Ben Bertoli
@radishgames.com
Author and games journalist seen on Polygon, Game Informer, APWOT and many more 🫠 Currently pitching a middle grades horror anthology 🪦
Board game designer behind Bark Magic, Mythic Menu, and Head Hauntcho for RadishGames.com
Board game designer behind Bark Magic, Mythic Menu, and Head Hauntcho for RadishGames.com
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☠️ WORLD OF HORROR: THE BOARD GAME ☠️ @ysbryd.net
The end is nigh.
Perplexing puzzles, nightmarish figures and a return to the tabletop origins of World of Horror's inception.
More information to follow... 📰⤵️
The end is nigh.
Perplexing puzzles, nightmarish figures and a return to the tabletop origins of World of Horror's inception.
More information to follow... 📰⤵️
Thrilled to reveal I’ve been working as a gameplay designer on the official World of Horror board game for the past six months!
It’s been a blast detailing monsters, mysteries, items and locations. Pumped to share more in the future 💀
It’s been a blast detailing monsters, mysteries, items and locations. Pumped to share more in the future 💀
Some sick pulls from Lorcana’s newest set. Need to build a new deck… 🤔
February 13, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Some sick pulls from Lorcana’s newest set. Need to build a new deck… 🤔
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February 12, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Important lore from Nirvana the Band regarding their iconic Update Day song.
February 12, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Important lore from Nirvana the Band regarding their iconic Update Day song.
Bethany and I just got done loading 500+ board games (over 350 lbs!) into my vehicle.
I’ll be dropping them all off tomorrow to be delivered to various distributor warehouses. Exciting to think of all the local game stores that will be carrying our games! 🎲✂️
I’ll be dropping them all off tomorrow to be delivered to various distributor warehouses. Exciting to think of all the local game stores that will be carrying our games! 🎲✂️
February 12, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Bethany and I just got done loading 500+ board games (over 350 lbs!) into my vehicle.
I’ll be dropping them all off tomorrow to be delivered to various distributor warehouses. Exciting to think of all the local game stores that will be carrying our games! 🎲✂️
I’ll be dropping them all off tomorrow to be delivered to various distributor warehouses. Exciting to think of all the local game stores that will be carrying our games! 🎲✂️
As a 37 year old, let me just tell you — I’m having the time of my life.
When someone tells me how old their child is I say "that's such a fun age" even if it's 37
February 10, 2026 at 11:36 PM
As a 37 year old, let me just tell you — I’m having the time of my life.
Board game folks, I need some help. I’m hoping to speak with someone who has used Kickstarter’s pledge manager to ship games from the US to Europe. I have questions about VAT that Kickstarter themselves can’t seem to clarify 🎲✂️
RTs appreciated 🙏
RTs appreciated 🙏
February 10, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Board game folks, I need some help. I’m hoping to speak with someone who has used Kickstarter’s pledge manager to ship games from the US to Europe. I have questions about VAT that Kickstarter themselves can’t seem to clarify 🎲✂️
RTs appreciated 🙏
RTs appreciated 🙏
Outdoor recess is baaaaack
February 10, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Outdoor recess is baaaaack
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I tried to take a photo of a grasshopper on my windshield, but now it looks like a gigantic bug destroying the town.
February 10, 2026 at 6:10 AM
I tried to take a photo of a grasshopper on my windshield, but now it looks like a gigantic bug destroying the town.
As of tonight Radish Games has officially sold out of the first print run of Mythic Menu! Not to say copies can’t be found at your local game shop (we hope).
Shoutout to @koboldscrossing.bsky.social for his work as our illustrator on this silly game. Perhaps a second printing is in order… 🎲✂️
Shoutout to @koboldscrossing.bsky.social for his work as our illustrator on this silly game. Perhaps a second printing is in order… 🎲✂️
February 10, 2026 at 1:12 AM
As of tonight Radish Games has officially sold out of the first print run of Mythic Menu! Not to say copies can’t be found at your local game shop (we hope).
