5. It has been centuries since any one human could know everything that is known; understand everything that is understood. This is a remarkable power of science. We delegate trust and authority to experts as internally established in ways that are remarkably resilient to mistakes and malfeasance.

1. "'Trusting the experts is not a feature of either a science or democracy," Kennedy said." It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy. I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.

I'm thrilled to finally announce Leafy Dragon Games' next project: Infinite Paths! Designed by @jamiethul.bsky.social, this sleek solo TTRPG system lets players jump into an epic adventure of their own creation in just a few minutes. www.kickstarter.com/projects/lea... 1/3

Drawing Dungeon is a great dungeon crawler where you have some choice over the enemies you encounter and even the layout of the map. A really clever and fun roll-and-write, recommended!

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...

👻 Happy October! 🎃 Here’s a free, cozy, printable game you can play from the couch, with any number of players!

The preview/signup page for my upcoming bluffing game Phantasmic 🃏🔮 is up on the @buttonshy.bsky.social website! If you want to be updated when the game goes live—go sign up to be notified!! ✨

I dunno, looks like there's no problem here.

yes hi I just have one quick question about our cruise route? It's probably nothing but

It's a release! Drawing Dungeon is a roll-and-write dungeon crawl I've been working on for a few months now! Four maps and a playtime of 15-20 minutes per session, all for $3! Explore the dungeon, collect treasure, and defeat the boss (or die trying)!

High Tide has officially released and is NOW AVAILABLE in the USA for immediate delivery! You can now order it direct from Underdog Games website or Amazon! Canada, Mexico, and rest of the world—stay tuned!! 🌍 www.underdoggames.com/products/hig... 🎲✂️

Mysticana is the Game of the Week! My recent obsession has been "Game Systems", sets of components that can be used to play lots of different games. Mysticana works like a video game console, where little expansion packs (a few extra cards) let you play specific adventures. Love the art!

I created a thread where I share the link to the zine I made on bgg for the new codenames. Surely there will be transphobes who come to attack me for it—so please help support me on there! boardgamegeek.com/thread/35536...

During Gen Con, I will have 250 of these zines with me. The goal is to inform normies about what’s going on with CGE and a call to action to join the blacklist. No buying, pitching, or covering CGE games until they give the community a proper apology and response on how they plan to make good. 🎲✂️

Not only is my game Cranky Cove on sale right now at its lowest price ever, but there's also a free demo available! If you have a #Playdate handheld system, now you have no excuse not to try it. play.date/g/cc

The statement on why CGE decided to make a new Harry Potter Codenames game despite the harm JK does on a daily basis might actually be worse than the fact that they decided to do it in the first place. 🙄 www.czechgames.com/news/why-we-...

This is horrendous. Working with the Harry Potter IP was a decision they made. Even if there are contracts that require them to release N editions over Y years… guess what? THEY COULD HAVE TORE THEM UP.

"You’ve got to [...] construct the most efficient base that you can manage to prop up and feed, fighting an environment forever trying to undo your efforts, and more often than not doing so with a team of founders who will be teetering at death’s door by the end of the experience." ExoBase Review:

Card Rails Exchange is now available for preorder if you want to snag a copy. This will be up for a few weeks, hoping to ship in mid-late August. Thanks all for sharing. www.presspot.games/store/p/card...

Workworkwork physical books available now! The printshop was quicker than anticipated. I think they look beautiful. They are still offered for a 10% discount which will persist until July 28. For all who preordered - we'll start sending them out on Monday. letibus.bigcartel.com/product/work...

The Queen’s Interests and the Mysicana foundation deck have fantastic illustrations by Filip Popovic. It’s so cool seeing the final product after working with my prototype!

🚨 I have a new game out from @buttonshy.bsky.social! The Queen's Interests is a 2-player cribbage-like (that's a real game genre, right?). Play as rival advisors to the queen, vying to win her favor while scoring secret objectives! 🧵

Astra Del Rey by Manny Dominguez is a really unique game about filling in speech bubbles in a pulpy space comic strip with your friends. I got to playtest an early version of this and had a great time with it!

🤘 #Crownfell METAL EDITION 🤘 ( Video shot and edited by @velichor.co )

“With High Tide, it’s one of the very few games where that—whoever’s watching, I say: just get it!” 9/10 THANK YOU SO MUCH @boardgameanimal.bsky.social for this phenomenal analysis and review on what makes High Tide special! 💕

Laser-etched steel wallet for #Crownfell: Metal Edition ✨

The Queen’s Interests and the Mysicana foundation deck have fantastic illustrations by Filip Popovic. It’s so cool seeing the final product after working with my prototype!

