Wingspan - $9.99 Gloomhaven - $9.79 Carcassonne - $2.99 Splendor - $1.99 Root - $5.99 Dune Imperium - $16.09 Spirit Island - $9.99 Ark Nova - $17.24 Lords of Waterdeep - $4.99 Race for the Galaxy - $5.59 Cascadia - $11.24 Mystic Vale - $2.59 One Deck Galaxy - $6.49 ... Lots more too!

Here's what moving forward looks like for our Minneapolis based tabletop games company. #gamepublisher #lgbtq #tabletopgames #minneapolis #protest #bipoc

In an effort to bring a little joy to the internet, here is a little dog who had a big party just for him (apparently). Not pictured: Crashing someone else’s breakfast event, and hiding under a table. Hanging out in the kitchens. Surprising people in the bathroom.

So with my jet lag induced state I completely forgot to mention that a new Cardboard Time dropped on Tuesday! On this episode (tinyurl.com/mryazfad) , I talk about Unmatched Adventures: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ( @restorationgames.bsky.social ) and review my new year's resolutions for 2026.

What exactly is being celebrated here? The designers and publisher of Terraforming Mars have repeatedly shown themselves to be anti-artistry and pro-bigotry. BGG has missed an opportunity to celebrate humanity and creativity rather than just products and popularity.

Do you feel the need to block someone today? May I suggest:

YIKES. Upper Deck (Marvel Legendary) just announced a CCG using the Harry Potter license. Fans of UD are rallying against this decision. Like the CGE situation last year, I’m asking for your help. Join us. Share your disgust and frustration, and help us push UD to retract their awful decision. 🎲✂️

Why is our baby boy so perfect 😭? @peppermintfox.bsky.social

Visited the Portland Japanese Gardens today and obsessed over mushrooms. 10/10 day

We're so grateful for this hobby bringing us together with such amazing people in our lives. Thank you Orcacon, it's been a blast!

Draw Me A Horse (2+ players) Round 1 Draw a horse. Best horse worth 1 point. Round 2 onward: Look up a random noun in a dictionary or a random Wikipedia article. Add that thing to the drawing, riding the thing drawn in the previous round. Best drawing scores pts equal to round number. 21 pts+ wins.

It's Cardboard Time! Episode 126 is now live! (tinyurl.com/4ds32efp) On today's episode, Arwen and special guest Olivia Lothary (@olloplays.bsky.social) discuss The Hobby: Tales from the Tabletop and our Top 10 "new to us" games of 2025.

I’ve been getting a ton of interest across the internet about Heavenly Bodies!! 🌙✨ HB is not currently available outside of the 50 I made and sold at Indie Games Night Market 2025. So if you’re a publisher… this one is still up for license! 😊

The Queen of Spies campaign is in its final 48 hours. Don't forget to back my first co-design with @djackthompson.bsky.social to hit crowdfunding! gamefound.com/en/projects/...

As we roll into the end of December - if you catch Covid from your friends/family/coworkers and are uninsured or underinsured. Please utilize the PAXCESS program through Pfizer. It will provide free Paxlovid until end of the day December 31st, 2025. Then the program is done.

I had a great time talking about games and more with Arwen during PAX Unplugged. the episode is up now! www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7GB...

Let's talk about board game boxes and their role in selling a game, framing and contextualizing the experience, and creating meaning. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgfV...

Thank you PAX Unplugged. Lots of love in our hearts from seeing friends new and old and a JAM PACKED car. Lots to share with y'all on tomorrow's episode! #paxunplugged

#PAXUnplugged 2025 is now complete. See you next year, December 4-6, 2026!

Something smells delicious! Our peppermint mocha DECK THE DUNGEON mugs are back in stock!

It's Cardboard Time!!! Episode 122 (tinyurl.com/3ukpru6r) features reviews of Hot Streak @cmyk.games , Video Game Champion @arcanewonders.bsky.social , and Matches @thing12games.bsky.social , as well as a PAX Unplugged 2025 preview.

The Midnight Market is live. The night is for indie games. 🌖 lunarpunk.games/midnightmarket

Between Vincent & me, we've backed 429 projects on Kickstarter, & funded 18 projects of our own. www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum... will be our 19th. This is the longest wait we've ever had for a greenlight. Kickstarter United is now in the longest tech strike ever. Solidarity Forever.

kind of unfair that Thomas Manuel is so fucking funny on top of being an incredible writer

Celebrated cheese day, I mean @cardboardtime.bsky.social’s birthday, last night! Consider it prep for the cheesy goodness awaiting us at PaxU!

