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@amanpossessed.bsky.social

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One middle-aged man's nascent and naive journey through #boardgames and #gamedesign. 🎲✂️ Sole Proprietor of: https://www.seahorseandhummingbird.com Humble Custodian of: The Cardboard Commons Discord server https://discord.gg/TjAjhjSYan

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Katz @amanpossessed.bsky.social · 5h

Who posts this sign, where, and for whom?

Katz @amanpossessed.bsky.social · 9h

I’ve been lucky enough to find a pal with a similar mindset, and we pick one or two games to play every week until we’re exhausted of them.

Right now we’re on week nine of Men-Nefer and Agricola. It’s awesome.

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Katz @amanpossessed.bsky.social · 15h

According to that video, AI slop threatens to some day collapse the internet, so you need to buy their calendar.

Katz @amanpossessed.bsky.social · 2d

Gorgeous!

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Hinokodo @hinokodo.com · 2d

A MIRU 2 session with the Hex Kit is going well! Excited for folks to get these.

On the last days of MIRU 2. The end is near indeed.

Boo. The god stands behind my little character. (And then it proceeded to whoop my ass)

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Katz @amanpossessed.bsky.social · 2d

It has been too long, old friend. Let us dance to our favorite tune.
#boardgames 🎲✂️

Some uncut prototype components for the board game S’Morse Code. It all sits atop a paper cutter.

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Matt Soucy @msoucy.gay · 2d

Hey!
Did you know that I'm a game designer?
And that I've released a solo roll and write dungeon crawl, with four maps, for only $3?
It would mean the world to me if you checked it out!

Drawing Dungeon by Soucy Games

soucygames.itch.io

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Katz @amanpossessed.bsky.social · 3d

👂

Katz @amanpossessed.bsky.social · 3d

“Time to get up to date on my RSS* feed.”

*Really Sad Stories

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Katz @amanpossessed.bsky.social · 4d

The Flying Dutchman and the Neptune face off as the Kraken lurks. Cardboard punchout models from the game:
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/31053/pirates-of-the-caribbean-pocketmodel-game

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Crownfell preorder: Nov 18 @weheart.games · 5d

The crowd sale for #Crownfell has been approved for November 18! Add-ons include a neoprene playmat and a solo expansion.

This 2-player asymmetric chess-like has 17 cards unique movement and abilities.

Sign up to be notified here (shares appreciated!) 🧡 www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/cr...

The Crownfell base game box, standing beside the playmat, with some cards on the mat, mid-game.

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Katz @amanpossessed.bsky.social · 4d

I’m waiting for Prozempic. One million calories in a single shot. I won’t have to eat for a year and I’ll get so skinny.

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Kevin Sylves @ksylves.bsky.social · 4d

Drawing Dungeon is a great dungeon crawler where you have some choice over the enemies you encounter and even the layout of the map. A really clever and fun roll-and-write, recommended!

Matt Soucy @msoucy.gay · 25d

It's a release!
Drawing Dungeon is a roll-and-write dungeon crawl I've been working on for a few months now!
Four maps and a playtime of 15-20 minutes per session, all for $3!
Explore the dungeon, collect treasure, and defeat the boss (or die trying)!

Drawing Dungeon by Soucy Games

Sharpen your pencil and prepare to delve into the dungeon! Switch between exploring new rooms and defeating the monsters inside them to earn more items and treasure!

soucygames.itch.io

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Katz @amanpossessed.bsky.social · 4d

💡 #BoardGames Idea: Cap’n Wacky’s Chuckletime Escape-O-Rama! A game *about* people trying to figure out the various puzzles of an escape room, but abstracted out into a dry and crunchy Euro-style cube-pushing efficiency engine.
🎲✂️

Katz @amanpossessed.bsky.social · 4d

“I once saw him help three men in a bar… with a pencil. He itemized their tax returns. On a napkin.”

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Chris M. - AKA YMC @tableflipsyou.bsky.social · 4d

Happy 6th birthday to my game Roll Estate! I cut the price to $0.00 earlier this year, so please enjoy this offer of no-money-off an already free game! www.pnparcade.com/products/rol...

Roll Estate

Roll Estate is a love letter to the classics, where you’ll roll and write your way to wealth in a race to become the richest entrepreneur! Roll the dice three times to acquire loads of rental property...

www.pnparcade.com

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Katz @amanpossessed.bsky.social · 7d

Yeah, I get a kick out of Castle Combos. 😀

I hope The Game Makers brings you just as much joy!

