Flying along then got hung up at the end. I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Oct 1st 2025) in less than 8 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

Then Satan rose up from hell and bellowed, “Little bunny Foo Foo! My most dedicated worshipper! Continue your reign of terror against the field mice in my name.”

I took a break for a three minute phone call. I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Sep 30th 2025) in less than 12 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

I appreciate the newsletter reminding me about these puzzles. I hadn't done one in awhile. I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Sep 29th 2025) in 03:50 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

How much does it cost to put 8+ federal/mystery employees in the field for however many hours they spent waiting for that guy? Did taxpayers pay for that guy to have a "this is my personality" cowboy hat?

look at dat cover

I'm excited to announce I'm going to be running a four-week remote workshop on creating interactive fiction with #bitsy starting at the end of September! Games created in the workshop will be featured in an exhibition at Accent Sisters in New York, with whom I'm partnering on this project!

Here's a thread on how to win a Golden Cobra. I've won it twice and judged it once, not that that's any guarantee. (Golden Cobra is a larp competition, which launched today, and you should totally enter). 🧵

I do not especially care about tarot decks but I love the Goblins and Garden deck. I only look at it a few cards at a time because I want to go as long as possible before running out of cards.

I just backed Dungeon Wilds on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/jon...

This is so much better than Trump's birthday parade.

We took the paywall down on this one. defector.com/how-the-fuck...

July 2022: Leisure Games makes its literary debut! The shop gets a mention in "The Sorcerer of Pyongyang" by Marcel Theroux, in which the author buys a copy of "The Habitition of the Stone Giant Lord" (by @timhutchings.bsky.social of Thousand Year Old Vampire fame) in the shop.

He has to come out on the balcony and wave, right? That's how we know everything is okay.

guess who's coming to kickstarter in a month? (it's me, the funny lady)

I made one mistake because I miscounted. In the real world miscounting would've sent an innocent to jail so I deserve my shameful yellow box. I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Aug 27th 2025) in less than 8 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

did a terrible job on this one. slow brain reversing of the binaries. I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Aug 26th 2025) in less than 6 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

"writing for the contrarian at the table"

Don’t get me wrong, I love my burlaps bags, but THIS! BOX! HAS! EVERYTHING! Fun fact: my niblings called for my birthday and asked if I was bringing The Quiet Year when I come to visit. (Yes, my darling weirdos)

Butchered this one: I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Aug 23rd 2025) in less than 14 minutes 🟨🟩🟨🟩 🟨🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟨🟠🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Aug 19th 2025) in 04:54 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

#history When a government wants to control how the governed learn history, choosing what's "acceptable" & what's "disloyal", that's a red flag we've been wary of in other countries; we can try to keep our own house in order by standing with the Smithsonian in this moment. aaslh.org/smithsonian-...

I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Aug 18th 2025) in less than 6 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

Grueling I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Aug 17th 2025) in less than 23 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

Before you make your next #TTRPG, check out my free font Polymath, which lets you create a bunch of different dice types in an accessible way: hedgemazepress.itch.io/polymath-dic...

Friday’s good. October 1st is better. 📅 Art and System: Games for Expanded Play launches on BackerKit—featuring Princess with a Cursed Sword, Dog Eat Dog, and The Mountain Witch. ##CMichPress #IndieGames #Games #Gaming

I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Aug 13th 2025) in less than 6 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Aug 12th 2025) in less than 17 minutes* 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

The filmmaker Jonas Mekas told me that his family and neighbors didn't believe he taught at NYU but he didn't find this out for years because they all pretended they believed him.

civilization vi leader two turns before you destroy his lone attacking trebuchet unit with a missile cruiser

I'm ashamed that I missed the clue that told me who the last criminal was. It was right there in front of me. I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Aug 9th 2025) in less than 7 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟡🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

The first episode of An Elegy in Crimson is out! This is a fantastic 1-on-1 #TTRPG series in interview format, based on @timhutchings.bsky.social 's amazing Thousand Year Old Vampire. @spazzster.bsky.social is The Facilitator and @amiewebster.bsky.social‬ is his first subject/victim. Check it out!

Bad start. I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Aug 7th 2025) in less than 6 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Aug 6th 2025) in less than 6 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

This page has a big button for you to email 20+ customer service departments at once with an (editable, if you like) prewritten letter. You can even do it from your phone! There's zero reason to not be participating in the pushback on this.

I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Aug 5th 2025) in 03:30 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟨 cluesbysam.com The mistake was because I was clicking too fast because the puzzle was labeled "Easy". Sloppy.

hey. have you been sitting out on calling payment processors? i get it. phone calls are annoying and difficult for a lot of people. maybe you’ve been putting it off until now. well, i have good news: now is actually a PERFECT time for you to START calling. you are Wave 2!

I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Aug 4th 2025) in 03:53 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com Got tricked by "exactly one innocent below x is neighboring y". Thought it meant that there was only one innocent in total.

CLUES BY SAM SPOILER for July 31! This one totally baffles me.

No excuse on the mistake.

At the end I just got sloppy and kept reversing criminal/innocent.

Why we created the new licensed version of Codenames:  www.czechgames.com/news/why-we-...

I just wrote an email to itch.io voicing my concerns about their recent announcements. I sell enough there that I hope they pay at least a little attention. Write 'em at [email protected]

I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Jul 26th 2025) in less than 11 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

I struggled. 🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Jul 23rd 2025) in less than 6 minutes 🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟨 cluesbysam.com All three fuck-ups are because I reversed the criminal-innocent thing in my head. I love the new reporting format.

for the next couple weeks i'll be posting exercises from my old narrative design class every day. i used #bitsy by @adamledoux.net, so these are all bitsy files that can be imported into the bitsy editor, along with posts describing guidelines and objectives.

I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Jul 22nd 2025) in 04:26 ✅✅✅🟨🟨 cluesbysam.com Sloppy fuck ups this time.

Generation Analog was very good and I am deeply ashamed that I forgot to promote it in my newsletter.

Now we are learning about Play, Punk, and Pedagogy on this remarkable panel! #GenerationAnalog2025 #StayAnalog