GM: Charisma check. Mamdani: [rolls natural 20] GM: that’s a d6 how did you Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊

I would love to see a boardgame publisher hire @egallagher.bsky.social to illustrate a project.

Sharing an interview I did with Brazilian website Ludopedia. I always appreciate when people come up with a new interview question. (It was about pie) ludopedia.com.br/topico/96132...

My spouse @shellyjones.bsky.social has a three book cozy mystery series about a board game group that just came out, and I'm gonna brag, the first one, Player Elimination, was just nominated for an Agatha award! tulepublishingshop.com/products/pla...

Someone please recommend a book I won't be able to put down, before I completely melt my brain on Netflix. I have been sick for days, and what I *really* want is to lie in a hammock in the sun but maybe a good book would help?

Today is my final birdy guest Raddle. 🪶 Can you solve it and get from TOCO to TOUCAN? raddle.quest/2026/02/01 (Photo by Giles Laurent)

I got to play a four-person demo of Sanibel by @elizhargrave.bsky.social while at @gamesantacruz.bsky.social. Lovely to look at, very fun to play, and a part of the world unfamiliar to me. It’s what #boardgames should do: Take you away for 45 minutes to discover something novel!

I shared my thoughts about "Keep (your) politics out of (my) boardgames" with @danthurot.bsky.social for @wyrdscience.bsky.social

24 hours later: Trump has two journalists arrested

Wingspan gets a brief mention in this extremely birdy love story (gift link)

My week of guest-designing the daily Raddle puzzle continues with this amazing bird. Can you get from RESPLENDENT to QUETZAL? raddle.quest/2026/01/30 (photo by Christopher Rodger)

Becca Scott shows us how to play Sanibel, the latest from @elizhargrave.bsky.social published by Avalon Hill. #boardgames #cardgames

Achievement unlocked: Sanibel has its first arts and crafts project posted on BGG! 👣🐚🌊 (Mike Mcilhenny, @earthquake95)

I don't like being this vulnerable in public but I also felt like I had to say something. youtu.be/1qlEn8ob2ns

I designed this week's Raddle puzzles, and they're all based on bird names! 🪶 Up today: Can you get from WHOOPING to CRANE? raddle.quest/2026/01/26

World sucks. Between calls to your reps, take a second to do a cool puzzle by a cool board game designer.

Reposting for the 🪶 feed. Perfect timing for this week's weather!

Walz just demanded ICE stop killing Americans in the street. Tributes to Petti note he was a citizen & nurse. fine, BUT: Feds should not kill ANYONE in the street. Citizens OR non-citizens. Nurses OR grifters. Married ppl w kids OR jerks w no loved ones. ZERO KILLING PEOPLE IN THE STREET.

I have designed a week of bird-themed puzzles for Raddle! The first is SCREECH → OWL at raddle.quest/335

If the US were a geopolitical rival the headlines would be like: US Secret Police Execute Second Dissident In the Streets As Militarized Occupation Enters Sixth Week

ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.

I endorse this with all my heart: “Turn off your TVs and your podcasts and step out of your echo chambers. A terrible moment has arrived in America, and you carried it here on your backs.”

The Wingspan Americas expansion is live on the Stonemaier store. It will be available in brick & mortar in a few weeks. Between this and last week's release of Sanibel, this is a big month for me! Hope you enjoy them both! ♥️🐦🐚

I hope I don't jinx it, but Sanibel is my first game in a while that hasn't gotten pre-release bombed on BGG with 1 ratings from people who haven't played. 🎉 Gotta say, it feels pretty great to be sitting at 7.5 only a few days after release. If you played this weekend, add your rating! 🐚

"[Billionaires] can buy a new face, a slimmer body, a new hairline...But they can neither buy nor fabricate the spark of inspiration...nor can they create, with all their money and resources, a machine that has inspiration for them" 🧵:

It was so fun to sign & teach lots more Sanibel today at @gamekastlecp.bsky.social but this group was the best because they brought some of their favorite shells that they found on Sanibel Island!

