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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 16h

If you are a federal worker, there are several credit unions and other financial institutions that are offering zero interest loans during the government shutdown.

Please go to my website for more information: www.sanders.senate.gov/resources-fo...

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Matthew Dunstan @matthewdunstan.bsky.social · 1d

Today's video was a hard one for me to make - I wanted to talk about my experiences going through burnout in the last year or so as a game designer, and aspects of the wider tabletop industry that contribute to that.

youtu.be/D2rC_8F10R8

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The reality of being a full time game designer

YouTube video by Matthew Dunstan

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Randy Flynn 🔜 PAX Unplugged @rf-seattle.bsky.social · 1d

I've just contributed to Blacksky. Consider supporting them too — every little helps! opencollective.com/blacksky

Blacksky - Open Collective

Decentralized social media built for community power, culture, and collective freedom.

opencollective.com

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Randy Flynn 🔜 PAX Unplugged @rf-seattle.bsky.social · 1d

Started using this in Outlook a few years ago. So helpful!

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Randy Flynn 🔜 PAX Unplugged @rf-seattle.bsky.social · 1d

I miss BiggerCake.

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Mike Sakasegawa @sakeriver.com · 1d

I saw a couple of things in the past few days that, in the context of all the bsky mod issues, have been making me think a lot about what I actually want from social media. First, some graphics from that FT articles about peak social media, and then some comments about the sustainability of modding.

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Randy Flynn 🔜 PAX Unplugged @rf-seattle.bsky.social · 1d

Coming soon: Cascadia: Alpine Lakes

A standalone puzzly tile-layering follow-up to the award-winning game Cascadia, with beautiful artwork by Beth Sobel!

www.kickstarter.com

Randy Flynn 🔜 PAX Unplugged @rf-seattle.bsky.social · 1d

A new preview for Cascadia: Alpine Lakes! Check out Dwayne & Alicia's short rundown.

Dwayne breaks down the scoring perfectly. Alicia beautifully summarizes the game's complexity compared to Cascadia.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8dY...

@blackboardgaming.bsky.social @flatoutgames.bsky.social

Cascadia: Alpine Lakes Kickstarter Preview | It's Time To Revisit The Pacific Northwest

YouTube video by BlackBoardGaming

www.youtube.com

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Randy Flynn 🔜 PAX Unplugged @rf-seattle.bsky.social · 1d

This is REALLY worth a read! It avoids getting stuck on some quick surface level problems with AI art and gets to the heart of things.

theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

theoatmeal.com

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Mike Sakasegawa @sakeriver.com · 1d

There's a new The Oatmeal about AI art, which gets at the thing that ends up bothering me the most about AI art, which is that art that isn't the product of human creativity has no meaning or import.

theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

theoatmeal.com

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Randy Flynn 🔜 PAX Unplugged @rf-seattle.bsky.social · 2d

And oddly, it's the easiest rule to forget! 😀

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Randy Flynn 🔜 PAX Unplugged @rf-seattle.bsky.social · 2d

The how-to-play video for Cascadia: Alpine Lakes from @kovray.bsky.social is live! Learn the game in about 10 minutes and see what's similar to Cascadia and what is different.

There's just over a week until the Kickstarter campaign starts on October 14.

@flatoutgames.bsky.social

Ilya and Tylor 🎥🏳️‍🌈🎲 @kovray.bsky.social · 2d

Cascadia: Alpine Lakes

youtu.be/M3Blt5ly4l4

A new standalone Cascadia game that takes to higher elevation! Learn to play this lovely game from @rf-seattle.bsky.social , @bethsobel.bsky.social and the lovely folks from @flatoutgames.bsky.social

Cascadia: Alpine Lakes | How to Play | Learn to Play in 10 Minutes!

YouTube video by kovray

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Randy Flynn 🔜 PAX Unplugged @rf-seattle.bsky.social · 2d

@fanfactories.bsky.social @boardgameghee.bsky.social @bethsobel.bsky.social @dylanmangini.bsky.social

Randy Flynn 🔜 PAX Unplugged @rf-seattle.bsky.social · 2d

The how-to-play video for Cascadia: Alpine Lakes from @kovray.bsky.social is live! Learn the game in about 10 minutes and see what's similar to Cascadia and what is different.

There's just over a week until the Kickstarter campaign starts on October 14.

@flatoutgames.bsky.social

Ilya and Tylor 🎥🏳️‍🌈🎲 @kovray.bsky.social · 2d

Cascadia: Alpine Lakes

youtu.be/M3Blt5ly4l4

A new standalone Cascadia game that takes to higher elevation! Learn to play this lovely game from @rf-seattle.bsky.social , @bethsobel.bsky.social and the lovely folks from @flatoutgames.bsky.social

Cascadia: Alpine Lakes | How to Play | Learn to Play in 10 Minutes!

YouTube video by kovray

youtu.be

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Ilya and Tylor 🎥🏳️‍🌈🎲 @kovray.bsky.social · 2d

Cascadia: Alpine Lakes

youtu.be/M3Blt5ly4l4

A new standalone Cascadia game that takes to higher elevation! Learn to play this lovely game from @rf-seattle.bsky.social , @bethsobel.bsky.social and the lovely folks from @flatoutgames.bsky.social

Cascadia: Alpine Lakes | How to Play | Learn to Play in 10 Minutes!

YouTube video by kovray

youtu.be

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Taylor Shuss @drawnonward.bsky.social · 7d

This is the cover for my IGNM release - Fold & Fly! 🌈🛫

Syd Weiler did the illustrations for the game, and they totally nailed the vibe I was aiming for! Plus I am always excited to have vibrant colors accompanying my games.

