Y'all. This game is one that I think best summarizes "Are games art?" with a resounding yes. It creates a Pepper's Ghost of the pharmaceutical industry, with your head perched atop its amorphous cacophony of business suits.

This site is just slop profiles and images of famous game designers, but don’t worry: it also highlights multiple sexual predators.

Mark gives an interesting review. We definitely didn't design this with heavy gamers in mind. It had to stay firmly in the "family weight". When we named "complex" mode, we considered who our audience was. I'm interested in hearing others thoughts!

This is one of my favorite experiences, hands down. A couple years back, I streamed a bit with some friends. If you want to see it played, here are the archives! youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Did I just play twilight imperium for the second time in a month? Yes. Did my fleet nearly get wiped off the board several times? Also yes.

We HERE’s an instant buy! @ianzang.bsky.social shared a preview of this with me at PAX unplugged. I’ve been eagerly watching for it since. A great game made even more attractive by its tie in to @criticalrole.bsky.social #aFamiliarFind

My students used Turing Machine style validation cards to adapt a video game. You use it to check to see if someone you invited into your house is a "visitor".

Thanks for supporting my crazy idea.

I recently had a chance to play @ianzang.bsky.social's Roads With No Name for the third time, and it's still great. This was my first experience GMing a game, and though I have a lot to learn we had a wonderful time. Can't wait to play this again!

It’s sooo fun! We played it today :)

It's almost 2 years to the day since a group of us spent hours after Unpub playing a prototype of A Familiar Find by @ianzang.bsky.social over and over and over again. Thrilled to have the real thing in my hands now!

Roads with No Name, by @ianzang.bsky.social: Only got to observe a little, but WOW, this looked interesting! Players in this game take on the role of anthropologists and various scientists cooperating to deduce what happened to an ancient civilization. One of the players is Time itself. (1 of 2)

@bruceandsquirrel.bsky.social , this is relevant to your interest.

This was legitimately one of the most interesting little puzzles I've played. Congratulations, Katz! Glad to have been able to hang out in person.

There were two games at #Unpub with real buzz, from where I sat. Games I heard about from multiple vectors. Both "road" games. • Rough Roads • Roads with No Name (by @ianzang.bsky.social)

Me: "I have some paper if you want to take notes" Them: "Nah, I'll just vibe." Them 30 minutes later: "Oh."

Roads with No Name by @ianzang.bsky.social at Unpub It was 1:30AM. For hours, 5 archaeologists of different fields had discussed, analyzed, and unearthed a lost civilization. No one mentioned game mechanisms the whole time. We were just immersed. One of the best gaming experiences I've had.

Got some excellent feedback tonight during a playthrough of my new game "Roads/Streets with No Name" Unpub continues to take my game from "this is decent" to, "dang, this is really fun" in so little time. Thanks to everyone who has played!

If you're at GAMA, go hang out with @darringtonpress.bsky.social and play my game! I need to live vicariously. Please send pictures.

Did I... just break Cartographers? I don't think I've ever scored NEARLY this much in a solo game. 30 is the "high" score, I had 79...

Trivia was fun tonight! @nkjemisin.bsky.social had a feature!

Play as one of the iconic companions of #CriticalRole Campaigns 1–3, including Trinket, Mister, and Pâté, in an all-new fast-paced card game race with a touch of whimsy from Darrington Press this April 7th! ✨ LEARN MORE & PRE-ORDER ⬇️ https://critrole.com/a-familiar-find-coming-soon/

Y'ALL. I MADE A THING. darringtonpress.com/afamiliarfind/

I'm teaching a college-level board game design class. One of my student groups designed a card game appropriate for the mass market. If I had designed it, I'd be reaching out to Hasbro yesterday. So..... Anybody know anyone at Hasbro? :D

I think(?) this may be one of my proudest accolades on a game. @jontexmo.bsky.social I -believe- this was directly after @wunfatkid.bsky.social convinced me to play Dead Last at late night Unpub. I remember the advice, despite everything. "DO NOT COMPROMISE ON THE THEME. THIS IS THE THEME."

Do you like puzzles? Go here: sufferbox.com/perimeter

Follow the Leder. @patrickleder.bsky.social

Thanks to everyone at PAX and @unpub.org that made my convention excellent. I'm so glad I was able to catch up with so many of you. Quality time is so valuable, and I was lucky to be gifted yours!

I'm at the PaxU Marriott! Anyone around to hang?

Just saw a MAGA dude on my local Facebook page make an actually good gender joke and I am REELING. "If Trump identified as a woman, they would call it NO QUEENS." Because yes. Yes we would.

My partner just got published! authors.elsevier.com/c/1lWEfgeXDzG5 She developed an assay that has been able to map out nearly EVERY point mutation in a gene that causes colorectal cancer. Her assay can predict, with 100% accuracy(!!!) if a particular mutation is pathogenic. Crazy awesome.

I just saw @czechgames.com post about the HP license. This... is not it. "we encourage everyone to approach discussion with care, empathy, and respect", and then turns comments off. Care, empathy, and respect are the opposite of what Rowling is championing.

Cosigned. Seeing this come from @czechgames.com was surprising, and frankly disappointing. Y'all have been an excellent company to everyone you've worked with. You make innovative and crazy games literally no one else will make. Please consider Calvin's suggestions seriously.

Y'all. Blue Prince. It's a masterpiece. I've now had FOUR jaw-dropping moments of realization, and I don't even think I'm halfway through. The puzzles are so well designed and subtly hidden. store.steampowered.com/app/1569580/...

Uh oh. There goes the rest of my free time. Congratulation @matthewdunstan.bsky.social !!

I'm not at GAMA. Please give me cool stories. FOMO'ing something hard.

Hey all! I'd like to play more Board Game Arena with y'all. My screen name there is Zangzabar.

In Daybreak, apparently it's possible to achieve drawdown in round 2 thanks to the Global Efficiency standards and some lucky draws! @mattleacock.bsky.social during playtesting, I'm curious if anyone found a combo that triggers drawdown in round 1?

Hi! I'm Ian. I have been working in the board game industry for over 10 years. Would love to connect! Note: Bluesky for me is a positive place. If your only posts and reposts are political, you will be blocked.

The current state of Facebook, in a nutshell. I block EVERY page that is "suggested" to me to follow. This continued for two more full scrolls, with none of my -actually- followed pages and friends.

This is next up for us!

Just played Firewatch for the first time. A game hasn't resonated with me in a while quite like that. @richsommer.pizza , your voice acting was phenomenal. I could feel the emotion of Henry's situation come through in such a subtle way.

If you're a fan of roguelikes and have Marvel Champions, I created an Ascension path similar to Slay the Spire's. I wasn't happy with the "more encounters please" method of difficulty scaling that Fantasy Flight recommended, so I came up with some neat stuff! drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Ooh, Magik is bae. Marauders didn't stand a chance.

Restickering my dividers for Marvel Champions. I forgot why I stopped designing big games. I do not miss carefully scoring 250 stickers. It's worth it for Champions, but DAMN.

Defenders of the Wild is a neat little design. Picked it up on a whim, but surprised me with its depth! @tlsimons.bsky.social @henryaudubon.bsky.social put together a compelling story of disaster mitigation.

We’ve got very limited copies of Kingdoms of the Deep by @ianzang.bsky.social at #BGGCON in the exhibit hall! Come check it out.

Block and Key has some weirdness, but the table presence is not to be ignored.