So I rarely do event haul posts, but I was cleaning my condo after the whirlwind of the last few conventions and realized I picked up a few minis. Looking forward to some real hobby time after PAXU. Plenty of new minis to build and paint up.

Very exciting to see so many local game stores diving deep with Star Wars: Legion! Over the last month with the new Starter Box releases, In-Store Demo Program and new Tournament kits, its great to see all the community excitement and gaming.

SPIEL Talks has shared the presentations from SPIEL Essen on YouTube and my presentation about 'Discovering Career Paths in the Tabletop Gaming Industry' is live. SPIEL_Messe YouTube: lnkd.in/gU325HqP Thank you to Carol Rapp for inviting me to speak at SPIEL this year.

Ill be at PAX Unplugged in Philly next week for Atomic Mass Games! We will be demoing Star Wars: Legion and there are tournaments for our game lines. PAXU is always a good convention and even though its a bit earlier this year, looking forward to it.

Yes unplugged is a week away, but East is just a few months!

Not sure what to look for at Unplugged? boardgamegeek.com/geekpreview/...

Time to start judging for the 20th Young Inventors Challenge here at Chicago Toy & Game Week! It is so cool to see how many young inventors are here from elementary school all the way to high-school. Looking forward to hearing the pitches and seeing which games are going to stand out.

Writing up a short list of folks I want to work with on my TTRPG charity streams in 2026 — people I’ve never played with before or it’s been quite a while. If you’re a TTRPG performer and want to express interest in 2026, let me know 👀

Just finished a fantastic panel 'Working with Influencers' here at People of Play. Thank you to Danielle Standring, Grant Lyon and Joe Barron for joining in an in-depth discussion about tabletop influencers and the Tabletop industry.

Kicking off People of Play! Looking forward to the panels and checking out unpublished games from designers. Wonderful to see good friends at the start of the show. Our panel, 'Working with Industry Influencers' is 3pm today with Grant Lyon, Dani Stranding and Joe Barron. Going to be a great talk!

On the way to Chicago Toy & Game Week! Going to be a fun event.

hire all the fired political teen vogue writers and make a new magazine call teen rogue. we’ll all subscribe en masse

Cool announcement today, looks like IDW Games is back. I enjoyed my time there and was bummed to see when IDW closed the division down years ago. Love seeing the Godzilla RPG as their first announcement and designed by Jarvis Johnson, Gav Thorpe, and Mark A. Latham. What a line-up.

What a fun day of Twilight Imperium. 11hrs later and Andrew Seely comes out on top, in a hard fought and well maneuvered game. Congrats! The new expansion adds all kinds of new rules and strategies, going to be fun checking them out more.

Time for Twilight Imperium! Playing with the new expansion, Thunder's Edge. This expansion adds so much! Going to be a great day of galactic space opera.

Today is the first annual Game Store Day, from GAMA - The Tabletop Game Association! Its a great day to visit your local game store, participating game stores have promo kits too, which you can find in the store locator. Game Store Day Website - www.gama.org/general/cust...

Happy Halloween!! Such a good holiday. Love everyone dressing up and celebrating fun times.

Good morning! It's the last day to apply for our 2026 #ActualPlay Grants. Reach out to the serial procrastinator in your life and make sure they get their show in before the deadline! Head on over to apply.tabletoparts.fund/actualplay2026 and make sure our judges get to see your show!

The X-Men Starter Set is almost here and our artist's have really captured the heart of mutantkind. Check out some of our favorites as we gear up for the fight in Marvel: Crisis Protocol. https://ow.ly/An4V50XjiqM

I am so thankful I bought a big ol jar of applesauce a couple weeks ago. This has been the best thing.

This is a REALLY cool project with a bunch of worlds in different genres you can play. I wrote a superhero one with new concepts and characters, and the ONLY way to get it is if they meet their stretch goal! Hit Point Press is one of my favorite TTRPG publishers! @shiftrpg.bsky.social

A couple weeks ago, I was on Unboxed, with @dannibelow.bsky.social and Jennifer Graham-Macht talking about jobs in the tabletop game industry. It was a great podcast discussion with some deep dive into the space, job searching, asking for a raise and more. unboxedboardgamepodcast.podbean.com

Waking up and feeling more human. Going to take it slow today but glad to be feeling better.

Con crud knocked me out pretty hard yesterday. Feeling a bit better today and plugging in a bit. Times that remind us we are just a meat popsicle.

Palm trees and ocean breeze. Glad to be back in San Diego. Time for bed.

