Philosophers used to moan about the assumption that things are only real if you could measure them. But honestly that’s a lot better than the assumption now that things are only real if you can monetise them.

Another testimonial from Gen con! Thanks!

FADENFROH is our 5th game and will release this fall at @spielessen.bsky.social . The designers Jordy Adan and Alexander Pfister invite you to pick up needle and thread. Collect dewy berries, cute animals, and fragrant flowers, artfully presented by @juliabeutling.bsky.social . #boardgames #spiel26

So it begins #gencon #abroad

Polygon picked Abroad as one of the 10 Hottest games of Gen con 2026! Visit our booth #419 and learn about this awesome game - a big hit from Essen Spiel 2025 finally in English! You can also pre-order at shopportalgames.com/products/abr... Please, RT!

Abroad on the table! Prep for awesome Gen con demos!

Do white people ever think, "I wonder what it would be like if every book I read or TV or film only had Black people in them?" Just constantly inundated with images of Black people, in our vastness. Probably not, but, I dare say, it would change how they view everything. Representation matters.

You can now pre-order our new game, Northgreen here: gamebuilders.de/spiele/north... Beautifully illustrated by #LukasSiegmon The pre-order price is 65 EUR. Pre-orders are available for pickup only at @spiel_messe 2026 in Essen (Booth 4 J 500)! #Boardgames #Northgreen #TheGameBuilders #Spiel26

I highly recommend this game! And all publishers to keep an eye on @jeffgrisenthwaite.bsky.social

Jeff Grisenthwaite@jeffgrisenthwaite.bsky.social · last wk.

Soothsayers is out of beta and now in general release on BGA!

The content of this video should be mandatory education for everybody who wants to interact with other human beings. Beside all the science in it, it boils down to a very good approach in life: Trust people when they tell you, who they are. Not only in terms of identity. youtu.be/B-JPnZg2ZYk?...

What is a Woman?

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Let’s just start one using #gamesnotatgencon

Is there a thread or hashtag for game designers that can't attend #gencon26 but have games ready to be pitched? 🎲 ✂️

give then ten thousand more data centers!

✨queer commie terrorist✨@britculpsapp.bsky.social · 2w ago

“wednespoop” — source cited: bigchode’s instagram

Please leave a thumbs up for our upcoming game #Northgreen in the Essen Preview list on #BGG #Boardgames #TheGameBuilders boardgamegeek.com/geekpreview/...

SPIEL Essen 2026

A list to sort the hundreds of new games introduced at SPIEL Essen '26. All preview list on BGG are now self-service. Tutorial for publishers: https://shorturl.at/A8ZV8

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based on the trailer alone I don't think Chris Nolan even played Mario Odyssey

Gen con is where Abroad officially pre-releases! I hope to see many of you visiting our booth and playing it!

Call me heavily biased but: This is a perfect example for a game that was refined over years. Played the prototype so many times. What Prinz and Pfister delivered here is outstanding and elevated by great art and components. Not to forget the spatial aspect of the game! Beautiful interaction.

W. Eric Martin | Board Game Beat@index.wericmartin.com.ap.brid.gy · 3w ago

Nanox Games prepares the board game -60º for release at SPIEL Essen 26

DId you pre-order Abroad already? :) #gencon #boardgames

Schon erstaunlich, wenn das Lösungswort früh genannt wird, dann aber solange hin- und herdiskutiert wird, dass es verworfen wird. Wie war das noch mit Ockhams Rasiermesser?! 🪒 🪒🪒🪒 von 5 🪒 #OneWordAway am 2026-07-07 mit 7 Spielern gewonnen, Siegergebnis: 19 #bgstats #brettspiele

Really interesting essay about building stairs. Resonated a lot with me. ✂️ 🎲 "Reality has a surprising amount of detail" share.google/3hoNkrXIPRvj...

Recommended reading.

Elizabeth Hargrave@elizhargrave.bsky.social · last mo.

Every game I put out gets "1" ratings on BGG before it is for sale. For funsies I'm gonna track the 1s on WS Pocket in real time. What are these people up to, who feel so strongly about a game they haven't even played? Game details were announced yesterday, and the first "1" is up. LET'S GO! 🧵

Nominiert für das Spiel des Jahres: „Morty Sorty Magic Shop“ von Markus Slawitscheck, erschienen bei Schmidt. „Das spielerische Gesamtpaket überzeugt ebenso wie die liebevolle Gestaltung des Materials“, sagt die Jury zu dem Spiel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCvo...

Nominiert für das Spiel des Jahres 2026: Morty Sorty Magic Shop

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A picture thread about sheep. For all lovers of Catan, Agricola and other sheep based games.

Tom Cox@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · last mo.

I've decided to compile a definitive thread of photos of the best sheep I've photographed during my walks in the countryside, together with supporting biographical information. I will put the vital story associated with each sheep in the alt text, since some of it is a little long to fit in a post.

I just got the first copy of NEON HOPE! 💚💚💚

"For days, officials across France have scrambled to cope with the searing heat, shutting down three nuclear reactors after the surrounding cooling waters became too hot..." So much for nuclear as a climate solution.....

UK and Switzerland record hottest ever June day as health emergencies surge in Europe

Temperatures linked to third child’s death in France, where three-quarters of country is under extreme heat alert

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Tips for using Affinity Studio to design components and make rulebook updates for your board game prototypes

Affinity for Board Games

How to use Affinity Studio to design components and write rulebooks for board game prototypes.

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Generative AI is not only fundamentally based on the rejection of consent, but also *standards*. Artists have been micromanaged and hounded over individual pixels, academics fighting to defend every minute detail of their thesis, etc, and then are tossed away in favor of the get shit wrong machine.

Everyone whose livelihoods they want to destroy understands, painfully, the reality of income and outgoings, costs and profits, money coming in and money going out. All of us, in the real world, and they look down on us. I can’t wait for the bill to land for these arseholes. Destroy them back.

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60% drop in reviews if people even smell AI on your game - full supports the investors, developers, and publishers that took a hard "no gen-AI" stance, despite grifters' proclamations that they were "going to be left behind".

Mr. Hands is making SuccuDeck 😈🃏@mrhands31.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Someone actually crunched the numbers, and using GenAI can decrease reviews for indie game on Steam (a useful proxy stat for sales) by as much as *58%* 🤖