Chris Whitpan ⏭️ GAMA ⏭️ PAX East
@chriswhitpan.bsky.social
Hello! I am Chris and I am Head of TableTop for PAX!
I'm also a chef and graphic designer when I get the time.
I'm also a chef and graphic designer when I get the time.
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When I showed this panel to the extremely mainstream audience for the Berryman Award ceremony, there were audible gasps from the side of the room with the Washington Post table.
July 22, 2025 at 7:19 PM
When I showed this panel to the extremely mainstream audience for the Berryman Award ceremony, there were audible gasps from the side of the room with the Washington Post table.
One of my favorite companies and people in the sphere. Smug Owls and Fire Tower see regular play around here.
Runaway Parade Games ran some Holiday Deals, and decided they were going well so just kept them live!
Save on Fire Tower, as well as the fantastic riddle based party game Smug Owls
www.runawayparade.com/shop?ref=tab...
Save on Fire Tower, as well as the fantastic riddle based party game Smug Owls
www.runawayparade.com/shop?ref=tab...
Runaway Parade Games
Runaway Parade Games is a board game design company founded and run by Gwen Ruelle and Sam Bryant, and based out of Brooklyn, NY. Their first game, Fire Tower, was funded on Kickstarter in 2018.
www.runawayparade.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:52 AM
One of my favorite companies and people in the sphere. Smug Owls and Fire Tower see regular play around here.
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For any elected official who needs to hear this, I impart a lesson learned from the NFL:
When the other team is tired and on the back foot, you don’t call a timeout so they can catch their breath. You grind their fucking face into the dirt until the final whistle blows and you’ve won the game.
When the other team is tired and on the back foot, you don’t call a timeout so they can catch their breath. You grind their fucking face into the dirt until the final whistle blows and you’ve won the game.
January 27, 2026 at 1:41 AM
For any elected official who needs to hear this, I impart a lesson learned from the NFL:
When the other team is tired and on the back foot, you don’t call a timeout so they can catch their breath. You grind their fucking face into the dirt until the final whistle blows and you’ve won the game.
When the other team is tired and on the back foot, you don’t call a timeout so they can catch their breath. You grind their fucking face into the dirt until the final whistle blows and you’ve won the game.
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National Nurses United, largest nurses' union in US, are holding actions over the coming week in honor of Alex Pretti and all others killed by ICE
www.nationalnursesunited.org/week-of-acti...
www.nationalnursesunited.org/week-of-acti...
Week of action in honor of Alex Pretti, RN and all others killed by ice
Join National Nurses United RN members in a week-long series of actions to honor Pretti and all who have been murdered by ICE, as well as demand that Congress vote to immediately abolish this violent,...
www.nationalnursesunited.org
January 26, 2026 at 9:31 PM
National Nurses United, largest nurses' union in US, are holding actions over the coming week in honor of Alex Pretti and all others killed by ICE
www.nationalnursesunited.org/week-of-acti...
www.nationalnursesunited.org/week-of-acti...
Great game. Picked this up at Unplugged and love it!
🚀 Planetpita is the pocket crokinole I’ve been looking for. Follow Cardboard East on YouTube for more unique and quirky games from Asia!
👉 youtube.com/@cardboardeast
👉 youtube.com/@cardboardeast
January 26, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Great game. Picked this up at Unplugged and love it!
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For those who can, here are links to donate directly to local efforts on the ground resisting ICE's terrorizing of Minneapolis. Let me know what you donated to where, and I'll match it until I get a panicked call from my bank!
linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid
linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid
@mplsmutualaid | Linktree
Clearinghouse of mutual aid for our neighbors
linktr.ee
January 24, 2026 at 11:48 PM
For those who can, here are links to donate directly to local efforts on the ground resisting ICE's terrorizing of Minneapolis. Let me know what you donated to where, and I'll match it until I get a panicked call from my bank!
linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid
linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid
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TD/DR I am matching your donations to MN response or immigrant rights groups in your area. I've got 352.08 left from what might be my last royalty payment for my game Votes for Women.
