If you've always wished you were a field scientist, or want to fund science as an f-u to budget cuts, or just like sharks... Earthwatch just posted dates for trips tagging sharks in Belize. I went in 2019. Their results have real impact on conservation. And the lead scientist is a Wingspan fan!

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Who would be on your tabletop World Cup team? I appreciate the pun in my blurb here:

😁😂 So it’s that easy, eh?

Hey boardgame media people, Stonemaier will start talking about our small-box Wingspan game on July 1. And Sanibel is widely available now too (game of the month in Walmart!). Hit me up if you want to chat: www.elizhargrave.com/interview-re...

If I am part of a nonprofit that wants to offer members the ability to order POD tshirts (and other merch?) what's the least terrible site? By whatever metrics you want to tell me about.

helpful coverage from @elpais.com english.elpais.com/usa/2025-08-...

Apparently Netflix has daily puzzles? And today's has a Wingspan clue!

TIL the Pointer Sisters sang the pinball song on Sesame Street 🤯

Perfect timing to pause and think 🌡️🪭🔥🥵🪾 www.politico.eu/article/euro...

A few weeks ago I had the absolute pleasure of spending a couple days at the Library of Congress, exploring their beautiful building, peeking into their collection, and giving one of several talks on how Americans have engaged with nature over the last 250 years. Here's the talk:

For a while I've been noodling on a taxonomy of decision types. I'm not convinced it's fully baked, but I already have been using it successfully in my design process, so I thought I might share it here in its current form. At the moment there's 5 types.

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I appreciated this rerun of We Can Do Hard Thingswith advice about women surviving criticism online and at work - some notes below 🧵1/

Call for proposals from Asmodee's Game In Lab. Each project will be eligible for a maximum grant of €20,000: www.game-in-lab.org/en/internati...

I love this. (It’s a reference to this: breadandpuppet.org/cheap-art/wh... )

Squeaky told me to tell you that you did great surviving the day today and that you deserve gentleness and rest

At Origins I'll be using my booth to promote the journaling games movement. AFAIK, The Bonsai Diary is the first journaling game to be nominated for an Origins Award. So it's a great opportunity to introduce journaling games to new players - not just mine, but also ...

For a second this morning I felt like I was hallucinating -- until I realized the ground was moving because there were dozens (hundreds?) of tiny toads hopping in all directions

Some of you might appreciate my puzzlemaker-magician friend's new show on Netflix. The puzzles are very much in keeping with Will Shortz's NPR puzzles. Then there's a magic trick at the end of each show that blows my freaking mind: www.netflix.com/us/title/826...

Just played Sanibel with @laurastephen.bsky.social and @discomrobulated.bsky.social A wonderfully pleasing game with some very nice mechanics. It felt very close all the way through, and I just squeaked a win with 45 points. Another fantastic game from an awesome designer!

This is so good. Please read.

We love hosting @breakmygame.com every month at Game Kastle College Park! Come playtest designs from the local community and be a part of developing the hits of tomorrow BEFORE they make it big. . . . #breakmygame #flgs #localdesigners #boardgames #cardgames #playtest #dmvevents

After seeing the headline "SpaceX IPO: How to Buy and Why You Shouldn't" on @barrons.com, I decided it was time to read the prospectus. I'm only a few pages in and folks... the implications of this document ... Do you want to go on a journey with me? Because I'm about to enter the rabbit hole.

Tonight I played BeTween by @stickydoodler.bsky.social and it involved, among other things, drawing a tree full of fireflies, telling a true story of my dad embarrassing me (by wearing a button-up shirt tucked into bike shorts), and making up a story about my grandpa and a telescope. 1/

I will have to read some stuff offline for a while. While I'm away, why don't you praise a board game designer and let us know why you think they are awesome! In that way, I will have something heart warming to read when I get back! 🎲✂️

• Submit a comment opposing the destruction of 🇺🇸 science; • Pressure every org, professional body, association, uni, etc. you are affiliated with to submit the strongest possible comment opposing this calamity (highest ROI move for most of us) • Make sure your electeds see those comments 🧪

Good episode of Freakonomics - the middle half is about NYT Games, but a lot is just Eric Zimmerman from @nyugamecenter.bsky.social opining on why we play games and how they work

If you need me I'll be out back with the cedar waxwings 🍒🍒

Conservative thinking about art is "why are we not making the best most beloved art?" yet their thinking about craft is "this tool's main value is it will put every artist out of a job" and about artistic study is "lol you loser you'll starve with that degree" gee why have they produced no artists.

I went contra dancing tonight and one of the dances was called Joy is an Act of Resistance. A good reminder amid the constant grind of bad news. Joy Community Music We need it all.

I wrote about Sonny Rollins - a huge influence on me as a saxophonist, and a man whose creative philosophies I'll forever be trying to understand and emulate.

DelFest was a total mudfest but I will say this, people who stick it out and enjoy themselves despite 4 days of constant rain are pretty great to be around

The paper in question: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

We’re truly living in our dragon era 🐉💅 We’re so excited to share that Wyrmspan is coming to Steam! ➡️https://bit.ly/4wDwSCp⬅️ Wishlist now and join our newsletter to be the first to know when alpha testing opens 😎 #wyrmspan #indiegames #steam

This passed the house today, so now is the time to call our senators (and yell at our house reps if they voted for it) This bullshit bill is an assault on trans people and on every kid’s right to read and see the world as it exists. Reps.fyi

What a day for AI resistance resources! 1) The AI Resist List from @karenhao.bsky.social and colleagues at DAIR at airesistlist.org 2) The Luddite Lab from @alexhanna.bsky.social and colleagues at DAIR at labor.dair-institute.org

The AI bubble as an interpretive dance

Time after time @raskin.house.gov steps up to take on the fights that no one else will take on, and our district loves him for it. I wish more people could enjoy actually feeling represented in Congress. (Low expectations for this working but let them go on the record)

This is the day the shortlists for the Spiel des Jahres, the most prestigious games prize in the world, are revealed in Germany, and I'm going to be livebleeting the livestream for your game-loving delectation. www.spiel-des-jahres.de/livestream.h...

Our new interview series, Tabletop Spotlight, is underway! We kicked things off with Scott Alden of BoardGameGeek, and five more incredible guests are already booked for upcoming OFPG LIVE streams. Join us Sundays at 11 AM CST! www.youtube.com/@OurFamilyPl...

This article really hit me. Years ago, my partner and I bought Descent 2e because there was a fully armored woman on the box. Later, when I applied to Fantasy Flight, I used Descent 2e content as my skill test. My road to being a tabletop designer traces directly back to that warrior on the cover.

Board games are bigger and more welcoming than ever, but women still face an uphill battle for the right kind of representation. www.wargamer.com/board-games/... #BoardGames #Wingspan #Tabletop

We’ve got not one, not two, but FIVE surprises for you… From Wednesday, we will be launching our barn owl cam so you can watch as this owl's five eggs hatch 🦉 [🎥: footage of a fluffy owl in a nest box revealing the five eggs she's keeping warm beneath her]

RICK RUBIN on why Hollywood keeps making soulless movies: "So many big movies are just not good because they're being made by people trying to make something they think someone else is going to like. That's not how art works. That's commerce."

I don't think I shared this interview yet

Sanibel is a beautiful game about taking a stroll down a beach with friends. With intuitive gameplay and some great invisible guides it's a delight for all.

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During the pandemic we became hooked on Wingspan (and expansions of course!), a boardgame by @elizhargrave.bsky.social We just completed our 1000th play 😁