RTFM (Shea Parker)

Maybe get off discover. Follow people you like and just look at those. Considerably more enjoyable.

It was just sitting there! No jury would convict me!

Very much so, but it was also a 3p game, so that was already to be expected. But yeah, no agenda phase or promissory notes will do that

lol luckily he never actually got to move the war sun in. I was able to basically lock it in place for the round so he had to use the, and I’m not exaggerating, TWENTY fighters he built to kick me out.

It was a very pretty cloud

Kinda. We played with the twilights fall variant where you draft a bunch of different abilities. It led to some pretty silly combos

game of ti4 where one player is amassing a comically large force against me, the completely innocent haver of Mecatol Rex

GULP

YouTube video by RTFM How to Play Galactic Cruise in 29 Minutes

Feeling the urge to leave this planet? Sounds like it's time for a Galactic Cruise! youtu.be/-6QTThrfXsw

Twitch Twitch is the world

Live now!
The Lord of the Rings Duel for Middle-Earth
with @rtfmshow.bsky.social
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#boardgames #tabletop #gamenight

And all of a sudden my desk is…well, not clean, but cleanER

lol, I do the same thing after a project is finished. It’s surprisingly cathartic!

What you experienced is worse, but I have similar concerns when I punch a game that comes with like 20 enormous bags and nowhere near enough pieces to warrant them. I suspect these two types are in cahoots.

Okay I'm gonna say it: it's really weird for large for-profit conventions to have "volunteer" staff.

Fan-run cons do that because they're non-profits and no one is getting meaningfully paid.

Professional cons are businesses and businesses need to pay for labor.

RT if you also wish ill upon JK Rowling.

If you end up running this I'd love to know how it went. I've played the full version of Den of Wolves and had a great time. Might be interested in running this myself...

Daniel selfie wearing a "Board Games World Tour" shirt in a pink rock style, with a flaming meeple guitar and a list of cities.

BOARD GAMES WORLD TOUR!
Each city is a board game title!
Multiple colors and styles!
HOLY SHIRT!
danielsolis.threadless.com/designs/boar...

Haha, thanks! And yeah we had a great time! Basically every meal we had was amazing.

YouTube video by Above Board TV Let's Go To Japan!

I can’t in good conscience recommend this course of action… youtu.be/OVGW7bjkloo?...

If you got the survey email from Patreon this week, please don't skip over it. They're banging the pot about incorporating AI again.

Let them know exactly what you think about that.

YouTube video by RTFM Top 5 Frosthaven Outpost Strategies

I've got one more Frosthaven Digital video for you. This time it's talking about how to start building up your base, which is...not really discussed in game. At least not as far as I've seen in the Early Access build. Hopefully it helps! www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9qO...

Writers should internalize Lao Tzu's lesson about how the emptiness at the center of a wheel is what makes it useful, and how a pot is valuable because of where the clay *isn't*. Corporate geek culture has warped us into thinking that negative spaces are flaws that need to be fixed.

Where did I go wrong?!

Chunky board games imply the existence of creamy board games.

Need is such a strong word. I mean, it didn’t really need the first expansion, but I still loved it.

Thunder's Edge Announcing a New Expansion for Twilight Imperium 4th Edition

Welp, guess I know what I’m doing in October…

YouTube video by RTFM Top 5 Frosthaven Beginner Combat Strategies

Continuing the Frosthaven Digital coverage with some beginner combat strategies! The first couple missions of Frosthaven (and Gloomhaven) do not hold your hand, so I put together these tips to help get you settled in. @arcgames.com @cephalofairgames.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GwZ...

The leadership of the Tabletop Game Designers Association was disappointed to see the publisher CGE touting Codenames: Back to Hogwarts, a new Harry Potter-themed version of Codenames.

Learned a bit of nandeck last year. It’s definitely a rabbit hole

YouTube video by RTFM How to Play Earthborne Rangers in 27 Minutes

I've been working on this one for a while, and now I'm happy to finally get it out there! If you've ever been interested in playing Earthborne Rangers by @earthbornegames.bsky.social, this will get you started in no time!

Well...less than a half hour anyway.

BGG Podcast #73: Gen Con '25 Releases We're Most Excited to Play, with Shea from RTFM | The BoardGameGeek Podcast

I've gotten to do a couple great podcasts lately, but this latest one with Candice for BGG was so much fun! We talked about upcoming GenCon releases that we're excited for, as well as what we've been playing lately. boardgamegeek.com/blog/12153/b...