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!

Nothing like coming home from PaxU with a new 3rd (4th?) active game design project. That's probably too many, but at least it's light, silly, and makes me smile.

Hey fellow IGNM designers. Out of curiosity did any of you have a man come to your table, not provide a name, identify himself only as "a publisher", and ask for a free copy for "evaluation"? I just told him no and to come back at the end of the market if he wanted to (he didn't). Dodgy fellow.

A huge thanks to @dnlnwmn.bsky.social and @marcelineleiman.bsky.social for orchestrating the Indie Games Night Market at Pax Unplugged tonight! To my astonishment, This Is Not a Game About a Pipe sold out in 90 minutes! The energy was incredible!

So happy that our game—NEGOCIOS INFERNALES—is available at @officialpax.bsky.social, at @studio2publishing.bsky.social! Booth 2951! We’re running our games through GAMES ON DEMAND in the RPG section of PAX U. Friday 2-6, Saturday 10-2, 2-6! Tell your friends!

For those of you NOT at @officialpax.bsky.social UNPLUGGED, you can still find our Gm-less, collaborative TTRPG about Aliens & Inquisition at @studio2publishing.bsky.social here: studio2publishing.com/products/neg... And at @outlandent.bsky.social here: outlandentertainment.com/collections/...

Great first day at PaxU! Great chats with friends! -Games Played- Tax The Rich Night Soil L'oaf Click-a-Tree Cross4 20K leagues under the seas Goblin laundry Forgery (Prototype) Magical Athlete 5 marked off my hitlist. Started light. Heavier games start tomorrow. Plus Indie Games Night Market!

To PaxU! Tally ho!

I'd like to be exerting a final push of marketing/publicity for my game before the con this weekend, but find I'm needing to conserve energy in anticipation of being way outside my comfort zone. Hope to see you there.

Hey @wunfatkid.bsky.social, are we rooting for Kenya or Chinese Taipei? www.youtube.com/live/U1CycEC...

To help celebrate this Saturday's short run release of the trick-taking game This Is Not a Game About a Pipe at Pax Unplugged, reply with your favorite "this is not a pipe" memes! boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/45... #Magritte #TheTreacheryofImages #ThisIsNotaPipe #PaxUnplugged #cardgames

Indie Games Night Market signage ready!

Curious what all of these Indie Night Games Market games are all about? Check out this preview from BoardGame Animal. #PaxUnplugged #boardgames

This is a card! See it! It's right there! Unfortunately I've fallen into Magritte's trap. It's just a picture of a card. Want a real one? Come to the Indie Games Night Market at Pax Unplugged. You can get this one and plenty of others. #IGNM #PaxUnplugged #ThisIsNotaGameAboutaPipe

Open call for game icon ideas: 1. Balance - But not scales or yin yang. Physical balance, not spiritual or mental balance. 2. Style/Elegance

Cantilever (my Mies van der Rohe public domain chair game WIP) is officially a Co-op "trick and write".

You can find more about this and other games on the Boardgamegeek Pa Unplugged preview list. boardgamegeek.com/geekpreview/...

This is Winning! And you can be winning too by checking out the work of amazing designers at the Indie Games Night Market at Pax Unplugged! #IGNM #PaxUnplugged #ThisIsNotaGameAboutaPipe