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Board game designer & designer of Apiary & Wyrmspan. General nerd. Partner of @hexstardragon.bsky.social. Panders to cats. She/Her. Avatar from: https://paavilaisentaide.carrd.co/

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Yes! I'm excited to venture outside my native habitat

07.03.2026 01:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah. "Don't give a shit about others!"

05.03.2026 04:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I feel this; it's a constant struggle. One news clip completely obliterates my focus & has me questioning why I'm spending my time making games instead of doing....some unspecified thing that would help.

05.03.2026 04:44 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The success of Wyrmspan is absolutely incredible and humbling! I'm so grateful to Jamey, Elizabeth, and the whole Stonemaier team for the opportunity to be a part of it :-)

03.03.2026 16:00 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, that would have been nice. Pretty disgusted with the whole thing TBH. I know that hockey is largely maga, but hate being reminded of it

25.02.2026 02:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

More than I expected, honestly. At least only like 80% of them are trash

25.02.2026 00:02 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

As a fan of the sport, it's been so disheartening

24.02.2026 00:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Awesome! Really glad they fit the bill :-)

05.02.2026 19:48 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Colors/Sizes of Lihit Lab Pastello Twist Ring Notebook - B6 - Lined - Beige | JetPens Colors/Sizes of Lihit Lab Pastello Twist Ring Notebook - B6 - Lined - Beige

I really like these refillable notebooks. At this point I have one for every prototype. They come in some nice (smaller) sizes too so you can throw them in prototype boxes, and you can get lined or unlined refill pages: www.jetpens.com/Lihit-Lab-Pa...

05.02.2026 14:52 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Becoming a billionaire requires an extreme amount of selfishness and callousness. No surprise that once you're a billionaire, those traits remain.

04.02.2026 16:52 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life (in the style of System Of A Down) feat. @macglocky
Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life (in the style of System Of A Down) feat. @macglocky YouTube video by Anthony Vincent

Ok ngl, kind of obsessed with this.

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

31.01.2026 04:46 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Yup! It's not an especially scientific term, but essentially every time I go in and change the components. At the beginning, I might change 80+% of the components. At the end, I might be just tweaking a few things here and there

29.01.2026 17:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Can't wait!

28.01.2026 20:38 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm finding Mamdani so inspiring. This PSA below is informative, upbeat, and clearly sets expectations. 10/10

25.01.2026 23:49 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Incredible, inspiring, and sobering.

22.01.2026 05:28 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is hilarious. Colorado is just on a whole different planet

20.01.2026 15:33 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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BGA Awards 2026 Vote for your favourite game adaptation on Board Game Arena from 2025!

Just saw that Apiary was nominated for a BGA award! Very cool! boardgamearena.com/awards

16.01.2026 16:03 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I had a lot of angst in leaving government. I WANTED to make a principled stand & go out in a blaze of glory. But there was never any stand to take - everything they did was malicious & haphazard illegality that changed every hour. There was never a plan to disrupt, & it was comply or be fired.

14.01.2026 01:48 πŸ‘ 53 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Apiary Board Game Review – Stonemaier Games - We're Not Wizards My scepticism with the Stonemaier range of games has always been the same old question, β€˜how much interactivity…

Absolutely lovely review of Apiary from @werenotwizards.com : www.werenotwizards.co.uk/apiary-board... so amazing to see the game still getting love 2 years later!

10.01.2026 17:53 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's tough - I feel both of these. I'm trying to absolutely get over the first one!

05.01.2026 13:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Love this!

05.01.2026 13:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That's a very cool anecdote about Cascadia! I like that framing too - you never know what will trigger something cool in the future :-)

05.01.2026 13:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah! I think lately I've left the self-censorship creep in too early. It's a fine line & it's hard in any kind of creative field. You definitely don't want to prototype every idea - but you don't want smother them before they start

05.01.2026 03:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I worry to a large extent that there's a gender component here. It seems like self-censorship happens a lot more for women than men. But regardless of where it came from, I'm going to take this small daily step to work myself out of it. Wish me luck!

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05.01.2026 03:11 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

Why? Because I need to stop censoring my own ideas. I realized (after talking with the wise @hexstardragon.bsky.social ) that I give my own ideas half (or less!) the credibility that I give others'. I need to get back into the habit of giving them with a little respect.

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05.01.2026 03:11 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

The closest thing I have to a New Year's resolution is this:

Every day, I am going to write down one board game idea. No matter how garbage or nonsense or terrible I think it is, I will write it down in a cute little notebook I got for the purpose.

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05.01.2026 03:11 πŸ‘ 64 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, fun - this sounds amazing! Thank you!

31.12.2025 01:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ohh thank you! I'll check them out - love me a good sampler pack, and those teas all sound amaaaazing!

30.12.2025 04:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Awesome, thank you!! And sure - I'll take any specific recs you've got. Really appreciate the info!

30.12.2025 04:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for the recs - I'll check out the HT! I get the Blue Fields earl gray from Keats & Co and absolutely love it! And unrelatedly, their socks which are amazing :-).

30.12.2025 03:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0