My pieces finally shipped! Hopefully I'll have some nice pictures to share next week

a nasa logo can be seen behind a rocket taking off Alt: A spaceship blasts off

HOUSTON WE HAVE SHIPPING

No shipping yet... the dramatic pause continues...

Thank you! It's nice to take a break from rules work and make things with my hands

These are handmade game boards for a new batch of (my strategy board game) LAVA WURM! I'm getting a head-start on production while I wait for more parts to get in

Cloth game boards, partway through being finished

Measure measure cut cut measure cut ink sew sew sew sew

Repeat

Autocorrect direly desires to change my sentence to "players throw Thor". Decidedly unhelpful, but bullying the Odinson *does* sound fun..

a man in a black turtleneck stands in front of a window with perfection written on the bottom right Alt: Live-action Magneto says "perfection"

Thematically appropriate craft kit is superb

Hear hear! A strong list. Especially "prep in advance"; how can anyone submit if they don't know how the submission works? Madness

a man is talking to another man with a caption that says that means you haven 't known the triumphs Alt: Archie from the live action show Riverdale says "that means you haven't know the triumphs and defeats, the epic highs and lows of high school football"

Journey log:
1. Parts from last run discontinued. 😒
2. New parts hard to find. 😔
3. Parts found! 🤩
4. Parts bought. 💰
5. Parts don't actually exist? 💀
6. Parts back in stock next week, order preserved. 😌

Now: waiting to confirm their safe arrival.

Handmake your games, it's an adventure

I surely will! Might take a couple weeks, but the haul should be glorious

Finally sourced parts for a new batch of LAVA WURM. A Harrowing journey, but I'm excited to begin assembly when the goods arrive

a yellow teddy bear is running through a field of water Alt: a costumed mascot runs full-tilt toward the camera as explosions fire behind it

"Alright, time to order parts for a fresh run of my game, what could go wro-"

Thank you, that's very considerate. Back to feverishly painting...

I'm still making game copies, don't hype it too fast!

NICE, congrats!!

Ink! Effective on such small meeples, do not recommend for anything larger. The worms are paint

Low-Angled photo of game components arranged haphazardly. White mini meeples with black patterning sit in front, along with red hexagonal blocks painted to look like giant toothy worms. In the back is a cloth game board, marked with dots and connecting lines

Handmade meeples, cloth boards, and WURMS! The next batch of LAVA WURM is underway. I'll be taking these to a local game fest in May to find new homes.

I've been sick, but I'm finally on the mend! Once I can take a full breath without sneezing I'll be prepping for some local cons I'm excited to attend (fortunately in a few weeks so I don't spread plague!)

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I don't have a picture this week, but prototyping in screentop.gg has been going great. It's a great tool for anyone wanting online playtests; relatively short learning curve, lots of simple and effective features, and it's ~ free ~ for most use cases!

Look what you have wrought! (This post has me playing War of the Chosen)

Teach Concentrically: When you teach a game, you want to introduce the core tenets of the play experience, and then build upon that knowledge concentrically, so that every new piece of information feels easy to integrate but continues to expand upon a sense of complex interdependence that cannot be “collapsed” or “resolved” except perhaps through play.

Wrote this as part of a game design consultation follow-up report, and I'm feeling really happy with how these words fit together.

Good luck finding a good match! Tak is, after all, A Beautiful Game

I regret to inform7 you ma'am but your son is dead. Your son is found in the Grey Hallway. The description of your son is "a poor soul who died in these hallowed halls." The son is wearing a backpack. The backpack is openable and closed.

These are for Warhammer Underworlds! It's a squad-level game, so these three minis alone make up a full team.

The three members of Ironsoul's Condemnors, primed black. Tavian is partially painted, showing the beginning of a yellow and maroon color scheme

I'm making progress on some game projects, but nothing photographable. So instead, behold my hobby project! It's finally time to get back into the swing of painting my minis. They've been raw plastic for far too long

How to fix soccer:

1. The field is too big, shrink it.

2. Too many players on the field. Limit it to two.

3. Paint the field in a black-and-white grid.

4. The ball is replaced by pure positional advantage.

5. Pawns everywhere.

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This looks really clever and visually stylish. I'd expect nothing less from Postmark! Great job team, I'll see you in December

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Happy Halloween!