been reading some board game book recently. im an enjoyer and it's expanded my yap capacity re; cardboard. but i think it's really interesting how the majority of table games writing is science paper coded when my personal engagement with games is literature paper coded.

Today I emailed publishers about a concerning practice a board game media creator engaged in. This will likely become public, so I'm providing the details here to give the full context of what I shared. 1) Document: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/o8ovt... 2) Video: youtu.be/fHXGWflPj4c 1/2

chatted with dr snoops about gaia project. just kiddin. u kno its flippin arcs all day

tonight we were the druids . . . the druids Of... E d ora. ... !

I love the laning phase of deadlock. and then the rest of the game happens and it saddens me

I PLAYED SOME GAMES IN JANUARY pretty chill month. a lot of favourites over searching for new stuff. a generous serving of oaths.

frankly i think this is the only acceptable context for magical athlete

The utter lie of "no politics" strikes again! Vasel's weasley response to BGW is as expected as it is pathetic.

Veteran Dice Tower reviewer Sam Healey resigns in wake of saying Alex Pretti, Renee Good were to blame for ICE killing them, after comments began impacting review giant’s annual pledge drive: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...

Sam Healy saying the quiet part loud. Tom Vasel has always been a God-forward board game guy too, but he knows to keep it to himself & not alienate DT normies. And presumably he doesn't have bandwidth or interest to spend loner time on internet rabbit holes that turn his brain into swiss cheese

I'm having the Balatro dreams again

ITS TRAINS !

well I've also posted my Adelaide Writers' Week opinions. It's my home festival and I love it, and I was among the many many writers who withdrew, and I know this whole thing has been such a mess but also, I am hopeful for 2027's event and so surprised by that hope buttondown.com/holly/archiv...

TIL the titular king is samwise

wowee zowee

for those invested in the 'Tom discovers LOTR' arc - i am about to watch two towers and return of the king, extended, in cinema, back to back

im making wales

waist high urinal. ill omen.

every single tiny piece of info about mewgenics i see, january gets a day longer. im fucking salivating for that shit. i want to put it in my eyes.

YIKES. Upper Deck (Marvel Legendary) just announced a CCG using the Harry Potter license. Fans of UD are rallying against this decision. Like the CGE situation last year, I’m asking for your help. Join us. Share your disgust and frustration, and help us push UD to retract their awful decision. 🎲✂️

bro anybody else think thumbscrews would have hurt sooooooo bad???

Hey, guess what: buriedgiantstudios.com

Seismic. I'm amped. An enviably courageous change!

I'm playing Rain World again and you should play Rain World because it's the best video game.

I watched it again and it's still really really really really really good

my housemate has made a smoothie so thick he has to chew it

i have many secret resolutions. if spoken aloud they will shatter small and known. i will fail in a quiet corner, naturally.

I just watched Marty Supreme and thought it was really really really really good

doing a bit of spring cleaning. turns out my partner has been quietly stashing away huge amounts of 'spare wood'. just big planks of assorted tree. what's going on.

WICKED VID FROM OL' TIM OVER HERE. PEEP IT! PEEP IT BIG STYLE!!!

I watched weapons and i think i might be a weapons naysayer

If you want to watch my very timely* review of Warhammer: Chaos in the Old World, featuring the marvellous @tombrewster.bsky.social of @shutupshow.bsky.social, then you can! Just follow this link! *only late by a decade and a half (or so) youtu.be/zLiUcwRULx0

ill this week. blasting snot into tissues, painting mucosal rorschach tests. what do you see? a lot of bogeys.

christmas treat for Thomas

"The more I play The Old King’s Crown, the more I become enamored with it. Which is saying something, given that I’ve been playing it for something like five years..." I could never have hoped for this when I first started designing the game, & I couldn't be happier. spacebiff.com/2025/12/10/t...

'come on in guys!'

Tinker Tailor Soulja Boy

! Gift Guide ! ! Peep it ! ! Good Games ! ! Christmas !

tis the season

after 16 days of 'American', i have returned to the isle to find it just as i left it. damp. bogging. quietly miserable. im jubilant. radiant. ecstatic. My Swamp, at last.

it is that time again. i am about to be in' new york america'. what should i eat or see or do ? like a choose your own adventure but it's for someone else entirely. best suggestion gets my undying love forever and ever xxxxx

Americans; I am travelling over for PAXU and also a bit of 'hangin about'. i'm gonna b flying in to New York and out of Philadelphia. how likely am I to be absolutely shafted by 'planes'. just preparing my bod for languishing in airports in advance.

solid snake? the secret is, of course, fiber

tom & matt were at essen spiel 2025

if someone hits me with a pronounced "HOWEVER" during a rules teach i start salivating like pavlov's fuckin loser

GOATED LINEUP

would you like to own two of the best games yet made? yes. and you can.

going 2 essen wot should i play

been off sick this week so have naturally been playing dark souls 2. it's good. but i'm doing a fists only build so the best part is when i say 'these are the moves of the diamond hand' and apply magic ooze to my weapon. but it's my right hand only so i just have one glowing hand. the diamond hand.

big review! The Old King's Crown is absolutely fabulous. A sparkling bit of design that i went a bit mad trying to capture on video. this is a very, very special game made by people who care tremendously. check it the HECK out !!