Furlough game day

High Tide was reviewed by The Dice Tower! “This game looks incredibly cozy!” “I would argue it is a potato chip game—in the sense of ‘okay I messed up, let’s try again!’” “The discovery space in this is much larger than I expected it to be.” “Okay, I *would* play this at the beach!”

I put those funeral remembrance cards in my suit jacket, where they stay permanently. Welcome aboard, you live here now.

Moytura is the fourth title in Bitewing's Mythos Collection. As two clans race to control Ireland, they face pushback from the wild corners of the island, creating a world that's intriguing and desperate. My review: spacebiff.com/2025/09/24/m...

Just now. Chicago.

Bees often sleep 5-8 hours a day nestled into flowers. They like to cuddle holding each other's feet. #bees #flowers #savethebees

401k means 401 thousand boardgames right? When are they going to start large print versions of my favorites games so I can enjoy them in my old age in the retirement home?

Can you believe Hollandspiele has been around for nine years? We're having a flash sale now through Sunday, offering a $9 discount on five of my games.

🔶🎲 DMV Game Events this weekend🔷🎲 C.A.T. Fest Peabody Heights Brewery, Baltimore Sat, Aug 16 12-9pm peabodyheightsbrewery.com/event/cat-fe...

Hey, you don’t need to be personally affected to stick up for a minority group. You can just be a decent human being. “I hated euros but then my kid came out as a meeple!” gtfoh

Juneteenth greetings from Monty

Rainy chilly week away at the lake, plenty of time for games.

Go pre-order what some online people might refer to as “the 19th hottest game on May 28th, 2025!!” 😎 www.underdoggames.com/products/hig...

Ready Set Bet High Roller Edition to start off the Kentucky Derby weekend. So good.

I pointed at her and she quacked at me: “reh reh reh!”

@alderaceg.bsky.social Ready Set Bet is cat- approved.

Another PSA to please identify board games you post by name, and to not assume everyone knows them by sight (or can see the image at all). I don't want to play a home-brew version of Connections whenever I see posts that neither identify the board game nor use Alt Text.

Pneumonia upsides: 1. Had plenty of time to read The Game Changers by @timclare.bsky.social. 2. Replaced doomscrolling with gamescrolling the board game feed on Bsky. 3. Coughing really works that core. 4. Cats & dog are sympathetic. 5. Beacon Patrol scores are up.

What art do we value and by what litmus? What do we preserve and why? What is the value of preserving, studying, and annotating minor or middling works? What will be lost and who will be forgotten if we don't act while there's still time? youtu.be/5xXy9x81irU

In the first day of Christmas we played 12 Chip Trick.

Holiday floof

Update: Love it. Try my trick for clarifying the board state: boardgamegeek.com/thread/34237...

Can’t wait to get this to the table.

Me in the morning: I love how our animals always have to be in the room with us. Me in the afternoon, tripping over a cat for the eighth time: WHY ARE YOU HERE

I always have at least one game on my person. Cold weather means more capacity. Thanks to @peacelovegames.bsky.social for the tip about Odin, a tiny gem for my coat pocket!

Friday after dark isn’t quite as scary at 5 pm, yet here we are.

I’ve spent much of the last 2 years in the world of The Lord of the Rings. A book Tolkien began to write in 1937, and didn’t finish until 4 years after WWII ended. It’s too facile to say fantasy is escapism. Done right it is wisdom of a heavy hopeful heart. This comes to mind:

Tornado warning in the next county. *sigh Guess it’s time to get dressed.

Every time I stay in a vacation rental, I feel like I should leave a decent modern game there. Deep Sea Adventure, LLAMA, No Thanks! Maybe I can infect future visitors with whatever it is that makes me obsessed with Bus & Stop.

At the beach for a b-day weekend, yay! Forgot the game bag, boo. Hey, there’s a boardgame cabinet, yay! Monopoly, Mousetrap, Twister, Trouble. Sigh.