133rd game of 2026 is Endearment with @kbowenwriter.bsky.social whose Emma Woodhouse married Mr. Knightly whilst distracting the attentions of Mr. Bertram from my Fanny Price, who is heartbroken.

Dear @kaine.senate.gov @markwarner.bsky.social - please vote no on HJR 140 or let us know why you disagree - thanks

132nd game of 2026 was Root: Underworld and Riverfolk by @colewehrle.bsky.social @d20plusmodifier.bsky.social @leder.games with @kbowenwriter.bsky.social and @arctick9.bsky.social whose lizards nearly pulled off a dominance victory until his girlfriend's vagabond won in her first game.

Post an image from a game you played as a teenager

Post your favorite film from the year you turned 18

Just finished reading

Had a nice playtest session with the local design group yesterday hosted by @hokiestone.bsky.social - observed a session of my game "Vines & Wines" (got some great notes to work on) and tested an early draft of a social deduction game and the latest iteration on an animal-themed engine-builder.

129th game of 2026 was "Knitting Circle" by @emilykeepskitties.bsky.social @flatoutgames.bsky.social with @kbowenwriter.bsky.social on a beautiful Saturday afternoon in the backyard - a nice complement to our recent Calico game.

Just arrived

My new favorite daily game: metazooa.com

128th game of 2026 is Calico by @flatoutgames.bsky.social with @kbowenwriter.bsky.social in the backyard - such a pleasant afternoon.

127th game of 2026 is "Castle Dice" by Luke Peterschmidt with @kbowenwriter.bsky.social - this is an old dice-drafting game with goofy art that we've loved for years

126th game of 2026 is Mariposas by @elizhargrave.bsky.social @alderaceg.bsky.social with @kbowenwriter.bsky.social - been a while since this one has been to the table. Nice pleasant game, even if most of my butterflies ended up stranded across North America when winter set in. 🦋

125th game of 2026 "Viticulture: Bordeaux" by @stonemaiergames.com on Tuesday at the FLGS. I see why people like it better than the OG, but it isn't different enough for me to pick it up.

Depluralize a movie: One Amigo

I was just thinking today that I'm curious what's most important to people in terms of finding satisfaction in social media: Number of followers Number of likes Number of replies Number of re-posts I mean, I realize I'm asking about numbers, but which (if any) of these is important to you?

Three games with @kbowenwriter.bsky.social over the last week: "Under Grove" by @alderaceg.bsky.social and "Wingspan Asia" by @stonemaiergames.com , both @elizhargrave.bsky.social designs, and "Terraforming Mars Dice" by @strongholdgames.bsky.social - a lot of fun this week

Hey, @coreyyoung.com , congratulations on your Origins Award - Light Strategy nomination for "3 Witches"!

Went to Citizens Bank Park with @wunfatkid.bsky.social to see Nats and Phillies. It was close, but not the result I was looking for. But we had a great time.

wouldn't it be funny if EVERYONE blocked this Attie AI account @ bsky.app/profile/atti... before they could do anything with it

122nd game of 2026 is "Sky Team" by @scorpionmasque.bsky.social with @kbowenwriter.bsky.social - successful landing at Heathrow (better than last time).

Glad to be watching the Nats-Cubs game to start the new season

Just finished reading my brother Pete's book, "Fighting Falcons," a history of Marine fighter squadron VMF-221 during World War Two. If you're into military history, it's exceptionally well researched and includes some serious military analysis. www.usni.org/press/books/...

Post one of your favorite weird movies

At the FLGS tonight, played one game of "Durian," two games of "Race for the Galaxy," and three scenarios of "Bomb Busters" (my first time playing). Good game night

I just heard someone on the news say, between gas prices and the TSA shutdown, it's too expensive to drive, and it takes too long to fly.

Small personal milestone: After 40 years, I finally hit my target weight.

Quoting in case @anneserling.bsky.social hadn't seen this

117th game of 2026 is Cascadia by @rf-seattle.bsky.social @alderaceg.bsky.social with @kbowenwriter.bsky.social - such a pleasant game on a pleasant Virginia afternoon

Sam roughed me up this morning.

116th game of 2026 is "Divinity Original Sin: The Board Game" by @larianstudios.com with @raptor788.bsky.social - finished the campaign we started last year. So much fun

115th game of 2026 is "Race for the Galaxy" with @kbowenwriter.bsky.social on the front porch in what started as a beautiful afternoon but which quickly turned to rain just as we were wrapping up. Still, it counts as our second game outside this year!

After a bonkers 22 playtests of various games at @unpub.org , my 114th game of 2026 is "Chronicles of Crime 1900" with @kbowenwriter.bsky.social by @luckduckgames.bsky.social . We scored 60/100 (4/5 stars) on "Boulevard of Death Part 2 - Belly of the City." Truly challenging, clever scenario

MS Word is trying to "correct" my spelling by ending "or" words with "our," as if our American independence has expired and now we have to revert to our British roots and start drinking tea and playing cricket.

( 007 theme song playing )

Quoth the raven, "You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? I don't see anyone else here, so you must be talkin' to me."

Playtesting the last day of @unpub.org : Trains of Thought by @nomadotto.bsky.social - trains and ... philosophy? Surprisingly fun Spell Guardians by Spenser Haffey - fantasy, deck-building word game Street Food Shuffle - Indian take on Sushi Go Apokalypsis by Mystic Manifold - quick-start RPG

Today at @unpub.org : Eight playtests of "Vines & Wines" @roscoschock.bsky.social 's five-card draw poker co-op @cardboardchris.bsky.social 's "Age of Ambition"

Playtesting today at @unpub.org : Boogie by Scott Brady - scented candle-making co-op This Not That by @jackrrosen.bsky.social - competitive "Just One," only it's 3-word answers to 3 adjectives Thready or Not by Jen Bekier - cross-stitch tile laying area majority plus roll-and-write Vines & Wines

Playtested "Vines & Wines" here at @unpub.org last night, followed by two sessions of @hokiestone.bsky.social 's photo safari game and one of Jay Bucciarelli's IP-based cooperative trick-taker, which I really liked.

Now that the weather is nice enough, @kbowenwriter.bsky.social has chosen "Rivet Heads" by @beardedrogue.bsky.social @dnlnwmn.bsky.social as our inaugural game on the front porch for 2026.

So I'm an amateur working on Fanny Hensel's Notturno in g minor H 337 (thanks @henselpushers.bsky.social !) and I can pretty much get through it at 112 bpm, but having a problem with dynamic control. Much of it is marked piano, but I'm finding it hard to play softly. Any tips (or videos)?

Every bombed village is my hometown by Nikita Gill “Every bombed village is my hometown” - James Baldwin Copyright © 2024 by @nikitagill.bsky.social

Pick the worst possible actor to play James Bond.

Ninetieth game of 2026 is "Villages of Valeria" by @dailymagicgames.bsky.social in which @kbowenwriter.bsky.social crushed me with bonus points from the Monk, the Merchant, and the Tavern, plus ending with a lot more gold than I did.

Eighty-ninth game of 2026 is Targi with the Expansion in which @kbowenwriter.bsky.social crushed me with a complete tableau. She took full advantage of sand dunes and water tokens.

Eighty-eighth game of 2026 is "Mosby's Raiders," an old-school solitaire game set in the American Civil War. Very rarely do I play solo games, but in the absence of a working computer and having to kill time, it seemed like a good opportunity.

Eighty-seventh game of 2026 was "Space Explorers" by @25thcentury.games with @kbowenwriter.bsky.social who beat me on specialist points. This was a Prezcon auction store pickup that I think I like better than Splendor.