feeling hungary rn.

Shower thought: One reason board games are fun is because they give us a clean structure: a world with clear rules, visible consequences, and stable interactions. We can act, understand, adapt, and feel like the system is legible. Quite a contrast to what's going on outside the living room window.

We make nice games.

Just as it always has...

Oh btw if you're on the Nuremberg Spielwarenmesse this week... be sure to come by our booth in Hall 10.0, G-9 and say hello!

Thinking about the US from Europe. Wondering: Is refusal to consume an effective way to protest? Scott Galloway makes that argument (in this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFsd...). The idea is to coordinate in large numbers to send a message to (mostly) big tech participating in this regime.

Video before it happens is showing this guy they shot in the head in Minneapolis was just standing there videoing them before and they got out to push him back and then murder him.

ICE just gunned down ANOTHER person, beating a man half to death before shooting him at point blank range. What the fuck are we doing? ARREST ICE NOW. PROSECUTE ICE NOW. I will not rest until every single one of these murderers is held accountable to the communities they terrorize.

By who? Who shot the person dead? You saw the video. We all know a federal agent shot a man dead who was prone on the ground. Also, it's not "according to officials." It's according to verified video seen with your eyes. Not saying what anyone can obviously see with their eyes is a form of lying.

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

Trying to find some nice riddle books - but it's too hard. Our best heuristic so far: The less smooth the layout, the more likely the the content is real. Has anyone found a good technique to avoid AI Slop in book-related christmas shopping?

A fun day talking boardgames with Rodrigo from Circotel yesterday! Turns out we envy each other. He likes Germany for the long and rich history of boardgames here. We think newer markets like his home, Chile, are exciting - and full of novel ideas. He showed us two great games, too!

Yesterday we ran out of Orapa and today a bunch of other games. Thanks Stuttgart!

Always fun.

Getting on the road to the next fair. Car stacked with Orapa, Playball and Yellow House! See you in a bit in Stuttgart Messe!

Today and for 2 weeks ONLY we're running a big sale on most of our games! nicegameshop.com/Start The marketing action of the year is done. Bye.

What's the next big trend in board game themes? After this year's "Tax the Rich" could it actually be taking stances on things and stuff?! boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/44... Or is it back to medieval european trading next year?

A lot of fun at Spielewelt in Bielefeld today. A great boardgame meet in an epic location, that totally exists. And we had the best view for it. Tomorrow's another day of gaming, so if you read this close to Bielefeld be sure to drop by and say hello!

Played Ariadnyk by boardova, a dynamic tilelaying game about Spirits and charms. And sheep. It's beautiful and fun and I managed to gather 108 sheep!

The best game of Essen 2025? Stock Tetris!

From the nice game slack >>>>

We kind of forgot about this place. It was fun not doing social media for a while. But not sustainable.

Orapa von @nicegamepub.bsky.social hatte gestern seine Premiere bei uns. Zuerst dachten wir, es würde sicher lange dauern, doch es ist ein kurzweiliger, spannender Brainburner. Mit Schallwellen suchen wir die Edelsteine tief in der Erde. Schiffe versenken mit einer frischen Idee. Nice 👍🏼 #Brettspiele

Dickes Lob an @nicegamepub.bsky.social - brauchte nach einem Getränkeunfall neue Marker. Mail geschickt, Sachverhalt geschildert und richtig fix ersetzt bekommen! So geht Kundenservice.

Viel Scheitern auf dem Weg zum perfekten Deck: Unsere Kritikenrundschau zu "Slay the Spire: Das Brettspiel" (von Gary Dworetsky, Anthony Giovannetti und Casey Yano bei @nicegamepub.bsky.social / Contention Games).

Die öffentliche Demütigung des Opfers mit dem Ziel seiner Selbstbezichtigung ist essentieller Teil des Faschismus.

We deleted our facebook, instagram and x today. It was fun.

Es ist Zeit Flagge zu zeigen! Bei uns am Spieletisch ist Platz für Alle😍 Ich liebe die #Brettspiel Bubble dafür, dass sie so offen ist und Menschen zusammen bringt. "Fairness, Respekt, Gleichheit –ohne diese Grundsätze hat niemand Spaß, und alle verlieren." www.spiel-des-jahres.de/spielend-fue...

Der Einstieg in Slay the Spire hat Mega Spaß gemacht! Genau das richtige für meinen Zehnjährigen und mich 👌#brettspiele @pegasusspiele.bsky.social @nicegamepub.bsky.social

Our weird little heart is happier with flags 😌🍃

Unbelievable. The good news is, you can find First Monday in October yourself instead of waiting for a Facebook ad. Spread some love for this meaty historical tug-of-war game by my friend Talia! www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...

The people of South Korea didn't wait, they showed up. Immediately.

LIVE: South Korean opposition party gathers at parliament after president declares martial law www.youtube.com/live/YBJTZvk...

"We cannot continue to participate in the social network feed of a man who proclaims the death of the media and therefore of journalists... X is a platform that no longer serves the public interest at all, but the special ideological and financial interests of its owner and his political allies"

Here`s a little diagram on how we at Nice Game plan for new game releases:

A wonderful puzzle game, with wonderful art, a great story and a cozy melancholy vibe. May have been our game of the year, when it first came out.

Elon and his team changed the X algorithm so that it would boost pro-Republican accounts as well as Elon's own account. Remember when he fumed about Twitter Files and "liberal bias"? Elon's X was MUCH worse.

Oh hello. I've created LISTS, packed with #boardgame humans. Find some new folks to follow! Publishers: bsky.app/profile/more... Designers & Developers: bsky.app/profile/more... Artists: bsky.app/profile/more... Other Industry Roles: bsky.app/profile/more... Press: bsky.app/profile/more...

Playing Mountain Goats, kids quickly learn how an obvious solution can be a bad solution (you only get points on top of the hill- but the next goat that arrives kicks you down to the bottom, so rushing to be first is often not good). Thanks for this nice game, @ostiaspiele.bsky.social!

Ihr Lieben, Bluesky war von Anfang an mein neues Wohnzimmer.😍 Damit ihr das auch nachfühlen könnt, habe ich euch ein #StarterPack erstellt, mit Menschen, die über #Brettspiele, Tabletops oder RPGs posten.😘 Schaut euch an, wem ihr folgen möchtet, denn nur gemeinsam macht Social Media Spaß.💚

Board game design is giving players a box of nonsense and then writing a letter to them that explains how to have fun. It needs to be a really good letter.

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Hey tabletop folk. I know many of you struggle with self-promotion, so let me help! Are you working on something cool? Do you provide services? Written a good article? Taken an ace photo? Run an event? Post below and let's get a self-promotion mega thread going! (I'll create LISTS with this info)

I am making a starter pack of boardgame people (players, researchers, designers, etc) in Australia. It is embarrassingly short so far, so please let me know if you or someone else should be added. go.bsky.app/JNbGLf1

Hier ist schon einmal ein wichtiges StarterPack von Frauen im Brettspiel.😘 bsky.app/profile/marc...

Hiho. Looks like this place is taking off. You love to see it! Can anyone recommend some starter packs? We love board games, current affairs, deep dives on almost any kind of topic and silly cat pictures.