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Episode 220 - Adam Blinkinsop on Echo from the Dark - Beyond Solitaire
For the Season 11 finale, designer and developer Adam Blinkinsop (@blinks.itch.io) talks about development for GMT, his approach to game design, and his current project: Echo from the Dark. P500: http...
beyondsolitaire.buzzsprout.com
Had a great time talking with @beyondsolitaire.bsky.social about design, development, and science fiction: beyondsolitaire.buzzsprout.com/1091807/epis...
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I recently released a 20th anniversary episode of Board Games with Scott.
In this show, I talk about what I've been up to and Critical Games.
You can watch this episode here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2Xg...
#boardgames
In this show, I talk about what I've been up to and Critical Games.
You can watch this episode here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2Xg...
#boardgames
Board Games with Scott - 20th Anniversary Special - Critical Games
YouTube video by Scott Nicholson
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December 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I recently released a 20th anniversary episode of Board Games with Scott.
In this show, I talk about what I've been up to and Critical Games.
You can watch this episode here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2Xg...
#boardgames
In this show, I talk about what I've been up to and Critical Games.
You can watch this episode here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2Xg...
#boardgames
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🚨 ALERT: New Copyright Laws Going Into Effect January 1st, 2026 🚨
Starting in the new year, if you play a #ttrpg on a streaming service or write about folks streaming #ttrpgs and you fail provide links to those games for your audience, you will be legally considered an absolute poopy-butt.
Starting in the new year, if you play a #ttrpg on a streaming service or write about folks streaming #ttrpgs and you fail provide links to those games for your audience, you will be legally considered an absolute poopy-butt.
December 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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I work in board games, and what makes my work in the form good is my genuine interest in books, in film, in music, in dance, in cooking, in woodworking. Cultivating curiosity & a voracious appetite for different works in different forms is so incredibly important.
Throwing my hat into the "you have to read in order to write" ring. I think that it's more important to engage with multiple genres & mediums to be a better writer, expanding your horizons is the best way to grow your skills & there's no limit or quota of how much you do that.
December 19, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I work in board games, and what makes my work in the form good is my genuine interest in books, in film, in music, in dance, in cooking, in woodworking. Cultivating curiosity & a voracious appetite for different works in different forms is so incredibly important.
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What’s a traditional card game you know you’ve got at least 100 hours playing? Anything you can play with a standard pack of 52. Preferably something you still enjoy.
Easily Cribbage for me, but Spades was also big in our family growing up. I usually preferred to play without sandbags if allowed.
Easily Cribbage for me, but Spades was also big in our family growing up. I usually preferred to play without sandbags if allowed.
December 18, 2025 at 2:56 AM
What’s a traditional card game you know you’ve got at least 100 hours playing? Anything you can play with a standard pack of 52. Preferably something you still enjoy.
Easily Cribbage for me, but Spades was also big in our family growing up. I usually preferred to play without sandbags if allowed.
Easily Cribbage for me, but Spades was also big in our family growing up. I usually preferred to play without sandbags if allowed.
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Keep thinking about this term "pre-digested" that Kojima used to describe art that's instantly gratifying. And how it's better when people grow to love something instead.
I've gravitated, as player and designer, toward the latter, but that term "pre-digested" is new and feels very strong.
I've gravitated, as player and designer, toward the latter, but that term "pre-digested" is new and feels very strong.
December 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Keep thinking about this term "pre-digested" that Kojima used to describe art that's instantly gratifying. And how it's better when people grow to love something instead.
I've gravitated, as player and designer, toward the latter, but that term "pre-digested" is new and feels very strong.
I've gravitated, as player and designer, toward the latter, but that term "pre-digested" is new and feels very strong.
Our set started around 1h30 at Substation's "Modular Seattle" night (I played with my friend "Greymadr"):
www.twitch.tv/videos/26441...
www.twitch.tv/videos/26441...
Twitch
Twitch is the world
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December 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Our set started around 1h30 at Substation's "Modular Seattle" night (I played with my friend "Greymadr"):
www.twitch.tv/videos/26441...
www.twitch.tv/videos/26441...
Loading up to head to the show!
December 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Loading up to head to the show!
Prep for Sunday concert: got to build my instrument.
December 13, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Prep for Sunday concert: got to build my instrument.
New Channel + My Con "CRAWL" Gaming Highlights
YouTube video by Kickin' It Creative with Candice
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December 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Dec 11th 2025 (Tricky), in less than 9 minutes
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
cluesbysam.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Dec 11th 2025 (Tricky), in less than 9 minutes
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One time we were out to dinner with the team who'd translated Apocalypse World into Italian. The project lead signalled for quiet and they all raised their glases.
"Vincent," he said, and then they all as one: "fuuuuuck yoooouuu."
"Vincent," he said, and then they all as one: "fuuuuuck yoooouuu."
December 7, 2025 at 1:37 AM
One time we were out to dinner with the team who'd translated Apocalypse World into Italian. The project lead signalled for quiet and they all raised their glases.
"Vincent," he said, and then they all as one: "fuuuuuck yoooouuu."
"Vincent," he said, and then they all as one: "fuuuuuck yoooouuu."
