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Brain in a Jar
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I’m Kasey (She/Her) a Mexican-American Neuroscientist 🧠 that loves board games! I’m a Postdoc in the Bruchas Lab at the University of Washington and I make short form board game content in my free time! #latinxgamer #womeninstem
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Moving really is a board gamer’s worst nightmare 🥲
How it started, vs how it’s going… one of us did not build their dump 😡
#boardgames
November 9, 2025 at 11:11 PM
My brain already hurts.
#boardgames
November 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Everyone’s still pretending diplomacy might work. #boardgames
October 12, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Closed out game night with some lighter fare: Duck & Cover (always fun) + Tacta, a pleasant surprise!
#boardgames
October 4, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Starting the weekend off with a skirmish 💥 #boardgames
October 4, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Felt like working on the weekend 😅
#boardgames
September 20, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Knuckles is definitely stacking the deck.
#boardgames
September 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
📖 Reading James by Percival Everett.
A line that stopped me:

“But the real source of our rage had to go without address, swallowed, repressed.”
September 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Running to the lab means a St Bread post run treat 😋

Those furikake and cream cheese twists are to die for.
September 3, 2025 at 6:22 PM
It’s happening 🖖
#boardgames
August 25, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Ready for game night 🐢
August 23, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Summer is almost over and I’m 0/3 in watermelon picks 🥲
#cursed
August 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Progress.

One kallax down, the rest of the room to go 🥲
June 20, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Organizing the new game room 😽
So close to being done.
June 19, 2025 at 8:25 PM
When your apartment’s fire alarm goes off in the middle of your rules teach 🚨
June 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Kasey’s Bucket List

✅ Run a Marathon
April 27, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Feeling ready for my Maui-thon 🏝️

6 months of training about to pop off mañana 🏃🏻‍♀️
April 26, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Oh baby 🥵
April 18, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Our latest episode is out!!

And this time things get heated between Beneeta and I as we figure out our March Madness lineup for BGG’s top 16 #boardgames !
In today’s episode, @beneetakaur.bsky.social & @braininajar.bsky.social are game face ready because… Its March Madness!! And our girls are comparing BGG’s Top 16 Board Games. The Catch? They have to agree on what moves forward. Will tears be shed?!

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April 1, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Broke from the move and there is food at home!

So for this week’s long run to brunch I did an 18mi loop to my own kitchen for some homemade bagel breakfast sandwiches 🥯
March 22, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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Podcast! We give our full report of the best and weirdest stuff we played at Dice Tower West in Las Vegas! Including some great stuff like Moon Colony Bloodbath (Rio Grande Games), Out of Sorts (@connor.alwaysawake.games), and Feierabend (2F-Spiele).

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Episode 330: We Played a Load of Games! - Board Game Barrage Wiki
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March 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Knuckles is making sure we don’t forget the Brass🍺
March 8, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Running to try more of what the Seattle breakfast scene has to offer.

Today was The Whale Wins in Fremont and let’s just say I’ll be thinking about that donut for some time 😋
March 8, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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My design Bad Robots is a finalist for the @buttonshy.bsky.social 18-Card Challenge!!! ✨

This one was particular wild because it required us to make games using exactly only 9 of the 18 cards per play.

So happy to see Bad Robots made the cut!! 🤖🍕
Finalist 12 of 12 - Bad Robots by Marceline Leiman.

In the future apocalypse, only robots are left with the knowledge to make pizza… and they’re really bad at it. Bad Robots is a racing & tableau destruction game for 2 players.

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Bad Robots - Button Shy 18-Card Challenge - 9 Cards Per Game
YouTube video by Marceline Leiman
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March 3, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Moving really is a board gamer’s worst nightmare 🥲
March 2, 2025 at 9:20 PM