Kyle Cushman
@goatgruff.bsky.social
educator & union organizer former bike mechanic board game designer ardently antifascist he/they madison, wi based
Oh hey, I was on a board game podcast talking about my one of my games about community resilience and collective action. Incredibly exciting to talk about two of my favorite things!
Episode 733: Fighting Unchecked Corruption Keeps Institutions Compassionately Equitable – Building the Game
buildingthegamepodcast.com
Honored that you asked me to help sell Adulting at IGNM this year :) It's a great game and I think a lot of people saw it as the fun and charming package it is.
Eric Dittmore@ericdittmore.bsky.social · 9mo agoAdulting sold out at the Indie Games Night Market! It warms my heart to know this game is out there in the world bringing people joy. Thank you Kyle for helping me run the booth, and thanks to everyone that made IGNM a reality!!
The leadership of the Tabletop Game Designers Association was disappointed to see the publisher CGE touting Codenames: Back to Hogwarts, a new Harry Potter-themed version of Codenames.
Got feedback from @cardboardedison.com and I'm incredibly happy with what was said about Chainbreakers, even if it's not a winner I got some work to streamline the game more (isn't that always true?) but knowing that the core foundation of the game is a solid experience is worth its weight in gold.
🎲✂️ Learn my secrets to get your game signed with a publisher (without spending $$$ to go to a Con) in this @breakmygame.com webinar recording! www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ew5...
Pitch Online and Get Signed - with Jeff Grisenthwaite
YouTube video by BMG
youtube.com
It’s always a good learning experience when you get to playtest with folks who aren’t designers or otherwise immersed in the hobby. A lot of folks don’t have the experience to fill in gaps and correctly assume how a mechanic works. What are some learning experiences you’ve had with non-designers?
Reconstruct ancient Greek pottery, decode an alien language and watch your money burn in real time: Cardboard Edison nominees revealed as unpublished games award celebrates 10th year: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20... @cardboardedison.com
So excited to share that Chainbreakers is a finalist for the Cardboard Edison Award!! I’m even more stoked, though, that about half the games were put through the wringer with @breakmygame.com and @protospielo.bsky.social. It takes a community to build great games, and I’m grateful for mine ❤️
Cardboard Edison@cardboardedison.com · last yr.Introducing the FINALISTS FOR THE 2025 CARDBOARD EDISON AWARD!!! cardboardedison.com/award
I'm so excited to see what these folks come up with. From playing their games over the past year, I'm inspired to make some unranked, narrative-focused designs.
Lunarpunk Games@lunarpunk.games · last yr.Do you have an unranked game you love? Or maybe one you're working on? We want to hear about it! We want to celebrate unranked games because games should be about more than one player's victory, or one narrow idea of winning. After all . . . the night is for everyone. 🧵/🧵
I hate making sizzle reels for games. It’s a big reason I haven’t done much pitching. It’s a thing I have to do which gives me zero joy. Does anyone have advice on pushing thru this process?
Bike lanes don’t slow down traffic: intersections do. Segregated bike lanes save lives. In my city of Madison, WI — considered among the most bikeable — I cycle past multiple ghost bikes every day. More and bigger cars aren’t the answer. Stroads aren’t the answer. I want transportation to be safe.
The World's Dumbest Bike Lane Law Just Passed in Canada
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
youtu.be
wrote about the media frenzy following Daniel Penny's acquittal for murdering Jordan Neely, and the disparity in the NYPD's reaction to finding Luigi Mangione, vs the stabbing of 17-year-old Yeremi Colino—about a country making some lives more valuable than others. @teenvogue.bsky.social
Why Does the UnitedHealthcare CEO'S Death Matter More Jordan Neely's?
The difference in media treatment, and in punishment, for killing seems to depend on how much money the person was worth.
teenvogue.com
Luigi Mangione was taken into custody just as Daniel Penny walked free. The ruling class wants us to celebrate the murder of the vulnerable and condemn the murder of the powerful. They fail to see how killing the powerless breeds violence against the powerful. www.jphilll.com/p/who-gets-t...
Who gets to kill?
Daniel Penny and Luigi Mangione
jphilll.com
Kyle Rittenhouse is allowed to get away with murder. Daniel Penny is allowed to get away with murder. Cops get away with murder all the time. The people pearl clutching about this CEO killing are really concerned with who was killed, not the act of killing.
“As NYPD officials boasted of the resources expended finding the killer of a corporate CEO, another sidewalk murder the same week, of a migrant teen, has not received the same treatment.” hellgatenyc.com/two-manhatta...
Two Very Different Manhattan Murder Investigations
The NYPD spent countless hours and resources searching for a CEO’s killer, but has made little evident progress on the fatal stabbing of a migrant teen.
hellgatenyc.com
Playing a Hello Kitty tile laying game with my wonderful partner ❤️ Very cute and simple game to introduce some great board game mechanics!
Newly elected Congressional Progressive Caucus chair Greg Casar is already cooking www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Got a couple plays of Chainbreakers done in the Unpub room! Really happy how the game is playing and lost horrendously both times (which I love). Got lots to think thru to help streamline and make it the little bit faster it needs to be “done”! #PAXUnplugged
Second game at #PAXUnplugged: Suitcase by Marni Abramowitz, another @breakmygame.com designer! I’ve always appreciated her designs breathing new life into classic games.
First game of #PAXU: Wolfchains by @vickilanger.bsky.social! We successfully built a thriving ecosystem ensured that nothing starved. I’ve had the pleasure of playing this game at @breakmygame.com in the past. Really excited to see how it’s shaping up!!
Spending most of my Friday in the Unpub room at #PAXU ! I’m testing Chainbreakers and Paws of Anarchy at 2pm today and 8pm tomorrow!! Come say hello and build some bikes with me!
counterpoint: sports gambling should be banned and draftkings dismantled for parts
The Economist@economist.com · 2y agoA craze for betting is sweeping over America. It should be celebrated, not feared econ.st/4fYTrIL
Got all 3 prototypes I’m bringing to PAXU packed! Chainbreakers, Paws of Anarchy, and Queen Bee. Amazingly, they all also fit snugly in my messenger bag 🥳 Which prototypes of yours should I play??
Making sure that everything still works for my prototype Chainbreakers. I’m so excited to show this game off at #PAXU!!
Anyone else getting follows from accounts with no mutuals pushing crypto?