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Katz @amanpossessed.bsky.social · 7d

I've played quite a bit of Cartographers and I have to say that it bears very little similarity to Drawing Dungeons. Different mechanisms, different decision types, different scoring, different components.

The only similarity is that both games bring me enjoyment. 😄

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Katz @amanpossessed.bsky.social · 7d

Drawing Dungeon by Soucy Games

soucygames.itch.io

Katz @amanpossessed.bsky.social · 7d

Dang. I promise you, Drawing Dungeon is one of my favorite solo #boardgames, right next to Under Falling Skies and One-Deck Dungeon. But the setup and rules overhead are nil. So easy to sit down with and be with. So enjoyable.
👏🏻 @msoucy.gay

Link in the comments. Go get you some!

A printed copy of Drawing Dungeon, played out and complete. This map is The Pitch Dark Cave. I made it through the cave and even scored a Heroic Victory!

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Katz @amanpossessed.bsky.social · 7d

I cracked open my copy of Acute Paranoia just to thumb through it and kill some time. Now I think it’s a user’s manual for 2025 and beyond.

See alt text for fine print.

(rpggeek.com/rpgitem/2662...)

A green Bingo card of a three-by-three grid that says:

CALAMITY INDUCED DYSPHORIA

NEGATIVE ATTITUDE, REFUSING TO MOVE, HOLDING BREATH FOR TOO LONG

REFUSING TO HEAR, CONSPICUOUS MOPING, WALKING IN CIRCLES

VISUAL SENSITIVITY, GENERAL INCOMPETENCE, TAKING PLEASURE IN THE MISFORTUNE OF OTHERS

IF YOU SPOT ENOUGH SIGNS IN ONE CITIZEN TO GET A THREE-SQUARE BINGO, PLEASE CONTACT INTERNAL SECURITY FOR YOUR PRIZE. REMEMBER, CITIZENS! ACCUSATIONS OF DISORDERS WITHOUT FACTUAL EVIDENCE IS PUNISHABLE BY MANDATORY RE-EDUCATION.

Katz @amanpossessed.bsky.social · 7d

The Pug in the Rug

Watch the Pug be in the Rug. Level up and maximize the amount of pug in your life.

puginarug.com

Katz @amanpossessed.bsky.social · 7d

Rory Muldoon @rorymuldoon.bsky.social · 7d

In my humble opinion Breakup Gaming Society is right up there with the best in tabletop media. If you dig this considered exploration of the excellent Resist!, great news, there’s a hundred other episodes to get stuck into. www.breakupgamingsociety.com/episodes/res...

@natewarren.bsky.social

Resist! First Play Caps a Summer of Battling David Thompson Solo Wargame Designs — Breakup Gaming Society

Welcome to World War 2's most poignant battlefields: Resist!, Pavlov's House and Battle Card overran my game table this summer.

www.breakupgamingsociety.com

Katz @amanpossessed.bsky.social · 7d

🎲 One heck of a September for #boardgames! I'm really happy to have a weekly game night again.

The surprise hit? The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship. I'm not much for co-op games, I've already Pandemic'd, and I'm not a LotR nut. I figured, "Meh." But it delivered! What a great system. 💍➡️🌋

* 4 plays of Agricola
* 4 plays of Harmonies
* 3 plays of Azul
* 2 plays of Marco Polo II: In the Service of the Khan
* 2 plays of Men-Nefer
* 2 plays of Root
* 1 play of Castle Combo
* 1 play of Castles of Mad King Ludwig
* 1 play of Dandelions
* 1 play of Dice Throne: Season One ReRolled
* 1 play of Dimension
* 1 play of Emerge
* 1 play of Everdell Duo
* 1 play of Forest Shuffle
* 1 play of The Game Makers
* 1 play of Knarr
* 1 play of The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship
* 1 play of Mountain Goats
* 1 play of Next Station: London
* 1 play of Orbit
* 1 play of PARKS
* 1 play of Pioneer Days
* 1 play of Pirates of Maracaibo
* 1 play of Sagrada
* 1 play of Spectacular
* 1 play of Through the Desert
* 1 play of Tokaido
* 1 play of Wingspan

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Katz @amanpossessed.bsky.social · 8d

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