I have managed to sell/donate about 20 games in past week. Keep in mind my total collection is sub 100 games. So not a bad %. The biggest challenge of course is reducing how many board games I purchase.

Hot dang, Soothsayers has hit its 30 ratings on BGG and is coming in at a blistering 8.2!

Me letting go of any pretence of achieving board game minimalism

Me letting go of any pretence of achieving board game minimalism

Learn how to play Tabriz in Persian/Farsi. And in character! This is a very cool how-to-play video from GEEKBAZI | گیک بازی. #Tabriz #Iran #Persia #PersianCarpets #BoardGames

I was working at a miniature wargaming company and we’d play games of M:tG at lunch or after work. One of my coworkers brought in 7 Wonders: Duel and opened my eyes to modern board gaming! Fun fact, that coworker now works at Chip Theory Games.

For me, it was wanting to find some different games to play with friends and family. I came across this video - www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPi_... - by @scottnicholson.bsky.social from the very early days of Youtube, and was instantly drawn in. Thank you Scott!

Inspired by @gameminimalist.bsky.social mentioning what drew him into hobby games, I'd love to hear your stories of what drew you into the hobby. What was your turning point? Do you remember the thing that tipped you over the edge and down, down, down into the rabbit hole? Tell me about it.

Christmas always reminds me of when I got into hobby board games, although I was aware of games like catan and carcassonne, I didn’t realise a whole universe of hobby games existed. Then a search for ‘a better version of monopoly’ took me to BGG and the rest was history!

I have been active a UK second hand board game group for a few years now and time after time I see Roll Player coming up and selling for top dollar (or Pound in this case!). Impressive how much staying power this title has! boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/16...

Chess Joker has launched! Join in now at: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a... I'm so excited to have two cool new games to share with everyone at the end of the year. Curling and Chess are both games I've loved for a long time, and it's fun to put a unique spin on each of them.

Christmas always reminds me of when I got into hobby board games, although I was aware of games like catan and carcassonne, I didn’t realise a whole universe of hobby games existed. Then a search for ‘a better version of monopoly’ took me to BGG and the rest was history!

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I am almost done rewatching Star Trek NG - I am convinced this is one of the genuinely best tv shows ever created.

Stone cold fox

Nick & Ulrik have a 2-player playthrough of Rising Cultrures! Have you tried it? Who do you think will win?

New BGA playthrough of Movers&Shakers! Check out the Gamefound link in the video's bio

New video is out! National Economy 2p Playthrough!

Trying to escape from the Dungeon today. Solo boardgame Fear Of The Dark 🔥

Is there any designer more under appreciated than Michael Sachacht? boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedes...

Individual player boards/powers. I just love having my own stuff to mess with!

Hmm, this is the opposite but I respect a game that does not have a comeback mechanic built in.

‘Favourite’ is tricky, but I’m quite partial to hand management a la Race for the Galaxy and Concordia

Maybe not so much a mechanism, but I love it when games allow for simultaneous play. “Everyone! Do your galfank phase!”

Tableau building. It tends to go hand-in-hand with engine building, my favorite genre, and lets you admire the game's art.

In isolation probably auctions? They're almost inherently interactive and also allow different tables to import or create their own dynamics. Also they tend to self-regulate so they are often a tidy way to "balance" an economy

Even when it's not spelled out in the rulebook, I always let players galfank simultaneously

Deckbuilding, esp. the Ascension type with a changing market.

Trick-taking (includes ladder climbing/card shedding) followed closely by tableau/engine building

Hmmm... Trick taking Tableau building

🎲 Rolling dice to hit a target number. Not sure if that's considered a mechanism but it's an element in almost any game I call a "fave".

A dichotomy: 1). Our level of convenience these days is taken for granted. 2). The adventurous spirit required to go out on a cold winter's evening and search through hundreds of titles until you find a movie to take home and pop into the VHS player is taken for granted.

Favourite board game mechanism?

Thinking about how dislocated we all are from our entertainment these days, there was always something so human about choosing a vhs tape and clunking it into the player, same with cassettes and even CDs. Now it’s all glass screens. Guess that’s why board games mean so much to me.

Great example of how normalised anti arab racism is, this moron would piss their pants before replacing the word ‘arab’ for ‘jew’ even though he knows the background of some of the biggest donors to usa politics. Not to mention European politicians are just as fond of foreign cash injections.

Queen of Spies is live! Go back my first game with @djackthompson.bsky.social to make it to print. We are so proud! @saltandpeppergames.bsky.social gamefound.com/en/projects/...

And they say romance is dead!

First training session of „Deep Space Dine“ which I brought back from Essen. Super compact sci-fi „puzzle“ with a lot of interesting decisions.

I have to say @jplay.bsky.social is one of my favourite content creators - always a cheerful disposition and a commitment to cover some really interesting games especially those early to the European market.

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Trick Taker Concept 💡: Medieval court theme with four noble suits and standard ranks. Twist: Each player draws three secret high-value Assassin cards from a separate deck and may play one face-down per round. Victory points come from distinct card values, not trick rank.

Genuinely one of the worst board game titles I remember seeing!

I am in that dangerous zone where board game purchases are almost a form of micro-self therapy

Man I ordered a preowned card game last xmas and I have no blooming idea where I left it!

Having missed a month of blogging in October, I managed to just about squeeze one in for November. At yesterday's Dragonmeet, I got to run some tests of a new game project that I am working on with @mikeharrisonwood.bsky.social... 🎲✂️ firsttakesomedice.blogspot.com/2025/11/ice-...

Countless English schools planing nativity plays about Bethlehem, but I suspect none of them are being taught anything about the state of the real Bethlehem.

If you avoid certain board games because they include Ai art or Harry Potter themes, I don’t honestly think you can judge people who might want to boycott games because they involve Israeli designers/publishers

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