Up to 7500ish slop accounts blocked now. All manually checked by myself by clicking into them and having a quick scan. Still adding 10+ accounts daily, new accounts are springing up nonstop.

If you are wiling to help us: we'd love to be nominated for a golden geek award for 2025, and nominations are now open here: boardgamegeek.com/thread/36898...

I'm asking for your nomination for "3 Witches" for the Golden Geek Awards. It's listed under the Light category but I'd really appreciate your nomination under the "Innovative" category. I hope players recognize the new mechanisms 2-card hand resolution & card reuse. boardgamegeek.com/goldengeek

I’ve spent the last couple of days trying to un-overthink all of my plans and schemes. The suffocating fear of anything less than magnificent perfection grips me from time to time. I feel a physical relief having granted myself the permission to “merely” do the best I can.

Thanks to @boardgamersteph.bsky.social and All the Meeples of the Rainbow for their teach of Twisted Trumpets! youtu.be/Yk29fjftQBQ

Dino Racer is Marceline Leiman's take on the wacky racer, the unexpected genre of the year, and it's a fresh, more involved, and oh so screamy approach to the format. Time to holler. My review: spacebiff.com/2026/04/08/d...

🏆 If you'd like to nominate Pyrotechnics for one or more categories in the 2025 GoldenGeek Awards, you can go to this link: boardgamegeek.com/goldengeek Scroll down to Pyrotechnics, click on it to open a pane in which you can nominate. Thank you for your support! #boardgames #goldengeek

HELL YEAH IS THAT A MULTIVICTOR GAME I SEE RIGHT THERE HELL YEAH I LOVE UNIONIZING SQUIRRELS

I am thrilled to announce that The Seahorse & The Hummingbird has signed Sneaky Squirrels by Joe Kell! A super-fun game by a great designer. I look forward to working with Joe to bring the game to life and to market. Photos by @xoe.gay and Joe Kell. #boardgames 🎲✂️

Interactive Heresy is still not as sinful as the sins of the "developer" See and read the full comic on penny-arcade.com ! #videogames #IAmJesusChristGame #HappyEaster #AISlop #ChristianGamers #comedy #foryou

🚨 FOR SALE! (For Sale not actually for sale). I'm selling a portion of my #boardgames collection, fine games that just never make it to the table. Most in Like New condition; never played or played once or twice. Available via GeekMarket. boardgamegeek.com/market/user/...

I’m back with another Board Game Nano-Review! “Yeah, it was alright. 3 out of 5.” Follow me for more #boardgames insight and spicy hot takes!

Last week, I talked all about myself at #Unpub. I was going to immediately follow it up with the *better* stuff; everybody else's #boardgames. But real life reared its ugly head. I tamped it back down, though, so strap in. It's a long one. 🧵 1 of 17 #boardgames 🎲✂️

Folks don’t need AI or hoaxes to claim real things are fake. The Earth has been flat and the moon landing staged since long before AI or the internet. I’m not defending AI, here; but, as much as I detest AI, it’s not to blame for literally everything.

De-pluralize a movie: Rataoneille

A box in one of my kid’s Easter baskets from a distant relative. I don’t know what’s inside and this description floors me. What toy could possibly live up to this introduction?

It's Easter Sunday, nobody is taking their turns on BGA, and I'm mad about it.

I’ve not done much #boardgames 🎲✂️ design work since Unpub, and with good reason. Lots of real-life to tend to and manage. I’ve been getting lots done. Yet, I feel guilty about it; like I’m disappointing The Spirit of Game Design. I’m not living up to my end of the bargain or some nonsense.

🚨 FOR SALE! 🚨 I'm selling a portion of my #boardgames collection. Have a look, get some great prices on barely-touched games. I'm still doing data entry, so there are more to come. boardgamegeek.com/market/user/...

A pre-production copy of Evenglow. I didn't get to lay hands on it, but I got some awesome photos. Heavy breathing intensifies. #boardgames 🎲✂️ @theop.games

My friend @galens-games.bsky.social has a great KS up for 4 new mint tin games. I tested all of them, and this batch is so good. I’m getting extra copies of Kickabout to give as gifts—one of my favorite sports games, ever. www.kickstarter.com/projects/gal...

