Stephanie Smith

I’m really glad for you Liz, you deserve it all. Putting yourself out there to continuously talk about things you feel strongly about takes great courage, determination, focus, and stamina. You’ve greatly impacted the hobby and continue to do so. You are an inspiration. 💜

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Question f/ historical game designers: While striving f/ accuracy, what are some good rules to follow when condensing a timeline? Or when making any type of editorial decisions about history to make a game more playable? @colewehrle.bsky.social @writegameread.bsky.social @volko.bsky.social

Hang in there. You’ve got this.

Stopped by my local library today to renew my card and visited all my old games that I donated a couple years ago. Awesome to see their game selection continuing to grow.

Thank you! And to you as well!

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I just watched Jim Jarmusch’s Dead Man for the first time via The Criterion Channel. I absolutely loved it.

I thought this was from an app. Did you scan it in?

I believe art is successful when it evokes an emotion. Any emotion.

Yes! Can you even imagine if movies were judged solely on whether or not they were fun???

Yes!

Love Uno! But my brain won’t let me play it without the words! Grateful they made a zillion copies and that eBay exists.

Games are a form of art. Art succeeds when it makes you feel something. Art can evoke joy, rage, curiosity… Game designers don’t always intend a “fun” gaming experience, so using it as a metric for critique can be short sighted & unhelpful in getting a game into the hands of who will most enjoy it.

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Yesterday I learned Tiny Towns on BGA (solo) and really liked it- maybe even enough to buy a copy.

Then today, I learned how to play Welcome to the Moon (solo) and liked it- considering how picky I am with Roll/Flip and Write games.

I LOVE the COIN system developed by Volko Ruhnke. My fav’s would be Cuba Libre, Colonial Twilight, and Fire in the Lake. Outside of COIN, Pax Pamir 2e by Cole Wherle is fantastic.

That would have been 100% up my alley. I wonder if my elementary school or local library had it back then.

That looks late 60s or early 70s. I’ve never seen that book before. Was it published in the US?

I’ve been watching movies again for the same reasons.

Rally the Troops?

I DM’d you a couple more.

They make great journals- I like the numbered pages.

What kind of stickers? I now have a preferred GDN. It’s a spiral dot grid from WalMart. Have to buy them in person to ensure the dots aren’t too dark (because sometimes they are)

@beyondsolitaire.bsky.social Who else do you know that fits this request?

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Another thing to look for along these lines are old small vintage suitcases or wooden artist boxes.

A musician friend of mine used small cases like this to vend CDs and DVDs. I’ve also used one myself for Zines and packs of postcards. Sometimes things would shuffle around a bit inside but mostly it was just put it on the table, open, and good to go.

I don’t have that exact portable dolly, but for what it’s worth, I used one very similar to first move out of my art studio, and then to move from one house to another. I used bungees and it was very effective.