Honored: Hisashi Hayashi's game Bomb Busters has won the 2025 Spiel des Jahres, Germany's game of the year award! Congratulations, Hisashi, and thanks for creating this wonderfully engaging game!

Learn about the game on BoardGameGeek: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/41... —WEM

Happy Arithmetic Progression Day, for those who celebrate!

I got to play two Haydn string quartets today, Op. 76 No. 3 "The Emperor" and Op. 77, No. 2, Haydn's last completed string quartet. Both great, but 77/2 is just amazing. The new ideas Haydn comes up with in his late 60s, doing things no one had done before (and very seldom after!)

@boardgamestogo.bsky.social , thanks for the recommendation of Votes for Women: an excellent, excellent game. Good mechanisms and an engaging theme, well integrated.