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Rex Devlin
@rexdevlin.bsky.social
BoardGame Design (in development) | Board Gamer | Dark Coffee | Lefty Politics | Shenanigans | ENM | He/Him
Too annoyed to talk about boardgames today.
November 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Live look at senate democrats considering opening the government for the “promise” of a vote on the ACA in December.
November 10, 2025 at 12:23 AM
First game of Tak on the board I made. Squares a little small, but it works.
November 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Getting to end of the year. Before we visit my revised Top 50 boardgames, let’s talk about the ones that fell off the list.

Bohnanza (was 50)
There’s not a whole lot to say. I still love this game, and a lot of the top 100 are based on my whims at the time.
This is still a top tier trading game.
November 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
October plays. Another light month.
November 1, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Probably needs some touch up still, but, Tak board.
October 31, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Bought a cheap box to turn into a Tak board. It’s designed. Need to see how the paint pens come out before deciding how minimal the line work will be.
October 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
“This is the year someone announces a Tigris & Euphrates reprint.” - me, every year.
October 26, 2025 at 12:33 AM
A few games with younger gremlin. She won at The Rose King. Jerk. I mean, yay!
October 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
“We took it to Bob Iger and Alan Bergman and they said no. They didn’t see how Ben Solo was alive. And that was that.”
October 21, 2025 at 9:43 PM
September was busy. So few boardgame plays.
October 1, 2025 at 5:37 PM
2 projects backed this week. If everyone can stop making new games for a few months that’d be great.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/boa...
Container, GRUNTZ, and Triangulation
Out of print for far too long—the legendary Container returns! + Discover GRUNTZ's sharp duels and Triangulation's witty word-guessing.
www.kickstarter.com
September 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
That was an easy back. Such a good game.

gamefound.com/en/projects/...
Dogs of War by Play to Z
A shattered realm. Six feuding Houses. You, a Dog of War, shift battles, forge betrayals, and seize glory to rise as the ultimate victor.
gamefound.com
September 22, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Saw someone post some gameplay of Toy Battle (I don’t remember who, sorry). Looked neat, so I tried it on BGA. Definitely a fun little game. Of course it’s sold out everywhere.
September 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
August boardgame stats.
September 1, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Been noodling on a trick taking game design on and off for like 2 years. I think I just figured out how to make it work. Bought some reusable blank cards to begin testing. Woo, progress.
August 30, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Backed Hanami #boardgame on Kickstarter. I liked the old Bakelite bits Samurai, but since we’re not getting that, I guess picnicking it is.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/key...
Hanami - Samurai Reimagined, A Reiner Knizia Classic
A strategic tile-laying game based on Reiner Knizia’s 1998 classic Samurai.
www.kickstarter.com
August 20, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Happy #LetterboxdFriday! Time to post your #LastFourWatched 🌎

Whole lotta rewatches because the brain space has been blah.
August 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Slightly diminish a board game:

Four Tribes
Slightly diminish a board game:

Glass Hovel.
Slightly diminish a board game:
Power Outlet
August 14, 2025 at 12:58 AM
August 9, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Name a zero skips album

Suspect this isn’t everyone’s taste. If you need me to go more mainstream, NIN - Pretty Hate Machine.
August 5, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Why say favorite Nicholas Cage movie when that’s clearly a picture of John Travolta? 😉
Without saying Raising Arizona, fav Nicolas Cage Film?
August 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Played some bangers in July.
Board games played:
August 1, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Reposted by Rex Devlin
I wanted to share a few thoughts recent discussions around CGE’s decision to partner with JKR for their upcoming @codenamesgame.bsky.social game have prompted. Thankful to those who spoke early to this issue (Marceline, Tiffany, @nopunincluded.com et al) for helping this get the needed attention.
July 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Closer isn’t even top 10.
Today we’ll go with Gave Up.
Without saying Closer, fav NIN Song?
July 27, 2025 at 2:25 AM