Play stupid games…

Not shockingly, I’ve had issues with them as a company in the past while running a con and the people who ran their Vanguard program. Now there’s this level of fuckery. No more AEG games for me. 😘

Played Bus for the first time in over a decade the other night. I love how mean it is at five players.

Current read.

Secret Mall Apartment

Art.

PAX is owned by Reedpop. Reedpop is a part of RX. RX is owned by RELX. RELX also owns LexisNexis. LexisNexis works directly with ICE and their product relies heavily on AI and is used to deport immigrants. This your reminder that the only good gaming con is a locally owned and operated one.

Discovering that you can get 100 whistles with lanyards for $25 led to a little project this weekend.

Well, this is cool… moondial.itch.io/dungeon-roll

This year, I’ve been reading a ton (going to finish at over 70 books for the year, happy to give recs), getting into board games again (hosting two regular events, attending cons), and also playing choice video games. My TV consumption is down, as is general social media and internet.

You should be able to mute reposts by someone.

Best new board game I played this weekend was Heroes: Write & Conquer from Hobby World. Unfortunately, you can’t buy it anywhere… at all. If you picked one up at Essen and don’t want it.. hit me up.

Where’ve I been? I’ve read 66 books this year.. plus Hades 2 released fully. Also loving Absolum and Ball X Pit is a fun diversion. Anyway, I will be at Lobster Trap later this week to get my board gaming on. Say hi if you’re there!

Rolled credits on Hades 2 a couple Days ago. Amazing game, 10/10.. still more to do, but.. Absolum co-op with my son is absolutely stealing the show. It’s so much fun once you put a few hours in, learn the mechanisms, and start to get permanent upgrades. And it’s so pretty too.

some guy who won the Nobel for particle physics or something is going to get black bagged by an 11th grader named Bracen Walmart

I…

I would’ve replaced Flip 7 with Castle Combo on that SdJ list… but what do I know?

😬 CEO of the Op: “With Trump I thought, maybe, there might be a method to the madness...I’m concerned now that there is madness to his method...[but] I don’t regret my vote” 🙈 At least the "Tariffs will kill Christmas" message is getting out there.

"dei medal" you might as well just put "n*gger medal" because that's what they mean to say

I haven’t been active on here lately, but I’ve been playing games, enjoying life, and I’m on my 23rd book I’ve read this year. See ya’ll at Geekway.

Looking forward to Granite Game Summit this weekend. Not sure who I’ll know there, but I’m hoping to make some new friends and see some old friends as well.

Need Girl Scout cookies? Troop 6000 in NYC is made up entirely of kids living in NYC’s homeless shelters. Order here: digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/sixk34...

I’m just going to say that AOC is the acting leader of the Democratic Party until someone proves otherwise. At least insofar as she is responding to the moment with leadership.

You’re all about to be gaslit about that Nazi salute and I’m begging you to spend no time on it. You know what you saw.

My Little Free Library this morning. Maybe read a book before you vote next time.

Maybe Marvel Snap being hit with this ban will get the incels to pay attention.

Reminder for anyone who sees Trump as a savior: He lobbied to have tiktok banned in the first place, and now he’s positioning himself as the hero by unbanning it. It’s theatrics.

the last item on this list, while least important, strikes me as the most telling about future direction.

My most suggestive plant.

I’m going to be watching this D&D pinball very closely to decide if it’s worth trading in my Godzilla Pro. It’s a dream theme for me and I used to own the old Bally D&D pin (w/ topper), but it just wasn’t worth keeping gameplay wise.

RIP Sisyphus you would have loved Chumbawamba

My 2024 picks: Board game of the year: Faraway Book of the year: The Will of the Many Album of the year: Doechii - Alligator Bites Never Heal

From time to time I run across a game I wish I had created. This is one of them. Absolutely loved it and had to get a copy.

JJP updated Pirates to version 1.0 finally. Only took em six years. Too bad I sold mine a while back because of their poor communication and lack of effort on finishing good code. It’s their best game for sure, but I’m very happy with my Godzilla Premium. #pinball

Seaside is such a great little game.

I love the idea of this.

‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens theonion.com/no-way-to-pr...

TMBG at the Orpheum in Boston.

Support local wrestling.

This year’s book stack I get for my wife to put under the tree every year.

Son (age 12): Dad, this Xbox controller has sticky buttons. Me: Yes it does, you can see where something like syrup got on the controller. Son: … Me: You’re the local waffle expert round these parts, got anything to say? Son: … Can you fix it? Me: Yes.

I think this was my favorite pickup at PAXU.

I was pretty brutal in my survey of PAXU. I’m curious if they have any interest in improving at all. I had a good time, but GenCon is clearly the more complete experience, for all its faults.

This is so spot on. As a climate scientist and public intellectual, I see or experience these often

PAXU was fun. I got to catch up with people I haven’t seen for years, explore Philly, and play games with friends.

Random PAXU photo dump.