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He/ him 🏴 Board games & sustainability mostly! Bots:
@netrunner-card-gen.bsky.social
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Big Boardgame doesn't want you to know this, but once you've finished a game you can just sweep everything loose into the box
over 2 years ago
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Adam Bienkov
2 days ago
What are the Government, police and security services doing about the people who are quite clearly in the pay of a hostile foreign state, and using their platforms to whip up actual pogroms on our streets? This is a major national security issue and absolutely nothing seems to be happening about it
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John Scalzi
2 days ago
Seems reasonable to me
the-decoder.com/landmark-ger...
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Landmark German ruling declares Google's AI Overviews are Google's own words and makes it liable for false answers
A German regional court has ruled that Google is directly liable for the content of its AI search overviews. According to the court, previous limited liability protections for search engine operators ...
https://the-decoder.com/landmark-german-ruling-declares-googles-ai-overviews-are-googles-own-words-and-makes-it-liable-for-false-answers/
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Eize Basa
25 days ago
ME: What's the bear trap for? JIGSAW: For the love of... As I just said, if the bear trap is triggered this vial of acid will- ME: What's the barbed wire do? JIGSAW: I'm getting to that! If the acid is- ME (scrolling on phone): This is complicated. Let's just started playing and I'll figure it out.
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Lil 0thmxma aka BIG PHIL
about 2 months ago
Howlonghaveyoubeenplayingnetrunnercat.png
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John Scalzi
2 months ago
Ooooh, I used to be this person and then I realized how obnoxious it really was, fortunately I figured it out in the USENET days
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Unable to go to sleep because my cat is on top of the duvet where I need to get in
2 months ago
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Eize Basa
3 months ago
"For years I taught that players had to eradicate all four diseases, not just cure them. So...a lot of people out there think they lost games of Pandemic that they actually won." "Again, that sucks but it's not really a sin. How many more of these do you have?"
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Slay the Spire 2: welcome back mister orbs, my true love. ❤️ going through the wholeganme killing enemies before putting my combo together, then getting to the final boss and realising the combo isn't that good.
3 months ago
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I normally avoid Early Access, but am counting down the minutes until Slay the Spire 2. Pls. Where is it
3 months ago
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Matt Thrower
3 months ago
RT if you have a job and are planning to vote Green.
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Rami Ismail (رامي)
3 months ago
Don't miss the news that an Israeli missile destroyed an Iranian girls' primary school, murdering at least 25 girls between 7 and 12 years old. At this point it might just be muscle memory for the Israeli military.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/least-2...
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At least 24 girls reported killed in strike on school in southern Iran
Dozens of children aged between seven and 12 hit in attack on Minab city
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/least-24-girls-killed-us-strike-elementary-school-southern-iran
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Odsy Wrenn
4 months ago
Check out the new story from
@ithayla.bsky.social
nullsignal.games/blog/the-soa...
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The Soap Bubble - Null Signal Games
Hundreds of meters above Broadcast Square, Hiram and his new protégé chase his biggest ever score.
https://nullsignal.games/blog/the-soap-bubble/
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Rob Cramer
5 months ago
Please, a singular dice is called a douse.
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Leena 🌵
5 months ago
Getting grok to publicly strip a woman’s likeness online or alter her image isn’t just horrifying at the level of the individual, it’ll be used to get us fired, too. It’s a technique to keep us in the home popping out babies because we lost our teaching job when some guy sent porn of us to our boss.
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Mx. Tiffany Leigh
6 months ago
People need to start caring about others & not only those directly related/affected, & not only when it's transactional. We *have* to have empathy beyond ourselves & immediate orbit of family, friends, neighborhood, & community. We have to care about total strangers who are in harm's way & in need
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Emma Larkins
6 months ago
💼 I’m looking for work as a board game designer. 🌎 I’m open to in-person, hybrid or remote work. ⭐ I’ve previously worked at the Uzzle and made Abandon All Artichokes, Starry Night Sky, and other board games.
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Jackson Pope // Eurydice Games
7 months ago
I like space operas. Hit me with your sci-fi book recommendations! Please RP for more ideas!
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Tim Clare
7 months ago
Of course I would say this, but we need to talk about the moral & ideological case for play & leisure more than ever. So much political discourse - especially from the super-rich - assumes we ought to construct society around forcing citizens to spend most of their one, unrepeatable life working.
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Pubrunner! Got to reintroduce a friend to netrunner with the starter decks last night, and he's continued to trounce me: we're at 0 and 4 wins 😆 Properly have the netrunner bug again. Love this game
7 months ago
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Matt Thrower
8 months ago
Hey all. Lost a big patreon this morning. I'm trying to keep this thing going with additional content every week for all patreons: links, a weekly "I'm playing" newsletter and other goodies, all for just $1.
www.patreon.com/c/mattthr
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Get more from Play Matt! on Patreon
creating Board Game Stories
https://www.patreon.com/c/mattthr
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🥧 suzanne 🥧
8 months ago
Just remember - it's the box that takes up the most space. Slice the boxes at the corners, flatten them for transport, and voila - a ton more space in your luggage.
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Netrunner Worlds in the morning! I should sleep, but couldnt resist the siren call to stay up late tinkering with decks. Just one more cool card!
8 months ago
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Null Signal Games
8 months ago
With many of us at the beautiful Dovecot Studios in Edinburgh for
#NetrunnerWorlds25
, this account might be a little slow the next few days. But you can watch all the action at
twitch.tv/nullsignalnetrunner
or
www.youtube.com/nullsignal.games
starting with Crown of Servers tomorrow at 9.30 UTC!
