Francisco Gradaille
@fgradaille.bsky.social
Mathematic's teacher, game designer, former investor and (sadly) former cat owner.
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📝 The first draft of the rules for The Glasgow Train Robbery is now available on BoardGameGeek! Have a look and feel free to share your feedback 🚂💥https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/450539/the-glasgow-train-robbery/files
January 5, 2026 at 12:38 PM
📝 The first draft of the rules for The Glasgow Train Robbery is now available on BoardGameGeek! Have a look and feel free to share your feedback 🚂💥https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/450539/the-glasgow-train-robbery/files
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First day of the year and I chose to learn and play Salt&Pepper Onoda.
It did not end well (Onoda did not withstand the pressure and killed himself…I could have saved him by playing the right card). There is more than it meets the eye and I really enjoyed the immersion.
It did not end well (Onoda did not withstand the pressure and killed himself…I could have saved him by playing the right card). There is more than it meets the eye and I really enjoyed the immersion.
January 1, 2026 at 9:12 PM
First day of the year and I chose to learn and play Salt&Pepper Onoda.
It did not end well (Onoda did not withstand the pressure and killed himself…I could have saved him by playing the right card). There is more than it meets the eye and I really enjoyed the immersion.
It did not end well (Onoda did not withstand the pressure and killed himself…I could have saved him by playing the right card). There is more than it meets the eye and I really enjoyed the immersion.
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If players touch the pieces too much in a game, it'll often feel fiddly.
It'll also add cognitive burden: using our hands requires surprising brain power (I was once a neurobiologist).
Protip: count touches-per-turn in tests
🎲✂️(1/4)
It'll also add cognitive burden: using our hands requires surprising brain power (I was once a neurobiologist).
Protip: count touches-per-turn in tests
🎲✂️(1/4)
January 4, 2026 at 5:07 PM
If players touch the pieces too much in a game, it'll often feel fiddly.
It'll also add cognitive burden: using our hands requires surprising brain power (I was once a neurobiologist).
Protip: count touches-per-turn in tests
🎲✂️(1/4)
It'll also add cognitive burden: using our hands requires surprising brain power (I was once a neurobiologist).
Protip: count touches-per-turn in tests
🎲✂️(1/4)
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Hubris can really deliver some awesome narrative and twists of fate: in my current solo test game of the prequel expansion, the 4th turn (235-231) was just spectacular!
First, Seleukos II suffered a crushing defeat despite enjoying numerical superiority against his rebel brother Antiochos Hierax.
First, Seleukos II suffered a crushing defeat despite enjoying numerical superiority against his rebel brother Antiochos Hierax.
January 4, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Hubris can really deliver some awesome narrative and twists of fate: in my current solo test game of the prequel expansion, the 4th turn (235-231) was just spectacular!
First, Seleukos II suffered a crushing defeat despite enjoying numerical superiority against his rebel brother Antiochos Hierax.
First, Seleukos II suffered a crushing defeat despite enjoying numerical superiority against his rebel brother Antiochos Hierax.
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Ya podéis leer las reglas (no finales) de ‘Asalto al tren de Glasgow’, el nuevo diseño de @FerranRenalias y @eloipujadas que recrea uno de los robos más famosos de la historia 🚂 boardgamegeek.com/filepage/313...
Reglamento Asalto al tren de Glasgow | The Glasgow Train Robbery
Reglamento Asalto al tren de Glasgow | The Glasgow Train Robbery
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January 3, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Ya podéis leer las reglas (no finales) de ‘Asalto al tren de Glasgow’, el nuevo diseño de @FerranRenalias y @eloipujadas que recrea uno de los robos más famosos de la historia 🚂 boardgamegeek.com/filepage/313...
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"Good design does not tell users what to do. It adapts to what they already do."
January 2, 2026 at 2:03 PM
"Good design does not tell users what to do. It adapts to what they already do."
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Still plenty of badges for The 2026 Armchair Dragoons Digital Convention 🤠
2-1/2 days of wargames, talk shows, presentations, learn-to-play sessions, and more!
🎲 It's the best value in wargaming 💰
📆 16-18 January, all online 🧑💻
http://tinyurl.com/acdc26
2-1/2 days of wargames, talk shows, presentations, learn-to-play sessions, and more!
🎲 It's the best value in wargaming 💰
📆 16-18 January, all online 🧑💻
http://tinyurl.com/acdc26
December 31, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Still plenty of badges for The 2026 Armchair Dragoons Digital Convention 🤠
2-1/2 days of wargames, talk shows, presentations, learn-to-play sessions, and more!
🎲 It's the best value in wargaming 💰
📆 16-18 January, all online 🧑💻
http://tinyurl.com/acdc26
2-1/2 days of wargames, talk shows, presentations, learn-to-play sessions, and more!
