December 25th. The day the Fellowship departs Rivendell to destroy the One Ring. Whatever you celebrate, may you have the courage to take the first steps to defy and endure against the dark, and rekindle light into the world.

@kickstarter.com this project is NOT DISCLOSING its use of AI, which clearly breaks your policy. Please suspend the project before people are charged without being told that they are buying AI slop! www.kickstarter.com/projects/coz...

This year I did a whole set of plant-based Lego spaceships for my kiddo's homemade advent calendar. These spaceships are grown in the great star vats of amazoniconia.

Last year and this I've designed sets for a homemade Lego Advent calendar for my oldest. He asked for spaceships this year. These are some of my favorites. First up-the skull racer.

I've got a bundle going on at itch! $3 for all my games and stuff! itch.io/s/175176/win... Also, grab yourself the totally free micro-choose-your-own-adventure! ajstichter.itch.io/a-brochure-i...

Tag yourself, I'm Thick 3

If you're thinking of tracking a daily habit in 2026, I made a habit tracker zine! small, easy to use, and free: ajstichter.itch.io/habit-tracker #habits #tracking

Cuddle approved: - Pets - Stuffies - Your significant other Cuddle unapproved: - Space heaters Space heaters need space. Keep flammable items (blankets, pillows, curtains, yourself) at least 3 feet away from space heaters at all times.

Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment. They are openly saying this. Who would want to live in a country that works like that?

Bless'em, my 6yr old is trying to play Wavelength with himself.

[ Bridge to eQualia ] cyber-noir webfiction 14.1k words, CC0 1.0 Universal Maggie, a security researcher moonlighting as a internet sleuth, uses her unique set of skills to investigate a case of online vandalism. Please share with a friend if you like it ^w^ blackle.itch.io/bteq

I've played just a few levels and I'm really excited to go deeper.

Of course I would say this, but we need to talk about the moral & ideological case for play & leisure more than ever. So much political discourse - especially from the super-rich - assumes we ought to construct society around forcing citizens to spend most of their one, unrepeatable life working.

After 72 hours, we're ALMOST at 100 copies of Crownfell sold! To get all three items to 25% off, we only need: - 3 more copies of Crownfell - 11 more mats - 18 more copies of Last Stand I'm impressed with how *almost everyone* is getting the solo expansion. Solo play is incredibly important! 🎲✂️

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me playing #Crownfell with my 15yo son

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Did you know that you can get a free puzzmo weekly subscription through hoopla? (Which is pretty dang awesome, libraries rule) puzzmo.com/play/flip-ar...

Ohh, these are just starting to twist my brain in interesting ways... Fivefold Daily Puzzle #3 (Nov 13, 2025) solved in 3:26 with 0 hints! fivefold.ca

Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer. He is a computer safety researcher. And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine. In under 1600 words. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

Waking up puzzle #2 I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Nov 12th 2025) in less than 8 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

New fun daily puzzle! Fivefold Daily Puzzle #2 (Nov 12, 2025) solved in 0:50 with 0 hints! fivefold.ca

Mass market games are more likely to be sold in "normal" stores instead of hobby stores/direct sales. Also less likely to have the designer credited (or framed as "a game by" x), more likely for games to be "owned" by the publisher. It's a little like trying to separate a movie from an "art movie".

Is there a generally understood definition of hobby board games vs. Mass Market board games? 🎲✂️ It feels wrong to me to just chalk it up to the number sold, but I'm not sure why that is.

I have a game in this too!

You can pick up the book here! It contains: “Games For a Rainy Day 54 micro-games, puzzles, and more by independent game designers and artists.” www.txtbooks.us/product/game...

AI and Crypto data centers need to be the first ones to lose power in a brown out.

My birthday is 31st of October (Halloween), so it's only appropriate for my games to be part of Itch's Halloween Sale :) Get Abdec and/or Workworkwork PDFs for 50% off (until Monday) itch.io/s/164916/let...

Down to inbox 10 and you know it's only because I'm procrastinating on work.

🎲✂️ Howdy! @czamboni.bsky.social and I are looking to connect with TTRPG / LARP creators from outside of North America creating games that address oppression and resistance from a cultural perspective. We're putting together a list for potential guests for our podcast-in-progress! #TTRPG #LARP

I realized the names are in alphabetical order. That helps significantly. I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Oct 16th 2025) in less than 8 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟡 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

Happy Amazon Prime Day! Amazon collects mountains of data about how you use the service, but there is a setting you can change to make it harder for the company to use that data to sell you more things. #OptOutOctober www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

An emotional minute as the word Democracy melts away in front of the US Capitol Building.

I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Oct 15th 2025) in less than 8 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com Really tried to not take a hint on this one.

I could have probably gotten this one without hints if I had taken more time. Fun! 🧩 I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Oct 14th 2025) in less than 7 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟡🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Oct 12th 2025) in less than 15 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟠 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟡 cluesbysam.com

Glad to see the Tabletop Games series at @uofmpress.bsky.social take off with @jreylee.bsky.social's book on Catan. Clear, unambiguous writing on abstraction and gaming with regard to colonial themes.

This one felt pretty good. No mistakes and one hint. I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Oct 11th 2025) in less than 14 minutes 🟠🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

No AI is used in any of my games. You can find this Human Made icon on everything I make. Really great icon pack by Hinokodo

Doing this first thing in the morning is maybe not what my brain is up for. I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Oct 10th 2025) in less than 22 minutes 🟡🟩🟩🟠 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟡🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

So when you’re planning for your pitch, think not just in terms of your fun, mechanical hooks—make sure everything is working towards fulfilling the appeal of your game’s promised experience.

as a person who designs narrative-focused things, I think that staying true to the story is vitally important to escape game design - if your puzzles or mechanics aren't in service to the story pull players out of the immersion and they begin to realize themselves as frustrated players. ✂️🧩

Good morning! It's Pizzamas, and that means I can finally tell people about THIS: pizzamas.com/collections/... I wrote another Pizzamas Dungeons and Dragons adventure! It's got tons of Nerdfighter references (and a few just for the LRR fans, heh heh), jokes and a message board!

The crowd sale for #Crownfell has been approved for November 18! Add-ons include a neoprene playmat and a solo expansion. This 2-player asymmetric chess-like has 17 cards unique movement and abilities. Sign up to be notified here (shares appreciated!) 🧡 www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/cr...

14,292 games released on Steam in 2025 alone. 1100 new board games at SPIEL. The sheer number of games being released now, all over the world by all these different sizes of teams, really boggles the mind, but what *really* boggles the mind is still having to *defend game studies* despite all that.

Hey look, you can spend money to let a corporation spy on you! 🤨

Happy Pizzamas everyone! Favorite Kitsch 2 week Holiday, hands-down. www.youtube.com/watch?v=odsG...

Going to release 🔴, a #pico-8 bounce shooter with mostly procedural animation and gfx, sometime this week!