Nice Game
@nicegamepub.bsky.social
Indie Board Game Publisher from Bonn, Germany. We learn the game while playing. http://nicegameshop.com/
AI Hot-take No.2: Are we buying into the hype too much? Are we just feeding our insecurities by assuming it will easily replace us? If we truly believed in ourselves and our humanity... Shouldnt the focus be on wielding and mastering this tech (+ its creators), rather than trying to wish it away?
What's the current vibe in the boardgame world re: AI-generated content? We've recently been thinking hard about our approach. We feel a blanket rejection is not the right way. Neither is unquestioned adoption. Here's some thoughts for you to pick apart:
Shower thought: One reason board games are fun is because they give us a clean structure: a world with clear rules, visible consequences, and stable interactions. We can act, understand, adapt, and feel like the system is legible. Quite a contrast to what's going on outside the living room window.
Oh btw if you're on the Nuremberg Spielwarenmesse this week... be sure to come by our booth in Hall 10.0, G-9 and say hello!
Thinking about the US from Europe. Wondering: Is refusal to consume an effective way to protest? Scott Galloway makes that argument (in this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFsd...). The idea is to coordinate in large numbers to send a message to (mostly) big tech participating in this regime.
Video before it happens is showing this guy they shot in the head in Minneapolis was just standing there videoing them before and they got out to push him back and then murder him.
ICE just gunned down ANOTHER person, beating a man half to death before shooting him at point blank range. What the fuck are we doing? ARREST ICE NOW. PROSECUTE ICE NOW. I will not rest until every single one of these murderers is held accountable to the communities they terrorize.
By who? Who shot the person dead? You saw the video. We all know a federal agent shot a man dead who was prone on the ground. Also, it's not "according to officials." It's according to verified video seen with your eyes. Not saying what anyone can obviously see with their eyes is a form of lying.
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.
Trying to find some nice riddle books - but it's too hard. Our best heuristic so far: The less smooth the layout, the more likely the the content is real. Has anyone found a good technique to avoid AI Slop in book-related christmas shopping?
A fun day talking boardgames with Rodrigo from Circotel yesterday! Turns out we envy each other. He likes Germany for the long and rich history of boardgames here. We think newer markets like his home, Chile, are exciting - and full of novel ideas. He showed us two great games, too!
Yesterday we ran out of Orapa and today a bunch of other games. Thanks Stuttgart!
Getting on the road to the next fair. Car stacked with Orapa, Playball and Yellow House! See you in a bit in Stuttgart Messe!
Today and for 2 weeks ONLY we're running a big sale on most of our games! nicegameshop.com/Start The marketing action of the year is done. Bye.
What's the next big trend in board game themes? After this year's "Tax the Rich" could it actually be taking stances on things and stuff?! boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/44... Or is it back to medieval european trading next year?
Tax the Rich
Trick-taking game where you can flip the card hierarchy upside down.
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A lot of fun at Spielewelt in Bielefeld today. A great boardgame meet in an epic location, that totally exists. And we had the best view for it. Tomorrow's another day of gaming, so if you read this close to Bielefeld be sure to drop by and say hello!
Played Ariadnyk by boardova, a dynamic tilelaying game about Spirits and charms. And sheep. It's beautiful and fun and I managed to gather 108 sheep!
We kind of forgot about this place. It was fun not doing social media for a while. But not sustainable.
Orapa von @nicegamepub.bsky.social hatte gestern seine Premiere bei uns. Zuerst dachten wir, es würde sicher lange dauern, doch es ist ein kurzweiliger, spannender Brainburner. Mit Schallwellen suchen wir die Edelsteine tief in der Erde. Schiffe versenken mit einer frischen Idee. Nice 👍🏼 #Brettspiele
Dickes Lob an @nicegamepub.bsky.social - brauchte nach einem Getränkeunfall neue Marker. Mail geschickt, Sachverhalt geschildert und richtig fix ersetzt bekommen! So geht Kundenservice.
Viel Scheitern auf dem Weg zum perfekten Deck: Unsere Kritikenrundschau zu "Slay the Spire: Das Brettspiel" (von Gary Dworetsky, Anthony Giovannetti und Casey Yano bei @nicegamepub.bsky.social / Contention Games).
Kritikenrundschau: Slay the Spire: Das Brettspiel – Zum perfekten Deck
Ein Dungeon-Turm voller Monster und Schätze – er lockt im kooperativen Deckbau-Spiel „Slay the Spire: Das Brettspiel“ (von Gary Dworetsky, Anthony Giovannetti und Casey Yano bei Nice Game / Contention...
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Die öffentliche Demütigung des Opfers mit dem Ziel seiner Selbstbezichtigung ist essentieller Teil des Faschismus.
We deleted our facebook, instagram and x today. It was fun.
