Pijus Krūminas

@pijusk.bsky.social

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Associate professor at ISM, Lithuania. Wargaming, game theory, comparative politics, economics), blogs about wargaming at: https://pijus.substack.com/

A male with black jumper in a café, holding a box of boardgame Hunt for Blackbeard.
Four images depicting board game prototypes. Two show hex boards, one a map with roads, and one a spiral tracking war stage.
Wargame map depicting land, town and river with counters set up. There's a rulebook placed on top of the map. The title says Battlegroup Clash: Baltics.
A grayscale photo of a book smuggler from the 19th century. A grey-bearded man with a long walking stick and a bag on his back.
Box of a boardgame Battlegroup Clash: Baltics
A powerpoint slide with a title Wargaming and Game Theory, date, university affiliation, ISM university logo and author's name.
A poster of a game board, showing five circles each divided into five parts (based on a topic) and seven sliders with titles in Lithuanian. Magnets are placed on different positions on circles and tracks. The board also says Lithuania 2025-2050 and shows a distribution of cumulative probability of two- six-sided dice rolls.
Screenshot from a webpage. The background shows a block board game with a hexagon board. The title says:: Connections UK, After Action Report, Connections UK 2025, Professional Conference
A photo showing an old cellar with a red brick wall in the background. It is a museum. There are fifteen wooden stakes shown as exhibits. They were used for construction but remind of stakes used to destroy vampires.
Two name cards on a piece of paper. One card says Pijus Krūminas. Another one says Department for Health & Social Care, and has the UK coat of arms. These are pieces of a game called Greek and Pleasant Land. They are placed on a piece of paper that indicates departmental aims and possible actions.
A Google search says "fire in the lake can you do only special action", the AI summary says "In a real fire, you should prioritize your escape and call for help, not perform "special actions" to fight the fire itself unless it is a very small, contained blaze."
Classroom with small tables, a group of six students sitting around the table, playing a board game.
Sketch pencil drawing of an DonkeyElephant puppet. The left side has the head of an elephant, the right side has the head of a donkey. Smaller sketches of the puppet surround the main one.
An x-ray photo of the head of a string puppet depicting a human. Springs and nails are seen inside.
A board game played on the table. Students and facilitators are sitting around the table.
Photo of printed board game elements placed on the table. Some cards, a purple board and some printed papers are seen.
A presentation given to students, the speaker stand in the front, students are sitting. The slide on the screen says 'a game about interests'
A screenshot of the game Hunt for Blackbeard as implemented on Rally the Troops platform.
A diploma from ISM University students, titled Students' Special Award for Outstanding Faculty presented for teaching that life can be a game, economy - a gamble, and participation in lectures - a dominant strategy. On the sides, a box of a board wargame Triomphe a Marengo is seen.
Board wargame Littoral Commander: The Baltic set up on a table in a university office. The table has a cards, 20-seided dice, cubes and counters placed on the map of the Eastern Baltic Sea region. The map is too big for the table. In the background you can see shelves with books and some board games, including Triomphe a Marengo, Maria, Pax Pamir.
Four people sitting around a table with a board game set up. The board shows the map of Lithuania and has many ten-sided dice in two colours placed on top. There are also cards on the board.
Six people around the table, playing and discussing a hex and counter wargame depicting Lithuania.
Four people around a table with a an A4 sized map of the Western Mediterranean. One woman is pointing at a map.
Six people sitting around a table, and playing a game. The map depicting the Grand Duchy of Lithuania is in the centre. Each player has additional cards and boards. There are units on the map.
A classroom, with some people standing, some sitting. One wall is see-through, there are also tables in the room.
A centre of Vilnius, soma couple of 19th century buildings in the background. The German military orchestra is marching between two armored vehicles.
Board game Pericles set on the table. The board shows the assemblies of Athens and Sparta, as well as the map of Greece. Cards and wooden pieces are also on the board and table.
Two white tailed eagles on tree branches. The photo is a bit blurry, because it was taken with a phone through a monocle. The bottom left corner becomes dark.
Table with cards for the game printed out. There wooden discs and a cube on the table.
Table with electric socket. On the table, there is a paper with game actions listed, some wooden discs and cubes are placed on it.
Laptop screen showing an Excel file for calculating game results. In the background, students sit at the table. The background is blurred.
Game board with a map depicting the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 15th century and the surrounding lands. There are many different wooden game pieces set on the map, and there are some metal coins placed beside the map.
A board game map set on the table. It iš divided into hexagons and depicts the Mediterranean Sea region. There are some cubes, a cylinder, and a die on the map, as well as two cars.
A table with the map for a board game. It shows the map of Lithuania. Ten sided dice in two colours are placed on the map, and there are many dice and cubes beside the map. There are also cards placed on the table and a hand is holding one card.
A table with a board game board showing a map of Lithuania and the pieces of bordering countries. There are counters on the map. They depict different combat units.
A table with cards, boards and meeple from the game Habemus Papam in purple light. A glass of beer is seen in the background. Cards depict Catholic cardinals.
A tabletop with a board of game Angria, with the map depicted.
A table with a hex and counter wargame prootoype set up.
Five players around the table, playing board game John Company Second Edition.
A hall with a ceiling window, people sitting around tables and playing board games.
The board of the game The Gods Will Have Blood laid out on the table, with cards and a draw bag clearly seen placed beside the board.
A classroom with screen showing PPT slides, with the main slide showing the board of the game The Gods Will Have Blood. There is also a whiteboard and three tables in the photo.
Three students in a classroom with Cyprus scenario of the board game The British Way being played on the table.
The flag of the European Union on the table, a blurred auditorium seen in the background with the three students focused on something on the table. There is also a screen showing a blurred slide in the background.
A collage of eight photos showing different board games: Pax Penning, Inis, Rebel Princess, Seas of Strife, Rainbow, La Revolution francaise, Schadenfreude, and Baltic Empires. Each image shows either the board with components set up or cards.
Photo showing an award diploma given by students for teaching wargaming. There are are also boxes of various wargames seen in the background.
Board of a board game Unhappy King Charles, depicting the map of England during the Civil War. The map is drawn in a 17th century style.
University room with board game Pericles set up on the table. In the background, there is a window. In front of it, you can see large teddy bears watching the street outside.
University room with a glass wall. At the front, there are two tables put together with a board game The Shores of Tripoli placed on the top and set up for playing.
A collage of two photos, one showing the map and counters of board wargame Next War: Poland and the other showing a microgame board printed on a paper. This game IS Turning Tides about climate change.
Board of the game Guns of Gettysburg, depicting area map centred on Gettysburg, and several blocks representing Union and Confederate troops.
The night of Soviet killings of January 13, 1991 in Vilnius, Lithuania. An unarmed Lithuanian citizen stands against a Soviet tank. Photographer Andrius Petrulevičius
A Pax Viking game board showing map of Europe and some viking drakkar ship meeples.
A diorama of Viking river shipping. Image shows a boat on the river and a rock with several Vikings standing and pulling the boat.
A photo collage of one larger and five smaller photos. The large photo depicts a Christmas tree with decorations seen, including a Monopoly game decoration, a six sided die, devilled egg, several red bubbles and a wooden nutcracker. Other photos show board games: Meeple Circus, The Isle of Cats with Beasts module, Rome Inc., Comancheria, and Moon Adventure.