The world demands your labor, but you dream of a life pursuing art and creativity. Can you find meaning and success threading these two pressures? Only one way to find out, join me as we learn how to play Bohemians from @trzewik.bsky.social: youtu.be/YUKnfUHr-iU

For one Canadian dollar he’ll let you dig around in it for five minutes

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

We took to the skies in Flight, but now we’re going to get gigantic in Jurassic! Join me here and let’s learn the second module for Nature by @northstargames.bsky.social: youtu.be/S41KZeAi1_8?...

One faction brings elegance, the other brings brute force, and they're going head to head in our latest play through. Join us here for a full game of Wroth from @chiptheorygames.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Cvf...

Up and away we go! We've learned how to play the new edition of Nature by @northstargames.bsky.social, but now let's add in Module 1: Flight. Join me and let's learn what new twists this adds in: www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9c0...

When I'm right, I'm right. Right?

Enjoyed discovering this "new-to-me" podcast which also featured Paula as a guest!

Won our latest play of The Adventures of Robin Hood by the smallest of margins! Great to get back to our campaign. Especially enjoyed our measuring and re-measuring to get our pieces where we needed to be. “Destroy the evidence” became our light hearted way to conclude any assessment of distances.

Let's go on an adventure! Join me here and learn the new game from Dr. Reiner Knizia and @officedoggames.bsky.social doggames.bsky.social, The Hobbit: There and Back Again! www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt2N...

Look at these two babies Suz found! Whew - where did those years go?

Your island is under attack, but you know what you do! Gather your troops, rally heroes to your cause, and protect the dragons the enemy is coming to claim. It's a new game from Mindclash Games - join me here and let's learn how to play Emberheart: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPr7...

For those interested, here is the official trailer for Cross Bronx Expressway, a boardgame designed by Non-Breaking Space. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5aZ... @nbsp1618.bsky.social

I know you can’t buy happiness, but also:

Update: GMT's CROSS BRONX EXPRESSWAY game is shipping September 2025 👀 The designer (Non-Breaking Space) shared a photo of their game in front of the abandoned building (no longer there) & South Bronx street corner depicted on the box which was visited by Presidents Carter and Reagan 40+ years ago

We kicked off the start of a Call of Cthulhu adventure tonight! The adventure was led and created by our fantastic Keeper, Jamie from @thesecretcabal.bsky.social who packed in 2 hours of hair-raising fun. I don’t play RPGs often, but this reminded me why I want to do more. @chaosium.bsky.social

"To be accused of speaking too loudly about one injustice but not others by someone who doesn't care about any of them is to be told, simply, to keep quiet." Omar El Akkad, ONE DAY EVERYONE WILL ALWAYS HAVE BEEN AGAINST THIS

Prepare to clash on the battlefields of Hoth as two players go head to head (or 2v2 in team mode) over a set of 17 stand alone scenarios, or the included 2 campaign modes of play in Star Wars: Battle Of Hoth. Join me here, and let's learn how to play! www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDh3...

When a game provides an intimidating "Eye of Sauron" dice tower to deal with, you fight back: in full costume! Join Paula as she guides us through a solo play through of The Lord Of The Rings: Fate Of The Fellowship! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gzk...

Dear Gundam Assemble, please please please be really good, because your minis certainly are.

Mandi and special guest @tawejea.bsky.social do a little after Gen Con chat today at noon on Twitch! Stop by and say hi! 📺: www.twitch.tv/saltandsassgames

Less than 5 hours to the end of our KS campaign. Please check it out if you can and possibly help us reach our stretch goal to host a kids games competition. We appreciate any support🙏🏽 www.kickstarter.com/projects/olu...

me when the rulebook explains concepts before the structure of the game

Good thread

I often take this for granted - then I go elsewhere and am quickly reminded of how unique (and better) this is.

I made an anti-AI post on LinkedIn and the people angry or defensive all have Visionary or Founder as their listed role, and everyone agreeing with me has a real job. Amazing how that is.

Still one of my favorite classy gamer t’s!

Don't forget, if you're at GenCon, you can get Coyote & Crow RPG good at the Indie Press Revolution booth - #449 #GenCon2025

If you’re at Gen Con and want to fill the little gundam spaced hole in my heart with joy, send me pictures of close ups of these two cases - or anything related to the Gundam Assemble game that they have lying around there. Bonus points for RX-78-2s & Zakus. Extra bonus points for Aznables & Amuros.

