Some good things did happen in 2025. Check out my top 10 games from last year at youtu.be/QYSwbDGPIy8! #boardgames #boardgame #boardgamegeek #tabletopgames #nersigames @paverson.bsky.social @playpunk.bsky.social @stonemaiergames.com @kinsonkeygames.bsky.social @chiptheorygames.bsky.social

Hummingbirds take flight to add the most features yet in the Americas expansion for Wingspan from @stonemaiergames.com and @elizhargrave.bsky.social! Check out the review at youtu.be/r-t5E_fTHig! #boardgames #boardgame #bgg #boardgamegeek #tabletopgames #gaymer #nersigames #wingspan

What happens when 2 players controlling 3 characters journey 1 island in Japan? Check out Tokaido Duo from @stonemaiergames.com! Review at youtu.be/U2LgSFlGWkY! #boardgames #boardgame #bgg #boardgamegeek #tabletopgames #gaymer #nersigames

Save Middle Earth from the pandemic of Sauron’s armies in Fate of the Fellowship from @zmangamesofficial.bsky.social! Check out the review at youtu.be/7eTINlgUpIw! #boardgames #boardgame #bgg #boardgamegeek #tabletopgames #gaymer #nersigames

Are you at PAX Unplugged? Come see me at booth 3151 (the Meeple Source/Stonemaier Games booth)! #boardgames #boardgame #bgg #boardgamegeek #tabletopgames #gaymer #paxunplugged

Will Origin Story from @stonemaiergames.com make you feel like a hero or a villain? Find out in the review at youtu.be/U3u3MoytGMk! #boardgames #boardgame #bgg #boardgamegeek #tabletopgames #gaymer #nersigames

those books and learn about the new types of dragons in Wyrmspan: Dragon Academy, the small box expansion for Wyrmspan from @stonemaiergames.com! Check out the review at youtu.be/xgXAK2Du_x0! #boardgames #boardgame #bgg #boardgamegeek #tabletopgames #gaymer #nersigames

Happy Halloween! Here are some pumpkin skull madeleines to celebrate! #halloween #baking #pumpkin #madeleines #gaybaker

Head back to Tamriel with the excellent Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era (based on ESO) from @chiptheorygames! Check out the review at youtu.be/7MbDsK2SA-k! #boardgames #boardgame #bgg #boardgamegeek #tabletopgames #gaymer #nersigames

Week 6 on GBBO was Pastry Week! For my plaited roll, I made a dim sum pork dumpling inspired roll with a blend of pork, spices, onions, garlic, cabbage, and sesame oil, topped with sesame seeds and served with a soy-sesame dipping sauce. #baking #pastry #gbbo #sausagerolls #gaybaker

Week 5 of #GBBO was Chocolate Week! I made a ramen bowl: a dark chocolate cup filled with dark chocolate mousse, topped with a yuzu tuile, royal icing ramen noodles, fondant egg and narutomaki, and white chocolate chopsticks, on a plate of a chocolate mint shortbread biscuit. #baking #gaybaker

Week 4 of GBBO was Back to School Week, which means British flapjacks (sugary oat bars). Mine included honey as the sweetener, with black sesame seeds and orange zest, black tahini buttercream, and candied orange peel. Appropriately, I made these for my students! #gbbo #baking #flapjack #gaybaker

Week 3 on GBBO was Bread Week! For my savory monkey bread, half the dough was filled with toasted pine nuts and garlic and coated in Parmesan, and the other half had pickling spices and dill mixed throughout the dough (and coated in more dill and salt). #gbbo #bread #baking #gaybaker #monkeybread

Week 2 of GBBO was biscuit week, with a signature challenge of slice and bake cookies. I figured I’d unite two hobbies (board gaming and baking) with a pride flag meeple inset in a lemon cardamom cookie with a pistachio buttercream filling. #baking #cookie #biscuit #meeple #gbbo #gaybaker

It’s another season of GBBO! This week was Cake Week, so my signature inlaid Swiss roll was made with a matcha sponge and a strawberry almond cream. #baking #gbbo #greatbritishbakeoff #greatbritishbakingshow #cake #gaybaker

