Watching Shrinking with my wife, who is an actual talk therapist: "oh, no. That's so unethical" "they really shouldn't do that" "Omg, where are his boundaries!?" "counsellors shouldn't say that. Nope nope nope" "ugh, no, Jimmy! BAD!" *episode ends* "that was great, let's watch another!"

Will this is a new one for me. Shameless and blatent plagiarism. Someone took my review of Shotten Totten: meepleandthemoose.com/2026/01/31/s... Ran it through Google Translate, and posted it on their own site bookmarket4u.shop/schotten-tot... Not sure what I should even do in this situation? 😔

Played more Tainted Grail last night. Pro tip: don't go 4 months between sessions. We didn't remember squat! #boardgames

Got through the Tutorial on Cairn. It's slow and often frustrating. But when you manage to figure out the route/puzzle and get over the next ledge. It's really satisfying. 🎮

It's not as bad as Mara in Shin Megami Tensei, but.... that's a very phallic monster. #FinalFantasyIX

January was a banging month for board games. It's been a while since I had to break out my BGA and IRL games into separate images #boardgames #bgstats

Seems like he is stepping down immediately by his own decision. This doesn’t change my views on DT at all, as I don’t think it should others either. But good riddance to yet another stain this industry has platformed for far too long.

I've been reading The Separation of Church and Hate by John Fugelsang, and it affirms a belief I've long held. I do not understand how someone can read the bible, and then look at the current right wing politics crew and say "yeah. That's my team".

Quote from @markyuasa.bsky.social: "There's a reason people are flocking to Retro Games.... They don't have the constant exploitative online hype cycles and annualized releases, just have good old games." AMEN, BROTHER!

I don't like being this vulnerable in public but I also felt like I had to say something. youtu.be/1qlEn8ob2ns

I've beaten Path of Radiance several times, but I never beat Radiant Dawn. I hard dropped it when I found out that the support conversations were stripped down to basically nothing. The support conversations are one of my favourite parts of FE! That's where all the characterization happens!

I love it when covers form a panorama. It's so cool. But this makes it much harder to condense the game into one box and throw the other away. 😭 #boardgames

This is the hand I shot the moon with. 💪💪 Rebel Princess by @beziergames.bsky.social is pretty excellent. #boardgames

Spent the day at a local convention. Had great fun, playing an excellent set of games #boardgames

Played 2016's K2 last night. A bit of a cutthroat race, where you manage your movement and acclimatization points. Sometimes you'll chose to camp at a pass just make the lower players freeze. I thought mountain climbers were more friendly! #boardgames

The name of the game is Coffee Rush. But my customers largely prefer tea. #boardgames

Well that's kind of backwards. I feel like games have been trending towards bigger pieces, thicker tiles, or just straight up giant editions (looking at you, Bezier) Queen is using 20% smaller tiles as a selling feature for their new editions of old games. #boardgames

Fly, you fools.

Upper Deck’s new Harry Potter deal is a choice to profit from a franchise that still funnels money and cultural power to J. K. Rowling, whose ongoing anti-trans advocacy harms trans people in real life.

It's so challenging to go from playing a game 20 times on BGA and having the platform do all the counting and rule enforcement, to playing it myself on the table. What do you mean the cards don't glow when I can afford them!? #boardgames

I haven't listened to the episode yet, but I appreciate the classic chunky Pikachu in the thumbnail. Chunky-Chu is the best Chu.

Dinosaur tea party has been a birthday gift for every niece and nephew the year they turn 5, and I'm so excited it's my daughters turn. She loves it. I love seeing her figure out deduction. Win win. #boardgames

Man, that Covid Lockdown did wonders for BGA, didn't it?

Reminder to research Shopify's CEO Tobias Lütke. He swung hard right years ago. It's dismaying to me to see how many folks use the platform or advertise it on their podcast etc. That purple "Shop" button? Each purchase supports his anti-union, anti-diversity, and anti-human rights efforts.

Everytime I look at board games and feel like my hobby is too expensive, Lego shows me that it could be so much worse.

We're almost halfway through January. What media has everyone been enjoying? Here's my firsts of 2026 🎮: Link to the Past (1992) 5/5⭐ 📚: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt (2022) 3.5/5⭐ 🎬: My Cousin Vinny (1992) 5/5⭐ 🎲: Take Time (2025) 4/5⭐

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance is available on Nintendo Switch 2's Gamecube Classics. This was the first Fire Emblem game I purchased with my own money, and it quickly became one of my go-to comfort games. I never did finish Radiant Dawn, however.

Building some Lego I got for Christmas

Starting 2026 off in the Dark World.

Ghost Blitz is surprisingly competitive when playing with 3 grown men. #boardgames

Things in Rings. This is my second play, and after every play, someone at the table has immediately searched out how to buy their own copy. Such a fun little game! #boardgames

New years Bomb Busters! #boardgames

2025 is wrapped! Lots of great games played this year. This was the year my 4 year old started being able to play board games, hence the 45 plays of Trouble. #bgstats #boardgames

I got a puzzle book for Christmas. It's rad.

Damnit @boardgamefeast.bsky.social. Now I want to play Link to the Past.

I don't play enough newly released games to create a "best board game of 2025" list, so instead I just celebrate my favourite new to me games. Starting with the games I discovered via Board Game Arena! meepleandthemoose.com/2025/12/17/t...

I did the impossible! I brought a stack of board games to a casual family weekend and every game got played 💪💪

The BC ferries experience. 4 out of 5 arcade machines are out of service.

10 days in Europe is a perpetual favourite. #boardgames

Whenever I'm planning to visit family, they often ask "oh, can you bring that bank robbing game?". Burgle Bros. Sticks in people's minds as a great experience #boardgames

Playing The Mind with my stoned brother in law. He plays the 30, then 36, then 40. Then pauses and says "oh shit, I have the 38" 🤦 #boardgames

Told myself that I wouldnt go to Vancouver this Christmas. And yet, here we are.

Cookie for breakfast! Happy holidays!

Poorly constructed gingerbread houses is my new band name

An architect, I am not.

Take Time is kind of like The Crew or The Gang crossed with The Mind. Basically, you need to sort cards silently. I dug it quite a bit. We played through the first 4 puzzles, with another 30+ in the box. #boardgames

The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman is an excellent followup to the Thursday Murder Club. Every bit as charming as his first novel, featuring the return of all his wonderful characters and their aged hijinks. One of the rare times where rare sequel is better than the original. 💙📚

Hansa Teutonica! I'm not liking this 3 player map. I've only ever played this at 4 or 5 players. #boardgames

The Fore-edge painting on Katabasis is pretty slick

I love making charcuterie boards