Mycelia is good! Played a two-player learning game this evening. Fun, physical table presence (but I didn't take a picture) and smooth but interesting game play. I think it will lead to some good thinky choices, now that I have a vague idea what I'm trying to do. #boardgames

Just watched the Great Pottery Throwdown for the first time. Very enjoyable. New life plan: time-travel to Scotland in 1988 and start a shoegaze band called Underglaze.

Under Falling Skies, at the Game Guru cafe in Birmingham. I'm failing miserably at #solotober, but I'm enjoying this. The pic is from my second play of three so far. I won them all, with the difficulty up to 2 on the most recent. I'll do a few more before the campaign. #sologaming

Second family visit to the GameGuru #boardgames cafe in Birmingham. Grab Bag Jungle to warm us up, which did its job but I don't think we'll go back to. Then, most of the time on our first play of Flamecraft, which we enjoyed a lot and are looking forward to revisiting.

Some new #boardgames on our first visit to a board game cafe today, the GameGuru in Birmingham. We started with three quick games of Nekojima, a family favourite that we didn't bring over to the UK with us because of space restrictions. Up to level 5 on one game! 1/2

First new game after moving back to the UK: Bookshelf (lovely art by @rorymuldoon.bsky.social). Lots of fun. Played about 8 times with 5 as a record height so far. We're blaming the table for this pathetic performance. #boardgames

I have a #drum kit set-up that I like (weird mix of beginner set, cocktail set and one fancy cymbal) in a basement with no close neighbours. I'm probably spending the next year in an apartment. Given that I'm a very basic beginner hobbyist, what should I be looking for in an electric kit? #drumsky

Less than 48 hours to back the new Conservas expansion and Pasteles! If you love cozy and challenging solo games, with fantastic art, check these out!!! gamefound.com/en/projects/...

Pasteles & Conservas: Exotic Tides by SaltandPepper - Gamefound

Pasteles is a standalone solo game (20–30 minutes) about reopening your family’s corner pastry shop. You must balance customer demands, limited money, aging equipment, and an evolving recipe book, ada...

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I was hoping to be at #UKGE this year, after starting to take #boardgames more seriously as an academic pursuit as well as a hobby. Alas, despite planning to spend most of the next year in Birmingham, I'm not there now. Maybe 2027. Now to decide whether to read everything I can, or mute the tag.

What's the easiest way to draw graphs with labeled vertices and edges? I've muddled through with clumsy direct TikZ in the past, but reached a point where I want a more appropriate/efficient tool. Bonus points if it creates TikZ (or something) that I can paste in. Thanks for any help, #mathsky.

No longer routinely in my office for a while, and so I took photos to remember what I had (and what is where). It made me realise how cool it is that I have a job where I'm surrounded by (and get to play, at least a bit) board games. What are you playing? #boardgames #boardgamesky

#BoardGameSky and #sologames, I'm looking for recommendations. I want to play, or at least learn more about, environmentally-themed solo or co-op games. I'm not sure what the scope is exactly. Daybreak and Conservas are pefect examples. (1/2)

Third play of Lucky 7 about to start. Will this be my first win? #boardgames

I've been enjoying Conservas. After three games winning pretty comfortably at standard difficulty, I decided to redo March at the higher level. I lost that yesterday and am ready to try again.

Today's mailbox. I've been looking forward to both of these.

Specialist in climate and environmental communication Suzie Hicks ‘18 will be discussing interdisciplinary education and early career success in the Little Building, room 229, from 11am-12pm tomorrow. Come find out more through the presentation and a Q&A. See you there!

First play of Lucky Seven from @coincidence.games. A fun solo challenge. There's something about using cards as movable pieces on a grid that I like, see also Summoner Wars and Crownfell. (Other suggestions?) I lost. I had four squad members survive to the end, but did not eliminate all threats.

#mathsky, #boardgamesky Does playing board games in itself entail quantitative reasoning? I'm teaching a math of puzzles and games class at the moment, whose ultimate goal is to improve the quantitative reasoning skills of the students. (1/n)

Today's #boardgame delivery: 3 Witches. Looking forward to trying this @coreyyoung.com three-player trick-taker with the family.

If you're looking for a quick present for someone, ebooks are always great, and I've got a great one for the poli-sci, cyberpunk, big data nerd, and/or sci fi political thriller fan in your life. www.kobo.com/ww/en/ebook/...

Not to be like a pushy d-bag but time is running out & I have 2 kids to feed so if you want a great gift for the boardgamer in your life get them my book The Game Changers (UK) / Across The Board (US) all about how games shaped civilization & make us human. Many critics have vouched for them!

The Last Lighthouse from @buttonshy.bsky.social set-up and ready to go. I think I understand the rules, and I'm on normal difficulty. Let's see how long I survive. #sologames

Today’s A Nice Cuppa came in at 9pts, just about “satisfying tea” and still satisfying to play. Less good, I messed up the printing on Pentaquark so i couldn‘t even try that. #sologames

We've just launched the Kickstarter campaign for 52 Duels, our latest release from @postmarkgames.bsky.social ! It's a 1-2 player game using 2 decks of standard playing cards to duel with your opponent. Lots of different characters and strategies to explore! www.kickstarter.com/projects/pos...

52 Duels: Fight with Playing Cards

Heroes clash in this 1-2 player print at home game from the creators of 52 Realms ⚔️

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13pts and perfect tea on my first play of Scott Almes’s A Nice Cuppa, from @buttonshy.bsky.social. Unfortunately, it was too interesting for me to retire it and claim I’m too good at it to play again. I might not hit these heights again, so I thought I’d declare it here. #boardgames #sologames

The entirety of #Crownfell 's existence was triggered by a throwaway joke... With just 8 hours left in the crowd sale, here's the story of how it got started, and where it went from there. 🎲✂️

Crownfell Design Diary: No such thing as a bad idea - We Heart Games

What started as a joke post snowballed into my favourite game design yet. Here's how it happened.

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Three-player game of Fromage today, my second play. A close win for the 14yo on debut. We now understand it well enough to fully enjoy it, I think. And it's very enjoyable. I also checked out what's in the Formaggio box, but we haven't tried adding anything in yet. #boardgames

@weheart.games very kindly resized the beautiful #Crownfell cards to fit the PVC credit-card-like cards that the Emerson Print Shop have. They came out great! The black and white with flashes of red/blue really suits this, I think. Now I have to play it! #boardgames

Going to play Fromage later this afternoon for the first time. We also have Formaggio (completely unplayed). For a first game is it best to stick with the Fromage board pieces, or are any of the Formaggio ones good to sub in on a first play? #boardgames

Halfway between daydreaming and serious planning #2: what are some cool events or things to do that are: * related to #maps, * taking place between mid-May and mid-June 2026, * accessible from Birmingham, UK? Bonus points if they have an academic slant.