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Nikki Valens @valancedbreakfast.bsky.social · Jul 24

does anyone want to be my eccentric patron and pay for all of my living expenses and let me live in your guest house while i toil away making really gay ass games and stories?

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Nikki Valens @valancedbreakfast.bsky.social · May 4

@hankgreen.bsky.social I grew up hearing about the hole in the ozone layer and aerosol spray cans being a contributor to that problem. I know we've since done a lot of work to repair the ozone layer, but are aerosol spray cans still bad for the environment and worth avoiding? 🤔

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Nikki Valens @valancedbreakfast.bsky.social · Mar 23

Hi! I haven't been using bsky much but i do still exist. Hope you've been well!

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Nikki Valens @valancedbreakfast.bsky.social · Mar 19

I've got a cribbage game. But not a co-op one yet. That and a co-op mahjong are things I want to do still.

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Nikki Valens @valancedbreakfast.bsky.social · Mar 8

What are ppl's go to printers for card game prototypes? Looking at printing just a few hundred cards. Hoping for a finish and quality similar to standard bicycle playing cards.

Anyone have good recommendations for me?

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Nikki Valens @valancedbreakfast.bsky.social · Feb 25

@plex.tv Please dont drop watch together! It is one of the best features Plex has and is wonderful for friends and family you can't be with in person! Whether it's a long distance relationship or friends in different states or countries. This feature is so important. Please don't abandon it!

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Nikki Valens @valancedbreakfast.bsky.social · Jan 9

Yes, please. I learned a lot from making Artisans. Would love to work with you on a new story. :)

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Nikki Valens @valancedbreakfast.bsky.social · Nov 26

Glad you like it! I wanted to create a much more personal adventure story that's more about the characters and how you choose to embody them than the larger plot. And within that, I wanted to not only show some healthy character dynamics, but also remind players to take care of themselves. <3

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Nikki Valens @valancedbreakfast.bsky.social · Nov 24

Uh, hi. Just gained a bunch of followers. Welcome to the escaping twitter club, I guess.

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Nikki Valens @valancedbreakfast.bsky.social · Aug 23

I just had this issue the other day. Dates, City, State, and Venue should be in their banners right at the top of the main page. If I've not heard of the con before and want to learn about it, that's the most important information.

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Nikki Valens @valancedbreakfast.bsky.social · Jun 28

Hope you enjoy it! Did you get the promo with it?

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Nikki Valens @valancedbreakfast.bsky.social · Jun 17

Sorry y'all, I've been struggling with some unknown illness for the past three weeks. I was hoping it would pass in time for Origins, but no luck. I'll have to miss this one.

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Nikki Valens @valancedbreakfast.bsky.social · Jun 1

Who's going to Origins this year? This'll be my first time. What's it like?

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Nikki Valens @valancedbreakfast.bsky.social · Apr 20

Every game comes with a micro Nikki.

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Nikki Valens @valancedbreakfast.bsky.social · Mar 26

You must. Please show them off after. I want to see

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Nikki Valens @valancedbreakfast.bsky.social · Dec 27

For reals! Would love to hang out more!

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Nikki Valens @valancedbreakfast.bsky.social · Nov 30

You're gonna be there? Let's meet up! I've not seen you in forever.

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Nikki Valens @valancedbreakfast.bsky.social · Nov 30

Freshly printed prototype of my fighting card game ready for PAX Unplugged. If you're a fan of fighting card games and/or cribbage, find me at the con for a demo.

Art by @saltmalk.in

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Nikki Valens @valancedbreakfast.bsky.social · Nov 25

I'm gonna end up at PAXU in a week. I'll be demoing Gloomhaven: Buttons & Bugs if you wanna come by the Cephalofair booth for that.

But otherwise I'll just be chilling. Anyone else going? Looking for people to chill with. It's been a while since I've been at a con.

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Nikki Valens @valancedbreakfast.bsky.social · Nov 18

aww, thanks <3

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Nikki Valens @valancedbreakfast.bsky.social · Nov 10

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort (and at least one room dedicated to board games).

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Nikki Valens @valancedbreakfast.bsky.social · Oct 26

i long to live in a digital space free of the necessities of physical life and capitalism

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Nikki Valens @valancedbreakfast.bsky.social · Oct 20

Thinking about it again, if you have a pentagonal prism, there is a theoretical height the prism could be where the chances when rolling it are roughly equal to land on any of its seven faces. By modifying the meeple shape and thickness, we should be able to make a balanced d7 meeple.

Nikki Valens @valancedbreakfast.bsky.social · Oct 20

Wish I had something ready so I could hire you. I was just thinking a couple days ago that I'd like to do a narrative game with you.

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Nikki Valens @valancedbreakfast.bsky.social · Oct 20

I wanna come up with some fun ways to use this. Hmmmmmm, other custom meeple shapes... Damn. I'm intrigued.

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