🎲 It's the best value in wargaming 💰
📆 16-18 January, all online 🧑💻
http://tinyurl.com/acdc26
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Remember the golden age of wargaming? This is THE definitive history of SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.), one of the most influential publishers in tabletop gaming. #spi
youtu.be/KqF95h9-Tm8
youtu.be/KqF95h9-Tm8
January 1, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Remember the golden age of wargaming? This is THE definitive history of SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.), one of the most influential publishers in tabletop gaming. #spi
youtu.be/KqF95h9-Tm8
youtu.be/KqF95h9-Tm8
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That's another year wrapped! Whew. It was a rough one. Good games, though. Anyway, here's the index for Best Week 2025, complete with all five lists and thirty amazing titles. Feel free to share. Or don't. I'm not your mom. spacebiff.com/2025/12/31/b...
Best Week 2025! The Index!
Another turn of the Wheel. 2025 was a banner year for board games, which by extension means it was a banner year for Best Week. Down below, you’ll find an index of the year’s picks. Cli…
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December 31, 2025 at 4:47 PM
That's another year wrapped! Whew. It was a rough one. Good games, though. Anyway, here's the index for Best Week 2025, complete with all five lists and thirty amazing titles. Feel free to share. Or don't. I'm not your mom. spacebiff.com/2025/12/31/b...
If you are preparing your table to receive Cuius Regio, you can start by watching this great review of the Thirty Years war.
For those that aren't patreons of EHTV but want a quick crash course in advance for the game
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs3b...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs3b...
Europe's Cataclysm: Thirty Years' War
YouTube video by Epic History
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December 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
If you are preparing your table to receive Cuius Regio, you can start by watching this great review of the Thirty Years war.
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For those that aren't patreons of EHTV but want a quick crash course in advance for the game
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs3b...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs3b...
Europe's Cataclysm: Thirty Years' War
YouTube video by Epic History
www.youtube.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
For those that aren't patreons of EHTV but want a quick crash course in advance for the game
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs3b...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs3b...
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And day four, today, highlighted the year's best relationship games! spacebiff.com/2025/12/29/b...
Best Week 2025! The D.T.R.!
Do people still D.T.R.? When I was a youngling, the acronym stood for Define The Relationship, that belly-clenching moment when two people would sit across from one another, lock eyes, and hold a s…
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December 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
And day four, today, highlighted the year's best relationship games! spacebiff.com/2025/12/29/b...
Cuius Regio, from @gmtgames.bsky.social , has changed its status to "At the printer". Soon it will be at the tables of the P500 backers. If you are interested, you can check the rulebook at the game's page at www.gmtgames.com/p-971-cuius-... and preorder at the discounted price.
December 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Cuius Regio, from @gmtgames.bsky.social , has changed its status to "At the printer". Soon it will be at the tables of the P500 backers. If you are interested, you can check the rulebook at the game's page at www.gmtgames.com/p-971-cuius-... and preorder at the discounted price.
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🎲🧠 ¿Nadie para jugar? Perfecto.
Nuestros juegos en solitario no discuten, no miran el móvil y siempre te piden una partida más.
¿Te atreves? 🙂
Nuestros juegos en solitario no discuten, no miran el móvil y siempre te piden una partida más.
¿Te atreves? 🙂
December 28, 2025 at 9:06 AM
🎲🧠 ¿Nadie para jugar? Perfecto.
Nuestros juegos en solitario no discuten, no miran el móvil y siempre te piden una partida más.
¿Te atreves? 🙂
Nuestros juegos en solitario no discuten, no miran el móvil y siempre te piden una partida más.
¿Te atreves? 🙂
Onoda was an experiment in storytelling. A sad story, by the way. Probably more linked to a rpg than a standard solitaire game. Not a puzzle, not a resource management game, but more akin to a comic book plus a game. I am proud of the job done when somebody, as Dan, reports this kind of experience!
Best Week continues! On this our hallowed second day, we're celebrating the best board games of 2025 that stare into the abyss. Read the full list here: spacebiff.com/2025/12/27/b...
Best Week 2025! Heart of Darkness!
This will surprise absolutely nobody, but I am sometimes accused of being a big old bummer. A downer. A morose feel-bad baby. Nietzsche said that if you stare into the abyss it’ll gaze back, …
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December 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Onoda was an experiment in storytelling. A sad story, by the way. Probably more linked to a rpg than a standard solitaire game. Not a puzzle, not a resource management game, but more akin to a comic book plus a game. I am proud of the job done when somebody, as Dan, reports this kind of experience!
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Best Week continues! On this our hallowed second day, we're celebrating the best board games of 2025 that stare into the abyss. Read the full list here: spacebiff.com/2025/12/27/b...
Best Week 2025! Heart of Darkness!
This will surprise absolutely nobody, but I am sometimes accused of being a big old bummer. A downer. A morose feel-bad baby. Nietzsche said that if you stare into the abyss it’ll gaze back, …
spacebiff.com
December 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Best Week continues! On this our hallowed second day, we're celebrating the best board games of 2025 that stare into the abyss. Read the full list here: spacebiff.com/2025/12/27/b...
