The entirety of #Crownfell 's existence was triggered by a throwaway joke... With just 8 hours left in the crowd sale, here's the story of how it got started, and where it went from there. 🎲✂️

Instead of pardoning a turkey this year, Trump is pardoning all violent criminals who are from Turkey.

My wife and I went to the Shoresy Fall Classic last night and had a blast (again)! Mickey Redmond scored a goal (and "roughed up" a couple of Bulldogs), Darren McCarty "fought" one of The Jims, The Boys had to do a lap with their tarps off, and $15,000 was donated to a Youth Sports organization.

Check out the thread for a trailer, how to play, and solo mode videos!

Fascism can't win without outlets like the NYT and WaPo continuously doing this. Please stop sending money to these outlets. The bland, white-friendly recipes and word puzzles aren't worth it. Fund @theflytrapmedia.com, or @unraveledpress.com, or any number of local independent journalists.

Got a few games from @tiffanyleigh.bsky.social (thank you again!) played this week Newsboys is a fun, simple roll and write with a neat tension between growing your newspaper business and going on strike to demand better pay. There is some nice comboing if you line things up right.

if you see this post, your actions are: - if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this - if you don't have a spare buck, just repost your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive

I wonder if Trump thinks that "antifa" is short for "anti tariff"

I'm super late to the party, but, Ursula Le Guin is incredible.

Spider-Man, but he's not very good at shaping his hand like 🤘 so it always takes him a few seconds, and sometimes he has to use his other hand to bend some of the fingers

Here's how differently-abled and disabled folks can join No Kings 2: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

To learn more about this type of statistical trick, I highly recommend the book A Field Guide to Lies: Critical Thinking in the Information Age by Daniel J. Levitin

Buying 6 huge packs of healthcares now to stock up before premiums explode

Make your plans for #NoKings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in. You'll see me at one of the events. www.nokings.org

This is ridiculous. We need to up the stakes for these judges. There is no real incentive for them to be impartial or do their due diligence. If the judges guess incorrectly, they should have to eat the thing that isn't cake.

One of the lessons I discuss in "On Tyranny": Listen for dangerous words.

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...

Donald Trump is using federal agents to stoke fear and violate constitutional rights — all with the aims of expanding his control and sending military troops to our cities. It’s unlawful and un-American. We must all stand up and speak out against fanning the flames of violence.

WHAAAAAT?!

This is what actual freedom of speech looks like — join in www.nokings.org

This includes Michigan's @debbiedingell.house.gov

Small things you can do that might help you feel better: - Drink some water - Pick up some trash outside - Call your elected officials and tell them what you want them to do (the website 5Calls makes it really easy)

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)!

Do I look like somebody who would ask you a rhetorical question?!

This is just to say I took the plums and the brochure from the cardboard box you left for passersby. Thank you, they were delicious, and freedom from censorship is one of the most important freedoms of all.

Clues by Sam is my favorite daily puzzle game: aftermath.site/clues-by-sam-w...

Hmm interesting, but did Maine try giving Trump what he wants and getting kicked in the face anyway?

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!

Use 5Calls.org They have a list of issues (including these tariffs) that helps you easily connect with your elected officials, and even gives you a brief script you can read verbatim for each issue. You can call every day. You can call about multiple issues in a day. But any little bit helps!

Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back. This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008. Also bigger than the 2024 DNC. And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).

Just putting this out there again - call your reps! 5calls.org makes it super easy, it takes about a minute per call. You pick an issue, and they give you a detailed explanation of the issue, a phone number (or small list of numbers), and a short script.

We need to change our approach. This is a great framework

I will never not promote libraries, they are a vast public good and worth celebrating for themselves, and also they buy lots of books, which keeps a whole bunch of authors in the business. Please support them!

State AGs are looking for federal workers who have just been illegally fired to stand as litigants in a new lawsuit trying to freeze further action by DOGE. DM me if that’s you and you’re interested and you’re live in one of the following states: NM, AZ, CA, CT, MD, MI, MN, NV, OR, WA, RI, or VT.

Okay, I cannot recommend 5calls.org enough. Enter your address and it will find all your reps (federal and state). AND give you a list of issues to call about AND which reps to call about each of them AND a little script for each, in case it's helpful. They have an app, too.

i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country

I used to work for an elected official as the person who answered their emails. I can tell you from personal experience, if even twenty or thirty people all call an official in a day, they start panicking. This stuff does help.

Let's be honest, saying "trans rights are human rights", isn't exactly a high bar to clear and we could all be doing it a lot more often and a lot more loudly.

We need contract help asap from a graphic designer with significant experience creating print files. Our deadline for the Nature print files is next week, so there isn't time for on the job learning. Serious inquiries only. Thx.

Orthogonal It is the opposite of diagonal. It basically means "up, down, left, or right". It is often used in board game rulebooks as part of the phrase "orthogonally adjacent" (next to each other, but not diagonally).

Anyone want to get in on a board game giveaway? Happy Holidays!

Americans (and others) should pay attention to S. Korea. The shitty fascist ideals are a global issue... we need to be aware, alert, and learn and support the people fighting against this kind of corruption worldwide.

My favorite game publisher, ButtonShy, is having their annual Black Friday sale. Skip Amazon and shop an awesome small company! 25% off (which comes out to $9 a game 🤯), and bundles for even cheaper! buttonshygames.com

We're still on track to release our puzzle game LOK Digital in 2024 :) Alongside the video game, I will also release the ambient music soundtrack I made for it. Kindly invited to listen to the 4 teaser tracks and preorder the album, if you like what you hear! blazh.bandcamp.com/album/lok-di...

And So It Goes... My path to publishing Kurt Vonnegut's GHQ: substack.com/home/post/p-...

Hi, everybody! It's been a long time comin', but my game Rune Rite is coming to #crowdfunding, (tentatively) launching on October 8th! It's a quick and puzzle-y build-your-own-polyomino flip-and-write that you might like. You can follow the preview page via the link below, if you want. #boardgames

On Button Shy's Discord, we used to post the Merriam-Webster Word of the Day, and we'd discuss how that word/concept could apply to a game mechanic, idea, or theme. I have a lot of notes for game ideas because of it. It died out, but I'm bringing it back on my own server...! 1/2

The lyric games itch bundle is live! I'm a massive fan of lyric games and they ways they push the boundaries of what it means to be a game, in order to deliver unique, profound, touching experiences. I'm excited to jump into this bundle and see what it holds! itch.io/b/2580/lyric...

🚨 FREE to a good US* home: A Fake Artist goes to New York! Brand new, still in the shrink. Leave a comment to express interest; repost to spread the love. I’ll pick a random person after 24 hours. *Sorry, non-US friends. I love you just the same, but… shipping, y’dig? #boardgames