Amabel Holland
@amabel.bsky.social
She/her. "Widely considered one of today’s most innovative game designers." - The New Yorker
Board games: https://hollandspiele.com
video essays: youtube.com/@hollandspiele
Patreon: patreon.com/amabelholland
sidekicking: youtube.com/@SBPlaysGames
Board games: https://hollandspiele.com
video essays: youtube.com/@hollandspiele
Patreon: patreon.com/amabelholland
sidekicking: youtube.com/@SBPlaysGames
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This was FANTASTIC. Thank you for choosing to become the world’s only non-Rene expert on Rene. You’re doing important work, and I’m joining your Patreon because of it.
January 25, 2026 at 6:57 PM
This was FANTASTIC. Thank you for choosing to become the world’s only non-Rene expert on Rene. You’re doing important work, and I’m joining your Patreon because of it.
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Finally got the chance to watch the rest of this. It was so cool you got to talk to René, and I appreciate you sharing the conversation. Thanks also for your insight for research. This is a fun and satisfying video, and I enjoyed it a lot.
January 25, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Finally got the chance to watch the rest of this. It was so cool you got to talk to René, and I appreciate you sharing the conversation. Thanks also for your insight for research. This is a fun and satisfying video, and I enjoyed it a lot.
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(14/27) amusing, and the arguments are clear and queer. I would recommend this book to not just board game designers but anyone interested in creating art.
January 25, 2026 at 3:03 PM
(14/27) amusing, and the arguments are clear and queer. I would recommend this book to not just board game designers but anyone interested in creating art.
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(13/27) …hood, so to speak, so the nature of why things happen and how they interact is self-evident. The book is full of examinations of board games, as well as analysis of music, theatre, television, and especially film to help convey the thesis of modeling systems. Holland’s prose is light and…
January 25, 2026 at 3:03 PM
(13/27) …hood, so to speak, so the nature of why things happen and how they interact is self-evident. The book is full of examinations of board games, as well as analysis of music, theatre, television, and especially film to help convey the thesis of modeling systems. Holland’s prose is light and…
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(12/27) Cardboard Ghosts, Amabel Holland’s academic text of board games, has a compelling premise. Essentially, board games need to be fully understood before they can be properly engaged with, making them the ideal tool to model, analyze, and critique systems. There’s nothing hidden under the…
January 25, 2026 at 3:03 PM
(12/27) Cardboard Ghosts, Amabel Holland’s academic text of board games, has a compelling premise. Essentially, board games need to be fully understood before they can be properly engaged with, making them the ideal tool to model, analyze, and critique systems. There’s nothing hidden under the…
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(with the wisdom of Solomon) I agree with Samhain about the buttholes and with Amabel about the penises.
January 25, 2026 at 2:15 PM
(with the wisdom of Solomon) I agree with Samhain about the buttholes and with Amabel about the penises.
most of those words *are* from game parts. And I think you can reconstruct the game from it. But would you then play it?
I'm really quite grateful I have the ability to make weird things like this and not worry over-much about the size of its audience.
I'm really quite grateful I have the ability to make weird things like this and not worry over-much about the size of its audience.
January 25, 2026 at 1:49 PM
most of those words *are* from game parts. And I think you can reconstruct the game from it. But would you then play it?
I'm really quite grateful I have the ability to make weird things like this and not worry over-much about the size of its audience.
I'm really quite grateful I have the ability to make weird things like this and not worry over-much about the size of its audience.
It's presented as a found object from an estate sale: a game box, and it contains parts of a game, but also some personal effects of its owner
it's likely to result in about 40,000 words of text across various artifacts and media
piecing things together is a kind of play, but are you "playing" it?
it's likely to result in about 40,000 words of text across various artifacts and media
piecing things together is a kind of play, but are you "playing" it?
January 25, 2026 at 1:43 PM
It's presented as a found object from an estate sale: a game box, and it contains parts of a game, but also some personal effects of its owner
it's likely to result in about 40,000 words of text across various artifacts and media
piecing things together is a kind of play, but are you "playing" it?
it's likely to result in about 40,000 words of text across various artifacts and media
piecing things together is a kind of play, but are you "playing" it?
HE IS STILL WATCHING AND COMMENTING ON THEM
January 24, 2026 at 3:14 PM
HE IS STILL WATCHING AND COMMENTING ON THEM
ohhhhhhh
buddy, for someone whose politics align with the people working for the annihilation of trans rights, you sure did spend a lot of time watching a trans lady's video essays
buddy, for someone whose politics align with the people working for the annihilation of trans rights, you sure did spend a lot of time watching a trans lady's video essays
January 24, 2026 at 3:13 PM
ohhhhhhh
buddy, for someone whose politics align with the people working for the annihilation of trans rights, you sure did spend a lot of time watching a trans lady's video essays
buddy, for someone whose politics align with the people working for the annihilation of trans rights, you sure did spend a lot of time watching a trans lady's video essays