Ron Halliday
@ronhallidaygames.bsky.social
Professional cartographer; semi-professional board game designer. My latest game is Hits & Outs『ヒット&アウト』released by itten at Tokyo Game Market 2025.
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SPIEL Essen starts a month from tomorrow! And I'll be there for the first time, representing Bucaneiros Jogos in the eternal search for publishing partnerships! We have TEN new pocket card games by Brazilian designers to offer, so send me a message if you would like information about them!
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that the first Korean review of Hits & Outs is a positive one. 😎
November 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that the first Korean review of Hits & Outs is a positive one. 😎
Japan ✔️
South Korea ✔️
South Korea ✔️
November 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Japan ✔️
South Korea ✔️
South Korea ✔️
The 'Cats are down by three in the last inning of the『ヒット＆アウト』championship. Their best hitter is standing in the on-deck circle, getting ready to step up to the plate with the bases loaded. What's this?!? He's asking for his special home run bat!!! 🙀
Thanks for the treat, @itten-games.bsky.social!
Thanks for the treat, @itten-games.bsky.social!
November 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The 'Cats are down by three in the last inning of the『ヒット＆アウト』championship. Their best hitter is standing in the on-deck circle, getting ready to step up to the plate with the bases loaded. What's this?!? He's asking for his special home run bat!!! 🙀
Thanks for the treat, @itten-games.bsky.social!
Thanks for the treat, @itten-games.bsky.social!
Whoever told IKF to stay close to third to avoid getting doubled-up on a line drive by Varsho to 3B/SS cost the Jays the World Series. Fun fact: Varsho didn't line out to the left side of the infield all season, but had PLENTY of ground balls to the right side. What'd he do? 🤬 #WorldSeries #BlueJays
November 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Whoever told IKF to stay close to third to avoid getting doubled-up on a line drive by Varsho to 3B/SS cost the Jays the World Series. Fun fact: Varsho didn't line out to the left side of the infield all season, but had PLENTY of ground balls to the right side. What'd he do? 🤬 #WorldSeries #BlueJays
Essen loot! How many of these games do you know?
October 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Essen loot! How many of these games do you know?
It's obviously a very small sample size, but it's encouraging to see that Hits & Outs『ヒット＆アウト』is doing well on Bodoge Hoobby, a.k.a. Japanese BoardGameGeek. It finished second in last month's "fun games for 2 players" poll, only behind Battle Line -- Knizia's highest-rated 2 player game on BGG!
October 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
It's obviously a very small sample size, but it's encouraging to see that Hits & Outs『ヒット＆アウト』is doing well on Bodoge Hoobby, a.k.a. Japanese BoardGameGeek. It finished second in last month's "fun games for 2 players" poll, only behind Battle Line -- Knizia's highest-rated 2 player game on BGG!
A couple of recent Hang it in the Louvre / Accidental Renaissance quality photos of Hits & Outs (ヒット&アウト) shared on social media.
October 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
A couple of recent Hang it in the Louvre / Accidental Renaissance quality photos of Hits & Outs (ヒット&アウト) shared on social media.
SPIEL Essen starts a month from tomorrow! And I'll be there for the first time, representing Bucaneiros Jogos in the eternal search for publishing partnerships! We have TEN new pocket card games by Brazilian designers to offer, so send me a message if you would like information about them!
September 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
SPIEL Essen starts a month from tomorrow! And I'll be there for the first time, representing Bucaneiros Jogos in the eternal search for publishing partnerships! We have TEN new pocket card games by Brazilian designers to offer, so send me a message if you would like information about them!
Just a video of a couple of popular anime voice actresses playing Hits & Outs on their channel. 🤯
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE0B...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE0B...
神推理の連続！？野球のボドゲ「ヒット&アウト」がおもろすぎた！
YouTube video by 日笠・日高のお日様ぐみ!
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September 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Just a video of a couple of popular anime voice actresses playing Hits & Outs on their channel. 🤯
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE0B...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE0B...
Hits & Outs on BoardGameGeek (31/08/25):
Ratings — 48 (↑15)
Average Rating — 6.6 (↓0.2)
Rank — 18830 of 29014 (↑1102)
Rank: Sports — 425 of 657 (↑17)
Rank: Sports: Baseball — 37 of 51 (↑1)
(Compared to when Hits & Outs was ranked 38 of 51 Sports: Baseball titles.)
Ratings — 48 (↑15)
Average Rating — 6.6 (↓0.2)
Rank — 18830 of 29014 (↑1102)
Rank: Sports — 425 of 657 (↑17)
Rank: Sports: Baseball — 37 of 51 (↑1)
(Compared to when Hits & Outs was ranked 38 of 51 Sports: Baseball titles.)
August 31, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Hits & Outs on BoardGameGeek (31/08/25):
Ratings — 48 (↑15)
Average Rating — 6.6 (↓0.2)
Rank — 18830 of 29014 (↑1102)
Rank: Sports — 425 of 657 (↑17)
Rank: Sports: Baseball — 37 of 51 (↑1)
(Compared to when Hits & Outs was ranked 38 of 51 Sports: Baseball titles.)
