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Matthew M - BGG Community Manager @octavianbgg.bsky.social · 5h

Thorgal: The Board Game - a weird but delightful mish-mash of logistics puzzle and adventure gaming. And polyominoes - polyominoes everywhere!

We beat the pirate hunting scenario on the final action of the final turn with just barely enough polyominoes to win.

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Thorgal: The Board Game

Go on adventures in the mystic world of Norse mythology.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 1d

Holy crap. Trump will make the FCC crucify Jimmy Kimmel for this.

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Matthew M - BGG Community Manager @octavianbgg.bsky.social · 1d

Big Baby kept crashing Party Animal's party. Bad time for Party Animal.

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Matthew M - BGG Community Manager @octavianbgg.bsky.social · 1d

Played Magical Athlete. Everyone within a couple spaces of winning in the final race.

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The night's winners:

Figures for Huge Baby, Rocket Scientist, Scoocher, and Flip Flop

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Matthew M - BGG Community Manager @octavianbgg.bsky.social · 2d

Maslow-heads, rise up!

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Matthew M - BGG Community Manager @octavianbgg.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe an antibacterial wipe will help?

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Matthew M - BGG Community Manager @octavianbgg.bsky.social · 3d

OMG THAN YOU. I just saw this after reinstalling to try to finally complete a 32 run. Been banging my head on speed running and getting nowhere. First try with a slow/ranged strat and I got to the big guy. Feels doable now.

And every build is a ranged build with Crystal Beam / Crystal Clarity

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Matthew M - BGG Community Manager @octavianbgg.bsky.social · 4d

Yiayia and Gramps were visiting so we played a 6p game of Magical Athlete

A lot of laughter, peaking with a race where no one could make progress because of Hypnotist and Flip-flop - that is until M.O.U.T.H. ate them both - and everyone else too!

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Magical Athlete

In the zaniest of all races, speed past rivals to claim Champion of the Chaos!

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Matthew M - BGG Community Manager @octavianbgg.bsky.social · 6d

Played a family game of Magical Athlete today.

High marks all around. Race #2 elicited the most laughter as Romantic, Party Animal, Baba Yaga, and Heckler triggered powers over and over, including an infinite loop!

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Magical Athlete

A racing game of pure chaos.

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Matthew M - BGG Community Manager @octavianbgg.bsky.social · 7d

Played a 3p game of Millennium Blades - just two tournaments to keep the time reasonable

It's a beast to set up, a beast to put away, a taxing game to learn, and chaotic to play. And yet it's still worth all that. There's nothing else like it.

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Millennium Blades

Play as players who are playing the greatest CCG ever played.

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Matthew M - BGG Community Manager @octavianbgg.bsky.social · 7d

Oh I am the site admin and I definitely did

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Matthew M - BGG Community Manager @octavianbgg.bsky.social · 7d

Kumail understands that I absolutely want to watch, but also will never ever mark my calendar for anything.

Kumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social · 7d

My first stand-up special in over a decade, Night Thoughts, is out on Hulu on December 19th. Mark your calendars. But also I will remind you closer to the date.

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Hulu Unveils Title, Premiere Date For Its Kumail Nanjiani Comedy Special – Update

Kumail Nanjiani new comedy special, now titled 'Night Thoughts,' has locked in a winter premiere date at Hulu.

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Matthew M - BGG Community Manager @octavianbgg.bsky.social · 7d

I put off booting up Hades II because I didn't want to get sucked in.

This morning I decided to start it up "just to see how it looks." Next thing I know I'm a dozen runs in.

Supergiant Games @supergiantgames.bsky.social · 13d

🌒HADES II v1.0 is OUT NOW!! 🌘

Battle beyond the Underworld in our bewitching sequel to the godlike roguelike. Go Kill Time!

Nintendo Switch 2: supergiant.games/h2switch2
Nintendo Switch: supergiant.games/h2switch
Steam: supergiant.games/h2steam
Epic Games Store: supergiant.games/h2egs

Hades II – Nintendo Switch™ 2 Edition for Nintendo Switch 2 - Nintendo Official Site

Buy Hades II – Nintendo Switch™ 2 Edition and shop other great Nintendo products online at the official My Nintendo Store.

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Matthew M - BGG Community Manager @octavianbgg.bsky.social · 7d

Uh huh...

A post on BGG from an obvious bot. Their self introduction post includes "and I really enjoy [name 1-2 games you like]."

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Matthew M - BGG Community Manager @octavianbgg.bsky.social · 8d

I took the clues and didn't feel one small bit bad about it

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Elizabeth Hargrave @elizhargrave.bsky.social · 9d

It looks like Osmosis (2025) by Agnès Largeaud is the 1,000th game added to this list on @boardgamegeek.com! 🎉

Thanks to @mcfluffy.bsky.social for that one, and to several others who contributed yesterday, including @bartgamedesign.bsky.social and @sblendito.bsky.social! Keep 'em coming!

Elizabeth Hargrave @elizhargrave.bsky.social · 10d

I just noticed this list is up to 988 games. Who wants to find the missing 12 that will get us to 1000?
boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/297...

Games by Women & People of Marginalized Genders

There are several other geeklists that limit themselves in some way (one game per designer, noteworthy games). What if we tried to make a list that has all the games we know of that have at least one ...

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Matthew M - BGG Community Manager @octavianbgg.bsky.social · 10d

Well this is only been the second OT game under the new rules so it's 50%.

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Elizabeth Hargrave @elizhargrave.bsky.social · 10d

I just noticed this list is up to 988 games. Who wants to find the missing 12 that will get us to 1000?
boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/297...

Games by Women & People of Marginalized Genders

There are several other geeklists that limit themselves in some way (one game per designer, noteworthy games). What if we tried to make a list that has all the games we know of that have at least one ...

boardgamegeek.com

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Matthew M - BGG Community Manager @octavianbgg.bsky.social · 12d

Today in Arydia we:

- picked flowers
- went on an Epic Hunt
- bought a pet
- defeated some enemies that had previously killed us (the best feeling in an RPG)
- discovered a misfiled card resulting in an audit of past events to fix it. Double check those numbers!

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Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread

Exiles explore the lands of Arydia, fighting and questing, to earn their way home.

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Matthew M - BGG Community Manager @octavianbgg.bsky.social · 12d

Timing the board break with the drum beat is chef's kiss

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Matthew M - BGG Community Manager @octavianbgg.bsky.social · 13d

He means after scoring the first TD. At 20-12 you go for 2 instead of the PAT

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Matthew M - BGG Community Manager @octavianbgg.bsky.social · 13d

Impossible to get work done in these conditions

A kitty curled up asleep on my office chair. Literally nothing I can do.

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Matthew M - BGG Community Manager @octavianbgg.bsky.social · 14d

Completed chapter 17 of The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game in 4 tries - going 3-1 as we boated down the Anduin. As with every scenario, a fun new wrinkle to figure out!

Onto the final chapter - things can only get better for the Fellowship from here!

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The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game

Travel from the Shire and overcome every obstacle as a team.

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Matthew M - BGG Community Manager @octavianbgg.bsky.social · 14d

Thebes! A classic. Spend your time gathering resources to go out on digs and then pull nothing but sand. Watch on as your friend pulls a 7 from the bag with just two draws.

Who doesn't like a scratch off ticket now and again?

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Thebes

Become an archaeologist as you study ancient cultures, go digging, and exhibit.

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Matthew M - BGG Community Manager @octavianbgg.bsky.social · 14d

Vying for the screen eating crown

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