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Aaron Lim 林家丰
@ehronlime.bsky.social
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He/him. Makes tabletop games http://ehronlime.itch.io. Shouts about tabletop playtesting (Playtest Zero!) every other week. World's 2nd foremost expert in being Aaron Lim.
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Aaron Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · Nov 13
Hello hello I'm Aaron Lim (he/him), a gamemaker based in PJ, Malaysia.

I made An Altogether Different River, Spectres of Brocken, and shitposts like Baby's First RPG, which you can find at ehronlime.itch.io.

I also organize a fortnightly online TTRPG playtesting meetup, Playtest Zero, on Discord.
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ehronlime.bsky.social
Only if you’re a weirdo that starts the week on Sundays
wreckonrails.com hibernating wreck @wreckonrails.com · 11h
We have a perfect Rectangular February coming up, first time we’ve had one since 2015

Maybe this is what finally closes the loop and fixes the world
The calendar for the first three months of 2026, with today, Saturday, January 31, highlighted. February begins on Sunday and lasts for exactly four weeks, ending on Saturday.
February 1, 2026 at 9:42 AM
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wreckonrails.com
We have a perfect Rectangular February coming up, first time we’ve had one since 2015

Maybe this is what finally closes the loop and fixes the world
The calendar for the first three months of 2026, with today, Saturday, January 31, highlighted. February begins on Sunday and lasts for exactly four weeks, ending on Saturday.
January 31, 2026 at 11:28 PM
ehronlime.bsky.social
My nephew just used “Donald Trump!” as a curse when he fell off the Mario Kart track.
February 1, 2026 at 9:40 AM
ehronlime.bsky.social
Merry out here gassing up Gandalf for smoking too tough
Picture of an excerpt from The Fellowship of the Ring, written from Merry’s perspective - “But even the Dunedain of Gondor allow us this credit: Hobbits first put (pipe-leaf) into pipes. Not even the Wizards first thought of that before we did. Though one Wizard that I knew took up the art long ago, and became as skillful in it as in all other things that he put his mind to.”
February 1, 2026 at 9:31 AM
ehronlime.bsky.social
My niece: “I’m not naughty, I’m beautiful”

I aspire to this level of confidence.
February 1, 2026 at 8:26 AM
ehronlime.bsky.social
Char siu rice and scallion oil noodle at Airplane Mode. Super smoky and savoury, and the coffee is good too. Worth the parking pain.
Bowls for char siu rice and scallion oil noodle.
February 1, 2026 at 7:29 AM
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neveronbrand.bsky.social
This shit hits like a sledgehammer right now. It's not even remotely an exaggeration.
Man on a local news street interview: The earth is a resort for like 500 rich people and the rest of us are just the staff.
February 1, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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skypirateradio.space
can't find the thread this is based on rn, but this has been on my mind for maybe a month
the Calvin and Hobbes 4koma where Calvin's dad is explaining something extremely cerebral. PANEL ONE: "Listening to the game? I'll show you something interesting." PANEL TWO: "The only two types of sports are fencing and archery. Every sport falls under one of the two categories. Basketball? That's archery. Football is fencing." "Yeah..." PANEL THREE: "Except for the field goal. That's archery. Despite having two opposing teams and all the running around, baseball is actually fencing. Volleyball is tennis, which is fencing." PANEL FOUR: Calvin is kept awake at night by this revelation.
February 1, 2026 at 3:42 AM
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innes.bsky.social
was epstein uniquely responsible for evil or is he just the one obscenely wealthy person whose emails we're getting to read
jjinandtonic.bsky.social Jjinandtonic @jjinandtonic.bsky.social · 9h
“Notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein played a role in convincing Bobby Kotick to embrace loot boxes, essentially gambling for children” what is this sentence, what is this world
February 1, 2026 at 4:06 AM
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lukeknox.me
Dunkstronaut always has been meme
February 1, 2026 at 2:25 AM
ehronlime.bsky.social
be the consequences you want to see in the world
February 1, 2026 at 2:14 AM
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juniperhl.bsky.social
You all seemed to think it was funny, and despite its utter failure to end all discourse forever I would be failing to big myself up appropriately if i didnt put forward "What is an OSR" for your consideration. My other nominations in the thread below :)

thegardenbelow.blot.im/what-is-an-osr
February 1, 2026 at 1:14 AM
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amabel.bsky.social
When the Rennes en Jeux festival told me I would be receiving a 2026 Lizzie Magie Award for my writing, games, and video work, they asked for a short statement, which was read aloud at a festival event.

