I work in board games, and what makes my work in the form good is my genuine interest in books, in film, in music, in dance, in cooking, in woodworking. Cultivating curiosity & a voracious appetite for different works in different forms is so incredibly important.

What’s a traditional card game you know you’ve got at least 100 hours playing? Anything you can play with a standard pack of 52. Preferably something you still enjoy. Easily Cribbage for me, but Spades was also big in our family growing up. I usually preferred to play without sandbags if allowed.

Keep thinking about this term "pre-digested" that Kojima used to describe art that's instantly gratifying. And how it's better when people grow to love something instead. I've gravitated, as player and designer, toward the latter, but that term "pre-digested" is new and feels very strong.

Our set started around 1h30 at Substation's "Modular Seattle" night (I played with my friend "Greymadr"): www.twitch.tv/videos/26441...

Loading up to head to the show!

Prep for Sunday concert: got to build my instrument.

Excited for @candidrum.bsky.social 's new chapter! youtu.be/Ny1JDfcHHSc?...

I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Dec 11th 2025 (Tricky), in less than 9 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

One time we were out to dinner with the team who'd translated Apocalypse World into Italian. The project lead signalled for quiet and they all raised their glases. "Vincent," he said, and then they all as one: "fuuuuuck yoooouuu."

“There’s more to historical board games than just hex-and-counter WWII”: Candice Harris on turning her video talents to making historical wargaming more accessible after her surprise BoardGameGeek exit: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20... @candidrum.bsky.social @gmtgames.bsky.social

Had a great time talking with @beyondsolitaire.bsky.social about design, development, and science fiction: beyondsolitaire.buzzsprout.com/1091807/epis...

Comparing two games just bc they both score majorities is akin to compare Pictionary and Empire Builder because both use "drawing" as a mechanism

Opposite a Christmas tree farm.

for many who have come to my work from #crossbronxexpressway this may seem a bit jarring, but december is for #ortona @gmtgames.bsky.social www.gmtgames.com/p-1072.aspx?...

Queen of Spies is live! Go back my first game with @djackthompson.bsky.social to make it to print. We are so proud! @saltandpeppergames.bsky.social gamefound.com/en/projects/...

www.speculativeinsight.com/extras/lecki... Thanks for the link, @srabbelier.bsky.social ! Great interview of two great authors.

For this latest Space-Cast!, I sat down to chat with Paolo Mori and Alessandro Zucchini about their collaborative project, Battlefields of the Napoleonic Wars, and why they decided the world needed another (and better) hex-and-counter wargame. spacebiff.com/2025/12/03/s...

Autolabelling service that tells you if a poster needs a wellness check or if they are watching sport

I don't know how to introduce this one. After three titles about opium peddling, I figured the rest of SDHistCon would be breezy by comparison. I was wrong. The next day, I experienced one of the toughest board games I've ever played. Perhaps *the* toughest. spacebiff.com/2025/11/24/u...

re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"

I think a lot about “default” expectations in our time — how often they are of very recent construction. (We have dates for when umpires were introduced to kriegsspiel) If I do my job right, my students don’t assume roleplaying games have a “master” — any more than that games have a win condition.

And we've now hit 1,000 backers! Thanks all for the interest in roleplaying history! (The first character I ever made was an elf, written out on the green character sheets for Basic D&D.)

Cross Bronx Expressway -- my public sector was too quick to build housing and it left us in a rough budgeting spot. Community and I survived through the 40s, 50s, and 60s to get to the end with Private sector's win. Lots learned for next time though.

In no particular order: - Here I Stand - Cockroach Poker - Spades - Combat Commander - The Gang - Crokinole - Leaving Earth - Innovation - Can't Stop - Slay the Spire: TBG

This past weekend, I was delighted to attend @sdhistcon.bsky.social, where on Saturday I played not one, not two, but three games about selling opium. It was quite the day. Read about it here: spacebiff.com/2025/11/13/s...

That thing where you've got a Big Task to complete, but you're not feeling it and you can't find a way into it, but you can't settle to do anything else because the Big Task is looming over you? That.

Apocalypse World has had a bigger impact on my life than any other roleplaying game. It's just a phenomenal game, designed by phenomenal people. You should pick up a copy of the new edition!

A productive demo of Echo from the Dark yesterday at #SDHistCon

Leek & potato soup (leeks, butter, potatoes, water) is pretty excellent if you have time. You use pretty much everything -- the greens make a great broth even by themselves -- and it's filling like crazy.

Did ether of us say T minus 1? Today was T minus 1. Launch in under 24 hours. Probably under 12. See you there, dearies! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...

Good gaming in October.

🚨 Programming alert: Concordia, Formula D, and Roll Through the Ages: The Bronze Age are now all in beta on Board Game Arena 🚨

I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Oct 30th 2025) in 03:53 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

Stoked to get this to the table. Turned out amazing.

I don’t even post here.

I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Oct 9th 2025) in 03:43 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

honestly if I have to pin down my apathy toward sell sheets, it's because making art & selling it are different skills and I resent how often they're expected to be bundled together - I resent any trend which *demands* the artist also be conversant in sales & advertising to get published

tonight dan thurot is going to interview me about city of six Moons he's gonna ask me questions because that's how interviews work what I want to know is, what questions do *you* want me to ask *him*? reply below now the foot is on the other shoe, "space" "-" "biff" ... no one tell him this

Steam’s Autumn Sale starts today and to celebrate, all GMT digital titles on Steam and mobile from our friends at Playdek are 50% off! The sale lasts until October 6th. store.steampowered.com/curator/3715...

Glad to know this happens to the professionals too.

Space Empires: 4x. All good things must come to an end.

“the story of the #crossbronxexpressway is a lens through which we can better understand our modern world.” pre-orders charging means the game ships soon. i recorded a podcast called endnotes to hold folk over while they wait for it to arrive. @gmtgames.bsky.social [ link below]

In the recent @gmtgames.bsky.social monthly update (details here: mailchi.mp/ff0c91890711...) Gene shared how the box cover for the 20th Anniversary Edition of Combat Commander will look like. It is splendid and very thematic. Waiting for the game to arrive soon!

Credit to @stcymsn.bsky.social for putting words to this principle in their dissertation! It's a principle I had seen elsewhere in more words, and had been trying to follow myself, but the clear framing here helped so much in my efforts to communicate how I was approaching conversations.

This was a fun interview to give, for sure. fivegamesfordoomsday.com/2025/09/15/a...

This is going to take a while but I’m excited to learn Red Dust Rebellion by @gmtgames.bsky.social and J. from @3mbg.bsky.social. It’s been sitting unplayed for too long; now is the time. What unplayed games do you have sitting around?

It’s funny because promoting and marketing a book in any way, shape, or form is actually NOT the author’s job. At all. It is unpaid labor we’ve been forced to do for so long the expectation has mutated like a virus into “okay now you also have to be a TikTok sensation to do this as a job.”

Just punched a game that came with 10 sheets of tokens and NO baggies WHAT IS HAPPENING