In a bid to revitalise my flagging patreon, which has been shedding subscribers left, right & center (I understand, money is increasingly tight for everyone), I've started a weekly newsletter about what I've been playing - & may be covering in detail - each week www.patreon.com/posts/this-w...

Extra comic, thanks to Deep Print Games! ❤️ Ghostbumpers is a scary good time... except for the Jester card, which is just really scary. 😱🤡 Ghostbumpers will be available at SPIEL and in retail afterwards. You can learn more at: www.semicoop.com/comic/ghostb... #spiel #boardgames

I'm looking for anyone interested in interviewing me about my upcoming game Twisted Trumpets which is being published by Play to Z Games and will be available to purchase at Essen and in retail shortly thereafter.

Cracking some codes during lunch. 🤔

Never knew how much fire (and skill) is involved in making injection mold miniatures. Now we understand why this is such a costly process. Very cool video @goobertownhobbies.bsky.social! youtu.be/UrqyiMqx8CE?...

New comic! Never let your characters know that you have a backup ready... 🤫 You can read this week's blog post at www.semicoop.com/comic/mommy-... #mothership

A nice story to brighten up your day. 🤎

New comic! Never let your characters know that you have a backup ready... 🤫 You can read this week's blog post at www.semicoop.com/comic/mommy-... #mothership

For real (acknowledging a bsky reach is limited) - how many ladies out there remember what it was like to be part of board gaming in the early 90s? Like... what galpals out there remember being the ONLY woman (and in my case, sometimes the only non-white person) at a small game convention?

Weekly Recap! 📼 We played an interesting spread of games and we saw weird things at the local art-tech festival Gogbot! 👽👾

What beautiful madness is this?! 😍

I'm heading to Essen in October for the launch of my game, "3 Wiches" by @allplay.bsky.social I'm lining up interviews and demonstrations. If you'll be there, I'd love to show you how this new, tight, 18-card design takes trick-taking to new depths.

Huge, huge congrats to @amabel.bsky.social @fredserval.bsky.social @charlietheel.bsky.social and @danthurot.bsky.social - all consistently pushing the bounds and exploring new depths with their work, so great to see them all recognised here

Maybe we should spin off Lion and Gazelle into their own account, because they are making our regular comics look bad. 🤣

Us: we haven't played Middara in two months, let's start slow. Middara: here is your next scenario... 😈

I will be at SPIEL Essen next month. Please send me an e-mail ([email protected]) with a sell sheet, video, or whatever details you can share about your game if you’d like to get time my calendar. Please feel free to share this post with other game designers you may know!

Off to Copenhagen tomorrow for my talk about the history of cards, on Thursday. If anyone has any tips for stuff to check out while I'm in the city, I'm all ears. It's been over a decade since I last visited.

New comic! Coming soon: a three-hour analysis of how your snacks influence board games. 🍿📊 You can read this week's blog post at semicoop.com/comic/context-of-play/ #boardgames

Weekly Recap! 📼 Went to the cinema, saw a wookie and a cool robot, went bouldering and also played some games. Solid week! 😉 🎲 Games in this video: - Dice Pool Party - Destinies (@luckduckgames.bsky.social) - Biblios (@drfinnsgames.bsky.social)

@timclare.bsky.social I read the preview of the Game Changers that is up on Google Books, and I really like it! Is there a specific way to purchase a copy of the book that makes you the most money? It doesn't matter for me if I buy an e-book or a paper version. :)

It seems our #Spiel25 agenda is filling up rapidly, so if you're a publisher and want to meet, show some games, talk about doing cool stuff together (or just geek out while enjoying some stroopwafels), the time to contact us is now! 🙂

Longshot: does anyone in the UK have a copy of Square Mile (MB Games, 1962) that I could have a look at?

New comic! We couldn't help ourselves when we saw these statues during our vacation last week... 😇 You can read this week's blog post at www.semicoop.com/comic/holy-m... #dnd

The evenings in the Alp huts are secret gaming conventions. We saw people playing everything from Abandon all Artichokes, Take 5, Jenga, Phase 10, and all sorts of classic card decks games (we learned Blitz/Schwimming!). Our top: Don't go on a polluting board game cruise, just hike in the Alps! 😁

A Super Sized Weekly Recap Video! We did a multi-day hike in the Allgäu Alps and brought a bunch of small games! After than we had a lovely day in Ulm visiting two games stores and enjoying all the lovely sights in the city. youtube.com/shorts/aqJgU...

