James Chip
james-chip.bsky.social
James Chip
@james-chip.bsky.social
Some time maker of tabletop games.
Amateur magician.
Plant grower.
Abolish the monarchy.
http://jameschip.io
Trying something new.
December 12, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Eldest was outraged because this old Zelda game lost his save. Time to change the battery!

It is incredible how long these things last. This is the original battery I just pulled out, and it was working some time earlier this year.

I can't imagine any tech being this reliable now, or repairable.
December 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I have to say, I do like Hero Quest, but this is absolutely the worst rule to be in a game ever.
December 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Got a copy of Void Shift by @binarystar.games in my hands today. A little solo card game for one player. Looking forward to taking this for a spin soon.
December 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Today's complete nonsense.
December 3, 2025 at 8:15 AM
I am holding five coins.
December 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
It has taken me a month to get the knackered of holding coins exactly like this. Those in the know on coin magic will know exactly what I am up to. For some reason this has taken me ages to get down when really it seems so simple l.

The fun starts now.
December 1, 2025 at 8:17 AM
This is such a very good game. I took a couple of years off it because I just played it a ton over the last 7 years, and had kind of played it out.

Heard it mentioned at the start of the week and felt an urge to play it again and am glad I did.

Lots of fun, is Nemo's War.
November 29, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I drew a bear.
November 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
As you can see from the output of the build of the website the jam has hand 190 games submitted to it in the last 5 years. If we get 10 this year we will have hit 200!

That's pretty amazing.
November 22, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Month of my life. Months. Anyway, magic.
November 7, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Why do I feel like Goldie Lookin Chain are hanging out on my kids play road.
November 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
November 2, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Everyone: spirit island is really hard!
Me: wins first time?
November 1, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I have been drawing my own custom lenormand cards.
October 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I really love this little version of Agricola. Even more so that my eldest is able to play it with me.
October 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
A new genre of autumnal #magic drops.
October 6, 2025 at 5:28 AM
I have not painted a miniature in years and really fancy picking the hobby back up again. I think I have a bunch of unbuilt minis in the garage.

This is the last mini I painted.
September 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I am currently reading this book I saw in the library, and while I think nearly everything Dahl wrote is trash, whenever someone puts together a collection of ghost stories I can not help myself.

It turns out the one book by Dahl I can enjoy is a book where he picks other peoples works to showcase.
September 30, 2025 at 6:44 AM
About 2 years ago I started writing a ttrpg all about wizard magic, and it led me down a path of learning this sort of nonsense, and I think eventually when the thing is done it will be better for it because I abandoned wizard magic.

There are actually relatively few magical effects.
September 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
This dropped on my desk today and now I guess I have to find time to play it.
September 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
If I were to have a familiar.
September 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Today is kids versions of games that I think are actually more fun than the grown up version.
September 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I have finished binding a book. It is not perfect, but works. I learned a lot. Mostly I learned that I will jot have the spoons to self bind my next games unless it is a very small run indeed.
August 20, 2025 at 6:54 AM
And that is now the signatures sewn, ready for glueing the spine and covering.
August 16, 2025 at 3:34 PM