🚨 I have a new game out from @buttonshy.bsky.social! The Queen's Interests is a 2-player cribbage-like (that's a real game genre, right?). Play as rival advisors to the queen, vying to win her favor while scoring secret objectives! 🧵

Coming out of the fiery ashes of the board game tariffs is Button Shy Direct - our crowdfunding but not really crowdfunding program at our site. We’re launching 8 new titles tomorrow, and they’ll be here and ready to ship to you in August. (1/5) #boardgames #microgames #walletgames #buttonshy

This was cool project to be a part of. BG Stats do great work and I was honoured to be asked to contribute!

🚨 Adam’s new puzzle book is out! I helped proof these puzzles, and they are really fantastic—that perfect difficulty that keeps you engaged but not frustrated. Addictive!

🚨 Adam’s new puzzle book is out! I helped proof these puzzles, and they are really fantastic—that perfect difficulty that keeps you engaged but not frustrated. Addictive!

Thought it'd be good to do an introduction post - Hi! I'm Adam, an escape game, puzzle box, solo ttrpg, and board game designer. The pictures are of my puzzleboxes, my solo/coop card game "My Small Garden", one of the rooms in my Air BnB game, and elements from my escape game builds.

The complete lack of empathy for anyone that's not exactly like them is astounding. Awful, awful people behind these horrifying decisions.

Fucking absolute horseshit. All these people banning gender affirming care and supporting these bans are terrible, garbage human beings. Awful, terrible people. All of them.

SCOTUS decision upholding the ban of gender affirming care for trans kids (but allowing cis minors to get the exact same treatment) is one of the most poorly reasoned decisions I've ever read. Roberts unbelievably says that trans youth lacks the "maturity" to get this care and may regret it - while

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High Tide 🌊🐚 is now available for pre-order!!! 🚨This is not a drill!! Go buy it!!🚨 www.underdoggames.com/pages/highti...

If you missed the sale, I have good news! #ExoShip has been reduced by $2! The new price is $12.99:

Today is the last day of @thegamecrafter.bsky.social 's Cinco de Mayo sale... ExoBase is on a steep discount right now. Small box, base-building, worker placement. www.thegamecrafter.com/games/exobase

Today is the last day of @thegamecrafter.bsky.social's Cinco de Mayo sale... ExoShip is on a steep discount right now. Organize a resistance to an authoritarian regime aboard a generation ship headed to a distant planet! Solo, 18 cards; by @ksylves.bsky.social www.thegamecrafter.com/games/exoship

I’ve not played ExoBase but ExoShip is a fantastic 18 card game with a genuinely interesting narrative. Its theme of trying to wrestle control from a destructive and wayward government feels particularly poignant.

If you are interested in giving ExoBase a try, or it's excellent (and even-smaller-box) prequel ExoShip by @ksylves.bsky.social, they are on steep discount for today and tomorrow only at @thegamecrafter.bsky.social www.thegamecrafter.com/search?query...

ExoBase is a tense base-builder in a tiny box that is really fun, and feels like a bigger box game. ExoShip is an incredibly clever, thematic puzzle game that is quick and satisfying. Both are on sale now, and absolutely worth it!

Check these two games out; 18 cards + a standard deck is a fun design concept!

Shallow Regrets is live on Kickstarter! It's a pocket-sized game of Deep Regrets. Design/art by Judson Cowan (@tettix.bsky.social), with a pretty familiar sense of gothic horror from under the sea. Only $12 with free solo expansion! www.kickstarter.com/projects/239...

Playtesting my newest design Pass the Peas 🫛 The scoring was nice and tight for 2p—my partner beat me by only 2 points! Pass the Peas 🫛 will be the second release from my personal imprint Roly Poly Games, and will be available at Indie Games Night Market 🎲✂️

I know it's small potatoes in the grand scheme of boardgames, but... ExoBase hit the "500 copies sold" milestone today and I think it's pretty rad that an idea I had made 500 people want to pay money for it. A heartfelt thank you to all you wonderful players. 🧡

My solo puzzley card game, ExoShip, is on sale right now! Also ExoBase, a great worker placement solo game set in the same universe!

Both games in the #Exoverse are beautifully done! I highly recommend them.