If you're interested in reading more about the series (or even submitting a proposal), check out our website! press.umich.edu/Series/T/Tab...

Here's a great post by UMich Tabletop Games author Jonathan Rey Lee on writing the first book in the series (on Catan!) and some of the rationale behind it. It was fun to chat with my co-editor Aaron Trammell on the series!

Raise a pint with professors How ‘Lectures on Tap’ is reshaping education outside the classroom and at the bars

Love this piece by Lindsay Freiberger for @depaulia.bsky.social on my talk at @lecturesontap.bsky.social ! I had a great time sharing my work on board games with about a hundred guests -- and really enjoyed the conversation afterwards too! Pics by Claire Buchheit
depauliaonline.com/82836/artsli...

You can check them out at pod.link/1734187401
www.everyscififilm.com
www.youtube.com/watch?si=K20...

Hello Doctor Who friends! If it is of interest, I was recently a guest on the Every Single Sci-Fi Film Ever* podcast, talking about the Doctor Who movies (Dr. Who and the Daleks and Daleks Invasion Earth: 2150AD). I had a lot of fun chatting with Ayesha Khan and Lee Arnott!

Thanks Becky! Michele gave such great advice as it developed:)

the strange and macabre can thankfully still be found on my website paulboothauthor.com

It's a personal essay about travel, deer, and the end of a relationship, and very unlike most of the things I tend to write. Thanks also to McKenzie and Julia at sneaker wave for the thoughtful editorial comments!

things we miss by Paul Booth

Very pleased that my newest writing, "Things We Miss," has been published by sneaker wave mag. Thanks to Michele Morano who read early versions and gave incredible feedback, and shoutout to @rebeccajohns.bsky.social & DePaul's creative writing MFA program
www.sneakerwavemag.org/p/things-we-...

@2natown.bsky.social Hi! This is Paul Booth - the prof that runs the con at DePaul. We chatted at the Forest Park holiday walk. Are you were still interested in vending (link: popcultureconference.com) & if so, can you send me a good email so I can send you more details? Thanks!!

Words Reginald Cathcart squirms. His stomach’s disquiet. The past week’s stories have been weak, not up to his usual standards. He can feel the Words’ gurgitation roil. They push against the inside of him. ...

Very happy at the end of the year to have one final short story published - this one's not for the faint of heart (or stomach!): "Words" published in Macabre Magazine:
macabremagazine.com/words/
(Sorry, I think you have to subscribe to see it all)

DePaul Doctor Who Join me and make a gift to DePaul Doctor Who Club!

Hi all! Some of you know I am the faculty advisor for DePaul Doctor Who, an inclusive club at DePaul. They're raising money to go to Gallifrey One, the largest US Doctor Who convention. All donations are tax deductible. Please help if you can!
givenow.depaul.edu/depaul-docto...

Great news!

We’ve got books on War of the Ring, MtG Commander, Vampire, Blood Bowl and more all in development. Also please reach out if you have an idea for a game you want to write about…we’re all ears!!!

It’s the first book in the Tabletop Games series that I’m editing along with Aaron Trammell and it would mean a lot if y’all would give it a peep and if you like it talk it up with your friends and community—remember, it’s free!!

Unsettling Catan Read Online Buy Paperback* Buy Audiobook Description Coverage *30% off with code UMWEB30 Audiobook Preview Description Most revolutions don’t start with nineteen cardboard hexagons, but Klaus Teube…

Hi #tabletop #boardgame #gaming friends! @jreylee.bsky.social's new book on CATAN is out! You can read it online for free at the link attached or pick up your copy at online retailers (including the University of Michigan Press) #Catan @tabletopbookshelf.com
lookingglance.com/unsettling-c...

Q&A with Author J. Rey Lee

Unsettling Catan releases on Monday, so I sat down with Danielle from @uofmpress.bsky.social to do a Q&A on the book.

(the interview was written, but I was sitting down at the time)

#boardgames #catan
@pbooth81.bsky.social @aarontram.bsky.social

Thanks! I've used Monster Theory before with not as much success as you - maybe I should give it another shot :) I've ordered the Monster Theory Reader too

This is very cool! not quite what I"m looking for but is fascinating - thanks for sharing!

Thanks! I'm more interested in studies of monsters as monsters (rather than as aspect of Gothic, per se) & know Simon's work well. :) Appreciate the help!

Hoping for some academic help...updating my readings in a Monsters class & would love a book that focuses on different monsters (zombie, vampire...) from histor/cult perspective. I've used (& enjoyed!) Asma's On Monsters and Poole's Monsters in America, but both are a bit dated by now. Thoughts?

Can I also add how absolutely gorgeous! The book is? Smart, relevant, beautiful -- this book has it all!

Also, Fort Collins is amazing and highly worth a visit!

My talk was called "Cardboard Contrafactuals" and explored analog games with alternate takes on traditional history. Thanks to Dr. Scott Diffrient and Chair Dr. Elizabeth Williams for inviting me, and the Comm Studies staff, faculty and students who came to talk and had meals with me all weekend!

I had an amazing time at Colorado State University's Department of Communication giving the Fall 2025 Gravlee lecture this weekend!
communicationstudies.colostate.edu/events/fall-...

Had a fun time talking to USA Today about Costco fandom...
www.usatoday.com/story/grocer...

Can’t stop the slop AI slop is ruining the casual internet – it’s also warping how we accept reality.

I’ve been having a lot of fun working on my newsletter, Silicon Sea. This month, I wrote about AI slop and figured out what else to say about it other than “I hate it.”

W/ thanks to @pbooth81.bsky.social for the interview!

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Hey #Google, I would happily throw down 1K on another new phone if it was designed specifically *not* to have AI. Don't include it on the searches, don't include it in my texts, don't include it in summarizing my emails. Now *that* I would pay for @developers.google.com @newsfromgoogle.bsky.social

It arrived! ("Do not bend" was taken more as a suggestion than a command by the USPS)

@mskellymhayes.bsky.social‬ Just catching this - yes, feel free to get in touch! :) pbooth@depaul.edu