Today's video is Skyrise. Skyrise is one of the best auction games I have ever played and has an innovative approach to auctions that will make your brain spin its well calculating all the possibilities. www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4Dv...

I am clearly on some kind of board game spring cleaning thing, because i just went through my x-wing and culled a ton of the superfluous tokens and cards that are just taking up space.

So sweet seeing my local book store do a promo for my book now that it has arrived in New Zealand! 101 board games to try before you die (of boredom) is a whistle stop tour through modern games that are both visually appealing great looking games and great games to play as well. Do buy it :)

Hey look, another big reprint! This is one that I like but don't love. I'm not a huge worker placement fan (they often end up devolving into turn order battles I think) but this is a great first step into that genre.

Earlier this year I traded my collectors edition of Auztralia for a regular edition of Auztralia. And I have zero regrets about that TBH. Made someones day and i just didnt use the collectors add-on stuff

It is my parents 61st wedding anniversary today. Sometimes love really can last a life time.

Finally got over my hangups about not chucking out stuff from a "collectors edition" and got rid of the awful trays in suburbia collectors edition. These terrible things actively get in the way of you setting up and playing the game.

Yikes, what a screen grab

I dont think people understand how insane a 50% rise is, in just 2 years. Nicola Willis is so bad at her job she's destroyed her own electorate. NZs Capital City is dead.

ok this is what a bunch of sesame street characters would look like without their fur

Ooh, can I push you into writing a story about the MPs (especially the opposition MPs) who clearly think New Zealand law is perfect and needs no updating or changing because they almost never have a members bill proposal in the ballot?

I lived in and around New York for only 5 months. It was an amazing, fascinating, scary and weird place. I'm happy they have a decent mayor now But i'm mostly amped about what his campaign did and how we can use those tactics all over the place to make the world just a little bit better

Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.

i hope this election cycle empowers everyone the next time a centrist liberal says to drop pro-trans and pro-immigrant rhetoric to enthusiastically tell them to shut the fuck up

Today's video is Azul Queens Garden, the 4th and most complex game in the series. And the one that is least like the original. How does it it play, find out here. youtu.be/zwPjR7Kq9bQ

Captain Torture

*new follower alert* I wonder who they are as a person *scrolls through blue sky feed for 20 seconds* "And that's why serial killer X is a hero" *Smashes block button until it explodes*

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day. certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

Picard: there ARE FOUR GUYS! FOUR

Two guys wearing there very best Hallensteins pants and shirts, classic business casual wear walking through the Porirua Mall today Wearing police stab vests I absolutely loathe that look on cops. Either be in uniform or don't. Wearing a branded vest while strolling about in slacks looks amateur.

Today's review is Vantage. A big open world sandbox game from Stonemaier Games. How does it feel to explore an alien planet, find out here. youtu.be/wD2vAFuLuQY

Why are random citizens consistently, and continuously, turning up major scandals by the government that NZ media are both *incapable of finding* AND refuse to report on even when they learn about it via citizen journalism???

@ukge.bsky.social shared a post on Instagram about a card game that has gAI 'art'. People (including me) commented on it expressing their disappointment. UKGE chose to respond by hiding the comments. Should we assume UKGE is pro gAI and doesn't care for artists without whom the con wouldn't exist?

So New Zealand farmers have voted to sell off control of NZ's big dairy brands to an overseas company Sure, they can keep supplying the milk to that company on contract. Just like how farmers in the Ivory Coast supply nestle with their chocolate. Who makes the most there? The farmers or Nestle?

Reminded why I don't cover kickstarter games again. I agreed to do one. The preview copy turned up after the campaign has started. What am I supposed to do? Rush testing, push everything else aside and try to get a video out mid campaign? Return it? DO it much later? There is no good option.

Here's some political wisdom for people in NZ. Whether you announce a tiny capital gains tax with a ton of exemptions pinned to a minor healthcare upgrade. Or whether you announce a massive capital gains tax and promise free healthcare for all, you will get the exact same response from the right.

