Maëlig
@maelig.bsky.social
Web developer and boardgame designer (Ironwood). He/him. I post in English and occasionally in French.
Now do a football Nobel prize
December 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Now do a football Nobel prize
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This from @davidbatherwoods.bsky.social's biography of Schopenhauer is sending me
November 17, 2025 at 9:15 PM
This from @davidbatherwoods.bsky.social's biography of Schopenhauer is sending me
Played a couple games of The Old King's Crown this week after receiving my copy. We had a blast, @theoldkingscrown.bsky.social have crafted something truly special.
November 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Played a couple games of The Old King's Crown this week after receiving my copy. We had a blast, @theoldkingscrown.bsky.social have crafted something truly special.
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
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Netrunner
Race for the Galaxy
Ra
Imperium Classics/Legends
Dune Imperium
Wizards of the Grimoire
Res Arcana
Unmatched
Fantasy Realms
Just one
Race for the Galaxy
Ra
Imperium Classics/Legends
Dune Imperium
Wizards of the Grimoire
Res Arcana
Unmatched
Fantasy Realms
Just one
board game enthusiasts of bluesky, what are your top 10 board games of all time
November 16, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Netrunner
Race for the Galaxy
Ra
Imperium Classics/Legends
Dune Imperium
Wizards of the Grimoire
Res Arcana
Unmatched
Fantasy Realms
Just one
Race for the Galaxy
Ra
Imperium Classics/Legends
Dune Imperium
Wizards of the Grimoire
Res Arcana
Unmatched
Fantasy Realms
Just one
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🎮the people are celebrating the invention of a "steam machine." the year is 1804.
November 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
🎮the people are celebrating the invention of a "steam machine." the year is 1804.
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2 Clowdus game reviews in a week ? What a treat
In the Shadow of Atlas is another single-deck game by John Clowdus, and it finds him in familiar territory: the lane-battler. This is a smart and self-contained game that recalls some of Clowdus's earliest experiments. My review: spacebiff.com/2025/11/05/i...
Atlas Boogied
Something I’ve always appreciated about John Clowdus’s games is the way they evoke larger worlds with two sentences and a half-dozen illustrations. In the Shadow of Atlas, for instance,…
spacebiff.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
2 Clowdus game reviews in a week ? What a treat
I didn't realise @weirdmedieval.bsky.social had a podcast ! Started listening from the beginning, excellent stuff
November 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I didn't realise @weirdmedieval.bsky.social had a podcast ! Started listening from the beginning, excellent stuff
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being a tabletop designer means sometimes you find an Untitled Spreadsheet and inside is just the numbers 1 to 100 in order
November 4, 2025 at 11:14 PM
being a tabletop designer means sometimes you find an Untitled Spreadsheet and inside is just the numbers 1 to 100 in order
Back from a very intense couple days in Essen. Didn't even get to demo a single game 😅
October 27, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Back from a very intense couple days in Essen. Didn't even get to demo a single game 😅
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Pubblo (selling themselves as a way for designers to meet publishers) is running a competition to coincide with SPIEL 25- if you sign up, you get free access to the site for the rest of 2025. Not sponsored, I'm just making sure the people who couldn't make it here know 🎲✂️ pubblo.com/spielpitch
Pubblo - A digital marketplace connecting the board game industry
Powering licensing deals in the board game industry. Connect designers, publishers, and distributors worldwide with standardized pitches and streamlined workflows.
pubblo.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Pubblo (selling themselves as a way for designers to meet publishers) is running a competition to coincide with SPIEL 25- if you sign up, you get free access to the site for the rest of 2025. Not sponsored, I'm just making sure the people who couldn't make it here know 🎲✂️ pubblo.com/spielpitch
My little pumpkins are appropriately scary now that they have started rotting from the inside
October 21, 2025 at 8:46 AM
My little pumpkins are appropriately scary now that they have started rotting from the inside
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This presentation by Jonas Tyroller absolutely applies to boardgame pitching as well. 🎲✂️
Mechanisms aren’t what sell games.
