I love fundamental design. This is an elegant explanation! youtu.be/GIgkG-ucEqY?...
Why Cards Remember (And Dice Forget)
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Mac McAnally
@macaroobanzai.bsky.social
Game designer and general maker of things. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/455308/this-is-not-a-game-about-a-pipe
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Thanks @hankgreen.bsky.social for a fun puzzle building sandbox to play in. Here's my first. www.hankgreen.com/fourbythree/...
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Doing some spring cleaning and ran across some decade-old, undocumented prototype components of mine. I barely remember that I created them. Trying to deduce what they were intended to do feels a bit like @amabel.bsky.social 's City of the Six Moons. They were created. By me. But still feel alien.
A most human and inspired case for UBI. Please spread this widely. Also hopefully this will convince you to listen to and appreciate Angine de Poitrine.
Scott Santens@scottsantens.com · 3mo agoAfter reading this newest essay of mine, one of my readers said via email, "This is probably the best article I've ever read advocating for UBI. And one of the best you've ever written." If you haven't read it yet, please do. Maybe you will feel the same way. 🎲 www.scottsantens.com/the-angine-d...
Publicly posting my current WIP list to help keep me honest and focused. No telling what may come of them, but I'd like to work towards "finishing" more projects (whatever that means) rather than letting them fall by the wayside to be replaced by the new thing that pops into my head.
Does Ikea sell a container specifically designed to store all of your Allen wrenches?
As I'm prototyping my latest WIP, "Throw Away, Do No Eat", I'd like to request the assistance of anyone who'd like to help me source one of the game's thematic components. If you're so inclined, you can start collecting any unused silica gel packets that may be slowly infesting your home.
Typically, my go-to modes for game design flow state music is either instrumental jazz or lo-fi beats. Angine de Poitrine has introduced a new dominant mode. What games will I make on this trip? 🎲✂️ youtu.be/Ggng4bexzuY?...
Angine de Poitrine - Vol.II (album intégral)
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Moving day. The movers got here and were amazed at how everything was prepped. As usual, our intense feeling of being under prepared is everyone else's over prepared.
Packing to move house and ran across first proof-of-concept cards for "Not a Pipe" as a trick-taker. They had unreasonable to produce windows in the cards for the overlay effect.
I wish this delightful ditty to have more ears upon it. youtu.be/CsQtUSTSX40?...
STOP USING GENERATIVE A.I (Original Song)
YouTube video by Thomas Benjamin Wild Esq
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Love the coverage! "On the edge of smug" might be my favorite commentary about "Not a Pipe".
Shut Up & Sit Down@shutupshow.bsky.social · 6mo agoPodcast! Tom and Matt are chatting about an avalanche of games of various quality, and YOU’RE INVITED! It’s horse breeding in Epona, it’s worm catching in Wriggle Roulette, and it’s definitely Not A Game About A Pipe. Enjoy! www.shutupandsitdown.com/podcastle/po...
Completed the campaign for Regicide Legacy! Wow! I cannot recommend this highly enough. Greatly expanding upon the elegant design of Regicide, Badger From Mars knocked this production out of the park. Incredibly tense moments, brutal defeats, and glorious victories! IMHO, best with two players.
Adding to somewhere in the middle of my long "Silly games I want to see in the world" project list is a shedding game with silica packets as game components titled, "Throw Out, Do Not Eat".
I'm in exploration mode! After decades in technology, I'm actively looking for a new, yet to be determined, role. Currently the only parameters I have are what I don't want: Non-tech Non-management Non-marketing Non-ai Know of something good for an ex-techie? Give me a buzz.
For those following along, here's the bit from the ARS DMCA takedown notice sent to BGG that demonstrates one of the problems creating a weak public domain. ARS doesn't have to identify the expiration of the copyright. They can continue to claim it as long as it's impossible to prove otherwise.
Mac McAnally@macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 7mo agoWell, it was a nice run. I got this geekmail last night. When I self-published This Is Not a Game About a Pipe, I thought, as many did, that The Treachery of Images was now in the public domain. 1/4
Ok, fellow game designers! Here's your opportunity to run with a theme that inspires you and is outside the industry zeitgeist! Sadly, due to a need to focus on alternate employment, I won't have the time to participate in this year's jam, but I can't wait to see your new games using old themes!
Randy Lubin@randylubin.com · 7mo agoHappy public domain day! Come join our jam "Gaming Like It's 1930" and make games that about or inspired by works from that year: itch.io/jam/gaming-l...
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
Fiscal Deduction Game (10 to 20 players) Setup: All players secretly write down their total 2025 income tax on a piece of paper. A neutral party calculates the median of the group.
Aaron Lim 林家丰@ehronlime.bsky.social · 7mo agoI need everyone to make a shitpost game that fits into at most 3 posts on here before the end of the year otherwise thr sun will not rise again
Ok, who amongst my NYC friends are fellow massive Taskmaster fans?
Well, it was a nice run. I got this geekmail last night. When I self-published This Is Not a Game About a Pipe, I thought, as many did, that The Treachery of Images was now in the public domain. 1/4
Hey board game designers! Just SIX DAYS left until submissions for next year's Cardboard Edison Award open! Get your pitches and prototypes ready! cardboardedison.com/award
