Great solo play-through of Personal Demons from @boardgaymesjames.com! With an immediate Hocus Pocus reference at the jump, I approve. youtu.be/ZxJFoVpSqBc?...

*frantically writing prompts, eyes reflecting nothing but the screen* Less clothes. Shinier hair. Bigger rictus grin. Deader eyes. Deader. Bigger box. Bigger. Bigger still. Melt the background. Melt the foreground. Deader eyes. Deader grin. Publish. *the hand stills, the screen dims*

What a statement! This is what we like to see on a crowdfunding page @brotherminggames.bsky.social !! 💪 Fuck AI in boardgames and fuck those that use it! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bro...

Less than an hour to go! We'll see you there!

Demon puppets are happening!

I've added an important item to my company policies. tettixgames.com/pages/about

Hot take: GenAI is a consumptive process, not a creative process. It's the equivalent of flipping channels on your TV until you find something you like and then yelling "I MADE THIS!"

😈👹🫠🥶 Personal Demons is a therapy ritual for 1-4 players. It's a unique pick-and-pass spatial puzzler with evolving player abilities and engine building, four sizes of increasingly huge cards, and 150 unique hand-inked artworks. Follow now on Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/tet...

If you're wondering how board game folks with goods that have already left port in China headed to the US are feeling right now:

Prototypes arrived!!!

I shared my thoughts about "Keep (your) politics out of (my) boardgames" with @danthurot.bsky.social for @wyrdscience.bsky.social

"We see the tremendous weight of grief, anger, and fear that so many are carrying right now. No one should have to live with constant fear. Everyone deserves to feel safe, valued, and to be treated with dignity." Read more: stonemaiergames.com/we-stand-wit...

Illuminated manuscript banners!

@boardgamegeek.com For an award you say acknowledges artistry, why are you choosing to highlight a game: - That uses AI art (which surely is anti-artistry if anything) - Designed by a person whose transphobic views have no place in our industry (artist = artistry) boardgamegeek.com/blog/1/blogp...

Solomon, in his demon-banishing raiments.

Eat your heart out, Dante.

The original demon hunter.

Solomon

I have an important announcement. Kyle and I are going to be leaving Leder Games to start a new venture. It has been an honor to spend the past eight years working with them. We wish them all the best of luck, and cannot wait to show you what we are working on next. ledergames.com/blogs/news/a...

Lean into imperfection, especially in this age of mass AI slop generation. Your errors define your humanity.

Discord wants to know how you feel about AI. Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Personal Demons KS preview page is live! Go check it out and give it a follow and… like, tell everyone you know. www.kickstarter.com/projects/tet...

When a life guard told me “No throwing people in the pool” I asked if I could throw myself and he said “sure” and I immediately tossed myself rag doll at the bottom of the pool and tore my chin open and bled everywhere and still have a scar.

Plus my fave board games of 2025… 1. The Old King’s Crown 2. Harmonies 3. Ayar: Children of the Sun 4. Endeavour: Deep Sea 5. Mycelia (Split Stone Games) 6. Star Wars: Battle of Hoth 7. Deep Regrets 8. Finspan 9. A Wayfarer’s Tale: The Journey Begins 10. Druids of Edora

Personal Demons is now 100% art and design complete! There’s still plenty of testing and balancing to do but this is a great step and it feels like a good stopping place for 2025! See you in 2026!

Fantastic video by Pam Walls on the increasing use of AI in board games, and the need (more than ever) to support artists, illustrators and graphic designers in the industry. youtu.be/Ci5pOjyJknI?...

Drawing some capitals for the Personal Demons rulebook and discovered I have all the necessary letters to spell some inspirational messages!

Good playtest yesterday, feel like I finally nailed the balance of difficulty to place vs value of card. Scores are still slightly higher than I’d like but I have some ideas how to correct.

First art-complete prototype of Personal Demons just finished! All the demon cards looks so cool together and I couldn’t even fit them all on a double table! Very excited to go into heavy balance playtesting with this!

False.

AI use in creative professions is bad for humanity in all ways. There is no positive long-term outcome for anyone but the richest 1%. Resist! I have never and will never use AI in my work. I'm actually not quite sure if Chat GPT is an app or a website (or both?) and I've never bothered to find out.

Buer!

Parker board games actually used to do this and everybody thought it was normal www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Home from Spiel and in recovery mode on the couch watching Futurama. It was a big success overall and I managed to get Personal Demons in front of a few folks with good response and some great feedback! See you next year!

Found Deep Regrets in The Game Makers! Cool to see it in person and learn a bit about how the game plays!

Two days of Spiel down! Saw some old friends, saw some people in person for the first time, met some people for the first time ever. Signed some stuff. Even played a game! No meetings tomorrow so I hope I can actually check out some games!

Working on the box cover!

Ceaseless torment.

Channeling Guy Davis on this wendigo.

Crinkly little guy

Impractical hand demon

Stoke the fires of hell with CUTENESS

Chicken legs

They’re good demons, Brant.

Back from holiday and back on the demons!

After Aliens finished up early last night, it seemed like a good opportunity to try out the newly arrived Shallow Regrets by @tettix.bsky.social - pleased to add another reliable, enjoyable and actually under 15 minutes game to the collection for exactly these occasions! #boardgamesky

Eight years ago I was spending far too much time branding a fake NBA team in 2K17

big review! The Old King's Crown is absolutely fabulous. A sparkling bit of design that i went a bit mad trying to capture on video. this is a very, very special game made by people who care tremendously. check it the HECK out !!

Shallow Regrets by @tettix.bsky.social is the Game of the Week! Published by @buttonshy.bsky.social , fish for the biggest, flashiest, or creepiest creatures in the sea. Don't get stuck with the most foul catches, or else lose your mind (and nose)!