One of the 23 regions of Bremen, hometown of Friedemann Friese is coming alive on my table tonight. Findorff!

The year is 20XX and every new board game is Lord of the Rings themed.

Kickball is a 3/3 on the Salomon scale.

Good news! My team survived week of the Decision Space guillotine fantasy football league!

Thanks for sharing!

Steal. This game slaps if you haven’t played it.

Weird coming from the guy who said, “Trick-taking is bad in general,” but I’ll give it a listen. 😉

Rare social media post to share that @petewiss.bsky.social is a reformed man. What trick-taking game did this to you?

The moral victory sash, the championship belt, and the guy who thought he was going to win the game. It was a great Laughing Table Friends game night! Also, Princes of Florence is really fun.

New episode of @decisionspace.bsky.social with very special guest @danthurot.bsky.social ! We discuss open world games and use Earthborne Rangers and Vantage (my two current obsessions) as case studies. @stonemaiergames.com @earthbornegames.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

I have way too much fun creating these thumbnails for YouTube, as I slowly try to catch up with the audio show. Enjoy this one over there if you like - youtu.be/A_7v6HDWHAI?...

Relevant content for tomorrow’s episode on Board Game Junk Food. Can’t wait for y’all to hear it. What game do you consider junk food? (Note, you must crave it for it to count.)

Tiles are math? Tiles are math! And math is tiles! You are going to learn a thing or two from @paulsalomon27.bsky.social and Brendan in this episode.

Slowly getting podcasts uploaded either video to YouTube. This one became our most viewed video in only a day! Maybe not a huge surprise the algorithm likes this one. youtu.be/bu6XsKFIDUA?...

I’m terrible about taking pictures of my plays, but cracking into some old school Keyforge last night was cause enough for some rare pics. It doesn’t get much better (any?) for 2 player casual card dueling.

Share the text from a rule book or card that made you stop and say, “Wow.”

What sitting and rocking a baby while he naps will do to a mf

Congrats @beyondsolitaire.bsky.social, @boardgamehottakes.bsky.social, and @danthurot.bsky.social for leading the way in the podcast category this year! Well deserved and thanks for your contributions to this space.

It was my pick for Monday night game night. 5 players, rotating pick. How did I do? -Jake (Photo cred Jared)

We have a good time in the Decision Space discord. You should join us! discord.gg/T6WsM7xqGE

Whoooaaaa @decisionspace.bsky.social is officially up for the Golden Geek for best podcast! Wed so appreciate a vote for our super nerdy show! boardgamegeek.com/geekawards/b...

It’s the last day of Golden Geek voting! Please consider Decision Space for best podcast!

The April 1st edition of the Decision Space podcast is totally normal. Yep, just a regular old episode. Special thanks to This Game Is Broken for the inspiration.

Great Conversation? ✅ Jake, Brendan, and @petewiss.bsky.social? ✅ Clickbait thumbnail? ✅ What more could you ask for?

Good talk on negative feelings in games by @decisionspace.bsky.social sometimes it's players, sometimes it's the game. I'm on the I don't like "mean" games, but there's a line with time I think. The faster the more ok I am. Love talks like this. youtu.be/X8OOnZ_wU2Y?...

Can games be mean? Take a stand. Episode out on podcast now, YouTube later.

Having possibly too much fun making thumbnail images for the video pod on YouTube. This week’s episode all about drawing cards (lowkey goated mechanism as the kids say) is up now in the podcast feed and coming to YouTube later today.

Had a blast with Sea Dragons last night — a rare opportunity to game at the table over these early months of parenthood. It was described to me as blokus adjacent, which is a design I love. I’d say, it is in the same neighborhood, but not right like next door adjacent. :P

Being a new parent is checking the clock and seeing it is 6PM, and thinking but it feels like 5PM because of daylight savings time, when it really feels like 10:30PM the whole time.

Y’all got to check out this killer episode from Brendan and @petewiss.bsky.social on expression in board games. This one got my wheels turning while listening! Also, we had a slight issue with the podcast upload. If yours cuts off abruptly at 50min, you may need to re-download. Sorry!

We just hit 300,000 downloads! Thanks for listening everyone!

We got a new episode! Listen to @petewiss.bsky.social and @paulsalomon27.bsky.social talk about simultaneous play in board games and then deep dive one of Paul's favorite games of 2024, Fromage.

Who has two thumbs and just took down one of their community's tournaments? This guy! 👍👍 Also, you can't beat the Decision Space discord if you are looking for a fun, welcoming community to play BGA games with. discord.gg/T6WsM7xqGE

Yes and if you are doing it for external metrics rather than the joy of making then the math is never going to math. If you love making something then anything else is a bonus.

This is why expansions are such a hard sell for me!

Hello! @petewiss.bsky.social and I (Jake) talk board game Sequels and then give Age of Innovation the Decision Space deep dive treatment. Give us a thumb if you like the show. 💙

Episode 201 of Decision Space is here. We're talking about action point systems in games!

We are looking to hire a graphic design artist to design a decision space t-shirt. If you are interested, please shoot me a DM or pass this along if you know someone who might be. Thanks!

Episode 1 of Decision Space released on February 3, 2021. 200 episodes in 4 years is a pretty dang good pace if I do say so myself! 🥳🥳🥳

Decision Space episode 200!!! Really proud of how this one turned out. It's a great intro to the show if you haven't checked it out. What are your favorite decisions in games? www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jhyv...

Taking four days to finish a round of Schotten Totten 2. #parenthood

Just finished chapter 5 of My Island and having a delightful time with it. Sharing a picture of my epic board in the next post to hopefully avoid sharing spoilers for those extra allergic to that. (There is nothing in this image that would ruin any big surprises.)

This week we talk about shedding games and end with a review of Haggis! Well, Pete, Paul, and Brendan talk about it without me. 😭 I guess give it a listen nonetheless (or watch!).

First play of Finspan yesterday courtesy of Jamey at Stonemaier games. We had a great time! Streamlined resources and a more interesting and open spatial puzzle make it feel distinct among the “span” games. I think this one will ultimately fit my tastes best of the three.

Just when you thought awards season was over... we are here to share the best board game decisions of 2024. (Much prestige.) This delightful episode features our brand new co-hosts, Paul Salomon and @petewiss.bsky.social. We couldn't have pulled this one together without them.

Happy birthday to me! 🥰

Got to play 3v3 Guards of Atlantis 2 yesterday. What a blast! I think I have now played 4 times over the span of a couple years, and I want to keep exploring it. Hard to think of a 6 player strategy game or team game that I like more.

Check out our newest podcast episode on youtube!

Crits & Tricks now has a pre-launch page up on Kickstarter if folks want to sign up for notification! This is a polyhedral dice enhanced trick-taking game that I'm super proud of! More info on this to come! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ins...

Attention Interdecisional Spaceship travellers! Decision Space is officially uploading video podcasts to youtube in 2025 for those inclined to that platform and seeing our cute faces 🥰. We currently have 98 subscribers, so please feel free to share and spread the word! Thank you!