Connie

Yeah, that would have been nice. Pretty disgusted with the whole thing TBH. I know that hockey is largely maga, but hate being reminded of it

More than I expected, honestly. At least only like 80% of them are trash

As a fan of the sport, it's been so disheartening

Awesome! Really glad they fit the bill :-)

I really like these refillable notebooks. At this point I have one for every prototype. They come in some nice (smaller) sizes too so you can throw them in prototype boxes, and you can get lined or unlined refill pages: www.jetpens.com/Lihit-Lab-Pa...

Becoming a billionaire requires an extreme amount of selfishness and callousness. No surprise that once you're a billionaire, those traits remain.

YouTube video by Anthony Vincent Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life (in the style of System Of A Down) feat. @macglocky

Ok ngl, kind of obsessed with this.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpHi...

Yup! It's not an especially scientific term, but essentially every time I go in and change the components. At the beginning, I might change 80+% of the components. At the end, I might be just tweaking a few things here and there

Can't wait!

I'm finding Mamdani so inspiring. This PSA below is informative, upbeat, and clearly sets expectations. 10/10

Incredible, inspiring, and sobering.

This is hilarious. Colorado is just on a whole different planet

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Just saw that Apiary was nominated for a BGA award! Very cool! boardgamearena.com/awards

I had a lot of angst in leaving government. I WANTED to make a principled stand & go out in a blaze of glory. But there was never any stand to take - everything they did was malicious & haphazard illegality that changed every hour. There was never a plan to disrupt, & it was comply or be fired.

Absolutely lovely review of Apiary from @werenotwizards.com : www.werenotwizards.co.uk/apiary-board... so amazing to see the game still getting love 2 years later!

It's tough - I feel both of these. I'm trying to absolutely get over the first one!

Love this!

That's a very cool anecdote about Cascadia! I like that framing too - you never know what will trigger something cool in the future :-)

Yeah! I think lately I've left the self-censorship creep in too early. It's a fine line & it's hard in any kind of creative field. You definitely don't want to prototype every idea - but you don't want smother them before they start

I worry to a large extent that there's a gender component here. It seems like self-censorship happens a lot more for women than men. But regardless of where it came from, I'm going to take this small daily step to work myself out of it. Wish me luck!

3/3

Why? Because I need to stop censoring my own ideas. I realized (after talking with the wise @hexstardragon.bsky.social ) that I give my own ideas half (or less!) the credibility that I give others'. I need to get back into the habit of giving them with a little respect.

2/3

The closest thing I have to a New Year's resolution is this:

Every day, I am going to write down one board game idea. No matter how garbage or nonsense or terrible I think it is, I will write it down in a cute little notebook I got for the purpose.

1/3

Oh, fun - this sounds amazing! Thank you!

Ohh thank you! I'll check them out - love me a good sampler pack, and those teas all sound amaaaazing!

Awesome, thank you!! And sure - I'll take any specific recs you've got. Really appreciate the info!

Thank you for the recs - I'll check out the HT! I get the Blue Fields earl gray from Keats & Co and absolutely love it! And unrelatedly, their socks which are amazing :-).

Fun/frivolous question! I finally got a nice tea kettle that can steep tea at (just about) any temperature. Now I should probably get some tea to match. What brands or types do you recommend? My favorite teas are generally white teas (or rooibos!), though good ol' black tea is great too!

Hello and welcome new followers!!

If you aren’t aware, Bluesky has a feature called “starter packs” that help jumpstart your account by following some of the best posters on a particular topic, curated by the creator of the pack!

Here is one I created in the past, with a lot of great people in it!

Would definitely love some type of lookback! Maybe this is very US-centric, but it feels like it's been a tough year for designers to get games signed - would be curious on your take on the "state of the industry."

Hype time: there's a game coming from Connie Vogelmann (@connievdc.bsky.social) in the a couple years that is pure excite.

No details - it's not my place, and please don't bug her.

But I'm excited, because she's a designer I knew was gonna be a superstar within minutes of meeting