Amabel Holland
@amabel.bsky.social
She/her. "Widely considered one of today’s most innovative game designers." - The New Yorker
Board games: https://hollandspiele.com
video essays: youtube.com/@hollandspiele
Patreon: patreon.com/amabelholland
sidekicking: youtube.com/@SBPlaysGames
Board games: https://hollandspiele.com
video essays: youtube.com/@hollandspiele
Patreon: patreon.com/amabelholland
sidekicking: youtube.com/@SBPlaysGames
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Amabel Holland
@amabel.bsky.social
· Dec 26
📌 I'm Amabel!
- I design & publish weird board games via Hollandspiele
- I research the uncredited game designers of the twentieth century
- I make video essays about board games
- I talk about transition, politics, trauma, and my hypersexuality
- I design & publish weird board games via Hollandspiele
- I research the uncredited game designers of the twentieth century
- I make video essays about board games
- I talk about transition, politics, trauma, and my hypersexuality
heck this got me so pumped I even made myself breakfast
February 17, 2026 at 2:21 PM
heck this got me so pumped I even made myself breakfast
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Lavender spats would fix me
February 17, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Lavender spats would fix me
I don't play Magic so I don't understand this card but boy do I understand these faces
One of my favorite EDH moments of all time was handing people a copy of Aluando the Seer and them making these faces as they read his text box
February 17, 2026 at 2:01 PM
I don't play Magic so I don't understand this card but boy do I understand these faces
sometimes it's hard to get out of bed, get dressed, and start my day
but then I think about how delighted Hans Conried's titular gay supervillain is to get dressed in Dr. T, and it gives me the energy I need
youtu.be/Bwju0ZG5sVk?...
but then I think about how delighted Hans Conried's titular gay supervillain is to get dressed in Dr. T, and it gives me the energy I need
youtu.be/Bwju0ZG5sVk?...
The 50,000 Fingers of Dr. T(1953)-Do-Mi-Do Duds(Song)
YouTube video by McCraeTheMediaLover1999
youtu.be
February 17, 2026 at 1:53 PM
sometimes it's hard to get out of bed, get dressed, and start my day
but then I think about how delighted Hans Conried's titular gay supervillain is to get dressed in Dr. T, and it gives me the energy I need
youtu.be/Bwju0ZG5sVk?...
but then I think about how delighted Hans Conried's titular gay supervillain is to get dressed in Dr. T, and it gives me the energy I need
youtu.be/Bwju0ZG5sVk?...
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As a fat trans woman with a clocky voice, I recognize there is a ceiling to the growth of my video work that wouldn't be a problem for a thinner woman with a more traditionally feminine voice. Conversely, being on camera has slowly helped me love my voice & shape, & eradicated that dysphoria.
February 13, 2026 at 12:37 AM
As a fat trans woman with a clocky voice, I recognize there is a ceiling to the growth of my video work that wouldn't be a problem for a thinner woman with a more traditionally feminine voice. Conversely, being on camera has slowly helped me love my voice & shape, & eradicated that dysphoria.
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Was asked to make a banner ad so I'm trying out a new tagline
February 14, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Was asked to make a banner ad so I'm trying out a new tagline
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I've said before I couldn't do my video work - especially my videos about designers of the mid-twentieth century - without my patreon producers and one of the ways in which I mean this is that absolutely under no other circumstances would I have spent $150 plus shipping for Skittle Tac-Toe
February 15, 2026 at 1:25 PM
I've said before I couldn't do my video work - especially my videos about designers of the mid-twentieth century - without my patreon producers and one of the ways in which I mean this is that absolutely under no other circumstances would I have spent $150 plus shipping for Skittle Tac-Toe
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Alright everyone u ready for today? Please enjoy any of the following u celebrate:
-Paczki Day!
-Ramadan!
-Lunar New Year!
-Mardi Gras!
-Other Fat Tuesday option not mentioned above
GO TEAM!!!!
-Paczki Day!
-Ramadan!
-Lunar New Year!
-Mardi Gras!
-Other Fat Tuesday option not mentioned above
GO TEAM!!!!
February 17, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Alright everyone u ready for today? Please enjoy any of the following u celebrate:
-Paczki Day!
-Ramadan!
-Lunar New Year!
-Mardi Gras!
-Other Fat Tuesday option not mentioned above
GO TEAM!!!!
-Paczki Day!
-Ramadan!
-Lunar New Year!
-Mardi Gras!
-Other Fat Tuesday option not mentioned above
GO TEAM!!!!
