Psst. Hey you. There's free stuff in my ko-fi library for you to use in your projects - even commercial ones. Don't tell anyone I told you 🤫 ko-fi.com/alderdoodle/...

HEY BOARD GAME DESIGNERS! We're updating our reports on publishing contracts! If you've signed a game with a publisher in the past 5 years, let us know (our Gmail is our name) and we'll send you the anonymous survey. See our past reports here: cardboardedison.com/reports And please spread the word!

The Crowned in Starlight event I'm running at Tabletop Cleveland is full, but if you want to play I'll be running it again at Protospiel Cleveland on Saturday, January 31st @ 6pm at Recess Games in North Olmsted. Tickets for the full Protospiel are $15, but you get $10 back as store credit!

Returning to MTG after a 20 year hiatus and sooooooo much has changed. Being able to order singles off the internet and have them arrive in my mailbox? That's some real sicko shit.

Things constantly feel very heavy. Take care of those you can around you. And make sure to take care of yourself while you are at it.

Crowned in Starlight will be released in time for Origins. 😅

Monster catching squad in action

At MAGFEST? Want to play my co-design with the hunky frog? Find this table and give Snacksquatch a try!

Reservations to play "Crowned in Starlight" on Wednesday, January 28th 6-9:30pm @ Tabletop Cleveland are now open! If you want the mechanical complexity of a 4x board game, but the complications of real-time play and a large number of players, this game is for you! www.tabletopcleve.com/events

New year = New profile pic. This is the Loveland Frog (a NE Ohio cryptid) by the talented @samiligia.bsky.social for my upcoming co-design "Snacksquatch" bu Necessary Diversion Games. If you're interested in family-friendly blind bidding, join the mailing list! necessarydiversiongames.com

The 2025 Indie Groundbreaker Awards are here! Have you published a LARP, table top RPG, card, board, or other analog game in 2025? We want to see it! Submit yours today: forms.gle/Jgnu7Ev5BnkU... Visit www.igdnonline.com/groundbreakers for more details. Submissions close on January 31st.

One of the most innovative CRPGs of all time, Disco Elysium, is free on the Epic Game Store today. Strongly recommend people check this out if they haven't yet. It has ACAB, class conflict, socialism (complimentary), liberalism (not complimentary), no combat (though there is one violent scene)

The greatest movie ever made is FREE on Youtube btw

Tickets for Courting Trouble on Saturday, February 7th 11:30am-4:30pm at the new Brooklyn (OH) Branch Library are now available! This is a rules-light fantasy roleplaying megagame with romance elements, and it's completely free! Reserve yourself a spot today! www.eventbrite.com/e/1976877495...

Knew this was coming, but sucks to see it hit... I'm glad, however, their workers are getting raises.

I am bad at posting and basically stopped... And it feels good not to post?

Important update: I have received word from insiders that Crunchyroll executives have deemed the user backlash to be small enough that their subtitle enshittification & OOONA plans will NOT be cancelled, only delayed. I have added an update to the article. There's a summary at the top now too.

I played this. I'm... not sure how it'll feel as an adaptation to a show. My interest is piqued.

[board game aisle] “Hey, I couldn’t help overhearing you talk about much you and your friends enjoy this cheap, readily accessible party game. If you like that, you should totally check these other games that are a little more fun, a lot more expensive, and you can only buy them at a special store.”

Anytime know of an expert in folk monsters/cryptids for a (hopefully) quick paid consultation? I am mainly looking for stuff like 'this monster began as/has become a thinly veiled racial slur, probably don't use it' and to avoid the Rising Sun 'Kotahi' situation :)

Crowned in Starlight went swimmingly. The Stonegrip Clan's domination of the Crownworld proved too much for the other factions to overcome, and the day was theirs!

To my fellow oldtaku: It’s not that anime is worse overall now. There’s just so much being made at once that it’s harder to find the good stuff. It’s worth trying, though! Some of the best shows I’ve ever seen have been in the last five years!

Nothing national on my ballot, but felt good to get out and vote. I encourage you to do so as well.

Been play #MassEffect 3 multiplayer on my Steamdeck. Feels great returning to my favorite squad-based shooter of all time... But feels weird when I go to look stuff up and posts are 10+ years old. 💀

I've got some Crowned in Starlight events coming up. If you're in NE Ohio and want some team-based real-time 4x inspired by Twilight Imperium, grab yourself a spot! First up: Saturday, November 8th 1-5pm @ Parma-Powers Library. Free tickets through Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/crowned-in...