Taco Cat Games is now taking pitches from outside designers. We've sold over 13 million games, through all major US retailers. Read about what we're looking for and how to submit here: bit.ly/pitch-taco-cat This thread also covers it so you don't have to click through. 🎲✂️(1/19)

We’ve been quiet…but not for much longer…

Paging @jontexmo.bsky.social. #boardgames

Having a tough week? Have you tried 1) Drinking more water 2) Regular exercise 3) Making little kissy sounds when you pee in a public restroom

I, uh... I just signed up to be a mentor. I guess I feel that good about myself. So... that's nice. #boardgames 🎲✂️

ALERT: Mattel has been pushing game designers to submit pitches using their My Mattel Ideas portal, even if designers are in discussions with Mattel people directly. The portal forces you to commit to a royalty cap of 1.5% plus a 10% deduction to net sales - effectively 1.35%.

"Every good game I've ever seen has eventually found its audience!"

I like this one. #boardgames 🎲✂️ #threed

A viral dog rescue from 2016 is now immortalized with a statue in Kazakhstan. When a dog fell into the Sayran reservoir, bystanders formed a human chain to pull him to safety. The statue is a reminder of the value of unity, solidarity and collective action. 14/10 for all

Okay. But what does it mean?

I’ve been thinking a lot recently about how so much game design advice that’s available is really just business/product advice. It’s got a lot of survivorship bias and as a result, it’s homogenising and dissuading a lot of what’s possible. So…I’m making a little vlog series about it!

🎧 Podcast "The mechanisms of games are often used to motivate people. But @add-hawk.bsky.social is worried we’re over-obsessing about keeping score. He wants us to focus more on the things we enjoy doing, rather than letting metrics hijack our lives." #boardgames

I’m helping with academic research about how media creators and audiences interact. If you have 15 minutes, take this short survey and share your perspective. utk.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Your responses will help researchers better understand how audiences connect with media creators.

Do you design or publish board games? Do you want to protect the planet? Earlier this month, the Green Games Guide team updated the website and the Guide to include more info to help you make more eco-friendly games. Please check it out and share! greengamesguide.com

Delivery day! My partner, who isn’t really into games, is very excited for this one. @emilykeepskitties.bsky.social #boardgames

For when I build out Sinister Plots in PICO-8. #boardgames 🎲✂️ #also #videogames

If you're curious about the inner workings of Evenglow (nee Potion Patch), you can now have a peek at the full rulebook over on BGG. Enjoy yourself a look if only to drink in the gorgeous art of Clémentine Campardou. #boardgames 🎲✂️

To thank my friend and co-designer @stickydoodler.bsky.social for a fantastic first year of work on The Dumpster Heist, I commissioned Rhi Wynter (AKA wife to @boardgamefeast.bsky.social) to create this piece 🤗

At #Unpub, I finally started getting some testing done on Threed (nee Triptych by @rollplusfun.bsky.social). Threed is a trick-taking slide puzzle game, and it is a real brain-melter. The rules are short, the gameplay is simple, and it will scorch your psyche. I had... 🧵 1 of #boardgames 🎲✂️

CW: Opioids Anyone safe to do so should really experience @rollplusfun.bsky.social 's Painkillers. A very thoughtful presentation of the actions and mindset leading to the American opioid addiction epidemic where you play as the Pharma CEOs cashing in while addiction reigns.

I haven't done nearly as much game design work recently, because I have been working on becoming a game publisher! Starting with a co-design of mine that I really believe in, but hoping to move beyond that if it goes well 😀 Please come along on this journey with me - we all need good diversions!

This is a really great lil game and I look forward to playing the Sabriel glow up!

This was legitimately one of the most interesting little puzzles I've played. Congratulations, Katz! Glad to have been able to hang out in person.

I've been working on Rune Rite for, like, four years. The core loop has always been cool and fun and engaging, but the balance of incentives was never correct. Until now! I asked Jamie Sabriel for a little help to bring it to 100%. They brought it... 🧵 1 of 5 #unpub #boardgames 🎲✂️

Almost exactly 3 years ago I started working on a game about public transit & reducing car dependency. And on Wednesday the Kickstarter campaign for the game goes live! Link to our page - www.kickstarter.com/projects/fow...

While at #Unpub, I got to see and feel some in-house pre-production components for Evenglow. It was a little overwhelming. It was real and in front of me, not a digital abstraction that only lives in my computer. I’ve been keeping my excitement at arm’s length because… 🧵 1 of 2 #boardgames 🎲✂️

Ooh, y'all in for it now. I'm gonna be runnin' my mouth about #Unpub for a solid week or two. I got fired up! My cup? Full.

I got in a four-player game of Sinister Plots at #Unpub After Dark (it's not as sexy as it sounds; it was just the hotel lounge). The first amazing thing was that I put the game on a table and people just materialized. Not because Sinister Plots is so irresistible... 🧵 1 of 5 #boardgames 🎲✂️