I’m thrilled to share we have a special video going through *every* game at the 2025 Indie Games Night Market (at PaxU)! We’re working with @dnlnwmn.bsky.social, some awesome designers, playing some games, all to give you a thorough set of previews & reviews to see the games you won’t want to miss~

Many games available at the event are made by creators self-publishing for the first time. Indie Games Night Market is incredible for indie makers to lower the barriers to game publication. There will be true, one-of-a-kind items that never get printed again. It’s an event you won’t want to miss!

It's Cardboard Time! Today's very special episode (spotify.link/bGgiTxShzXb) features an interview with Anjali Bhimani ( @sweeetanj.bsky.social ) and a review of How to Save a World ( @burntislandgames.bsky.social ) !

"Get in, we're going to go get pup cups"

so Google just added a bunch (more) AI bullshit to Chrome Go through these steps to disable it: opus.ing/posts/how-to... #chrome #aibullshit

Prime Day what? Bookshop.org is offering FREE SHIPPING for October 7-8! Buy books, get free shipping, support local bookstores! Easy! #primeday #antiprime #freeshipping #supportlocal #supportindie

If anyone tells you that you can't become your authentic self and be truly happy, they're full of it.

Charlie had a big weekend, must’ve been some party! @cardboardtime.bsky.social

It's a basic point, but one that needs to be repeated: If right-wingers and their views were popular, they would not be so desperate to control mass media & social media nor to use government power to silence everyone else, and they wouldn't need oligarchs pumping billions into amplifying them.

Amabel Holland has designed board games that tackle the struggle to end slavery, women’s suffrage, and the highly personal topic of gender transition, referring to them as “political art.” What can board games say that other art forms can’t?

A sweet baby who just wants to have breakfast with his friends.

Gavin Newsom suggesting that 25 years of age is too young to transition and agreeing to right-wing entryism of concern trolling about trans people in sports. This is your opposition leader? I will never vote for Gavin Newsom anyone who thinks trans people are actual humans will follow suit.

It's Cardboard Time! On today's (short) episode: A review of Foundations of Rome and a Cardboard Callback to Logic & Lore! Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/1OXh... @weirdgiraffegames.com @arcanewonders.bsky.social

Charles in his natural habitat

The leadership of the Tabletop Game Designers Association was disappointed to see the publisher CGE touting Codenames: Back to Hogwarts, a new Harry Potter-themed version of Codenames.

I’m a little sad to be skipping GenCon this year. I could’ve been a menace to those TERFs.

This woman actively funds programs aimed at ending my existence, which CGE will now indirectly help fund. She certainly has no empathy for me. Pardon me if my community's fight to survive interrupts your enjoyment of your "magical world". 😮‍💨 www.czechgames.com/news/why-we-...

Board Game publishers claiming that inclusivity is a priority without throwing trans people under the bus challenge 2025. We're well past the point of any plausible deniability that propagating Harry Potter is support for bigotry and hate.

It's Cardboard Time! Episode 116 is now live (open.spotify.com/episode/4k72...). On today's show - Reviews of Tea Garden @capstone-games.com and High Tide @marcelineleiman.bsky.social & an interview with Jay Bernardo @cardboardeast.bsky.social , @beziergames.bsky.social !

IYKYK.

Folks going to #GenCon! Are you interested in getting a professional photoshoot for: - $99 for 3 shots? - Professional lighting & guidance? - High Quality, web-ready photos? - Instant delivery at the end of the shoot? Bookings for my GenCon Mini Headshot sessions is now open! Details below!

It's Cardboard Time! Episode 115 (spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/1rZFJmkZMUb) features a HUGE shelf of aspiration update and reviews of Tearable Quest (@allplay.bsky.social ) and Rebel Princess (@beziergames.bsky.social )

Origins Part II

We had a blast at Origins, and the Tabletop Gaymers 10 year Gayaversary party was a highlight! We got to hang with our friends, and I won 6th edition Catan during Drag Bingo! @cardboardtime.bsky.social @daggers.tv @alonechark.bsky.social @panda8ngel.bsky.social @tabletopgaymers.bsky.social

The wait is over - all 114 episodes (including today's) of the Cardboard Time Podcast are now available on YouTube! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...