I'm sharing part of one of my projects for people curious to how it works! drive.google.com/file/d/1i2Gm... Download nanDECK, unzip the folder, and build your own copy of one of my prototype's decks by following the readme.txt. Try making changes to the cards or their quantities! 🎲✂️

CaptainKlutz@captainklutz.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This is why whenever I have a serious idea I always take the time to set it up in nanDECK, so no matter the size of the changes I want to make, it's as simple as editing a spreadsheet :) it's already tiring enough to have to make sweeping changed to a game so it's important to streamline it

UKGE Day 1 thoughts thread:

new prototype finally made it on paper after kicking around my head for over a year, this one's a Deadlock + Root inspired game where you play as different mobster families in a occult version of London. it played pretty ok for a first trial, finally got me out of my slump of 5 failed games in a row

me: so yeah sorry to bring you back but the funding board wanted to hear your perspective on the achievements of capitalism, like the moon landing Karl Marx: holy shit they patented seeds? me: is there hope in the modern age for communism? Karl Marx: the seeds in the fucking ground?

SCREAMING THIS FROM THE FUCKING ROOFTOPS

Idk but I think it was @katie.bzky.team who randomly mentioned silicone scar cream one day. On a whim I bought 10ml and tried it on a burn scar that developed eczema and it's the only cream that's lessened the redness/itching. 3 years, 4 dermatologists. And Katie solves it without ever seeing it

Didn't make it to the #cardboardedison finals, but got some absolutely excellent feedback from the judges which I've already started working on! I'm very glad I entered and I'm grateful for the time of everyone involved. Time to get straight back into creating and improving my board games! 🎲✂️

there's a slug in my bed wtf

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Elizabeth Spiers@espiers.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Remember the shitty men in media list? Someone needs to compile a big list of all of these men, circulate it widely and make sure they’re never allowed around young women again

i made a version of wikipedia you can doomscroll xikipedia.org

nothing will ever top belv's all time music compass banger

There’s almost exactly ONE WEEK LEFT to submit your unpublished board game design to this year’s Cardboard Edison Award! cardboardedison.com/award

CRASHOUT FOR THE AGES

Gary Larson: In my cartoon I invented Cow Tools as a cautionary tale Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools

Daniel Benneworth-Gray@danielgray.com · 7mo ago

COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS

just like in the fairy tales! #deadlock #batbook

It’s time! SUBMISSIONS FOR THE 2026 CARDBOARD EDISON AWARD ARE OPEN! Board game designers, show us what you’ve been working on! Deadline is January 31: cardboardedison.com/award

Sometimes I wonder if I overspend on @dragonshield.bsky.social sleeves. But then I get to colour code cards from my prototypes like this and I realise it's definitely worth it (colours in alt text)

So #SPIEL25 had genAI cards on its main stage. UKGE is defending genAI board game companies on social media. How many major conventions in Europe are left who actually support human artists?

Ramona@alderdoodle.bsky.social · 9mo ago

@ukge.bsky.social shared a post on Instagram about a card game that has gAI 'art'. People (including me) commented on it expressing their disappointment. UKGE chose to respond by hiding the comments. Should we assume UKGE is pro gAI and doesn't care for artists without whom the con wouldn't exist?

Mushroom game prototype in action! Has potential, need to rework some things for sure

#CraftWednesday working on a prototype of an area control game about mushrooms and trees growing alongside each other in a Bohemian forest. Aims to reflect real growing conditions. Thanks to @lookoutgames.bsky.social for the wooden components they were giving away at Essen, very useful stuff! 🎲✂️

Things that have surprised me about #SPIEL25 : - About 1/20 games use or touch up AI generated illustrations - The avg. game on display is mechanically much heavier than I expected - There are many more small/mid Asian developers here than Americans - No open play zone - <1% of people wear a mask 🎲✂️

Pubblo (selling themselves as a way for designers to meet publishers) is running a competition to coincide with SPIEL 25- if you sign up, you get free access to the site for the rest of 2025. Not sponsored, I'm just making sure the people who couldn't make it here know 🎲✂️ pubblo.com/spielpitch

University of Lleida researchers found that the type of board game you play with children doesn't have a large effect on what they learn; instead, any game that sufficiently engages cognitive functions seems to improve overall performance

Differences in play in adults talk: there are no fundamental differences between how children and adults play. But adults tend to see play as something limited to the professionals (actors, sport) and need to feel allowed to play. Hence the gravitation towards game rooms, cafes, evenings, facilities

Pedagogy and board games talk points: board games can mimic real scenarios children might otherwise be afraid of. Maintaining interest is difficult in the classroom, but strategic thinking and the challenges provided by games, together with the reward of winning, can provide strong motivation

Heading to SPIEL Essen for the first time! Not got any pitches but looking forward to it all. Anyone got recommendations for stalls, designers or friends who are going to be there who I should check out? Going to also be talking to manufacturers for sure if anyone wants any questions answered! 🎲✂️

trillion dollar industry

When you consider the *ecocide* alongside the genocide being perpetrated in Gaza, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians and their homeland. My column today. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot

Consider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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My carpet designing event entry from a Vintage Story server: "We Have Always Been Beautiful" 3 wide x 5 high, interior 32x64 pixels A carpet based on Botticelli's 'The Birth of Venus', except I have taken the artistic liberty of making the subject a trans woman.