Mac McAnally
@macaroobanzai.bsky.social
Game designer and general maker of things.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/455308/this-is-not-a-game-about-a-pipe
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/455308/this-is-not-a-game-about-a-pipe
Whoa! And this was before the bgg takedown.
February 12, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Whoa! And this was before the bgg takedown.
STOP USING GENERATIVE A.I (Original Song)
YouTube video by Thomas Benjamin Wild Esq
youtu.be
February 12, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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Why does ICE have guns
January 24, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Why does ICE have guns
Love the coverage! "On the edge of smug" might be my favorite commentary about "Not a Pipe".
Podcast! Tom and Matt are chatting about an avalanche of games of various quality, and YOU’RE INVITED! It’s horse breeding in Epona, it’s worm catching in Wriggle Roulette, and it’s definitely Not A Game About A Pipe. Enjoy!
www.shutupandsitdown.com/podcastle/po...
www.shutupandsitdown.com/podcastle/po...
Podcast#288 - The Memory Tub - Shut Up & Sit Down
On this gloopy episode of the Shut Up & Sit Down Podcast, Tom and Matt are donning their Memory Marigolds and getting elbow-deep in the past; recalling titles played all the way back in November 2025 ...
www.shutupandsitdown.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Love the coverage! "On the edge of smug" might be my favorite commentary about "Not a Pipe".
Front row, baby!
January 23, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Front row, baby!
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Love Doctorow's explanation of "reverse centaur" here, and why that idea is so dangerous.
Incisive post by Cory Doctorow on AI. Worth reading and sharing imo
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow
AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its roots
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Love Doctorow's explanation of "reverse centaur" here, and why that idea is so dangerous.
Completed the campaign for Regicide Legacy! Wow! I cannot recommend this highly enough. Greatly expanding upon the elegant design of Regicide, Badger From Mars knocked this production out of the park.
Incredibly tense moments, brutal defeats, and glorious victories!
IMHO, best with two players.
Incredibly tense moments, brutal defeats, and glorious victories!
IMHO, best with two players.
January 19, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Completed the campaign for Regicide Legacy! Wow! I cannot recommend this highly enough. Greatly expanding upon the elegant design of Regicide, Badger From Mars knocked this production out of the park.
Incredibly tense moments, brutal defeats, and glorious victories!
IMHO, best with two players.
Incredibly tense moments, brutal defeats, and glorious victories!
IMHO, best with two players.
@jkpolk.bsky.social I'm assuming you're already aware of this.
Psst, free TMBG album of rarities just dropped tmbgshop.com/collections/...
Cast Your Pod to the Wind download
This remarkable compilation of twenty-three TMBG rarities includes standout tracks I’m Your Boyfriend Now, We Live in a Dump, Brain Problem Situation, Employee of the Month, and I Hear A New World w/ ...
tmbgshop.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:38 PM
@jkpolk.bsky.social I'm assuming you're already aware of this.
Adding to somewhere in the middle of my long "Silly games I want to see in the world" project list is a shedding game with silica packets as game components titled, "Throw Out, Do Not Eat".
January 4, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Adding to somewhere in the middle of my long "Silly games I want to see in the world" project list is a shedding game with silica packets as game components titled, "Throw Out, Do Not Eat".
I'm in exploration mode!
After decades in technology, I'm actively looking for a new, yet to be determined, role.
Currently the only parameters I have are what I don't want:
Non-tech
Non-management
Non-marketing
Non-ai
Know of something good for an ex-techie? Give me a buzz.
After decades in technology, I'm actively looking for a new, yet to be determined, role.
Currently the only parameters I have are what I don't want:
Non-tech
Non-management
Non-marketing
Non-ai
Know of something good for an ex-techie? Give me a buzz.
January 3, 2026 at 7:24 PM
I'm in exploration mode!
After decades in technology, I'm actively looking for a new, yet to be determined, role.
Currently the only parameters I have are what I don't want:
Non-tech
Non-management
Non-marketing
Non-ai
Know of something good for an ex-techie? Give me a buzz.
