Cover art for Persuasion. A letter folded according to techniques used in the early 19th century has been closed with red wax seal and sits on a wooden table. The title is overlaid along with the subtitle "the game of courtship in the regency era".

We are excited to announce that next year we will be publishing PERSUASION, Xoe Allred's game of courtship, catfishing, and matrimony.

Graphic Design for Board Games Board games are increasingly recognized as an artform of their own, but their design and aesthetics are just as important as their gameplay mechanics. In this handbook, art director and graphic design...

Also updated my bio to properly link to my book! www.routledge.com/Graphic-Desi...

Will collaborative Scrabble ruin the next generation? I’d bet my last qapik it won’t | Tim Clare Some are outraged by a version for people ‘intimidated’ by word games. Take it from me: Scrabble rules are for breaking, says author Tim Clare

I wrote a piece for the @guardian about the new cooperative edition of Scrabble, which, predictably, has riled up certain people who fear Scrabble has 'gone woke' & the next generation is doomed.
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Gave a talk today. A kid maybe 8-10 years old asked one of the first questions:

"How old do you have to be to design a game?"

Umm ..."Old enough to use scissors?"

This delighted him so much that he started jumping up and down in his seat.

The next generation is on its way.

we'll call this "research"

yea i think maybe the Economy isnt Good

oh thats a very cool feature

says opinions

One of the very smart things in George Lakoff's work was drawing an explicit connection between pro-spanking ideology and contemporary conservative politics (via James Dobson)

the police physically administrate the jail? like

it's not true there's nothing they can do

and there WOULD be demonstrations. by fascists, in support of fascism

like we should still do it but we shouldn't just make-believe that the consequences are Trivial and the aftermath will be Easy

but that's not like, true

lowercase b in the negative space?

i dont like your post. could you post something different

the Helldivers 2 fiasco & the fact even the director of the game is going wtf at Sony demanding a PSN account to let you play it is just exhibit #657234 of why letting bean counters run creative industries to improve bottom lines is the corporate version of trying to trim your pubes with a chainsaw

unbelievable - they pulled the colonialism off the boardgame and put it all in their business practices

bribe so that theres even a ghost of a chance that theyd enforce the law next time Trump tries to ignore an election

oh hey its the freddy neetch classic

a book called ESP and your Pet the info on the book says "Discover your pets hidden psychic powers" it has a pic of a cat choosing the right card as a man is holding a card up

screaming

designated dingus area

why dont they simply invest money in a company thereby encouraging that company to close(???)

the GOP's current positions are all based on an incredibly vivid fantasy scenario where every single person in the world is the trenchcoat flasher from the neighborhood watch sign and they're all after Your Daughter specifically

the polite politico magazines are very late to the unreality party

yeah but when's the last time what really happened affected politics in any way

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