This is one of my pet peeves of BGG. Especially when I was actively cultivating a game collection for a 3-10 yr olds. Such snarky attitudes. I wish there was a KBGG.

Shelf Stable Podcast@shelfstablecast.bsky.social · 21h ago

BREAKING: 48yo BGGer thinks game targeted to children is not strategically compelling

Kudos to my highschool and college drama teachers for teaching me warmups for my face! 😫😁😬😲 I didn't become an actor, but I've had to record storytime and now training videos for work. Why does one's face feel like molasses as soon as record is hit?

This was a good listen. I'll probably never go to Gen Con, as large crowds give me anxiety. I like knowing about other options for mid-size or local cons.

Going Analog@goinganalogshow.bsky.social · 3d ago

So many board game conventions! @thingsgetdicey.bsky.social's Paula Deming joins us to sort them out, share our faves (and bucket-list shows), and more. Recorded from...a convention, of course. www.goinganalogshow.com/article/334/... #boardgames

Idk if this happens to other Filipinos in Oakland. When I'm in Chinatown, people expect me to speak Chinese, but when I'm almost anywhere else in the town, folks assume I speak Spanish. Like I do a little, lot of folks around here do, but "poquito y despacio, por FAVOR!"

Props to @caramiaculpa.bsky.social for gently schooling me on what is about to be my new tea obsession! Yashi Duck Shit is the sheeeeiiiiiit! I got mine %25 sweet and will probably go %0 sweet next time. Also it's Mooooooooncake season! 🥮 🦆 💩 🍵

Mia Mac-Pry@caramiaculpa.bsky.social · last wk.

It’s actually a legit name of an oolong variety! The story is the farmers that cultivated it started calling it “duck shit” to keep people from stealing the tea or taking tree cuttings.

It is the season for my 2nd favorite pizza. I was wrong. It was not goat cheese. It was gorgonzola, with arugula, fig and a balsamic glaze. I don't care what the Pizza Towns of American think. I've waited a year for this. 🤤

FOBoardGame@foboardgame.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I don't get in Pizza Opinion Debates w/ no one. I stay in my lane. I'm from California. My favorite 🍕 has corn & cilantro. Sometimes roasted potatoes. My 2nd fave has figs & goat cheese w/ a balsamic glaze. My 3d was legendary: a whole wedge of brie, sausage & sun dried tomatoes. We do too much

My kid started highschool. I think it's going fine. Her biggest gripe is that her phone is always in the top row of the phone hotel and after class she cannot reach it and some taller kid has to get it for her. If you went back in time and told Teen Me this, I'd be like "Whuuuut?"

I'm pretty sure it was Mariah Carey's Daydream.

The old internet@theoldinternet.bsky.social · 7d ago

44 years ago today, the first CD was produced. What is the first CD you owned?

Took home Crash Cats, Dream Home and the two Hunt-a-Killer mysteries. But got all melancholy over all the cat games / items I saw today. Did someone who love cats pass away?!?! 😢 🐈 🃏

Idk if this makes sense but this duck, looks like the Rich Mom of ducks.

ЗИТА.@zinoky.bsky.social · 6d ago

Among the feathered inhabitants of water bodies, the wild ruddy shelduck occupies a special place, a bird striking in its vibrant coloring. This large duck, 60–70 cm in length, is a unique specimen.

I can't wait!

@angeladalton.bsky.social · last wk.

I’m honored to join Oakland icon and former librarian Dorothy Lazard on Aug. 21 at 6:30 PM at Books Inc. Alameda to celebrate Behind the Desk at Main. 📚 Join us for a conversation about books, libraries, Oakland, and community. RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/dorothy-la...

I should not talk shit about anyone with reading glasses. I'm now of the age to have progressives (bifocals!). This is my first day wearing them for realsies. I've texted a buttload of typos all day.

FOBoardGame@foboardgame.bsky.social · 6d ago

If I find out someone I'm close with is very dependent on reading glasses, I'm going to stop texting them. 🤓 💬 This post brought to you by all the fools who voice text me, but then call me back as soon as I text then because they don't wear their reading glasses!!!!

If I find out someone I'm close with is very dependent on reading glasses, I'm going to stop texting them. 🤓 💬 This post brought to you by all the fools who voice text me, but then call me back as soon as I text then because they don't wear their reading glasses!!!!

