April 18 1998, Mystical Ninja starring Goemon debuted on the N64 in PAL territories! The games opening theme is sung by the "Prince of Anime & Tokusatsu Songs" Hironobu Kageyama! His impressive credits also include Bakuman, YuGiOh! Duel Monsters GX, Sonic X, Street Fighter II V and many, many more!

Halcyon's @nathanielbullard.com joined @dkthomp.bsky.social on Plain English this week — every major global story right now leads back to energy. From Iran's competing blockades to AI's race for electricity — the world is fighting over power like never before. Listen: halcyon.io/newsroom/the...

Now that the ks is officially fulfilled, Club Spooky and That’s the Spirit are now available! www.alwaysawake.games I’ve also got a few review copies set aside, so if you do reviews and are interested, send me a DM!

just in time for pride month, happy to announce I designed the Hot Dog flag

Oh my gd, the Artemis II crew doing a parody of a bad 1980s sitcom intro from in space. Source: www.instagram.com/p/DWwuHPfCZ8Z/

Star Trek figured this out thirty years ago. It's not hard. Even an old, drunk Klingon got it.

🔴Live now! Designer @boardgameghee.bsky.social joins me to teach &play Chicken Fried Dice! We will show you that you don't need to be afraid of the real time aspect of this fun roll-n-write! You can back it now! get.chickenfrieddice... 📺 www.twitch.tv/panda8... 📺 www.youtube.com/@Pan... 1/2

New Multiple Win Conditions! Today I’m talking about “Find the Fun”. One of the most common bits of advice I got as a new designer youtu.be/vPTe9PlGAP8?...

The PNW Tabletop Market at Pax West is happening again and applications are open through 4/19! If you’ve got a scrappy/quirky/weird/home made game you want to make and sell 20-50 copies of this is your chance! Excited to see what you’ve got : ) www.alwaysawake.games/pnw-tabletop...

Had a lovely week, on multiple fronts, which feels like something of a hard-earned victory. What did you get to the table?

For any writer who needs to hear this: You don't have to write a bestselling literary masterpiece 📚💸 Write the book you wish existed 🌸✨

Chicken Fried Dice is the sort of roll-and-write I would introduce to my sister's family, a mid-weight, mid-complexity, mid-math game about building the most successful food truck. My preview: spacebiff.com/2026/03/27/c...

@coinflip.games & I had the absolute honor of joining @panda8ngel.bsky.social on Boardgamegeeks Podcast, episode 91! We talk about ourselves, Chicken Fried Dice,and how we got started mostly before jumping in to our favorite blank n write games! Thank you so much! boardgamegeek.com/blog/12153/b...

I’ve been thinking a lot recently about how so much game design advice that’s available is really just business/product advice. It’s got a lot of survivorship bias and as a result, it’s homogenising and dissuading a lot of what’s possible. So…I’m making a little vlog series about it!

I've been following Chicken Fried Dice for a while now and excited to see its number come up.

I just backed Chicken Fried Dice on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/urb...

Launching a KS tomorrow. I'm not panicking, you're panicking! (because you haven't hit the follow button yet, right??) www.kickstarter.com/projects/urb...

Exciting day for our team at @halcyonai.bsky.social today! ⚡️ Halcyon closes $21M to expand energy data service Our team is so special. Our customers are amazing. I'm so proud of what we are making and the impact it is having on the energy industry. Check it out: www.axios.com/pro/climate-...

Counterpoint is a great game! Really looking forward to the kickstarter! Thanks for teaching us and demoing the game with us!

Last day of TCTC. This has been an AWESOME con. Really enjoying myself and glad to be able to share Counterpoint with the kind folks up here! Thanks for making it happen @terminalcitycon.ca!

Now that I've got the Ghost Party Bundle games, figured it was time for a new family photo! And now that all the KS orders have shipped, I've put the games up for preorder (shipping in April) on my spruced up store front (www.alwaysawake.games) Check it out!

Found a very cool looking trick taker from @tedmannschaller.bsky.social at TCTC, with some neat ideas of playing with tempo 👀

Losing my brakes while driving up to Vancouver was not on my checklist for this weekend! But hey—I’m gonna be showing Counterpoint at @terminalcitycon.ca in the next few hours! Stop by and learn about chamber music AND brake fluid issues with Audis!

