Enjoy this display of winter elegance from yours truly.

Discord wants to know how you feel about AI. Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Hello new friends, thank you for the follow! 🙂 I’m a graphic designer in the board game industry - I’ve worked on over 50 game titles including War Chest, Let's Go to Japan, Santa Monica, Zoo Vadis, Dice Miner, and Votes for Women. I particularly love the icon and logo design parts of the process!

Heads up to artists still using Twitter- Twitter is now adding an "Edit image" button under all images posted on the site that allows everyone to feed it into genAI and modify it as they wish with a prompt

Fantastic video by Pam Walls on the increasing use of AI in board games, and the need (more than ever) to support artists, illustrators and graphic designers in the industry. youtu.be/Ci5pOjyJknI?...

This is my life now.

No one before Sam successfully raised a child, which is why the human species went extinct in Mesopotamia. Seriously, the best way to read this is that countless billions of humans did just fine but Sam is not as competent and self-reliant as them, and that's what AI wants us to be: dependent.

This past weekend I got a great gaming recharge by attending the annual InclusiCon here in PEI. So fun teaching and learning games with new and old friends. Thanks to the crew there for running such a nice event and inviting me out to it - I was so pleased to play a part in this local event!

This is such a wonderful pairing. Congrats to my friend @candidrum.bsky.social and the folks at @gmtgames.bsky.social. Having fallen hard for war games over the last few years, I’m excited to see more people discover the fun waiting for them in that area of the hobby!

Don’t worry, I didn’t forget what time of year it is!! Did you? www.kickstarter.com/projects/sec... @thesecretcabal.bsky.social

This is an excellent piece about the perils of AI art broadly, and within our hobby more specifically. If we reach the point where AI art is found in every board game, I will stop playing and writing about board games. Simple as that.

Took some time to learn how to play "Libertalia: Winds of Galecrest" in advance of a game night with a new IRL gaming group who wants to celebrate #SpielMas ⛄️ next month. Like a book club, but @watchitplayed.tv is your host as you discuss this week's chapter read. #boardgames

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: