Ekin Koker

Ekin dressed up in a Blippi costume and his daughter wearing Laa-Laa teletubby hat and gloves.

Happy Halloween from Blippi and Laa-Laa!

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Tapestry by Iconfactory is my new favorite app, and a great way to keep up with the open internet. Let me know if you follow a great blog, or even better, write one, and I might give it a follow! apps.apple.com/us/app/tapes...

@ekin's finished Typeshift #638 Re-imagined mainstays like the daily Crossword Puzzle, modern classics like Really Bad Chess and SpellTower, and even a few brand new puzzles.

puzzmo.com/play/typeshi... Almost a champion on today’s bonus TypeShift at @puzzmo.com !

@ekin's finished Typeshift #617 Re-imagined mainstays like the daily Crossword Puzzle, modern classics like Really Bad Chess and SpellTower, and even a few brand new puzzles.

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Top 5 on Bonus TypeShift on @puzzmo.com today! Woohoo 🎉

@ekin's finished Flipart #612 Re-imagined mainstays like the daily Crossword Puzzle, modern classics like Really Bad Chess and SpellTower, and even a few brand new puzzles.

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I’ve made it to Top 10 on a Puzzmo puzzle for once! What a thrill 🎉

Honorary Bostonian, kind hearted soul who brings joy to any game/interaction I am in with him.

Congratulations! Hope you win it, well deserved! 🎉

Some kind of auction or negotiation game by Reiner Knizia. Ra, Modern Art, and Zoo Vadis comes to mind. They might not technically be Euros but would probably be much more entertaining to watch than your average Euro.

I was so honored to have been involved with this! Go watch the lovely folks give great advice on how to Storytell well!

Twitch Twitch is the world

In case you didn’t know, I have a script competing in the BOTC World Cup 2025 - Garden of Djinn on top 16! It had its second game on The Grimoire stream, and it was a blast! Watch it here: www.twitch.tv/videos/24311... and vote for your favorite script on the official app if you like what you see.

New profile picture, by the extremely talented @dolusdulcis.bsky.social !

A Clocktower token with Ekin’s name and the ability “Each night*, choose a player: they die. If you claim the most complicated good and hard to bluff character on the script, once per game the Storyteller will show you the best person to kill.

I now have a “player token”, courtesy of incredible artist Tom R! I feel so special 😊

Creator economy platform costs A pricing calculator for creator economy platforms.

This thing is useful to compare pricing, at least: buttondown.com/comparison-g...

right now we are at "first they came for transgender people"

In light of recent news about who is invited back to BOTC adaptations, I’ll be taking the month off from playing on the official TPI stream in protest while I re-evaluate my relationship with them. I’ve also cancelled my Patreon membership. Find me in other places, if you’d like.

I don't see enough people saying it, so maybe I should.

It's very disappointing to see Adam welcomed back into this space.

Killing with grace, dying with dignity - Scienceline This is part of the magic of social deduction games — they create frameworks for structured social interaction.

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An excellent article on the science of why #BloodontheClocktower attracts so many folks, by the wonderful @kohava.bsky.social

On Running the High Priestess in Blood on the Clocktower On Running the High Priestess in Blood on the Clocktower The High Priestess is one of the most storyteller intensive characters in hit social deduction game Blood on the Clocktower. Its ability is n...

A great guide to one of my favorite #BloodontheClocktower characters, High Priestess: docs.google.com/document/d/1... written by the ever wise @ejconer.bsky.social

For the next 24 hours, we'll be streaming nonstop on Twitch in support of @specialeffect.bsky.social! To spice things up, we're using Patters' beloved Auctioneer setup. Visit auctioneer.patters.live to donate to Special Effect - and donate towards the character you want added to the stream!

Storytellers: Sailor is a meta-information character. It has more in common with General, Mathematician and High Priestess than it does with Fool and Tea Lady. Happy Holidays! #BloodontheClocktower

Does the continuity from previous day means the Virgin is holding the baby?? What have the minions gotten up to??

An important article explaining why many of us have flocked to @bloodclocktower.bsky.social as a safe space and a community. #BloodontheClocktower

boardgameacademics.com/finding-safe...

Oh I see! So it’s how many times people say they got that token on a particular script. You might add if it’s been assigned on a grim even if no one logged their token for that grim. Cool! It’s more clear now that I looked at it on desktop, it doesn’t show the frequency table on mobile.

Out of curiosity, how do you determine the popular scripts on these posts? I looked at your page for Sailor, and Lunar Eclipse has more games than Up the Mountain or BMB, but it appears lower? I keep getting surprised that my scripts don’t appear with the characters that are in them, wondering why.

I hope everyone enjoyed last night’s #BloodontheClocktower Atheistic shenanigans on TPI. I was quite nervous about it but it seemed like my players had fun. Didn’t have a chance to catch up with VOD/chat yet.

On Friday, I registered a Recluse as Riot to a Gossip in a provably non-Riot game. Under most circumstances, it’s a “yes, but don’t” interaction. My players bursted out laughing, appreciating the little mystery I created for them, when they figured it out. “Know your players” is a great motto.

I’ll do my best to channel @aggiepaints.bsky.social energy 😊

ThePandemoniumInstitute - Twitch The Pandemonium Institute is an independent publisher responsible for the captivating social deduction game Blood on the Clocktower. Find out more at bloodontheclocktower.com

Come watch me do my @bloodclocktower.bsky.social ST debut on the Thursday stream and run a game for @patters.bsky.social and gang at 3pm ET. Happy thanksgiving! twitch.tv/thepandemoni...

Sir Terry Pratchett continues to delight.