Enrique Blasco

Black and white photo of Marjane Satrapi with the quote: "The world is not divided between East and West. You are American. I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same."

Once again.

Buenos días ☕

Cartoon image of a lightbulb with a yellow meeple as the filament, on a brown base which reads Cardboard Edison. The award is surrounded by light and dark orange lines radiating from the centre. Logo for the Cardboard Edison Award for unpublished games.

Head and upper body of a bearded man sitting at a table, constructing a castle from magnetic tiles. StrongHolds by Nelson de Castro, one of this year's Cardboard Edison Award finalists.

A black and white photo of a woman wearing glasses, and with long hair swept either side of her forehead. Suzanne Zinsli, co-founder of Cardboard Edison.

Wooden animal playing pieces in the shape of pink pigs, white sheep and brown cows, on a green and blue mat representing fields, forests and a river with a bridge. A blue string lasso is surrounding some of the animals. Braggin’ Wranglers by Luke Wolyncewicz, one of this year’s Cardboard Edison Award finalists.

“It’s crazy how it has grown globally”: unpublished board game design award Cardboard Edison unveils new finalists as entries more than double since 2020:

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@cardboardedison.com

logo for the 2026 Cardboard Edison Award

Who wants to see some awesome-looking game pitches? These are the finalists for the 2026 Cardboard Edison Award!!! cardboardedison.com/award

YouTube video by Matthew Dunstan How to do better at game design competitions

In today's video I share some insights from judging entries from this year's @cardboardedison.com award, and some tips that you can apply to your own games, whether you enter them in a contest or not!

youtu.be/9_5Wv6CaHKY

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Edition 2027 - studiogiochi The 2027 edition of the prestigious game design award for unpublished games

Premio Archimede 2027, the competition for unpublished board games organized by studiogiochi, is open until February 28, 2027. Winners receive a €3,500 advance on future royalties.

Battle Mallorca - 27, 28 y 1 de Marzo!

It's #CraftWednesday! Do you have a game-related crafting project in progress? It could be a prototype, print and play, upgrading the components of a favourite game, making an accessory or even something larger like a table or games room. Share a picture and join in! Please RP!

I've just finished my @cardboardedison.com judging, and here's my final 🎲✂️ observation:

The competition is strong. Nearly every game I reviewed was competently designed. How do you stand out?

HOOKS! Make sure you have crystal clear and awesome theme, mechanic, and/or component hooks.

The image is a meme with three panels, using a scene from a movie to humorously convey a conversation about prosecuting people associated with the Epstein files. 1. Top Panel: Shows two characters, with the left one facing the camera and the right one seen from behind. The text reads: "prosecute everyone in the Epstein files." 2. Middle Panel: Features a close-up of the right character facing the camera. The text states: "if we prosecute everyone in the Epstein files, the whole system will collapse." 3. Bottom Panel: The left character is in focus, looking at the right character, with the text: "I already said prosecute everyone in the Epstein files, you don't need to sell it to me."

The No ICE in Minnesota bundle has launched, raising funds for the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota. Over 1400 items for $10.00!

itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...

A red-haired elf woman rests undressed in a lake surrounded by water lilies. Her body is filled with freckles. Behind her, a tigress sleeps carefree. Tall grass in the background indicates that the place is well hidden.

Illustration. A woman with long red hair is sitting in the middle of the grass. Her dress is open in the front, revealing a great part of her chest. In the background, a farm can be seen, blurried in the horizon. The sky is partially cloudy.

Digital art. A male blue tiefling sitting in front of a window is playing a banjo. There's a man (Gale from Baldur's Gate 3) lied right beside him, on a window seat, singing with him. The seat has several cushions. A winged cat (Tara) that seems to be bathing is at the other side of the tiefling, also on the window seat. There's a pile of books on the ground.

A peach-skin sylvari wearing fancy mage armor in pastel colors is shown from waist-up surrounded by luminous butterflies. Her long hair is braided and flows freely.

'Tis my birthday! Would you share my art as a gift
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La IA ha descubierto cómo se jugaba un antiguo juego de mesa romano Los investigadores pudieron reconstruir los movimientos estratégicos de los jugadores y comprender los mecanismos del Ludus Coriovalli.

