Greg Loring-Albright (he/him)

Great thread of vibes-based yet rigorous product research here. Thanks @dvcgames.bsky.social!

If you wanna DM me, ill swear myself to secrecy.

This friend, by the way, bought Smug Owls, The Vibe, and Thing Thing at PAXU and, by their own admission, is strongly considering ordering the entire DVC catalog to finish out all of their Christmas shopping in one fell swoop.

A friend texted me this question and it stumped me so I'm passing it on to y'all (#boardgames):

What is a @dvcgames.bsky.social style game (could be actually DVC-made or not) for someone who loves Terraforming Mars?

CONGRATS! Wearing the regalia always feels good.

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The rate goes up $1K every time that word appears in the RfP

I misread "Warframe" as "War Thunder" and I was like "oh shit Daniel is about to leak classified information!"

Bagged up and ready to go!

A metal bowl of roasted coffee, a sheet of simple black-and-white label stickers, brown kraft bags, and a paper cutter all crowded on a counter, shot from above.

Roasting coffee for holiday gfits! Coffee prices are through the roof due to tariffs, but I managed to find some quality green under $6 / per pound. Two components roasted and blended, stickers printed, now to assemble and heat-seal the bags.

I love the wordmark and the dark wood of the table — looks exactly like something my grandma would bring out at a family gathering after dinner, the game box held together by yellowing scotch tape.

I’ll suggest Imhotep (probably pushing closer to 45min.) , Spots, and Cascadia. For a wilder, goofier vibe, Magical Athlete or Hot Streak.

Whooooaaa very cool (I was gonna consider PNP if you made it available)

How many cards?

Dooooooo iiiit

the Ex-Waypoint-current-Ranged-Touch amalgamation

Five star listening habits

Pre-order Keep the Faith on BackerKit Keep the Faith is a storytelling game about a religion in transition. Elements of role-playing and board gaming combine to make an experience that is designed to welcome to new role-players. It plays ...

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I made this for 2024's GENeration Analog @analoggamestudies.bsky.social conference after four presentations in a row cited Ahmed's work.

Both boxed board games that I got at PAXU have @mistergross.bsky.social in the acknowledgements section. Not huge coincidence, but a noteworthy one nonetheless.

So much “Person Do Thing” and some games of Pacts!

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Kingmaker board game spread out on table. Some components in bags.

There are over 180 articles in the Skeleton Code Machine archives about game design and tabletop mechanisms.

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“You have very good sandwiches here” - @phoeberings.bsky.social’s Crystal Choi accurately assessing Philadelphia, where they opened for @thebeths.bsky.social last night, and will play Johnny Brenda’s tonight.

I’m a huge Imhotep booster — a great game that doesn’t get talked about enough IMO

Thanks for the shoutout Chia @cado.bsky.social!

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We almost had a perfect 7 to play Diplomacy but then another student showed up so we pivoted.

A light wood table with the components of “Betrayal at House on the Hill” on it (tiles, cards, minis, and dice).

A light wood table with the components for “Cosmic Encounter” on it (discs, spaceship minis, and cards)

The unintentional theme of our final day of tabletop studio was “games that are dumb (complimentary).”

I’m so excited to sit on this panel and talk about games & politics! Join us (remotely) a week from tomorrow!