Countdown to PAX Unplugged 2025 Ten days until PAX Unplugged 2025 kicks off in downtown Philadelphia! PAX Unplugged is a big tabletop gaming convention with a wide variety of activities, packed into three days. Officially, things start on Friday at 10am, but I tend to drive up on Thursday evening…

@stonemaiergames.com (or anyone else chime in) how does quest 1659 work? It says to take the “defend” action but that’s not an option in the location?

Apparently, I have a weakness for this specific IP …

Live look at senate democrats considering opening the government for the “promise” of a vote on the ACA in December.

I’ve voted 7 times to reopen the government in a way that holds Trump accountable for his lawlessness and prevents a health care crisis. I’m prepared to work toward a compromise, but this “deal” before us does not come close to meeting those terms. Voting NO. Full statement:

Sidenote: is there a board game blog community/gathering? Back in the day (cracks all the bones) there would be little badges you could put on your site and easily see other blogs on similar topics and have themed posting days etc? Is that still a thing?

Are you a TTRPG self-publisher going to Pax Unplugged? Meet other creators and have a common spot/time to say hi to friends at the Self Pub Meet Up hosted by TTRPGkids! Let me know if you'll be there, and I'm looking forward to seeing folks at the con! #PaxU #PaxUnplugged #selfpub #TTRPG

The Black Cauldron, Saruman, and especially the wizards from Patricia Wrede’s Enchanted Forest Chronicles were the inspiration for this crusty old Magus and the creepy homunculus he’s summoning. Another illustration for the next fairy tale role playing adventure for Perils & Princesses.

Feedback please! It's that time of year where I stare at my blog and think "do I need a new layout?" - I'd love some thoughts on how to make it a more readable, welcoming blog! orangerful.com

well, I might need this one for...reasons.

A HUGE video this week! Join Matt and Tom as they rank THE GAMES OF ESSEN 2025. youtu.be/7_fZ4CVwHzE

that awkward moment when you go to mark a crowdfunding item as "received" and you can't remember which platform ran the campaign anymore...

Crowd sale is LIVE and up to a 28% discount! www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/un...

Crowd sale for UnderQuest starts tomorrow - I really love Iron Healm and Tin Realm and definitely want to get this game. Just SOLID solo games. This look ambitious and I am here for it. www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/un... @greygnomegames.bsky.social

Frieren (anime) got me right in the feels tonight…

Hi, I hate doing self promo so I'll just say that this indie board game coverage channel that could is about to hit a milestone of sorts. There is no skeet that can summarize who we are or what we do, but we do cool work and you should check us out. www.youtube.com/@NoPunIncluded

New map of the cool parts of NYC just dropped.

Heck yeah

The board game community is full of geniuses #boardgames #tabletop #games

Omg @marcelineleiman.bsky.social - only 8 rounds for Part 2 of the Hobbit in solo? This is rough 😭😭😭 🤣🤣🤣 I barely made it into the final region haha

again, this is evil.

Levio-fuck yourself Epic. I've already seen some bizarrely ignorant apologia from otherwise thoughtful critics as if these business deals are value neutral. We're experiencing a reckoning for allowing these companies to get so big that they're beyond accountability.

I guess the silver lining (?) to having a geriatric cat is it makes it really easy to throw things away because he pees on them and you're like "WELL NOPE!" ... have tossed out a whole chair now that had really only been a cat chair anyway... but now it's a gone chair.

October plays With BGA imported

Podcast! This week, Tom and Matt are talking about games that get exponentially larger and larger until they threaten to explode all over the table in a big mess that’ll take AGES to clean up. WE WARNED YOU ABOUT THIS! www.shutupandsitdown.com/podcastle/po...

PAX Nav app has PAXU 2025 up!!!! Which means the official countdown!!!

Update: covid arm is sore, feel a little off but otherwise okay enough to sit here at play BGA all day. 20 days until PAX!!!

Thought I would sneak in one more game tonight but alas, I am sleepy! So here are the October highlights. I got Tim to play Dorfromantik with me and we played every night of our 10 anniversary vacation. 😁 also, just got Hobbit on Saturday and I have already played 8 times!!

You know what's really scary? Going to a con without getting vaccinated! So...that is what I did tonight. Got my shots so I will be ready for PAXU! (and then we went out to dinner, which was also really nice - we don't get many trick or treaters any we may have forgotten to buy candy anyway)

Name a movie you've seen more than 7 times with just a gif

I’ve come to the conclusion that buying board games, playing them and taking photos of them are actually three completely different hobbies… but I love them all.

One rancher told us that before an oil well near him was plugged, it shot salt water and oil 40 feet in the air. Oklahoma residents: Have you seen similar pollution incidents, or purges, in your area? Help us and @readfrontier.bsky.social report 👇

Goodreads volunteer moderator went rogue and changed a cover to Eric Trump's book Under Siege, and added the subtitle “Goodreads Censorship in Favor of Trump,” 🔗 www.404media.co/rogue-goodre...

I was trying to remember why I lost interest in stranger things...but I think this was a big reason (to be clear: I felt this way prior to the Pop Detective video, he just put it into a lovely, shareable video essay format)

I just backed Punch Bowl: An Award-Winning Game of Giant Fruits 🍊🍇🍋🍓 on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/run...

I have not posted anything to LJ since 2021? But okay. (remember when we all left the site because Russia bought it and the government began to squash free speech and we were outrage by that abuse?)

Saudi Arabia controls your Sims now.

South Carolina schools recently sent home unvaccinated kids to stem a growing measles outbreak. It turned out 5 of them were infected and, if they'd been at school, could've unwittingly spread it to their classmates for days. That kind of precaution is now illegal in Idaho.

Hey all Sorry for putting this up again, I'm still hunting profusely for work & contacting people everyday with the hope I don't have to post anything like this ever again. If you can spare any tips to help me pay some bills & for food that would be amazing. www.buymeacoffee.com/robotwig Thanks 🙏

As other people have noted, if you have local food banks, now would be an excellent time to donate cash to them, if you have the cash to spare. We will be upping our donations to food banks and hunger-related charities here in Ohio.

T-4 Weeks till PAX Unplugged 2025! weirdgiraffegames.com/pax #Boardgames #PaxUnplugged

Went to my FLGS for the "Board Game Social" event today and it says a lot that I only took one photo the whole 5 hours I was there - I walked in the room, found someone with Nemesis set up, coerced 2 other people to join us and then just kept on going!

With everything going on in the world, it’s nice to be a part of community event and spread library joy! Best distraction ever (though I forgot my coat and it’s cold!!!)

I don't know how a large review outlet that purports to take itself seriously can release a video "I don't care about your indie game". It's one thing to be realistic about what you can cover but this is just deeply incurious and unnecessarily cruel.

We know times are tough for a lot of Marylanders right now, especially our Federal employees. If you need help with groceries or meals, we've updated our Food Resources page with a few additional options, including resources for families, kids, seniors, and even pets. www.aacpl.net/food-resources

my branch is closed today because SURPRISE new HVAC install so I took most of the day off...which has now been filled by taking kitty to the vet. :( I think he has hyperthyroidism but obviously gotta take all the tests ($$$) first.

I really want there to be a Captain Flip expansion in that trunk...

Any leads?

Meanwhile, at the library: Zombie Dolls!! 🧟