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Where historians meet gamers | Subdivision of @HCAatEdinburgh, part of @EdinburghUni | Game design productions acc: @handglabprod | Managed by @eduard_gafton

Edinburgh
Joined November 2020
And FUNDED in about 30 minutes, thank you so much for your support! We're looking forward to sharing more information with you until and after our campaign ends on May 21st. Stay tuned!
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To reach our funding goal of £500, we're offering three options: • Simple Shrine for £25 • Enclosed Shrine for £40 • Extended Shrine for £55 (only 15 available total!) Plus, every item in our KS can be bought piecemeal as an add-on, but only after selecting a pledge option.
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Just launched on Kickstarter: the Modular Arabic Shrine, which combines the experience of Oshiro Model Terrain (@OSHIROmodels) in producing quality miniature terrain with the historical and game design expertise of the H&G Lab of the university! Link here: tinyurl.com/mashrine
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Our Modular Arabic Shrine can be used for historical scenarios - WWI, WWII, modern conflict, etc. - but also in imagined settings such as Generic Fantasy / Sci-Fi LotR Frostgrave Dragon Rampant SW For more info, check out our launch on Monday 1st May: kickstarter.com/projects/mod…
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We loved seeing you all at #Salute50 and are delighted to now share our pre-launch page for the Modular Arabic Shrine Kickstarter - kickstarter.com/projects/mod…. Launch is noon, Monday May 1st. See you there!
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(Re) Announcing our Kickstarter for the Modular Arabic Shrine - a kit for historical wargames, roleplaying and fantasy games - launching Monday, May 1st! Preview available here: tinyurl.com/mashrine Until launch, find us at #Salute50 (stand TC06) for more about the project!
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Thank you to all who joined! The talk is now available on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=CIlidwIT…
Today, join Professor John Buckley (University of Wolverhampton) and @HandGLab for 'The armchair general: Can you defeat the Nazis? Genesis, reception, and impact of a historical game book', edin.ac/3IsQwGA #history #gaming #war #edinburgh
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Thank you to @RobEHoughton for delivering the talk 'Sid Meier's Civilization: Breaking Genres for Better Histories' last Thursday. For those of you who didn't make it on the day, the talk is now available online: youtube.com/watch?v=25QevG6C… @HCAatEdinburgh
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(1/2) Episode 13 of the podcast is out! Host @eduard_gafton talks with UoE graduate Eric Wood (@EricWoo19308311 ) about his game The Last Samurai Rebellion and how students can get started with the world of wargaming. Watch the podcast on YouTube here: youtube.com/watch?v=cckO94bI…
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