Ruel Gaviola 🇺🇸🇵🇭🀄🎲
@ruelgaviola.com
Board gamer, host, producer for Good Time Society, Rahdo Runs Through, and more. Taelor ambassador. Play to Z co-owner. Dodgers fan. Pug papa. He/Him. https://linktr.ee/ruelgaviola
One of the all-time best moments of @tabletoplivenet.bsky.social! Thank you for making this happen @iheartboardgames.bsky.social! #boardgames
I Heart Board Games@iheartboardgames.bsky.social · 3d agoThis video has has criminally low views. It's one of my favorites made with my friends at Tabletop Live Network (back when that was a thing!). Such a fun after party! youtu.be/iY4HEHRyuNY?...
It’s that time again! Want to know about all the hot games at Gen Con 2026? Join @ruelgaviola.com and us LIVE on the Gen Con TV Final Lap show — tune in at 7 pm EST/4:00 pm PST at www.youtube.com/live/KX4SCd3...
I look so grumpy lol. Excited for another Gen Con, though. Really! 🤣
Amanda Panda 🔜 LFG Con, BGG Con, PaxU@panda8ngel.bsky.social · last wk.Early morning flight to Gen Con! Guess who just happened to be on the same flights!!! Sadly, we aren't sitting together. Who will I get to hug there?!
ICYMI Here's the Rahdo Runs Through Midyear Board Game Review with Rolling Reggie, Chris George, Rahdo, and me! #boardgames youtu.be/e5O3IqnazHc?...
►►► Midyear Board Game Review
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Another Gen Con title I MUST HAVE!
Marceline Leiman@marcelineleiman.bsky.social · 2w agoThe day is almost here!!! ✨ Come join me and @yinwa.itch.io as we sell Shortstack at Game Market Indianapolis alongside many other cool indie creators!!!! We will have 100 copies of the game to sell!! We make no promises and have no active plans to reprint, so come through if you want one!! 🥞
Me: So much to do before Gen Con. I know I'm forgetting something. Also me: COMIC CON STARTS TOMORROW
Excited Baby's Energetic Run
ALT: Excited Baby's Energetic Run
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I was a guest on the Board Games with Variant Hex podcast for another No Bad Games segment! This time Kellye & I discussed games from Gen Con 2021. Tune in to find out what underrated/overlooked games we enjoy from five years ago! podcast.varianthex.com/episode/204-...
204: No Bad Games: Gen Con 2021 - BOARD GAMES with Variant Hex
In this episode...Kellye and Ruel turn back the clock five years to share games from Gen Con 2021 that could use a little more love.Find Ruel Gaviola al...
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This is now on my Gen Con Must Have List!
Travis D. Hill, Ph.D. ☕️@travisdhill.bsky.social · 3w agoSeveral years ago I made a 20-minute one-page solo “game” of observing and reflecting on others in a crowded environment. I made it specifically for Gen Con. Since I’m returning this year, I’ve redesigned it to be a zine. Might print some copies to hand out to those who ask.
Less than a day left to back Siege Perilous from @playtozgames.bsky.social! Watch @banzainator.bsky.social and me explore this Arthurian world of epic chivalric adventure! youtu.be/zfmglq1o4Yc?...
Ruel and Banz check out Siege Perilous from Play to Z!
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Dino Racer is #3 on the Rahdo crew’s Top 12 Anticipated Gen Con games!!! 🏁 🦖🦕 “It is so much fun—I’m gonna call it now, it’s gonna replace Magical Athlete and Hot Streak for me.” “It’s way more portable, it’s faster to set up, and faster to play.”
Top 32 Gen Con Games ►►► The R&R Show Episode 117
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Some lovely words about Evenglow in this video (at the 25:40 mark). Thanks for the enthusiasm @raybird.bsky.social and @ruelgaviola.com! I am in esteemed company, as well. Other mutuals in this video listed in the comments. There will be some great games at GenCon! 🧵 1 of 2 #boardgames
Top 32 Gen Con Games ►►► The R&R Show Episode 117
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How is @ruelgaviola.com doing so far? Not great. How did he do the rest of the game? You'll have to check out the full episode of ONE MORE GAME - DNUP to find out! youtu.be/C_gO4cBdLOY?... #funny #tabletopgaming
Is King of Tokyo Godzilla the best version of KoT yet? Check out what's new in the game! Then tune in to Good Morning Society tomorrow 10am when we see who is crowned the King of Monsters! #boardgames @goodtimesociety.com @asmodee-es.bsky.social youtu.be/RjWuAEw8hBo
King of Tokyo Godzilla: Is this the best version of King of Tokyo yet?
