What joy to be in a room of talented people playing your game and reading what you wrote, while talking about fucking a Prius named Shania and chanting “Bus! Bus! Bus!” for religious reasons.

Hooray it's been announced! For all you giant game sickos out there.

Rich friends telling you to quit your job and follow your passion are like Immortan Joe telling his followers not to get addicted to water. If that makes sense.

What it looks like in the notional offices of @pelgranepress.bsky.social when changes from daylight to standard time between Europe and North America are out of sync

Tried out Wrasslevania with @9thlevelgames.bsky.social at Game Kastle and had a blast playing wrestler Helena Cell until she was ripped apart by Ultra Dracula. Plus, got to get my copies of Thunder Road RPG and preview the dice car. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/9...

Rumor confirmed! This game is GORGEOUS 🤩

Creature Caravan is a game about racing accross four boards to utopia. In this essay I will explain how Creature Caravans is in fact Thunder Road.

Madison. WI:

Should have posted this here 🎲✂️

Should have posted this here 🎲✂️

Has any trick-taking game done cards with suit, rank, and point value indexed clearly and usably (in terms of UI design)?

I just finished reading ON TYRANNY by @timothysnyder.bsky.social, a great primer about how to deal with encroaching fascism. It’s a quick and easy read, and you should all check it out. bookshop.org/a/109390/978...

Give this movie an Oscar, even if it's only 12 seconds long. boardgamegeek.com/video/572711... @restorationgames.bsky.social @brettspiel.bsky.social

It's just people buying more games than they can reasonably pay.

BRB, gonna go design STRATEGIC SPACE BOARD GAME: HEAVY EURO WORKER PLACEMENT

Jumped on a chance to play @marcelineleiman.bsky.social's HIGH TIDE with @nickbentley.bsky.social last night!

Played a 5 player game of Thunder Road Vendetta Maximum Chrome from @restorationgames.bsky.social and just had 4 players eliminated simultaneously due to Quake...it's the first time our group has ever clapped for an ending of a game. That was hilarious, the 5th player...me... was KO'd just before.

Sometimes when I see peers criticizing high production value games I feel a bit defensive… but then I see posts like this and I feel an immense pride that I work with people who create memories. Moments of emotion shared over a table with friends. Wow. It’s humbling and inspiring.

This of course is followed by renaming other departments to Pestilence, Famine, and Death.

9th Level Games revealed Thunder Road: Vendetta RPG, a new post-apocalyptic RPG, has hit preorder for retail. The new RPG brings action and story from the board game into a freeform RPG that allows players to become racing legends. #9thlevelgames #thunderroadvendetta #postapocalyptic #rpg #ttrpg

Just got out of a screening of the new 4k Ultra release. First time seeing this elusive beast and loved it! Such a weird and creepy version of Big G and the political satire was delicious. You might have one day left to catch this on the big screen in your area.

This is amazing: From April 1990, four months after FLOOD was released, here’s @tmbg.bsky.social performing on The Tonight Show with guest host Jay Leno. They do BIRDHOUSE IN YOUR SOUL and ISTANBUL (NOT CONSTANTINOPLE), and yes, Doc and the orchestra play along. Inceedible. youtu.be/2AQ9nSbWJHI?...

just posted a call for Zendo playtesters to my blog: new.wunderland.com/2025/08/14/c...

You've found me

Everyone contacting me about Root as an animated property: That's cool and all but I still think it would be much more niche and way cooler if we did it with creepy puppets like the Dark Crystal.

If DC truly is a "state of emergency-level" danger zone that needs mobilization of armed forces, why does everybody still have to go into work there? Including a mass RTO order?

This time... it's personal.

Duster!

Key thing being, there's two separate industries here. Each makes games for people who simply don't care about the other. They're all "board games," but I think people mistakenly think that one is a gateway towards the other. And it just doesn't have to be. It's cool if these don't intermix.

Robots are persons, too.

Last boost for the week. I’d appreciate eyes on this, new Buckaroos, or signal boosts. It’s tight over here and every bit helps. Thanks.

Announced at #gencon2025: Unmatched: Hellboy, with cover art by Mike Mignola and a 2026 release date from publisher Restoration Games. No details beyond this except that Restoration's Justin D. Jacobson has been working for quite a while to make this Unmatched set happen. —WEM

I may not have gone to Gen Con but I have lovely friends who did, and this is my #GenCon #haul from afar.

TTGDA, GAMA Creator Division, and Restoration Games are hosting a meet up at Gencon! Come hang with TTGDA leadership and your fellow members while taking a break from the hustle and bustle of Gen Con! Saturday August 2nd 8-10 PM Hilton Hotel Circle City 7 120 W Market St No RSVP required

We're having a blast at Gen Con. Today we shared exciting news about what's next for #ThunderRoadVendetta, #ReturntoDarkTower, and #Unmatched at our Blueprints panel. We'll post the full video soon but check out the news on our blog right now: restorationgames.com/gen-con-blue...

Working with amazing designer (and chrome-certified Thunder Road: Vendetta superfan) Jerry Hawthorne (Mice and Mystics) has been an absolute treat. I can’t wait till y’all see what we’ve been cooking!

Check it out: restorationgames.com/gen-con-blue...

A fabulous D&D villain wearing a chainmail halter top made from hundreds of stolen magic rings, enchanted such that they all still work.

Today's 15s Board Game Design 🎲 Tip for the Day continues our theme-ing discussion with "TRAVEL Themed Games": youtube.com/shorts/7xhOa... #boardgame #boardgamedesign #tabletopgames #lgbtq #gamepublisher #gamedesign

Holy shit. This guy saved a PNG to a bird. (he drew a bird into a spectrogram, played that sound to a starling, and the starling reproduced it back to him with enough accuracy he got his bird drawing back in their call's spectrogram) www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCQC...

Oh - you mean THIS panel? www.gencon.com/events/299922

I will not be at Gen Con but I think it would be really "rad" if you attended the @restorationgames.bsky.social announcement panel there, for reasons.

Rest in peace to Tom Lehrer, man…

you guys love to go over to twitter and bring back the worst take I've ever seen from some guy I've never heard of and be like "can you believe Joey thinks this?" my brother in christ I only know who Joey is because you're obsessed with hate-reading him

“It’s impossible to imitate another artist’s point of view. We can only swim in the same waters. So feel free to copy the works that inspire you on the road to finding your own voice. It’s a time-tested tradition.” - Rick Rubin

Sharon I bloody died Sharon. Sharon they sent me to bloody heaven. Where are the bloody flames Sharon. Sharon it’s all bloody choir music up here Sharon. Sharon for fucks sake all the white is bloody blinding me up here Sharon

Just saw an early rough cut of Christopher Nolan’s next movie. Total rip-off of O Brother Where Art Thou

Think of it as carbon sequestration and it’s less horrifying.

Found this in the opening pages of Daggerheart and I want board game rulebooks to do acknowledgements like this. Cite your inspiration - it's cool and let's people find other neat things to like.