feeling hungary rn.

Shower thought: One reason board games are fun is because they give us a clean structure: a world with clear rules, visible consequences, and stable interactions. We can act, understand, adapt, and feel like the system is legible.

Quite a contrast to what's going on outside the living room window.

We make nice games.

Just as it always has...

Oh btw if you're on the Nuremberg Spielwarenmesse this week... be sure to come by our booth in Hall 10.0, G-9 and say hello!

It would have been great to have a place to pledge/register to stop using FB etc... With like a counter or something?

As game people we love to see number go up, don't we...

Anyway, trying to make our voice heard more, also from Europe, feels like something we should start to think about?

It seems hard: You'd need a sizable amount of people + coordination and attribution. In some cases tech/other products are hard to replace.

On the other hand: The authoritarian playbook doesn't work against this. And worldwide participation is possible.

Thinking about the US from Europe. Wondering: Is refusal to consume an effective way to protest?

Scott Galloway makes that argument (in this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFsd...).

The idea is to coordinate in large numbers to send a message to (mostly) big tech participating in this regime.

Video before it happens is showing this guy they shot in the head in Minneapolis was just standing there videoing them before and they got out to push him back and then murder him.

ICE just gunned down ANOTHER person, beating a man half to death before shooting him at point blank range. What the fuck are we doing?

ARREST ICE NOW. PROSECUTE ICE NOW.

I will not rest until every single one of these murderers is held accountable to the communities they terrorize.

NYT push alert: "A person was shot dead today during a struggle with federal agents in Minneapolis, according to officials."

By who? Who shot the person dead? You saw the video. We all know a federal agent shot a man dead who was prone on the ground. Also, it's not "according to officials." It's according to verified video seen with your eyes. Not saying what anyone can obviously see with their eyes is a form of lying.

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.

White. Hot. Rage.

Yes, stuff like that. Thanks for the recommendation. We will check it out!

Trying to find some nice riddle books - but it's too hard.

Our best heuristic so far: The less smooth the layout, the more likely the the content is real.

Has anyone found a good technique to avoid AI Slop in book-related christmas shopping?

A friendly man with 2 board game boxes in front of him.

A fun day talking boardgames with Rodrigo from Circotel yesterday!

Turns out we envy each other.

He likes Germany for the long and rich history of boardgames here. We think newer markets like his home, Chile, are exciting - and full of novel ideas.

He showed us two great games, too!

A sold-out sign for Orapa

Yesterday we ran out of Orapa and today a bunch of other games. Thanks Stuttgart!

Always fun.

Getting on the road to the next fair. Car stacked with Orapa, Playball and Yellow House! See you in a bit in Stuttgart Messe!

Nein, der Vertrag ist Ende letzten Jahres ausgelaufen...

Today and for 2 weeks ONLY we're running a big sale on most of our games! nicegameshop.com/Start The marketing action of the year is done. Bye.

Tax the Rich Trick-taking game where you can flip the card hierarchy upside down.

What's the next big trend in board game themes?

After this year's "Tax the Rich" could it actually be taking stances on things and stuff?!

boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/44...

Or is it back to medieval european trading next year?

A view from behind our sales desk all through the Ravensberger Spinnerei hall.

A lot of fun at Spielewelt in Bielefeld today. A great boardgame meet in an epic location, that totally exists. And we had the best view for it.

Tomorrow's another day of gaming, so if you read this close to Bielefeld be sure to drop by and say hello!

Good luck on your journey!

Feeling like this guy a lot!

Played Ariadnyk by boardova, a dynamic tilelaying game about Spirits and charms. And sheep.

It's beautiful and fun and I managed to gather 108 sheep!

It's part of the VIP experience. You also get 2 days early access and 1 day afterparty, with lots of fun activities like this.

Neatly stacked boxes and tables half fill a car.

Car filled to the limjt with fair stock and furniture.

The best game of Essen 2025? Stock Tetris!

From the nice game slack >>>>