Bringing Lego to a party sounds fun to me! They'll be showing Brick Like This! at Gen Con, but if you're not there, you can join me right here to learn how to play: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3Am...

Secret Cabal just dropped CGE as their sponsor for the show. Show them some love if you can afford to! www.patreon.com/thesecretcabal

It sucks losing a sponsor but I need to be proud of the partnerships we have and feel good about promoting them on our show. I need to know that the values of the companies we work with align with our own. I needed to do what I think is right for myself, our listeners, and the community at large.

For the past 6 months CGE has been a sponsor of The Cabal and it's been great. I love their games and the people I've worked with have been awesome but in light of their recent bullshit, I can't in good conscience continue our relationship and chose not to renew our contract.

We urge CGE to reconsider their plans to release Codenames: Back to Hogwarts, or at least dedicate a portion of the proceeds to organizations such as The Trevor Project to offset licensing fees that flow back to Rowling.

The leadership of the Tabletop Game Designers Association was disappointed to see the publisher CGE touting Codenames: Back to Hogwarts, a new Harry Potter-themed version of Codenames.

I wanted to share a few thoughts recent discussions around CGE’s decision to partner with JKR for their upcoming @codenamesgame.bsky.social game have prompted. Thankful to those who spoke early to this issue (Marceline, Tiffany, @nopunincluded.com et al) for helping this get the needed attention.

I didn’t expect to be watching a muppet talk about COIN games today… but that’s what happened! It was nice to get a mention, but the enthusiasm for this series of games is why you should check it out: youtu.be/lYm1HdDmJKo?... @volko.bsky.social

Its this one: www.spielbar.com/wordpress/20...

"we embarked on creating the newly announced [Hogwarts] Codenames many years ago ... even among those who have been hurt by the public views and actions of its creator." Dude. During the "many years" since securing this license, that IP has become making a deal with the devil to many. (1/2)

I understand legal hesitation and "breech of contract" are real issues to be avoided, and have experienced circling the corporate fucking wagons myself. But you know... how about 10 cents (or more) out of every dollar goes here @czechgames.com www.thetrevorproject.org (or any relevant place)

Hey all, I've started a petition over on Change. I'm asking that some profits from the next Avatar film go toward supporting Indigenous Futurist artists and projects. I hope you'll take a moment to sign and to share. chng.it/JdXwNNDTCF Wado/Thanks! #IndigenousFuturism #NativeSky

What worries me about (quote)AI(unquote) isn't that it will do a better job... it's that it will do a worse job and corporations (and audiences) will see that as "close enough". I'm holding out hope that most of us want better than that in our books, music, movies, tv, and yes, tutorial videos too.

The amazing part is how authoritative the model likes to present it's answers. That's the problem with assigning the name 'AI' to what is just an over-glorified algorithm, guessing at words - it doesn't actually 'know' anything.

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"If you flip a 7, things get interesting. The 7 card has a special power: the player who flips it has to draw another card from the deck. If the new card is also a 7, the player has to draw another card, and so on." Can we please stop with the AI 💩? kthx.

Fountains are delightful structures that invite us to enjoy their beauty... unless their drains are clogged with weeds! You're going to have to be thoughtful about their construction if you want to take top prize, so join me here and let's learn how to play Fountains! www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUtQ...

Cosigned. Seeing this come from @czechgames.com was surprising, and frankly disappointing. Y'all have been an excellent company to everyone you've worked with. You make innovative and crazy games literally no one else will make. Please consider Calvin's suggestions seriously.

I want to say up front that I got a code to preview this, but I really enjoyed watching this and seeing several friends from the hobby sharing their joy of gaming. Irving Finkel was a great way to book-end the documentary 🙂 www.sepiafilms.com/films/the-ho...

I don’t know if it’s because I haven’t done minis in a while, or because I’m not rushing myself with these, or because they’re Gundams (my new obsession), or because they’re going together so well, or maybe all the above, but I’ve been really enjoying putting these Gundam Assemble models together.

We're sharing games from the bottoms of our hearts to the tops of our heads in today's "On The Radar" episode. Join us to see which games we consider worthy of a "chef's kiss", at: youtu.be/geUltfjCF08