Beyond Solitaire

YouTube video by Beyond Solitaire Preview: Elder Scrolls Expansion Material

I played a bunch of the new Elder Scrolls stuff from @chiptheorygames.bsky.social, and this is what I thought: youtu.be/ZKDAwMbS9qo

I just finished it! Couldn’t help myself. lol

Read it now, this is not a drill.

The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett is an absolute BANGER. If you haven't read it, do so ASAP. Thanks to @colewehrle.bsky.social for the rec, you were not joking.

I want this, except a frog:

Portland frogs with the text: "Exodus 8:2-6: But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs... The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

Swiped from a religious studies friend.

This is crazy to me, because I did see this in high school--as part of a Cinema and History elective where the film was explicitly presented as racist. (I learned so much from that class...)

kermit the frog is covering his mouth with his hand and looking at the camera . ALT: kermit the frog is covering his mouth with his hand and looking at the camera .

The hardest thing about audiobooks is that I read faster than I can listen, so it is TORTURE when I am dying to find out what happens next. I'm at the tail end of Stephen Graham Jones' "Buffalo Hunter Hunter" and I am GOING THROUGH IT. But the performance is too enjoyable to speed up any more.

A cute little player board with stacks of little books all over it.

Learning “A Place for All My Books” at game night!

YouTube video by Beyond Solitaire Timothy Kleinert on The Mountain Witch

An interview with Tim Kleinert about The Mountain Witch, on Backerkit now through @cmichpress.bsky.social youtu.be/-nVicypq-uI

YouTube video by Beyond Solitaire Anna Anthropy on Princess with a Cursed Sword

An interview with Anna Anthropy about Princess with a Cursed Sword, on Backerkit now through @cmichpress.bsky.social youtu.be/A3oMrq4U4Ww

YouTube video by Beyond Solitaire Top 25 Solo Historical + War Games | 2025 Commentary

This year's Top 25 Solo Historical/War Games list is out, and Paul Wright, @armchairdragoons.bsky.social and I had a good time yammering about it! youtu.be/lPa21FiqwQA

A screenshot from BGG. It says "HOT IN-DEPTH REVIEWS," while underneath is a writeup of Atlantic Chase titled "Not a Review."

lol

My one feeling about this as someone on both sides is that I usually dislike doing previews, but I am happy to do it when the game is very far along with complete rules and far-along art. That way my playthrough has lasting value. Not everyone can work like that and it’s ok, but it helps.

If anyone deserves to be truly happy, it’s you two!

The Romp pup is hyped that Liz Davidson is on episode 26 talking about game design and history!

This week on Romp: Matt is joined by Liz Davidson (@beyondsolitaire.bsky.social!) our Solo Games Specialist. They're chatting history, game design, and of course: SOLO MODES. Tune in! bit.ly/LGRompPod

The best part for me is that I only love games more as the years go by, and the same goes for the people I've become friends with over the years.

A notice that my YouTube channel is now 8 years old.

This happened a few days ago but I am still processing it. Who knew starting a YouTube channel for kicks would change my life so much?

8K Special! Ask Me Anything (feat. Pierre Vagneur-Jones) — Woke Wargaming and other nonsense YouTube video by Homo Ludens

To celebrate the 8k subs milestone I'll do a very serious "Ask Me Anything" stream on Thursday night at 8pm GMT with @pierrevj.bsky.social and @beyondsolitaire.bsky.social - please feel free to join us and ask your most serious questions 🥸
www.youtube.com/live/7y2n9Ew...

YouTube video by Beyond Solitaire Beyond Solitaire Podcast 211: Carly Kocurek on Coin-Operated Americans

This week on the pod, @sparklebliss.bsky.social came by to discuss her book, Coin-Operated Americans. If you have fond memories of going to the arcade, this episode is for you. youtu.be/blWlUj07d7I

I also enjoy women's hockey! (And I always enjoy cheap tix.)

We didn’t even get to this game until the 2nd period, but we have seen at least 6 fights. I love hockey season. #minnesotamallards

“How to Defeat a Bully” but it’s Audubon Magazine advice for dealing with aggressive wild turkeys.

If only this would also work with ICE.

I really, really loved Pentiment.

My absolute favorite book of vacation was Stone Yard Devotional, a stark, affecting novel about a burnt-out woman who abandons her life, joins a religious community, and confronts grief and shame from her past.

I read a lot on vacation last week, but here is one of the gems: The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore. I learned SO much from reading this book, which begins with Benjamin Franklin's bookstore and brings us all the way into the Amazon era. A delight.

Our Share of Night is FANTASTIC.

I am genuinely excited about this project and you should be, too.

I am doing this too!