Héra, the Bride of Death mini from the Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim game. Also as seen in the movie

Every single TV and cable station running the ICE commercials should immediately apologize to their audience and pull the ads. Running ads for an org that murders people in the streets is not acceptable.

We can't even get three days into the new year without the US committing war crimes. Geez.

Had a weird theme for a board game. The idea is that players are grifters trying to make money by fooling others into believing in false things. But I also want people to feel bad doing it. You can win, but at what cost? It is just a game, or is it?

Here are the highlights of my 2025 board games played. Fellowship Trick Taking is each hand and Slay the Spire is each Act.

Walked by Richard Petty while at work. I said hello, he said hello back. The person I was with had no idea whom that was.

The amount of new video gaming in 2025 for me was so low that I can't even put together a top ten that I'd have confidence in right now. Have a handful of titles which could make the list but need more play.

If I've learned nothing over the holidays, it's that the prize prices on Price Is Right are either completely made up or inflation is way worse in California.

I am not into self harm, so I turned off the Lions game.

I really don't like this. Inserting something that's innately racist into another culture isn't right. The Old Ones of El Dorado needs to ditch the Cthulhu mythos @drandagames.bsky.social

My disaster with perler beads makes it look like Bluey got Thanos'd. "I don't feel so good, Bingo..."

Origins, can't even open badge sales properly. Good job, GAMA.

Ahi tuna steak, rice, and edamame. Aldi had the tuna steaks, figured it'd be good smoked, sure was.

WTF UPS? I see your delivery photo and it's the wrong house. When I try to report that, it says "ground saver is not eligible" for claims.

November 2025 game plays: When you help run a gaming convention, means a bit less game time. Snow storm cancelling a game night hurts, too. #BGStats

I'm more frustrated with having to cancel board game night due to incoming snow than I am with the football game results. Snow started early, too.

#GoBlue #BeatOhio

Yes, Ford Field, the striped team indeed does suck.

That is not a catch, the ball moves after his "first" foot comes up. Inconsistent calls in the NFL, what's new?

Rydia from Final Fantasy IV from the Akiba crossover earlier this year. Now as a perler.

I need to break my morning soda habits, so I'm going to try switching to black coffee for way less calories. And if I'm going to do coffee, I'm going to do it right with @dragonroast.coffee

I have, in my hands, the hottest gift for Xmas. Yes, this is what every single person wants and I have it.

All set up! Come visit us at #PAX Unplugged booth #3233 - we are running demos of Mystic Curling Club, Chess Joker, and Good Puppers Too.

Sykon Cookies from the FFXIV Cookbook Vol. 2. They are butter cookies with cardamom & cinnamon with a fig jam in the center.

Missing PAX U for the first time in years, but it was the right decision. If any of my mutuals get an extra copy of the Ahri promo from Riftbound and could send it my way, it'd be appreciated.

U-Con is put away for 2025. See y'all for U-Con 2026.

Ever try and unload you tabletop convention and the elevators to your storage unit are locked in fire fighter mode? No? Welp, that's our current situation. Trying to get a hold of a person is nearly impossible, thanks to useless chatbots.

This will be the first NA Fan Fest that I won't be able to attend. Even if I did get picked (did not) it would have been a tough decision. Four in a row was a good streak.

Sometimes you just need to mentally relax with A Gentle Rain. Playing on my kotatsu, just missing a hot beverage.

Get notice from Riot that my @riftbound.riotgames.com order from them is shipping. But it's only one of the four items I ordered. It's also the starter deck I got at the release event I attended. Sigh. Have to wait before I can deck build since packs are either overpriced or not available.

October 2025 Game Plays. A few longer plays this month, now with Kingdom Death Monster becoming a regular game at the table.

Over 150 kids tonight. Most kids I've had ever here. 3x of last year.

Donations sent to two different local food banks. It'll be the most important treat I do today. Still handing out full sized candy bars to kids tonight, tho. That's not changing.

Beginning to think that the LLMs are just imaginary friends who unwittingly lie to you. That we are seeing adverts for them makes it even worse.

#GoBlue #BeatState

Hey @reposproduction.bsky.social and @netflix.com Can we get a K-Pop Demon Hunters version of Ghost Stories? It's a perfect match.

Attention: We're replacing broke/woke/bespoke with latrine/green/clean. Please make sure you update your quips, memes, and other posts with the new terminology. Thank you for your time.

I got a chance to play test Raas back at PAX U back in November 2023. Fun game, unique theme. It's now in Crowdfunding by @arcanewonders.bsky.social gamefound.com/en/projects/...

The reason why the AI pushers want to be able to push erotic versions is simple, people will actually pay for their products that way. Sex sells. Always has. Always will.

Not a good football weekend

Something I noticed: I got my copy of the Sweet Lands board game, went to look for a teach video to help solidify the rules. However, the ones made were from the original crowdfunding and said "these are prototype rules and will change". I stopped watching immediately.

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE Truth: No cars rammed ICE Claim: She boxed ICE in Truth: ICE boxed her in Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE Truth: She did not have a rifle Claim: ICE returned fire Truth: Only ICE fired Claim: She drove herself to the hospital Truth: Paramedics found her

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies with milk chocolate chips added

Xbox just wants to keep stubbing its own toes. Game Pass Ultimate going up $10/mo. Even with including Ubisoft Classics, that's a tough price point. It's a 2x increase of what I was paying. Used to get game time cards through Costco for $90/6 months. Costco stopped carrying all Xbox stuff.

September Board Game plays have been sparse due to surgery. Hopefully October will be much more plentiful.

Anyone who thinks kitchen cabinet manufacturing is a national security threat should not be in charge of anything, let alone President.

Pretty happy with my Death Watch female presenting project, got some replacement heads and am using green stuff to help make it work. Next up, priming and painting.

Everybody else got raptured and I got left in Silent Hill. This is the worst timeline.