I just played the demo for Is This Seat Taken and it's quite cute and engaging. Makes you think, but not too hard. Looking forward to the full release!

Over the weekend we played our first game of Galactic Cruise. It was brain-burning with lots of positive player interactions. And the 2 player bot is pretty good. Set it up to play again, hopefully some night this week!

Do you love love? Then check out Persuasion! In our Jane Austen inspired game, the players rekindle the love between the protagonists. #Love #BoardGames kck.st/413pmll

Hello old and new friends.

Go buy my pride bun stickers before it's made illegal or whatever. haha kidding. I hope. 🙃 breelundberg.bigcartel.com

Discussed my annual performance review with my supervisor today. I meet or exceed all expectations. I joked "Yay! I'm not fired!" To which he responded, "Oh god, no. Then I'd have to do all your work." lol. Job security. 😆

ONE DAY AT A TIME. ONE DAY AT A TIME. if ur doom scrolling pls take time to breathe, eat and stretch. It’s tough. It fucking sucks. Our communities and rights are threatened. Isolation feels real and it’s scary. But u gotta take care of urself before u take care of others. Pls be kind to urself.

twitch.tv/julieee22 #CharacterAnimator #LiveAnimation

We’re thrilled to share that Starla, the incredible leader behind OFPG, has joined the board of directors for Spielbound Board Game Cafe in Omaha, NE! Congratulations, Starla! Let’s keep building "Good Humans" one game at a time. #OurFamilyPlaysGames #SpielboundCafe #BoardGameCommunity

Sorry I haven't been on here for the last few weeks. Life has thrown everything at me. There's a family emergency. I have a procedure to do next week. Today, the neighbor's metal patio cover blew onto our roof. And I still have to schedule for a rotting tooth to be pulled. I'm a bit overwhelmed. 😔

I'm not one for horror, but there are some psychological horror video games I can handle, like Doki Doki. Turns out, Slay the Princess is one of them. Honestly, it's an amazing game & I'm surprised at how much I laughed. Good balance of humor & horror that isn't too grotesque. Highly recommend! 👍

oooh, this looks very interesting! Can't wait to find out more!

Once more for the morning folks, now up to 912

If you don't see me posting much this month it's because I got into playing Infinity Nikki on the PS5. 🧚‍♂️

It's that time of year again! Time to prepare your list for next year's 10x10 Board Game Challenge! #boardgames #boardgame #10x10

We got a used copy of Hadara & knew the top part of the dial connector had been lost. It still works for gameplay, but it won’t stay attached when put away. We contacted the publisher, but it’s not a current game in their catalog & don’t have any extra parts. Mildly annoying, but understandable.

52 Realms: Adventures @postmarkgames.bsky.social just launched on Kickstarter today! I got to preview the game and it is SO GOOD! Here is the KS link: www.kickstarter.com/projects/pos... I did a brief overview of the game: youtu.be/Wx-vX1tyEfE

Checking out a point-and-click adventure game demo with Ambie tonight twitch.tv/joesondow twitch.tv/ambierona

Announcing my schedule for @orcacon.bsky.social! On Saturday we're talking Accessibility in Gaming and then @colorblindgames.bsky.social and I will be doing a live Color Vision mod. On Sunday - a LIVE episode recording of the podcast with none other than @ourfamplaysgames.bsky.social !

Over the weekend, we played Fromage 2x. The game was engaging & enjoyable. 4 mini games to balance w/3 workers. Actions take 1-3 turns to complete, so it’s tricky to not tie up your workers. Lots of setup variability! Rotating board is a little clunky, but works. Definitely a keeper! 🧀

Here's my #BGStats for November. Lot of great #boardgames played. Favorites are Castle Combo, Let's Go To Japan, Your Best Life, Everstone and Fromage. Hoping to play Fromage again today, to solidify opinions, but I know already that it's a keeper! But dang does it make me hungry for cheese. lol.

A promised update about the Cardboard Edison Award, ahead of the full announcement of next year's contest later today. Full text in the 🧵 cardboardedison.com/award

Sad to say, Rock Hard 1977 isn't for us. Don't recommend for 2 players. Higher player counts should enjoy... if you like a strategic game that is often thrown off by randomness. More ameri-thrash than euro, it contains a few negative loops we didn't like mechanically. But it's very very thematic!

Check out this great sale from Dr. Finn's Games: www.doctorfinns.com

Pnp Arcade has Button Shy Games on sale for $1 each for Black Friday! Last year I spent $5 and was pleasantly surprised by my foray into Button Shy, and this year I’ve got a huge list of games I need to whittle down and decide on! www.pnparcade.com/collections/...

Last night, we learned how to play Rock Hard 1977. We played a few rounds before I got too tired. So far, I like it. Really great theme. The player board amps are really cool! Not sure the 2p bot adds anything.🤔 Hopefully we can finish the game today before we have to leave for turkey day dinner.

