The sheer frequency I look up something board game industry related on Google, and see misleading/incorrect information cobbled together from Google AI trawling BoardGameWire and other sites and fudging the results. AND trying to circumvent people actually coming to visit the source? No thanks Wired

5-Star Match is getting a little bigger and a little better! This fall I'll be launching the Going Over expansion, which adds tons of new customization options for this solo pro wrestling booking TTRPG. Follow along at the prelaunch page below! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lea...

I made this little how-to for my recent zine, She Loves Me Gnat. I just pulled it out of the doc so anyone can stick it into their own zine project or whatever. Go wild!

Thanks to my pal Brian for making sure I saw this absolutely ridiculous "status" update from @steamforgedgames.bsky.social That's not how game boards are printed. Not at all. It's freaking wild to post AI slop as a progress update. gamefound.com/en/projects/...

This seems like an incredible opportunity for new designers (with fewer than 2 published games)...! Definitely check it out; thanks to @stonemaiergames.com for sharing: 🎲✂

Lovely, fascinating thread — the crucial takeaway is how incredibly chaotic the act of artistic creation is A film requires hundreds of people, each making hundreds of daily choices, and the iconic final product is often born from collaboration/compromise/improvisations AI does none of this

Iranian designer’s Persian folklore game about exorcising demons wins 2026 Cardboard Edison Award, which celebrates the best in unpublished designs: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20... Congrats to all the @cardboardedison.com finalists this year, some super intriguing designs and themes, as ever!

Late last night I had an idea for an edit I want to try on one of my games. I initially thought "No need to write this down. I'll remember it in the morning" but decided to make a note just in case. Dear reader, I'm so glad I did because I absolutely did not remember my idea in the morning. 🎲✂️

Congrats everyone!! These games all look amazing, please check them out (and sign them, if you’re a publisher 😅)

SO COOL: while I was testing this, someone came and asked me about it and we ended up playing two games and talking for about an hour. 🥰

Preserving for posterity, because that whole thread might get nuked from orbit. I just felt that, as somebody who's actually earned a degree in the development of Jewish and Christian belief, and who has done volunteer work with those accused of demonic affliction, this needed to be said.

Out at a cafe, testing the new Grimoire expansion with the #Crownfell solo mode. It’s, uhhh… pretty spicy…! 🌶️

Incredible insights into color systems in boardgames! 🎲✂️ youtu.be/luZ-exQkxVs?...

Waypoints is the third roll-and-write movement game from @postmarkgames.bsky.social, and it's somehow even better than Voyages and Aquamarine. My review: spacebiff.com/2026/05/18/w...

feeling inspired by the prospect that each of us has an opportunity every day to be a story that leads to a new sign

True for tabletop games as well 💕

'Aqua Chroma' A meditative slow gaze at Earth's atmosphere, revealing the hidden depths of activity in the water-filled skies of planet Earth. 4K HDR 36m20s youtu.be/F2jsuJPU0Lo

Last weekend I had the pleasure of making a game with one of my kids at TOJam (the Toronto game jam)! It's a 2-4 player local multiplayer battle game called Frogin' Tongues. If you've got a windows computer and a bunch of game controllers, you can download it here: otrain13.itch.io/frogin-tongues

Very true. I realized again and again that if I tried to make a game because I thought it would be something that appeals to many people, that I fail and the game feels clunky at best. So I try to do something I would like to play, something that interests ME.

A lonely pine #FarmLife

A very self confident Kingfisher

Four Pillars Gaming published hundred of AI-generated profiles over the past four months and when people asked to be taken down, they doubled down, defended their process, and refused. The ramifications of hallucinatory LLM "histories" threaten to erode truth and destroy the historical record.

Warning for board game folks: this site has a list of industry people that uses AI slop for images and bios. I’m trying to figure out how to reach out to them to ask to have the entry on me removed. Wanted to spread awareness on the slop. www.4pillargames.com/about/

Never concede an inch to generative images and text. It is a fascistic project by billionaires to undermine and destroy human culture, its goal is to destroy our empathy and human connections. We are already feeling the effect. It is far from being “just a tool”.

My first short film is COMPLETE! A three minute film shot on a 12 year old DSLR, ‘Eventually’ follows a struggling but capable teenager through his increasingly odd responsibilities on a family farm. 🧵1/6

Every kid in my life is wholly rejecting genAI. The kids are alright.

Happy Mother's Day! This is my first Mother's Day without my mom, so in honour of her, here are a few things I've learned from her:

If you’ve been wanting to design your own TTRPG, here’s my advice for you. Its honestly pretty simple. (I almost want to start a « Make it small. Make it fun. Make it for you » game jam based in this idea

This year, I've committed to try more print-and-play games. First up is Voyages, the excellent roll-and-move game by @postmarkgames.bsky.social! My review: spacebiff.com/2026/05/04/v...

I LOVE this quote. “There's no difference between magic and creativity. One part of magic is changing the consciousness of other people.” This is how I approach and think about play and games. Game design is magic for the mind! 🪄

Teaching kids AI literacy - what it is, how it actually works, what the tradeoffs are in using it - would be a good thing. But that's not what's being proposed, they're trying to get it into grade schools to create AI dependency

My preferred AI metaphor is actually Asbestos. - Seemingly magical properties - Developed and experimented with to make endless products - Poisoned countless communities in it's creation - Everything it was used for eventually becomes a toxic hazard to mitigate & it's in the fucking walls now

Another thing: Read this thread and look at all the people I listed as having helped me! The weight of your goals might feel like it’s only up to you; and you’ll succeed or fail on your own merits. But the reality is, you’ll never be doing things truly alone.

I love this essay very much!!!!

In @chrisbacke.bsky.social's latest newsletter, there was a picture of a jogger with "The 10 commandments of running" on their shirt... I rewrote it for game design 🎲✂️ bsky.app/profile/chri...

This is what happens when you don't cognitively surrender. I really like that term, "cognitive surrender", since it describes that part of your brain is not only going dark, it's given up.

Opening some small scale leatherworking commissions! If you can find a pattern for it, I can make it. DM me for details!

It really hits something different when you can see and feel your game in a store! ✨ I never imagined I’d hit this point—now with many more games on the way! Never expected my “unpublishable” abstract game would soar this far. You never know who else will fall in love with a simple idea! 🌊

Read all about one of our most challenging days and how we are breaking all of our own rules. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Well it was inevitable—but trolls who follow me have decided to review bomb the B&N listing for High Tide. My haters are (of course) related to my trans identity and the human rights I openly fight for. Please support me by reporting the trolls posts and putting a positive review of your own!

I want to be a better steward for the Human Made icon. If you have any ideas on how I can get the word out for it more please let me know. Do you think game retailers would be interested in stickers they could pass out? folks interested in pins? What can I do to support you using this icon? a zine?

The most bad-ass rebuttal from Tite Kubo, the author of Bleach.

Reason n+1 to get off Substack

This is Sadie. She was finally reunited with her human, astronaut Christina Koch, after her mom’s voyage around the moon took her the furthest any human has ever been from their dog. She can't wait to hear all about the universe. 14/10 (IG: astro_christina)

I’ve made lots of progress made on my cozy building game: 🌳🏡Island Architect🏡🌳. Therefor time for a new gameplay collage for #screenshotsaturday! #indiegame #gamedev #indiegamedev

If you think you hate AI, I promise you don't hate it enough.

New laptop sticker you can get one here: www.etsy.com/ca/listing/4...

Yup. Also just using it to cover layoffs being caused by the economy that they swear is very good actually even though all the recession indicators have been screaming and yelling for over a year now.