More kinda helpless adventures in Prague. My back decided to end itself just before we left (after years of neglect - I promise myself a bit of exercise when I come home) so the past days in Prague has been mostly carefully walking around. Not too far from hotel. Not a bad city for short strolls.

Micro-review of the new non-stop train from Copenhagen to Prague (not very non-stop because we had to take a different train to Hamburg, and because that train was DSB we had a bus from the border): Worst coffee I have ever tasted. Otherwise fine. Have fun on your travels!

I already have two editions of PsiRun on my shelf (ashcan and first), but I’m pretty certain I need another edition. And you should get one too! www.kickstarter.com/projects/117...

I love Copenhagen (technically Frederiksberg). People getting married and then straight in a public bus to go to the party.

You can still get Play Unsafe on BackerKit, but probably not for long.

Played Tenby today. Very pretty, but also pretty meh. Definitely not bad. Will be pretty popular with the next-cozy-game-similar-to-the-last-gang. boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/40...

Was at Papas Papbar (the board game cafe where I spend most og my incomplete phd time, many hours with great friends, even more with my daughter). What a perfect place. Especially when alle the good people take turns to also be there (ok, only some of them, but I felt lucky). Almost 10 years!

Congratulations to Hungary (and the rest of Europe)! Let’s continue to get rid of authoritarians everywhere else also. I hope the cleanup and transition will go smoothly.

It’s odd how it works. Just had new ideas for a silly game I abandoned a year ago. Why? Because I tried to force myself to work on another game I didn’t feel like. Does my brain save up derail-ideas for later or do the appear when “needed”?

Returning to the (very unreal feeling) real world is a bit tough after being out of the loop during Easter. Can you guys handle this one and I stay ignorant for another week? Please?

At this point, I think it's fair to say that Trump is threatening not only war crimes but also genocide and crimes against humanity.

First half of day two of Fastaval was a couple of prototypes. And then we played DystopAI, by @eanderssonsunden.bsky.social and Daniel Olai - an absolutely crazy engine-builder-manipulation-oddity. So much fun to explore! Many moments of: Oh, you can do _that_?!

First day of Fastaval is over (very early due to tired and slightly overwhelmed daughter). We got to play Rene’s Postulate (not made for my preferences, but a fun start) as well as a few old titles. Lots of familiar faces ❤️ and loud noises. Tomorrow we will dive in proper for a full day of awesome.

A couple a years ago the mantra was “configuration is code”, so we tested our configuration. Today (context LLM) I was told “the conversation is code”, so we test…?

The best deadlines: postponed. Had a few days with time to play around and learn new stuff. It is great to have time to touch code that doesn’t urgently have to be done. I enjoy.

I recommend this video on software testing. Short. Easily understood. Enlightening. About shoes.

My new self-description on LinkedIn…

I’ve read it several times through the years. Especially the “be obvious” is core to how I play, and teach how to play.

Lately we have been playing a few sessions of Mythic Bastionland (two so far), and I have notes (mostly love). bastionlandpress.com/products/myt...

@jeremydmiller.bsky.social just found a bug for us, in how we use Wolverine. Friendly, to the point and for free. I owe him a favor, but I’m not sure I have much to offer, so if you do, pay forward the goodwill for me ;)

Sign up for Fastaval 2026 is open. As always, I’ll be there. www.fastaval.dk/en/

The project for this seeking is baking rye bread. We have everything, but except all the ingredients. Ok, technically we have a sour dough and water… but no flour. Both my daughter and I are terrible at planning. But at least she had the energy to go shopping in the middle of the evening.

Recently my daughter (14) wanted a sewing machine, so we got her one for late Christmas present. Now she asks me all kinds of advice on how to sew. I am equal amounts flattered and terrified. (I can kinda sew a pillow case, but not much more).

If you’re not already watching @techconnectify.bsky.social regularly. Watch this one. All of it. youtu.be/KtQ9nt2ZeGM

I am impressed by the American people, by their skill at community building. I love to see people get together and help each other to change minds (and love to anyone who changes their mind, it is such a hard thing to do). Keep up the good work.