Made an appearance on playing board games to discuss the path to carcosa, perhaps the best Arkham Horror Campaign. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPkb...

This Labour Day, Aotearoa, try to live up to the dignified and respectable example of those worthy workers who first banded together in 1840 and politely requested to work only an 8-hour day. Then threw anyone who crossed the line into the harbour

I feel like if you don’t have art yet, it’s better to put in a blank “placeholder” or royalty free clip art with placeholder language than use AI art and promise to replace it with real art later? It makes me skeptical and I avoid projects that do this.

I love it when folks send me pictures of my stuff in stores. I'm still not at the point where this isn't a fun novelty.

Today's video is Gloomhaven 2nd edition. The original Gloomhaven review is our most watched video with an eye watering 730,000 views so I absolutely had to say yes to the 2nd edition. What's new and different in this edition, find out here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9mi...

We were pleased to hear that @cmyk.games will include the designer on their packaging in the future. Their box artwork, while striking, was ultimately a disappointment for hiding the contribution of the designer and other creatives that worked on the game. Thanks to all that voiced your concern.

this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.

Fried chicken trucks are getting absolutely SLAMMED at Spring Into Tawa

My house has been invaded by rogue food trucks! I'll have to eat my way out of here! This is gonna be a fun day! Pop on down to Tawa if you are in Wellignton for good kai, shops, stuff for the kids to do at #springintotawa

Today's video is something a little different. A big deep dive into season 1 of final girl. Looking at all the content from the first 5 boxes and the special vignette. Ranking all the locations, killers and final girls as well as tons of advice and strategy tips. youtu.be/r9vluqyVUKU

Stuff- IAHF paid biggly! Mike - Fake news , where did you get that info Stuff - Your financial reports! www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

Bohnanza, 6 Nimmt publisher Amigo Spiele shutters US operation after eight years, saying tariff uncertainty was the ‘final impetus’: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20... @amigogames.bsky.social Wishing all the best to @alexyeager.bsky.social and Corey Delmonto for whatever comes next for them.

My copy of the biggest creative project of my life just arrived and even my dog is impressed!* FiveEvil: Fiendish 5E Horror, designed and written by me, made gorgeous and wonderful by my good friends at Handiwork Games. It’s real!! *not really she just knows it’s time for a walk

I was one of the folks on the other side of the table here; excellent game. Mid weight, lots of systems that interlock cleverly, minimise downtime & mean you always have something to do each turn. Gameplay nicely linked into the theme, too. Keep an eye out for Shadow Moon Syndicates!

Advance shots of the cool deluxe tokens for Shadow Moon Syndicates dropped today. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ark...

FINALLY got one of J's games to the table ❤️❤️❤️ @3mbg.bsky.social Hey folks did you know my man is a bloody great game designer because it turns out...

I don’t agree with every point made here, but the main thesis — what we do with billionaires’ money is secondary to the fact that a free society simply cannot allow them to have it — accounts for most of my politics these days.

Today's video is The White Castle. A game about taking 9 different actions and getting as much as you can out of them. Is this genius or just frustrating, find out here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lgrc...

it's been repeatedly proven that giving people free money is cheaper than not doing it

Today's video is a long one. It's about my number 1 game at every stage of my board gaming life to date. From the games I thought were awesome at primary school, all the way through to today. My 15 favourite games, and why 13 of them are not favs anymore. youtu.be/eIeqU8H2ro8

Someone used this review on Red Dust Rebellion on BGG and it made my day :)

I've now played and beaten all 30 official scenarios for season 1 of final girl. I am going to write up my thoughts on season 1's locations, killers and final girls, as well as some tips, tactics, and general vibes. I've really enjoyed the challenge of doing all those plays in 2 weeks.

In 1985, when the US was at the height of its power, we told them "No, we will forge our own future, no to nuclear weapons and the ships that carry them". 40 years later, when the USA's reputation is in tatters, with their power and trustworthiness in free fall, we are bending over for them.

Fuck this government