Curioso artículo.

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De hecho Cameron Browne (principal impulsor del proyecto) lleva trabajando en ello desde el Yavalath por lo menos.

Por lo que dice, forma parte del proyecto Ludii (ludii.games), que se creó precisamente para eso, para intentar conjeturar reglas de juegos antiguos.

Eight box covers for different board games, with three above the rest on gold, silver and bronze-coloured chunks of rock. The golden rock game in the centre shows Ada's Dream, the silver rock to the left Keyside and the bronze rock to the right Ants, while the games below comprise Sweet Lands, Recall, Luthier, Galactic Cruise and Philharmonix. Winners and finalists of the 2026 Diamant d'Or prize for complex board games.

A board game box for the title Ada's Dream on the left, which shows Ada Lovelace explaining her calculating machine to onlookers. The background and remaining image to the right shows the board for the game, including many different coloured dice on a yellow-coloured action rondel.

British board game publisher Alley Cat Games has triumphed in this year’s Diamant d’Or – a prize focused on championing heavier eurogames – after pivoting its strategy several years ago to experiment with crowdfunding more complex designs:

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🛑¡Sorteo!🛑 Si quieres un ejemplar de "Y entonces desperté", de Malcolm Devlin, que @obscuraed.bsky.social publica el 11-2-26, participa. Consigue una papeleta dando RT a este tweet. Para conseguir hasta 4 papeletas más, lee esta entrada del blog: cuentosparaalgernon.wordpress.com/2026/02/08/s...

I've wrapped up 11/25 reviews in @cardboardedison.com contest judging, and I'll add to @jeffgrisenthwaite.bsky.social's running list of 🎲✂️ advice with my own:

SHOW, don't just tell.
Yes, give an overview of the game and mechanics.
Yes, give me the vibes.
Then walk me through a turn and

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Qué maravilla de discurso, este es el patriotismo que de verdad merece la pena 👏💪😍

“And, for an instant, she stared directly into those soft blue eyes and knew, with an instinctive mammalian certainty, that the exceedingly rich were no longer even remotely human.”
― William Gibson, Count Zero

Added Yakety Sax to that video from Minneapolis

Como veo que solo se cita a Barbacid, que sí, es cierto que es el director del CNIO, vengo a nombrar a Carmen Guerra, que es CO-AUTORA del artículo, autora en la misma medida que Barbacid y, cuando las voces claman para que a ÉL le den el Nobel, no es más que el enésimo caso de ignorar a una mujer.

Let's start!

2026 Cardboard Edison Award stats: 396 submissions from 35 countries: United States of America Australia Canada United Kingdom Germany Spain New Zealand The Netherlands Philippines Malaysia Denmark Türkiye Sweden South Korea South Africa Portugal Lithuania Japan Italy Ireland France Finland Czech Republic Bulgaria Brazil Belgium Vietnam Serbia Nicaragua Mexico Hong Kong Greece Chile Armenia cardboardedison.com/award

The stats are in: We got 396 submissions to this year's Cardboard Edison Award from 35 countries! (For comparison, last year saw 348 entries from 27 countries.) Judging begins soon! Keep an eye on cardboardedison.com/award in the coming weeks!

Man on a local news street interview: The earth is a resort for like 500 rich people and the rest of us are just the staff.

This shit hits like a sledgehammer right now. It's not even remotely an exaggeration.

Logo for the 2026 Cardboard Edison Award

It's the FINAL DAY FOR CARDBOARD EDISON AWARD SUBMISSIONS! We'll have a final count tomorrow, but let's just say we and our judges will be quite busy in the coming weeks! cardboardedison.com/award

remember when the panama papers came out and we found out every rich person on earth was committing tax fraud and then nothing happened

Finalmente voy a publcar el Ninefold Murder, un juego de deducción, al concurso de juegos de 9 cartas.
El único problema es que como el juego es complicado, con muchos elementos que recordar, debería poner una leyenda para los jugadores. Al no tener cartas disponibles, lo pondré en los reversos.

Veo más claro el primero. Los otros dos dan la impresión de tener los elementos apelotonados. El primero es más fácil de entender de un vistazo.

El sketch perfecto no existe.

Los de Polònia:
“Sujétame el vermut de Reus”.