Simon Morgan-Russell
@smorgan-russell.bsky.social
Northerner, reader, gamer, tea-drinker
First time playing the Epilogue mission of Nemesis’ Aftermath expansion. By a stroke of luck I managed to complete my Psychologist’s “Personal Requirement” in the first turn and squeaked out a win. #boardgames
November 12, 2025 at 3:04 AM
First time playing the Epilogue mission of Nemesis’ Aftermath expansion. By a stroke of luck I managed to complete my Psychologist’s “Personal Requirement” in the first turn and squeaked out a win. #boardgames
Lovely game of Aspens today: our first! We were so excited to calculate the final score that we forgot to take a picture. 🙁 www.ludivore.com #boardgames
November 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Lovely game of Aspens today: our first! We were so excited to calculate the final score that we forgot to take a picture. 🙁 www.ludivore.com #boardgames
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Look for Blades '68 to crowdfund next year.
Is this getting a physical release?
October 29, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Look for Blades '68 to crowdfund next year.
Two games on the table tonight: another bout of “Apiary” and a victory over Ithaqua in “Elder Sign.” #boardgames
October 22, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Two games on the table tonight: another bout of “Apiary” and a victory over Ithaqua in “Elder Sign.” #boardgames
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📣 Notorious: Tales of Hardscrabble Bounty Hunting is now live on Kickstarter! 📣
www.kickstarter.com/projects/alw...
🚀 Forge a sci-fi trilogy in this solo boxed card game
🃏 450+ unique cards with tons of cool art by @turbotorbo.bsky.social
🖊️ A brand new game & system, in collab w/ @mousehole.press
www.kickstarter.com/projects/alw...
🚀 Forge a sci-fi trilogy in this solo boxed card game
🃏 450+ unique cards with tons of cool art by @turbotorbo.bsky.social
🖊️ A brand new game & system, in collab w/ @mousehole.press
Notorious: Tales of Hardscrabble Bounty Hunting
Forge your own sci-fi trilogy in this solo narrative card game.
www.kickstarter.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
📣 Notorious: Tales of Hardscrabble Bounty Hunting is now live on Kickstarter! 📣
www.kickstarter.com/projects/alw...
🚀 Forge a sci-fi trilogy in this solo boxed card game
🃏 450+ unique cards with tons of cool art by @turbotorbo.bsky.social
🖊️ A brand new game & system, in collab w/ @mousehole.press
www.kickstarter.com/projects/alw...
🚀 Forge a sci-fi trilogy in this solo boxed card game
🃏 450+ unique cards with tons of cool art by @turbotorbo.bsky.social
🖊️ A brand new game & system, in collab w/ @mousehole.press
Can’t say I’m looking forward to this new season of Doctor Who #DoctorWho
October 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Can’t say I’m looking forward to this new season of Doctor Who #DoctorWho
Not sure why it took us so long before we got around to playing Apiary, but it was great! #boardgames @stonemaiergames.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Not sure why it took us so long before we got around to playing Apiary, but it was great! #boardgames @stonemaiergames.com
A very enjoyable game of “Fate of the Fellowship,” which we won, unexpectedly, at the eleventh hour. We were impressed by the game’s mirroring of Tolkien’s trilogy. #boardgames @zmangamesofficial.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
A very enjoyable game of “Fate of the Fellowship,” which we won, unexpectedly, at the eleventh hour. We were impressed by the game’s mirroring of Tolkien’s trilogy. #boardgames @zmangamesofficial.bsky.social
Today … Brink! Another great game, though I lost fairly dramatically. #boardgames
August 25, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Today … Brink! Another great game, though I lost fairly dramatically. #boardgames
Our first, long-awaited game of Vantage. We were happily surprised by how different each of our paths turned out. #boardgames @stonemaiergames.com
August 20, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Our first, long-awaited game of Vantage. We were happily surprised by how different each of our paths turned out. #boardgames @stonemaiergames.com
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My grandfather didn’t know he was a Taoist.
He had fished the river Awe for sixty years.
Life is sensed as a flowing movement,
a power like wind or water. When he cast,
it was the bank that moved, not the river…
—Lorn Macintyre, “Satori”
from The Bridport Prize Anthology 2013
#Zen #poetry #fishing
He had fished the river Awe for sixty years.
Life is sensed as a flowing movement,
a power like wind or water. When he cast,
it was the bank that moved, not the river…
—Lorn Macintyre, “Satori”
from The Bridport Prize Anthology 2013
#Zen #poetry #fishing
August 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Lovely game of Harmonies tonight with the family! #boardgames
July 19, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Lovely game of Harmonies tonight with the family! #boardgames
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I’m heading to that London.
July 1, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I’m heading to that London.
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Kinder Scout's northern edge, Peak District, Summer Solstice June 2024, photo by Sarah Lister.
July 1, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Kinder Scout's northern edge, Peak District, Summer Solstice June 2024, photo by Sarah Lister.
Although I forgot to take a picture of the endgame, we played “Deep Regrets” for the first time last night. It resulted in a tie … which I lost because of my long litany of lingering regrets. Fabulous! So happy to have backed its expansion “Deeper Regrets.” #boardgames @tettix.bsky.social
June 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Although I forgot to take a picture of the endgame, we played “Deep Regrets” for the first time last night. It resulted in a tie … which I lost because of my long litany of lingering regrets. Fabulous! So happy to have backed its expansion “Deeper Regrets.” #boardgames @tettix.bsky.social
Hilarious times with “Not Today, Murder.”
June 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Hilarious times with “Not Today, Murder.”
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Another tangle with Nemesis. We all died. #boardgames
June 12, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Another tangle with Nemesis. We all died. #boardgames
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"Did you have the shishkebabs?"
"From the moment we arrived."
"From the moment we arrived."
RIP Les Dawson, who died #OTD 1993, aged 62.
Made in Manchester: comedian Les Dawson (1931-93), a bricklayer’s son from Collyhurst who grew up in poverty, became known for his curmudgeonly persona and jokes about his mother-in-law and wife. 1/7
June 10, 2025 at 8:19 AM
"Did you have the shishkebabs?"
"From the moment we arrived."
"From the moment we arrived."
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I love this poem. Author is Laura Gilpin.
May 22, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I love this poem. Author is Laura Gilpin.
How it started, how it ended … I pulled off a fabulously cinematic victory in tonight’s session of Nemesis, completing my objective as I launched my escape pod just as the ship reached the end of its self-destruct sequence. So close, right up until the nail-biting finish. #boardgames
May 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
How it started, how it ended … I pulled off a fabulously cinematic victory in tonight’s session of Nemesis, completing my objective as I launched my escape pod just as the ship reached the end of its self-destruct sequence. So close, right up until the nail-biting finish. #boardgames
Four of the games, out of eight, that we played over the weekend at #GeekwaytotheWest, including my three favourites: Raiders of the North Sea, Altay, and Harmonies. Learning and playing eight new games in two days was a heavy cognitive lift . . . But a great time. #boardgames
May 19, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Four of the games, out of eight, that we played over the weekend at #GeekwaytotheWest, including my three favourites: Raiders of the North Sea, Altay, and Harmonies. Learning and playing eight new games in two days was a heavy cognitive lift . . . But a great time. #boardgames