Lol, the replies after my post on BGG saying Trans Rights are human rights. Mods on that thread holding the banhammer high and proud.

Congratulations Belgium! 🇧🇪

Today's video is The Voyages of Marco Polo, an 11 year old game I think is pretty cool. The reason I'm reviewing this one is it is getting a reprint/new version later this year. And it's a very good game. youtu.be/U78Jthr1uH4

Today's news that Jim Grenon has been ordered to pay costs to TVNZ and my friend and colleague @sanjanah.bsky.social is a genuine win for free speech in Aotearoa. If you don’t remember the (frankly, insane) details of this case, strap in and I’ll do my best 🧵 www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...

Czech Games Edition marketing department in action.

The number of wargamers readily embracing AI slop really puts a hose over the whole notion that wargaming is partially about respecting history. A slice of the community will devour the worst kind of content if it makes their war fantasy move about a little on screen, regardless of accuracy

I'll keep saying it over and over again. If I wanted to know what the owner of X was saying I would be on X. Leave quote dunking assholes from X for X. This is a whole different place, that people like me left because we didn't want to interact with the behavior on X. Unlearn Your X habits.

I just needed to check y'all know that You And Me with Suzy Cato is on YouTube and releasing new content, right? The 5yo's television rotation now includes "Suzy bubbles" and "Suzy making a cake" and let me tell you I have some lovely warm feelings about it

Today's video has a title that is far too long to be sensible. It is however quite an excellent little co-op game and of the recent Lord of the Rings releases, I think this one is the best. youtu.be/cn08-YBT434

Spirit Island set for new publisher as designer declines Flat River Group renewal, plans complete art overhaul: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...

Graphic design is my passion.

Keir Hipkins just doing Keir Hipkins things.

Over the weekend, my kids and I played a ton of Catan, and after decades of service, we decided to retire our beloved set. Here's a little appreciation thread for objects of play and their gradual decay 🧵

I don't mean to disparage collector's editions or sleeving too much. I've got bought my share of both. But the only game worth holding on to is a game you're playing or thinking about. No special edition is going to be as special as the one you've left your mark on, skin oils and all.

And then we went for the fascists & played Anti- fascist Toothfairy because we play somewhere that has a promo copy!

This seems like a bit of fun and a good cause tiltify.com/+clocktower-...

Today's video is March of the Ants, a pretty good 4x game that chooses a wildly different theme to the norms of the genre. Find out about how Ants Explore, Expand, Exploit and Exterminate here. youtu.be/UsPEDQGIxKg

"I know game designers who use subtext and they are all cowards" Garth Marenghi boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/46...

The vast majority of TTRPG players in the world play D&D 5.5. Releasing different settings with the same core system lets those people have fun with different types of RPGs without the burden of learning a new ruleset. This should be greeted as a good thing www.dndbeyond.com/posts/2195-q...

Ancient nzpol grudge incoming: maybe Lianne Dalziel isn't the right person to grandstand about the safety of children, given how she had to resign as Minister for Immigration in 2004 after leaking to the media to discredit a 16yo abuse survivor she was deporting web.archive.org/web/20130426...

For anyone thinking about signing up to HBO Max now it's out in NZ, important to know that there's currently no app available for Samsung TVs, so you'll need to plug in a laptop or use a Chromecast if you want to watch it on your TV. Pretty shit tbh

Clerk of the House David Wilson reveals that half of all the submissions received by Parliament in the last 30 years were received in this term of Parliament.

imagine you hear 1000 people are celebrating hitler's birthday so you roll up with 60 of your buddies and beat the shit out of them, incredible stones on these lads

Reflecting on how growing up with domestic violence, and it following me into my 20s, really innoculated me against some political rhetoric You can't fall for transphobic talking points when you know violent men don't need a ruse to abuse women - they'll do it in your home, not in a public bathroom

Today's video is Re;act the arts of war. A rather unusual dueling game, where the weapons you are using are not swords and axes, but dance moves and paint. This is a battle between competing art styles and each of the artists fights differently. A fascinating and unique game. youtu.be/G2vhCG-iOBo