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I’m sleeping with this woman and a male acquaintance of ours saw me touching her hair and was like “you need to stop touching her so much” like I was somehow being a creeper or something and I was like “she didn’t mind me touching her pussy the other night”
February 17, 2026 at 5:10 AM
I’m sleeping with this woman and a male acquaintance of ours saw me touching her hair and was like “you need to stop touching her so much” like I was somehow being a creeper or something and I was like “she didn’t mind me touching her pussy the other night”
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**has never looked at a single Joe Rogan anything**
**currently watching/listening the FDS Tyler Perry breakdown**
**pauses at the short Joe Rogan segment**
*blinks blankly*
PEOPLE LIKE THIS MAN?!?
...how?! He
He's... SO. Incredibly fucking stupid
I know its just like... one thing but holy shit
**currently watching/listening the FDS Tyler Perry breakdown**
**pauses at the short Joe Rogan segment**
*blinks blankly*
PEOPLE LIKE THIS MAN?!?
...how?! He
He's... SO. Incredibly fucking stupid
I know its just like... one thing but holy shit
February 17, 2026 at 4:24 AM
**has never looked at a single Joe Rogan anything**
**currently watching/listening the FDS Tyler Perry breakdown**
**pauses at the short Joe Rogan segment**
*blinks blankly*
PEOPLE LIKE THIS MAN?!?
...how?! He
He's... SO. Incredibly fucking stupid
I know its just like... one thing but holy shit
**currently watching/listening the FDS Tyler Perry breakdown**
**pauses at the short Joe Rogan segment**
*blinks blankly*
PEOPLE LIKE THIS MAN?!?
...how?! He
He's... SO. Incredibly fucking stupid
I know its just like... one thing but holy shit
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because it's going around: "edmund mcmillen is the john waters of videogames" even to me as someone who doesn't have that much of a problem with his aesthetic ideas/approaches, is a nuclear level bad take. especially when we have so many actual queer artists in games making transgressive stuff.
February 16, 2026 at 9:16 PM
because it's going around: "edmund mcmillen is the john waters of videogames" even to me as someone who doesn't have that much of a problem with his aesthetic ideas/approaches, is a nuclear level bad take. especially when we have so many actual queer artists in games making transgressive stuff.
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pretty damn put out that ctc featured a terrible ai-generated sudoku on their channel
February 16, 2026 at 10:52 PM
pretty damn put out that ctc featured a terrible ai-generated sudoku on their channel
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Frederick Wiseman, a director whose rigorously objective explorations of social and cultural institutions constitute one of the more revered bodies of work in American documentary filmmaking, died on Monday. He was 96. nyti.ms/4qGpq55
Frederick Wiseman, 96, Penetrating Documentarian of Institutions, Dies
He exposed abuses in films like “Titicut Follies,” a once-banned portrait of a mental hospital, but ranged widely in subject matter, from a Queens neighborhood to a French restaurant.
nyti.ms
February 16, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Frederick Wiseman, a director whose rigorously objective explorations of social and cultural institutions constitute one of the more revered bodies of work in American documentary filmmaking, died on Monday. He was 96. nyti.ms/4qGpq55
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One of the under-stated signs that this is all a bubble and even the players know it is that they’re rushing to build data centres in places that make zero sense if you actually plan on operating a data centre. The Paluxy watershed just does not have the water supply, this is all smash-and-grab.
@foldablehuman.bsky.social Were you aware of the AI data center they are trying to build near Dinosaur Valley, which will have a huge ecological impact on the river?
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/10/t...
Sierra Club has instructions on how to take action. www.sierraclub.org/texas/greate...
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/10/t...
Sierra Club has instructions on how to take action. www.sierraclub.org/texas/greate...
A Texas county rejects moratorium on data center development
The 3-2 vote from Hood County commissioners Tuesday came after they received a letter from a state senator saying they did not have the power to issue a moratorium.
www.texastribune.org
February 16, 2026 at 3:47 PM
One of the under-stated signs that this is all a bubble and even the players know it is that they’re rushing to build data centres in places that make zero sense if you actually plan on operating a data centre. The Paluxy watershed just does not have the water supply, this is all smash-and-grab.
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Crushing: One of the most legendary musicians of your lifetime puts Kraft Singles on tacos.
February 15, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Crushing: One of the most legendary musicians of your lifetime puts Kraft Singles on tacos.
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Fighting for trans rights has NEVER cost a Democratic candidate an election. NOT fighting for trans rights have absolutely cost Democratic candidates elections. If you want a Dem to win, they must fight for trans rights. The data is clear about this.
February 16, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Fighting for trans rights has NEVER cost a Democratic candidate an election. NOT fighting for trans rights have absolutely cost Democratic candidates elections. If you want a Dem to win, they must fight for trans rights. The data is clear about this.
