It's #CraftWednesday! Do you have a game-related crafting project in progress? It could be a prototype, print and play, upgrading the components of a favourite game, making an accessory or even something larger like a table or games room. Share a picture and join in! Please RP!

Sabrina Carpenter: Braver and more powerful than Nintendo and Microsoft combined.

woah! New Mill gets some love in the Shut Up & Sit Down gift guide! youtu.be/uDpntcra6VU?...

Welp, the Reviewer In A Hat hates my latest game. This is the second time he's dunked on the exact thing I designed a game to do, so at least I'm consistent?

Reminder that Protospiel MN 2026 is coming up! Early bird pricing ends December 7th! https://protospiel-mn.org/

Wondering what city waste looked like in the 1500s? Join Justin for his review of Night Soil, published by Grail Games and released by Matagot! www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/nigh... #BoardGames #NightSoil 4/5 ★

I made a weird little trick-taking game about leading a bunch of mercenaries called Landsknecht a while back. Did some recent edits on it. Haven't shared a PnP game in a while so figured I'd do that. Let me know what you think! drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Another PAX Unplugged is in the books. Here's every board game Keith Law played at this year's show, including his pick for the best. www.avclub.com/pax-unplugge...

Jedi Knight 2

Negative reviews of my games on BGG? I let those go. What really live rent free in my head are the baffling comments that don't seem to refer to my game at all. I have now seen Night Soil described as a bag builder, a hand manager, and a wargame. It has no bag, no hand, and no combat

Night Soil

#Crownfell is an asymmetric, abstract, 2-player strategy card game that is live on @thegamecrafter.bsky.social! No stretch goals, except for this: The more people get it, the lower the price goes *for everyone*. Add-ons include a playmat & solo expansion. www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/cr...

🎙️ "It's reminiscent of being a sicko in a bumper car!" - Staying in Podcast Looking for an excellent podcast to tide you over on an Autumnal dog-walk? Join our friends @StayingInPod! 👇 https://www.stayinginpodcast.com/e/night-soil-strange-pictures-and-joyride-survival-of-the-fastest-ep235/

It has been a wild two weeks! Thanks to SDHistCon, the forthcoming Indie Games Night Market, and my own game days, we've played some truly incredible games. And these are only the ones I can talk about! AMA.

Just in case you missed it before…

It's fun to see Pyrotechnics out in the world. #boardgames 🎲✂️

New episode! Thebai, Valheim, and Lunar Skylines, as well as more musings on Dogs of War 2nd Edition and other old favourites! In light of recent crowdfunding, we also review Wonderland's War. megaphone.link/NSR3266032842

UNPUB @ PAX Unplugged is coming up! Nov 21-23, 2025. We will be sponsoring a table with prototyping materials this year, so make sure to grab some of those when you attend. https://www.unpub.org/upcoming-events/unpub-at-pax-unplugged-2025

Last 2 days to catch the discounts in our Game Crafter crowd sale for Burned! Really appreciate those who have already supported: really hope you have as much fun playing as I have designing and developing this one! www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/bu...

Teaching my eldest Rebellion: of of my favorites!

Really glad I started setting up Envelopes of Cash well ahead of game night...

We missed a rule and played it wrong but it was still fun! NIGHT SOIL: it's Tudor England and we are moving poop into the Thames. With @nathanrlong.bsky.social

I'll be participating in a self-publishing q&a panel over at the Break My Game discord tonight at 9PM eastern! Come swing by! @breakmygame.com discord.gg/scV7asU2f?ev...

The Great Commission strives to tell the story of early Christian evangelists. I have complicated feelings on it. My review: spacebiff.com/2025/10/29/t...

October 27th is Arkhipov Day! Let us celebrate the continued existence of life on planet earth by acknowledging the contribution of Vasili Arkhipov, who single-handedly prevented nuclear war.

Oh my goodness I love it!