Shoutout to @koboldscrossing.bsky.social for his work as our illustrator on this silly game. Perhaps a second printing is in order… 🎲✂️
Shoutout to @koboldscrossing.bsky.social for his work as our illustrator on this silly game. Perhaps a second printing is in order… 🎲✂️
*watching the olympics*
Me: Why does the crowd always cheer in that weird high pitched way?
Bethany: Sweetie, that’s the sound of the drone.
Me:
Me: Why does the crowd always cheer in that weird high pitched way?
Bethany: Sweetie, that’s the sound of the drone.
Me:
February 8, 2026 at 11:11 PM
*watching the olympics*
Me: Why does the crowd always cheer in that weird high pitched way?
Bethany: Sweetie, that’s the sound of the drone.
Me:
Me: Why does the crowd always cheer in that weird high pitched way?
Bethany: Sweetie, that’s the sound of the drone.
Me:
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Shoutout to My Football Monster, the 1987 Super Bowl MVP. 🏈
February 8, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Shoutout to My Football Monster, the 1987 Super Bowl MVP. 🏈
Yawn. Wake me when Women’s Weird Hill is on ⛷️
February 8, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Yawn. Wake me when Women’s Weird Hill is on ⛷️
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Progress on artwork I'm making for a DK video.
A stampede is coming 👁️👁️
A stampede is coming 👁️👁️
February 4, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Progress on artwork I'm making for a DK video.
A stampede is coming 👁️👁️
A stampede is coming 👁️👁️
Some Pepto Bismol would clear this right up.
Physics of a direct hit from an RPG type projectile
February 7, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Some Pepto Bismol would clear this right up.
Happy birthday, Mewtwo.
You sick freak.
You sick freak.
February 6, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Happy birthday, Mewtwo.
You sick freak.
You sick freak.
Today’s VHS movie, in honor of the Winter Olympics, is… Cool Runnings! ❄️
February 6, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Today’s VHS movie, in honor of the Winter Olympics, is… Cool Runnings! ❄️
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movement test ✅
WIP Freezeezy Scarf Sled
Model made from bristol paper, cardstock, sketchbook paper, woodland scenics grass flocking
automata parts from brass, plywood & basswood
WIP Freezeezy Scarf Sled
Model made from bristol paper, cardstock, sketchbook paper, woodland scenics grass flocking
automata parts from brass, plywood & basswood
February 5, 2026 at 8:53 PM
movement test ✅
WIP Freezeezy Scarf Sled
Model made from bristol paper, cardstock, sketchbook paper, woodland scenics grass flocking
automata parts from brass, plywood & basswood
WIP Freezeezy Scarf Sled
Model made from bristol paper, cardstock, sketchbook paper, woodland scenics grass flocking
automata parts from brass, plywood & basswood
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My co-author Dr. Megan Condis and I gathered nearly 3,000 print ads from the console wars era to analyze whether the popular narrative that "Sega was for rad teens and Nintendo was for babies" actually holds up.
The results paint a slightly more nuanced picture.
Read about it on @aftermath.site!
The results paint a slightly more nuanced picture.
Read about it on @aftermath.site!
The Console Wars, As Told By '90s Nintendo And Sega Advertisements
'The way you come to understand [anything] inside and out is by seeing how it evolved over time'
aftermath.site
February 4, 2026 at 5:14 PM
My co-author Dr. Megan Condis and I gathered nearly 3,000 print ads from the console wars era to analyze whether the popular narrative that "Sega was for rad teens and Nintendo was for babies" actually holds up.
The results paint a slightly more nuanced picture.
Read about it on @aftermath.site!
The results paint a slightly more nuanced picture.
Read about it on @aftermath.site!
The Head Hauntcho reprint has arrived! We are currently taking inventory and sorting all rewards, but we should start shipping games, cards and stickers out in the next few days 🎲✂️
February 5, 2026 at 12:19 AM
The Head Hauntcho reprint has arrived! We are currently taking inventory and sorting all rewards, but we should start shipping games, cards and stickers out in the next few days 🎲✂️
exciting news, everyone
February 4, 2026 at 11:30 PM
exciting news, everyone
Sounds like we’re about to be reading the Washington Postmortem 💀
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments, not just the newsroom, is being laid off.
February 4, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Sounds like we’re about to be reading the Washington Postmortem 💀
