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As someone with a touch of "airplane nerd" in him, I wish the plane saw long term success. I also wish 747s were still a new thing - still the most attractive large passenger jet ever built.

Wasn't it behind the times though? It seems like the times are what killed it as patterns changed so they weren't as beneficial. Same thing happened with the final generation of the 747.

I flew on 747s as a child, but never on an A380, sadly.

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@espn.com Making me watching 30 seconds of advertising for every 30-60 second highlight clip is definitely a way to keep me off your site. Do people actually sit through these?

Thank you to everyone who has helped with or backed the Cascadia: Alpine Lakes campaign. And there are so many who have! There are so many unknowns and concerns with a new campaign, especially when you change a few things.

However, by almost every measure, this one was a success, and I'm thankful.

Flatout Lures Gamers with Honeypot, and Phil Walker-Harding Sells Wombat Poo | BoardGameGeek News

I had the pleasure of working on the Colab (development team) for both Forage & Honeypot. Eric's news item here gives the nice overview of each.

Coming to Kickstarter in a few months!

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It is an oddly complicated issue. But there’s no doubt that blanketly allowing it is just way too dangerous. Seattle has put up a lot more “no turn on red” at the dangerous intersections over the last couple of years.

Just 6 hours to go!

I previewed this, as a big fan of the original, and can also recommend this one: meadowparty.com/blog/2025/12...

Thank you so much for the great preview, Keith!

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Cascadia: Alpine Lakes A standalone puzzly tile-layering follow-up to the award-winning game Cascadia, with beautiful artwork by Beth Sobel!

There's just over one day left on the Cascadia: Alpine Lakes campaign! The team worked really hard to make this design a worthy sequel to Cascadia, and I'll be ever thankful. Working with such talented game creators is an honor and a privilege I won't take for granted!

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BREAKING: All House Democrats have signed our discharge petition to extend the ACA tax credits.

That makes 214.

We can protect health care and lower costs — if only 4 Republicans will join us.

Wait, did you just re-watch the same episode I did? 😅 Literally today - "The Muse".

Thanks. I'd heard (ages ago) that it was a bear to create in. At this point though, it'd have to be 3x better than TTS to justify learning a new system.

For playing, I find TTS & Tabletopia to be about the same. Tabletopia used to be too slow "back in the day", but then I upgraded my computer 😅.

Have you done design/development using Tabletopia? I've never had it suggested to me for that, so I'm curious.

Yep, "just a physics simulator" is accurate and also one of the reasons it will never be a great way to play or develop games.

I've done a good bit of development and playtesting on TTS. I've worked with snap points and scripts as needed. The time required to create a mod that plays well is wild.

We deserve better options. The software engineering part of my brain often threatens to go tackle this. Then I wise up.

Sadly, I'm pretty sure breaking unions and stamping out any union organizing is a huge part of what the CEO is paid for.

PAX Unplugged’s 2025 Indie Games Night Market Just because the Expo Hall is closed, it doesn’t mean you can’t find new and strange games

Nice writeup of IGNM from @gamingtrend.com!
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Welcome to the BATTLE OF THE #boardgames LISTS!!

Not only are we getting coverage of the recent PAX Unplugged 2025 courtesy of @cardboardtime.bsky.social podcast, but we also have Starla and Mik duking it out (metaphorically) about holiday games!

WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EszB...

HAREAF, Chess Boards This product is called HAREAF حريف "Rival" in Persian.

She's got chess boards as well.

Backgammons, ARAM collection Introducing Backgammon, ARAM Collection – a luxurious piece of art crafted from materials sourced from the Mediterranean. ARAM is inspired by a Persian design, made from durable wood veneer, the board...

Damn! Gorgeous backgammon set based on a Persian inspired design.

Cascadia mid-game!

Normal take: Cascadia is the perfect Thanksgiving Day game 😄 my family took to it like glue!

I feel like a line-of-sight hawk card is in play?

Regardless, ❤️💙💜!

Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Marceline had some good commentary about pros & cons of the format change. Feels like it'll continue to evolve.

Double hex habitat tiles, wooden wildlife tokens, and habitat scoring cards laying on a white table.

I love how the beautiful art from @bethsobel.bsky.social, graphic design from @dylanmangini.bsky.social, and @flatoutgames.bsky.social touches come together for Cascadia games. Blessed to have these folks work on games I design.

Photo credit: @kovray.bsky.social

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Lyft: “Good news! We found you a closer driver! They will pick you up in …”

Estimate is 5 minutes longer than the previous driver. Sigh.

It is the plan!!