Send me a screenshot of your donation and a link and I'll match it.
Let's do something good together.
Send me a screenshot of your donation and a link and I'll match it.
Let's do something good together.
January 26, 2026 at 2:06 AM
TD/DR I am matching your donations to MN response or immigrant rights groups in your area. I've got 352.08 left from what might be my last royalty payment for my game Votes for Women.
Send me a screenshot of your donation and a link and I'll match it.
Let's do something good together.
Send me a screenshot of your donation and a link and I'll match it.
Let's do something good together.
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tomorrow, StandWithMinnesota.com will hit a million site visits and over 650,000 unique visitors.
i made it 10 days ago with $600 from you guys for hosting and cloudflare.
thank you. thank you.
i made it 10 days ago with $600 from you guys for hosting and cloudflare.
thank you. thank you.
Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
StandWithMinnesota.com
January 25, 2026 at 8:12 PM
tomorrow, StandWithMinnesota.com will hit a million site visits and over 650,000 unique visitors.
i made it 10 days ago with $600 from you guys for hosting and cloudflare.
thank you. thank you.
i made it 10 days ago with $600 from you guys for hosting and cloudflare.
thank you. thank you.
Grant has a great post today about our current state and put into words very well what I have always felt.
When stuff if bad out there, be a sword, a shield, or a purse.
January 25, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Grant has a great post today about our current state and put into words very well what I have always felt.
Sharon and I have set the final category for it 2026 10x10 challenge! Let the games begin!
January 24, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Sharon and I have set the final category for it 2026 10x10 challenge! Let the games begin!
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Trump’s America.
January 23, 2026 at 7:17 AM
Trump’s America.
A fun roll and written by Chris, be sure to pick it up while you are there!
Here’s a direct link to Roll Estate, but don’t just look at my games. Check out the many, many others by talented designers that PNP Arcade has lovingly curated for years.
www.pnparcade.com/products/rol...
www.pnparcade.com/products/rol...
Roll Estate
Roll Estate is a love letter to the classics, where you’ll roll and write your way to wealth in a race to become the richest entrepreneur! Roll the dice three times to acquire loads of rental property...
www.pnparcade.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:16 PM
A fun roll and written by Chris, be sure to pick it up while you are there!
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5...more...days! Stellar Ventures on Kickstarter so soon. Follow here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tab...
Haggis! 4p and 2p are our favorite player counts for this one. We love games where you can lead (no pun intended) your opponents right to where you want them @seandavidross.bsky.social
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tab...
Haggis! 4p and 2p are our favorite player counts for this one. We love games where you can lead (no pun intended) your opponents right to where you want them @seandavidross.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 2:02 AM
5...more...days! Stellar Ventures on Kickstarter so soon. Follow here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tab...
Haggis! 4p and 2p are our favorite player counts for this one. We love games where you can lead (no pun intended) your opponents right to where you want them @seandavidross.bsky.social
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tab...
Haggis! 4p and 2p are our favorite player counts for this one. We love games where you can lead (no pun intended) your opponents right to where you want them @seandavidross.bsky.social
Stay safe friends.
Do you know what MIC stands for? No? You should!
Machine Identification Code
MICs enable tracking a printed piece of paper back to the printer. So - you print something at home and it ends up in the streets at say... a protest. Forensically it can be traced back to your printer and you.
Machine Identification Code
MICs enable tracking a printed piece of paper back to the printer. So - you print something at home and it ends up in the streets at say... a protest. Forensically it can be traced back to your printer and you.
Printer tracking dots - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 22, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Stay safe friends.
Worth a read. Not very long, but a little light can shine too
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Worth a read. Not very long, but a little light can shine too
Single digits tonight outside. Dax and Sisko have the right idea.
January 22, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Single digits tonight outside. Dax and Sisko have the right idea.
The final version is done. I put it up on Makerworld if you want to print your own!
makerworld.com/models/22780...
makerworld.com/models/22780...