Now this seems like an interesting challenge. @ezeekat.bsky.social hyper enthousiastic style will probably translate well but a slow tv sort of approach with a soothing voice might also be cool? 🤔

The Play for Peace: Games for Palestine charity bundle is now live! Nearly 400 games from creators all around the world, with proceeds going directly to Gaza relief efforts. Bundle link: itch.io/b/2979/play-... We made a launch trailer to celebrate this moment 👇 Please RT.

Our new project is live. A group of us former Polygon folks have come together to build something new: Rogue. We're a worker-owned, reader supported gaming site. You can read all about our goals and ideas on our (gorgeous) website. Please check us out and share us with your friends!

Update to this chart that I share a lot. Not breaking news: Game design teams are still OVERWHELMINGLY all men. About 7% of the top 500 games have a woman or non-binary person credited as a designer. A 🧵of related charts: (1/6) 🎲✂️

August was filled with fun games. The Night Cage was a definite highlight, it was good to play Dead Cells again and a big shout out to our Mothership warden (GM) for a very fun session. #bgstats

New comic! 🦁🦌 In this week’s Lion and Gazelle, we realized that house rules make you a revolutionary?!  You can read this week’s blog post at www.semicoop.com/comic/lion-a...

Weekly Recap! 📼 Visited our FLGS, played a cool new miniature game and a horror rpg and... we hung around in high trees! #boardgamers youtube.com/shorts/srXo7...

Playing Moonstone for the first time and Greymair, the undead donkey cleric that sacrifices little imps to resurrect his undead buddies, is just wonderful. 😍

Playing Mothership...

Originally we planned to pick these up at SPIEL, but all the sudden... our FLGS had them in stock! 🤩 Tic Tac Trek is fun and quick, solid experience for its size. Barbecubes is a fun alternative to Tinderblox, but personally, I might just enjoy stacking things more than carefully shoving things.

Sam analyses assymmetrical conflict situations and breaks them down in clear and attractive ways for others, just for fun! Imagine what he could do for your project if you pay them for it.

Today is our anniversary, we've been together for 19 years! Still appreciate and enjoying eachother's company immensely. 🥰

Legacy of Dragonholt is so good, two friends of ours didn't wanted to stop playing which meant one had to stay the night and now they've been together for over three years. What other game can claim that?

New comic! Besides giving us a good time, Trio never fails to remind us that our memory is in a deplorable state nowadays. 😂 You can read this week's blog post at semicoop.com/comic/messy-mind-palace/ #boardgames @cocktailgames.bsky.social

Weekly Recap! 📼 Pfew, a busy week with just one board game night, a photoshoot and a lovely party in the weekend! 🥳

Weekly Recap! 📼 Pfew, a busy week with just one board game night, a photoshoot and a lovely party in the weekend! 🥳

🎲✂️ Anyone here have some good entry points or know people invested into VASSAL? I have a game that I'd like to get public playtesting on, and I've been advised that Vassal players would go absolutely nuts for it, but have no idea how to even start

Cat in the box rocks, top3 Trick Taking game easily.

For research reasons I'm trying to get hold of scans/photocopies of Sid Sackson's columns in Strategy & Tactics, particularly the ones from #45 through #48 (looking for a specific item which would have landed in one of those issues), published in late 1974 and early 1975. Feel free to share this.

We had a gamenight where we were asked if we could buy Caution Signs and the Playte edition of Can't Stop at Spiel for others... Are we doing this influencing thing right? 🤔

Sentences like this are why board gamers deserve to be put in lockers.

The Playte pre-order list for #Spiel25 is big and filled with good stuff! Anyone got a favorite we should check out? We're a little overwhelmed... tally.so/r/mBYNZe

After 37 hours we completed Pulsar: Lost Colony with our crew of five players and it has been one of our favorite games experiences ever. It's all very indie and janky but the game just keeps surprising you with cool moments, even the ending was a blast!👏 store.steampowered.com/app/252870/P...

Friends, if you've been following me for a while now you know that I'm on the hunt for my next job. I'm hoping to expand my reach -- especially on LinkedIn. If you post there, I'd really love any help you can provide in getting my call to action out there via reposts and other shares!

New comic! Some board game mysteries may never be solved… 🕵️🎲 But will @cityofgameshq.bsky.social ever reveal his? You can read this week's blog post at semicoop.com/comic/board-game-enigmas/ #boardgames