I popped in to Cogito Books in Hexham and saw a copy of @timclare.bsky.social 's Game Changers. First ten pages are great!

'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...

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

All set up with minutes to spare at @tabletopscot.bsky.social

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) 🎲✂️

Crushed it at Moana Sorry! this morning 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

See how easy it is to do this?

The Lovecraft feature is mine and, personally, I think it's one of the best things I've contributed to the magazine.

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!"

We now have an official Eurydice Games Bluesky account! Please give us a follow if you’re feeling generous :)

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

Netwalker

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

Dry Eurogames implies the existence of Wet Eurogames

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.

Playing Barenpark with 4 and I think my park is about to undergo a hostile takeover

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!

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.

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.

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

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

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 🥳🥳

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!

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.

they made a game just for me, but I think you might like it too @ithayla.bsky.social

sighs and posts this again

The June board game #raffle in aid of UK food banks is now open. Prizes are review copies of Katmai and Death Valley: Highs & Lows, both played but in great condition, and a brand new copy of Pilfering Pandas. Please share far and wide and enter here: tabletopgamesblog.com/raffle #charity #prizes

help i've caught the netrunner bug again

Dan Yarrington now owns the CMON Eric Lang classics

putting rule books back in wrong boxes like it's 2008 and i'm mistreating my xbox 360 game discs

I got a ticket to netrunner worlds 2025! Have never played a competitive game of netrunner in my life, but have heard it's a really fun time. Basically a good excuse to tinker with decks and ideas over the next four months or so :)

My annual chart update (fixed an error!) @fertessa.bsky.social, co-designer of Cascadia Jr, is the 1st woman nominated for a SdJ award since 2023. I believe she is also the first ever Black woman, possibly the first Black designer nominated? Congratulations, friend! (note 👇)

TCG where you dont rotate cards to mark actions is a largely untapped market.

I will entirely skipping @eurovision.tv again for its unacceptable shameless political choice to platform a violent, terrorist, genocidal Israel. You should too, even if Eurovision is "fun" or "massive for engagement" - the EBU is choosing to ignore genocide. Don't be like or support the EBU.

Comic book shop was sold out of @kierongillen.bsky.social 's The Power Fantasy, but unpacked a delivery and got one out for us! Sat under a tree to read it and a bird poo'd on me. Swings & roundabouts

Interviewer: can you explain this gap in your CV? Me, a programmer: I tried to remove it, but when I do everything else breaks

Keir Starmer got the power and political capital to do literally any left wing thing he wanted, at the helm of one of the richest countries in the world. I cannot express how disgusting it is to see the leader of the "Labour" party continuing his right/ far-right shift. Get fucked, Keir.

Me & 3 have our own version of Ahoy where we roll dice, rescue crew from matching islands and my ship gets blown up a lot. I treasure it so much.

World comics day was FAB. Wandered in to town & picked up a bunch of free & paid comics at Forbidden Planet, then have spent the rest of the day reading them with toddler ❤️

Quotes from a board game CEO near you: "I don't regret voting for Trump" “I’m being forced into survival mode regarding my business and our 80 employees, who I care for like a family, I have bigger things to worry about than what’s going on with Harvard.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/o...

Child 2, a wee boy, was born happy and healthy on Saturday, and we're over the moon (except Loki who is v unimpressed) ❤️🥳

The new Netrunner set is here!

CW: Neil Gaiman Our flat is filled with books. Stacks in every room. I've been organising lately, and I keep finding books by Neil Gaiman I'd forgotten about, and each one is an ambush. There's the mix of emotions; a lot of these were presents between me & my partner, so -

If you abduct someone and send them involuntarily and without recourse to a country where they've never lived to be imprisoned, that isn't deportation, it's human trafficking

I've been staying up late occasionally over the last couple of months, coding a wee video game project. Yesterday marked the first time I'd cracked through the foundational blocks and into a game design bit! I have a functioning event system! I can play a card, and it does something.

Baby box! Makes me proud to be Scottish. Absolutely adore that all expecting parents get one, and it's filled with both useful and lovely things.

54% on our industry is “stop everything in its tracks” type levels. Layoffs, prices rising, projects cancelled type of chaos. No one wins with this. To what end is this? If we riot, he implements martial law and never allows for voting again? I mean, who takes a great economy and does this?

Descended from apex predators. Shouts at me when he gets claws stuck in the sofa

It's been a while since I've done this, and the world is bleak - so we can all use a little art & creativity. What is everyone creating nowadays? Games, art, music, video, writing, anything - whether it is early, almost done, or just shipped. Feel free to include trailers, images, links - whatever.