Sam Francis (Samphire Games)

Played quite a bit now! It's always welcome back on my table 😁

And seeing other designers' notes like this feels similar! bsky.app/profile/jfoo...

This reminds me of a series I used to love in the @theguardian.com about 20 years ago where they had a little feature on writers' rooms. It was a wonderful window into their creative spaces!

Everyone should watch this

Two Jeffs

An apt moment for this song: open.spotify.com/track/29062K...

Bristol Daytime Playtest meetup, Fri, Feb 27, 2026, 10:30 AM | Meetup If you're working on a game, whether it's an early idea or almost done, we want you! Board games, card games, puzzle games, silly or serious, short or long, any kind of gam

The next Bristol Friday daytime playtesting event is on 27th February! Any type of board game welcome, playtesters with no game even more so. Sign up on Meetup if you want to come along:

www.meetup.com/playtest/eve...

@playtestuk.bsky.social

And while I've got you, when can we expect lortyrorky?

I hope the official title can be changed too @bbornmueller.bsky.social

Or at least the bgg page.

Just finished Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber which concludes with this

Let it be known that my game group has decided on the abbreviation for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: The Trick-taking Game.

TLOTRTFOTRTTTG shall be know to us as lortyforty.

I look forward to playing lortytorty soon as well.

Word Dungeon Print-and-play solo dungeon scrawler where letters become loot. Spell your way through hand-drawn depths and leave with treasure!

I just backed Word Dungeon on Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/wha...

Fun PNP word game!

It's a Nazi bar with holographic Nazis all around

This is my view. Luckily point 2 really matters.

When I left uni I made a promise to myself to always be learning. It's a great barometer to check myself against occasionally!

This Kickstarter is LIVE and has me excited. Isn't this something we need desperately right now:

we&we is a gamified philosophy of living, designed as an open, real-world cooperative RPG focused on awareness, self-improvement, and shared well-being.

Only just twigged umbrella presumably means 'little shadow' etymologically and damn that's a cute ridiculous word that makes a lot of sense.

I worked on the rulebook for this - fun game and a beautiful set of cards!

And... THAT'S the origin of the name? 😬

I grew up in the Black Country in England, but it's named for the local coal and industry...! (It's around Wolverhampton which is on the Brass: Birmingham map.)

For free, to be clear 😆

Maybe I should go and ask my kids about their D&D characters 😁

I got a new phone recently and haven't yet logged into tiktok, which is a good habit to have broken!

Fantasy Map Maker Roll dice, draw features, and fulfil quests as you craft a fantasy world.

Fantasy Map Maker looks like a fun roll-and-draw (involving @ways-unseen.bsky.social whose style I really like).

It looks like it's refusing to bow to players who say but "I can't draw" which I can respect!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/doo...

A fellow designer is publishing her games as No Drinks At The Table.

@3mbg.bsky.social disagrees!

Should drinks at the table be allowed?
bsky.app/profile/3mbg...

Wow, that sounds like a great book to get my reading stats up 😃

But yes, thanks! I see @timclare.bsky.social has reviewed it too!

It's the end of the month and people are posting their boardgame stats. What do you think of tracking plays and posting stats? Do you do it? Is it a fun gamification of the hobby or does it commodify the experience?

(Not sure if commodify is the right word but I'm sure you get the gist!)

I'm really enjoying this podcast, so ask them some questions!

Dark electronic stuff: Gallops (Darkjewel is a great song).

When we go to the bar, the queue is in our collective heads. It is still with us.

That's great, I agree. The framing of the game is critical here.

The Troubles: What are the issues with the potential board game? A game, which focuses on The Troubles, has received push back from victims' groups but developers brand it

Interesting! So different to the other one that's recently got a bit of controversial press:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...