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Happy holidays to our amazing backers 🎄✨ If you believe in this project, now’s the perfect moment to support and share the campaign: gamefound.com/es/projects/...
December 26, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Happy holidays to our amazing backers 🎄✨ If you believe in this project, now’s the perfect moment to support and share the campaign: gamefound.com/es/projects/...
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It has begun. Best Week. The only year-end list that matters. And for the first day of Best Week 2025, we're celebrating the board games that transported us to new places, showed us wondrous sights, or used their visuals to illuminate a topic. Read here: spacebiff.com/2025/12/26/b...
Best Week 2025! Picture Perfect!
What a year. Best of times, worst of times, that’s what we’re supposed to say. For board games, though, 2025 was a banner year, full of tremendous titles both big and small. As ever, Be…
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December 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
It has begun. Best Week. The only year-end list that matters. And for the first day of Best Week 2025, we're celebrating the board games that transported us to new places, showed us wondrous sights, or used their visuals to illuminate a topic. Read here: spacebiff.com/2025/12/26/b...
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Too busy to read the customer update this month? We read your mind! Check out our video segment, GMTLDR (Too Long; Didn’t Read), covering the GMT's December 2025 Customer Update. Enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUZn...
GMTLDR: December 2025 Customer Update
YouTube video by GMTGames
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December 23, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Too busy to read the customer update this month? We read your mind! Check out our video segment, GMTLDR (Too Long; Didn’t Read), covering the GMT's December 2025 Customer Update. Enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUZn...
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Continuing the annual tradition of immortalizing the year's reviews. As a bonus, I can use a dry-erase marker to plan out Best Week!
December 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Continuing the annual tradition of immortalizing the year's reviews. As a bonus, I can use a dry-erase marker to plan out Best Week!
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ICYM, there is still time to get your boardgames Christmas presents! Some ideas below. Hurry-up! Link: theboardgameschronicle.com/2025/12/19/t...
@gmtgames.bsky.social @fgradaille.bsky.social
@volko.bsky.social @joedewhurst.bsky.social
@gmtgames.bsky.social @fgradaille.bsky.social
@volko.bsky.social @joedewhurst.bsky.social
December 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
ICYM, there is still time to get your boardgames Christmas presents! Some ideas below. Hurry-up! Link: theboardgameschronicle.com/2025/12/19/t...
@gmtgames.bsky.social @fgradaille.bsky.social
@volko.bsky.social @joedewhurst.bsky.social
@gmtgames.bsky.social @fgradaille.bsky.social
@volko.bsky.social @joedewhurst.bsky.social
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We share second part of our Boardgames Guide for Christmas Gifts🎁. Today the focus is on the all-time classics. Enjoy! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
theboardgameschronicle.com/2025/12/19/t...
@gmtgames.bsky.social @fgradaille.bsky.social @volko.bsky.social @joedewhurst.bsky.social
theboardgameschronicle.com/2025/12/19/t...
@gmtgames.bsky.social @fgradaille.bsky.social @volko.bsky.social @joedewhurst.bsky.social
Top 3 wargames suggestions for Christmas 2025 – Part 2 – all time classics
Around two weeks ago, I had the opportunity to present my top wargame recommendations for Christmas 2025, focusing exclusively on titles released this year. In this second part of the recommendatio…
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December 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
We share second part of our Boardgames Guide for Christmas Gifts🎁. Today the focus is on the all-time classics. Enjoy! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
theboardgameschronicle.com/2025/12/19/t...
@gmtgames.bsky.social @fgradaille.bsky.social @volko.bsky.social @joedewhurst.bsky.social
theboardgameschronicle.com/2025/12/19/t...
@gmtgames.bsky.social @fgradaille.bsky.social @volko.bsky.social @joedewhurst.bsky.social
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Turn tracks aren't supposed to be this interesting, @zweigefuhle.bsky.social. Baltic Empires, coming from GMT.
December 18, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Turn tracks aren't supposed to be this interesting, @zweigefuhle.bsky.social. Baltic Empires, coming from GMT.
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Proof of life: a second Design Diary entry for Penitent on scope and its unorthodox system posted to BGG. I promise one more before the launch in January. boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/43...
Penitent
Draw on architecture and reform to build a model penitentiary
boardgamegeek.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Proof of life: a second Design Diary entry for Penitent on scope and its unorthodox system posted to BGG. I promise one more before the launch in January. boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/43...
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We are getting even more sneak previews for Costal Watchers in latest @gmtgames.bsky.social Monthly Update (see here: mailchi.mp/6cffdc0345cf...). That game by @volko.bsky.social is one of my top anticipated wargames of 2026!
December 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
We are getting even more sneak previews for Costal Watchers in latest @gmtgames.bsky.social Monthly Update (see here: mailchi.mp/6cffdc0345cf...). That game by @volko.bsky.social is one of my top anticipated wargames of 2026!