Easy Come Easy Go is the Game of the Week! With just 4 dice and 9 placards, it's one of the slimmest games in my collection. Do I like it more than Pickomino? Maybe? Do I even really like either of those games? Eh....

The Game of the Week is The GAME of Coda! The international code-breaking sensation that I had never heard of until finding it while thrifting. You're taking shots at opponents' codes, pushing your luck or playing cautiously to lengthen your own code.

The Game of the Week has turned 10 years old! I've been making little doodles and playing games at work for a decade. Over 400 games! A used copy of Railroad Ink was a little treat to myself for the occasion. Boy, these lava lakes and meteors are mean!

Rumis is the Game of the Week! Polyominoes are so yesterday, now I'm into polycubes! Rumis (aka Blokus 3D) has you placing your pieces so that more faces of your color are visible from the top at the end of the game.

I was thrilled when I misread it as a Godzilla short film, but my excitement remained at that high level when I realized it was Gorillaz.

Harmonies is the Game of the Week! An ecosystem is complex and interwoven, but you're up for the job of creating one for yourself! Grab landscapes and take care of animals in a hope to thread them all together in a beautiful web of life. Good luck!

Cursed Court is the Game of the Week! Everyone knows this council is corrupt but you just need to know what their plans are. Is a festival coming up? A secret wedding, perhaps? Will something happen at the opera? It could happen today!

If you aren't reading The Sasquatch Diaries, do yourself a favor and follow @planetsmudge.bsky.social to get caught up. There's gold every day.

**Minecraft: Builders & Biomes** is the Game of the Week! I initially picked this up from a thrift store as trade fodder, but I decided to play it just to handle these gigantic cubes. For every cool component, there is uncool piece to match. Very jumbled production.

It's 2026 and I saw Sam Raimi's Send Help. It's so nice to see him back in his element.

Rolled credits on Hollow Knight: Silksong. What a game! Hornet is great, the story was great, the world is great, just all wonderful!

Samarkand Bazaar is the Game of the Week! This is actually a trio of Sid Sackson games that have been reprinted in the same box. They each have a different way to interact with trading in cubes: pure exchanges, pick-up-and-delivery, and blind auctions. You even get to roll a cube! Cubes!

If Wishes Were Fishes is the Game of the Week! The fish market is abuzz, ready to purchase talking fishes by the boat. Who cares if they can speak, or even grant wishes? Gotta get that sweet, sweet cash!

Yes, I watched all of the Final Destination movies and then Serenity. No, I'm not doing great. #LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday

Wow, Windows Media Player doesn't pull up metadata from CDs anymore when you're playing or ripping. Just useless.

Burgle Bros 3: Future Flip is the Game of the Week! A TNT mishap has exploded the Burgle Bunch into the future. Yes, that's the setup. Chase down and destroy AI to rid the world of their evil. I like the sound of that!

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Dice Miner is the Game of the Week! Delve deep into the mountains, digging out treasure and tunnels, all the while dodging cave-ins and dragons. Want to roll 20 dice at a time? This is the game for you!

Just beat the Last Judge, very excited to never hear them chant ever again. My goodness, that took so long.

This lemon was already in rough shape with that giant scar on the back, but this pig is ready for 2026.

So delighted with all of the animation flourishes in Silksong. The little ants carrying away their dead, the way Hornet spins after jumping, the flying bugs after running through a field. And it feels so acrobatic! Each fight is a dance and you can attack from so many angles. Incredible work.

Say that again. I want to make sure I heard you correctly.

Kariba is the Game of the Week! These blocky buddies are crowding around the watering hole, chasing each other away with larger numbers. 64 cards, 8 each of numbers 1-8. Super simple, but timing is a jungle!

A very satisfying display of plushies at DI today.

Designers who have had games republished by different publishers, how did you make that happen? How did your pitch change from your unpublished work?

It's a S'mores Toastie and I got it from a cookbook. So it's actually cool and normal for me to eat.

Used the large format printer at the library to make this amazing board for Northern Pacific by @amabel.bsky.social Got a figure out how to flatten it out, but I'm very excited to play and ask "Cube or train?"

Pairs is the Game of the Week! One pear, two peaches, all the way up to 10 onions, this game is so immediately engaging. Push your luck and don't catch any pairs! But this is significant cuz this is the 400th Game of the Week!

When I accidentally turn on the wrong light in the bathroom in the middle of the night

So it looks like I'm getting the rights for The Grand Carnival and the On the Road expansion back. Anybody want to publish them? Rüdiger Dorn sure likes it!

Watched Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, had a pretty great time, but was baffled by the performance from Praetorian Jack. Just an empty hole in the center of an otherwise energetic and engaging movie.

The Game: Face to Face is the Game of the Week! Only one of you is getting out of here alive, but you need to help your opponent in order to help yourself. What a cool twist on The Game! Now it just needs a clown mannequin posed as my dead father in my driveway and we're set!

George hates rain, but he hates his raincoat even more.

I woke up the dead man. It was very good.

Dohdles is the Game of the Week! How's your sculpting? Trust me, it's good enough for Dohdles. If you're TOO good at rendering reality in clay, you're not gonna win.

Sweater weather, baybeee.

Ordered a game and was very excited about it. While reading the rulebook, I found out AI was used to make the art. All of that excitement turned to disgust so quickly, it was wild. Cancelled my order, can't argue with that gut reaction!

Gazebo is the Game of the Week! Reserve those pergolas in a bloody war across aviaries, butterfly gardens, or botanical paradises. You will relax or die trying.

Behold, my final score in Patchwork. AND I WON BY TWO POINTS.

Picked this up thrifting today. I love that "Baby Elephant Walk" song. Reminds me of elephants.

Second Chance Zoo Vadis No Thanks! Quest for El Dorado Coloretto Strike Skulls of Sedlec Sprawlopolis Camel Up Las Vegas This list can change at any time, but it was fun to think about.

Skulls of Sedlec, Shark, and The Gang last night. Shark is so wild, lots of drama.

"Papa, when will the snow come? I wish to bound through banks of white." Hopefully soon, my boy.

Lands of Amazement is the Game of the Week! Can cards be polyominos? Can Scott Almes erase the memory of Coaster Park from the collective consciousness? Big tasks! Let's find out!

Wonderful game night with friends from high school. Hanging out with old friends is so so fun.

Lands of Amazement is the latest Button Shy game to come into my collection. A very nice looking wallet, and I am a sucker for polyomino or theme park games. Looking forward to playing this more!

Finally made my own chicken broth! Those Costco chickens are such a slammin' deal and this just makes them even more valuable.

We were really worried about George last night. He kept squatting after pooping with nothing coming out. Eventually he just sat down and wouldn't walk anymore. Turns out he got some poop on his butt. Gave him a bath and he's back to normal. What a drama king.

Happy #GodzillaDay!

Jaipur is the Game of the Week! Trade goods and exchange camels in a head-to-head race for gold. Camels are so goofy lookin', but in all the best ways.