Dean Ray Johnson ⚪
@boardgametextbook.com
Indie video game, music, and board game nerd. AuDHD. Dedicated rulebook hater. Author of Every Board Game Rulebook is Awful.
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Dean Ray Johnson ⚪
@boardgametextbook.com
· Nov 13
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I used to rewrite board game rulebooks as a hobby. I was getting good at it, but something still felt wrong about it.
Then I took grad school classes in technical writing.
And then I started to hate all rulebooks.
And I had to write 90 pages and a new rulebook about it.
Latest draft on my site.
Then I took grad school classes in technical writing.
And then I started to hate all rulebooks.
And I had to write 90 pages and a new rulebook about it.
Latest draft on my site.
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Kind of didn't love the other version so I felt like fucking around for a little bit
December 29, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Kind of didn't love the other version so I felt like fucking around for a little bit
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CFUT is some of the best Adult Swim stuff you've never seen and we need it more than once a year
Our holiday special is now up on YouTube!
Please enjoy an hour of surreal sketch comedy from a TV station that doesn’t exist. We worked really hard on it.
youtu.be/potW-zQLlgY
Please enjoy an hour of surreal sketch comedy from a TV station that doesn’t exist. We worked really hard on it.
youtu.be/potW-zQLlgY
LRR’s Sketch Comedy Holiday Special – CFUT New Year's Countdown || LoadingReadyLIVE Ep119
YouTube video by LoadingReadyRun
youtu.be
December 30, 2025 at 1:40 AM
CFUT is some of the best Adult Swim stuff you've never seen and we need it more than once a year
Okay now I get it. The press wants to hype up anyone who missed the obvious with Trump because the press wants to know that they weren't the only ones.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: i got easily tricked by a moron and it took me years to realize it
THE MEDIA: wow! may we hear your insights??
THE MEDIA: wow! may we hear your insights??
December 31, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Okay now I get it. The press wants to hype up anyone who missed the obvious with Trump because the press wants to know that they weren't the only ones.
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went to the austin kinokuniya and the store manager sure is Going Through Some Shit.
also man bro should not be running a bookstore bro should become an artist
also man bro should not be running a bookstore bro should become an artist
December 29, 2025 at 11:50 PM
went to the austin kinokuniya and the store manager sure is Going Through Some Shit.
also man bro should not be running a bookstore bro should become an artist
also man bro should not be running a bookstore bro should become an artist
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RIP to Mike F, author of possibly the single greatest troll post of all time. An irresistible honeypot for people the sort of people who reply before reading to the end of a post.
December 30, 2025 at 10:37 PM
RIP to Mike F, author of possibly the single greatest troll post of all time. An irresistible honeypot for people the sort of people who reply before reading to the end of a post.
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![Comic. [Banner: Mathematical Society: 2025 Meeting.] PERSON 1 with bun: Any other new developments from the year to cover before we wrap? PERSON 2: Oh, the teens picked a new funny number. PERSON 3 with short hair: Aww, I’m glad to hear they’re still doing that. PERSON 4 with ponytail: I’ll add it to the list. [List: 23 (skidoo!; 42; 69; 420; 1,337; 58,008; [circled]: 67]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreig43e2u4zzpifhq6fbf2iwplmva2lt5rokfg5uws5dysbe55up6wa@jpeg)
December 26, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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When this went viral, I remember people saying I made this up, that there’s no way a child would talk like that. But when that child is 16 and smart as fuck, this is what happens.
December 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
When this went viral, I remember people saying I made this up, that there’s no way a child would talk like that. But when that child is 16 and smart as fuck, this is what happens.
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Make a Bond film casual:
Eight-Legged Kittycat
Eight-Legged Kittycat
Make a Bond film casual:
From Russia With Like
From Russia With Like
Make a Bond film casual:
Sandraker
Sandraker
December 26, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Make a Bond film casual:
Eight-Legged Kittycat
Eight-Legged Kittycat
Got a couple of couches, sleep on the love seat
—Beck, "Loser"
Today has never happened, and that doesn't frighten me
—Björk, "Alarm Call"
I am a perfect copy of whatever I was, something I don't recognize
—Miracle of Sound, "Replica"
—Beck, "Loser"
Today has never happened, and that doesn't frighten me
—Björk, "Alarm Call"
I am a perfect copy of whatever I was, something I don't recognize
—Miracle of Sound, "Replica"
"Hard to be soft, tough to be tender" -Emily Haines
"Of all the many ways a man will break his heart,
well there ain't none meaner than he pulls his own apart" -Rhett Miller
"So let's stay in, let the sofa be our car; let's stay in, let the TV be our stars" -Kele Okereke
"Of all the many ways a man will break his heart,
well there ain't none meaner than he pulls his own apart" -Rhett Miller
"So let's stay in, let the sofa be our car; let's stay in, let the TV be our stars" -Kele Okereke
December 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Got a couple of couches, sleep on the love seat
—Beck, "Loser"
Today has never happened, and that doesn't frighten me
—Björk, "Alarm Call"
I am a perfect copy of whatever I was, something I don't recognize
—Miracle of Sound, "Replica"
—Beck, "Loser"
Today has never happened, and that doesn't frighten me
—Björk, "Alarm Call"
I am a perfect copy of whatever I was, something I don't recognize
—Miracle of Sound, "Replica"
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December 25, 2025 at 11:52 PM
WHO WE ARE
Grubr is an AI-native, vertically integrated B2B SaaS ecosystem orchestrating synergistic value creation through intelligent automation, predictive analytics, and decentralized cloud-first microservices. Operationalize excellence and empower continuous innovation loops today with Grubr.