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No stream on my channel today, BUT I'll be streaming the R&R Show on Rahdo's channel! Today we're talking about our Top 12 Gen Con Games! Join us at 12pm Pacific: www.twitch.tv/rahdorunsthr...
Simply amazing. I wonder what the record is for home runs hit on the first pitch of a game? Shohei has to be in the top 10, right?
Sarah Langs@slangsonsports.bsky.social · 3w agoMost leadoff home runs, Dodgers history: Mookie Betts: 32 Davey Lopes: 28 Shohei Ohtani: 27
Congrats to the @spiel-des-jahres.de winners today! Excited for another W for Reiner Knizia, this time for Rebirth. @darylbegamin.bsky.social & I enjoyed this tile-laying area majority game from the good doctor @mightyboards.bsky.social #boardgames Check out the game: youtu.be/sPV0uOn_LP4?...
Rebirth: Reiner Knizia scores another hit with this tile-laying/area control game!
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The award ceremony for the 2026 Spiel des Jahres is about to get underway in Berlin, and if you're not into modern board games then you may want to look away for a couple of hours, as I'll be live-bleeting the whole thing, and these threads go long.
One of the hot games on BGG's 2026 Gen Con list is the new edition of Wordsy. It's my favorite word game (along with Paperback) and can be played solo! #boardgames @allplay.bsky.social Check out my solo play through: youtu.be/fmfDQ2cMlSQ?...
Putting my vocabulary to the test in Wordsy! (solo play through)
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DNUP is a fantastic card shedding game from the designer of Scout! Check out our play through on One More Game! #boardgames @asmodee-es.bsky.social
Good Time Society@goodtimesociety.com · 4w agoNo matter how many we play, we're always calling for ONE MORE GAME! Join @ruelgaviola.com, @baileymeyers.bsky.social, @tyang209.bsky.social & @thebeccascott.bsky.social as they play Asmodee's DNUP! youtu.be/C_gO4cBdLOY
First time I've won a tournament on BGA! Went 6-0 in one of my favorite two-player games, Patchwork! #boardgames
Heads up - just changed my settings. You can too:
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 4w ago“As part of this update, public Instagram profiles are now automatically opted into being fodder for generative AI remixes. All someone has to do is tag your account’s profile in a prompt—if it’s public—and they can use Meta AI to generate an image using your likeness.”
Check out Benevolent Assimilation: A Philippine-American War story by Christian Cabuay on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/bay...
Benevolent Assimilation: A Philippine-American War story
Samar, Philippines. 1901. A tattooist in exile. A boy hunted. A war America buried.
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I had so much fun hanging out with Banz playing Siege Perilous! #boardgames
Banzainator@banzainator.bsky.social · last mo.Missed the playthrough of Siege Perilous? Here's a cleaned up vod with character setup, a quick explanation, and game example with @ruelgaviola.com from @playtozgames.bsky.social! youtu.be/zfmglq1o4Yc
ICYMI @thejakemichels.bsky.social joined me on Good Morning Society for board games, beverages, and shenanigans! We covered upcoming games and played YRO from @playtozgames.bsky.social #boardgames Watch GMS every Wednesday at 10am Pacific on @goodtimesociety.com: www.youtube.com/live/d2CPQlg...
Early GenCon preview! Featuring new Wroth, Sky 5, Rocking Raft, and more! | Good Morning Society
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I'm going to join @stonemaiergames.com today at 11 eastern for the weekly livestream. I AM SO EXCITED - this will be the first full reveal of the new Wingspan small box game!
Odo Doodle
Alt: A very excited and happy blue bird, dancing from side to side (Odo Doodle)
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