J from 3 Minute board games
@3mbg.bsky.social
Pakeha, Martian, Reviewer, (He/Him) Aotearoa! COIN Wargame Designer - Red Dust Rebellion. https://www.youtube.com/c/3MinuteBoardGames
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Battle of hoth in about 3 minutes
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Today's video is Battle of Hoth, a new star wars skirmish game that uses the Command and Colors core system, most famous from Memoir 44. How well does it work? Find out here youtu.be/DeYcdCz3arU
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Oh wow less than a month until Christmas, huh, wonder if anyone needs a recommendation for a really cool, fun, bright, informative, slightly geeky but very accessible, yes my partner wrote it that's how I know it's good, book that would make an excellent gift?
101 Board Games to Try Before You Die (Of Boredom)
Move Over, Monopoly!
Find your new favorite board game with this incredible curated guide featuring the best releases from the 21st century. Whether you want to dive into board games as a new hobby, ...
www.paperplus.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Oh wow less than a month until Christmas, huh, wonder if anyone needs a recommendation for a really cool, fun, bright, informative, slightly geeky but very accessible, yes my partner wrote it that's how I know it's good, book that would make an excellent gift?
Today's video is Battle of Hoth, a new star wars skirmish game that uses the Command and Colors core system, most famous from Memoir 44. How well does it work? Find out here youtu.be/DeYcdCz3arU
Battle of hoth in about 3 minutes
YouTube video by 3 Minute Board Games
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Today's video is Battle of Hoth, a new star wars skirmish game that uses the Command and Colors core system, most famous from Memoir 44. How well does it work? Find out here youtu.be/DeYcdCz3arU
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So ... the government just forced us all to have referendums on *existing* Māori wards because Local Communities Deserve Choice, but now they're unilaterally abolishing our regional councils because they don't like the Choices we made?
November 25, 2025 at 5:34 AM
So ... the government just forced us all to have referendums on *existing* Māori wards because Local Communities Deserve Choice, but now they're unilaterally abolishing our regional councils because they don't like the Choices we made?
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I for one think candidates should run in the electorate where they live and have local connections.
November 23, 2025 at 7:32 AM
I for one think candidates should run in the electorate where they live and have local connections.
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Plagarising a post about being dunked on for being a writer is truly some wild shit
November 22, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Plagarising a post about being dunked on for being a writer is truly some wild shit
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Given these guidelines are *Australasian* the only logical conclusion is that an NZ business has given ACT a bunch of money to make it easier for them to sell us cheap overseas slop
These guys are dangerous idiots. It's tiresome enough already having to read, and re-check, the labels on everything that I eat, and now they want to have me scan a QR code to get to that information.
November 22, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Given these guidelines are *Australasian* the only logical conclusion is that an NZ business has given ACT a bunch of money to make it easier for them to sell us cheap overseas slop
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Ricky Gervais is a warning about what happens to you when you become absolutely certain you figured literally everything out in your 20s.
November 21, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Ricky Gervais is a warning about what happens to you when you become absolutely certain you figured literally everything out in your 20s.
100% ideological decision from NZ First that goes against medical advice and common decency.
NZ First once again have no ideas of their own and exist only to import bigotry
National really trashing its rep as "sensible economics party" supporting all this culture war bullshit too.
NZ First once again have no ideas of their own and exist only to import bigotry
National really trashing its rep as "sensible economics party" supporting all this culture war bullshit too.
The Government is banning new patients from being prescribed the most common form of puberty blocker and is explicitly aligning NZ's future policy on this matter to the UK's. PR below.
November 19, 2025 at 4:33 AM
100% ideological decision from NZ First that goes against medical advice and common decency.
NZ First once again have no ideas of their own and exist only to import bigotry
National really trashing its rep as "sensible economics party" supporting all this culture war bullshit too.
NZ First once again have no ideas of their own and exist only to import bigotry
National really trashing its rep as "sensible economics party" supporting all this culture war bullshit too.
