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Thanks @hankgreen.bsky.social for a fun puzzle building sandbox to play in. Here's my first. www.hankgreen.com/fourbythree/...

Doing some spring cleaning and ran across some decade-old, undocumented prototype components of mine. I barely remember that I created them. Trying to deduce what they were intended to do feels a bit like @amabel.bsky.social 's City of the Six Moons. They were created. By me. But still feel alien.

A most human and inspired case for UBI. Please spread this widely. Also hopefully this will convince you to listen to and appreciate Angine de Poitrine.

Publicly posting my current WIP list to help keep me honest and focused. No telling what may come of them, but I'd like to work towards "finishing" more projects (whatever that means) rather than letting them fall by the wayside to be replaced by the new thing that pops into my head.

Does Ikea sell a container specifically designed to store all of your Allen wrenches?

As I'm prototyping my latest WIP, "Throw Away, Do No Eat", I'd like to request the assistance of anyone who'd like to help me source one of the game's thematic components. If you're so inclined, you can start collecting any unused silica gel packets that may be slowly infesting your home.

Typically, my go-to modes for game design flow state music is either instrumental jazz or lo-fi beats. Angine de Poitrine has introduced a new dominant mode. What games will I make on this trip? 🎲✂️ youtu.be/Ggng4bexzuY?...

Replace writers with game designers 😄

Moving day. The movers got here and were amazed at how everything was prepped. As usual, our intense feeling of being under prepared is everyone else's over prepared.

Packing to move house and ran across first proof-of-concept cards for "Not a Pipe" as a trick-taker. They had unreasonable to produce windows in the cards for the overlay effect.

Whoa! And this was before the bgg takedown.

I wish this delightful ditty to have more ears upon it. youtu.be/CsQtUSTSX40?...

Why does ICE have guns

Love the coverage! "On the edge of smug" might be my favorite commentary about "Not a Pipe".

Front row, baby!

Love Doctorow's explanation of "reverse centaur" here, and why that idea is so dangerous.

Completed the campaign for Regicide Legacy! Wow! I cannot recommend this highly enough. Greatly expanding upon the elegant design of Regicide, Badger From Mars knocked this production out of the park. Incredibly tense moments, brutal defeats, and glorious victories! IMHO, best with two players.

@jkpolk.bsky.social I'm assuming you're already aware of this.

Adding to somewhere in the middle of my long "Silly games I want to see in the world" project list is a shedding game with silica packets as game components titled, "Throw Out, Do Not Eat".

I'm in exploration mode! After decades in technology, I'm actively looking for a new, yet to be determined, role. Currently the only parameters I have are what I don't want: Non-tech Non-management Non-marketing Non-ai Know of something good for an ex-techie? Give me a buzz.

For those following along, here's the bit from the ARS DMCA takedown notice sent to BGG that demonstrates one of the problems creating a weak public domain. ARS doesn't have to identify the expiration of the copyright. They can continue to claim it as long as it's impossible to prove otherwise.

Ok, fellow game designers! Here's your opportunity to run with a theme that inspires you and is outside the industry zeitgeist! Sadly, due to a need to focus on alternate employment, I won't have the time to participate in this year's jam, but I can't wait to see your new games using old themes!

It’s time! SUBMISSIONS FOR THE 2026 CARDBOARD EDISON AWARD ARE OPEN! Board game designers, show us what you’ve been working on! Deadline is January 31: cardboardedison.com/award

Fiscal Deduction Game (10 to 20 players) Setup: All players secretly write down their total 2025 income tax on a piece of paper. A neutral party calculates the median of the group.

Ok, who amongst my NYC friends are fellow massive Taskmaster fans?

Well, it was a nice run. I got this geekmail last night. When I self-published This Is Not a Game About a Pipe, I thought, as many did, that The Treachery of Images was now in the public domain. 1/4

Hey board game designers! Just SIX DAYS left until submissions for next year's Cardboard Edison Award open! Get your pitches and prototypes ready! cardboardedison.com/award

Thanks, PFT, for the holiday laughs. Great way to start Christmas. youtu.be/wy5sMJniR3M?...

@tricktaking.bsky.social agrees with a comment I've heard from other reviewers of "This Is Not a Game About a Pipe". It's a hard game to talk about. Being the contrary sort that I am, I actually really love that. youtu.be/pJby0ltmvbI?...

I know we have an incredibly fractured media landscape and the world is on fire, but how is this not the primary media story in the world right now. This is Sputnik. youtu.be/nVQo76iEoms?...

@amalelmohtar.com in the wild. Stack of books at a family vacation rental house.

Board game designers: In just two weeks we open submissions for the 2026 Cardboard Edison Award! cardboardedison.com/award

Just two weeks until the start of our public domain jam "Gaming Like It's 1930" – hope to see you there! itch.io/jam/gaming-l...

Night Soil is about more than moving and disposing of poop. It's also about unseen labor, contract work, and why indoor plumbing is amazing. Mostly, though, it's about the poop. My review: spacebiff.com/2025/12/17/n...

Q for fellow game designers. Context: You work for an organization whose product is not games and in a role that is not game design and are asked to create a game-like activity for an internal event. How do you feel about setting the boundary that game design is not a skill they're paying you for?

We got to play This is Not a Game About a Pipe at BGG.CON thanks to @wericmartin.bsky.social. Fell in love right away so we frantically texted friends who’d be at PAXU, where it was being sold. Thanks to @panda8ngel.bsky.social and Jon H for nabbing four copies for [email protected]

Taskmaster US tour tickets acquired! So excited! h/t @valjean615.bsky.social

We just sent an announcement to our newsletter subscribers: The remaining 20 copies of Houdini's Last Act are now available on our website! cardboardedison.com/houdini

What a wonderful surprise that This Is Not a Game About a Pipe was a con highlight for someone at BGG.CON too! Thanks to @wericmartin.bsky.social for sharing it with others!

Adulting and Chasing Shadows, both great games by fellow IGNM alums @ericdittmore.bsky.social and @vawcer.bsky.social. So much fun!

This is very good, incandescent with well-justified fury theshot.net.au/uncategorize...

This exchange on r/boardgames, in reference to the review I wrote yesterday, raises a whooooooole lot of emotions for me. Bear with me as I work through them.

WIP: Meeple Who Need Meeple. A push your luck game. Playable prototype by next week. My unfocused brain can't help to extrapolate the idea to a compilation of games called "Meeple Mixtape" with other games such as Meeple Are Strange, Everyday Meeple, and Shiny Happy Meeple.

Someone in a Discord playing my game tonight. Meanwhile, I'm playing This is Not a Game About a Pipe

If you're curious about the origins of This Is Not a Game About a Pipe, it started at last year's Gaming Like It's 1929 game jam! Already working on my entry for next year. Come on, fellow designers! Let's light this thing up! itch.io/jam/gaming-l... #PublicDomain

Still catching my breath from PaxU, but there will be a yet to be determined future for This Is Not a Game About a Pipe beyond the mad rush at Indie Games Night Market. Signing up for my "Incredibly Rare Mailing List" is the best way to learn about it. subscribepage.io/KhY0sM

Oh God. They made the perfect card game for pedants. I must own this. spacebiff.com/2025/11/25/t...

Space-Biff gets me! Love the review Dan!