GM: Charisma check. Mamdani: [rolls natural 20] GM: that’s a d6 how did you Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊

Important read — and I added my thoughts on implicit bias within the industry at the end.

A solid explanation of the chaos being caused by the current administration. youtu.be/5BRLn2Ii4Rc?...

Who was at Gen Con? What was the best family friendly (8+ or 10+) game you saw? Sad folks who didn’t get to go really want to know.

A Vernon Hills company challenged President Donald Trump’s tariffs in front of the Supreme Court on Tuesday in a long shot bid to press the justices to quickly decide whether they are legal.

So many good reasons to keep tous & games tariff-free. www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-Wk...

Nope. Not a « deal ». He’s walking back a self-inflicted mess for 90 days, which doesn’t help with uncertainty and future planning. This is hurting US businesses and consumers.

Another reason @npr.org is so vital to our country —Educational episodes like this one from @planetmoney.bsky.social about country of origin. It is BONKERS and so interesting! 5⭐️ 10/10 worth a listen: What "Made in China" actually means one.npr.org/i/1249592921...

It’s going to be so bad for “Santa’s” across the US — and this is REALLY scary for the toy and game industry as a whole. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/b...

I love this article from my child’s issue of @theweekjuniorus.bsky.social senior citizen trading cards sounds so wholesome #tradingcards

TAKE ACTION: Earth Day! 🌎 🌱☀️ The Trump administration is trying to alter the Endangered Species Act’s so the definition of “harm” to excludes habitat damage. Take two seconds to add your public comment! www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

Welp… this downright sucks. This reference is to toy companies, but game companies are lumped in and the ones who aren’t are still in the same situation. It is dire. And we Americans are the ones who are going to suffer. Contact your representatives. #savechristmas #tariffs

Started doing the @nytimes.com flashback puzzle and oh my goodness my friend Leslie’s name is the second question!! How cool is that?? 🤩🤩🤩 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Love this!! 😍😍😍

Tabletop industry in full panic as Trump tariffs are poised to erase decades of growth

This is a welcome surprise. I really didn’t want to have to relive this via the trial.

Finally - now we don't have to lay awake at night anymore! 😉

This is your reminder to check in on one friend each day. Maybe today it’s the one who always seems fine but you haven’t heard from in a bit. Just text them hi and ask them how they’re doing.

Want to know about Tariffs ans toys? Here’s a good post: globaltoynews.com/2025/02/06/j...

Serious question: when do we get the dumpster fire emoji? I feel like it’s long overdue at this point.

Best story I’ve read all week: #boardgames

Do you play connections and need some more #wordgames to distract from (waves arms wildly around in all directions)? I just found this one: playstacked.web.app

I’ll add a baby Zebra.

Back when I did brainstorming professionally, we talked about how to get past obvious ideas. If 1 was no change and 10 was bonkers, crazy, drastic, not-rooted-in-reality-type change, we’d aim for generating ideas that were closer to 10 than 1 and then slowly reel them in.

Pulled out this gem last night! Haven’t played in YEARS. The kiddo had a love/hate relationship with it — as one does with the puzzliness of NMBR9 #tabletopgames

Who remembers this game? I cannot even recall the last time I played but we played last night and there was a lot of yelling. 😆

It’s Friday and I’m so looking forward to the long weekend! What’s everyone playing?

11pm game: Can’t Stop which was won by the child who is up way past her bedtime and she CRUSHED us. I was yellow and I’ve never rolled so many 3 of a kinds in my life. 😆 Humbling LAST game of 2024! 🥳 #dicegames

10pm game: Azul! And it was a really good game. One hour left!

9pm game: Karuba — or should I say “Speed Karuba” as our young number reader kept us moving ✨very✨ quickly 😆

8pm game: Paku Paku which is a delightfully charming little speed rolling and stacking game from Ravensburger #tabletopgames

7pm game: Oh My Pigeons from @ravensburgerglobal complete with dice flicking mini pigeons. 😆 #last12games2024

6pm game: Quadropolis and I won BIG! Yay for shipyards 🚢💪 (also i forgot to snap a pic before we cleaned up) #boardgames

5pm Game: Cloud City from @blueorangegames Totally had forgotten how to play but I won! 😆

4pm game: Strike by @ravensburgerglobal which is one annoyingly fun dice game! #boardgames

Also can I just show off the stuff I found in the clearance section Target that really fits our NYE last 12 games of 2024 event! We’ll be using the scorebook for years to come to document the games played, the winners, the ultimate winner, and any good memories from the night. ❤️

3pm: #rummikub from @goliathgamesus (which narrowly beat out Karuba in the head to head vote) and I won again! 💪 #last12games2024

2pm game: Power Hungry Pets from @gameofkittens and I WON! (It’s a reimagining of Love Letter)

1pm game: Kingdomino! Ugh… no points for second place. 😆

We just finished our first game of the last 12 games of 2024. This is our second NYE doing this. We draw two game names out of the snowman at the start of every hour from noon until midnight (when we play our 1st game of 2025). Then group decides which of the two games we play.

Halli Galli + Kazoos (and overserved adults) is ridiculously funny. Just sayin’

Happy Hanukkah to all my Jewish friends! 🕎

Merry Christmas to those of you who celebrate! Hope it is game-filled and jolly! 🎄🎁

Yesterday we started our holiday gaming. Kind of wish we had holiday Animal Upon Animal but my overstuffed game shelf is telling me otherwise. 😆

Does it make anyone else feel like they’re going to have a good week when they start off killing it in their regular morning game? Just me? Wordle 1,269 2/6 ⬛🟩⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Anyone else doing an Exit advent calendar? This is our first time and it’s been good so far. Some easier than others (we started early for logistical reasons). Curious how similar they are from year to year.

Oh my gosh! Thank you @thegameaisle.bsky.social for the super fun Hey Hey Relay! We laughed and laughed!

We are at the part of the night where we eat pie 🥧 and play cards 🃏. ❤️ Hope you and yours have a very Happy Thanksgiving. (And for those of you who are having a less than ideal holiday — tomorrow is only hours away and I hope it’s a much better day).

I finally deleted my X account. (Yes.. I should have done it a long time ago.) I’ll be forever grateful for the board game community I found there, but the hate on that platform got to be too much. Please let me know who I should follow here!