After decades in technology, I'm actively looking for a new, yet to be determined, role.
Currently the only parameters I have are what I don't want:
Non-tech
Non-management
Non-marketing
Non-ai
Know of something good for an ex-techie? Give me a buzz.
For those following along, here's the bit from the ARS DMCA takedown notice sent to BGG that demonstrates one of the problems creating a weak public domain.
ARS doesn't have to identify the expiration of the copyright. They can continue to claim it as long as it's impossible to prove otherwise.
ARS doesn't have to identify the expiration of the copyright. They can continue to claim it as long as it's impossible to prove otherwise.
January 2, 2026 at 12:56 AM
For those following along, here's the bit from the ARS DMCA takedown notice sent to BGG that demonstrates one of the problems creating a weak public domain.
ARS doesn't have to identify the expiration of the copyright. They can continue to claim it as long as it's impossible to prove otherwise.
ARS doesn't have to identify the expiration of the copyright. They can continue to claim it as long as it's impossible to prove otherwise.
Ok, fellow game designers! Here's your opportunity to run with a theme that inspires you and is outside the industry zeitgeist!
Sadly, due to a need to focus on alternate employment, I won't have the time to participate in this year's jam, but I can't wait to see your new games using old themes!
Sadly, due to a need to focus on alternate employment, I won't have the time to participate in this year's jam, but I can't wait to see your new games using old themes!
Happy public domain day! Come join our jam "Gaming Like It's 1930" and make games that about or inspired by works from that year: itch.io/jam/gaming-l...
Gaming Like It's 1930
A game jam from 2026-01-01 to 2026-02-01 hosted by Randy Lubin & Copia Gaming. A new year means new material entering the public domain! Starting January 1st 2026, works from 1930 are free to use and remix (except for sound recor...
itch.io
January 1, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Ok, fellow game designers! Here's your opportunity to run with a theme that inspires you and is outside the industry zeitgeist!
Sadly, due to a need to focus on alternate employment, I won't have the time to participate in this year's jam, but I can't wait to see your new games using old themes!
Sadly, due to a need to focus on alternate employment, I won't have the time to participate in this year's jam, but I can't wait to see your new games using old themes!
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It’s time! SUBMISSIONS FOR THE 2026 CARDBOARD EDISON AWARD ARE OPEN! Board game designers, show us what you’ve been working on! Deadline is January 31: cardboardedison.com/award
January 1, 2026 at 1:35 PM
It’s time! SUBMISSIONS FOR THE 2026 CARDBOARD EDISON AWARD ARE OPEN! Board game designers, show us what you’ve been working on! Deadline is January 31: cardboardedison.com/award
Fiscal Deduction Game (10 to 20 players)
Setup: All players secretly write down their total 2025 income tax on a piece of paper. A neutral party calculates the median of the group.
Setup: All players secretly write down their total 2025 income tax on a piece of paper. A neutral party calculates the median of the group.
I need everyone to make a shitpost game that fits into at most 3 posts on here before the end of the year otherwise thr sun will not rise again
Not enough shitpost games though
January 1, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Fiscal Deduction Game (10 to 20 players)
Setup: All players secretly write down their total 2025 income tax on a piece of paper. A neutral party calculates the median of the group.
Setup: All players secretly write down their total 2025 income tax on a piece of paper. A neutral party calculates the median of the group.
Ok, who amongst my NYC friends are fellow massive Taskmaster fans?
January 1, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Ok, who amongst my NYC friends are fellow massive Taskmaster fans?
Well, it was a nice run. I got this geekmail last night.
When I self-published This Is Not a Game About a Pipe, I thought, as many did, that The Treachery of Images was now in the public domain.
1/4
When I self-published This Is Not a Game About a Pipe, I thought, as many did, that The Treachery of Images was now in the public domain.
1/4
December 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Well, it was a nice run. I got this geekmail last night.
When I self-published This Is Not a Game About a Pipe, I thought, as many did, that The Treachery of Images was now in the public domain.
1/4
When I self-published This Is Not a Game About a Pipe, I thought, as many did, that The Treachery of Images was now in the public domain.