Grubr is an AI-native, vertically integrated B2B SaaS ecosystem orchestrating synergistic value creation through intelligent automation, predictive analytics, and decentralized cloud-first microservices. Operationalize excellence and empower continuous innovation loops today with Grubr.
Dreaming of a white Christmas was not supposed to mean driving through low-visibility fog at 0400 in the morning.
But I hope y'all had a nice day~
But I hope y'all had a nice day~
December 25, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Dreaming of a white Christmas was not supposed to mean driving through low-visibility fog at 0400 in the morning.
But I hope y'all had a nice day~
But I hope y'all had a nice day~
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For everyone who said "just one more sketch"
December 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
For everyone who said "just one more sketch"
VS 30 ELDERLY BANK MANAGERS
FROSTY (seated at a table with a timer): Snow people who have come alive by magic hat deserve rights
[a bunch of Jubilee debaters scramble to the seat opposite him]
[a bunch of Jubilee debaters scramble to the seat opposite him]
December 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
VS 30 ELDERLY BANK MANAGERS
December 19, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Today I learned that breakcore is not the same as hardcore breaks. Breakcore is closer to digital hardcore (which is not the same hardcore as the hardcore in hardcore breaks).
As a fan of EDM, yes, I agree that whoever names the new subgenres of EDM must be stopped.
As a fan of EDM, yes, I agree that whoever names the new subgenres of EDM must be stopped.
December 15, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Today I learned that breakcore is not the same as hardcore breaks. Breakcore is closer to digital hardcore (which is not the same hardcore as the hardcore in hardcore breaks).
As a fan of EDM, yes, I agree that whoever names the new subgenres of EDM must be stopped.
As a fan of EDM, yes, I agree that whoever names the new subgenres of EDM must be stopped.
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Cat is brought in as a prisoner to the monkey guardroom, 1630s. By David Teniers, whose day is today.
December 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Cat is brought in as a prisoner to the monkey guardroom, 1630s. By David Teniers, whose day is today.
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I hate how much I enjoyed this
BIG NERD DESIGN ENERGY 🫦
BIG NERD DESIGN ENERGY 🫦
December 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I hate how much I enjoyed this
BIG NERD DESIGN ENERGY 🫦
BIG NERD DESIGN ENERGY 🫦
It's funny going back to play Dream Quest and realizing how it's closer to Nethack than Slay the Spire.
• Leave and return to shops whenever
• Level up by experience points
• Elemental resistances are still a thing (e.g. your fire mage finds a fire-immune red dragon at the bottom and you just die)
• Leave and return to shops whenever
• Level up by experience points
• Elemental resistances are still a thing (e.g. your fire mage finds a fire-immune red dragon at the bottom and you just die)
Whenever I see a game designer/publisher say they "need" genAI "art" I want to point them to one of the greatest (and most influential) games made this century.
December 15, 2025 at 12:59 AM
It's funny going back to play Dream Quest and realizing how it's closer to Nethack than Slay the Spire.
• Leave and return to shops whenever
• Level up by experience points
• Elemental resistances are still a thing (e.g. your fire mage finds a fire-immune red dragon at the bottom and you just die)
• Leave and return to shops whenever
• Level up by experience points
• Elemental resistances are still a thing (e.g. your fire mage finds a fire-immune red dragon at the bottom and you just die)
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One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
December 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
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Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise, meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is,
in fact,
a tortology
in fact,
a tortology
December 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise, meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is,
in fact,
a tortology
in fact,
a tortology
Not me playing Things in Rings for the first time and the rest of the table getting increasingly baffled as I move their 22nd card into the red-only ring
(Red was "man-made")
(Red was "man-made")
December 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Not me playing Things in Rings for the first time and the rest of the table getting increasingly baffled as I move their 22nd card into the red-only ring
(Red was "man-made")
(Red was "man-made")
I know this is another viral marketing stunt from the company that was caught using AI in its promo material, but you got me. I drove past a shuttered Hooters with the Duolingo owl hanging over the Hooters owl, and I wondered what tf was happening. I am successfully trolled.
Mysterious Duolingo signs pop up at closed Hooters restaurants - Dexerto
Mysterious Duolingo signs have been popping up at closed Hooters restaurants across the United States, leading to a number of theories about what they mean.
www.dexerto.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I know this is another viral marketing stunt from the company that was caught using AI in its promo material, but you got me. I drove past a shuttered Hooters with the Duolingo owl hanging over the Hooters owl, and I wondered what tf was happening. I am successfully trolled.
You know those jokes about white people being so bad with food they make chicken salad with RAISINS in it?
I bought dried cranberries to eat with yogurt.
There's a chicken salad recipe on the back. It's called "Farmer's Chicken Salad."
Farmers, who famously eat chicken with dried cranberries.
I bought dried cranberries to eat with yogurt.
There's a chicken salad recipe on the back. It's called "Farmer's Chicken Salad."
Farmers, who famously eat chicken with dried cranberries.
December 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
You know those jokes about white people being so bad with food they make chicken salad with RAISINS in it?
I bought dried cranberries to eat with yogurt.
There's a chicken salad recipe on the back. It's called "Farmer's Chicken Salad."
Farmers, who famously eat chicken with dried cranberries.
I bought dried cranberries to eat with yogurt.
There's a chicken salad recipe on the back. It's called "Farmer's Chicken Salad."
Farmers, who famously eat chicken with dried cranberries.
I am not doing a good job of posting about myself anymore. I guess I really should've taken a picture of the deckbuilding game where I had a parade of sheep and wolves marching up to a bird that was raining down spikes on them while they murdered the secret mushroom.
December 10, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I am not doing a good job of posting about myself anymore. I guess I really should've taken a picture of the deckbuilding game where I had a parade of sheep and wolves marching up to a bird that was raining down spikes on them while they murdered the secret mushroom.