Today's video is The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth, because game names just keep getting longer. It's a 2 player head to head game based on 7 wonders duel and it is almost perfect. Almost. youtu.be/9fV1hwtF77M

It's weird how you can know someone for years, or at least think you do. And then one day they just sit up and say, do or share something horribly offensive and then double down on it. And you are left going "was this there all along?" or did they change? Either way, I'm quite down this morning

Apparently some folk need reminding so here's a reminder: Sam Harris is a trash person with an irrational, vehement hatred of Islam, and just because he uses big words and White Guy Podcast Voice doesn't stop him being a rabid racist and genocide denier Go listen to @nicemangos.bsky.social on it

I've not played God of War, but I have seen Deborah Ann Woll in a bunch of board game and TTRPG related content. She's a real gamer, in the truest actual sense of the word. Someone who loves playing games. This video explaining D&D to Jon Bernthal is pure gold. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpVJ...

Ooops, set my video to go out on the wrong day. So no new review today.

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A few days after NZ rolled over and pissed on itself in submission to the USA by upping our defence expenditure so we can be props in USA sabre rattling at China, and they still put up the Tariffs to punish NZ for trading with China. Being their ally is going to cost us, and i don't just mean money

Last year, the 4 months of June-September we spent 2k on gas and power. Since then we have installed solar, got a new heat pump hot water cylinder, removed the gas connection, got a heat pump clothes drier and actively educated ourselves on power use. I am curious what these 4 months will cost now

Today's video is a fun list of games for couples game night. I'm talking about fun 2 player games that setup and pack away easily, that can be played on a kitchen table, and ones that you have energy for after a long working day and/or putting the kids to bed. youtu.be/j_iVzwBbOQk

Can you spot my credit card in this picture of an automated check out?

NZ should absolutely not boost its defence spending at the behest of the USA. Any punishment they enforce on us for not complying is bound to cost less than 2.5% of GDP and we won't get dragged into their wars of bigotry. Also, our number 1 trading partner is China, not the USA.

Thanks for the quick rules clarification @3mbg.bsky.social on Shadow Moon Syndicates. A fun game was had by all.

This time, it wasn't bears. But the same story when people who loathe collectivism try doing anything together. Everyone wants to be the Karen and no one wants to be the poor waitress being yelled at.

Just a reminder, treasury always overestimates how well a National Government will manage the economy and underestimates how well Labour does it. This is a consistent thing and I wish someone in the media would do a story on it. I assume its because treasury has an ideological model.

Going into the "No Elons Club" and asking the bartender to switch the TV to the Elon channel so everyone can see what a weirdo he is

Oops @3mbg.bsky.social found another game that turns me into an unmitigated asshole 😂

the only video worth rescuing from my deleted twtter

Played a fun game of Shadow Moon Syndicates by @3mbg.bsky.social. Overcommitted myself and went from a solid lead in rounds 1 & 2 to an abysmal last place in the final showdown.

Whenever anyone says that Private is more efficient than public remind them that the public sector got to the moon in the 1960s while the private sector keeps exploding on the landing pad because their boss demands BIGGER ROCKET for ego reasons. Also, public costs a lot lot less.

What a great example of soft power and real-politik actually doing something good for once. China is not a petrostate and sees energy dependence on oil as a huge weakness. So it is massively getting into renewables and helping other countries do it as well. NZ should be saying "ME NEXT" to this!

Today's video is World Order, a game about more geopolitics vying for influence in the world. This isn't a game where you directly war with each other, its about investment, diplomacy, soft power and implied threats. It's a game about real-politik and recent history. youtu.be/ga_-TfGlOqY

Great thread, copy/paste Board game for TTRPG as i feel like the two industries have so much in common.

Thanks to my pal Brian for making sure I saw this absolutely ridiculous "status" update from @steamforgedgames.bsky.social That's not how game boards are printed. Not at all. It's freaking wild to post AI slop as a progress update. gamefound.com/en/projects/...

BoardGameGeek fires veteran advertising manager for rejecting campaign due to firsthand experiences of demonic possession: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...