1/4
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Hey board game designers! Just SIX DAYS left until submissions for next year's Cardboard Edison Award open! Get your pitches and prototypes ready! cardboardedison.com/award
December 26, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Hey board game designers! Just SIX DAYS left until submissions for next year's Cardboard Edison Award open! Get your pitches and prototypes ready! cardboardedison.com/award
Krampus Live!
YouTube video by Varietopia with Paul F. Tompkins
youtu.be
December 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
@tricktaking.bsky.social agrees with a comment I've heard from other reviewers of "This Is Not a Game About a Pipe".
It's a hard game to talk about. Being the contrary sort that I am, I actually really love that.
youtu.be/pJby0ltmvbI?...
It's a hard game to talk about. Being the contrary sort that I am, I actually really love that.
youtu.be/pJby0ltmvbI?...
This is Not a Game About a Pipe & Dealer's Tarot (Day 11 of Trickmas!) ~ Taylor's Trick-Taking Table
YouTube video by Taylor's Trick-Taking Table
youtu.be
December 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
@tricktaking.bsky.social agrees with a comment I've heard from other reviewers of "This Is Not a Game About a Pipe".
It's a hard game to talk about. Being the contrary sort that I am, I actually really love that.
youtu.be/pJby0ltmvbI?...
It's a hard game to talk about. Being the contrary sort that I am, I actually really love that.
youtu.be/pJby0ltmvbI?...
I know we have an incredibly fractured media landscape and the world is on fire, but how is this not the primary media story in the world right now. This is Sputnik.
youtu.be/nVQo76iEoms?...
youtu.be/nVQo76iEoms?...
CRISPR Just Saved a Baby’s Life… Millions Could Follow
YouTube video by SciShow
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I know we have an incredibly fractured media landscape and the world is on fire, but how is this not the primary media story in the world right now. This is Sputnik.
youtu.be/nVQo76iEoms?...
youtu.be/nVQo76iEoms?...
@amalelmohtar.com in the wild. Stack of books at a family vacation rental house.
December 21, 2025 at 4:07 AM
@amalelmohtar.com in the wild. Stack of books at a family vacation rental house.
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Board game designers: In just two weeks we open submissions for the 2026 Cardboard Edison Award! cardboardedison.com/award
December 18, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Board game designers: In just two weeks we open submissions for the 2026 Cardboard Edison Award! cardboardedison.com/award
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Just two weeks until the start of our public domain jam "Gaming Like It's 1930" – hope to see you there!
itch.io/jam/gaming-l...
itch.io/jam/gaming-l...
Gaming Like It's 1930
A game jam from 2026-01-01 to 2026-02-01 hosted by Randy Lubin & Copia Gaming. A new year means new material entering the public domain! Starting January 1st 2026, works from 1930 are free to use and ...
itch.io
December 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Just two weeks until the start of our public domain jam "Gaming Like It's 1930" – hope to see you there!
itch.io/jam/gaming-l...
itch.io/jam/gaming-l...
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Night Soil is about more than moving and disposing of poop. It's also about unseen labor, contract work, and why indoor plumbing is amazing. Mostly, though, it's about the poop. My review: spacebiff.com/2025/12/17/n...
I Don’t Wanna Do Your Dirty Work
Whenever someone gets rosy-eyed about “the good old days,” it’s a surefire sign they’ve never cracked a history book. Ahh, the good old days, back when men were men, their e…
spacebiff.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Night Soil is about more than moving and disposing of poop. It's also about unseen labor, contract work, and why indoor plumbing is amazing. Mostly, though, it's about the poop. My review: spacebiff.com/2025/12/17/n...
Q for fellow game designers. Context: You work for an organization whose product is not games and in a role that is not game design and are asked to create a game-like activity for an internal event. How do you feel about setting the boundary that game design is not a skill they're paying you for?
December 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Q for fellow game designers. Context: You work for an organization whose product is not games and in a role that is not game design and are asked to create a game-like activity for an internal event. How do you feel about setting the boundary that game design is not a skill they're paying you for?