First dose of chemo tablets after one week off. I forget how horrible they taste.

I entered a card game I've been designing into a board game competition yesterday. I assume I won't be successful, as there are people that will have been entering for years who'd probably know better what judges want, but it was good to have something to do while I was ill and I enjoyed doing it.

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Recycling bin just been collected so I was putting all of the recycling that's been laying round the house fir the last days in the bin when the postie knocked and gave me a parcel and a bunch of junk leaflets. So the junk mail went straight into the bin I had open.

One benefit of not taking the tablets is I can choose when to have my evening meal rather than have it rigidly scheduled. 🙂

Finished cycle 2 of my chemo tablets. Got a week off now before cycle 3 starts. Hopefully I'll be up to posting a bit more during my break 🙂

It's been almost a year in the making, but here it is... Presenting Tabletop Publishers, a database of board game publishers here to help designers pitch their games better, save time researching, and find the best publishers for their games. Learn more at tabletoppublishers.com 🧵 #gamedesigners

Halfway through cycle 2 of my treatment. The days are passing quicker than they did in cycle 1. It'll be January before I know it.

Bit confused about this cabinet reshuffle.

New Blog Post: Enemies and Obstacles. In which I talk about the mechanism by which the game controls enemies and their actions as well as obstacle and conditions the players have to overcome. 9 minute read #BoardGames #SciFi

The 2026 Hippodice Competition is now open. The deadline for entering is September 21.

I had never heard of a West Marches style RPG campaign until yesterday. I really am out of the loop RPG wise 🤣

Unhappy with Maps (Unmappy?) Photo by Andrew Neel on Pexels.com Spaceship 47 is the board game of the best 90s Sci-fi TV show that never existed. It is a co-operative campaign game for two to five players, where each player will take control of a single character and work together as a team to…

What board game has the most cards in it (base game, no expansions)? According to Google, Gloomhaven has 727 normal sized cards and 975 mini sized cards. I'm sure there must be board games that have even more than that?

I'm attending this event. RT if you think others will find this helpful 🙌 worldshift.manyworldswriting.com

Gotten back in to blogging game design. First few posts are to get everyone up to speed before I start posting what I consider to be the interesting stuff. Today I've published the second blog post which is the overview of the games theme.

I've revamped the Free Resources page on my #dnd game design blog so it's easier to find all the Parsantium content & other stuff I've written over the past four years: richardgreengames.com/2025/08/04/f...

UK users when the website asks them where they're posting from today.

Off to see Superman.

Played Blood on the Clocktower yesterday for the first time. Really enjoyed it. There were 9 players plus the story teller. We played three games.

Bought my ticket to Dragonmeet. Given everything that has happened this year, it may seem like tempting fate, but I just want something to look forward to. :)

Holy shit the government's Restoring Trust in Democracy policy paper is good.

Decided to write down the idea for the game I had the other week and sent it to a friend to see whether they think it has any legs. I've got too many ideas to work on, so I need to work out which one is the most worthy of my time.

I absolutely loved this video by @actualol.bsky.social Talking about the positive aspects of actually playing board games. As someone who moved to a new town and made friends through board games its like he made this video just for me :) youtu.be/oWwl0oh0F6s

I bought The Quest for El Dorado, which is a deck-building/racing game. In the box was every single card for the game in English and also every single card for the game in French. Also both an English and a French rule book. I now have a nice consistent set of cards for prototyping my next game :)

Off to my fourth board game session of the week. Trying to cram as much in between the surgery and the incoming chemo.

Had my follow-up appointment yesterday. I know what chemo treatment I will be having and a rough idea of when it will start. All very positive.

Explaining Canada Day To Americans

Just played Joyride. An enjoyable game made even better by the accessibility built into the components. On one side of the player boards, wooden cards and initiative tokens was art, on the other side just distinct icons.

Huzzah! My Labyrinth Worldbook design diary is on the @koboldpress.com blog: koboldpress.com/design-diary...

I've been on a bit of a time travel TV show kick for the past year - Continuum, New Quantum Leap and (currently) Timeless. So it's obviously inspired me to make a time travel themed board game.

I finally have the energy to do all the chores I've been putting off while I've been ill. So it's an indoors day for me, which given the weather outside was probably gonna be the case anyway 😂

Panda manufacturing offers $25k in manufacturing for 25 folk with 2 or fewer published titles. I haven't looked deeply into this, but I can imagine it being helpful for some of my friends here. may be helpful or not pandagm.com/25-in-25/ 🎲✂️

Wow, just saw the Perkins and Crawford announcement joining Darrington Press. Wow.

I am back home after recuperating at my brother's for 3 weeks. Am I back to 100%? Nope. But I want to get back into my routine. I'm going to go to work on Thursday to see how I feel.

Happy birthday to my favorite edition of D&D!

Q for published tabletop game designers—how do you spend your time at game conventions? I've never been to one and I'm curious how much time you spend: a. Meeting with publishers (pre-planned) b. Ad-hoc pitching to publishers c. Playtesting d. Playing games / meeting other gamers 🎲✂️

The figures for UK Games Expo 2025 are out, and its record breaking once again! Uniques - 42,000+ Total Attendance - 72,000+ Massive thank you to everyone that came to the show and made it so memorable. Bring on our anniversary show 2025 29th-31st May 2026

New School of Magic for D&D www.reddit.com/r/interestin...

If you want to grab my sci-fi RPGs this weekend head to Beyond Cataclysm who have Signal to Noise, Rock Hoppers and The Kandhara Contraband amongst their massive collection of products!

At #UKGamesExpo and the set up is in full swing. If you're visiting, please do come to 2-108 and say hello

I hope everyone heading to UK Games Expo has a great time. 😃 Sorry I won't get to see any of you. ☹️

I was thinking that maybe I could go to UK Games Expo. But then I went for a walk today and could only manage 0.8 miles before needing a sit down and a rather long break to get my energy back. ☹️

As the gullible simpletons go looking for conspiracies about what happened in Liverpool, a quick throwback to one of last year's best-sellers! We'll happily print a fresh one for anyone who wants one with free UK delivery here >>>

@richgreen01.bsky.social are you involved in Kobold Press latest kickstarter?

I bought this to read through while I recuperate at my brother's.

Playtest UK is running the Playtest Zone @ the UK Games Expo 2025 next weekend: Friday 30th May-Sunday 1st June. 169 designers are signed up to playtest their prototypes, with more drop-in spaces available on the day. Here is the schedule: tinyurl.com/2umhtv55

I know there can be fun to be had with misinterpreted Wish spells in D&D. I wonder if an NPC could make a living as being a lawyer who interprets a PC's wish into words that mean the spell does exactly what the player wants it to.