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Semi Co-op @semicoop.bsky.social · 1d
New comic! Be honest… are you the one who rotates just the box lid or also makes sure the rulebook is rotated correctly? 👀

📜 You can read this week's blog post at:
www.semicoop.com/comic/best-orientation/ #boardgames
Rachel is looking at the back of the “The Wolves” game box and notices that the lid is oriented opposite from the bottom of the box. Smiling with satisfaction, she lifts the lid and rotates it so it aligns perfectly with the bottom half. Somebody says "Oh, excuse me." and a hand grasps the box. A lady opens up the box and rotates the rulebook so it faces the same direction as the bottom of the box and the lid. She presses everything down neatly. She looks very pleased and Rachel stares in awe at this surpassing behaviour of making sure the lid and bottom are correctly aligned.
semicoop.bsky.social
They're making a Ticket to Ride movie, the famous train game about *checks rulebook*

Wait...

There is an actual plot about a million dollar wager?
On a blustery autumn evening five old friends met in the backroom of one of the city’s oldest and most private clubs. Each had traveled a long distance — from all corners of the world — to meet on this very specific day… October 2, 1900 — 28 years to the day that the London eccentric, Phileas Fogg accepted and then won a £20,000 bet that he could travel Around the World in 80 Days. When the story of Fogg’s triumphant journey filled all the newspapers of the day, the five attended University together. Inspired by his impetuous gamble, and a few pints from the local pub, the group commemorated his circumnavigation with a more modest excur- sion and wager – a bottle of good claret to the first to make it to Le Procope in Paris. Each succeeding year, they met to celebrate the anniversary and pay tribute to Fogg. And each year a new expedition (always more difficult) with a new wager (always more expensive) was proposed. Now at the dawn of the century it was time for a new impossi- ble journey. The stakes: $1 Million in a winner-takes-all competition. The objective: to see which of them could travel by rail to the most cities in North America — in just 7 days. The journey would begin immediately… Ticket to Ride is a cross-country train adventure. Players compete to connect different cities by laying claim to railway routes on a map of North America.
February 17, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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It's live!! The game I designed, Honeypot, just launched on Kickstarter!

Two years of loving work. Would be grateful if you checked it out & considered backing!

It's an "I stack, you choose" game where you play as secret agent bears setting and avoding traps!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/fla...
Forage + Honeypot
A pair of fast and fun games for everyone, from the team that brought you the smash hits Point Salad, Calico, and Cascadia!
www.kickstarter.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:15 PM
semicoop.bsky.social
New comic! Be honest… are you the one who rotates just the box lid or also makes sure the rulebook is rotated correctly? 👀

📜 You can read this week's blog post at:
www.semicoop.com/comic/best-orientation/ #boardgames
Rachel is looking at the back of the “The Wolves” game box and notices that the lid is oriented opposite from the bottom of the box. Smiling with satisfaction, she lifts the lid and rotates it so it aligns perfectly with the bottom half. Somebody says "Oh, excuse me." and a hand grasps the box. A lady opens up the box and rotates the rulebook so it faces the same direction as the bottom of the box and the lid. She presses everything down neatly. She looks very pleased and Rachel stares in awe at this surpassing behaviour of making sure the lid and bottom are correctly aligned.
February 16, 2026 at 5:51 PM
semicoop.bsky.social
Weekly Recap! 📼 A week during which we visited Middara, shoved around Amsterdam's houses, went to Japan, did some farming and were busy in the City of Silver. 😋
Weekly Recap! 📼 Visited Middara and Japan, did some farming and were busy in the City of Silver. 😋
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February 15, 2026 at 7:44 PM
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ithayla.bsky.social
live look into the rachel/heinze home
two cartoon hearts sitting down to play scrabble 1: i love relaxing and playing a game with them 2: their impeding defeat will be bloody and righteous artist tommy siegel
February 15, 2026 at 3:43 PM
semicoop.bsky.social
If this game lets me ghost hack my opponents into thinking they scored VP while not scoring a thing, I'm on board. 😈
moregamesplease.com Ross 💙🎲 MoreGamesPlease @moregamesplease.com · 3d
Just got to announce another incredible tabletop project. This year is going to be one heck of a ride.
February 15, 2026 at 11:57 AM
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Hey tabletop gamers, if you bought or were considering buying this bundle but got overwhelmed by the number of games to sort through, have I got the spreadsheet for you!!

All 1,074 games tagged as "physical" sorted by play style, with language, engine, and genre notated to the best of my ability:
February 14, 2026 at 5:42 PM
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Happy Valentine’s Day!
Here is an oldie as a reminder to how much love there is in our community!

youtu.be/O-o1knHftuc?...
Why Do People Love Board Games? #iheartboardgames
YouTube video by Peace Love & Games
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February 14, 2026 at 7:03 PM
semicoop.bsky.social
Valentine's Day in our house took a dark turn when one of us manipulated the price of wood in the (until then) peaceful city of Kutná Hora... 😬
The Kutná Hora economy tracker showing the increased price of wood...
February 14, 2026 at 9:03 PM
semicoop.bsky.social
My farmer suddenly went all: "But I was going into Tosche Station to pick up some power converters!" 🫠

(Playing Agricola with the X deck)
The Agricola Rebel card showing a farmers cosplaying Luke Skywalker
February 13, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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leder.games
Y'all, SHE SAID YES!

Happy-almost-Valentine's-Day to our new Creative Director: Liz Davidson!
An adorable valentine with a photo of Liz Davidson. Text reads: Would you be our creative director? To Liz, from Leder Games.
February 13, 2026 at 4:15 PM
semicoop.bsky.social
This incredible video by @amabel.bsky.social has only been watched 5000 times which is a shame!