Nach dem Tag auf der Spiel25 gab es gestern die erste Partie Night Soil von @grailgames.bsky.social. Zur Zeit der Tudors führt jede Partei ein Unternehmen zur Abfuhr der Fäkalien aus London. Dabei kann man sich mit Adligen gut stellen, um Boni zu erlangen und (1/2) #Brettspiele

New episode! We talk about games, of course. Here is a reminder about Arkhipov Day: On October 27, 1962, Vasili Arkhipov saved the entire world during the Cuban missile crisis by single-handedly preventing nuclear war. Join us in celebrating Arkhipov Day on October 27! megaphone.link/NSR8667443197

Really cool feature of how @thegamecrafter.bsky.social crowd sales work is that when my company buys inventory for convention sales, the price goes down for everyone! So: that's my clever plug for our crowd sale, now with 26% discount! www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/bu...

during this spooky season, might I recommend for the adventurous my horror board game about caretaking for, and being abused by, a loved one returned from the dead hollandspiele.com/products/but...

Welp, just ordered both Wroth expansions so: that sums up my rating on the game

And my game just went live on @thegamecrafter.bsky.social Crowd Sale! If you know anyone who is a fan of hidden movement, spy craft, or awesome @godofironart.bsky.social Neon Noir art, please pass this along to them! www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/bu...

🛒 Play Logic & Lore for yourself 👉 weirdgiraffegames.com/Logic

If you're a government employee and you want to talk, you can reach me at Vittoria89.82 on Signal. We can speak anonymously.

Closing in on 100 badges in the first 24 hours. Who will be #100? I’ll buy you a $5 Wawa gift card.

For my mental health, I forced myself to sit down and do some solo testing on Rattleskull Inne. Not my idea, but I created 3 "persona" cards so that each "player" could have their own style and to make the mental load easier for me. I highly recommend this approach!

Very thoughtful article as always from Dan @danthurot.bsky.social which gives some great frameworks for designers to consider when building an experience spacebiff.com/2025/09/30/a... ... apropos of nothing this is probably my #2 favorite thing he's written so far

Thank you so much @sowronggames.bsky.social for the shout-out and kind words about Burned (episode 376) www.sowronggames.com/episodenotes

I fully endorse this! Ergonomics Shanty Sit in your chair, hands at the keys! KEEP YOUR BACK STRAIGHT! Priority task, deal with the stickies! KEEP YOUR BACK STRAIGHT! Emails abound, IM on the side KEEP YOUR BACK STRAIGHT!

Board gamers, remember: when @watchitplayed.tv says “return these other cards to The Box”, in any of his videos, this is always The Box he is referring to

A weird things you learn when you have kids with allergies is that 90% of people have no idea what is and is not a "nut". This includes people who write labels for food products

Woo hoo! We have settled on October 14 for the @thegamecrafter.bsky.social crowd sale of Burned This is my little card-driven wildly asymmetrical hidden movement spy vs spy thing Page is still under construction but you can get a good sense here: www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/bu...

Nothing to see here, just the first mass-production copy of Crumbs! 👀 I'd love to show you the second, but it got set on fire for safety testing 😭 (It passed)

Mark your calendars!

New episode! We go all second breakfast* on The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship, the Matt Leacock's new evolution of Pandemic. * i.e., to do something pleasurable with extraordinary thoroughness. megaphone.link/NSR7746350956

Can you believe Hollandspiele has been around for nine years? We're having a flash sale now through Sunday, offering a $9 discount on five of my games.

Final (hopefully) quality check on Burned before we can start the first edition in earnest!

It's #CraftWednesday! Do you have a game-related crafting project in progress? It could be a prototype, print and play, upgrading the components of a favourite game, making an accessory or even something larger like a table or games room. Share a picture and join in! Please RP!

New episode! We try the new version of Innovation, Trevor Benjamin and David Thompson's latest Line of Fire: Burnt Moon, review Shackleton Base, accidentally invent a new death cult, and much more! redcircle.com/shows/c715c6...

New episode! We take an early look at SEAL Team Flix's redevelopment Phantom Division, as well as take a long look at 7 Empires! Does it live up to Mac Gerdts' other games, especially Imperial? redcircle.com/shows/c715c6...