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“There’s more to historical board games than just hex-and-counter WWII”: Candice Harris on turning her video talents to making historical wargaming more accessible after her surprise BoardGameGeek exit:
boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
@candidrum.bsky.social @gmtgames.bsky.social
boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
@candidrum.bsky.social @gmtgames.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
“There’s more to historical board games than just hex-and-counter WWII”: Candice Harris on turning her video talents to making historical wargaming more accessible after her surprise BoardGameGeek exit:
boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
@candidrum.bsky.social @gmtgames.bsky.social
boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
@candidrum.bsky.social @gmtgames.bsky.social
Had a great time talking with @beyondsolitaire.bsky.social about design, development, and science fiction: beyondsolitaire.buzzsprout.com/1091807/epis...
Episode 220 - Adam Blinkinsop on Echo from the Dark - Beyond Solitaire
For the Season 11 finale, designer and developer Adam Blinkinsop (@blinks.itch.io) talks about development for GMT, his approach to game design, and his current project: Echo from the Dark. P500: http...
beyondsolitaire.buzzsprout.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Had a great time talking with @beyondsolitaire.bsky.social about design, development, and science fiction: beyondsolitaire.buzzsprout.com/1091807/epis...
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Comparing two games just bc they both score majorities is akin to compare Pictionary and Empire Builder because both use "drawing" as a mechanism
December 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Comparing two games just bc they both score majorities is akin to compare Pictionary and Empire Builder because both use "drawing" as a mechanism
Opposite a Christmas tree farm.
December 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Opposite a Christmas tree farm.
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for many who have come to my work from #crossbronxexpressway this may seem a bit jarring, but december is for #ortona
@gmtgames.bsky.social
www.gmtgames.com/p-1072.aspx?...
@gmtgames.bsky.social
www.gmtgames.com/p-1072.aspx?...
December 5, 2025 at 9:26 PM
for many who have come to my work from #crossbronxexpressway this may seem a bit jarring, but december is for #ortona
@gmtgames.bsky.social
www.gmtgames.com/p-1072.aspx?...
@gmtgames.bsky.social
www.gmtgames.com/p-1072.aspx?...
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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.
gamefound.com
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/...
www.speculativeinsight.com/extras/lecki...
Thanks for the link, @srabbelier.bsky.social ! Great interview of two great authors.
Thanks for the link, @srabbelier.bsky.social ! Great interview of two great authors.
Ann Leckie and Arkady Martine: in conversation — Speculative Insight
Ann Leckie and Arkady Martine have both written novels that focus on empires, imperialism, and colonialism, and how people react to and work within those structures. I asked them to chat with me, a...
www.speculativeinsight.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:49 AM
www.speculativeinsight.com/extras/lecki...
Thanks for the link, @srabbelier.bsky.social ! Great interview of two great authors.
Thanks for the link, @srabbelier.bsky.social ! Great interview of two great authors.
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For this latest Space-Cast!, I sat down to chat with Paolo Mori and Alessandro Zucchini about their collaborative project, Battlefields of the Napoleonic Wars, and why they decided the world needed another (and better) hex-and-counter wargame. spacebiff.com/2025/12/03/s...
Space-Cast! #51. Mori, Zucchini, Napoleon
Ah, Napoleon. Old Boney. Roll’n’Bones. The Bone Zone. The guy’s got a lot of nicknames, and even more board games! The latest, and one of the most intriguing, is Battlefields of t…
spacebiff.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:32 AM
For this latest Space-Cast!, I sat down to chat with Paolo Mori and Alessandro Zucchini about their collaborative project, Battlefields of the Napoleonic Wars, and why they decided the world needed another (and better) hex-and-counter wargame. spacebiff.com/2025/12/03/s...
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Autolabelling service that tells you if a poster needs a wellness check or if they are watching sport
November 30, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Autolabelling service that tells you if a poster needs a wellness check or if they are watching sport
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I don't know how to introduce this one. After three titles about opium peddling, I figured the rest of SDHistCon would be breezy by comparison. I was wrong. The next day, I experienced one of the toughest board games I've ever played. Perhaps *the* toughest. spacebiff.com/2025/11/24/u...
Unnameable
After the first day of SDHistCon, where I played three games about opium peddling, I figured the second would be easier on my stomach. I could not have been more wrong. It has no name. Its designer…
spacebiff.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I don't know how to introduce this one. After three titles about opium peddling, I figured the rest of SDHistCon would be breezy by comparison. I was wrong. The next day, I experienced one of the toughest board games I've ever played. Perhaps *the* toughest. spacebiff.com/2025/11/24/u...
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re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
November 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
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I think a lot about “default” expectations in our time — how often they are of very recent construction. (We have dates for when umpires were introduced to kriegsspiel)
If I do my job right, my students don’t assume roleplaying games have a “master” — any more than that games have a win condition.
If I do my job right, my students don’t assume roleplaying games have a “master” — any more than that games have a win condition.
Generations of game designers tried their best but the only word they could muster was “GMless”
November 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I think a lot about “default” expectations in our time — how often they are of very recent construction. (We have dates for when umpires were introduced to kriegsspiel)
If I do my job right, my students don’t assume roleplaying games have a “master” — any more than that games have a win condition.
If I do my job right, my students don’t assume roleplaying games have a “master” — any more than that games have a win condition.