Some day's you get a game because you like the theme, others it's because you like the sound of the mechanics of the game.
And very rarely you pick up a game solely because the cover art looks exactly like a friend of yours and you have to show them the game. Smartphone inc
youtu.be/EyS8ltXySa0
And very rarely you pick up a game solely because the cover art looks exactly like a friend of yours and you have to show them the game. Smartphone inc
youtu.be/EyS8ltXySa0
November 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Some day's you get a game because you like the theme, others it's because you like the sound of the mechanics of the game.
And very rarely you pick up a game solely because the cover art looks exactly like a friend of yours and you have to show them the game. Smartphone inc
youtu.be/EyS8ltXySa0
And very rarely you pick up a game solely because the cover art looks exactly like a friend of yours and you have to show them the game. Smartphone inc
youtu.be/EyS8ltXySa0
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Once again Rude Hat Man proves how uncaring he is with who or what he platforms.
He‘s happy to show one of the most controversial games of the past year in this video—as if it were *just* a silly little meaningless toy whose IP doesn’t directly destroy the lives of trans people across the world.
He‘s happy to show one of the most controversial games of the past year in this video—as if it were *just* a silly little meaningless toy whose IP doesn’t directly destroy the lives of trans people across the world.
November 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Once again Rude Hat Man proves how uncaring he is with who or what he platforms.
He‘s happy to show one of the most controversial games of the past year in this video—as if it were *just* a silly little meaningless toy whose IP doesn’t directly destroy the lives of trans people across the world.
He‘s happy to show one of the most controversial games of the past year in this video—as if it were *just* a silly little meaningless toy whose IP doesn’t directly destroy the lives of trans people across the world.
November 16, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Due to how bluesky works, here's a top 12. In no particular order.
Spirit Island - Co-op, variable powers, high challenge
Arkham Horror: The card game - Deck construction like magic the gathering, but co-op
Castles of Burgundy - The best euro game
Star Wars Rebellion - Epic war game.
Spirit Island - Co-op, variable powers, high challenge
Arkham Horror: The card game - Deck construction like magic the gathering, but co-op
Castles of Burgundy - The best euro game
Star Wars Rebellion - Epic war game.
November 15, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Due to how bluesky works, here's a top 12. In no particular order.
Spirit Island - Co-op, variable powers, high challenge
Arkham Horror: The card game - Deck construction like magic the gathering, but co-op
Castles of Burgundy - The best euro game
Star Wars Rebellion - Epic war game.
Spirit Island - Co-op, variable powers, high challenge
Arkham Horror: The card game - Deck construction like magic the gathering, but co-op
Castles of Burgundy - The best euro game
Star Wars Rebellion - Epic war game.
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florence pew: thread
November 15, 2025 at 2:25 AM
florence pew: thread
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Why the FUCK would you ever outsource inventory curation to an LLM? If you don't have enough faith in your own judgment and/or the skills to do market research, why would I trust you to be able to recommend books to me?
November 15, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Why the FUCK would you ever outsource inventory curation to an LLM? If you don't have enough faith in your own judgment and/or the skills to do market research, why would I trust you to be able to recommend books to me?
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The child has discovered self-sticking googly eyes.
November 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The child has discovered self-sticking googly eyes.
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People enjoy Vantage, so great for them, but the idea of an open-World-Multiplayer boardgame is like the dea of Doom running on the fridge: Impressive, but I dont think its the medium, I would use to actually play it.
November 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
People enjoy Vantage, so great for them, but the idea of an open-World-Multiplayer boardgame is like the dea of Doom running on the fridge: Impressive, but I dont think its the medium, I would use to actually play it.
