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raybird.bsky.social
@raybird.bsky.social
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Digital Content Specialist | Board Games | Opinions are my own | (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈
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raybird.bsky.social @raybird.bsky.social · May 3
I used to find these kinds of posts shallow, but in light of recent events and in case you don’t know me personally—

I believe trans rights are human rights, Black lives matter, abortion is healthcare, and that this administration is cancerous.
raybird.bsky.social
TOP 2 REASONS THE OLD KINGS CROWN SUCKS (not clickbait)

1. I suffered a generational loss

2. My mom says it’s too late and we have to wait until tomorrow til we can play again and I want to play again now
November 8, 2025 at 11:46 PM
raybird.bsky.social
NOT @hexstardragon.bsky.social ACTUALLY SENDING ME A LITE BRITE AFTER THIS 🥹😭
a Lite Brite board propped up on a coffee table. The image on the Lite Brite is of a jack o lantern smiling
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
raybird.bsky.social
IT’S BEEN 16 YEARS IM SO EXCITED 😭😭😭

(The GameStop boys didn’t know what Katamari was and it made me wanna die)
A photo of my tv displaying the title screen for Once Uppn a Katamari
October 25, 2025 at 12:16 AM
raybird.bsky.social
Dyslexia brings great joy and great pain, but mostly pain.

Today I misread an invitation as providing “Lite Brites” and lost my fucking mind when I realized it in fact said “light bites” and there will not be my favorite childhood toy at this function
A product photo of a lite brite board on a white background. The lite brite has a brightly colored sailboat on it. There’s a pile of lite brite beads in the foreground
October 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
raybird.bsky.social
we’re talking about one of my favorite types of games today 🗣️🗣️🗣️

TOP 10 TRICK TAKERS!!!

LIVE NOW!!!!

🔴 twitch.tv/rahdorunsthrough
A selfie of me with a beanie on that makes me look very egg shaped. I am looking down at my phone at an awkward angle
October 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
raybird.bsky.social
On the R&R show talking about our top picks for Essen!!

🔴 LIVE NOW: twitch.tv/RahdoRunThrough
Selfie of me in a green sweater holding up peace signs (I don’t know how else to pose), smiling at the camera
October 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
raybird.bsky.social
Ah yes, the four food groups.
A close up of the new tamagotchi paradise, in the meal selection screen showing the food choice “Pellets” A close up of the new tamagotchi paradise, in the meal selection screen showing the food choice “Small Meat” A close up of the new tamagotchi paradise, in the meal selection screen showing the food choice “Big Meat” A close up of the new tamagotchi paradise, in the meal selection screen showing the food choice “Whole Chicken”
October 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
raybird.bsky.social
LETS FUCKING GOOOO 🦅🦅🦅🦅
a screenshot of an email subject line telling me that my copy of Old King's Crown is on its way
October 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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cardboardtime.bsky.social
My wife (@peppermintfox.bsky.social ) and I discussing the trash luck I have with Flip7. Also pictured is Chris Barrows of Tabletop Express, clearly not understanding that you HAVE to Flip7 to win, it's in the name of the game.
My wife Aly (left), myself (center), and Chris Barrows (right) playing Flip7
October 7, 2025 at 12:36 AM
raybird.bsky.social
New hobby hard launch
Me, t-posing, in a bee keeper suit, in a field of bees
October 4, 2025 at 5:13 AM
raybird.bsky.social
Some hopecore if anyone needs it:

I just learned that in my new city, people (especially in tall buildings) flash their lights for one minute at 8:30 to say goodnight to the local children’s hospital patients. Every single night. They’re called the good night lights 🥹
September 24, 2025 at 2:31 AM
raybird.bsky.social
nooooo @panda8ngel.bsky.social is telling everyone about my super power!!!! (being easy to spot in a crowd)
September 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
raybird.bsky.social
Same thing, different font.

Anonymously making fun of your wife on the internet for the up-votes of strangers is very weird actually!
A screen shot of a Reddit comment that reads: “There are only two categories of board game: games my wife wins at without understanding why or how she ended up winning, and games my wife doesn’t like”
September 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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eizebasa.baby
You won't be fired by an AI who can do your job. You'll be fired by an idiot who thinks an AI can do your job.
September 17, 2025 at 1:41 AM
raybird.bsky.social
I’m talking about my favorite hidden gem board games from 2024!!

Featuring my Remi Wolf tee and peace sign remediation efforts

🔴 LIVE: twitch.tv/RahdoRunsThrough
Selfie of my with my hand awkwardly on my hip looking away from the camera. I’m wearing a baby tshirt that says Remi Wolf and strawberry earrings
September 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
raybird.bsky.social
Being recognized as a Wonder Woman finalist last night was incredibly surreal.

