As well as we're able, we do this first-come-first-served, or at least first-acknowledged-first-served. (We are two people.)

If you want recommendations, please ask! @mxtiffanyleigh and/or I have played all of these and would love to make sure you get games that are right for your group.

We rehome these because we want them to be played. Don't just claim stuff to sell them; post photos of them out on your gaming table! It helps us to let go, knowing they are loved.

#boardgames #boardgame

Review: The candlelight flickers across the damp stone walls, casting long shadows that stretch and twist. You huddle closer to the table, scanning the cards laid out like pages from a forbidden story, the musky scent of ink and paper mixing with the chill in the air. Every dice roll echoes forebodingly in the quiet room, a tiny heartbeat of suspense. Each time you put pencil to paper, you mark the fate of you and your companions. Then, all of a sudden, you realise that you're so close. You're about to Escape the Dark Castle by Alex Crispin, Thomas Pike and James Shelton from Themeborne with art by Alex Crispin.

Read the full review or listen to the audio version here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2025/10/11/escape-the-dark-castle-saturday-review/

(photo courtesy of Themeborne)

#boardgames #reviews #RPGs #StoryTelling

Review: The candlelight flickers across the damp stone walls, casting long shadows that stretch and twist. You huddle closer to the table, scanning the cards laid out like pages from a forbidden story, the musky scent of ink and paper mixing with the chill in the air. Every dice roll echoes forebodingly in the quiet room, a tiny heartbeat of suspense. Each time you put pencil to paper, you mark the fate of you and your companions. Then, all of a sudden, you realise that you're so close. You're about to Escape the Dark Castle by Alex Crispin, Thomas Pike and James Shelton from Themeborne with art by Alex Crispin.

Read the full review or listen to the audio version here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2025/10/11/escape-the-dark-castle-saturday-review/

(photo courtesy of Themeborne)

#boardgames #reviews #RPGs #StoryTelling

#Introductions (more of a re-intro, ~5 yrs Mastodon veteran on the original instance)

I’m Andy, a techie, developer advocate, educator and public speaker based in the UK. Follow me for rambling about, among other things…

- #MicroPython
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- #MQTT
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- #LEGO
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Links and more -> https://andypiper.me

Sophie [predator tag] [petting zoo tag]
Size 165 enclosure
Immediate effect: Shuffle your action cards and then try to put them back in the same order.
Ongoing effect: if Released Into the Wild, returns to your zoo within two turns.

#ArkNova #Boardgames #cats

Sophie [predator tag] [petting zoo tag]
Size 165 enclosure
Immediate effect: Shuffle your action cards and then try to put them back in the same order.
Ongoing effect: if Released Into the Wild, returns to your zoo within two turns.

#ArkNova #Boardgames #cats

Cheeky Parrot Games was one of the main organisers in the covid safe game event yesterday (they provided most of the games we played).

I have been clicking around their website and found this thoughtful and very nicely written piece on covid awareness from a couple of months ago.

Give it a read, play their games! They are cool!

Matariki Thoughts: Playing the Long Game
https://www.cheekyparrotgames.com/post/matariki-thoughts

#CovidIsNotOver #Aotearoa #boardGames

OK board game folks of mastodon, what are your favorite solo only boardgames. Not boardgames that are multiplayer with a solo mode, or an expansion that makes it solo. I am talking games designed specifically for solo only.

Think memos war and legacy of yu.

What are your favorite solo only #boardgames

OK board game folks of mastodon, what are your favorite solo only boardgames. Not boardgames that are multiplayer with a solo mode, or an expansion that makes it solo. I am talking games designed specifically for solo only.

Think memos war and legacy of yu.