Trying a new-to-me horror title. Stitches by Hirokatsu Kihara, art by Junji Ito. Have to read during the day in case it is too scaaaaaary.

This is actually a very good tea shop in Oakland's Chinatown. But someone has to tell them! 🦆 💩 🍋 🧋

I get to almost all media late. I got Adam Scott mixed up w/ Adam McKay & ended up watching several episodes of Succession before I realized it was not Severance. The show made me very judgmental. I just read the Wikipedia summaries & had to be done. Should I even bother with Severance?

Mark's Severance Disco Dance

Alt: Adam Scott as Mark doing Severance Disco Dance

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Idk why this is such a hot item. Based on one of the pics it's just a regular ol' roll and move game. I got it because it's so cute and we love cute things in this house. But now I feel like some collector should have it!

I'm the boss of a teeny, tiny, 2.5 person department. I'm realizing I have to stop saying "I don't know." Even if it's just me thinking out loud and working through an idea. Even if I really don't know. Folks lose confidence in me as soon as I say "I don't know." But what *do* I say instead?!??

It's cute, awkward, romance manga day.

Thrifted Cupcake Academy for $3.75 today. It's supposed to be for age 8 and up, but it's hard!!! We had a house rule to both say "Yes, Chef," when we're ready to change cards. This house rule makes it so much more intense! 😂

These toothbrush covers come in packs of three from Daiso. I love them because some houses don't have counter space, and I don't like putting my toothbrush on the counter at hotels anyway.

Ugh. I'm a sucker for gimmicks like this. Yes please! Give me the game I already own but cute & tiny!

Going Analog@goinganalogshow.bsky.social · 4w ago

Look for @asmodeeusa.bsky.social at #gencon — they’re giving away Mini DNUP (Down Up) decks! (Check out our last episode of the Going Analog Show for our thoughts on this great game.)

Spring Cleaning and Of What's Left were the highlights of tonight's Tricky Tuesday! Tonight solidified for me that I *do* like climbers and shedders way more than trick takers. Should I try Tichu now? But folks who like Tichu, looooooove Tichu and they do not let you forget it. 😳

My fidgets came in! Every public service desk got a sensory kit for folks who may need them. But the gear was too big. I needed things folks can hold in one hand while doing their reading & writing lessons. I notice folks grab their phones & that's hard for their reading tutor to navigate.

Usually buying new games I think about it quite a bit, before purchasing. There's just so much I can get cheaper / used if I wait on the hotness Introspective Sads after a Memorial this morning = Impulse Buys. I feel good about these though! Local connection & easy to table.

When a driver is accustomed to driving big utility vehicles every day, then has to drive a small sedan ... that's when I get the most car sick as a passenger. They don't adjust their style!

Stopped by the thrift after work, as I do, and the lady who held the door for me smiled at me and sang out, "We're gonna find somethiiiiiing!" 🥰

These are my fave post con podcasts. Arwen knows that the food / meals shared going to, during and coming home from the con is just as important as the gaming. I've never timed it, but I'm pretty sure these episodes are like 50% about the food.

Cardboard Time@cardboardtime.bsky.social · last mo.

It's Cardboard Time! Episode 140 is now live (tinyurl.com/mwft3wn2). On today's episode, @panda8ngel.bsky.social joins me to talk about all the fun we had at the Omaha Gaming Convention in Omaha, Nebraska!

90's kids know that Mr. Burns tried this on Springfield. Everyone got rickets because lack of Vitamin D since they were drinking Malk from rats.

✨Leo Szn Austin✨🔜DragonCon@sailorsctaustin.blacksky.app · last mo.

Every line of this article feels like we are talking about Gru or some shit like “what if we controlled the sun” is literally the pitch, that isn’t a direct quote but it’s the whole pitch www.abc.net.au/news/science...

I've diligently checked them every day, sometimes 2-3x a day. Haven't caught one emerging. But this one just did! The cocoon behind it is already empty. 4 more to go!

FOBoardGame@foboardgame.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Black Swallowtail caterpillars are getting ready / are pupating all over the overgrown fennel by my kid's old pirate ship. We were going to tidy up the yard, but now we can't. Precious pollinators. 🦋