I’m so proud of how far I’ve come in the board game industry, and so grateful to have such wonderful people supporting me 💖
Photo of myself and The Op Games marketing team posing in cocktail attire in an all pink Barbie Photo Booth Me pointing to a tv screen announcing the Wonder Woman award I was nominated for Me posing with my partner in front of a Women in Toys backdrop. I’m wearing a dark green dress and my partner is in a suit A photo of me and my coworkers Lindsay and Adrianna in the Wonder Woman awards ceremony
September 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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younghorses.com
A message from the Young Horses team
a solid cube of text styled like a morose announcement from a games company. it says "Due to the impending release of Silksong, we have made the difficult decision to delay our work day until later this month. We want this work day to be a success as much as you, our beloved fans, do. Thank you for understanding how difficult this decision has been for the team. We are hard at work finishing Silksong, so that we can get back to work next week probably. Thanks for your continued support. Neigh, your continued community. - Young Horses"
September 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
raybird.bsky.social
I had the honor of being a guest on Danielle's Proud to Gayme podcast recently!

Take a listen to hear my very anticlimactic coming out story where I told people I was bi and everyone around me said "i know" lol.
tabletopgaymers.bsky.social Tabletop Gaymers 🔜 PAX Unplugged, November 21-23 @tabletopgaymers.bsky.social · Sep 1
In the latest episode of Proud to Gayme, Danielle talks with @raybird.bsky.social, at The Op Games about her journey to finding both her queer identity and that working in board games could be a job. Listen here: proudtogayme.podbean...
September 2, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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lucyasnyder.bsky.social
Sex work is 1000% more honorable and socially beneficial than working as an ICE agent.
August 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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rf-seattle.bsky.social
Ray has great things to say about Tabriz as a "classic cozy euro". It slots in at #6 on their Best Games of 2025 (So Far).

Thanks @raybird.bsky.social, @cbarrows.bsky.social, & @ruelgaviola.com for the great discussion about Tabriz!

#BoardGames #TabrizGame #Tabriz

@craftygames.bsky.social
Top 12 Games of 2025 (So Far) ►►► The R&R Show Episode 105
YouTube video by Rahdo Runs Through
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August 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
raybird.bsky.social
heyyyyyyyyyyyyyy can we stop with using "your wife" as short had for "non-gamer" in reviews?? like "so easy even your wife can play it!"
August 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
raybird.bsky.social
The R&R show is back! Come join us for chat about our favorite board games of 2025 (so far)

Twitch.tv/RahdoRunsThrough
Selfie of me smiling and holding up a peace sign
August 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
raybird.bsky.social
an app that just tells you if the grocery store is sold out of rotisserie chickens yet
August 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
raybird.bsky.social
As a lifelong Final Fantasy fan, I called the plot twist at the end of Expedition 33’s first disc fucking IMMEDIATELY.

I’ve never been more proud of a story call in my life 😭
August 23, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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transtextual.bsky.social
constant reminders that we live in a world where people have been so alienated from their emotions that to feel them and be human feels like violation.

what wonders we can behold in this bold and glorious dystopia.
insertdisc5.com adrienne ✨ Truth Scrapper ➡ MIGS! @insertdisc5.com · Aug 17
this just in: im an abusive gamedev for (checks notes) making you feel things
negative steam review: Scripted death right in the beginning of the game, no way to avoid, no way to remove the 'achievement' stain from your play history when it happens And the game dev and their crony community call this 'a pivotal part of gameplay mechanics' and not what it actually is, a direct, coded betrayal of player trust. Why should I bother investing any further time in this title when the dev just seems comfortable arbitrarily killing you whenever with no recourse to fit their childish metaexamination of savegame mechanics? Life is too short to be a script kiddie's emotional punching bag. Even worse I have no idea how many more 'omg you died teehee' little moments and 'achievements' they've created to litter my profile with unerasable proof of failure. But since the art is pretty and it's about friends, everyone will just ignore how emotionally abusive insertdisc5 is and how casually they just dismiss all criticism Last and most bitter to me, the game is paced that you don't get the gutpunch till JUUUUST after the refund window. I kind of feel that was deliberate on the dev's part to even more severely punish people like me who don't enjoy being railroaded into character death. Toby Fox did the same motherloving thing with their ;uwu omg toriel scripted crit,; and the community defended his abusive actions then just as I expect insertdisc5's will do here. I am so motherloving tired of indie game devs being emotionally abusive and calling it cheeky fun
August 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM