My favorites: Mansions of Madness. Hot Streak. Wingspan. Ark Nova. Journeys in Middle Earth. Heroscape. Quacks of Quedlinberg. Star Wars: Epic Duels. Terraforming Mars. Spirit Island.

Jay (and Panda) were awesome to work with.

I’m sure it’s changed a bit since I played Xoe’s prototype years ago, but Persuasion has long been a game I wanted to see published. So excited to grab it as part of the Hollandays sale!

Whether our show is your thing or not, @613mandi.bsky.social and I love podcasting about board games together. An Asian American woman and Black Canadian woman podcasting together was exceedingly rare when we started years ago - and apparently still is. (Tho we’re far from a top 100 show 😂) Alas.

We didn't die in space! (or at least we didn't simulated die in the training simulator of space) Co-op, dice manipulation, narrative arc that goes from "we're fucked" to "we got this". This is my shit. h/t to @ithayla.bsky.social and @peersylvester.bsky.social boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/30...

Tolkien, who saw almost all his friends die in the Somme, and knew the seduction of despair, wrote both Denethor and Saruman as doomers.

Personally, I care about your indie game and will treat it with the same care and respect that I would give to any title from a big publisher. (And, usually, more care and respect.)

Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only

Finally got my developer/solo designer copy of The Hobbit: There & Back Again. I still can’t believe I got to work on a Knizia title! The production is incredible!!! I love that the game book is as thick as a children’s story book! Cheers @bbornmueller.bsky.social on your excellent work as well!

I’ve been fortunate to play both of these, and enjoyed the inherent humor and charm in them. I was especially impressed with That’s the Spirit, because accusing-focused deduction games aren’t always my jam.

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 !!

Here is my occasional note: if you are black TTRPG designer and can use help with anything - design advice, brainstorming, connections - please feel free to reach out and I will do what I can to help or find someone who can help. We need more black TTRPG designers.

A lot of great stuff here to chew on for game designers, game players, and game critics. It was a fun read 😉

Loved these books growing up. I’m glad more kids will get introduced to them.

Some good thoughts here! Game design is everywhere.

Flick Shot Rogues is available on Steam now. I wishlisted it from playing the demo. There's something really satisfying watching the character you've built up ricochet around the battlefield.

Magical Athlete is back and better than ever. This game is full of loud laughter, crazy abilities, and more joy than a hundred other games combined. It is perfect. My review: spacebiff.com/2025/09/16/m...

The Kitfox Games weeklong Steam sale starts now! Grab our most popular titles for a discount now till September 22nd:

Can confirm: we were all laughing at him. I love when I get a chance to play games at his table. I truly think Dan’s a giant in the industry, but I’ve never felt once that he was “towering over the table.”

I’m truly so proud of this and the work the entire Draw Steel team did. It’s rare to be given both the opportunity and the freedom to take big swings like this, and @jamesintrocaso.bsky.social, @hellomcdm.bsky.social, and @mattcolville.bsky.social made it possible. So, so proud of what we made.

I’m doing victory laps in my kitchen right now!!!! 💃🏼 CGE just announced they are going to be giving away 100% of the profit from their Harry Potter game to pro-trans charities!! www.instagram.com/p/DNG48n-IVP...

MakeRoom looks so charming and I can’t wait to finally play it.

Anyway - if you're not comfortable with loud and messy protests and activism around inclusive gaming... I suggest you try to remember where it's coming from. Your discomfort at the protest is far less than the discomfort of those suffering at the hands of systemic bigotry, harassment, and exclusion.

I’ve had an overwhelming amount of positive responses to demoing my new game High Tide—and I’d love to get it above the 30 required ratings to be officially geekrated!! 🎲✂️ We just need 3 more! If you played High Tide at Gen Con, please leave your honest review!! 🌟 boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/43...

About 80% of my grammar suggestions from Microsoft Word are “why not use a simpler word here for clarity?” No. Fuck you. I will use a complicated word for evocative precision whenever the muse’s clarion song demands ebullience, vivacity, torpor, or solemnity, you shit-ass suck machine.

