🎲📐Marcus Ross ⚡️🚗
@marcusross.bsky.social
Tabletop Game Designer / EV Enthusiast / Software Dev
Play to Z Games investor
Coming 🔜: Jingle 🔔 Bell 🎄 Roll 🎅
Play to Z Games investor
Coming 🔜: Jingle 🔔 Bell 🎄 Roll 🎅
I keep swinging my hand through a swarm of bees
Can't understand why they're stinging me
But I'll do what I want, I'll do what I please
I'll do it again 'til I've got what I need
youtube.com/watch?v=qCGT...
Can't understand why they're stinging me
But I'll do what I want, I'll do what I please
I'll do it again 'til I've got what I need
youtube.com/watch?v=qCGT...
The Honey Files Expose Major Fraud!
YouTube video by MegaLag
youtube.com
December 31, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I keep swinging my hand through a swarm of bees
Can't understand why they're stinging me
But I'll do what I want, I'll do what I please
I'll do it again 'til I've got what I need
youtube.com/watch?v=qCGT...
Can't understand why they're stinging me
But I'll do what I want, I'll do what I please
I'll do it again 'til I've got what I need
youtube.com/watch?v=qCGT...
Reposted by 🎲📐Marcus Ross ⚡️🚗
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
Spent a bit of the weekend picking up where I left off:
-Removed a few of the just plain absurd (inhuman) jobs and reprinted the entire deck in a larger, slightly more legible font
-Added a new deck of challenges as an option
-Quality of life improvement: big number cards
-Removed a few of the just plain absurd (inhuman) jobs and reprinted the entire deck in a larger, slightly more legible font
-Added a new deck of challenges as an option
-Quality of life improvement: big number cards
December 29, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Spent a bit of the weekend picking up where I left off:
-Removed a few of the just plain absurd (inhuman) jobs and reprinted the entire deck in a larger, slightly more legible font
-Added a new deck of challenges as an option
-Quality of life improvement: big number cards
-Removed a few of the just plain absurd (inhuman) jobs and reprinted the entire deck in a larger, slightly more legible font
-Added a new deck of challenges as an option
-Quality of life improvement: big number cards
God this regime is vile.
There really should be top-down prosecutions for this, but we’re not really a ‘demand consequences for administrative evil’ kind of country.
There really should be top-down prosecutions for this, but we’re not really a ‘demand consequences for administrative evil’ kind of country.
December 23, 2025 at 5:00 AM
God this regime is vile.
There really should be top-down prosecutions for this, but we’re not really a ‘demand consequences for administrative evil’ kind of country.
There really should be top-down prosecutions for this, but we’re not really a ‘demand consequences for administrative evil’ kind of country.
Reposted by 🎲📐Marcus Ross ⚡️🚗
Game designers who "can't draw" but want art for prototypes... beyond the wealth of public domain stuff available (there's lots) there are artists who make stuff that's VERY affordable and Itch has a ton on sale right now. #NoGenAI
itch.io/game-assets/...
itch.io/game-assets/...
December 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Game designers who "can't draw" but want art for prototypes... beyond the wealth of public domain stuff available (there's lots) there are artists who make stuff that's VERY affordable and Itch has a ton on sale right now. #NoGenAI
itch.io/game-assets/...
itch.io/game-assets/...
A thought I’ve had for some time now:
Airlines should make checked baggage free and only charge extra for use of the overhead compartments. Getting on and off the plane would be so much faster.
youtu.be/oAHbLRjF0vo?...
Airlines should make checked baggage free and only charge extra for use of the overhead compartments. Getting on and off the plane would be so much faster.
youtu.be/oAHbLRjF0vo?...
The Better Boarding Methods
YouTube video by CGP Grey
youtu.be
December 18, 2025 at 2:14 AM
A thought I’ve had for some time now:
Airlines should make checked baggage free and only charge extra for use of the overhead compartments. Getting on and off the plane would be so much faster.
youtu.be/oAHbLRjF0vo?...
Airlines should make checked baggage free and only charge extra for use of the overhead compartments. Getting on and off the plane would be so much faster.
youtu.be/oAHbLRjF0vo?...
