Playing some Draft Cribbage with the Wife :)
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My last week saw a LOT of Draft Cribbage. Wild how bad someone can be at their own game 😅
Jacob Bysshe Landrum@byssh3.bsky.social · yesterdayBGStats gave me too much power allowing the grid to be any sized lol. Lots of variety this week. Clearly, Grabble grabbed our house. The final picture is actually a prototype I made for a silly little game that’s somewhere between DNUP and shady lady and probably worse than both but maybe good?
Better Card Games 2 The Best Climbing & Shedding Games Ever! Is here~ youtu.be/RKBzvAIkYkQ?... Ft games from @25thcentury.games @allplay.bsky.social @dnlnwmn.bsky.social @shreesh.bsky.social @seandavidross.bsky.social @tricktaking.bsky.social @gameswell.shop @paulsalomon27.bsky.social @cmyk.games
Thanks to *everyone* for their patience with this. The week has been very unforgiving. Final edits done today. Buffering buffering. See you tomorrow~
Wrote up a bit of a retrospective for the Fivedeck and its design: Check it out if you're interested :) boardgamegeek.com/blog/11828/b...
Fivedeck Design Diary | Thinking Out Loud about Game Design
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Mail day today! I finally got a copy of my two decks from the Game Crafter in the mail. One is the Fivedeck and the other is the Tricolor deck
Technically untrue. The fivedeck just so coincidentally happens to be compatible. The game was conceived with a standard deck in mind 🙂
Jacob Bysshe Landrum@byssh3.bsky.social · 3d agoSpandauer Another @cityhare.studio banger, and he made the Fivedeck pictured below to play it, but it is playable with a standard deck. It’s a fixed-hand climber where you score the melds you beat, with lots of little twists thrown in. I think it’s one of Niko’s best, to be honest.
I am in the private alpha of this because I know a guy and I am *obsessed*. I am gonna play so much of this on BGA when it opens up.
Jacob Bysshe Landrum@byssh3.bsky.social · 3d agoDraft Cribbage Obsessed with this. It’s such a perfect way to play cribbage whether you’ve played for years or haven’t tried it. The choices are so smart, the game is so lean. It’s like @cityhare.studio invented this alongside cribbage itself way back when. (Coming soon to BGA!)
Draft Cribbage Obsessed with this. It’s such a perfect way to play cribbage whether you’ve played for years or haven’t tried it. The choices are so smart, the game is so lean. It’s like @cityhare.studio invented this alongside cribbage itself way back when. (Coming soon to BGA!)
Spandauer Another @cityhare.studio banger, and he made the Fivedeck pictured below to play it, but it is playable with a standard deck. It’s a fixed-hand climber where you score the melds you beat, with lots of little twists thrown in. I think it’s one of Niko’s best, to be honest.
Zolt Chess uses a both playing cards and a chess set to simulate having powers of precognition (for those of us that can't see the future). Using a set "Future Line" the psychic player can choose their next move with knowledge about what their opponent will play next. Free in the link below!
52 Pickup Studios 🎲🃏♟️@52pickupstudios.com · 2w agoOur new chess variant game zine, Zolt Chess, is available and free for a limited time! Use your future reading powers to outmanoeuvre your opponent and claim victory. patreon.52pickupstudios.com/posts/52-pickup-issue-170779873 #chess #tabletop #zine #indiegame
Jokes on you, my rules are so poorly written that no one could possibly make a vibe coded online app out of it. Take that future!
It seems that publishers can ask for their game to rightfully be taken down. “Aviary” / Wingspan has already been taken down. Please contact the proper publishers to request their games to be taken down. We’ll also need help identifying all of the games so the correct people can be informed.
Marceline is Racing Dinos@marcelineleiman.bsky.social · 4d agoIt’s absolutely maddening that someone would take this much advantage of so many creative people against their consent and dare to charge money for it… I’m not a lawyer but this should be outright illegal.
I don’t want to read a story an LLM generated because an LLM has nothing to say. It’s just noise, no signal. Like watching static on a screen; sometimes it might kind of look like something, but it’s a transient illusion. there’s human connection embedded in so many things I had taken for granted.
A new experience for me, but I love yapping about games so how could I resist! This was fun, and I’m looking forward to listening to the other episodes.
Joseph Arthur Ellis@jarthurellis.bsky.social · 6d agoIntroducing the BrumbleCast, a 3 part series that's an excuse for me to chat with cool 🎲✂️ folks like @dxdydz.northsky.social who create games as experiences and art first instead of as products. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR3L...
Excited to go to Essen Spiel again this year. Lots of people to catch up with and games to buy!
Here's the games I played this last week mostly with the wife :) We managed to get Sweet Lands down to 2 hours!
ngl it’s pretty cool to see my name on a game box even though it’s only because I paid some people to print a box with my name on it.
Observation: Removing the 1s and the 2s from a Pairs deck gives you 52 cards. Do with this info as you wish
I am eternally grateful that mosquitoes evolved to have such a distinct noise. Imagine if they were silent... but man, nothing wakes me quicker than one buzzing right by my ear
I made a new deck of cards! I intend to make a few games that uses it in the future. Go check it out! www.thegamecrafter.com/games/fivedeck
Fivedeck
Disjoint deck of cards in five suits.
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I have mixed feelings about vibe coded card game websites. A ton have popped up, made mostly by real enthusiasts, and often showcasing games that otherwise would have no digital version. It’s hard to see that as an unalloyed evil, but I’m still not super keen to engage with them or their authors.
Me, picking up a deck of cards in someone’s house: “Oh I see you own my completed works. I’m flattered.”
