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Ruel Gaviola
@ruelgaviola.com
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Board gamer, host, producer for Good Time Society, Rahdo Runs Through, and more. Taelor ambassador. Dodgers fan. Pug papa. He/Him. 🎲🇺🇸🇵🇭 https://linktr.ee/ruelgaviola
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LIVE NOW: We're playing Wonderland's War Duel! This bag-building and area-control game streamlines the original Wonderland's War into a fantastic two-player experience. Join me and Daryl as we battle it out! #boardgames

Twitch: www.twitch.tv/ruelgaviola
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@ruelgaviola
November 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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We are LIVE for the Turkey Tabletop Games Extravaganza at @chgcorona.bsky.social! Join us for Foundations of Metropolis from @arcanewonders.bsky.social! #boardgames

Join us at the store for gaming until 8pm!

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Foundations of Metropolis board game
November 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Play games and earn gift cards at Critical Hit Games! I'll be there to live stream some of the tabletop action at 12pm Pacific! #boardgames

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November 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Love this Dodgers-inspired candy cane from Logan's Candies in Ontario, California. The store has been around since 1933 and the current owner took over in 1982. You can watch him make the candy canes in the store! BTW this candy cane tasted like a championship! :) youtu.be/vDuKGkaRns0?...
November 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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How am I supposed to focus on anything else today when the brilliant @vorpahlsword.bsky.social is MAKING A MUSICAL and these last few hours determine if it gets even BIGGER and BETTER with more DANCING?

Please! Make choreographer happen, people!
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Update 10: Kickstarter Final Day! Ends at 3pm PT + Countdown Livestream at 11a PT! · She's Got NPC Energy — a D&D musical about choosing yourself
We crossed the $35k mark yesterday and have reached 400 backers! That means I get to make the musical of my dreams!The final stretch goal is: at $37k, I can hire a choreographer! Join the campaign and...
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November 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Five terrific recommendations for your next board game. I totally agree with @sirbearsworth.bsky.social's thoughts on Magical Athlete. It's a brilliant racing game! #boardgames
November 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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It's Reiner Knizia's birth month! If you haven't play anything from the good doctor this month, might I suggest Botswana, a classic drafting and hand management game?

Learn how to play: youtu.be/rKhe34kOhGM
November 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Play to Z Games 50 percent off holiday bundle: 3 games for $40! (full disclosure: I'm part owner of this company) #boardgames #holidays #sale @playtozgames.bsky.social

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Play to Z holiday bundle!
Try out some of the games that started Play to Z. King's Coalition, kaleiDOS, and Lynx. All at 50% off MSRP.
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November 19, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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Happy Taco Tuesday to all who celebrate! Tacos de pollo and taco al pastor at Taqueria 2 Potrillos, Ontario, California. Thanks @doscar.bsky.social for the recommendation #food #tacos #tacotuesday
November 19, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Wyrmspan and Apiary designer Connie Vogelmann has taken the plunge into full-time board game design following the huge success of her first two creations - and the destruction she says is being caused by Donald Trump in her former career as a grants law attorney:

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Head and upper body photo of a woman with long brown hair covering her shoulders. She wears blue-rimmed glasses and a teal-coloured v-necked t-shirt, and sits on concrete steps. Wyrmspan and Apiary board game designer Connie Vogelmann. Boards, cards and wooden components from the board game Wyrmspan on a light brown table. A hand is visible from the left of the image holding a single card, which features a cat-like dragon. Board game Wyrmspan by Connie Vogelmann.
November 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Before there were playlists, there were mixtapes! Let's play I Made You A Mixtape, an I-split-you-choose game with set collection and a clever puzzle to determine the Flow of your tunes. #boardgames

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Life before playlists: putting the best songs together in I Made You A Mixtape! | Solo Play Through
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November 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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I love the marketing of this salad. #food
November 18, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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LIVE NOW: Chits & Chats! Talking board games and playing I Made You A Mixtape! #boardgames

Watch on Twitch or YouTube!

Twitch: www.twitch.tv/ruelgaviola
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@ruelgaviola
November 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Way too excited about my best Yahtzee score on BGA ever: 732. Five Yahtzees! #boardgames
Yahtzee scorecard: 732
November 17, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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sale starts tomorrow at twelve a.m. eastern
Info for "Our Tenth Annual Hollandays Sale: November 14 - November 23, 2025" The Basics: $5 off all boxed games / 10% off $100+ orders / Buy 2 games, get Hartfield (this year's freebie card game!) New Game: Persuasion. Xoe Allred's Game of Deduction & Catfishing in the Regency Era Goodbye...: Westphalia & Ginormopod going out of print; limited number of copies available Reminders: We don't ship to the UK or Europe. You can buy our games through Second Chance Games in the UK. / Games are printed on demand. It may take up to a month or more for your order to ship due to high volumes during our sale. / We cannot adjust your order after the fact.
November 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Me, after clearing out 200+ emails from my inbox.
a man wearing a dodgers jersey celebrates on the field
ALT: a man wearing a dodgers jersey celebrates on the field
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November 13, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Learn how to play Railroad Ink: Lush Green Edition and see if you can beat my score in this roll-and-write puzzle! #boardgames

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Can you beat my score in Railroad Ink (Lush Green Edition)?! Play along and find out!
Print a score sheet and play along with me: https://horribleguild.com/eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/RRC_Board_PnP.pdf Solo play through of Railroad Ink: Lush Green Edition recorded live on Twitch…
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November 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Hand-pulled scallion oil noodles with bok choy. LAN Noodle, Arcadia, CA. Delicious! #food
Hand-pulled scallion oil noodles with bok choy.
November 13, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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We are LIVE! Join us for Good Morning Society, your weekly source of board games, beverages, and shenanigans! #boardgames @baileymeyers.bsky.social @goodtimesociety.com

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November 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Birthed from Good Morning Society's One More Game segment, we've decided to do some actual plays because... we actually really love to play games with our friends. Join Bailey, Emme, Waleed and Amy as they take on... STACK O' CATS! youtu.be/iBZIWYDqNhA
Let's Play Reverse Cat Jenga with Stack O' Cats! | One More Game
Join our patreon to help buy Bailey counting lessons! And check out Stack O' Cats yourself! https://emberglowgaming.com/collections/stack-o-cats JOIN THE…
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November 11, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Is this 75-year-old game any good?! Let's play Yahtzee: National Parks Travel Edition!

Watch: youtu.be/YJ6Yqgmpi3A
November 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Coupon Clipper is going to be at PAXU!

Copies of it'll be sold at the Indie Games Night Market, alongside @drawnonward.bsky.social's Fold & Fly!

The game has had a very rocky life, but I'm excited that at least a handful of copies will be able to reach people.
A photo of the board game Coupon Clipper, consisting of a colorful sheet of coupons and 4 pairs of scissors.
November 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Spoiler alert: I LOVE Mystic Lands. It's a reboot of Mystic Vale that feels like the original yet surpasses it. Check out our play through on @goodtimesociety.com! #boardgames #kickstarter

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Mystic Lands Playthrough | One More Game!
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November 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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LIVE NOW: Let's play Yahtzee: National Parks and Railroad Ink Challenge (Green)! It's a roll-and-write kinda Monday! #boardgames @theop.games @horribleguild.bsky.social

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November 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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ICYMI We played Botswana from @25thcentury.games on Good Morning Society! This is another brilliant and timeless design from the one and only Dr. Reiner Knizia. #boardgames @goodtimesociety.com

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Tons of Riftbound, an interview with DJ Icon's designer, and a 3-way Matchup! | Good Morning Society
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November 9, 2025 at 1:15 AM