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Netrunner Worlds on Saturday & Sunday!!! I totally forgot and have missed the window to get cards, so am frantically looking up cool cards to print off tomorrow and make a deck with. If anyone has any recommendations for fun archetypes, pls let me knowww
8 months ago
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I popped in to Cogito Books in Hexham and saw a copy of
@timclare.bsky.social
's Game Changers. First ten pages are great!
9 months ago
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Nicolete Burbach
9 months ago
'other countries have an immediate obligation to... "prevent & punish the crime of genocide"... If they do not... they could be complicit. "We have not gone so far as to name parties as... being complicit in genocide. But that is the… ongoing work of this commission"'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, UN commission of inquiry says
The panel finds that four of the five genocidal acts defined under international law have been carried out against Palestinians during the war.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8641wv0n4go
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I stayed up late on Friday making a genestealer for my malstrain-corrupted Van Saar gang. First model in the gang, very excited! Likely going to add more cabling/ tendrils & a more raggedy hood & cloak
9 months ago
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Jackson Pope // Eurydice Games
9 months ago
All set up with minutes to spare at
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Elizabeth Hargrave
9 months ago
Update to this chart that I share a lot. Not breaking news: Game design teams are still OVERWHELMINGLY all men. About 7% of the top 500 games have a woman or non-binary person credited as a designer. A 🧵of related charts: (1/6) 🎲✂️
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Crushed it at Moana Sorry! this morning 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
10 months ago
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Jamie McKelvie
10 months ago
See how easy it is to do this?
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Matt Thrower
10 months ago
The Lovecraft feature is mine and, personally, I think it's one of the best things I've contributed to the magazine.
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10 months ago
heyyyyyyyyyyyyyy can we stop with using "your wife" as short had for "non-gamer" in reviews?? like "so easy even your wife can play it!"
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Jackson Pope // Eurydice Games
10 months ago
We now have an official Eurydice Games Bluesky account! Please give us a follow if you’re feeling generous :)
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About once a year I convince myself I have enough time for a new card game, buy a core set, then sell it a few months later. I think this year it'll be Lord of the Rings LCG
10 months ago
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dee 方传嫣
10 months ago
Netwalker
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Jillian
10 months ago
I want folks in the industry to be more open in their opposition to the genocide that the US is currently funding. Really, just a post, or even a donation to something like the Zaynab Project would suffice.
thezaynabproject.org
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The Zaynab Project | Providing Humanitarian Aid Across Gaza
We're on a mission to transform the lives of vulnerable children and families across Gaza. The Zaynab Project delivers life-saving humanitarian aid.
https://thezaynabproject.org/
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Semi Co-op
10 months ago
Dry Eurogames implies the existence of Wet Eurogames
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beth
11 months ago
JKR is funding life-destroying legislation. When you license HP and put it on your product, the money you pay to do that is literally ruining lives. This isn't ambiguous, it is direct, measurable harm. I will never give a penny to a company who chooses money over the lives of my friends.
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Playing Barenpark with 4 and I think my park is about to undergo a hostile takeover
11 months ago
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Jackson Pope // Eurydice Games
11 months ago
It's
#CraftWednesday
! Do you have a game-related crafting project in progress? It could be a prototype, print and play, upgrading the components of a favourite game, making an accessory or even something larger like a table or games room. Share a picture and join in! Please RP!
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Daniel Wynter
11 months ago
I'm back from Summer holiday and need to start ramping up my job hunt. Any leads would be appreciated. In the interest of actually getting paid I'm looking at document management, library or administration work across a variety of industries.
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Eize Basa
11 months ago
A genuinely funny bit is how every 10-15 years the Tron fandom convinces Disney to release new Tron stuff despite that fact that the franchise has never once been profitable.
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Wyrd Science Magazine
11 months ago
Ok, because there is no better time to relaunch your newsletter, and launch your entire (half built) brand new website, than a Sunday afternoon when you are on a family holiday that’s exactly what we’ve done… Gazetteer subscribers please check your inboxes/junk mail or like everyone else read here
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Don't Call It A Comeback...
Yes, we are finally back with a new newsletter AND a brand new website... What a Sunday this is turning out to be.
https://wyrd.science/email/71523623-1b5f-4502-9c81-b750cd7b38cf/
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Iain McAllister
12 months ago
The Ancient Robot Workshop is now open in Edinburgh. A spin off from
@ancientrobotgames.bsky.social
it is looking to help you get your game made!
ancientrobotworkshop.co.uk
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Ancient Robot Workshop
A community and co-working space in Edinburgh for designers, authors, and artists who make tabletop games. Coming soon.
https://ancientrobotworkshop.co.uk/
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Popped in to
@ancientrobotgames.bsky.social
Beautiful, light space! Equally nice inside, fab selection too. Fully booked, can't wait to pop back. Picked up Quacks of Quedlinburg & Castle Combo 🥳🥳
12 months ago
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Massive fan of FFG releasing print & play content for Twilight Imperium 4 in a fun wee booklet. This latest release has fundamentally different setup; neutral factions on the board, exploration via adding tiles as you go, and a combat-based scenario where you get VP for battling. Great experiments!
about 1 year ago
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Elizabeth Hargrave
about 1 year ago
Today I walked 6 miles crisscrossing Capitol Hill to meet with staff about how tariffs are affecting the boardgame industry. More tomorrow. Please contact your members of Congress, especially Rs. In the Senate, you can ask them to cosponsor S.1593, which would exempt small businesses from tariffs.
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they made a game just for me, but I think you might like it too
@ithayla.bsky.social
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about 1 year ago
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dee 方传嫣
about 1 year ago
sighs and posts this again
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