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I’m truly so proud of this and the work the entire Draw Steel team did. It’s rare to be given both the opportunity and the freedom to take big swings like this, and @jamesintrocaso.bsky.social, @hellomcdm.bsky.social, and @mattcolville.bsky.social made it possible.

So, so proud of what we made.

A screenshot of CGE’s instagram page: “With the above in mind, and after many heartfelt and vital discussions both internally and with members of the affected community, we have decided to donate 100% of the profit from this game to appropriate charitable organizations. We will ensure that an amount equal to our greater than the fee paid to license this product will go directly to organizations that provide support for the trans community. We evaluate profits and make charitable-giving decisions each December, and we will continue using this annual process to direct the games profits. We will listen to recommendations from the community to help guide our choices of organizations that provide support for the trans community. Or goal is to select those that offer direct, practical help to people in need — for example, services similar to the emergency hotline that was recently discontinued.”

I’m doing victory laps in my kitchen right now!!!! 💃🏼

CGE just announced they are going to be giving away 100% of the profit from their Harry Potter game to pro-trans charities!!

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MakeRoom looks so charming and I can’t wait to finally play it.

Same here! I was so excited when I saw the notification this morning. Kenney rocks.

Anyway - if you're not comfortable with loud and messy protests and activism around inclusive gaming... I suggest you try to remember where it's coming from. Your discomfort at the protest is far less than the discomfort of those suffering at the hands of systemic bigotry, harassment, and exclusion.

High Tide A cozy stacking game for two players.

I’ve had an overwhelming amount of positive responses to demoing my new game High Tide—and I’d love to get it above the 30 required ratings to be officially geekrated!! 🎲✂️

We just need 3 more! If you played High Tide at Gen Con, please leave your honest review!! 🌟

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About 80% of my grammar suggestions from Microsoft Word are “why not use a simpler word here for clarity?”

No. Fuck you.

I will use a complicated word for evocative precision whenever the muse’s clarion song demands ebullience, vivacity, torpor, or solemnity, you shit-ass suck machine.

a comment from r/boardgames discussing my review of Pax Hispanica, in which the commenter notes: "He's a good writer, no doubt, but I've read a few of his pieces lately which seem to focus more on what it's like to inhabit the thematic space of the game rather than on what it's like to interact with the game system. Theme is a condiment, a game shouldn't need theme to work (though theme can certainly make a game more enjoyable) because fundamentally, a game is a collection of interlocking mechanisms that serve to provide the space for making interesting decisions, and the game is only as good as the decision space it offers. It is this angle that I sometimes miss in reviews. And also in some games :-)"

Not every board game treats its setting as a condiment. Some are designed to engage on historical, social, or polemical grounds. To evaluate such a game principally as a jumble of mechanisms would fail to engage with it as created, presented, intended, and, yes, as it plays.

Big announcement indeed. Awesome! They’re lucky to have you leading the ship. Will you be making similar weight/market games or is the sister studio going a different direction?

Board featuring a river delta with rolling marbles and various, movable dams.

We didn’t play, but got a quick preview of 12 Rivers. Despite the impression the board may give, this is actually a worker placement game. #GenCon

Good news: I have been contacted by and am currently sharing guidelines and expectations with a representative of CGE.

Let’s hope they can make this right in their next statement. 🎲✂️

85% of Gaza is on the brink of death due to starvation. Israel could let aid in at any moment. And some people (like these men tried to do with me on Friday) are still trying to justify this atrocity.

There is no justification. This could stop at any moment. End the blockade now.

visa and mastercard deciding what games are allowed to be sold is an apocalyptic level threat to the games industry. phone calls are the highest impact way to help.

this is an all hands on deck situation. the enemy got results with 1000 phone calls.

we can beat them

phone numbers and a script:

July 2025: Movies & Games & Gen Con, oh my!

Did you know I have a (very sporadic) email newsletter that you can sign up for? In this edition, info on how to stream the boardgame documentary The Hobby and where to find me at Gen Con:

hi cge, i have been a huge fan of your games since last will, adrenaline, and all your incredible party games.

your company has always been very nice to me and helped me when i was a young games journalist who was just getting started in board games

i have very strong emotional connection with-

I plan to be there at the Fowers Games booth

A game map with various colored zones on it. There are several colors of game pieces on the map making routes throughout the map.

A zoomed in picture of the same map with colored paths on them. The paths are 3d printed.

👀 Shiny updated prototype ✨

Corvids, TYPESET, Scream Park, Signal, Here Lies, Thing Thing, Karnak, Pacts, Inkwell covers in a grid

We have certainly kept busy for the past two years.

🐦 📖👻👽🔎🌈🛕🧚🖋️

Promosode 5 - Paperback Adventures Volume 2, featuring @rilednerd.bsky.social and @skye3.bsky.social is out now! Listen at www.podbean.com/ew/pb-8kmj6-... or wherever you get your podcasts!

Love these! The bottom left corner is giving me Skyrim dungeon vibes.

I really love the town/city changes and the switch-ups from age to age that keep the game more fresh after those first 50 turns. I also love telling my own narrative of how my civilization changes into another over time, but I know that didn’t land for everyone.

Subnautica 2

Unknown Worlds lawsuit claims Krafton intentionally delayed Subnautica 2 to avoid $250M payout
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Paperback Adventures: Volume 2 by Tim Fowers Play a roguelike deckbuilding word game where you battle as pulp fiction characters. This expansion adds the martial arts character Iron Knee and the ability to play 4-player co-op with the Binding Ne...

Heading into the last day of our campaign for Paperback Adventures Vol. 2! If you like deck/engine building, roguelike gameplay, word games, or goofy mashups of literary genres, check out our campaign here: gamefound.com/en/projects/...

Sorry you’re struggling. Hope you’re able to do something fun and relaxing for yourself today.

Heh I was thinking about asking you if we would get a Triple Team as we were all walking out of the arena but didn’t want to bug you. Glad we get one!

High Tide: Pre-Order High Tide is a compact 2-player strategy game that comes with a travel-friendly storage bag—perfect for beach trips, café tables, or cozy game nights. Each round, players stack and shift tiles, aiming...

High Tide is available for preorder right now!!

Followed by a release at Gen Con!! If you’ll be there, I’ll also be demoing and signing games!

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Excited for this! I'll be trying to poke my head in at some point.

Paperback Adventures: Volume 2 by Tim Fowers Play a roguelike deckbuilding word game where you battle as pulp fiction characters. This expansion adds the martial arts character Iron Knee and the ability to play 4-player co-op with the Binding Ne...

Hey folks! Paperback Adventures Vol. 2 is now crowdfunding! It's been in the works for a while, and I'm really excited to be making more Paperback Adventures stuff.

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Oh is that the NFT one?