Not every board game treats its setting as a condiment. Some are designed to engage on historical, social, or polemical grounds. To evaluate such a game principally as a jumble of mechanisms would fail to engage with it as created, presented, intended, and, yes, as it plays.

We didn’t play, but got a quick preview of 12 Rivers. Despite the impression the board may give, this is actually a worker placement game. #GenCon

Good news: I have been contacted by and am currently sharing guidelines and expectations with a representative of CGE. Let’s hope they can make this right in their next statement. 🎲✂️

85% of Gaza is on the brink of death due to starvation. Israel could let aid in at any moment. And some people (like these men tried to do with me on Friday) are still trying to justify this atrocity. There is no justification. This could stop at any moment. End the blockade now.

visa and mastercard deciding what games are allowed to be sold is an apocalyptic level threat to the games industry. phone calls are the highest impact way to help. this is an all hands on deck situation. the enemy got results with 1000 phone calls. we can beat them phone numbers and a script:

Did you know I have a (very sporadic) email newsletter that you can sign up for? In this edition, info on how to stream the boardgame documentary The Hobby and where to find me at Gen Con:

hi cge, i have been a huge fan of your games since last will, adrenaline, and all your incredible party games. your company has always been very nice to me and helped me when i was a young games journalist who was just getting started in board games i have very strong emotional connection with-

👀 Shiny updated prototype ✨

We have certainly kept busy for the past two years. 🐦 📖👻👽🔎🌈🛕🧚🖋️

Promosode 5 - Paperback Adventures Volume 2, featuring @rilednerd.bsky.social and @skye3.bsky.social is out now! Listen at www.podbean.com/ew/pb-8kmj6-... or wherever you get your podcasts!

Unknown Worlds lawsuit claims Krafton intentionally delayed Subnautica 2 to avoid $250M payout aftermath.site/unknown-worlds...

Heading into the last day of our campaign for Paperback Adventures Vol. 2! If you like deck/engine building, roguelike gameplay, word games, or goofy mashups of literary genres, check out our campaign here: gamefound.com/en/projects/...

High Tide is available for preorder right now!! Followed by a release at Gen Con!! If you’ll be there, I’ll also be demoing and signing games! www.underdoggames.com/products/hig...

Excited for this! I'll be trying to poke my head in at some point.

Hey folks! Paperback Adventures Vol. 2 is now crowdfunding! It's been in the works for a while, and I'm really excited to be making more Paperback Adventures stuff. gamefound.com/en/projects/...

If you were encouraged, inspired, motivated by No Kings Day, please think about what the next steps are. It cannot stop with one day of protest. We need consistent organized pressure on the pillars of support under Trump. Now is the time to level up and do the prep for a General Strike.

Just for fun

One element of the Dragon Age story that I want to emphasize: If the team had known in 2021 (after the single-player pivot) that they'd ship in Oct 2024, it'd be a much different game. Instead they were always under the impression they had to finish in 6-12 months, which led to all sorts of problems

OH MY FUCKING GOOOODDDDDDDDD MATSUNO YOU ARE THE ETERNAL GOAT

Unbelievably horrified by this attack in Boulder. We don’t know the full story of the attacker, but no matter what it is, let me be clear: Senseless, antisemitic attacks do not help Palestinians, Jews, or Israelis. Committing terror attacks against people standing for hostages is disgusting.

I HIGHLY recommend submitting. Especially if it’s weird/otherwise unpublishable. This space is ripe for new and experimental forms of game design. If you have something cool—come share! I cannot wait to see what gets made for this year’s Indie Games Night Market!!! www.newmillindustries.com/ignm

Happy Pride Month to all of our LGBTQIA+ coworkers, friends, family, and fans in the tabletop community! Here at Brotherwise, our motto is "Games That Bring Everyone to the Table," and we take that seriously. We are always happy to celebrate every year and strive to foster an inclusive space.

THE HOBBY: TALES FROM THE TABLETOP is opening in Canadian theatres on June 20th & on VOD in North America this summer! I'm so honored to be a subject in this fantastic documentary & thrilled it'll be more widely available.☺️ Official trailer coming soon! @vortexmediainc @brainstormmediaofficial –CH

My design diary for High Tide 🌊🐚 is now up on bgg news!!!! Go check it out! 🎲✂️