Join me on the BGG livestream today with @heccubus.bsky.social and @chilibeannp.bsky.social won't you? youtube.com/@boardgamege...

Thank you Japan, I had a wonderful time! 🇯🇵

No big deal, just one of the most beautiful pictures I've ever taken in my entire life 🥹 In Kenroku-en in Kanazawa, Japan

Gonna toot my own horn and say this about me too, but only because once, after teaching a group at the cafe I work at, they suggested I become a teacher... ...and they were a group of teachers. They even offered me a job!

Picked this up in Japan as I've heard nothing about it and couldn't find anything on BGG or the Internet and it's just been released here. I love the OG so hoping this is good too 🤞

Greetings from Japan! 日本からこんにちは！ This trip is directly from my bucket list. Also I'm doing it solo!

“The best game of all of these I’ve used in the class is Votes for Women by Tory Brown,” says Fishman. “You get to learn about both the people who were supporting women’s suffrage, and some of those unsavory characters why they didn’t support it...” www.endlessmode.com/article/how-...

This might be a first for me, seeing proper board games for sale in the airport (past security!) Anybody else know the curse of being scanned at security for having a deck of cards in your bag? 📍Amsterdam Schiphol

Taken from a Facebook group but thought this was really cool. Not played Everdell but I love that gamers will utilise their skills to self upgrade their favourite games! www.facebook.com/share/p/1JNM...

Looking for some help planning a trip to Japan 🇯🇵 Ive got two weeks off at fairly short notice and Ive always wanted to visit, so any suggestions (must sees, must dos and must eats) would be greatly appreciated!

One of the best 'accidentally overheard' conversations I've ever experienced happened in my game cafe last night: "There's no way that's for ages 2 to 4, that was soooo tough!" "Babe that's the number of players"

Game night! Played these 3 last night. Surprisingly Village Rails was the crunchiest game of the evening, causing major decision making paralysis by some of us! Which one would you like to play?

I’m doing victory laps in my kitchen right now!!!! 💃🏼 CGE just announced they are going to be giving away 100% of the profit from their Harry Potter game to pro-trans charities!! www.instagram.com/p/DNG48n-IVP...

DEVIR UPDATE We want to thank the many hobbyists who took a stand and showed their support for this cause. In 2025, there is no place for those unwilling to recognize and respect the humanity of others. Devir has released a statement addressing this matter. boardgamegeek.com/thread/35556...

I finally received a copy of the @roxley.bsky.social Santorini expansion 'Riddle of the Sphinx' and it's just as good (so far) as I hoped. Even early on the puzzles are tough and I like that they can be solo'd or played co-operatively!

Just thought I'd post the apology that @devirgames.bsky.social posted with regards to their inclusion of racially insensitive content in their game Ace of Spades. While we can rightfully be angry and upset about how it came to be, I do respect a company that is so thorough in trying to rectify it

Last chance to DM me for a free ELL deck pnp. I know that some people give away their worst stuff for free, but I'm honestly giving away my best stuff here (if you like wordgames) and I hope you'll give it a chance to facilitate joy for you. :-)

Enjoyed the first one, keen to see how the continuation of the story works!

Reviewers including No Pun Included and Shut Up & Sit Down are boycotting Codenames publisher CGE for releasing a new Harry Potter-themed game while ignoring JK Rowling’s anti-trans rhetoric: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...

In light of the anti trans news, I figured I'd share a game I played which is super inclusive, and that is Kinfire Delve by @incredibledream.bsky.social Beautiful artwork, excellent quality cards, a real fun game with a fascinating lore (and a challenging well designed gameplay core to boot!)

Adding my voice to the chrous I know but it's disheartening to learn a company you admired decided to link up with a toxic brand when there's absolutely no way they can't know what this would mean for the well represented LGBT community in gaming, but decided (probably) the money was just too good ☹️

First sighting of Molly House in the wild! (At @excelsiorbristol.bsky.social)

I accidentally created a gay rainbow on my gaming shelf 😇 I only noticed when looking through my dogs room (a.k.a his crate which I keep in front of the shelf) Can you guess the games though?

