This is both damning and validating. When my son was born I realized I didn’t have the “don’t swear in front of kids” filter so I just stopped swearing.

older gamers aren't mad about wokeness in games. we're mad that DND 4th Edition was jettisoned for the mechanically inferior 5th Edition

Speaking for the out-of-shape-befuddled-aging-redhead-who struggles-with-technology-and-parenting demographic: I never need to hear from this guy again.

I suggest that we start using the phrase "Mr. Beast and the CEO of Salesforce will be there too." as shorthand to explain how little we want to be at any given terrible event.

Unrelated to Thanksgiving I was forced to take stock of a variety of tabletop endeavors and how they fit into my life and damn if life isn’t an embarrassment of riches. Really grateful of how much vibrant, inspiring art we have access to in RPGs and board games right now.

I say this all the time but Rhea Seahorn was the voice of the tutorial in the Shandalar/Duels of the Planeswalkers game by Microprose. youtu.be/1jp4tMSIr_U?...

Society is a construct. You can just ask someone to do a ska cover of Faith of the Heart and they'll say "$300 please" and you give it to them and then you have it. Everyone, give @skatunenetwork.bsky.social your money. They deserve it.

In an unusual twist I’m hosting Thanksgiving this year and nobody can make me cook a turkey in my own home.

Just because I don’t post about it much, doesn’t mean I want you to be surprised when this is revealed to me a Torchship-stan account first and foremost.

We did the thing we had to do: we did a Riftbound episode. Episode 46 of The Force Unlimited is now up. #yaswup This one's a bit of a thread. 🧵 Scroll down for a tale of hubris. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bPa...

“Midfolk” is such an on-point name for fantasy humans.

Lord of Pain 🔥 New Darth Sion art reveal for the Regional event pack 🏆🥇 #starwars #starwarsunlimited #fantasyflightgames

You’ll never win ☔️ New Galen Erso art reveal for the Sector Qualifier event pack 🏆🥇 #starwars #starwarsunlimited #fantasyflightgames

Step into A Lawless Time! A time filled with bounty hunters, smugglers and fearless outlaws in the epic seventh set of Star Wars™: Unlimited. Read our First Look article here: starwarsunlimited.com/articles/a-l...

> a rip pad of blank adversary sheets This is known as "burying the lede". Cannot wait.

I am playing D&D with five friends via Zoom and we’re all in our fifties and my young teen self knowing this would be happening would be so happy and satisfied.

#3157 A helpful tutorial

The original plot upgrade was a 4 cost +3/+3 in blue. Eventually we would overhaul the mechanic in a way that directed us towards wanting more common plot upgrades specifically, so we made several more with unique stats. What surprised me was that the expensive +3/+3 was too strong! #FFGStaff

Had a great turnout at Guardian Games today for thr @breakmygame.com playtesting event! There were some really clever and lovely designs showcased, and got some more confirmation that Hench is in polish/pitch mode.

Blizzard’s failure to do anything with the StarCraft IP will continue to astound me.

Inis Glory to Rome Dune: Imperium Uprising Arcs Stationfall Spirit Island Sidereal Confluence Blood on the Clocktower Skull Unmatched

Two independent goals we had for the set were to support go-wide strategies and to make the initiative minigame more interesting. After struggling with a lot of failed designs for this card, I wondered if we could make an anti-token card that also called out the initiative? #FFGStaff

Illustration of the Uscru Entertainment District on the planet of Coruscant, as seen in many Star Wars productions. Made for Star Wars Unlimited, the awesome card game from Fantasy Flight Games! (C) Lucasfilm Ltd. #starwars #StarWarsUnlimited #andor #boardgames

a “Space Force”, if you will

Designing sets with token units can sometimes feel strange, because common units have a tight complexity budget. It may feel repetitive to have similar variations on "When Played/Defeated: Create a token" but changing the numbers and aspects can make even similar cards feel very different #FFGStaff

Ever wonder what a dang Sorcerer of Tund is? Wonder no more! #StarWarsUnlimited youtu.be/6asgCC-7_Dg

Hey, I'm doing an AMA over on r/PbtA, if anybody's interested: www.reddit.com/r/PBtA/comme... I've answered a bunch of questions and a bunch more to go. If you want to read up or add to the pile, please come!

Illustration of Rix Road, the main road in Ferrix City, on the planet Ferrix seen in the Andor series. Made for Star Wars Unlimited, the awesome card game from Fantasy Flight Games! (C) Lucasfilm Ltd. #starwars #StarWarsUnlimited #andor #boardgames

This is the way.

Sorry, all: I forgot that I had to switch sets to an active flag for legality (instead of release date) after Intro Battle: Hoth released a month before it was legal. SEC and IBH now legal in swudb. #StarWarsUnlimited

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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default. Here's how to turn it off. First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner

Some of my favorite designs are the subtle ones. C-3PO was perfect at that from the beginning: on his own, he's a very straightforward repeatable +2/+2 engine (slow, but effective). But with disclose in the set, he's also a way to have a G/H card in your hand on demand #FFGStaff

Paganini Stories is getting horny with BEELZEBABES ISSUE 1 NOW live on Kickstarter And of course it’s a project they love—and you would too. we’re probably going to hell for it. So toss a coin to the devils, and help us make it all the way down. www.kickstarter.com/projects/pag...

Short article. Sums up the state of things quite well.

When we commissioned the art for Scanning Officer in SHD, Elia Kane was an unnamed background character. Ryan & I wanted to put her in SEC, since her storyline was full of intrigue, so Ryan pitched a mechanical callback to the first card that had her art. Now she can hit smuggle OR plot! #FFGStaff

There will likely never be a better time to make a Law-matters card than Secrets of Power, so I tried very hard to get one into the set. Thank goodness Orn Free Taa's previous design didn't work out so I could give him this one! Also what a perfect character for a deck full of Laws #FFGStaff

Anybody who cancels a fully funded project because it didn’t make as much as they need / expected will never see another crowdfunded dollar from me. Shady behavior through and through.

You _can_ do this but it's generally accepted that you mayn't.

Ferrix Uprising. Step by step. Star Wars Unlimited Fantasy Flight Games #starwarsunlimited

LORD KNOWS I love me some tabletop gloss, but I want to play with somebody who has $27 for this. I gave each of my players a $2 folder with a few TCG pages in it, which has been great. A dry erase character sheet? What is that? And 20 PAGES of card sleeves? 180 cards?! Are there new types coming?

One response to "This pseudo-medieval doesn't have historical sexism! Boo!" that I've seen is, basically, "Yeah, turns out being pregnant doesn't hamper your ability to cast Fireball, and that changes things", and, look. I want to read, like a whole essay or ten continuing that thought in detail.

Congrats to @unlimitedffg.bsky.social & @davflamerock.bsky.social for designing a very cool SWU set with this type of flexibility. @nerdparker.com & @unlimitedlimited.bsky.social - one test build in, sealed trilogy seems to work!

Really appreciate that the app version of the board game Root has a global chat

Streaming the sector qualifier from Munich. How cool is that! youtube.com/live/DTAzTkghaWU?...

Arrive at @nomadotto.bsky.social ‘s birthday weekend and they’re halfway through a game of Old King’s Crown and I SWEAR TO GOD board game designers took the Cones of Dunshire as an inspiration instead of a joke.

It's so cool that Kill 6 Billion Demons is finally at the part where Allison kills six billion demons

@benjaminpaulus.bsky.social This fellow SWU artist's next comic is coming up on Kickstarter soon!