Today's video is Last Light. A game that sets out to have all the content and drama of a big 4X game without the crazy long play times. How we does it work, find out here. youtu.be/KECwj23jMDo
Last light in about 3 minutes
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November 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Today's video is Last Light. A game that sets out to have all the content and drama of a big 4X game without the crazy long play times. How we does it work, find out here. youtu.be/KECwj23jMDo
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My local Barnes and Noble had both @3mbg.bsky.social’s book and Storyfold: Wildwoods. I love our independent, local book and game stores, but BN has gone from being a scary potential monopolist to a crucial bulwark against Amazonian dominance, which is a surprisingly groovy arc.
November 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
My local Barnes and Noble had both @3mbg.bsky.social’s book and Storyfold: Wildwoods. I love our independent, local book and game stores, but BN has gone from being a scary potential monopolist to a crucial bulwark against Amazonian dominance, which is a surprisingly groovy arc.
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Labour will repeal the Regulatory Standards bill.
November 13, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Labour will repeal the Regulatory Standards bill.
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“Players shouldn’t have bad turns”
Is some of the most useless, privileged, nonsense game design reductionism I’ve ever heard.
Ewwwwww 🤮
Is some of the most useless, privileged, nonsense game design reductionism I’ve ever heard.
Ewwwwww 🤮
November 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM
“Players shouldn’t have bad turns”
Is some of the most useless, privileged, nonsense game design reductionism I’ve ever heard.
Ewwwwww 🤮
Is some of the most useless, privileged, nonsense game design reductionism I’ve ever heard.
Ewwwwww 🤮
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AI is the ultimate forced meme: aftermath.site/ai-is-the-ulti...
November 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
AI is the ultimate forced meme: aftermath.site/ai-is-the-ulti...
One of the great indictments on war gaming is the topics chosen by its "alternative history" sub genre. There are two main popular settings and that's about it.
What if the cold war got hot? This one is less popular now, but was so big during the cold war
And....
What if the Nazis did better.
What if the cold war got hot? This one is less popular now, but was so big during the cold war
And....
What if the Nazis did better.
November 11, 2025 at 7:49 PM
One of the great indictments on war gaming is the topics chosen by its "alternative history" sub genre. There are two main popular settings and that's about it.
What if the cold war got hot? This one is less popular now, but was so big during the cold war
And....
What if the Nazis did better.
What if the cold war got hot? This one is less popular now, but was so big during the cold war
And....
What if the Nazis did better.
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Honestly, the IPCA report into the police (mis)handling of the McSkimming case makes for jaw-dropping reading.
But it’s 135 pages long so I’ve read it for you.
Here’s my report on one of the most serious failures of integrity in modern policing history⬇️⬇️
But it’s 135 pages long so I’ve read it for you.
Here’s my report on one of the most serious failures of integrity in modern policing history⬇️⬇️
The inside story of how police protected a senior cop, and prosecuted his accuser instead
For years, police leadership ignored warnings about Jevon McSkimming. The IPCA has set out the chain of failures.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Honestly, the IPCA report into the police (mis)handling of the McSkimming case makes for jaw-dropping reading.
But it’s 135 pages long so I’ve read it for you.
Here’s my report on one of the most serious failures of integrity in modern policing history⬇️⬇️
But it’s 135 pages long so I’ve read it for you.
Here’s my report on one of the most serious failures of integrity in modern policing history⬇️⬇️
Today's video is about Dorfromantik sakura, a standalone version of Dorfromantik that is it's own whole game. This is a very cosy tile laying game and a great game for couples in particular. Check out the new version here. youtu.be/TiodkiwX0gU
Dorf Romantik Sakura in about 3 minutes
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November 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Today's video is about Dorfromantik sakura, a standalone version of Dorfromantik that is it's own whole game. This is a very cosy tile laying game and a great game for couples in particular. Check out the new version here. youtu.be/TiodkiwX0gU
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Well, this story just got a lot fucking worse. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/jevon-mcs...
Police bosses ignored sex complaints against top cop, charged woman for 'revenge' emails instead
Suppressions fall away to reveal full story about the downfall of deputy police boss.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 11, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Well, this story just got a lot fucking worse. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/jevon-mcs...