A great explainer on the declining quality of @crunchyroll.com 's subtitling. Given the weaker than average offerings this season, I'll probably be cancelling my subscription and changing my media diet. 🤷‍♂️

"Crowned in Starlight" is boxed and ready... Are you? Catch me at the Haunting of Hobbiton this Saturday @ 2pm for some nail biting 4x action. www.eventbrite.com/e/the-haunti...

My best advice to try to get a handle on shit right now? Make something. Don't care what. Don't care if it's good. Don't care if it's just a big ass house you made in Sims 4, just lose yourself in something for an hour or so. It' s like flushing the brain toilet.

Surprise Event Drop: I will be at the Haunting of Hobbiton at the Green Dragon Inn in Akron, Ohio on Saturday, November 1st @ 2pm to run Crowned in Starlight. There will be no advanced ticketing for my game... Get there, sign up, and play some real-time team-based Twilight Imperium!

I'm a little late, but I've got my yearly spooky song playlist for 2025 ready. Pop 'er on if you're in the mood...

A friend of mine is publishing a co-design of ours and is looking for potential artists. The game's current theme is "catching baby cryptids using snacks/candy". If you are interested or know someone who might be, please send them my way. Thanks!

I will be running my lastest mega-boardgame Crowned in Starlight on Saturday, November 8th from 1-5pm in NE Ohio. This 4x game is inspired by Twilight Impierum, but with real-time team-based play. If you'd like to play, reserve yourself a spot for free on Eventbrite.

Near finished cover I think. Just needs the Panic Engine logo. But this is a nice reveal of the new Ruination Pilgrimage title logo done by @alderdoodle.bsky.social.

@monstershockey.bsky.social Home opener, here we come!

Episode 11 of Consume, Create, Converse is live. For our first ever interview, we had Alex, CEO of Alconost on to discuss localization services for games and beyond! I learned a bunch on this one.

Do you listen to Planet Money? Do you want to playtest their board game? Are you in the NE Ohio area? You're in luck! I made a copy and will be playtesting it at Tabletop Cleveland during ProtoCle's playtesting event Thursday, October 16th from 6:30-9:30pm.

Me during the week: Sure feels weird to be between game design projects. I've got nothing to do. Me during the weekend: Uhhhhhhh... NM.

Crowned in Starlight arrived today. Cannot wait to rip into this and get it to the table!

Planet Money is making a board game and reporting on the process. I'll have a printed copy for playtesting at ProtoCle's playtesting night held at Tabletop Cleveland on Thursday, October 16th @ 6:30pm. Come on out if you want to play and give feedback on this game!

It's time to talk about the enshittification of Crunchyroll youtu.be/B-DX0Zolr6g

The subtitles on @crunchyroll.com are really large for "May I Ask for One Final Thing?" and I can't resize them for some reason?

I've been quiet about the podcast I've been co-hosting with a friend until it felt like we had our feet under us. 10 episodes in? Seems like we're hitting our stride. Nice conversations about the creative process and our projects. Maybe give it a listen? 😉 It's a good starting point.

I have jumped through the hoops to get Mass Effect 3 multiplayer working on my Steam deck, and it's such a nostalgia rush atm. Feels great to play again... Just wish my unlocks from XBox 360 carried over. That was a lot of grinding I'd rather not repeat.

Plant that gets to sit on the dresser by the window while I'm washing the dining room tablecloth where it normally sits: Sun... Hell yeah. 😎

Sometimes the *need* to create feels like a compulsion. As I finally get time to put time into my creative outlet, it's like I can feel my head emptying... The thoughts quiet and I can rest again.

Y'all... My weekend... My weekend looks free!? I'll get time to work on Crowned in Starlight!?!? [Knows full well some b.s. will interrupt him.]

There is a TTS and the BGA implementation is in beta testing... But will I still pick this up? Probably. Looks slick and the option of having computer opponents seems enticing...

Wanna see the best "back to top" webpage functionality I've ever seen? Go here, scroll to bottom, click button. city-the-animation.com/bddvd/

There’s only 48 hrs left to sign up for Blood & Glitter - check out this amazing player handbook for game details, and apply to play in the QT!

Courting Trouble, a Romantasy #Megagame is now available through @thegamecrafter.bsky.social. If you're looking for a rules-light, role-play heavy megagame of courtly intrigue, romance, and adventure... this game is for you!