Rob Cramer

A dark grey 2002 Mazda 626 with me posing off to the side.

The end of an era.

After 200,000 miles, she's off to a new owner (my nephew in high school).

Had this car for 18 years, so happy it gets to stay in the family.

Mint chocolate chip, one of my favorite ice cream flavors.

I really appreciate the brainstorming! Can't have a storm with just one cloud!

a close up of a man 's face with the words more on the bottom right Alt: Kylo Ren (played by Adam Driver) shouting "MORE!"

SCRUNGLIER!

Polyomino tile placement. Placing landscape tiles on the board to fulfill requirements for different animal habitats.

A 5x5 grid with different pieces and squares on it. The base is a ruined suburb, with purple mountains and orange desert spaces. There's a yellow meadow tile, a green forest tile, and a blue water tile.

Need a new name, Critter Grove ain't working for a rewilding game. And Some Wild Valley doesn't really work either.

My brain first came up with "Dehumanizing", which has a real "Jenna's Side" vibe going for it...any suggestions?

Ticket to Ride USA, TTR, foto

Top is Ticket to Ride, the rainbow train cars at the bottom of the lid.
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I love the character each location has, such lovely illustrations.

My wife and I love Breaker's Bridge because in a lot of our games, it gets placed in a completely irrelevant location, so when it comes up in the Flood deck, we say "Breaker's Bridge...nobody cares."

A collage of images of the game Zoo Vadis

Zoo Vadis. Incredible negotiation game by Reiner Knizia, plays up to 7.

a man in a spiderman costume is sitting on a pole in the middle of a city Alt: spiderman is sitting on a pole in the middle of a city screaming "What?!?" and putting his hands on his head

Accidentally put your Spidey suit in there, huh? Classic.

Lands Of Amazement - A Scott Almes Simply Solo Game Design a series of amusement parks, building your way up to the grandest one yet. Only $12 with free expansion!

I'm automatically drawn towards amusement park games, but a Button Shy theme park game? Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes

Lands Of Amazement - A Scott Almes Simply Solo Game by Jason Tagmire on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/239...

A 4-square long tetromino piece featuring a yellow field of white flowers.

A 4-square long tetromino piece featuring green willow tree leaves and branches

A 4-square long tetromino piece featuring white water with blue breaking waves

Getting Critter Grove off my mind this year, no matter what. Finally getting to remaking the tiles and I'm actually excited about making another prototype!

A collage of images of the game Mysticana by Dustin Dobson and Jamie Thul: a close up of the Earth Avatar card, a living tree spirit examining a flower; an orange sticky note with the title and some sparkles doodled on it; closeup of the Water Guardian, a deep sea angler fish with the number 5 in the corner; an array of cards with different elements on them; the brown vinyl wallet for the game; the card backs depicting the how Water beats Fire, Fire beats Earth, and Earth beats Water.

Mysticana is the Game of the Week! My recent obsession has been "Game Systems", sets of components that can be used to play lots of different games.

Mysticana works like a video game console, where little expansion packs (a few extra cards) let you play specific adventures.

Love the art!

🎸 LIGHTNING TRAIN ⚡⚡⚡

A pen and marker doodle of Thistle with her ear folded back and mouth open panting. The scrungle is outta control.

UGGGGGGGHHH SCRUNGLE QUEEN

A giant stack of golden buttermilk pancakes, fresh and hot.

Lots of things can be solved with a giant stack of buttermilk pancakes.

A bowl of BLT fried rice topped with lettuce and Kewpie mayo.

Made BLT fried rice. I still prefer it in sandwich form, but this was a good way to use a bunch of ingredients in my fridge.

Please, GREIGHhounds

Croquembouche! Looks great so far. Good luck! 🤞

A ton of board games on a table: A Game of Thrones: Hand of the King Acquire (1999 Avalon Hill Edition) Android: Infiltration Bargain Basement Bathysphere Bears and Bees Blokus Bravo! Cosmic Encounter Duel Coup Crossfire Cubitos Drachenland Dragon Castle Elder Sign Escape from the Aliens in Outer Space Fuji Flush Hanabi Hollywood Blockbuster Jewel Heist Joyride: Duel - Next Gen & Joyride: Survival of the Fastest La Granja: No Siesta Labyrinth the Card Game Letter Jam Lost Ruins of Arnak (includes the Missing Expedition and Expedition Leaders expansions Master Labyrinth Mining Colony Monster Crunch! The Breakfast Battle Game O Zoo le Mio Quoridor Raj Red Cathedral Reign of Dragoness Rise of Tribes Sanctum Santa Monica Say Anything Scotland Yard Scrabble Skull King Stinker Sword and Skull Team Play Tiki Topple Tiny Towns Valletta Word Domination Word Slam World Wonders

Doing a real hefty clean out of my game collection, looking forward to getting some space back!

Lots of thrift store finds, lots of great games in here, just gotta be real about what my collection should look like.

A collage of images of the game Gloomhaven: Buttons & Bugs: 4 corner pictures of different parts of a sticky note doodle of a stony Street, featuring a tiny mouse, tiny crown, tiny bloody footprints, and a line of ants; the box; some cards; a scenario card set up with a miniature and some cubes; a player card.

Gloomhaven: Buttons and Bugs is the Game of the Week! I was excited to find this tiny box at a thrift store. Hilarious counterpart to the excess of Gloomhaven, but with still a ton of stuff in this brick.

I gotta internalize a lot of the different parts of a turn, but I believe in myself!

Well now I need to know.

A brown cavapoo smiling and standing, eager to fetch.

A brown cavapoo smiling and sitting, eager to fetch.

A brown cavapoo laying down, eager to fetch.

How?!? HOW IS HE SO CUTE?!? Shouldn't reality just be collapsing around him, unable to contain his cuteness?!?

Santa Monica, Kerala, New Bedford.

a man in a superman costume is saying eyes up here Alt: Superman saying "Eyes up here!"

Saw Superman last night, had a good time with it, but I am surprised how much they packed into what was supposed to be the reboot of a universe. Definitely didn't start small, and all those elements had to fight each other for focus and emotional weight.

A pen doodle of Thistle winking with her tongue out.

She's the best. The scrungliest.

A collage of images of the game Just One: four plastic placards with the words "BOP", "notes", "Lorenzo", and "SONG" on them; a sticky note doodle of the game title; the box showing the title in a rainbow of colors and hollow words behind it.

Just One is the Game of the Week! Been playing a lot of party games lately, like So Clover and Fun Facts, but Just One might be my favorite of the bunch. It's so simple, very engaging, and feels like magic when the clues click into place for the guesser.

A brown cavapoo squinting at the sun as he basks on a bench.

He loves his outdoor time on the swing.

A collage of images of the game Isle of Skye designed by Alexander Pfister and Andreas Pelikan: a landscape made of tiles featuring roads, mountains, and lakes, with roads leading to a castle; a pile of coins in various denominations; scoring condition tiles on a board; a sticky note doodle showing the title; a player shield showing prices for 2 tiles and an axe pointed at one.

Isle of Skye is the Game of the Week! Assemble an island to farm, brew whiskey, and sail your own lochs while trying to keep your coffers full.

I love the decision of how to price out your tiles to make the most of them.