January 21, 2026 at 6:09 PM
The final version is done. I put it up on Makerworld if you want to print your own!
makerworld.com/models/22780...
makerworld.com/models/22780...
I think I am going to get one of these. Fill the balls with my meds and vitamins.
January 21, 2026 at 2:05 AM
I think I am going to get one of these. Fill the balls with my meds and vitamins.
I have never backed off of 80 being my favorite 18xx game so this is a 100% no breather for me!!!
I just backed 1880 Romania on @Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/184...
I just backed 1880 Romania on @Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/184...
1880 Romania
Connecting the Danube to the Carpathians
www.kickstarter.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:04 PM
I have never backed off of 80 being my favorite 18xx game so this is a 100% no breather for me!!!
I just backed 1880 Romania on @Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/184...
I just backed 1880 Romania on @Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/184...
Spent some time today designing a 3d printable player mat for Orlaj, which certainly needs it. I think it's pretty close.
It makes it onto the print bed with 1mm to spare.
It makes it onto the print bed with 1mm to spare.
January 20, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Spent some time today designing a 3d printable player mat for Orlaj, which certainly needs it. I think it's pretty close.
It makes it onto the print bed with 1mm to spare.
It makes it onto the print bed with 1mm to spare.
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Artemis II just rolled up to the launch pad. We are weeks away from sending four people to circumvent the moon for the first time in 50+ years!!!
Amazing. I am more excited about this than any SpaceX launch. ever. This is achievement and the result of decades of focused effort.
Amazing. I am more excited about this than any SpaceX launch. ever. This is achievement and the result of decades of focused effort.
January 19, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Artemis II just rolled up to the launch pad. We are weeks away from sending four people to circumvent the moon for the first time in 50+ years!!!
Amazing. I am more excited about this than any SpaceX launch. ever. This is achievement and the result of decades of focused effort.
Amazing. I am more excited about this than any SpaceX launch. ever. This is achievement and the result of decades of focused effort.
Call your people. Show up.
The political ground is shifting on ICE. Your own Dem rep or senator may not have caught up yet. Now - before the 1/30 funding deadline - is the time to push.
Arizona’s @gallego.senate.gov : "I think ICE needs to be totally torn down… People want immigration enforcement that goes after criminals, not the goon squad that has come from Stephen Miller and Trump."
January 19, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Call your people. Show up.
Playing some Yokohama tonight! Been a minute since this one hit the table!
Love the @modernmeeple.bsky.social trays in the lazy Susan for this.
So Sharon and I are doing a mechanism based 10x10 this year. What mechanism would you count this as?
Love the @modernmeeple.bsky.social trays in the lazy Susan for this.
So Sharon and I are doing a mechanism based 10x10 this year. What mechanism would you count this as?
January 18, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Playing some Yokohama tonight! Been a minute since this one hit the table!
Love the @modernmeeple.bsky.social trays in the lazy Susan for this.
So Sharon and I are doing a mechanism based 10x10 this year. What mechanism would you count this as?
Love the @modernmeeple.bsky.social trays in the lazy Susan for this.
So Sharon and I are doing a mechanism based 10x10 this year. What mechanism would you count this as?
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Dropkick Murphys are releasing a new song called "Citizen I.C.E."
The lyrics go: "Too scared to join the military/ Too dumb to be a cop."
consequence.net/2026/01/drop...
The lyrics go: "Too scared to join the military/ Too dumb to be a cop."
consequence.net/2026/01/drop...
Dropkick Murphys' Unveil Anti-ICE Song: "Too Scared to Join the Military, Too Dumb to Be a Cop"
Dropkick Murphys are releasing an anti-I.C.E. song, "Citizen I.C.E.," as part of their tour-only split LP with Haywire. Learn more.
consequence.net
January 15, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Dropkick Murphys are releasing a new song called "Citizen I.C.E."
The lyrics go: "Too scared to join the military/ Too dumb to be a cop."
consequence.net/2026/01/drop...
The lyrics go: "Too scared to join the military/ Too dumb to be a cop."
consequence.net/2026/01/drop...