Sean! You and Ross are the best!

And that's a wrap! The hall is closed at Essen SPIEL! At the booth in Hall 1, the demo tables were packed and it was awesome seeing so many people and families checking out the games. Thank you to the fantastic demo team here at Asmodee Germany. Such a great group! Plenty more to share.

Friday at Essen SPIEL is about to start! The demos were packed yesterday for the new Star Wars: Legion. Going to be a full day of meetings, but looking forward to it and catching up with folk at a couple booth parties tonight. Ill be at the GAMA Booth Gathering from 7-9pm in Hall 4.

Really enjoyed speaking on 'Discovering Careers in the Tabletop Game Industry'. Thank you to SPIEL Talks for the opportunity. Great to be able to share about jobs in the industry and engage in some good Q&A. Thank you to everyone who came to the panel and it sounds like it was recorded as well!

The hall is open at Essen SPIEL! Lots of exciting energy as people are running to booths. Hall 1 has all the minis gaming, which has been great to checkout before opening. Our demo tables are already filling up and love chatting the with community here in Germany. Going to be a good con!

Just did a walk of the hall before our booth gets finished up, its going to be an exciting SPIEL! Lots of folk rolling in today. The show kicks off tomorrow!

Almost the same view as last year. Jet lag is wild but ready for a nice week at Essen SPIEL.

Here we go! Headed off to Essen SPIEL. Going to be a fun week at the largest tabletop convention festival in the world.

Fantastic panel today at Twitch-Con San Diego! Thank you Banzainator for coordinating and moderating the 'Board Game Live Streaming and You' panel! It was a wonderful discussion about the technical setups for tabletop streams, community and working with publishers.

Fun night kicking off Twitch-Con San Diego! Looking forward to our Board Game Live Streaming panel tomorrow at 10am. Going to be a fun weekend.

Today, @atomicmassgames.bsky.social had an exciting AMA on the Wargamer Discord with our Dev Team talking about Star Wars: Legion. Our big Ministravangaza live stream is right around the corner on November 15th, we have been gearing up for some exciting announcements.

For anyone who can, a GoFundMe has been set up to help Rob's wife and their young daughter. Sending tons and tons of love and deepest condolences to Rob's family and friends. www.gofundme.com/f/family-of-...

This was exciting to wake up to this morning. Thank you to everyone who voted and to the 3 other fantastic folk who put in for the GAMA Board position. Looking forward to stepping into the big shoes left by Monica Hagy and working even more with GAMA, the Tabletop Game Association.

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day! Today we celebrate the heritage, beauty, and perseverance of hundreds of cultures and nations across North America that have thrived and endured here for thousands of years, and will be around for thousands more. If you want to support this Native: bit.ly/3L67Yrs

Very sad to hear about @robowieland.bsky.social this afternoon. He has been such a huge contributor to the tabletop space. Ever since I first met him when we both wrote for Geek & Sundry, he has always been giving of his time and supporting tabletop. This loss will be felt across the industry.

Love San Diego.

Just finished a fantastic podcast episode with Jen Graham-Macht and Danni Loe talking about tabletop game jobs on their show Unboxed. Thank you so much for having me on! Check out their episodes to hear about marketing in the tabletop game industry. unboxedboardgamepodcast.podbean.com

Many years ago I did a show called Sagas of Sundry. It was immersive horror, great storytelling, and reality show style skill challenges. Now I want to bring it back, but call it Tales of Dread. But I need your help. So I'm taking this project to Kickstarter. Learn more at www.talesofdread.com

another great thread from @425suzanne.bsky.social about content creation and crowdfunding from a publisher perspective

Essen SPIEL is coming up! Looking forward to another exciting year at the worlds biggest tabletop game convention & festival. I'll be there for Atomic Mass Games/Asmodee and we will have demos at our booth in Hall 1 for our Star Wars and Marvel miniatures games.

Saturday at LVO is starting strong! The AMG Tournaments are in full swing and the TOs are rocking it. Great to see so many cool painted armies and displays. The live streams for Legion, Shatterpoint and Marvel: Crisis Protocol are fantastic to see.

The amount of weird things in the desert on the way out to Vegas is always cool. See you soon LVO!

Just submitted my application for the open GAMA Board seat.

Previous winners have received more than 100 nominations and three dozen awards at festivals on four continents. Now it's your turn! The Tabletop Arts Fund is proud to announce our 2026 Actual Play Grants. 📅 Submissions close October 31, 2025. 👉 Apply now: apply.tabletoparts.fund/ActualPlay2026