Just noticing a certain Elizabeth Theranos Holmes hasn’t been pardoned yet and I have to assume that’s simply an oversight.
(Making an absolute mockery of our laws seems like priority #1 so start a countdown.)
(Making an absolute mockery of our laws seems like priority #1 so start a countdown.)
December 16, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Just noticing a certain Elizabeth Theranos Holmes hasn’t been pardoned yet and I have to assume that’s simply an oversight.
(Making an absolute mockery of our laws seems like priority #1 so start a countdown.)
(Making an absolute mockery of our laws seems like priority #1 so start a countdown.)
I was really inspired by seeing all the experimental, short run games at the PAX Unplugged Indie Games Night Market. So now I’m working on my own (probably unviable) concept:
So…
Who wants to talk about
🤖✨ ROBOTS ✨🦾 ?
So…
Who wants to talk about
🤖✨ ROBOTS ✨🦾 ?
Here’s my invite to play some new stuff.
(I may have overdone it at the indie night games market.)
www.newmillindustries.com/ignm
#paxhaul
(I may have overdone it at the indie night games market.)
www.newmillindustries.com/ignm
#paxhaul
December 15, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I was really inspired by seeing all the experimental, short run games at the PAX Unplugged Indie Games Night Market. So now I’m working on my own (probably unviable) concept:
So…
Who wants to talk about
🤖✨ ROBOTS ✨🦾 ?
So…
Who wants to talk about
🤖✨ ROBOTS ✨🦾 ?
Once again hoping for the TMNT game so good I can stop feeling like I have to make one for myself. [A feeling I’ve had for 30 years]
My first (and extremely numerous) game designs were *all TMNT* and only my poor brothers were forced to play them.
My first (and extremely numerous) game designs were *all TMNT* and only my poor brothers were forced to play them.
December 5, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Once again hoping for the TMNT game so good I can stop feeling like I have to make one for myself. [A feeling I’ve had for 30 years]
My first (and extremely numerous) game designs were *all TMNT* and only my poor brothers were forced to play them.
My first (and extremely numerous) game designs were *all TMNT* and only my poor brothers were forced to play them.
Better picture of the haul now that everything has made it home from PAX.
November 27, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Better picture of the haul now that everything has made it home from PAX.
Currently cataloging an advance copy of Jingle Bell Roll for the Spielbound Library. Always an honor to add a local design to the collection. 😜
(Note: @annlee14.bsky.social retains the Spielmasons Belt until we have copies for sale.)
(Note: @annlee14.bsky.social retains the Spielmasons Belt until we have copies for sale.)
November 26, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Currently cataloging an advance copy of Jingle Bell Roll for the Spielbound Library. Always an honor to add a local design to the collection. 😜
(Note: @annlee14.bsky.social retains the Spielmasons Belt until we have copies for sale.)
(Note: @annlee14.bsky.social retains the Spielmasons Belt until we have copies for sale.)
Here’s my invite to play some new stuff.
(I may have overdone it at the indie night games market.)
www.newmillindustries.com/ignm
#paxhaul
(I may have overdone it at the indie night games market.)
www.newmillindustries.com/ignm
#paxhaul
November 23, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Here’s my invite to play some new stuff.
(I may have overdone it at the indie night games market.)
www.newmillindustries.com/ignm
#paxhaul
(I may have overdone it at the indie night games market.)
www.newmillindustries.com/ignm
#paxhaul
Guess I won’t be meeting Ify Nwadiwe today
November 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Guess I won’t be meeting Ify Nwadiwe today
Incredible game changer cosplay idea and commitment to the bit at #paxunplugged (@dropout.tv)
November 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Incredible game changer cosplay idea and commitment to the bit at #paxunplugged (@dropout.tv)
Tabletop Simulator catches some *totally undeserved* strays in our talk about conventions.
thegamedesignroundtable.com/episode/btc-...
thegamedesignroundtable.com/episode/btc-...
BtC – Marcus Ross on conventions – The Game Design Roundtable
thegamedesignroundtable.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Tabletop Simulator catches some *totally undeserved* strays in our talk about conventions.
thegamedesignroundtable.com/episode/btc-...
thegamedesignroundtable.com/episode/btc-...