I haven't used X since Oct 2024. I just logged in feeling obligation to post about games I have coming out this month. First thing I saw was this bizarre AI drivel about the home-spot nubs (F&J) on your computer keyboard. 🤮 I nope'd right back out of there. WHO WANTED THIS??

HEY BOARD GAME DESIGNERS! We're updating our reports on publishing contracts! If you've signed a game with a publisher in the past 5 years, let us know (our Gmail is our name) and we'll send you the anonymous survey. See our past reports here: cardboardedison.com/reports And please spread the word!

Come hang with me this afternoon at @gamekastlecp.bsky.social in College Park MD -- they have Sanibel and I'm happy to sign starting at 2. I'll stick around and playtest (other people's games) with Break My Game til probably about 5 pm.

I did an interview with @polygon.com:

Today is the official release day for Sanibel! This one has a special place in my heart because I made it for my dad, who was an insatiable shark tooth collector and who loved shells as well. He got to play a pre-production copy on Sanibel about 6 weeks before he died last year. Love you dad ♥️

Tonight on GameNight! @chilibeannp.bsky.social, Marga, Daryl & @heccubus.bsky.social teach & play "Sanibel" designed by @elizhargrave.bsky.social and published by Avalon Hill. Thanks so much to @gamegenic.com for the accessories and sponsoring this episode! —Lincoln www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ge4...

This is a Spanish dagger, a type of yucca. It will stab by you if you casually walk by expecting it to behave like a palmetto. But then 4 days later you can come back to the scene of the crime and find a little green treefrog hiding on one of the daggers, and all will be forgiven.

Let's do this. ✊ Actionable items in the thread.

More on how the hummingbirds work in the forthcoming Wingspan Americas expansion🌺🌺🌺

♻️ Repost for the Monday crowd. Coming up this week in DMV ♦️🎲 game design: 🏛️ Congress of Gamers, Rockville MD, Sat-Sun 📚 @breakmygame.com, Frederick MD, Sat 🏰 Break My Game, College Park MD, Sun 🐚 Sanibel signing with @elizhargrave.bsky.social, College Park MD, Sun Check the newsletter for deets!

Political cartoonists are not fuckin’ around this week. (thread) 1. Pat Bagley

The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. George Orwell, 1984.

I'll be joining Jamey for part of the Stonemaier livestream at 11 eastern to talk about the new Wingspan expansion: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSyn...

My local Barnes & Noble had it! Congrats on the release 🐚

The official release date for Sanibel is January 16, but I've heard about at least TWO stores so far that have it NOW, and it's not embargoed. I'm guessing there are more! If you find it, there is no better feeling than seeing a game I love get out into the world -- I want pictures!! 🎉

@elizhargrave.bsky.social as one of those playtesters you mentioned I can attest that I am extremely excited for that Wingspan small box game! 2026 looks like it will be exciting! open.substack.com/pub/elizharg...

Extreme celebrity boardgames:

If you're trying to keep your heart focused on the work that you're best-placed to do, it is, unfortunately, a great day to use this procedure @kateschapira.bsky.social and I worked on. I'm going to add a few ideas and songs that I find helpful in this process. Thanks to all who contributed ideas!

Today @stonemaiergames.com did an unprecedented livestream where Jamey announced everything they will release in 2026. I am so excited to be able to talk about my two 2026 SM releases -- Wingspan Americas (with special hummingbird cards!) in Q1, and a small-box, standalone Wingspan game in Q3!

Checking dinner options for tomorrow 😬😂

Happy Solstice!

Some days I am very jealous of @connievdc.bsky.social and her fictional dragon facts. In my world, some birds have ten interesting things about them (forcing me to choose) and some birds...are birds.

A MESSAGE FROM THE VOID WHAT IF YOUR PATH IS UNIQUE AND YOU DON'T NEED TO COMPARE YOURSELF TO ANYONE? YOU ARE ENOUGH