This is what I wrote:
Physical games as a form have enormous potential to educate, to persuade, and to express. This belief has guided my work, and is I think at the heart of the Lizzie Magie Awards, so it is incredibly gratifying to have my work recognized in this way. I think if awards have any useful purpose, it is to encourage future works and radical developments within a form. This is particularly needed for board games, which despite its age is just struggling to come out of its infancy - to argue, to challenge, to upset, to touch our hearts. An award should say, "this is what we are capable of today - what will you do tomorrow?" I think by its very nature the Lizzie Magie Award is asking this essential question, and this makes me especially grateful for this recognition of my work. Thank you.
January 31, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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cardboardedison.com
It's the FINAL DAY FOR CARDBOARD EDISON AWARD SUBMISSIONS! We'll have a final count tomorrow, but let's just say we and our judges will be quite busy in the coming weeks! cardboardedison.com/award
Logo for the 2026 Cardboard Edison Award
January 31, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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hishgraphics.bsky.social
Being overtaken by a speedy #VWBeetle that looked like it came out of a Mad Max movie was not on my bingo card today.

#Malaysia
A modified, pale green VW Beetle with metal rigging on the back with a fire extinguisher a rail pointing up resembling an M60 machine gun.
January 31, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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downtowntbrown.bsky.social
I shared my thoughts about "Keep (your) politics out of (my) boardgames" with @danthurot.bsky.social for @wyrdscience.bsky.social
Brown offers similar insights into the question of politics in games. ‘Players have all kinds of preferences when it comes to games: dice or no dice, three-hour epics or speedy thirty-minute sessions, solitaire or plays-up-to-eight. And people generally don’t say, “Keep dice out of games” or “Stick to making party games,” do they? Certain players seem to confuse their natural right to express preference with a more authoritarian might to police certain content. Because it’s not “politics” but a certain kind of politics that elicits this reaction from a small group. I think the few but loud people who say “Keep politics out of games” are demanding that we all shrink ourselves down to their very narrow, sad view of the world and of power, and doing that would make games way less fun and interesting for the rest of us.’
January 30, 2026 at 5:59 PM
ehronlime.bsky.social
Hell yeah
boardgamewire.bsky.social BoardGameWire @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 2d
France’s highest-profile board game prize, the As d’Or, has updated its rules for 2026 to ensure that artist names must appear on a game box in order for designs to be eligible for the award:

boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
A stylised golden sun illustration, with the letters AS D'OR in white in the centre. Nomme Cannes above, and Jeu De L'Annee 2026 below. Logo for French board game award the As d'Or. Multicoloured, shiny card game box, surrounded by cards with large coloured single numbers on them. Flip 7 by Eric Olsen. A blue plastic castle and several cardboard chits with lightning bolts on them, on a green board showing forests and other terrain types. Rebirth by Reiner Knizia. A board game representing a field of battle between toys - the player's tokens we can see include a robot, rubber duck with axe and viking helmet, and pirate monkey. Toy Battle board game.
January 31, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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boardgamewire.bsky.social
France’s highest-profile board game prize, the As d’Or, has updated its rules for 2026 to ensure that artist names must appear on a game box in order for designs to be eligible for the award:

boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
A stylised golden sun illustration, with the letters AS D'OR in white in the centre. Nomme Cannes above, and Jeu De L'Annee 2026 below. Logo for French board game award the As d'Or. Multicoloured, shiny card game box, surrounded by cards with large coloured single numbers on them. Flip 7 by Eric Olsen. A blue plastic castle and several cardboard chits with lightning bolts on them, on a green board showing forests and other terrain types. Rebirth by Reiner Knizia. A board game representing a field of battle between toys - the player's tokens we can see include a robot, rubber duck with axe and viking helmet, and pirate monkey. Toy Battle board game.
January 29, 2026 at 3:13 PM
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redderbeanpaste.bsky.social
Never forget the original heated rivalry
A friendship propaganda poster of long lived friendship with two dudes. One prc and one Russian holding hands
January 31, 2026 at 2:48 AM
ehronlime.bsky.social
I mean they did blow up the journalist, that did happen
addyct.bsky.social addy, @addyct.bsky.social · 22h
remember when the panama papers came out and we found out every rich person on earth was committing tax fraud and then nothing happened
January 31, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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decassette.bsky.social
I love being proven right re: my assessments of people I've never met & never will
January 16, 2026 at 8:10 PM
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SHELVED BY GENRE awakens far below the Misty Mountains, and with riddles and talking eagles and exploding pine cones, the hosts continue their discussion of THE HOBBIT! Also, we learn so much about what Tolkien thought of airplanes. rangedtouch.com/2026/01/16/t...
January 16, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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ckunzelman.bsky.social
A lot of those voices are making the same observation about Miyazaki and Tolkien, two men who believed different things about airplanes
January 18, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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ckunzelman.bsky.social
this has 18k views over on TikTok and people are really making their voices heard in the comments
rangedtouch.bsky.social Ranged Touch @rangedtouch.bsky.social · 15d
SHELVED BY GENRE awakens far below the Misty Mountains, and with riddles and talking eagles and exploding pine cones, the hosts continue their discussion of THE HOBBIT! Also, we learn so much about what Tolkien thought of airplanes. rangedtouch.com/2026/01/16/t...
January 18, 2026 at 9:26 PM
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voxbelicosa.bsky.social
Sword Saint - comm work
January 31, 2026 at 8:16 AM