Focusing solely on “hooks” can distract you from what’s most important: making an appealing game that’s scoped appropriately (for its size/weight/gameplay, what have you)
Mechanisms aren’t what sell games.
Focusing solely on “hooks” can distract you from what’s most important: making an appealing game that’s scoped appropriately (for its size/weight/gameplay, what have you)
What Sells on Steam: You Don't Need a Hook
YouTube video by Jonas Tyroller
youtu.be
October 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
This presentation by Jonas Tyroller absolutely applies to boardgame pitching as well. 🎲✂️
Mechanisms aren’t what sell games.
Focusing solely on “hooks” can distract you from what’s most important: making an appealing game that’s scoped appropriately (for its size/weight/gameplay, what have you)
Mechanisms aren’t what sell games.
Focusing solely on “hooks” can distract you from what’s most important: making an appealing game that’s scoped appropriately (for its size/weight/gameplay, what have you)
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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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This is REALLY worth a read! It avoids getting stuck on some quick surface level problems with AI art and gets to the heart of things.
theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art
theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art
A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal
This is a comic about AI art.
theoatmeal.com
October 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This is REALLY worth a read! It avoids getting stuck on some quick surface level problems with AI art and gets to the heart of things.
theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art
theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art
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Cet extrait vient de Groland. Mais quand tu compares avec la réalité, tu ne vois presque plus de différence sur ces histoires de remaniement et de nouveau gouvernement.
October 6, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Cet extrait vient de Groland. Mais quand tu compares avec la réalité, tu ne vois presque plus de différence sur ces histoires de remaniement et de nouveau gouvernement.
Played a classic last night
October 6, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Played a classic last night
Well-deserved praises for @theoldkingscrown.bsky.social
I've had the chance to playtest the game during its development and it's a real banger.
I've had the chance to playtest the game during its development and it's a real banger.
big review!
The Old King's Crown is absolutely fabulous. A sparkling bit of design that i went a bit mad trying to capture on video.
this is a very, very special game made by people who care tremendously. check it the HECK out !!
The Old King's Crown is absolutely fabulous. A sparkling bit of design that i went a bit mad trying to capture on video.
this is a very, very special game made by people who care tremendously. check it the HECK out !!
Oh boy, if it isn’t that time of year again! Tom’s gone and gotten himself addicted to a giant, knotty board game again. Please wish him a speedy recovery.
October 5, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Well-deserved praises for @theoldkingscrown.bsky.social
I've had the chance to playtest the game during its development and it's a real banger.
I've had the chance to playtest the game during its development and it's a real banger.
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For today's article, I'm just griping about why "fun" is a bad word for critics. spacebiff.com/2025/09/30/a...
Anti-Fun
There’s one word I try to never use when writing about board games. The F-word. No, not that one. “Fun.” There it is. My critical curse word. Today I want to talk about why “fun” isn’t an especiall…
spacebiff.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:07 AM
For today's article, I'm just griping about why "fun" is a bad word for critics. spacebiff.com/2025/09/30/a...
xkcd's what if? has a YouTube channel and I somehow only discovered it ? Excellent stuff ! youtube.com/@xkcd_whatif
xkcd's What If?
What If? The Video Series is the official adaptation of the 'What If?' books by Randall Munroe (xkcd.com) and is produced by Neptune Studios LLC
youtube.com
October 1, 2025 at 11:07 AM
xkcd's what if? has a YouTube channel and I somehow only discovered it ? Excellent stuff ! youtube.com/@xkcd_whatif
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If you're a non-french speaking designer and you want to meet with @spiraleditions.bsky.social during Essen, send me a DM :)
September 23, 2025 at 10:04 AM
If you're a non-french speaking designer and you want to meet with @spiraleditions.bsky.social during Essen, send me a DM :)