Oh hey, I was on a board game podcast talking about my one of my games about community resilience and collective action. Incredibly exciting to talk about two of my favorite things!

Honored that you asked me to help sell Adulting at IGNM this year :) It's a great game and I think a lot of people saw it as the fun and charming package it is.

The leadership of the Tabletop Game Designers Association was disappointed to see the publisher CGE touting Codenames: Back to Hogwarts, a new Harry Potter-themed version of Codenames.

Got feedback from @cardboardedison.com and I'm incredibly happy with what was said about Chainbreakers, even if it's not a winner I got some work to streamline the game more (isn't that always true?) but knowing that the core foundation of the game is a solid experience is worth its weight in gold.

Way cool to see Chainbreakers played in the wild!!

🎲✂️ Learn my secrets to get your game signed with a publisher (without spending $$$ to go to a Con) in this @breakmygame.com webinar recording! www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ew5...

It’s always a good learning experience when you get to playtest with folks who aren’t designers or otherwise immersed in the hobby. A lot of folks don’t have the experience to fill in gaps and correctly assume how a mechanic works. What are some learning experiences you’ve had with non-designers?

Reconstruct ancient Greek pottery, decode an alien language and watch your money burn in real time: Cardboard Edison nominees revealed as unpublished games award celebrates 10th year: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20... @cardboardedison.com

So excited to share that Chainbreakers is a finalist for the Cardboard Edison Award!! I’m even more stoked, though, that about half the games were put through the wringer with @breakmygame.com and @protospielo.bsky.social. It takes a community to build great games, and I’m grateful for mine ❤️

I'm so excited to see what these folks come up with. From playing their games over the past year, I'm inspired to make some unranked, narrative-focused designs.

I hate making sizzle reels for games. It’s a big reason I haven’t done much pitching. It’s a thing I have to do which gives me zero joy. Does anyone have advice on pushing thru this process?

You don't have enough contempt for the New York Times.

Bike lanes don’t slow down traffic: intersections do. Segregated bike lanes save lives. In my city of Madison, WI — considered among the most bikeable — I cycle past multiple ghost bikes every day. More and bigger cars aren’t the answer. Stroads aren’t the answer. I want transportation to be safe.

wrote about the media frenzy following Daniel Penny's acquittal for murdering Jordan Neely, and the disparity in the NYPD's reaction to finding Luigi Mangione, vs the stabbing of 17-year-old Yeremi Colino—about a country making some lives more valuable than others. @teenvogue.bsky.social

Luigi Mangione was taken into custody just as Daniel Penny walked free. The ruling class wants us to celebrate the murder of the vulnerable and condemn the murder of the powerful. They fail to see how killing the powerless breeds violence against the powerful. www.jphilll.com/p/who-gets-t...

Kyle Rittenhouse is allowed to get away with murder. Daniel Penny is allowed to get away with murder. Cops get away with murder all the time. The people pearl clutching about this CEO killing are really concerned with who was killed, not the act of killing.

“As NYPD officials boasted of the resources expended finding the killer of a corporate CEO, another sidewalk murder the same week, of a migrant teen, has not received the same treatment.” hellgatenyc.com/two-manhatta...

Playing a Hello Kitty tile laying game with my wonderful partner ❤️ Very cute and simple game to introduce some great board game mechanics!

Newly elected Congressional Progressive Caucus chair Greg Casar is already cooking www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Got a couple plays of Chainbreakers done in the Unpub room! Really happy how the game is playing and lost horrendously both times (which I love). Got lots to think thru to help streamline and make it the little bit faster it needs to be “done”! #PAXUnplugged

Second game at #PAXUnplugged: Suitcase by Marni Abramowitz, another @breakmygame.com designer! I’ve always appreciated her designs breathing new life into classic games.

First game of #PAXU: Wolfchains by @vickilanger.bsky.social! We successfully built a thriving ecosystem ensured that nothing starved. I’ve had the pleasure of playing this game at @breakmygame.com in the past. Really excited to see how it’s shaping up!!

Spending most of my Friday in the Unpub room at #PAXU ! I’m testing Chainbreakers and Paws of Anarchy at 2pm today and 8pm tomorrow!! Come say hello and build some bikes with me!

counterpoint: sports gambling should be banned and draftkings dismantled for parts

The Luddites were right.

Got all 3 prototypes I’m bringing to PAXU packed! Chainbreakers, Paws of Anarchy, and Queen Bee. Amazingly, they all also fit snugly in my messenger bag 🥳 Which prototypes of yours should I play??

Making sure that everything still works for my prototype Chainbreakers. I’m so excited to show this game off at #PAXU!!

Anyone else getting follows from accounts with no mutuals pushing crypto?

Human made art, please.

Thanks for the idea :) Just give me a reason to talk about the games I adore!

A new report details both an epidemic of fatal violence and discriminatory legislation against trans Americans. While many fear a Trump administration will only further threaten trans lives, these orgs are fighting back. ⤵️

Had a great time running the first NaNoWriMo club session this afternoon. The kids are wildly creative and I’m so stoked to see them be excited by what they make.

Visited #MeowWolf in Denver yesterday. I haven’t felt that same sense of discovery since I first visited the City Museum in STL ~10 years ago.

The reaction of a lot of liberals to Chappell Roan saying she’s unhappy with Harris but will vote for her anyway doesn’t do much to dispel the notion that what they want is not a measured support based on realistic political analysis but rather blind partisan obedience

Just realized that a friend posted my birthday/farewell show when I moved out from my coop and stepped down from running shows. 6 years since we performed together!! youtu.be/oRTCj7dZNWs?...

I love/hate the titles of Spotify day lists. Like, what are you trying to tell me??

One of my favorite parts of designing games is hiring and collaborating with friends to create something more than their individual parts. I’m so stoked about these player emblems in my upcoming trick-taker Court of Swords. Which noble house do you like the most?

My incredibly talented housemate sent me this promo piece she made from the WIP cover for an upcoming micro game coming out in July. Can you guess what it’s about?

With just 12 hours to go, I’m stoked that Panoply’s small project reached nearly 400% funded! Learned a lot, but learning even more for our next campaign hopefully later this year. Most importantly, I think this shows that hand crafted games are viable.

The best thing to happen to me as a designer was an old friend dragging me to my first Protospiel Madison about 5 years ago. I didn’t think my games were “convention ready”, but I was just anxious about being seen as a bad designer. Ironic lol. The second best was joining @breakmygame.bsky.social ❤️

I have never seen "We have to give white supremacists space to talk publicly or they'll never change" backed up by facts, data, logic, history, or even just a general roadmap of how that might help. If that worked, it would have worked a long time ago. WS don't need any more special treatment.

It's funny, going thru my current design journal, and see all the different games and ideas I've had the past few months. Since helping to start Oracular Studios (a worker-owned arts collective) as a way for members to fund and cross-pollinate and produce in-house our individual projects...

Yeah, I guess I'm back on social media. See you nerds around ❤️