Played Fountains by Kedric Winks at the Tantrum House game night. I am skeptical these days about take-and-make games, but I love the shapes of these tiles, and Will is such a fun guy. It turned out to be my fav in the genre since Azul!
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It's been a long time, but worth the wait to spend an afternoon with a friend on a Sarasota beach. I enjoyed catching up with game and toy inventor Tim Walsh, snacking on shrimp with our feet in the cool, powdery sand. And then the sun set...
TantrumCon2026: I enjoyed seeing friends, making new ones, teaching my games, playing others' prototypes, and being on the jury of the "Proto-Tank" prototype pitching event.
Played "A Daily Cloud" by friend Tim Walsh. We didn't vote or score points--just had fun together sketching, writing and sharing! The family we played with ordered it immediately.
A Ukrainian refugee friend released her new song with my son Ben on electric guitar. Christy Anna writes that her songs "turn pain into beauty, stories that are hard to speak about, hoping that when you listen, you find healing, truth & a place that feels like home." www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD2h...
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Interesting how "Normal Human" seems to represent so well the current immigrant experience in the U.S., while "Totally Human" echoes the current fear mongering of "It's an invasion!"
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Great concert from Songs of the Folk, playing songs inspired by 2 years in England, including playing in prisons and jamming with refugees. They have also just founded a non-profit to support their continued work of playing in prisons in the U.S. called For the Folk.
Neuauflage des OOP Golden Game 'Citrus' im modischen Setting: #ReefGardens. Auch in dieser Fassung ein tolles Plättchenlegespiel! @jeffreydallers.bsky.social
A gamer friend and his 6-year old son set these up for my birthday: a word search with the names of 7 of my published games (they are not always in a straight line) and "Happy Birthday, Jeff" spelled out with tiles from Dorfromantik.
Finally played High Tide by @marcelineleiman.bsky.social with my son during Thanksgiving break. We enjoyed the simple rules of this fast 2-player abstract. Perfect for quick games on the coffee table between family events! He took it back to school to play with college friends during study breaks.
Taking a break for awhile. Boardgamegeek and yucata.de will be my social media for the next months.
Marshmallow Test on a pizza box while tailgating before a football game. My parents enjoyed this trick-taker by Reiner Knizia. When you win 4 tricks, you're out and score for OPPONENTS' tricks at that point. Go out later to score more, but failing to go out scores 0!
I went to my first Iowa State football game since 1999. Such a fun experience with my Mom and Dad. I grew up going to the games, and later went to college here. So fun to be back, even for a short time! And my team won 55-7 on a beautiful day.
My wife isn’t really a gamer—at least, not as much as I am—but I was immediately attracted to her spontaneity and playful spirit. We found this arcade while waiting for our table at a restaurant.
Some of the art and components for my upcoming game with DLP Games, Reef Gardens!
Kareem, if you lived closer, I’d love to start a gaming group with you!
Kareem the board game minimalist@gameminimalist.bsky.social · 12mo agoMy modern hobby board games rant: - non existent player interaction - too many elements, - low tolerance for a player upsetting another player through (totally legal) board game actions - too many weird post apocalyptic/ecofuturist and anthropomorphic animal themes
Playing Link City with Suzanne at a farm house-turned-B&B in the Smokey Mountains. This communication game (in the Codenames genre), designed by Émilien Alquier, was a fun party game to play as we celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary.
You can now play my trick-taking card game, Pala, against AI opponents on the Trickster's Table app: boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/226...
Listening to my son play guitar with the ocean waves and wind through the palm branches is my favorite way to relax this week.
Drinking my morning coffee on a rocking chair on the front porch with a view. Summer in the Blue Ridge Mountains is beautiful.
Excited to announce that Donut Shop was awarded a 2025 Recommended for Play by Mensa. Congratulations @jeffreydallers.bsky.social. Such a fun and clever tile game. To celebrate we have all 5 of our Mensa recognized games on sale in our web store: www.25thcenturygames.com/store?catego...
Airport reading: Play Anything: The Pleasures of Limits, the Uses of Boredom, and the Secret of Games by Ian Bogost.
I tried face-painting today for the first time at our weeklong children's festival in an area of Germany with many immigrant and refugee families. I have done acrylic and water color before, but a moving child's face is a new challenge!
