Pembrokshire pasty > Cornish pasty. I will not be taking questions.

Staring suspiciously to decide if this was written by AI....

Slowly entering the "everything I don't like is AI unless I specifically say it isn't" era of the internet

Hey, I spotted you the other day going into Pret and I just have to say, have you no shame? Pret? Really? smh

loooool kotaku.com/subnautica-2...

I'm here now and my oh my it's quaint and quiet

Wow, no way, just seems so unlikely

We have to kick these Nazis out at all costs.

gonna do one of those stupid "traveling by myself way too far for a 10 second clip gag that's not very funny" things tomorrow, wish me luck

I don't think this is really about countering Reform, at this point. It's what the people running Labour want to do, what they believe. Maybe the current Reform-focused political landscape makes them feel they have permission to act on it, but that's it.

Just unironically asked Elaine "do you want to reroll that with your knockers?"

Regular person: Ah, how the tables have turned. Board game person: Ah, how the turns have tabled.

Really enjoyed Twinless, such a refreshingly funny movie! I miss comedies.

Post an Essen coverage video. Next day play game from Essen that's better than every game you covered in the video. This is the curse.

one of the first games in this video is just straight up a cutthroat competitive board game about shoveling poo. it only gets better from there

Tonight on NPI - 2+ hours of board game coverage. If you want to find out what games are worth looking at from Essen Spiel - we have you covered.

Crokinole: Special Edition - all the crokinole boards ever released in one box

My hot take is that all villains are tragic villains, if we're given sufficient access to their interiority & backstory. Redemption arcs & empathy with villains aren't about excusing harm - on the contrary, acknowledging humanity is to emphasise our constant, ongoing capacity to *choose otherwise*.

Hi, I hate doing self promo so I'll just say that this indie board game coverage channel that could is about to hit a milestone of sorts. There is no skeet that can summarize who we are or what we do, but we do cool work and you should check us out. www.youtube.com/@NoPunIncluded

I don't know why, but when a person gives me a litany of things they don't like in games, I just instantly don't want to play games with them. If someone says "oh, I just don't like co-op games" - I get that - that's normal. But when they don't like auctions, & point tracks, & area control, &...

This is your irregular reminder that I have a Patreon with hundreds of posts that include writing updates, essays, short fiction, podcasts and more! This week I'm sharing a quick post about the latest talk I gave, as well as (again) teasing updates to come! www.patreon.com/posts/142793...

Board games are art. ETERNAL DECKS combines the ancient with the modern through design. It's a stunner; it's also a heck of a game. See for yourself. www.moregamesplease.com/art-in-board...

This summer I went back home for the first time in nine years and sometimes I keep wondering why it takes me so long to go back.

It feels very weird to be putting something out there again. I hope folks like it. Let us know what you think

Hatman Tom coming out with this in 2025 when the line between "indie" and "established" has never been clearer is definitely an interesting... What do you call it? Position? Yeah, let's go with that.

help my ears

Sure, some of you are posting Essen haul pics, but did any of you get yelled at by Spiel staff in your face for no reason whatsoever? Now THAT'S the quintessential Essen experience.

Please, I know I'm not allowed to do something, but wot? 😭

free board game idea: uTuber Battle - anthropomorphic root vegetable influencers compete for clout in a "i split you choose" trick taker. the suits, of course, are potatoes, yams, horseradish, etc. as always publishers, you are very free to use these golden nuggets of wisdom

everyone out there saying no to kings - i salute you

going to essen next week gonna be great, everyone will be in such a good mood. might be all our last essen fun times baybeeeee

Thinking about Essen Spiel's slogan "Let the Games Begin" and how it implies that all the games in the world have not begun yet and they require my permission to do so. What I'm saying is, I'm sorry everyone that you couldn't game before, I'll get around to letting them begin when I have free time.

Ah, a podcast you say? In my younger days, I too listened to podcasts. One of them was even about board games. www.nopunincluded.com/podcastarchi...

Tariffs are putting US game companies out of business. (Note this is the US subsidiary of AMIGO, not the whole German company)

me, after 12 years of not releasing a video: i understand that people think, "oh he's given up on NPI," "he's been promising the Qwirkle essay forever," "he's gonna die before he makes another one" and the reality is that i'm just doing my work, you know. these videos take time, i still love them.

Why does the new version of No Thanks look like the cyber truck?

What is the state of Arcana and Altered? Are they still going or does it looks they are declining? Have they broken into the CCG market and established themselves? Or where they a bubble market? I dont know the CCG market and appreciate a look inside by someone knowledegable :-)

new feature on youtube, you can now serve multiple title and thumbnail combinations simultaneously to see which fares better. personally, i'm glad that youtube is giving us the ability to dismantle the death of the author because now the author can crawl out of the grave and change the thumbnail

post review play confirmation that the old kings crown still slaps

the list of publishers closing shop keeps growing. smaller ones you might not have noticed. for example, Ludonaute, who publish Colt Express are closing shop after Essen. it's just grim grim grim.

One Batou After Another

a podcast? about board games??? what will they think of next!

the amount of American people that are incensed with the video because I said you don't have Kinder Eggs is hilarious let me repeat that - you don't have Kinder Eggs. you have a legal compromise that is bad.

I think one thing I'm really proud of is that over the 12 years of curation on our little youtube channel, the comment filter is really working. Lots of people with different opinions, but 99% are people just talking to each other. "Hide user from channel" is the greatest gift youtube gave me.

hey everyone, this video features a spaghetti ball and also a kinder egg, what more can i tell you to convince you to spend 27 minutes learning about why i didn't like a good board game

Vantage is a perfect game. Naturally, I had to find problems with it.

okay boomer

tomorrow, 5pm BST tune in to No Pun Included

game idea: Hats vs. Bald men figure out how they're gonna deal with aging in this innovative rondel action selection system where reaching the end of the rondel is full bald. have you gathered enough swagger to style it out, or did you accrue enough hats to hide your scalp?