@bobbywest.bsky.social and I playtest Photo Club

There's been a lot of conversation in this space lately about what it takes to be an ally. Queer and trans people are in danger in this country right now, and we think that true allyship is using your position of privilege to do whatever is in your power to change that. Happy Pride, fam. ❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜

Holy shit. This is the most unethical shit I have ever seen.

The original Hotshots lit the spark. 🔥 The Second Edition brings the wildfire. 🚒🌲 We didn’t want to simply bring Hotshots back. We wanted to make it the definitive version of the game. ❤️ Read more about what's new in the Second Edition here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fsd...

Counterpoint is live on Kickstarter! 2 years ago I had a silly idea to mix two of my favorite things (classical music and games) and here we are after countless hours of prototyping, testing, simplifying, and reworking. Excited to hear your music! 💛🎻🎶 www.kickstarter.com/projects/squ...

Party 🎲✂️ people: There's only one day left to enter Gamefound's RPG Party contest to help winners "sharpen their campaigns, reach a wider audience, and feel even more supported along the way." I think I might enter BeTween as a long shot. gamefound.com/en/blog/post...

And also to be clear: fuck ai art. And most ai things these days. jfc

It's been a while since I shared a long read! I spent several months looking at gender representation in the world of board games. Hugely grateful for the time of the designers who shared their stories with me.

We recently reached out to publishers for a refresh of their profiles in The Compendium, and more than 50 have added or updated their info: cardboardedison.com/directoryinfo

Paper cutter vs paper: who will win? (Prepping new version of Dumpster Heist for tomorrow's @breakmygame.com) Thank you @hokiestone.bsky.social, it's a nice upgrade ✂️

Watch Quiz #5 youtu.be/2e5dsJTxzXA If you are a board game fan, try BoardGameGeek's Board Game Quiz #5. Participants guess the game title for points! You can earn bonus points if you name the designer and publisher. You only have 10 sec. for each question. HAVE FUN! #Boardgames #TableTop Games

If you haven't yet, please sign our petition at cwa.org/uwotcletter to encourage WOTC to voluntarily recognize our union. As we work towards our election, we’ll be posting regularly and breaking down common myths about our union (and unions in general!)

Join us!

If saying wholeheartedly, "Trans Rights are Human Rights" makes me a "radically pro-transgender" person, so be it. If you plan to "find and kill" me, better men than you have tried. Evil wins when good people do nothing, and I'll do everything I can to prevent that from happening.

Gas Station Price Sign Using Scientific Notation

#fuckai #aiisfascist

🧀 Did you know every copy of Haunted Mouse comes with 31 wedges of cheese and a cheese tray? bit.ly/BuyHauntedMo...

Fuck it, Zordon Mamdani

Most relatable comic of all time?

Introducing more people to Counterpoint tonight! Still consistently impressed with how clever this cooperative trick taker makes me feel as I negotiate making music with my fellow bandmates. www.kickstarter.com/projects/squ...

Proud to be the 26th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Pressed! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/p...

Today's substack article is about why it's so difficult to design a simple game, and how I've been dealing with that in one of my own projects. npcaaron.substack.com/p/the-diffic...

Have you followed our upcoming Kickstarter project yet? Don't miss out — we just posted a new update featuring more details and sneak peeks into Rolling Deep and Eureka. More to come! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bit...

Without stating your age, post your favorite film released the year you turned 18.

Graphic design can’t make a bad game good, but it can make a good game bad.

Deepfakes are everywhere, but digital forensics investigators are fighting back. Learn more: https://scim.ag/42dMPBg

Elephant in the Room is a @thegamecrafter.bsky.social Finalist in the Fur Feathers &Fun contest! 🎲✂️

🚨 NYC PLEASE SHARE 🚨 Last night, NYPD assisted ICE in abducting a Bushwick neighbor, in violation of NY Sanctuary City laws. NYPD communicated and coordinated with ICE all night as a singular effective body. The NYPD and NY‘s elected officials must answer for this blatantly illegal collaboration.

I Kickstarted The Bonsai Diary last year to have the experience of running a crowdfund. That carried me to an Origins Award nomination, opening up my next learning experience: running (part of) a booth at Origins! (I'll be sharing space with @thebodhanagroup.bsky.social 😇) What advice do you have?!

Donato Giancola posted this earlier today on and I asked him if I could share it here and he said please. He talks both about how art is used for UB and the artist not able to sell their original work or materials, as well as the issue with The One Ring box topper art not being 100% Dan Frazier's.

Happy Free Comic Book Day! Shout-out to our favorite local comic shop, @thecomicbug (as seen in Dispatch 👀 ). To celebrate, here's a free preview of 3 comics from our Digital Deluxe Edition: bit.ly/dispatchfcbd26 Where are you headed today? Drop your shop in the comments! #freecomicbookday

I love this tool! I use it to choose the color for all my prototypes. 🎲✂️ davidmathlogic.com/colorblind/

A lot of us spend hundreds of hours and and dollars playing magic arena. It takes zero time and zero money to sign this petition to help the devs who bring us this game have good working conditions, fair pay, and work life balance.

Transport your deck in our signature rock-solid Bastion 100+ XL deck box! ✨ All colors are available at MagicCon: Las Vegas 🌈 📍Hall C2 | Booth 14025 📆1 – 3 May #Gamegenic #MagicCon #MCVegas

eat the rich

"You hear theyre using chickens as camera gimbals now?" "What?" "Chickens. Strap a camera onto their head. No shake. Chicken camera gimbals"

i do not want to accept cookies from every website they are not my grandma.

It’s only a few days until game night. We’re busting out virtual cheers as we auction off some wine! In Wine Cellar, draft bottles, plan your tasting timeline, & match your client’s tastes to score big. What you place & when could make or break your vintage score. Cheers! -TV

I'm teaching a free game design class this weekend! It's a crash course in topics like player agency, types of players, thematic scope and resolution, and game arcs. We'll even practice pitching our games! Near Baltimore, MD. No registration required. #boardgames #ttrpg #baltimore 🎲✂️

Thanks for taking a look! We did a lot more than just reprint it--the designer and examined every element from the ground up. Same core system, but many additions and refinements. :)

I dont rematch much, but when I do, its rather silly

Man I wrote some killer #edh #commander articles waaaay back in 2011 and before, shame the only way to find em is the wayback machine. Im tempted to dig some up and save em for archival purposes.

The Hampster Dance website in 1999 This website was one of the earliest examples of an Internet meme and it was created by Deidre LaCarte in 1998. #InternetHistory

🎲✂️ working on my sell sheet tonight for #elephantInTheRoom #GameDesign #tabletop #indiegames doyoupunchtheguy.com

#ElephantInTheRoom is a @thegamecrafter.bsky.social #FurFeathersAndFun Semi-Finalist!