This is a great thread! Give it a read! I'd add that it's important to build colorblind & vision accessibility into your prototype from the beginning. Use icons and/or words to double code colors. Never rely on color alone. And high contrast is your friend. Everyone's eyes get worse as we age.

The Noun Project is great! I also recommend game-icons.net. All their stuff is free and their creators take requests to make specific things for you, if nothing currently exists.

The below is 100% true! I always remember a playtest from years ago. A fancy-looking prototype, we all expected to just be giving minor tweaks for feedback. Nope. The designer spent all their time making it look good & only tested it a few times by themselves. For us, it broke on the second round. 🤦

Who is joining us on the Express tonight? We're talking about our Favorite Games played in November. Join us live at 9 p.m. ET + you can also be part of the show. *First time callers, please join our Discord + say hello in the Call Aboard section (link in thread) www.youtube.com/live/Q-Lkgb7...

Vacation week was front-loaded it with all the "work" items. Sat-Tues was a mix of errands, helping our parents, recording RwT videos & taking photos for videos. Now, we can truly relax for the rest of the week. Wed: Rest. Hope to play board games! 🎲 Thur: Turkey Day! 🦃 Fri-Sun: More board games! 🎉

I truly wish I could attend the Indie Games Night Market hosted by @dnlnwmn.bsky.social next weekend. I'm always on the lookout for small creators and titles to cover, and writing about High Tide and Out of Sorts was a delight. Seriously, if you can attend, please do. www.newmillindustries.com/ignm

I've been using @bgstatsapp.bsky.social since 2016. My H-index is 29, according to the app. The most interesting thing about my H-index is that most of the plays are from BGA. This Game Goes to Eleven is the only one with all physical plays. BGA has really opened up my gaming opportunities! 🎉

One of the LEGO sets we recently built was the new Botanical Garden. This was such a fun build! Never got bored putting it together. So many plants that I know nothing about, but everything looks so cool. I love when LEGO uses pieces in interesting and unique ways.

Quite happy with how today turned out. I got up a bit sluggish, but managed to do my normal Sunday morning chores. After putting in a Sam's Club order for pickup tomorrow, we recorded Rolling With Two videos for 2 expansions & 2 games (total 6 videos)! 🎉

We're celebrating our four-year anniversary! Woo hoo! Join us this Saturday & Sunday (11/23-11/24) for a weekend of board game livestreams! Full schedule: www.tabletoplivenetwork.com/schedule

I like raisins. I like plums. But I don't like prunes. 🤨🤔 It's the texture, taste & how long prunes take to chew. But it's a bit boggling to me that I dislike them so. Which sucks because they're now part of my regular diet to keep me, er, regular. 😅 Anyone else experience something similar?

*New Episode* @ericabouyouris.bsky.social and @senfoonglim.bsky.social welcome guest host @ttrpgkids.com to talk about Arthimagine, a setting agnostic TTRPG system that teaches math, on the latest installment of TTRPGKids. ludology.libsyn.com/ttrpgkids-18...

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Show a photo of you when you were 25: For 25, I only have photos from my wedding! 😅 Here's my favorite picture of me. And no, I don't remember what I was saying. Most of my wedding was a blur, so much going on! What do you think I was saying? Feel free to caption me!

The golem art/theme makes these games the best versions!

pretty shinies!!

Since I got new board game pins (Wyrmspan), I took pics of my board game pin banner, so y'all can see the whole collection. I have tons more non-board game related pins, but I haven’t fully organized those banners. Still on my to-do list.

Got new shinies (enamel pins) in the mail! I love collecting pins, but don’t get board game ones too often. Most are only available at conventions, which I don’t go to. So it’s nice to see a publisher make them available online. Plus, I couldn’t resist speckled green eggs for Wyrmspan! 😍

Today is my last day of work for the month! Woot! While next week will still be busy, I’m hoping to get some board games to the table. Here are some recent arrivals. I'm excited to play them all! 😊🎉 Which would you play first?

I hope that I can haunt a library after I die… maybe then I’ll have enough time to read books again…

We're 80 subscribers away from 6,000 on YouTube! Can we use the power of BlueSky to get us there? Would appreciate any and all amplification as we gear up to celebrate our 4 years on YouTube soon! www.youtube.com/kovray

This month, Will & I managed to get a few board games to the table. Have you played any of these? We enjoyed most of these, but a few had poor rules. I get that rules are hard to write, but it felt like they weren’t blind playtested or hired an editor. Made for some very frustrating experiences. 🫤

Looking for quick and right-to-the-point game reviews? You're in the right place! Check out what Justin, @meeplelady.bsky.social, @sirbearsworth.bsky.social, @bookofnerds.bsky.social and @gameenthus.bsky.social are playing in our latest episode. thefiveby.fireside.fm/154

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