What are your favorite solo only #boardgames

clue: godzilla edition. the mystery is “who kidnapped minilla?”

https://godzilla.com/products/clue-godzilla

#godzilla #monsterdon #boardgames

clue: godzilla edition. the mystery is “who kidnapped minilla?”

https://godzilla.com/products/clue-godzilla

#godzilla #monsterdon #boardgames

Japan's oldest professional player of the board game go retired at age 98 after saying she can no longer handle "six hours without a break." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/20/japan/japans-oldest-go-player-retires/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #boardgames #kazukosugiuchi #go

(For me it's the movie Major League)

#fiction #movies #film #videogames #games#TV #television #manga #anime #boardgames #ccgs #ttrpg #comics #comicbooks#musicals #books

Ages ago, I Kickstarted the deluxe edition of this game for my partner, and it finally arrived yesterday! I had the chance to play it with her and her husband tonight. It was a VERY close game, as you can see on the final score sheet. :)

The game was very cute, and I can imagine people from Mastodon relating to it. The basic cycle is puttering around your house littering your apartment with stacks of books and recharging your social battery until you have the spoons to leave the house, at which time you go into town and visit the used book store, the library, the book exchange, and the shops to pick up more books and neat things. When your social battery is depleted, you head home, unload your backpack, and putter around again.

You win by arranging your book stacks to complete certain goals, collecting lots of books, and collecting neat trinkets and stuff at the shops.

It's got a very cozy vibe, and the production value is quite high. Although we had the deluxe edition, I get the feeling that the same will be true for the retail edition as well. It moves pretty fast, but optimizing things takes a fair bit of planning and thought. Overall, I quite liked it and am looking forward to trying it again sometime.

#boardgames #books #cozy #introverts

Ages ago, I Kickstarted the deluxe edition of this game for my partner, and it finally arrived yesterday! I had the chance to play it with her and her husband tonight. It was a VERY close game, as you can see on the final score sheet. :)

The game was very cute, and I can imagine people from Mastodon relating to it. The basic cycle is puttering around your house littering your apartment with stacks of books and recharging your social battery until you have the spoons to leave the house, at which time you go into town and visit the used book store, the library, the book exchange, and the shops to pick up more books and neat things. When your social battery is depleted, you head home, unload your backpack, and putter around again.

You win by arranging your book stacks to complete certain goals, collecting lots of books, and collecting neat trinkets and stuff at the shops.

It's got a very cozy vibe, and the production value is quite high. Although we had the deluxe edition, I get the feeling that the same will be true for the retail edition as well. It moves pretty fast, but optimizing things takes a fair bit of planning and thought. Overall, I quite liked it and am looking forward to trying it again sometime.

#boardgames #books #cozy #introverts

The board game publisher CGE, recently put out an announcement for their upcoming Codenames Harry Potter edition.

It’s incredibly disappointing that they would choose to collab on a project that would actively support and give money to the transphobic bigot, JK Rowling.

It was an easy decision for us. We will not be buying, reviewing, or recommending CGE games going forward.

Trans rights are human rights, simple as that.

#BoardGames

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Here are some links as a rough timeline of events, which started with their announcement post on Bluesky.

Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/codenamesgame.bsky.social/post/3lul7oqmuws25

Their response after pushback: https://www.czechgames.com/news/why-we-created-the-new-licensed-version-of-codenames - Please note how they avoided saying the name of the game or franchise. Comments are turned off.

Them blocking en masse (Including some trans game designers): https://clearsky.app/codenamesgame.bsky.social/blocked-by

Again, Trans rights are human rights.

#BoardGames

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The board game publisher CGE, recently put out an announcement for their upcoming Codenames Harry Potter edition.

It’s incredibly disappointing that they would choose to collab on a project that would actively support and give money to the transphobic bigot, JK Rowling.

It was an easy decision for us. We will not be buying, reviewing, or recommending CGE games going forward.

Trans rights are human rights, simple as that.

#BoardGames

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Did you know that foxes looooove #boardgames? Especially ones where you have to outfox others. We're looking forward to playing a few rounds with our friends at the end of the month at a community event in Bremen.

#Fox#FoxCalendar#Plushie#Plushy #photography