#Autistic people: when you go out/around others, (friends, family, neighbors, coworkers, acquaintances, strangers) what do you think they expect from/of you, & how does what you think/feel about their expectations influence your actions/actions/choices about going out? #autism

I bought some rocks today. Can you guess what they are?

I made my first flexagon book (aka “infinity book”) using my own art. Sound on to hear me talk about it. #artistbook #bookarts #mixedmediaart

Need help f/ research: looking f/ roll & write style games. (Use of cards instead of dice ok) Needs to have a solo option w/ historical themes preferred, be less complex than Hadrian’s Wall, and easy to obtain- PNP a plus. ✂️🎲 #boardgamedesign #gamingthepast #historicalgaming #zinegames

Re-watched Taxi Driver for the first time in many years. Love Scorsese and DeNiro but I still do not like this movie.

A well known board game designer told me the majority of new games get played ONCE and I have a big problem w/ that. I get that not everything can be a hit, but I feel like something must be missing from design in general if this is happening. Rushed designs? Poor rulebooks? Bad visual design?

Can anyone tell me if there is anything like BoardGameGeek that exists for RPG’s so I can search to see if something already exists? #TTRPG #RPG

I am begging board game designers/publishers to PLEASE stop putting background images behind text on cards, in rulebooks, & on player aids. There are SO MANY neurodivergent people & people with vision issues whose brains have great difficulty trying to process this type of visual content.

Made this mixed media collage art as a personal reminder to soften my jaw, neck, shoulders, thoughts, words, etc. It’s painted papers, gel printed papers, colored pencil and artist crayons on Masonite. I scanned the word into Procreate to clean it up then printed/traced/cut it out.

Watched Wes Anderson’s latest movie last night. My updated rankings: 1. Asteroid City 2. Grand Budapest 2. Fantastic Mr. Fox 2. Darjeeling Limited 2. Isle of Dogs 3. Moonrise Kingdom 4. Rushmore 5. The Phoenician Scheme 6. Bottle Rocket 7. French Dispatch 8. Life Acquatic 9. Royal Tennenbaums

If you make PNP games, what do you think people should do with the games they’ve printed once finished with them?

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Ex-smoker 15 years as of today.

I’m watching The Four Sesons on Netflix and it’s awful. A total waste of supreme talent.

I’m very sad about Ozzy’s death. Been a fan of his solo music & of Black Sabbath for a long time. Saw Ozzy w/ Metallica opening in 1986.

Gate w/ Gates expansion by Jason Glover. Been a while since I played it & had to relearn it. I dislike learning games and will frequently play a newly learned game many times until I get sick of it then rarely play it again. This is a good game but the rules could be clearer. #sologamer

46 v 27 I win! Naturopolis by @buttonshy.bsky.social #sologamer

A great little solo-able game.

Who is your all-time favorite movie villain? I’ll go first: Ben Wade in 3:10 to Yuma. (2007)

Have all my board game designer friends watched this yet? It’s a small business puzzle maker being interviewed for the segment but this definitely seems relevant to board game publishers as well.

Bought some candy today. Am thinking there might be something wrong with me. 🤣 PS: The big Smarties are the best!

Made a second batch of 2x3” collages using my own hand carved stamps and painted papers. Am up to 27 of these. Thinking about what type of game I could create with them.

Carved a few more rubber stamps yesterday.

My group of little 2x3” mixed media collages is growing. I make these using hand carved stamps, painted papers, gel prints & digital copies on Fabriano Medioevalis paper.

Working on some 2x3” mixed media collages with all surface design created by me, including: hand carved stamps, painted papers, gel prints, ink drawings and digital prints.

Our yard is filled with these and I love them so much. 💜 Thought I’d pick some before the lawnmower eats them.

Found this at the mall of all places. Not familiar with it, but felt compelled to buy based first on the subject matter, then to support both an #indieTTRPG designer and a #FLGS #sologamer #soloTTRPG

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Worked on these two collages today using only hand printed papers I made using hand carved stamps and mono printing techniques via a gel plate.

For the last 6ish months, I’ve been having great difficulty being able to focus when playing games and learning new games. I just put yet another new game away unfinished because it’s too stressful to push forward. I don’t understand why this is happening to me.

Some of these have a specific purpose, others were just to test various construction methods. All art/surface design is my own. I keep thinking about carving a set of stamps with generic symbols I could use in game development. I *love* the crafting part of game design. 🎲✂️

In art, effort simply does not = acceptance and it is EXHAUSTING to be vulnerable over and over and over again without making a connection with things that mean so much to you. Twenty five years I’ve been at this, and I don’t get why I seem to be increasingly missing the mark.

For anyone that needs to hear this, it’s ok to make art/write/design games, make music, etc. for you and you alone. Sharing is optional. 🎲✂️

Today, a dozen store brand large eggs at Aldi was $5.49 today and a carton of cage free brown eggs was $4.69. Why?

Yep. The SNL 50 Reunion was BY FAR the most depressing thing I’ve ever watched on television.

I’m watching #SNL50 and it’s brutal.

@stephenking.bsky.social Just finished You Like it Darker & really enjoyed it. A fan since Pet Semetary (83!)You’ve written so many wonderful things- I can’t thank you enough for all the memories that have commingled with my own to the point where each new book feels like going home. 👋💜

I have an idea for a game based on a historical event that I’m keeping to myself until I can figure out a suitable mechanic to start iterating with - as what’s pictured here, (which strangely looks like sushi) just isn’t cutting it. ✂️🎲 #gamingthepast

I’ve watched 3 movies this last week: Beau is Afraid 👍 Maxxxine 👎 Heretic 👎 I typically enjoy most #A24 films.

Into the Groove Holiday Dress You Up Lucky Star Everybody

What movie do you think best depicts any type of job you’ve ever worked?

I started watching Severance this week. Had no idea what it was about. Am about to watch the 9th episode of Season 1. (No spoilers please!) This show is fantastic and I can’t help but think that this show probably wouldn’t exist without David Lynch’s influence.

I am coming to the rapid conclusion that the effort to check/securely pack/ship/sell a pile of GMT/Fort Circle/Worthington/Blue Panther wargames to Noble Knight just isn’t at all worth what they are going to pay me for them. 😞

Go Bills!

I have realigned what I refer to as my “active” game shelf. Other than Abalone, Quarto, Yinsh & Cat in the Box, everything else is either solo/solo able. ButtonShy games: Sprawl/Ag/Naturopolis, & Food Chain Island. Tins: Gate/s, & a PNP of DSD6. Loose cards = Palm Island.

Today I had to explain to someone who David Lynch was so they could understand why I’ve been randomly crying every day.

My husband and I have been collecting 1/64 toy cars from places like Target & Wal Mart. These are some of mine. For my birthday a couple weeks ago, he bought me one I really wanted- it’s in the top slot, the “as found” 1968 Bullitt Mustang.

GO BILLS!

I’m looking f/ Print & Play game designers - (especially historic design) zine games, journaling games, postcard, folio… anyone creating any type of games that can be printed at home, drop a comment/intro below. 👇 New designers welcome. People using Wargame Vault, Itch.io, etc., welcome. 🎲✂️

😭😭😭😭😭 Noooooo! 💔These people who create the things we love, they are like family to us. I am heartbroken. David Lynch’s visualizations always felt so familiar to me- like we somehow touched the same kinds of in-between places. I am so sad yet grateful for how he touched our lives through his art.