But why tho?

It’s the magical time of year where you can help monitor the video of the Utrecht canals and ring the doorbell for the fish who need to be let through the gates. visdeurbel.nl/en/

I’m going to try my best, but I just got home last night and I don’t think the cats are gonna let me accomplish a lot more than copious amounts of attention today.

Our latest At The Table with The Dice Tower contains Convention Tips, Roses, Thorns, Hula Hoops, and one of the most Horrific Boardgame Tales in a long time. dicetower.com/podcast/dice...

Not sure why all the sudden follows, but hello! Please enjoy a photo of my cat and I snuggled up on the porch daybed.

“Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the fire- oh hey! Snackies?

Came into the bedroom and Robert was taking a nap with all 3 cats so I got in and they all left. I have never felt so judged.

On the one hand I wanna go home and waiting for my suitcase seems like a special kind of torture. On the other, working in baggage final shift of the night has got to feel the same.

This is what I do in my down time. I send cat facts responses to spam texts.

Me on my way to answer all the questions in the comments for our new campaign Tales of Myth and Legend on Gamefound...

No! Stop trying to make fetch happen!

My cat was particularly snuggly this morning and my coffee brew was warm and had the perfect ratio of coffee to creamer in it. I’m fortified for today’s world trauma.

Robert asked me “How can groundhogs predict the weather?” I replied “Because they’re all meteorologists, Rose.” This is our life.

Serious play testing is serious.

Add grandiose plans to play title blades yesterday and instead played Jekyll and Hyde versus Scotland Yard as a full campaign. Had a intermission with other games as well really any day playing games. Jennifer is a good day.

The Dice Tower Gamefound campaign is in its final 48 hours! If you consume their content in any way, this is a great opportunity to support all they do and help them keep the videos coming for another year. gamefound.com/en/projects/...

On a new At The Table with The Dice Tower, we're talking table talk at the table. If we had tabled the talk about table talk at the table, we would have ticked on the table that we keep on the table that we tabled the talk about table talk on At The Table. dicetower.com/podcast/dice...

Therapy consisted of my therapist and I saying WTF repeatedly and me making a list of ways to reach out to check on my LGBTQIA2S+ friends.

Leo giving very Jones in Alien

Life next to a bird sanctuary. Sometimes I go outside just for this.

So fellow publishers, what are your thoughts on the new Essen requirement that any booth larger than 40 sqm must have all 4 sides open?

I’m in the office this week, can’t wait to harass my coworkers to the level my cats do to me when I’m home.

Food I made for Robert while I’m gone next week so he doesn’t live on toast: *Pasta and tomato sauce *Vegan turkey and stars soup *Roasted potatoes *Fried zucchini …why am I leaving???? (For work, it’ll be cool.)

I hope your Friday night is everything you want it to be. Mine is the coziest with a pot of tea and a cat on my lap.

At The Table with The Dice Tower, recorded at sea! Holiday Gaming, How To Vacation, and Roses, Thorns and Hula Hoops from the Dice Tower Cruise! dicetower.com/podcast/dice...

Played Creature Caravan with 6 people. One of them had to leave in round 4 (of 12 total) so we left her wagon abandoned on the trail and then I covered it with ember zombies. The head cannon is epic.

I will play all. The. Cat. Themed. Games.

Buffet Boss action shot.

“Do you schedule burnout in your timeline pie chart?” Therapy realness for my Tuesday.

I saw Wicked on Friday. Is it too soon to go back?

Going to the Christmas market in Carmel is like pregaming for the one in Philly next week.

If you’re wondering about the game, it’s a time loop TTRPG set in 1910s Paris/1920s NYC that uses PBTA mechanics. You play Revenants trying to solve your own deaths. It was a pleasure working with @mushroomjulie.bsky.social and Van Ryder Games. www.kickstarter.com/projects/van...

Older nibling asked much younger sibling what their favorite Pokémon were a few weeks ago. then spent hours grinding away to get them, then transferring them all in Switch yesterday. In case you were wondering what the best Christmas present was.

I have 2 aesthetics

Thank you so much An Ethereal Fire for this incredible photoshoot with @aaroncatanosaez.bsky.social and I for The Revenant Society, a game that @senfoonglim.bsky.social and I designed. You'll notice that @mushroomjulie.bsky.social is also in the picture acting as our demon operator 😈 pub: Van Ryder

I’m 10 games into a 13 games for Halloween list. So this is my accountability post.🎃

It’s going great.

STOP 🛑 If you’re scrolling, this is your reminder that days are shorter and we’re feeling the effects. Water, food, naps are your friends. Take your meds if you’ve forgotten. Go outside and breathe. Take care of yourself.

You know, there’s never a bad time to remember loved ones, but I wrote a memory about my grandmother and now I’m crying. That’s part of life but maybe it could have happened after I finished packing for Essen 🙄❤️

I've been reminded to make some noise. :) METATOPIA is our Game Design Festival for people who are passionate about the design, publishing, selling, or playing games of all types. METATOPIA 2023 is Nov 2 - 5 in Morristown, NJ. dexposure.com/m2023.html

“Everyone was up, and aggressively loving” is a very different vibe when you’re talking about cats.

I’m still awake thinking about the game I worked on today

Annie really got into the Halloween spirit. Or she didn’t care for her breakfast.

When you’re little, you think candy for dinner is the ultimate “I’m a grown up, I can eat whatever I want” meal. Turns out mine is glass of wine and popcorn. What’s yours?

This is what it looks like outside my office most days.

Final Girl is in Barnes & Noble!

When your friend shows you Final Girl for sale at her FLGS and you point out the Feature Film you created so she can move it to the front 😈

First game of World Wonders! It is very much my jam. Robert knew I’d love it and he was so right. I love a good polyamino game, but also the level of player interaction for me was spot on. Not super take-that but definitely there was some thwarting. Also I won, so there’s that. 😂

Man in security line asking everybody if they were at GenCon. He said it was his first and that next year he’s going to splurge and get a room in one of the connecting hotels. I couldn’t bring myself to tell him.

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