Excited to bring Counterpoint to @terminalcitycon.ca this weekend! Stop by the booth and make some music with us! 🎻🎶🎲✂️

TCTC is almost here! While we're moving in and setting up today, be sure to double-check your convention plan and grab a convention buddy. And if they don't already have a ticket? terminalcitycon.ca/tickets/

This was fun 🌈 What's My JND? 0.0028 Can you beat it? www.keithcirkel.co.uk/whats-my-jnd...

reading this and crying because it was written in 1977 and we’re still struggling and still hated. and yet we’re also still here, still loving and helping each other.

Super excited for the Future of Games expo in Olympia next weekend! Can't wait to meet more folks in the WA tabletop industry and check out some of the panels. Having the manufactured PPC of Overgrown to share while I'm there is definitely a bonus. Let me know if you're going to be there!

Day four of ECCC! Final day! Send me some good vibes, extra energy, and hand sanitizer! 😮‍💨🎻✂️🎲🎶

there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for

ECCC day three! 😮‍💨 Really happy to such wonderful friends helping me demo the game! 🤩 🎲✂️🎻🎶

Love this!

And within each playing of the game, there's a back and forth. Within the world of the game it might not look like cooperation, but from the next level up it is absolutely a cooperative act to sit down and play a game together. And it makes me feel that same amazed "This exists. It's possible." 5/

At Emerald City Comic Con - Indie Game Showcase all weekend. If you’re in Seattle and want to see more of Counterpoint in person, stop by and say hi! Let’s play some music! 🎻🎶🎲✂️

Game Market West is back! I'm proud to announce the tabletop games made by indie designers for the upcoming GMW Spring 2026, on March 22 at San Jose Guildhouse, are now available: www.gamemarketwest.com/spring-2026-... #boardgamesky

Announcing Walkable City - a 2-4 player coop game published by Fowers Games and designed by me! Build out public infrastructure as different modes of transit - Waling, Biking, Bus & Light Rail - get denizens where they want to go. Follow the project below! www.kickstarter.com/projects/fow...

Go back this lovely thing. It’s such a delightful game!

Gearing up to take Counterpoint on the road next month for a few back to back tabletop cons. Mar 5–8: Emerald City Comic Con (Seattle, Wa) Mar 13–15: Terminal City Tabletop Convention (Vancouver, BC) Mar 19–22: Gamestorm (Portland, OR) Who will I get to see? Wanna play some music? 🎲✂️🎻🎵

My game design hot take is that you should rarely follow game designers’ advice. Especially industry professionals. Everyone has different goals they’re designing for and contexts they’re coming from that it’s rarely going to apply to you. Definitely listen, but don’t feel like you have to follow

Today I emailed publishers about a concerning practice a board game media creator engaged in. This will likely become public, so I'm providing the details here to give the full context of what I shared. 1) Document: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/o8ovt... 2) Video: youtu.be/fHXGWflPj4c 1/2

photo from a friend at a lego convention right now, amazing 🌭

Wave Race 64 (N64) (1996) 1/2

I got to test Ted’s co-op chamber music trick taker a year ago…and I REALLY want to play it again. Excellent depth, great theme, a novel core mechanic. If you are a fan of Crew or LOTRFOTRTTTG, you should definitely check this out. www.kickstarter.com/projects/squ...

Was super lucky to be able to show Carly Counterpoint recently. She is totally awesome! Glad to hear she enjoyed the game. 🤩🎻🎵 Coming soon to Kickstarter! Follow if you like trick-takers, classical music, or cute animals! www.kickstarter.com/projects/squ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL_n...

Missed it last week? We launched Agentic Alerts—a new way to surface what matters most from new filings. One favorite: Large Load Happenings—daily insights on data centers & large loads. You can receive these alerts yourself with just one click 👇: app.halcyon.io/alerts/subsc...

“We want all signal and no noise.” Today, Halcyon launches Agentic Alerts — automated, query-driven alerts that surface insights, not filings. This is a step change in how energy professionals track regulatory risk, opportunity, and change. Full launch post by Bruce Falck: hubs.la/Q040PYGB0

Do you like charts? Oh yes you do. I've just published hundreds of them, as I do every year. www.nathanielbullard.com/presentations

I wrote about some of my favorite trick-taking and climbing games from 2025. The genre remains such fertile ground for interesting ideas. www.donteatthemeeples.com/10-great-tri...

Honoured that That’s the Spirit is part of Best Week! This really has become my favourite genre of board game and it’s exciting being part of such great company.