Lunch with Chip, @overthehillier.bsky.social and @ericbuscemi.bsky.social!

Playing trick taking games with @dnlnwmn.bsky.social and @ericbuscemi.bsky.social!

As I'm up after midnight, I did tomorrow's Wordle already. The solution is my wife's starting word. I'm really excited to watch her get it in one tomorrow.

There's no excuse not to download this fun roll-and-write game, seeing as it's now free!

My Christmas/birthday game haul. I also got the Jaws LEGO set, which I'm auper excited to do.

Since I was so harsh on the first scenario, I feel compelled to note that I played the second scenario from this box, Hollywood Confidential, and thought it was great. It definitely redeemed this set. Now I'm hoping the third set is also solid.

This is a great way to get a ton of John Scalzi's library in one shot, for under $20, while supporting a charity. Win-win-win.

I watched the first two episodes of DC's newest animated show, Creature Commandos, and it was quite a ride. The animation is gorgeous, the writing is engaging (and not at all child friendly — they show necrophilia, for fuck's sake), and the soundtrack is by Gogol Bordello. Highly recommend.

I just played Restart from Unlock Extraordinary Adventures with my daughter, and it was the worst Unlock we've played in years. It was so unintuitive, and it was listed as 1/3 difficulty. If the box didn't already have two more scenarios in it, I might never play an Unlock again after that one.

There has been exactly one game I have been asking Restoration to do literally since the inception of the company — and that game is Battle Masters. The fact that not only are they now doing it, but in the Godzilla/Kong Monsterverse, is mind-blowing.

If I were smarter, I'd have bought a chocolate Advent calendar so I could give myself a treat each day when I solve the riddle.

my #BGStats for November. As the temperature starts to drop, my number of plays starts to rise. Highlights include the Curse of the Dark escape room game, Five Tribes on BGA, and learning Creature Caravan and Let's Go! to Japan.

"The Tainted Cup" by Robert Jackson Bennett was one of my favorite reads of the year. If anyone else here is interested in unique fantasy worlds with a pair of protagonists that give off serious Holmes and Watson vibes, I highly recommend it, especially for $2.99. www.amazon.com/Tainted-Cup-...

What percentage of this poster for this "live action" movie isn't computer generated? Is the sand, beach, and sky even real?

Artists you’ve seen live by letter: A Tribe Called Quest BB King Cake Dropkick Murphys Eddie Vedder Foo Fighters Green Day Hot 8 Brass Band Immortal Technique Jurassic 5 Killers Live Mike Doughty No Doubt Oasis Protomen Queensryche Rammstein Streetlight Manifesto Tool U2 Verve Wu Tang Clan X Y Z

Five authors by whom I've read five or more books: Kurt Vonnegut Terry Pratchett Christopher Moore Michael Crichton Stephen King

I've had this for a really long while, and haven't yet played it. It's because I played the original Exit the Abandoned Cabin with my dad, and he's since passed. But it's been years now, and it's a rainy Saturday and I've nothing else to do, so I think it's time.

Introduce yourself with four video games.

I'm taking a pottery class with my wife, and decided to make a dice tray.

Our rescue dog Duncan had a routine x-ray done yesterday ahead of being neutered, and it showed that he has a bullet lodged in his back. I can't imagine how this dog, who has the sweetest disposition, could have been shot, but here we are.

@boardgamegumbo.bsky.social, how was BGG.CON?

It's so great seeing so many familiar faces pop up on here this past week or so. I'm really loving the 'Twitter circa ten years ago' vibes I'm getting from BlueSky right now.

Tickets ordered for next Spring's Granite Game Summit (@g2summit.bsky.social). I'm doubly excited because not only will I get to see Patrick Hillier (@overthehillier.bsky.social) and all the other wonderful regulars there, two of my best friends from home are coming up with me this year.

Okay, in an effort to be more present here, here's a bit about me: I was involved in board game media for years (The WDYPTW podcast, The Cubist, The Cardboard Hoard, Patrick and Eric in the Morning, Punchboard Media), but have retired from all that.

I think the reason I haven't been using BlueSky much is because I don't have the network here that I did at the Bad Place™, and the reason I don't have a growing network here is because I'm not using it much. So if you're in the board gaming sphere and know me, maybe add me? I'll try to engage more.

Voted first thing today.

I will back every Burgle Bros project forever. www.kickstarter.com/projects/fow...

This looks super interesting, and there's a lot of great people involved in it!

My plays for February. Finished TTR: Legacy, and loved it. Got Trickerion to the table for the first time since 2016. Learned Altered, Splendor Duel, Tidal Blades, Savernake Forest, and MLEM. Did some solo one shots — Clue: Treachery at Tudor Manor, Body on the Boardwalk, and The Easter Escapade.

For the record, this may be the end of the podcast Patrick and I co-hosted, but our not our friendship. We meet up at least once a year, talk almost every day, and he even skunked me in two games of Cribbage today.

Love what this company is doing!

It’s been a pretty good year at Postmark Games.

PAX Unplugged was a brief, chaotic and fun adventure this year. I brought my 11-year-old son with me at his request, so I didn't get to play as much or see as many people as I'd have liked. If I didn't see you, sorry I missed you! As for games — what was the hotness this year? I honestly don't know.

Totally understandable.

Glad to see Gil's titles getting republished, they deserve it.

Tickets for Granite Game Summit are live and selling very quickly. I love seeing all the names popping up and knowing that we're only months away from seeing so many great humans. 💜

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I almost never get "big box" board games anymore, but I grabbed these both on sale this week.

This is a fantastic read, as Dan's pieces always are. And as for Molly House, I'm glad to see the boundaries of this hobby being used to explore such topics in a way that looks both respectful to the historical source and interesting to play.

I sure hope flying a real plane is easier than playing Sky Team, because wow is that game tense and easy to lose.

This has been the game I've most wanted to come to BGA since, well, forever. But I'll settle for this online app. I just hope it is playable on my phone screen, a lot of BGA games I need to be at my PC to play.

Hey @thebuckeyegamer.bsky.social, I see from BGG that you've played Disney's Haunted Mansion. You think it's worth adding to my collection for $11 to play with the family? I'm leaning yes unless you tell me it was not good.

Very excited about this, considering I've only managed to play the cardboard version once in all the years since it came out.

My Sept. board gaming. Quick thoughts — Crokinole, which I played in a tournament at Reunity Games, is an outstanding dexterity game. Point City is very good, although the rulebook is rough. Eleven is a very maximalist, but fun, soccer simulation. Cobras is as solid a trick-taker as any I've played.

This is a game that should have gotten more love the first time around. Thrilled to see it's getting a new edition and an expansion.

This is the game I'm most excited about releasing this year.

I am officially exhausted-from-setting-the-game-up years old.

Anyone else do something like this with their print-and-play games, or just me?

Cascadia: Landmarks just arrived in the mail. I'm looking forward to seeing what @rf-seattle.bsky.social and @flatoutgames.bsky.social added to one of my favorite family games.