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