My Lost Ruins of Arnak Avdenture Chest arrived a few days ago, and yesterday I finally got to play it with the new expansion Twisted Paths (spider temple). I adore how the game adds what feels like a lot with a little. I'll never stop enjoying exploring these mysterious lands! @czechgames.com

What is one thing you would consider a 'must do' in the world of board gaming? Is it a rule you always abide by at the table? A game you must play? Or a tradition?

Hey lovely people, its been a while! Last night I got Arnak to the table and got my butt kicked, but it's a fantastic game. Anyone else a fan? Playing with the Leaders expansion and realised during setup I left the character specific tokens at home 😅 We improvised though!

The guy in front of me at the bookshop who just bought 'The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F**k' was so polite to the cashier, but I guess next time he won't be

I love a grand statement!

Checking my emails every couple of minutes looking for my dispatch notification from Nintendo

saw a post saying we're not gonna see a human land on mars in our lifetime. i mostly agree but wanna sort of point out why. getting to mars: ez. solved. we've done it dozens of times with satellites, rovers and stuff. getting to mars has been solved for 60 years. but:

Correction: Me after the entirety of the UK Games Expo! I had a blast, hope you did too. I'll still be posting cool stuff from the show over the next couple of days as well so keep those peepers of yours open 👀

Love the way they've integrated the D20 into so many parts of the new Horrified Dungeons & Dragons. I may not be a big RPG guy, but I can still admire a game that respects the source material so well @ravensburgertcg.bsky.social

Absolutely wonderful to spend time with Ilka of @luzapalooza.bsky.social this evening! We rarely get to hang out and she's just the best ❤️

I think I found the game of UKGE, a super cute 2 player MOBA about sending toys into battle called Toy Battle! Each unit has a special ability, and each arena has a different unique thing (the graveyard let's you bring discarded troops back). I think it's great! @reposproduction.bsky.social

Uuuhhh what?!

Me after the Saturday at @ukge.bsky.social

Wispwoods is @czechgamesedition.bsky.social newest light strategy game, and it's already feeling like a solid tile placement (rules still being written!), but I'm really digging the compressed cardboard/wood material they use for the prototype

Maybe it's just me, but I really liked the shelves at @allplay.bsky.social's booth this year!

Wroth, an area control game by @chiptheorygames.bsky.social manages to stand out in a genre already overpopulated, through it's perceived simplicity, assymetric factions and most striking colour palettes & production I've ever seen. That art is just incredible, it's by the game designer himself!

It's always so hard to keep up woth the posting when you're at a show! Anywho, this is Fritanga by @devirgames.bsky.social with the weirdest, most wonderful theme; playing as various fried foods trying to avoid falling into the fryer! Super silly, with some take that elements and great visuals

A couple of the @buttonshy.bsky.social titles that caught my eye at this year's UKGE: Food Chain Island - a tableau destruction solo game themed around the animal food chain Unsurmountable - A solo mountain themed, path building, card activation game

Sneaky peek at one of my favourite game's new expansions, the Adventure Chest (with Twisted Paths) for Lost Ruins of Arnak. I have loved every bit of content for this game so far, and this is rumoured to be the last stuff for a while if at all 🥲 @czechgamesedition.bsky.social

Right then @ukge.bsky.social let's do this! If you see me around, say hello 😄

New Codenames refresh out in the wild! @czechgamesedition.bsky.social

🎵 I can show you the world... 🎵

Huh, what are the chances? These two games, both called Dying Message, being shown at UKGE this year and as far as I can tell are two different games.

When you just can't find the right theme for your board game 😅 (taken from a game description on board game geek)

If you're at UKGE, maybe come over to one (or more) of my 2pm events. Friday 2pm, I'll be celebrating the 10-year anniversary of In A Bind/Yogi. Some folk will be playing a dexterity game, whilst others will be playing a 'stock market' game - betting on the 'contorting companies'! 3A-769

🎵 I can show you the world... 🎵