Hail To The Queen

#1 song in the UK 1967!

Gina and I had a lovely time at Games and Stuff, teaching and playing The Gang! Wonderful event; great staff; excellent venue (also the coffee was sublime). Thank you G&S so much for running these monthly board game socials!

Come get (board game) social with us on Sunday! It's always a super fun way to hang out w/likeminded folks and play, and we're stoked to have John Cooper (designer of The Gang) join us to teach the game! #flgs #boardgames www.gamesandstuffonline.com/products/boa...

My two favorite game stores @labyrinthdc.bsky.social and @gamesandstuffmd.bsky.social are both running Thunder Road: Vendetta events for Free RPG Day. Maybe your FLGS is running one too!

The Gang just won an ASTRA award, for best family game! 🎉🥂😎

Dice Tower nominees are in, and I'm thrilled and honored to see The Gang nominated for THREE awards! —Most Innovative, Best Welcoming Game, and Best Co-operative Game.

The latest Going Analog podcast is up! Guest designer (and good friend) Dominic talks about his wonderful game Nature, The Gang, and designing science-based games. Enjoy!

Welp, The Gang didn't quite get nominated for Kennerspiel des Jahres 😟 But we made the Empfehlungsliste, so THAT'S cool! 😎 www.spiel-des-jahres.de/aktuelle-pre...

This is so relatable

Wonderful to see some many games on this list of nominees by designers and publishers who are also my friends 🧡 Congratulations 🎊 Go and vote! boardgamegeek.com/thread/34962...

It's long past time to ban insider trading in Congress.

A big award for The Gang! (Goddammit Kory) boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...

Can a card game sharpen collaborative, trust, and decision-making skills? Yep. @cooperjohn.bsky.social's The Gang does just that. We talk creativity, leadership & play on the pod. open.spotify.com/episode/659j... #Creativity #Leadership #GameThinking #Strategy #Podcast

Insane, or narcissistic sociopath? Maybe all three? open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

LOVE this analogy

Who wants some good news? The overwintering monarch population, which had plummeted last winter, has doubled this winter! www.worldwildlife.org/stories/east...

The Gang got nominated! www.polygon.com/tabletop-gam...

wait there’s a goose, too!

This is beautiful

"Work Makes You Well?" I'm disgusted

This is a fascinatingly deep, rich investigation and story. If you get a chance, please listen or read the transcript. revealnews.org/podcast/40-a...

Interesting read - definitely worth your time. Unplugging and enjoying the outside is tougher this time of year, but definitely need to enjoy the small things of life.

Synonyms for visitors: outlaw, loser, offender, malefactor, con, lawbreaker, delinquent.

what

Canadian MP Charlie Angus: Our beloved Canada is under threat. The threat comes from the president of the US—a convicted felon and known predator. But the threat is also being driven by the hate algorithms of oligarchs like Elon Musk….

There goes stability

Do you know why a president would do all the most evil and heinous shit via Executive Order? Because his party can't easily make it law. And if they can't make it law, they can't make it last. Don't let anyone make you feel like this is The End. Do not let them demoralize you. Live to see them die.

I was sorry that The Gang was not nominated for As d'Or, but happy to see that Captain Flip, a fine game, was nominated! Bon Chance, Remo Conzadori! www.festivaldesjeux-cannes.com/en/festival-...

historical analysis happens just after the present. not that this doesn’t feel true.

The gag order comes ahead of a key meeting next month where CDC officials were scheduled to help the WHO pick out strains for next winter's flu vaccine. Flu vaccine manufacturers and the FDA rely on the data and findings by that panel to decide on the shots used every fall in the Northern Hemisphere

So, my Onion print edition subscription initially got lost in the mail, but @bencollins.bsky.social and crew came through with 6 months of back issues and this very illuminating letter, re: those bastards at the USPS. Thank you, Mr Tim Onion 🫡

✨WHEEZING✨

Broke out The Gang at the office today and it went over well. Definitely works for non poker fans as well as poker fans. Good times, and a nice and tidy printed insert to go with it! Fits all components and rules with no lid lift :) (Link to design below) makerworld.com/models/672130

Ever wonder what snow in the swamp would look like? This is 5 miles into the Louisiana swamps in the Atchafalaya basin... it's unreal... having lived down there for the first 28 years of my life, we never saw anything like this. Smashed records. Curtesy of Garrett Roberts.

Finally I'm doing something right. www.thehealthy.com/nutrition/ne...

Games & Stuff has gone online: www.gamesandstuffonline.com

I talked with the Mycelium, it said you should lie down on the forest floor for a month and not move

Mountain ermine

I love this review by @mmontgomery.bsky.social Thank you Matt! donteatthemeeples.substack.com/p/the-gang-s... Also check out Matt's 2024 year in review: substack.com/home/post/p-...

The Smokehouse Creek fire burned more than a million acres in Hutchinson county, TX.

Got on another best list. I like how reviewers put The Gang in different categories— family, co-op, party, small box, intro... It gets into a lot of reviews and lists that way. Thanks, GameBoyGeek! youtu.be/2KFR6Di4TiE

this is an example of a rhetorical device called Apophasis, which comes from the Greek "to say no"; it's when you bring up a subject by denying you are bringing up a subject it’s a fun SciComm trick because you can be Dramatic w/o lying (& it’s true you don't actually need to worry about it lol) 🧪

The annual Shkreli awards are here, and wow, it must've been difficult to pick a winner. lowninstitute.org/projects/202...

This is fascinating: youtu.be/EjZB81jCGj4