If you hadn’t heard, Pacts is in testing on BGA. Which is neat! But I do jump into random match-ups with folks and mercilessly cook most of them, so I do feel bad that the first impression of the game is getting decimated…

Got folks playing DUST almost every day this week.

It was super fun to tune in and watch y'all play! And you are right... we gotta cook up Pacts 2. Or, at least, put it out there... it is pretty much finished.

I mean we really try to fit it all ain’t we :D Last quality checks before final assembly and shipping for Playthings, Rosetta, and *gasp* reprints of the Corvids promos.

If you had to show someone one tabletop game - boardgame, card game, ttrpg, etc - to demonstrate that games are or can be art, which game would you choose? & why? I'd really like to hear folks' thoughts on this. Obviously I have some opinions, but what are you picking?

My heart!!! We love it!

Tell me about a board game that you believe has a soul.

10 points: 2x jays dragonfly + butterfly field (fall effect, in very back) camera touching table (winter effect)

I think? Let's go? Let's go!

A beautiful day to sponsor LGBTQ Awareness Day at our local zoo!

all i can think is ‘oh dear lord how is it tomorrow tomorrow?’

An old friend will be coming back at Gen Con this summer. If you were a fan of Signal or Here Lies, this is where it all began.

Another day of photographing nature… and getting second place.

Joey, our most solo-loving Jasper, finally gets to play the latest iteration of DUST. He is mumbling “oh my god I love this” every minute or so.

Making Inkwell was about making something breezy an beautiful. Maybe that is a bit odd after all our headscratchers, but the world is boiling our brains. Many days, we just want to place some cubes.

Self-reminder today that game design is a process that is deeply flawed. I shouldn't be so hard on myself that I make nothing.

Contemplating themes I wish I could see more (or at all) in games. Lighthouses Camping Mummification

💜 Thank you! There are weird depths for sure for only the most astute of monks (lead amongst them being Jerry who tested solo mode 30+ times)

“This […] is D.V.C. slamming their glass down on the table and affirming, “We could do this all the time if we wanted to. We could just crank out perfect jewels.” It was already hard to argue with their design sensibilities. Turns out it’s also hard to argue with their sense of taste.” 💜

Packing for the weekend. Hope to run into folks on our travels!

A lovely game that is entirely the vibe of our usual game night crew. Glad to see it grow.

Signal is the game that made me attempt to learn the difference between deduction and induction. Ended up learning about David Hume and Bertrand Russell’s turkey illusion along the way. You can read it at SCM: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/induction-...

Yesterday, I played Signal (from @dvcgames.bsky.social) and also played through The Morrison Game Factory (from @postcurious.bsky.social). Signal was super clever, can't wait to play again. Morrison was full of great puzzles and a captivating story. Fun night all around! #boardGames #puzzles

Okay clearly not related to Pacts 2 research but, Top three most recognizable (to you) heroic/nongod Greek figures?

Did a fun little interview, but really also an excuse to pass around a Google Doc between a dozen people to crowdsource the answers. Also did not realize I had the wrong company shirt in this photo.

Today was more Greek mythology themed than I thought it would be.

A gentle review of a gentle game. Maybe it was coming into our first year of parenting and needing a break, or just wanting to relax while this world wreaks its havocs, but this has become a dear favorite of ours, and Dan, as always, exactly describes why we love it.

Neat!

Ah yes it’s ‘nothing is real’ day

Going from Syracuse ❄️ to St. Louis 🔥 is making my brain go crazy.

This just hit! I am sending out an email in a moment, but there is more to this release than meets the eye. Simplest note, though, is pre-orders leave the warehouse Monday (we are traveling and there is additional work to do before hitting 'send'). But this buys some time...

Blocking the whole lake with a maple tree to score higher.

Testing testing testing (the Captain of the Guard is raiding our likely thieving location).

Jesse photobombing all my nature photos.

An excellent test of Photo Club to finish off the afternoon. Included are my (losing) photos, but they still scored a tom of points.

Figured out how to make chipboard prototypes of tokens and punchouts at work today.

@dvcgames.bsky.social Pacts was really good. I played 4 new to me 2-player games last night and this one took the cake. Even beat out the great Kanizia's similar game, Marabunta. Highly recommend giving this a try if you enjoy high interaction. Best new game of 2026 for me so far

Slammed out a quick game of Photo Club with the DVC founding team. Behold my perfect shot of exactly a deer, a coyote, a woodpecker and a jay.

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I was asked, somewhat jokingly whether I care more about people buying our games or playing our games, and there is a bit of misfortune in it honestly being the latter, but I have a gut feeling that plenty of games are made to be sold, not necessarily played, and that is too bad.

💚 Hell yeah!!!!!!

This was a joy to listen to! And in case anyone ever wants to be able to discuss spoilers about Here Lies, I recommend checking out one of the demo cases we use at conventions: drive.google.com/file/d/18k9E...

Fantastic news of the day, but Here Lies has found its way onto the Origins Awards finalist list! An achievement in and of itself! Really appreciate the bonus love for our favorite detective game.

Sad to miss GAMA, but also, everyone at GAMA emailing us: It is very funny when we respond and get a whole bunch of 'I can't reply I'm at GAMA' emails. Like half my inbox right now.

Both dragonflies, the deer, and the coyote. 3 points.

Photographed a deer above a butterfly. 4 points for that goal-

Photos I took during my turns of today’s playtest of High School Photo Club.