Another annual pre-State Fair tradition is a solo game of Agricola, this time with some printed fences and stables to go with the upgraded resin bits. As always, half the game, you worry about starving, and then suddenly, those sheep are overflowing. #boardgames #boardgame #bgg #gaymer #agricola

My annual tradition of farming games before the Minnesota State Fair continues, this time with the deceptively challenging Stardew Valley. Charles and I somehow met the hard mode criteria on his first go! #boardgames #boardgame #bgg #boardgamegeek #tabletopgames #gaymer #stardewvalley

Blast off on a deep Euro journey with Galactic Cruise from @kinsonkeygames.bsky.social! Check out the review at youtu.be/i1Rc-aguxdQ! #boardgames #boardgame #bgg #boardgamegeek #tabletopgames #gaymer #nersigames

Nature is the next evolution of Evolution from @northstargames.bsky.social! Check out the review at youtu.be/1JQPoeGjcD4! #boardgames #boardgame #bgg #boardgamegeek #tabletopgames #gaymer #nersigames

Explore the vast new world of Vantage, the newest from @stonemaiergames.com! Check out the review at youtu.be/HAlpsqDtgqo! And if you’re at #GenCon, come to booth 2909 (Meeple Source/Stonemaier Games) to find me AND Vantage! #boardgames #boardgame #tabletopgames #gaymer #nersigames

Happy birthday to this ageless beauty! #chiweenie

Happy Pride! Find joy everywhere you can. 💗 #pride

Got Charles to learn one of my favorite games, Spirit Island from @greaterthangames.bsky.social! We swept the island clear of buildings pretty nicely. It breaks my heart to see the company hurt so deeply economically right now, though. I’ll always want more spirits to play. #boardgames #gaymer

Forage fine foods for friends’ feasts with Wild Gardens from @rosegauntlet.bsky.social! Check out the review at youtu.be/nrgkcriLDlc! #boardgames #boardgame #bgg #boardgamegeek #tabletopgames #gaymer #nersigames

Janelle vs Slayer (AKA Eleven vs Vecna) in Final Girl from @vanrydergames. It came down to the final roll, which is basically how it should be in this kind of game. #boardgames #boardgame #bgg #boardgamegeek #tabletopgames #gaymer

We solved a murder! One of the great things about Awkward Guests is how the Brilliant Card System generates only one answer from a large selection of cards (minus the suspects, who were absolutely lying). #boardgames #boardgame #bgg #boardgamegeek #tabletopgames #gaymer

I’ve made this triple chocolate mousse layer cake many times (it’s one of my favorites), but this is the first time I have tried making a custom 3D printed stencil to add a cocoa powder picture on top. And, surprisingly, it worked! #baking #gaybaker #chocolate #moussecake

Played the beginning of the Act II campaign for Descent: Legends of the Dark, taking an opportunity to use my new 3D printed bits. #boardgames #boardgame #bgg #boardgamegeek #tabletopgames #gaymer #3dprinting

We pulled off the kidnapping! Well, Charles did, but I was there to give him support! (Really!) #boardgames #boardgame #bgg #boardgamegeek #tabletopgames #gaymer #blackorchestra

Played a little Lands of Galzyr from @snowdaledesign.bsky.social, and I was rolling for a communication check (🎭). This is what I rolled. Enjoy it, because I am never going to be this lucky again. #boardgames #boardgame #bgg #boardgamegeek #tabletopgames #gaymer

Hey, you all should feel good about the new crop of doctors coming up. I can personally vouch for how great everyone in this photo is.

Another great weekend at OmegaCon! One with the plays, one with shots of the list games. Full list in the comments! #boardgames #boardgame #bgg #boardgamegeek #tabletopgames #gaymer #omegacon

Learning a little Santorini: Riddle of the Sphinx from @roxley.bsky.social! I do love a good, simple puzzle game. And it’s always so pretty to look at. #boardgames #boardgame #bgg #boardgamegeek #tabletopgames #gaymer

After 21 years, I went back to New Orleans, and I made some stops to visit the locations in one of my favorite games of all time, Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father from Sierra Online. Here I am at the Jackson Square overlook (see the game in the second photo). No secret drum codes though.