Still looking for a roommate for Thursday to Sunday.
Getting increasingly urgent about it. 😅
Getting increasingly urgent about it. 😅
UPDATE: I have a room but now I *need* a roommate for PAX Unplugged. It’s at the really close Marriott so accordingly it’s fairly pricey. DM for details if you’re interested.
November 18, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Still looking for a roommate for Thursday to Sunday.
Getting increasingly urgent about it. 😅
Getting increasingly urgent about it. 😅
Reposted by 🎲📐Marcus Ross ⚡️🚗
I’m (hopefully still) going to PAX Unplugged in Philadelphia next week, but my hotel reservation was through Sonder. I no longer have a place to stay and prices are absolutely ridiculous now.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/b...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/b...
Collapse of Sonder, a Marriott-backed hotel chain, leaves guests stranded mid-stay | CNN Business
Patrick M. D’Aoust probably didn’t expect his anniversary trip to end early, but he definitely didn’t think he’d have just 15 minutes to vacate his room.
www.cnn.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I’m (hopefully still) going to PAX Unplugged in Philadelphia next week, but my hotel reservation was through Sonder. I no longer have a place to stay and prices are absolutely ridiculous now.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/b...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/b...
Reposted by 🎲📐Marcus Ross ⚡️🚗
I LOVE this:
"There exists a paradox in game design. You are simultaneously the most knowledgeable and least knowledgeable person about your game..."
🎲✂️(1/4)
"There exists a paradox in game design. You are simultaneously the most knowledgeable and least knowledgeable person about your game..."
🎲✂️(1/4)
November 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I LOVE this:
"There exists a paradox in game design. You are simultaneously the most knowledgeable and least knowledgeable person about your game..."
🎲✂️(1/4)
"There exists a paradox in game design. You are simultaneously the most knowledgeable and least knowledgeable person about your game..."
🎲✂️(1/4)
Christmas is my favorite holiday and my friends have come up with something spectacular. I love this idea so much I’ll have to put up a full-size tree to present them all properly.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ind...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ind...
Christmas Ornament Games - Garland Games
Custom Christmas ornaments that open up to reveal 6 different games!
www.kickstarter.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Christmas is my favorite holiday and my friends have come up with something spectacular. I love this idea so much I’ll have to put up a full-size tree to present them all properly.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ind...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ind...
It’s always fun (and just a bit weird) when something I designed at my kitchen table gets explained in a language I do not speak to people I will never meet. I love that my games get to travel so far.
youtu.be/gv9U15WlCHw?...
youtu.be/gv9U15WlCHw?...
Szybka Wrzutka - Beeeees!
YouTube video by SMGP Kości
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 6:24 PM
It’s always fun (and just a bit weird) when something I designed at my kitchen table gets explained in a language I do not speak to people I will never meet. I love that my games get to travel so far.
youtu.be/gv9U15WlCHw?...
youtu.be/gv9U15WlCHw?...
Ready for the trick-or-treaters.
This year’s movie can only be K-Pop Demon Hunters (and of course full size candy bars if you brave the chilly weather).
This year’s movie can only be K-Pop Demon Hunters (and of course full size candy bars if you brave the chilly weather).
October 31, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Ready for the trick-or-treaters.
This year’s movie can only be K-Pop Demon Hunters (and of course full size candy bars if you brave the chilly weather).
This year’s movie can only be K-Pop Demon Hunters (and of course full size candy bars if you brave the chilly weather).
It’s hard to pick the worst person in the trump regime, but a here’s a strong new-to-me contender. 😵💫
There’s a fascist official named Greg Bovino, a section chief for Customs and Border Protection. Folks in L.A. and Chicago know and recognize him, and we should, too. His illegal actions already caused one federal judge to haul him into a courtroom yesterday. And hoo boy. My write-up in the replies.
October 29, 2025 at 9:25 PM
It’s hard to pick the worst person in the trump regime, but a here’s a strong new-to-me contender. 😵💫
AWS and Azure are both down??
Are we under cyberattack?
Are we under cyberattack?
October 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
AWS and Azure are both down??
Are we under cyberattack?
Are we under cyberattack?