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Aly (she/her) Photographer, board games + TTRPGs, occasional cosplayer, very gay. 🧵📸🧙🌈
Us too! We made it through year 3 tonight ❤️
23.02.2026 02:14 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A game board with stickers creating a village with farms, homes and a river with a bridge cutting down the side.
Finally got that bridge!!!
23.02.2026 02:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0But really, same.
22.02.2026 14:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Announcing Walkable City - a 2-4 player coop game published by Fowers Games and designed by me!
Build out public infrastructure as different modes of transit - Waling, Biking, Bus & Light Rail - get denizens where they want to go. Follow the project below!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/fow...
Yay!!!! I’m glad someone picked this up!!
21.02.2026 01:07 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Head and shoulders image of a white haired man with a white goatee looking off into the distance to the right. Some buildings and a bit of water are visible behind him. Ryan Dancey, former COO of Alderac Entertainment Group.
Text from a LinkedIn post which says: Ryan Dancey Author Chief Operating Officer at Alderac Entertainment Group I have zero reason to believe that an AI couldn't "come up with Tiny Towns or Flip Seven or Cubitos". I can prompt any of several AIs RIGHT NOW and get ideas for games as good as those. The gaming industry doesn't exist because humans create otherwise unobtainable ideas. It exists because many many previous games exist, feed into the minds of designers, who produce new variants on those themes. People then apply risk capital against those ideas to see if there's a product market fit. Sometimes there is, and sometimes there is not. (In fact, much more often than not). Extremely occasionally (twice in my lifetime: D&D and Magic: the Gathering) a human has produced an all new form of gaming entertainment. Those moments are so rare and incandescent that they echo across decades. Game publishing isn't an industry of unique special ideas. It's an industry about execution, marketing, and attention to detail. All things AIs are great at.
Ryan Dancey, a more than 30-year veteran of the tabletop gaming industry, has lost his COO job at publisher AEG a day after saying AI could generate game ideas as good as his company’s titles Tiny Towns and Cubitos:
boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
The pro-AI, anti-game-designer nonsense Suz is quoting below is on LinkedIn, in the comments on a post by the SAME PERSON about how AI told him to *walk* to the car wash. (The cognitive dissonance is killing me!) Here's what I replied over there:
18.02.2026 17:45 — 👍 214 🔁 29 💬 17 📌 2Business executives who think creatives can be replaced by AI
Will be the first to be replaced by AI
Cardboard Time Episode 129 - Reviews of The Daily Weather, Pondscape, Forage, Honeypot.
It's Cardboard Time! Episode 129 is now live (tinyurl.com/55kx5txa). On today's episode I have reviews of:
The Daily Weather: @buttonshy.bsky.social
Pondscape: @capstone-games.com
Forage: @flatoutgames.bsky.social
Honeypot: @fanfactories.bsky.social
It's valentine's day. Remember that love is temporary, yaoi is forever. Cupid takes breaks, but fujoshis never.
14.02.2026 12:37 — 👍 484 🔁 288 💬 0 📌 1
Arwen and Aly, two women, taking a selfie in front of Lake Crescent.
Arwen and Aly, two women, with the Chuckesme doll from Twilight Breaking Dawn pt 2
Arwen and Aly, two women, posing in front of the Forks, WA sign
Aly and Arwen, two women, in front of a pond and small waterfall
Happy Valentine’s Day to everyone, especially my lovely wife who let me drag her around Forks, WA on our honeymoon ❤️
15.02.2026 03:27 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
If you want to learn about how figure skating works via the medium of incredibly charming gay anime, may I STRONGLY suggest "Yuri on Ice" (which is available free on Youtube)?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6zo...
A perfect choice! 🎉
13.02.2026 17:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
graphic that says no ice in Minnesota itch.io charity bundle
The No ICE in Minnesota Charity Bundle has officially LAUNCHED!
There are 1,439 games to discover for a $10+ donation to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota!
Purchase the bundle here: itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...
Yay!!! They have excellent taste!
12.02.2026 00:46 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Bobby Hill covering his face with his shirt
Imagine still liking harry potter in this day and age
11.02.2026 04:50 — 👍 31 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0“I don’t like Bad Bunny because I can’t understand Spanish.”
You are WEAK. Weeaboos have been jamming out to songs they don’t understand in Japanese for decades.
if you want a real easy way to be a chad do not get involved in this on any level. I dont scold people for their tastes but JK Rowling has said repeatedly she puts the revenue generated by Harry Potter right into anti trans political organizations and legislation
10.02.2026 16:24 — 👍 1909 🔁 982 💬 32 📌 6
Launching tomorrow! #zinequest
"Spirit Swap: A Slice of Life TTRPG" is a solo journaling game designed by @noroadhome.itch.io about moving to a new magical city, befriending the people who live there, and learning how to be a full-fledged witch.
Follow the page below to get notified when we launch!
LIVE NOW: Banz joins me for our Top 10 Games of the Month! It's time for Tabletop Recall, a monthly recap of games played. What was your favorite game played last month?
#boardgames
Watch on YouTube and Twitch!
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@ruelgaviola
Twitch: www.twitch.tv/ruelgaviola
Today I emailed publishers about a concerning practice a board game media creator engaged in. This will likely become public, so I'm providing the details here to give the full context of what I shared.
1) Document: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/o8ovt...
2) Video: youtu.be/fHXGWflPj4c
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a response to the @rascal.news article on yazeba's bed & breakfast, clarifying some misunderstandings and (hopefully) providing a clearer explanation of what happened
possumcreek.medium.com/a-response-t...
The cheese being an equally important addition to the evening!
07.02.2026 17:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
The cover image for the fundraiser featuring a trans flag, the two charity logos, and an outline of the state of Idaho.
It's TTRPGs for Trans Rights Season! The game jam is now open for submissions to TTRPGs for Trans Rights—Idaho! Games, art, zines, and more welcome through March 8th! Proceeds from this bundle will benefit @transaffirminc.bsky.social and @tccidaho.bsky.social!
itch.io/jam/ttrpgs-f...
We played this at Pax Unplugged with @panda8ngel.bsky.social! It’s a great game!!
06.02.2026 01:09 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Ready Set Bet with Rob and Melinda Chase
A group of people sitting around a round table and playing a board game
A group of people sitting around a round table and playing a board game
At our wedding, we wanted to incorporate one of the things that is very close to our heart - board games. While we didn't get to play ourselves until later that night, we were delighted to see new friendships being formed in front of our eyes.
05.02.2026 02:17 — 👍 38 🔁 4 💬 4 📌 0
Cardboard Time Podcast Episode 128: Orcacon Roadtrip Wrapup
It's Cardboard Time! Episode 128 (AND a bonus episode) is now live (tinyurl.com/mrzmbxe5). On today's episode, we chat about our trip to Orcacon and all the wonderful people we saw out there. On the Bonus Episode, you can hear about our Honeymoon adventures until the audio gets cut off!
04.02.2026 00:39 — 👍 10 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0Every day Mamdani comes out and is like "hey guys, I turned off the orphan-crushing machine. Literally just had to flip a switch. Took less than 5 minutes."
After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc
