YoYoni
@yoyoni.bsky.social
Playing history. Filmmaker and Designer of “Chicago 68” and “The Nights of King Ludd”
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YoYoni
@yoyoni.bsky.social
· Apr 27
So excited to finally have a copy of CHICAGO’68! Last week I had a chance to lay it all out and run one last round of usability checks before we go to print. Pleased as punch with the results:
#boardgames #design
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Court rules on the orthogonal vs. diagonal debate:
"To avoid the ranch’s property, all Brad and Phil and the others had to do was move around like a checkers piece. They’d start on public land and then make sure to stay on public land, by crossing into new squares diagonally."
"To avoid the ranch’s property, all Brad and Phil and the others had to do was move around like a checkers piece. They’d start on public land and then make sure to stay on public land, by crossing into new squares diagonally."
The Checkerboard - 99% Invisible
In 2019, hunters Brad Cape and Phil Yeomans were scouting for elk in southeast Wyoming when they came across a rocky peak that seemed perfect for elk hunting, a suspicion only heightened by its name: ...
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December 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Court rules on the orthogonal vs. diagonal debate:
"To avoid the ranch’s property, all Brad and Phil and the others had to do was move around like a checkers piece. They’d start on public land and then make sure to stay on public land, by crossing into new squares diagonally."
"To avoid the ranch’s property, all Brad and Phil and the others had to do was move around like a checkers piece. They’d start on public land and then make sure to stay on public land, by crossing into new squares diagonally."
Played “The Bell of Treason: 1938 Munich Crisis in Czechoslovakia” by @petrmojzis.mastodonczech.cz.ap.brid.gy, with development by @joedewhurst.bsky.social.
Experience with Red Flag Over Paris definitely gave me the advantage!
Experience with Red Flag Over Paris definitely gave me the advantage!
December 4, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Played “The Bell of Treason: 1938 Munich Crisis in Czechoslovakia” by @petrmojzis.mastodonczech.cz.ap.brid.gy, with development by @joedewhurst.bsky.social.
Experience with Red Flag Over Paris definitely gave me the advantage!
Experience with Red Flag Over Paris definitely gave me the advantage!
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Queen of Spies is live! Go back my first game with @djackthompson.bsky.social to make it to print. We are so proud! @saltandpeppergames.bsky.social gamefound.com/en/projects/...
Queen of Spies by SaltandPepper - Gamefound
Queen of Spies is a solo, story-driven board game of espionage and daring missions set in occupied Belgium during the First World War.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Queen of Spies is live! Go back my first game with @djackthompson.bsky.social to make it to print. We are so proud! @saltandpeppergames.bsky.social gamefound.com/en/projects/...
The Nights of King Ludd prototype is taking shape. A snow day play test and component UX with Zenobia the cat… (photo taken moments before she attempted to chew one of the red cubes)
#boardgame design
#boardgame design
December 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The Nights of King Ludd prototype is taking shape. A snow day play test and component UX with Zenobia the cat… (photo taken moments before she attempted to chew one of the red cubes)
#boardgame design
#boardgame design
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An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
December 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Introducing… ZENOBIA, aka ZZ Countertop, aka Puss Springsteen
December 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Introducing… ZENOBIA, aka ZZ Countertop, aka Puss Springsteen
Editing a doc about a Puerto Rican domino house on a snowy Saturday (when all I want to do is hygge and play indie board games)
November 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Editing a doc about a Puerto Rican domino house on a snowy Saturday (when all I want to do is hygge and play indie board games)
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Quatre Bras with Paolo Mori — Battlefields of the Napoleonic Wars Play & Teach
YouTube video by Homo Ludens
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November 27, 2025 at 9:15 PM
On Public Radio this morning:
“Guest: I have some friends in the industry and a game that they're really excited about right now was called Chicago ‘68. It is a tabletop game based off the Democratic National Convention.
Host (confused): Sounds like fun…
Guest: Well, for some people it is.“
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“Guest: I have some friends in the industry and a game that they're really excited about right now was called Chicago ‘68. It is a tabletop game based off the Democratic National Convention.
Host (confused): Sounds like fun…
Guest: Well, for some people it is.“
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November 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
On Public Radio this morning:
“Guest: I have some friends in the industry and a game that they're really excited about right now was called Chicago ‘68. It is a tabletop game based off the Democratic National Convention.
Host (confused): Sounds like fun…
Guest: Well, for some people it is.“
🫠
“Guest: I have some friends in the industry and a game that they're really excited about right now was called Chicago ‘68. It is a tabletop game based off the Democratic National Convention.
Host (confused): Sounds like fun…
Guest: Well, for some people it is.“
🫠
A Tale of Two Chicagos: one, in the throes of revolutionary struggle, the other, crushed under the boot of state power.
(love seeing two simultaneous games of Chicago '68 at my local game shop!)
(love seeing two simultaneous games of Chicago '68 at my local game shop!)
November 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
A Tale of Two Chicagos: one, in the throes of revolutionary struggle, the other, crushed under the boot of state power.
(love seeing two simultaneous games of Chicago '68 at my local game shop!)
(love seeing two simultaneous games of Chicago '68 at my local game shop!)
Udo Kier’s one and only tweet:
November 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Udo Kier’s one and only tweet:
A window in Carlisle Cumbria, photo by Alan Bowe
November 22, 2025 at 2:11 AM
A window in Carlisle Cumbria, photo by Alan Bowe
Reading this morning: Eurymedousa, mother of the Myrmidon, was seduced by Zeus who had transformed himself into an ant. An ant. Leda and the Swan, ok, ridiculous, but ok. An ant. Greeks…
November 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Reading this morning: Eurymedousa, mother of the Myrmidon, was seduced by Zeus who had transformed himself into an ant. An ant. Leda and the Swan, ok, ridiculous, but ok. An ant. Greeks…
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Federal agents used chemical weapons on Chicagoans at least 49 times — even after a judge said to stop.
Contrary to federal claims about attacks on agents, most of these incidents appear to involve nonviolent protesters or bystanders. blockclubchi.co/47PoaXb
Contrary to federal claims about attacks on agents, most of these incidents appear to involve nonviolent protesters or bystanders. blockclubchi.co/47PoaXb
November 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Federal agents used chemical weapons on Chicagoans at least 49 times — even after a judge said to stop.
Contrary to federal claims about attacks on agents, most of these incidents appear to involve nonviolent protesters or bystanders. blockclubchi.co/47PoaXb
Contrary to federal claims about attacks on agents, most of these incidents appear to involve nonviolent protesters or bystanders. blockclubchi.co/47PoaXb
I may have to add “Battlefields of the Napoleonic Wars” to this list. Beautiful design work by @mropla.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I may have to add “Battlefields of the Napoleonic Wars” to this list. Beautiful design work by @mropla.bsky.social
Ok ok. In no particular order (and subject to change momentarily):
Pax Renaissance
John Company 2ed
Lisboa
Inis
Root
Sekigahara
Bohnanza
Carcassonne (Hunters and Gatherers)
Barrage
Pax Penning
Pax Renaissance
John Company 2ed
Lisboa
Inis
Root
Sekigahara
Bohnanza
Carcassonne (Hunters and Gatherers)
Barrage
Pax Penning
board game enthusiasts of bluesky, what are your top 10 board games of all time
November 16, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Ok ok. In no particular order (and subject to change momentarily):
Pax Renaissance
John Company 2ed
Lisboa
Inis
Root
Sekigahara
Bohnanza
Carcassonne (Hunters and Gatherers)
Barrage
Pax Penning
Pax Renaissance
John Company 2ed
Lisboa
Inis
Root
Sekigahara
Bohnanza
Carcassonne (Hunters and Gatherers)
Barrage
Pax Penning
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… I think she’s trying to type out her name
… I think she’s trying to type out her name
November 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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… I think she’s trying to type out her name
… I think she’s trying to type out her name
Taking suggestions for cat names! She’s springy, sweet, and apparently loves Jazz.
November 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Taking suggestions for cat names! She’s springy, sweet, and apparently loves Jazz.
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If you’ve been waiting to pick up Sykes-Picot, this is a great time to do it! Definitely check out Persuasion by @xoe.gay!! Or Oblique or Table Battles or or or so many other great games from Hollandspiele!
November 13, 2025 at 12:40 AM
If you’ve been waiting to pick up Sykes-Picot, this is a great time to do it! Definitely check out Persuasion by @xoe.gay!! Or Oblique or Table Battles or or or so many other great games from Hollandspiele!
What a great experience at @sdhistcon.bsky.social! Finally had a chance to play Cross Bronx Expressway, the John Co. Mega-Game, Bowie, Tierra y Libertad, and even run a double demo of Chicago '68...
Huge thanks to all the convention staff, players, and designers for making this happen!!
Huge thanks to all the convention staff, players, and designers for making this happen!!
November 11, 2025 at 11:41 PM
What a great experience at @sdhistcon.bsky.social! Finally had a chance to play Cross Bronx Expressway, the John Co. Mega-Game, Bowie, Tierra y Libertad, and even run a double demo of Chicago '68...
Huge thanks to all the convention staff, players, and designers for making this happen!!
Huge thanks to all the convention staff, players, and designers for making this happen!!
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Playing Fruit by Dan Bullock in San Diego.
November 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Playing Fruit by Dan Bullock in San Diego.
Some last minute prototyping before I (hopefully) fly out to the San Diego Historical Gaming Convention ✊
Sous les pavés la plage with @fredserval.bsky.social & @joedewhurst.bsky.social
At @sdhistcon.bsky.social 🎲✂️
Sous les pavés la plage with @fredserval.bsky.social & @joedewhurst.bsky.social
At @sdhistcon.bsky.social 🎲✂️
November 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Some last minute prototyping before I (hopefully) fly out to the San Diego Historical Gaming Convention ✊
Sous les pavés la plage with @fredserval.bsky.social & @joedewhurst.bsky.social
At @sdhistcon.bsky.social 🎲✂️
Sous les pavés la plage with @fredserval.bsky.social & @joedewhurst.bsky.social
At @sdhistcon.bsky.social 🎲✂️
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Happy Dick Cheney is Dead Day. He tried to get Kamala over the line. She thanked him by name during the debate. But it just wasn’t enough. “What do we believe?” A whole class of people laughing hysterically and slamming the door in everyone’s faces.
What do we believe? (Vice Scene)
YouTube video by Desperajoe
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November 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Happy Dick Cheney is Dead Day. He tried to get Kamala over the line. She thanked him by name during the debate. But it just wasn’t enough. “What do we believe?” A whole class of people laughing hysterically and slamming the door in everyone’s faces.