I see a lot of top ten board games and across all of them, I’ve seen only one party game. It’s your favorites! That’s fine. Count them however you like. But I contend that Say Anything brought me at least as much joy as Battlestar Galactica, that Anomia is right up there with Twilight Struggle.

Wow. One week from tonight, this silliness will be popping up around PAX. That’s the dream. To spark joy around the convention. Pockets of weirdo statues. Mirrors raised high.

LABOR OF LOVE 🎲✂️ I cannot wait to try this out IGNM

Check it out, game designers

lol we made a real game and it is bonkers See you at IGNM 😁

Time for the annual rewatch of the @raphkoster.bsky.social gdc talk on creativity 🎲✂️

This prototype has been through A LOT. Hard to believe in 2 weeks it’s time for her glow-up. IGNM @ PAXU

Playing my buddy Dave’s very silly breakfast pitching party game Corporate Breakfast 😁🥰 I made Fruitable Grandma Hearts And Fish 🐟 You can sign up for the KS www.kickstarter.com/projects/tas... @tastefullydone.bsky.social

Super excited to be bringing The Dumpster Heist RPG to Unpub at PAXU. Join us as raccoons in a trenchcoat to rob a casino…or raid the dumpster 😁 1/4

I got to test this, and it is very special. Loads of variety, real chamber music scores with each scenario, and a super sharp bidding system (I typically detest bidding!). Only you can help the dillo reach the pedals

@jeffgrisenthwaite.bsky.social spotted in Barnes and Noble!

Testing the second level in a game I’m working on with @yutingxiang.bsky.social The difficulty needs some tweaking lol

We have Hades 2 at home

We are blessed to have cool publishers in Syracuse! My shipment of @galens-games.bsky.social mint tins arrived. Yes that is six copies of Verdant Arizona by @robindavid.bsky.social Keep your eye out for his next KS. The next batch is 💯

Just wrapped editing rules for my favorite 3WS game yet, designed by @andrewstiles.bsky.social 🦖🦕

A game becomes real when it: A) is conceived B) is played C) has a BGG page boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/45... Coming soon to PAXU IGNM

Finally played Crisps! by @shreesh.bsky.social and art by @saibep.bsky.social. A real treat at the end of the week. “A cute little game” says Rachel.

It may be two years since I’ve done improv But every six weeks I make my therapist laugh pretty hard

Wife: this recipe doesn’t call for cinnamon. Idk why it doesn’t call for cinnamon Me, a Dad for eleven years: Maybe cinnamon only texts

Almost ready for Indie Game Night Market at PAXU! This is Medusa’s Garden, a party game that thrives on convention energy w/ @dvcgames.bsky.social

🎲✂️ check out our playtesting guild’s new webpage! If you’re ever in Syracuse, we would love for you to stop by. Our weekly meetups are on Sundays and Wednesdays. www.cusecon.com/game-designe...

WOW I loved this so much

Made it out to One Battle After Another. PTA continues to mess with shaggy narrative in unexpected and gripping ways. This one is like Robert Altman and Cervantes had a Californian baby and gave it a machine gun.

Clark Reservation - our favorite local family hike, and the first time with 5yo

They say ‘touch grass’, and I would add to that ‘see water.’

My friend Dave from Ithaca made a very funny party game. Check it out!

This is impressive. I am grateful that the authorities who responded to my mental health crises (including police) were peaceful and gentle. The Bly story reminds me of the reporting of Geraldo Rivera (yes, really) on Willowbrook disabled asylum in ‘72. A lot of good came from that:

We ran playtesting at a local library for the first time, and they made some sweet posters!

Magic in the air, y’all Can’t wait to play this

Had a good old time playing Rex Regnat by @nomadotto.bsky.social A very cool historical/political game of mixed incentives, and an ambitious project to self-publish It was humbling to run into a few bits in the rulebook that I could have edited better. Live and learn.

Introducing the 11yo to deckbuilding.

Today we had the good pleasure of hosting @vickilanger.dev at the playtesting guild. They hitchhiked all the way north to play with us! Vicki brought a very funny party game about rebuilding society with the dumbest laws currently on the books. ✂️🎲

Finally played Werewolf In The Dark. Once we got past some issues with the rulebook, it was amazing. Captures the feel of a summer camp night game at home. Worth seeking out the experience if you get the chance.

🎲✂️ there’s still a lot of tables available! Only a handful left for Saturday afternoon

I was JUST going to post my 2 highlights of the day: 1) Saw Naked Gun 2) Caught up on the @dvcgames.bsky.social releases planned for next year. Y’all are in for multiple treats

Tom: “This is really good. What if they made, like, a battle version?”

@25thcentury.games anything you want us to do with the extra KS copies that showed up in the mail? I could return them in person at PAXU

I went to @unpub.bsky.social Prime with zero intention of pitching yet winded up making a few professional connections. One was with Ned, who kindly asked me to edit the rules for Rex Regnat, his trick-taker/political game on the Polish constitution! This is a rad project. Check it out @ PAXW!

🎲✂️ Playtesting solo games is WILD. I thought testing by myself would be largely sufficient. And it is a built-in perk! But I still learn 1,000x more by watching someone else play. Humbling and encouraging. Testers are the besters.

6th time seeing Dylan tonight. If this is the last, it truly felt like a fitting goodbye. He’s closing with Don’t Think Twice and puts his whole heart in. Passionate and soulful, even. One of his finest performances I’ve ever heard, recorded or live.

Ran into an old friend. They brought my party game ContraBanter along on a visit to family in MI, and their niece and nephew were obsessed with it. She left the game with them and got a new copy. That was genuinely nice to hear. 1/2

Jono (@dvcgames.bsky.social) and I are thrilled to be part of IGNM this year. Get ready for more silliness like this at PAXU

11yo decorated the birthday cake for 5yo this year 🥰

I’m not at GenCon…but this happened for the first time!!!

Karnak is the most elegant game by @dvcgames.bsky.social yet. The rules are as simple as OG Euros, and the play is both strategic, sillier and more thematically resonant. If you’re going to Gen Con, say hi to Jono and pick up a copy!

Really lovely time playing a final copy of Person Do Thing tonight with a family of ‘non-gamers’. The kids wanted more and more! My friend @uribram.bsky.social has made a very special game.

this is atrocious

Very grateful for my friend @stickydoodler.bsky.social today. After a long day at work, this was so nice to open. Looking forward to drawing, writing and reflecting.

One of many bangers DVC has on the near horizon. I’m privileged to test them. Very proud of my friend Ben Brin for his first published game.

This mission is going very poorly and I am here for it. Probably going to achieve the objective with only one squaddie remaining. Legit exciting. w/ @yutingxiang.bsky.social