“Forged in the Dark ‘The Bear‘ in space“ is like a sleeper cell activation code specifically for me. I downloaded this INSTANTLY

Summer preserves — dill pickles, salsa, pickled cabbage. not pictured: pickled beets, grilled jalapeño hot sauce.

I’m 20 minutes into a 3-hour episode of @rangedtouch.bsky.social Shelved by Genre and it’s already an all-timer.

Keep the Faith back in stock at IPR!

Quick game design question for the #TTRPG players -- if you have to store map data from session to session, which is preferred: A: Mark up a paper map, print a new one if changes get to be too much. B: Use cubes, pawns, minis, etc., knowing you'll have to mark/photograph/remember their positions.

It would be amazing to have a Mamdani style governor of one of these states. Someone who would try out new approaches to funding higher-ed while also putting the lie to the constant claims of poverty. I think just one somewhere in the U.S. could dramatically change how we talk about these issues.

My favorite academic conference is coming back starting tomorrow! (I have caretaker duties to attend to so my attendance will be sporadic at best)

Celebrate #WorldOrcaDay with the Blackfish Brigade, on your tabletop or now on Board Game Arena! bit.ly/AhoyOnBGA

Yoooooooo I got to play this at PAX Unplugged with @mmcwh.bsky.social and it was a blast.

i dreamed you couldn’t post memes unless they had a wizard in them so i took a short break from work to doodle the one i kept posting on here in the dream

Hey most of our work is done in-house, but we are open to new things. If you have something that you would fit our brand we will have a limited number of slots available at Gen Con 2026. forms.gle/iwTLC3H612Rr...

I always tell my students that being a good game designer means caring about things other than games, and this podcast is all about that. Check it out! (also, I'm going to be a guest on an upcoming episode -- we recorded last night and I'm so excited for you to hear it)

Listening to the latest @amfc-podcast.bsky.social and both @jeffstormer.gobirds.online and @aaroncatanosaez.bsky.social say “no, they’re not gods“ and I almost dropped the bowl I was washing in shock.

The content of this video is excellent, but Amabel's editing and writing are funny as hell -- I'd watch this even if it were not about something I care deeply about. The "she keeps drawing 2s" and the "representative CCG" bit are both hilarious.

About to get arrested for trying to bring my Videoblaster (TM) on a plane

Beautiful day for @thatguttershow.bsky.social

The good ship M&M*, our vehicle during my inaugural play of The Road That Knows Your Name. We set out to trade gold for food for our people, evaded the swamp vampires, were blessed by shapeshifting gorilla bees, and sang songs as a crew. *I was playing with my kids & we ate M&Ms after every turn.

@rangedtouch.bsky.social you can’t quite play as the Woses, but Ghan-buri-ghan shows up in Knizia’s 2001 Lord of the Rings cooperative game (a fascinating path that co-op games didn’t take). His art and the king of the dead are some of my favorites in the game. boardgamegeek.com/image/188515...

phoebe bridgers dropping a game onto itch was not on my bingo card

kickass teamup here.

Yeah, Ahoy is very good, now that we know how to play I got a feeling this will be a regular for BGA nights @leder.games

love to my trans friends. fuck SCOTUS.

Great thread from Marceline here.

I was interviewed on this podcast and you should listen to it! ☺️

“…also have to confess something, which is that I forgot games can have GMs.” @posatahchips.gaygothvibes.online speaking my language on @thisshouldbeaga.me

Horror ages incredibly badly. I mean which 40+ year old movies are still scary today? I can only think of one: L'arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat

Shout out to @spookyghostgames.bsky.social for organizing a great playtesting & networking day and thanks to Lazarus Games for hosting!

My photos keep forcing my photo uploads to fail but we are playtesting at Lazarus Games in Steelton, PA with @hbgalliance.bsky.social till mid afternoon!

It's an episode of firsts on the Game Design Thread -- my first time as a podcast interviewer and @exeunt.press's first time as a podcast interviewee! open.spotify.com/episode/7jfn...

Pushing spaceships around? ✅ Negotiating about an important central planet? ✅ Powerful asymmetric tech cards? ✅ Takes all day? ❌ If SU&SD's recent video made you yearn for TI, check out my 1-hour homage to this sort of game! Ready to pitch, or for you to playtest: screentop.gg/@gregisonthe...

The video games corporation is discontinuing their popular product, the video game

Finally got to play @gregisonthego.bsky.social’s KEEP THE FAITH, a hybrid boardgame/storygame about how religion evolves. Really thought-provoking! Might use it in class! Also made lemon posset (topped with saffron) to go with it!

free country btw, except you get 50 years in prison if you have the wrong ideology

Not a haul, but treasures from Origins: 🛐 Keep the Faith by @gregisonthego.bsky.social 🪨 A Perfect Rock by @deepdark.games 🤖 A Construct's Nature cards and book gifted by @ttrpgkids.com 📞 Keeper's Call gifted by JP Coovert 🫟 Wabi Blobi by Coccoon Studies

OK @mistergross.bsky.social & @stickydoodler.bsky.social I can't find the post but I think you had both expressed interest in reading a draft of something I'm working on about designing between board games and RPGs -- I can't seem to DM you, so DM me or email me (gregisonthego at gmail).

Beautiful thread about materials, memory, and the passage of time. Great way to start the day.

evergreen

I had exactly one must-buy game at Origins, and I'm glad I snagged it day one because there's only ONE copy left at @ipr.bsky.social ! ( Keep the Faith by @gregisonthego.bsky.social )

Reading about some old-school RPGs this morning and I just learned the tale of Eric and the (dread) Gazebo. Find it here: web.archive.org/web/20080804...

Honored to be highlighted as a DiGRA rising start scholar! digra.org/announcing-t...

We just listened to a fantastic conversation between @danthurot.bsky.social and @gregisonthego.bsky.social about Keep the Faith, games, and more. Wake up your brain and stretch with their conversation here: spacebiff.com/tag/the-spac.... Explore Keep the Faith at cmichpress.com/product/keep....

In addition to all the smart things folks are saying about this paper, let me add that what struck me was the media/tech angle — the internet was not effective. Yelling in the street was.

I love this. (It’s a reference to this: breadandpuppet.org/cheap-art/wh... )

New podcast episode just dropped! I saw @mistergross.bsky.social posting about Dominion on here earlier, and that game joins X-Wing Miniatures, Unmatched and (briefly) Compile. www.iheart.com/podcast/269-...

Quick sanity check on something I'm writing -- #RPG designers & publishers, is RPGgeek an important consideration in your release and marketing strategy? And players of both RPGs and #BoardGames, do you use RPGgeek in a similar way that you use BoardGameGeek? Thanks in advance!

Just played a game of Oath where, in the last two rounds, EVERYONE had the thing they needed to win (a relic to have most relics; a banner to fulfill the oath; the scepter to win as successor) taken from them AND THEN two of the things got taken back. Wild ending to a wild game.

So, my university had a big surge in undergrad admissions (yay!) but that means that we're swamped for Fall term, and we're hiring for in-person (Harrisburg, PA) adjuncts to fill the gaps in first-year Gen Ed courses. workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau... Happy to answer questions via DM

Bible, board games, and sexy Roland Barthes? AlI in one essay? You know it’s gotta be the work of that still-living historical personage and (dare we say it?) author, Dan Thurot.