Played Arkham Nights at Games By James with another trip to the Midwinter Gala. (It’s spring, but it was snowing.) We made a run for it at the very last minute, which is basically how most scenarios play out for me. #boardgames #boardgame #boardgamegeek #tabletopgames #gaymer #arkhamhorrorlcg

Ended a day of gaming with several rounds of Caution Signs! 20 seconds isn’t too quite enough time, which is part of the fun! #boardgames #boardgame #bgg #boardgamegeek #tabletopgames #gaymer

Croissants, fresh out of the oven! #baking #croissant #gaybaker

Tomorrow is Match Day, and I’m helping my med students celebrate getting into residency with my tradition of bubbly-flavored cupcakes (Moscato this year)! #baking #cupcakes #matchday #gaybaker

Teaching a friend how to make soft pretzels! Here they are fresh out of the oven, so we ate as much as we could while they were still warm. Turns out we can eat a lot of pretzels… #baking #pretzel #gaybaker

In a nail biter of a final encounter in Elder Scrolls from @chiptheorygames.bsky.social, I was able to take down the vampire in a roll that would end the game one way or another. Many thanks to Eric for sacrificing himself (he’s on the pile of unconscious allies). #boardgames #boardgame #gaymer

Ursula Downs is ready for combat with her fancy new arrows! (Don’t worry. She didn’t go insane.) One of the great things about the Arkham Horror LCG is how it lets you make branching decisions that affect the whole campaign. #boardgames #boardgame #boardgamegeek #gaymer #arkhamhorrorlcg

Learning a little Marvel @dicethrone.bsky.social Adventures with the classic match up of Spider-Man (well, Miles Morales) and Doc Ock, with a LOT of help from Blade. Basically, more combat Yahtzee fun! #boardgames #boardgame #bgg #boardgamegeek #tabletopgames #gaymer

A quick game of 20 Strong from @chiptheorygames.bsky.social at the cafe while waiting on a gaming event. It took a couple tries to understand the flow of this game, but I’m having a great time with it, and a solo (and durable—those PVC cards 🥰) compact game is always welcome when traveling.

Taking the Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Age from @chiptheorygames.bsky.social out for a tutorial battle, shortly before my Redguard archer took down that spriggan. It has a long rulebook at 96 pages, but it’s largely based on Too Many Bones, one of my favorite titles. #boardgames #gaymer

Happy Valentines Day my friends. Here’s my card to all of you, knowing that you give me strength.

Stand on the shoulders of giants—literally—with Leviathan Wilds from @mooncrabgames.bsky.social! Check out the review at youtu.be/XoNIiAmBeZw! #boardgames #boardgame #bgg #boardgamegeek #tabletopgames #gaymer #nersigames

Take a deep dive into the review of Finspan, the newest Wingspan game from @stonemaiergames.com! Review at youtu.be/o8-mtr1_gyE! #boardgames #boardgame #bgg #boardgamegeek #tabletopgames #gaymer #nersigames

Hey, my friends at @fightinabox.bsky.social just launched their Kickstarter campaign for Kaiser Cucumber and the Gangs of McChanicle Corners, the sequel to Mouse Cheese Cat Cucumber. Check out the Kickstarter, which launched today! #boardgames #boardgame #bgg #boardgamegeek #tabletopgames #gaymer

Put your spatial reasoning and trading skills to the test with Bazaars of Ubar from Grey Fox Games! Review at youtu.be/zhrB-Tu9TdE! #boardgames #boardgame #bgg #boardgamegeek #tabletopgames #gaymer #nersigames

Moving onto Untild Stories 3 in Nemesis, we somehow survived fires and lots of aliens. That’s us hibernating though; we weren’t dead. (Yet.) #boardgames #boardgame #bgg #boardgamegeek #tabletopgames #gaymer