Not only is it a wonderful look into the game/toy industry that Amabel did a lot of research for, @nopunincluded.com also did a voice over that made me laugh very loudly.

youtu.be/dTepZ7qM24Q?...
GRAVITY IS FREE: the games of René Soriano
YouTube video by Hollandspiele
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February 12, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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cardboardeast.bsky.social
Sometimes all it takes is a game cover. I know nothing about Saigon but I’m vibing with this game!
February 12, 2026 at 2:18 AM
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tomlavery.bsky.social
Finally finished the fan animation for ROOT by @leder.games ive been working on for fun! ROOT is easily one of my favourite board games and its a dream of mine to be part of an animated series for it. Also a good excuse to learn how to usr @procreate.com dreams!

Hope you guys dig it :)
February 11, 2026 at 9:38 PM
semicoop.bsky.social
The University of Maastricht has a very cool AI project (Ludii) that tries to apply historical game rules on found "board games" by playing simulated games on it.

They even published proposed rules for a game based on their latest find HOWEVER

www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/news/thanks-...
Thanks to AI, we can play a Roman game again
For years a Roman stone found in Heerlen has kept people guessing: was it a game board or not?
www.maastrichtuniversity.nl
February 11, 2026 at 12:09 PM
semicoop.bsky.social
Looking forward to Re;Match, the game seems like a perfect blend between a very cool production and a fun duelling game that strikes a good balance between giving you options but not making it too complex.
brotherminggames.bsky.social Brother Ming Games 🔜 Origins Game Fair @brotherminggames.bsky.social · 6d
Re;MATCH - The Puzzle Fighter Board Game is simply DRIPPING with theme.

From arcade buttons as your health dials, to clearing multiple marbles in a chain like pressing the same button repeatedly to enter a combo, you'll feel like you're in an arcade slinging quarters again

#ReMATCHPuzzleFighter
February 11, 2026 at 11:43 AM
semicoop.bsky.social
I remember hearing interview about this game and thinking this would be a small low production affair. This looks incredible! 😳
fortcircle.bsky.social Fort Circle @fortcircle.bsky.social · 7d
Just a little teaser from Night Witches.
February 10, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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nopunincluded.com
We clearly need an app that measures your collection's volume, and then breaks down each item in the collection in volume.
semicoop.bsky.social Semi Co-op @semicoop.bsky.social · 8d
New comic! This loophole was brought to you by board gamers. 😉

📜 You can read this week's blog post at:
www.semicoop.com/comic/one-ga...
In the first panel, Heinze declares that games are piling up everywhere and announces a “necessary cull,” insisting that for every new game, two must go. Rachel tries to object with “But…,” while Heinze cuts her off with “No buts!” Their cats watch: Starbuck sits between stacks of games, and Apollo laying on a stack of game boxes, looks unimpressed. In the second panel, Rachel cheerfully says “Hear me out! Technically, one game!” while holding an absurdly tall stack of Nemesis: Retaliation game boxes treated as a single item. Heinze looks annoyed as Apollo stares skeptically at the towering pile.
February 10, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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newmadras.bsky.social
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The NO ICE IN MINNESOTA bundle is up. There's a lifetime's worth of good games in this! If you submitted something or just want to shout something out, reply here and let's reshare it and spread the word on this thing.
text reads: no ice in minnesota
February 10, 2026 at 1:34 AM
semicoop.bsky.social
QTP with a gif of an under-appreciated video game. 🥧🚬🐟(Thank Goodness You're Here)
February 10, 2026 at 7:22 AM
semicoop.bsky.social
New comic! This loophole was brought to you by board gamers. 😉

📜 You can read this week's blog post at:
www.semicoop.com/comic/one-ga...
In the first panel, Heinze declares that games are piling up everywhere and announces a “necessary cull,” insisting that for every new game, two must go. Rachel tries to object with “But…,” while Heinze cuts her off with “No buts!” Their cats watch: Starbuck sits between stacks of games, and Apollo laying on a stack of game boxes, looks unimpressed. In the second panel, Rachel cheerfully says “Hear me out! Technically, one game!” while holding an absurdly tall stack of Nemesis: Retaliation game boxes treated as a single item. Heinze looks annoyed as Apollo stares skeptically at the towering pile.
February 9, 2026 at 5:22 PM
semicoop.bsky.social
Inception 2 is going to be nerdy! 🔥
peersylvester.bsky.social Peer Sylvester @peersylvester.bsky.social · 8d
Dreamed up a video of Shut Up and Sit Downs Matt Lees about a game called "Relay". And since they make excellent videos, I can now just design that game, since all aspects were covered in detail.
February 9, 2026 at 2:22 PM
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querdcast.bsky.social
The fantasy flight android universe is still one of their best and most under utilized IP. Asmodee, why do you hate fun?
The original Android deserves a 2.0 treatment like fantasy flight has given to literally every other IP Infiltration was 90% there as a push your luck game. Revise or slap it on welcome to the dungeon Mainframe is great. It’s just an abstract game based on bauhaus. Haters gonna hate New Angeles was the bulky corpo game fans wanted. why no love?
February 8, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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semicoop.bsky.social
Weekly Recap! 📼 Puppy! Games! Bread! Bouldering! And new Ikea furniture for storing miniatures.
Weekly Recap! 📼 Puppy! Games! Bread! Bouldering! And new Ikea furniture for storing miniatures. 🤗
YouTube video by Semi Co-op
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February 8, 2026 at 6:59 PM
semicoop.bsky.social
Weekly Recap! 📼 Puppy! Games! Bread! Bouldering! And new Ikea furniture for storing miniatures.
Weekly Recap! 📼 Puppy! Games! Bread! Bouldering! And new Ikea furniture for storing miniatures. 🤗
YouTube video by Semi Co-op
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February 8, 2026 at 6:59 PM