Considering Trump recently threatened war on us, I feel like we’re the lucky ones. I wish we could do more for the Americans dealing with ICE, but just like the troubles everywhere else in the world I feel powerless. Is there something we can actually do?

i made an archery game that uses your charging cable as the controller

Finally it happened. Danish police will stop using X as their primary means of communicating towards public and press. (They will use a Ritzau-developed solution instead).

What a year. Didn’t do much of what I wanted to, somehow a lot of _other_ got in the way. Mostly work. I played way too little and worked even less on designing games, and not even sure next year will be better/different. A bit of a “meh” year…

Suna Valo is maybe the perfect spouse-game (if you have a spouse that can handle a bunch of rules, but aren’t very fond of aggressive interaction). Happy merge of mechanisms and feel from 7 Wonders Duel, Deus and Isle of Skye. 2 player only and very, very cozy!

Storyfold: Wildwoods is many things: an intriguing way to tell a story, an excellent card-management and dice-chucking game, a tremendous storage and game-saving solution, a middling narrative. My review: spacebiff.com/2025/10/24/s...

Heading to Spiel Essen tomorrow. See you there!

Mixed messages… (and even at Arlanda Airport)

Today we gave away ~$10K to the customers of our customer (or more precisely, we found out that during the past weeks, we have done so). Somehow it feels much worse than more expensive mistakes because there is a number attached. Don’t put a number on it.

Played Moon Colony: Bloodbath today. Very pleasant experience with low chance of slowly revealed depth. It’s light and fun, and most of all reminds me of bingo (but with the added joy of killer robots). Right now I adore it, but I’m not sure it can handle repeated play or too high player count.

Now THIS is good data visualization!

Or fuck it, get all 11 back issues of Worlds: itch.io/s/12478/worl...

Played Signal by Jasper Beatrix at work today. Was fun to see a bunch of developers debug their way through the game. Aliens and legacy systems are more or less the same.

Played Revive today after a long break, and I am left with one large question: Why don’t we play this every week? Also: Concrete human-hives are just as “natural” as plants everywhere! Formica IS the people!

Fastaval is open for game submissions for 2026, if you’re curious and have questions please ask. www.fastaval.dk/en/braetspil...

Played Anno 1800 (the board game) again yesterday. It is still not great, but I really want it to be. There is something very satisfying about the checking off the needs of one person after another until your hand is empty. Any game out there that does this better? Or maybe someone could make it?

Bureaucracy: We have a paid cleaner to clean the house. My wife will now go clean elsewhere to satisfy employment-requirements for applying for citizenship. Requirements she has fulfilled a while ago, but no matter, only employment immediately before evaluation matters.

Last Saturday and this, we played Kanban again. Like most Lacerdas, I keep thinking: “is this actually a bit clunky?” But when digging deeper I realize Kanban is great exactly because of how hard it is to navigate optimally. It would be less good if polished too much.

There will soon be a Kickstarter for a micro-expansion to Whirling Witchcraft called Whirling Witchcraft: Fantastic Familiars. 🧵 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ald...

When the Copenhagen pigeons dream of the savannah. Pretty certain I was supposed to think of something else, when looking at the climate-Jenga sculpture. But the pigeon stole the picture.

Blast from the past. Painting miniatures (mostly Gaslands cars) and listening to Korn with my daughter.

"Schmiss" is a free-form ttrpg scenario, I originally wrote for Danish convention Fastaval. A psychological horror scenario about WW1, repressed desires, honor and bloody duels, with premade characters and playable in 4-5 hours. Translated and completely free: drive.google.com/file/d/1sV46...

Today, the why-is-nothing-breaking-anxiety is turning into nothing-is-breaking-pride. My role in the team has been to worry about quality (sometimes against quite strong adversaries on the business side). And it bloody well worked. I worry. And it helps.

Today we launched a major it project, and the strangest thing happened. Nothing broke. I’m a bit stressed from rushing to get everything done and somehow it makes me more anxious that nothing needs fixing than the expected adjustments. Tomorrow I hope one of those feelings goes away.