Let me know what you think!

The cover for Fold & Fly! printed on fancy gloss paper. It shows many paper airplane flying in a circle around the game's title in the center. In the background are many unique paper airplanes with differently colored trails of color behind them. At the bottom is a checkerboard flag waving in the wind.

The cover is on a bench in a park, which green grass and a blue sky in the background.

It is the most gorgeous thing you've ever seen, and if you stare at it deeply enough you feel a strange connection you've never felt before. As if it is beckoning you to come to its side, to be near to it at it's release in November of this year (2025).

You find yourself in a trance - mentally craving more of it's beauty & mystique. You know deep down this is becoming a problem - you (likely) have a partner and you cannot betray their trust. Not after all you've been through.

But Fold & Fly's cover, releasing in November at the Indie Game Night Market, is teasing you so. You turn away and try to go about your day - performing some busywork here and there. Start some mild innocuous conversation with a stranger, but the craving continues to burn deep inside. Like an addiction that keeps you coming back for more of its addicting addictioness.

You know the game isn't available yet. It doesn't release until PAX Unplugged, located in Philadelphia. You still have plenty of time to get badges and solve travel plans - and maybe this will be what convinces you to finally make the trek. It's been on your radar but now that this game exists the convention seems tantalizing in a way no event has ever felt before.

But what about your (likely) partner? You can't leave them out in the cold? It becomes obvious - blindly so! You must go to PAX U this November, attend the Indie Game Night Market and buy them a copy as well! Surely they'll love it! And not suspect you of having a para-social affair with this small print-run dexterity game. How ridiculous! How absurd! They never need to know...

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Randy Flynn 🔜 PAX Unplugged @rf-seattle.bsky.social · 7d

Gorgeous!!!

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Randy Flynn 🔜 PAX Unplugged @rf-seattle.bsky.social · 8d

Cascadia Digital is on sale for the next week on all platforms (25-30% off).

Dire Wolf @direwolfdigital.bsky.social · 9d

Fall is in the air, and the Steam Autumn Sale has arrived! 🍂

From now until October 6th, you can score Dire Wolf games at a discount — not only on Steam, but also on the App Store and Google Play!

Check out the deals:
🔗 news.direwolfdigital.com/steam-autumn...

Save on Digital Board Games in the Steam Autumn Sale!

news.direwolfdigital.com

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Kickstarter United @kickstarterunited.org · 9d

Kickstarter United has voted to STRIKE! We are fighting for a 32 hour work week, livable wage for all workers, and protections against AI. Our Seattle members are organizing a rally alongside OPEIU 8. Join us on Thursday in Cal Anderson Park! forms.gle/udwphKvnZDVG...

Kickstarter United Seattle Strike Rally
Our union has voted to STRIKE! We are fighting for a 32 hour work, livable wage for all workers, and protections against AI. Join us! Thursday, 10/2 @ 6

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Randy Flynn 🔜 PAX Unplugged @rf-seattle.bsky.social · 11d

I was not expecting a Dice Tower review of Tabriz today!

@craftygames.bsky.social #TabrizGame

Tabriz Review: Carpet Cubed

YouTube video by The Dice Tower

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Randy Flynn 🔜 PAX Unplugged @rf-seattle.bsky.social · 13d

Harrell's response is pretty awful.

<< Instead of joining Wilson, he called her advocacy of the First Amendment "situational" and "opportunistic."

"Authentic civil rights leaders stand firm and demand change-- not flip flop for political gain," Harrell said. >>

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Randy Flynn 🔜 PAX Unplugged @rf-seattle.bsky.social · 13d

Love those chips! 😉

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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen 2025 @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 13d

“There’s no shortage of creativity in Vietnam. What we lack are bridges”: Vietnam’s blossoming board game design scene goes global via first Road to Essen competition:

boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...

@rf-seattle.bsky.social @spielessen.bsky.social

A man in a red t-shirt stands on a stage with a woman wearing a long black dress and grey jacket. The man holds a large black and red certificate with a yellow star on, and a small golden trophy. The man is Thinh LeHuu, winner of the inaugural Road to Essen competition for best Vietnamese board game design.

Long green and red cardboard tokens showing stylised cartoon versions of Vietnamese dishes, with their names printed in the centre of the card. A wooden die showing a 5 on top is visible in the top right.

A brown cardboard player board for the board game Au Lac, with red, blue and green wooden cubes and meeples on. The board has spaces which show various resources such as wheat and wood. In front of the board a hand holds up five cards with Vietnamese writing at the top, each showing resources. The front card also has a picture of a boat. Standing behind the player board is the box for the game, beige with Au Lac written in gold and orange, and an image of an old city underneath.

Head and shoulders of a woman with brown hair to her chin, parted in the centre, smiles at the camera. She is wearing a pink sleeveless top with what appears to be a yellow flower design on, and wears pink/red lipstick. Global Everjoy co-founder and CEO Ionah Nguyen.

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Randy Flynn 🔜 PAX Unplugged @rf-seattle.bsky.social · 14d

He's surpassed a few now to join the 60 club! And HR #59 was a goddamn beast. 4 games to go.

And oh yeah -- go Blue Jays!

Randy Flynn 🔜 PAX Unplugged @rf-seattle.bsky.social · 14d

I love this game! I just can't get enough people to play it with me. Not sure I'm any good at winning it either.

@peersylvester.bsky.social

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