Dreamed up a video of Shut Up and Sit Downs Matt Lees about a game called "Relay". And since they make excellent videos, I can now just design that game, since all aspects were covered in detail.

Trauma und Unterhaltung Spiele können auf unterschiedliche Art und Weise unterhalten. Ein Teilbereich ist das Segment, dass ich mal mangelns alternativer Begrifflichkeiten als "Brettspiel-Doku" bezeichnet habe: Das Spiel befasst sich mit einem konkreten Thema, so dass sich die Spielenden ebenfalls…

In 2011 or so, my agency met with three entrepreneur bros who just graduated from the local university, pitching an “enhanced performance water” they called H2O 2. They were nonplussed to learn that there was already a product called H2O2 on shelves: hydrogen peroxide.

The Winter Olympics Sports progression: Turn on TV: 1. Never heard of this sport 2. Quite like this sport 3. I think I’d be quite good at this… 4. Yeah this guy is making some classic mistakes on this run… 5. I am now pretty much an expert at this sport. Time elapsed: 6 minutes.

Can someone draw a PA that looks like an 18? And an x that looks kind of like two xes? It would be the best box cover title, where ppl couldnt decide whether its an 18xx or an Pax game

I may delete this because it’s a bit spicy but it shouldn’t be lost on us that games being turned into TV is essentially harvesting the stories written by those who don’t have union representation or healthcare with WGA by those that do. Our stories are good enough for TV but the writers aren’t?

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

RIP Jacques Zeimet, who had a gift for creating easy games, that were just simple enough to be not "too simple" but interesting.

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A rare 5 player game night so finally tabled Brian Boru - area control by way of Trick Taking. Excellent improvised strategy as you try to thread multiple needles simultaneously.

Eurogamer: I heard good things about the new game about birds, but I already own Wingspan, so I pass. Wargamer: I own 27 games called "Bulls Run" and I need them all

Tower upping. Nice constructive game were you create possibilities for the others with every turn.

Rückwurf Asmodee: www.asmodee.de/rueckruf Not dure if this is just the German batch, but the title is english, so... The bag that comes with it contains too much formaldehyde

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For a lighthearted (slightly satiricl) spy-game: What would you like the artwork to be? Im unsure myself, herte are some options: Like Archer (cartoon-realistic) Manga World Police-style Spy vs Spy Spyfall cover ?

Pop singer Lorde will donate the $204,000 she made on merchandise sales from her sold-out Minneapolis shows last fall to two Minnesota immigrant rights groups.

In honour of Melania, here's a reminder that the thing Kane is applauding in this popular gif isn't good. It's very bad! It's his wife singing poorly in an opera he paid for.

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Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly

Today weve played Bastos a couple of rounds, one of my first published games (was the 2nd game in Filipino Fruit market). Its always surprising whst ppl want to see and try and for me what games I made 20 years,ago.

One of my first designs ever. Still hokds up surprisingly well, but not sure who to oitch it to, since its quite abstract

Der HSV hat aus 999 Schüssen leider noch kein Tor erzielt. Es könnte damit zusammenhängen, dass sie 39.640 Kilometer weniger gelaufen sind als die Bayern.

Working weekend with @doitgames.bsky.social on Barcelona. 7th time we played this today and they still are engaged. Difficulty levels are nearly were I want them too. Excited! (more info on alt text)

TBH, if God told me to stop reviewing, Ill be pretty embarrassed

We can’t get rid of Crime Island. Then we’d be no better than the king of Crime Island, the Crime King. We can’t stoop to his level, but we can be very disappointed in him

my engines are going full speed astern

I’m advising an illustrated paleo book and a significant part of the work has been saying “do not use that reference, it’s ai.”

Yay! Even if very few companies dont do this (CYMK mostly), its a strong sign.

Time and again I am reminded that what I want most from a boardgame critic is a backbone

If Bilbo had Chat GPT

Dont crack your ribs kids, its not worth it!

Remember when left-wing "authoritarians" were "lynching" conservatives on campus? I hope everyone who wrote articles about that is feeling great. But they might want to reflect on the way the metaphorical language of violence allows us to treat actual violence as a reaction to figurative violence.

Its quite ironic that the subtitles on the K-Drama "Can this love be translated?", which is a lot about languages, are a transcript of English dubbing and hence translate "Korean" as" English" and "English" as "German" Please @netflix.com dont scrump on your subtitles!

Hallen des Wahnsinns "Halls of Fame" schauen in den USA auf eine lange Geschichte zurück. Sie sind dort sehr viel präsenter als hierzulande. Vielleicht gehen die Köpfe hinter der Boardgamegeek Hall of Fame deswegen davon aus, dass man schon weiß, was es damit auf sich hat. Die einzige wirkliche…

The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. George Orwell, 1984

The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. George Orwell, 1984

Newsmax fabricated a quote from me about my father Richard Zimmer today. They never contacted me. It's not just outrageous but funny. He was talented in many ways, but most definitely not at golf or cooking or craftsmanship. www.newsmax.com/john-gizzi/z...

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Hallen des Wahnsinns "Halls of Fame" schauen in den USA auf eine lange Geschichte zurück. Sie sind dort sehr viel präsenter als hierzulande. Vielleicht gehen die Köpfe hinter der Boardgamegeek Hall of Fame deswegen davon aus, dass man schon weiß, was es damit auf sich hat. Die einzige wirkliche…

played the 1st two games of The rise of Queensdale and so far Im underwhelmed. Its not bad, its reasobable quick, but a bit rote

The BGG Hall Of Fame displaying the commitment to quality it’s become known for: 1. The announcement gives a pronunciation for the common English word “imminently.” 2. The pronunciation guide is wrong. 3. The author meant “eminently.”

Destroy All Monsters (1968)

So, die Deutsche Ausgabe von Magical Athlete wird Turbo Flitzpiepen 2000 heißen. Mehr Nachrichten geht nicht.

My primary issue with conservatism in a paragraph

said it before but for some reason tabletop designers are the only ones expected to design around social problems. no one asks video game designers to work around jerks who smash their playstation with a hammer

cc @taktikfuchs123.bsky.social

Getting your games published is a marathon, not a sprint. A marathon of which you are not quite sure, where its starts, where it ends and whether its a real thing or an april fools joke.