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Barb, MeeplePhD (she/her)
@meeplephd.bsky.social
Board gaming astronomer who sees the stars in everything I do. #Astronomy #TableTopGames #BoardGames #SciComms
We crossed out numbers to try for some mega combos in Super Mega Lucky box, the next game in our A-Z game shelf play-through. Check out this blog for my thoughts.
A to Z Gaming: Super Mega Lucky Box
We crossed out numbers to try for some mega combos in Super Mega Lucky box, the next game in our A-Z game shelf play-through. Super Mega Lucky BoxPlayers: 1-6 Time: 20 MinutesDesigners: Phil Walker-HardingArtists: Serge SeidlitzPublisher: Gamewright Super Mega Lucky Box is a quick-playing flip-and-write game where you are ticking off numbers on cards in a 3x3 grid.
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September 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Happy #CephalopodWeek! If you were a cephalopod, you’d deserve a fancy name.
Using your first initial, last initial, and favorite color, you can make one for yourself! 🐙

Share yours in the comments, and check out our cephalo-bration: buff.ly/mlzthqQ
September 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I'm continuing my slow walk through the alphabet, looking at my game collection and choosing a few favorites for each letter. Next up is N.
A few favorite “N” games
I'm continuing my slow walk through the alphabet, looking at my game collection and choosing a few favorites for each letter. Next up is N. NMBR 9 NMBR 9 is a tile laying game where each tile is shaped like a number between zero and nine. There are two tiles of each number. Each turn, a card is drawn depicting one of the numbers.
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September 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Unwound after another stressful day (nothing new, just the constant chaos) with some familiar and comfortable games.
August 29, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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I understand legal hesitation and "breech of contract" are real issues to be avoided, and have experienced circling the corporate fucking wagons myself. But you know... how about 10 cents (or more) out of every dollar goes here @czechgames.com www.thetrevorproject.org (or any relevant place)
Support Homepage
The Trevor Project is a non-profit suicide prevention organization that provides 24/7 crisis support services, research, and advocacy for LGBTQ+ young people.
www.thetrevorproject.org
July 28, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Lots of games this weekend! The LOOP, Wingspan, Deep Regrets, Dominion, Lost Ruins of Arnak, and Wishland. Whew!
July 21, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Squeaked out Employee of the Year in the L.A.S.E.R. Centrifuge scenario of The Loop tonight, even though we had two vortexes pop off on the third turn (!!)
July 19, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Just a reminder to find the light when you can.
July 17, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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Hundreds of scientists are set to take part in the first performance of a new Scottish country dance inspired by the ripples in spacetime whose existence was first theorised by Albert Einstein.

More: gla.ac/3ICip4Q

#GR24Amaldi16 #GravitationalWaves #Glasgow
@uofgravity.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 8:49 AM
What do games like On Tour and Welcome to Dino World have to do with astronomy? I talk about it in my latest video! youtu.be/Ae8T1xK_pgU?...
Title: Line Drawing | Board Game Mechanisms in the Universe
YouTube video by Meeple, PhD
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July 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
This may come in handy in about 90 days....
npr.org NPR @npr.org · Jul 5
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When you lose your job, it can be tough to know what to do next. Career coach Octavia Goredema shares a practical checklist of next moves, from reviewing exit paperwork to securing health care.
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July 6, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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"O! had I the ability, and could I reach the nation’s ear, I would, to-day, pour out a fiery stream of biting ridicule, blasting reproach, withering sarcasm, and stern rebuke. For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder."
- Frederick Douglass
July 5, 1852
July 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
CALL FOR ACTION!
The presidential budget request cuts NASA next year by about 25%. Hardest hit is science, with a 50% cut. Along with other science cuts across the government, this is an extinction-event for science in America.

More from the Planetary Society: www.planetary.org/save-nasa-sc...
July 3, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Got in a little mid-week gaming tonight. It's a much needed break from...well, everything.
June 25, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Yes every conservative social media site becomes a tropical rainforest of school shooters and Ponzi schemes but did you know that there is a left-wing social media site where people are rude to the nation’s center-right political pundits
June 9, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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If you’re feeling overwhelmed by it all, you’re not imagining things. This moment is heavy. But it is not calling for perfection or a hero. It’s asking us to do simply what we can, where we are, with what we have. 

americansofconscience.com/everythings-falling-apart/
May 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Sending love and strength to those for whom Mother's Day is difficult. 💐
May 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Globe Safety xkcd.com/3086
May 10, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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Hey I've been busy grading, but that doesn't mean it's not #BlackHoleWeek! Have burning questions about black holes? Join me and some of my colleagues from @ehtelescope.bsky.social for a Reddit AMA, today from 3-5 PM ET (19-21 UTC)!
AskScience AMA Series: We're Event Horizon Telescope scientists who've taken the world's first black hole photos. Ask Us Anything!
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May 9, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Celebrating #BlackHoleWeek, some of our scientists are working with the Science Ceilidh #SciComm team to create a binary black hole themed dance. This will be shared with participants at the upcoming #GR24Amaldi16 conference.

📷: @daniel-williams.co.uk @uofgravity.bsky.social
May 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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It's #BlackHoleWeek!

You might not expect it, but NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory's observations in visible light will help us learn about these dark and mysterious cosmic entities. But how?

🧵
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Happy #BlackHoleWeek!
It's #BlackHoleWeek! How will NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory help scientists learn about these dark and mysterious cosmic entities? ⚫️Rubin won't observe black ho...
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May 9, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Hi new followers! Sorry I don't post much these days, life has been a bit mad since I moved and started my postdoc!

But it's still #BlackHoleWeek so here's an old painting:)

🔭🐡
May 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM