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Daniel Solis

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NEW BOOK! Graphic Design for Board Games: https://www.routledge.com/Graphic-Design-for-Board-Games/Solis/p/book/9781032583365 Portfolio https://www.danielsolisgames.com Patreon https://www.patreon.com/danielsolis More https://linktr.ee/danielsolisdesign

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Daniel Solis @danielsolis.bsky.social · Jun 3

Heavy metal board game t-shirt is real! This sample is printed on Men's Extra Soft Heather Smoke. I'm impressed that so much fine detail is visible on the band list. All pretty legible (by heavy metal standards). Check it out!
danielsolis.threadless.com
#HeavyMetal #BoardGame

Close-up of "bands" on the back of the shirt

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Daniel Solis @danielsolis.bsky.social · 6h

Done!

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Kathleen De Vere @kathleen.loadingreadyrun.com · 10h

Hank Green described my Pizzamas D&D game as "probably our coolest item"!!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_gC...
(also it's song Wednesday!)

Pizzamas is time limited (only 2 more days!) so please check it out if you want to read something I'm genuinely proud of.
pizzamas.com/collections/...

Being Alive

YouTube video by vlogbrothers

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Daniel Solis @danielsolis.bsky.social · 12h

Oh no, that might have been caused by my repost. Sorry!

Daniel Solis @danielsolis.bsky.social · 13h

@gretchenmcc.bsky.social @superlinguo.bsky.social Would y'all know of a good paper on this topic?

Eize Basa @eizebasa.baby · Mar 22

Have there been any idk academic papers about how British English tends to put "fucking" before an adjective but American English puts it after the adjective? Like "I've got a fucking serious question for you" instead of "a serious fucking question".

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Tuesday Badell @americanoonline.com · May 15

it's all "AI this" and "AI that"

but never "Ey I got you a pizza"

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Daniel Solis @danielsolis.bsky.social · 14h

Oh no! I'm being percieved!

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Mahmud Asrar 🪲 @mahmudasrar.bsky.social · 1d

AI slop is ruining our lives. Do not be a part of the problem.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zfN...

AI Slop Is Killing Our Channel

YouTube video by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

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Derek Fox @partialobserver.bsky.social · 1d

“I had to flat out tell [the Microsoft sales team] VP we're not buying any fucking copilot - whereupon she revealed that the only thing she is being measured on for Q4 is sales of copilot, so if that's off the table the conversation is not interesting. LMAO”

your #3 source for absurdist true crime 🔨 @davidgerard.co.uk · 2d

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> Lol the timing; I work in IT for a large publishing company - and my god the meetings with microsoft sales team is all AI AI AI COPILOT COPILOT COPILOT.
> I had to flat out tell their VP we're not buying any fucking copilot - whereupon she revealed that the only thing she is being measured on for Q4 is sales of copilot, so if that's off the table the conversation is not interesting. LMAO

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Daniel Solis @danielsolis.bsky.social · 1d

Here's an overview of Yanari from @ezeekat.bsky.social! www.youtube.com/shorts/qnlJJ...

What would you buy at the witches market?

YouTube video by Ezeekat

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Daniel Solis @danielsolis.bsky.social · 1d

Here's an overview of Yanari from Danielle Standring and SUSD. youtube.com/shorts/KItm9...

Potions, Customers, and a Dash of Chaos | Yanari: The Witches Market 🧙‍♀️

YouTube video by Danielle Standring

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Daniel Solis @danielsolis.bsky.social · 1d

My new card game Yanari is live on Kickstarter! Check it out! www.kickstarter.com/projects/198...
#boardgame

Obojima Tales From Yatamon

A Leisure Fantasy D&D Campaign Setting and Board Game Inspired by Studio Ghibli and the Legend of Zelda.

www.kickstarter.com

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Daniel Solis @danielsolis.bsky.social · 1d

Aw that's unfortunate about the TV thing, but congrats on the passport!

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Daniel Solis @danielsolis.bsky.social · 1d

If your fyp is draining your life, I have a secret tip:

Follow libraries. Doesn't matter where they are, they don't have to be local, just follow them all.

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 2d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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boobs are progressive and feminist @bapaf.bsky.social · 4d

a bumper sticker which reads "Proud Parent of the Omelas Child"

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Daniel Solis @danielsolis.bsky.social · 2d

PROTO
Laura Spinney

A lovely, enriching history of proto-indo-european language from its prehistoric origins to its many modern descendants. Merges archeology, linguistics, and genetic research. Catnip for me. Very approachable with a humanist spirit throughout.
#book #review #nonfiction #linguist

Cover of PROTO: How One Language Went Global

Bookmark with reading says notes by filled bubbles

Daniel Solis @danielsolis.bsky.social · 2d

Slow start but a thrilling finish in this week's #UniversityChallenge. 🫨

Daniel Solis @danielsolis.bsky.social · 2d

Understandable, but they've had a surprising number of first-time submissions get on the show this year. Getting people to answer the phone from an unfamiliar number has been the hardest thing, so I wonder if that has something to do with it.

Daniel Solis @danielsolis.bsky.social · 2d

The rules and PNP seem straightforward enough, so at least they're not straying into that particular trap.

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7th Dimension Games @7thdimensiongames.com · 3d

As a retailer, I'll note that NPR Independent Radio is exclusively talking about big box stores. Honestly, trying to deal with all the independent FLGSs would be harder, it was just a something that hit me.

Daniel Solis @danielsolis.bsky.social · 3d

After listening to part 2 of the Planet Money #boardgame series, I raise an eyebrow as they hype up this being such an original game concept. Emphasizing that misleads the audience about how much the market values originality AND how original this game actually is. (It's an I-cut-you-choose game.)

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Daniel Solis @danielsolis.bsky.social · 2d

If so, it didn't come up in the final edit.

Daniel Solis @danielsolis.bsky.social · 2d

We still haven't solved it, but you should submit if you have an answer!

Daniel Solis @danielsolis.bsky.social · 3d

Oh! One other positive: They're very up front about cost-of-goods and trying to keep everything made out of paper and cardboard. That part is very real.

Daniel Solis @danielsolis.bsky.social · 3d

Positives about the series so far:
★ They define their goal for the game and keep that throughout.
★ The idea is just the start of many rounds of iterative testing.
★ The publisher bends development to fit their catalog. (A Planet Money game from a Euro or Japanese publisher may be very different.)

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Daniel Solis @danielsolis.bsky.social · 3d

Re: History: It's concerning that there's no mention of prior games in this family. (Coloretto, New York Slice, Sheriff of Nottingham, Sundae Split, Tussie Mussie, to name a few.) Maybe that tangent just didn't make the final edit, but tabletop has erased history in favor of a myth of originality.

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