Hey Now! Our yearly fundraiser is afoot! Next week we'll be launching our campaign to fund over 100 hours of gaming podcasts in 2026. Also The Secret Cabal Zine will return with Vol 2 including even more articles, artwork, comics, and more irreverent nonsense! www.kickstarter.com/projects/sec...

"Cross Bronx Expressway" The “interaction dynamic” is equal parts narrative and cut throat.

Adding more twists to your game of Nature, here's two new ways to spice up the game! Natural Disasters: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCf3... Arctic Tundra: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8qr...

The journey continues! The next installment of this co-operative trick-taking game introduces all new chapters to complete, and challenges to overcome. Join me here and let's learn how to play The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Trick-Taking Game! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s1y...

From the same mind who brought us Battlestar Galactic and Star Wars Rebellion comes Cozy Stickerville from @unexpectedgames.bsky.social! @psycorey.bsky.social is a designer with incredible range, and it's my pleasure to share another of his releases. Let's learn how to play! youtu.be/g6QPO98CEPA

Board games are art. ETERNAL DECKS combines the ancient with the modern through design. It's a stunner; it's also a heck of a game. See for yourself. www.moregamesplease.com/art-in-board...

It's still hard to believe this promo exists!! Thank you @sorcerytcg.bsky.social, for being so thoughtful. 🙏 Pre-order Gothic and get a Skeleton token promo card with each box: cov.link/gothic

I have some games to get out of shrink wrap, but while I do that, you can watch this:

Have you enjoyed a type of game that you later grew tired of? What exciting finds were at Essen? Let's look back on the stand out games from 2024 - all this in the latest Q&A episode! www.youtube.com/watch?v=08Kf...

"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"

Who can run the best hobbit kitchen? Time to find out as Monique and Naveen attempt to manage an unreasonable amount of guests that just won't stop. Join us here and let's play The Hobbit: There & Back Again! www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKdH...

Asmodee is having a contest for their 30th birthday, and I've made a sponsored video to share the word! youtube.com/shorts/QbQkU... Visit www.asmodee-world-of-players.com to attempt to solve loads of puzzles hidden in a seek & find image to earn XP and become eligible for prizes. 1/2

Get your Halloween on with the Cabal!

Starting Feb. 26, this feed will cover in-depth boardgame news, reviews, essays, interviews & more. I'll also be writing/editing rulebooks and taking consulting projects for publishers & designers. New site coming soon. Join me on Mastodon or Lemmy (see bio). Contact: wericmartin at proton dot me

This is what happens if you riffle shuffle even once without sleeves

Whatever might you be referring to Dan?

Lots of really big crowdfunding campaigns and preorders launching today. Here's to tossing in my little project! You can find RITE: A Midwinter Sacrament #TTRPG #zine below. You can grab it for $7 and receive it before the bleak midwinter. 7 day campaign. Thanks for sharing.

Grab your cape, some cool gadgets, and discover your archnemesis in this new trick-taking game from @stonemaiergames.com. As rounds continue you'll power up and craft your Origin Story as you do it. Join me here and let's learn how to play: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FCj...

Time to bring some beauty to your game table! Create a pond for your koi and decorate it with lanterns, wells, statues and lilies as you strive to make the most impressive koi pond of all. Join me here and let's learn how to play! www.youtube.com/watch?v=K194...

This podcast episode created by the designer of Cross Bronx Expressway is well worth your time to listen to, even if you aren't interested in the game. By the end, I'm guessing you will be. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... Highly anticipating the arrival of my ordered copy.

When a game has so many house rules and variants, sometimes you need a little help figuring out the correct way to play - thankfully I had @richsommer.pizza's help as we tackled this tutorial video for UNO. Join us both here, and let's learn how to play! www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVHk...

Can you handle the noise? You’ll have to squeak, squawk and squeal your way to victory in a game that lets you act, but also demands you roar for attention as you get your team to guess the secret prompts! Join me here and let’s learn how to play That Sound Game! youtu.be/325faWlDnEk

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!