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‘images you can hear’? you can hear any image if you convert the file to audio. usually it sounds awful though
February 16, 2026 at 1:25 PM
‘images you can hear’? you can hear any image if you convert the file to audio. usually it sounds awful though
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"A tomato is a fruit but you wouldn't put one in a fruit salad"
You're a coward. You're pathetic. I WOULD put a tomato in a fruit salad because I'm not scared of tomorrow
You're a coward. You're pathetic. I WOULD put a tomato in a fruit salad because I'm not scared of tomorrow
February 16, 2026 at 1:42 PM
"A tomato is a fruit but you wouldn't put one in a fruit salad"
You're a coward. You're pathetic. I WOULD put a tomato in a fruit salad because I'm not scared of tomorrow
You're a coward. You're pathetic. I WOULD put a tomato in a fruit salad because I'm not scared of tomorrow
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I'm not entirely surprised by PinkNews' campaign to make trans healthcare seem new and untried given the views of their editorship
Can we stop acting like every bit of research about trans people is entirely new?
The study they are referencing suggests that injections are more effective and that Spiro sucks... which like... thats been known for a long time
The study they are referencing suggests that injections are more effective and that Spiro sucks... which like... thats been known for a long time
February 16, 2026 at 1:43 PM
I'm not entirely surprised by PinkNews' campaign to make trans healthcare seem new and untried given the views of their editorship
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HAL JORDAN: In brightest day, in blackest
BEASTIE BOYS: NIGHT!
HAL JORDAN: No evil shall escape my
BEASTIE BOYS: SIGHT!
HAL JORDAN: This is awkward because when I invited you I thought I was messaging Beast Boy from the Teen Titans.
BEASTIE BOYS: NIGHT!
HAL JORDAN: No evil shall escape my
BEASTIE BOYS: SIGHT!
HAL JORDAN: This is awkward because when I invited you I thought I was messaging Beast Boy from the Teen Titans.
February 15, 2026 at 8:29 PM
HAL JORDAN: In brightest day, in blackest
BEASTIE BOYS: NIGHT!
HAL JORDAN: No evil shall escape my
BEASTIE BOYS: SIGHT!
HAL JORDAN: This is awkward because when I invited you I thought I was messaging Beast Boy from the Teen Titans.
BEASTIE BOYS: NIGHT!
HAL JORDAN: No evil shall escape my
BEASTIE BOYS: SIGHT!
HAL JORDAN: This is awkward because when I invited you I thought I was messaging Beast Boy from the Teen Titans.
Today we're looking at Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure, and TR-49!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9kL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9kL...
SB And Amabel Crack The Code
YouTube video by SB
www.youtube.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Today we're looking at Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure, and TR-49!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9kL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9kL...
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me: if we're stuck in the jungle and I die you should eat me for nutrition
dee: you refuse to go anywhere near a jungle
me: yes, for this exact reason. I don't want us to be stuck in a jungle and I die and you have to eat me for nutrition. but if we did,
dee: I'm getting mixed messages here
dee: you refuse to go anywhere near a jungle
me: yes, for this exact reason. I don't want us to be stuck in a jungle and I die and you have to eat me for nutrition. but if we did,
dee: I'm getting mixed messages here
February 15, 2026 at 4:28 PM
me: if we're stuck in the jungle and I die you should eat me for nutrition
dee: you refuse to go anywhere near a jungle
me: yes, for this exact reason. I don't want us to be stuck in a jungle and I die and you have to eat me for nutrition. but if we did,
dee: I'm getting mixed messages here
dee: you refuse to go anywhere near a jungle
me: yes, for this exact reason. I don't want us to be stuck in a jungle and I die and you have to eat me for nutrition. but if we did,
dee: I'm getting mixed messages here
Essentially? When we signed the game, we agreed to publish six volumes, with the understanding that the base game would be a loss leader for the expansions (which cover eras with more general interest - 7 Years War, American Rev, Napoleonics, ACW). And the series sold reasonably well at first. 1/7
Is the H&M model dependent on Sean cranking out a ton of expansions?
February 15, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Essentially? When we signed the game, we agreed to publish six volumes, with the understanding that the base game would be a loss leader for the expansions (which cover eras with more general interest - 7 Years War, American Rev, Napoleonics, ACW). And the series sold reasonably well at first. 1/7
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Oh this is painfully real
the AuDHD urge to put additional context in parentheses in texts so others know there’s more than one thought happening at the same time
February 15, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Oh this is painfully real
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this is such a tragically apt summary of so many current artists, writers, and filmmakers.
Very disappointed with Wim Wenders... something someone else shared recently...
February 15, 2026 at 3:50 PM
this is such a tragically apt summary of so many current artists, writers, and filmmakers.