Ratings — 48 (↑15)
Average Rating — 6.6 (↓0.2)
Rank — 18830 of 29014 (↑1102)
Rank: Sports — 425 of 657 (↑17)
Rank: Sports: Baseball — 37 of 51 (↑1)
(Compared to when Hits & Outs was ranked 38 of 51 Sports: Baseball titles.)
August 28, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Reposted by Ron Halliday
Rock Looked Way Cooler Wet
August 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Rock Looked Way Cooler Wet
Thanks, Dice Tower!
August 13, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Thanks, Dice Tower!
Thanks to everyone who has posted their photos of Hits & Outs scores — I have already found 💯! It is wonderful to see so many people enjoying the game, so please tag me in your photos of『ヒット＆アウト』so I can continue to collect them! ⚾️ #ヒットアンドアウト
August 6, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Thanks to everyone who has posted their photos of Hits & Outs scores — I have already found 💯! It is wonderful to see so many people enjoying the game, so please tag me in your photos of『ヒット＆アウト』so I can continue to collect them! ⚾️ #ヒットアンドアウト
Have a great Gen Con, everyone! Hard to believe it's been three years since my first and only visit; it was everything I expected and more!
July 31, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Have a great Gen Con, everyone! Hard to believe it's been three years since my first and only visit; it was everything I expected and more!
Even the pitcher got involved in my friend's home run celebration! 😁
July 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Even the pitcher got involved in my friend's home run celebration! 😁
Hits & Outs on BoardGameGeek:
Ratings — 33 (⬆️3)
Average Rating — 6.8 (➡️0.0)
Rank — 19932 of 28774 (⬆️245)
Rank: Sports — 442 of 653 (⬆️7)
Rank: Sports: Baseball — 38 of 51 (⬆️1)
Ratings — 33 (⬆️3)
Average Rating — 6.8 (➡️0.0)
Rank — 19932 of 28774 (⬆️245)
Rank: Sports — 442 of 653 (⬆️7)
Rank: Sports: Baseball — 38 of 51 (⬆️1)
July 22, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Hits & Outs on BoardGameGeek:
Ratings — 33 (⬆️3)
Average Rating — 6.8 (➡️0.0)
Rank — 19932 of 28774 (⬆️245)
Rank: Sports — 442 of 653 (⬆️7)
Rank: Sports: Baseball — 38 of 51 (⬆️1)
Ratings — 33 (⬆️3)
Average Rating — 6.8 (➡️0.0)
Rank — 19932 of 28774 (⬆️245)
Rank: Sports — 442 of 653 (⬆️7)
Rank: Sports: Baseball — 38 of 51 (⬆️1)
Hits & Outs entered the BoardGameGeek rankings at #39 of the 51 games in the "Sports: Baseball" family! ⚾️😎
July 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Hits & Outs entered the BoardGameGeek rankings at #39 of the 51 games in the "Sports: Baseball" family! ⚾️😎
Hits & Outs『ヒット＆アウト』is one rating away from entering the BoardGameGeek rankings! I was surprised to find out that only 50 ranked games (out of nearly 29,000) are related to baseball -- fewer if you exclude versions of Monopoly, Dobble, etc. where you don't actually play baseball
July 19, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Hits & Outs『ヒット＆アウト』is one rating away from entering the BoardGameGeek rankings! I was surprised to find out that only 50 ranked games (out of nearly 29,000) are related to baseball -- fewer if you exclude versions of Monopoly, Dobble, etc. where you don't actually play baseball
"A god-tier game I want all of humanity to play." is NOT a compliment I was expecting.
July 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
"A god-tier game I want all of humanity to play." is NOT a compliment I was expecting.
It's a small thing, but I'm very pleased that someone put full boxscores of Hits & Outs (ヒット&アウト) on BoardGameGeek for the first time! ☺️
July 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
It's a small thing, but I'm very pleased that someone put full boxscores of Hits & Outs (ヒット&アウト) on BoardGameGeek for the first time! ☺️
I haven't posted much about my other games lately, but a friend recently sent me their group's gameplay stats for June. Carnavalesco is in some *seriously* good company here!
July 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I haven't posted much about my other games lately, but a friend recently sent me their group's gameplay stats for June. Carnavalesco is in some *seriously* good company here!
I didn't have any games released in Brazil this year, but Hits & Outs came out in Japan a month ago, which introduced me to the Asian board game industry. This in turn was useful in one of my roles at Bucaneiros, to help them bring games to Brazil — Trickarus and Hanamikoji are the first!
June 23, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I didn't have any games released in Brazil this year, but Hits & Outs came out in Japan a month ago, which introduced me to the Asian board game industry. This in turn was useful in one of my roles at Bucaneiros, to help them bring games to Brazil — Trickarus and Hanamikoji are the first!
In case you don't use X these days and you're wondering what it's like over there now, I just had a sponsored ad on my feed for a combat aircraft missile. Do not tarnish the memory of Twitter by continuing to refer to X by that name.
June 15, 2025 at 12:24 PM
In case you don't use X these days and you're wondering what it's like over there now, I just had a sponsored ad on my feed for a combat aircraft missile. Do not tarnish the memory of Twitter by continuing to refer to X by that name.
There are grand slams, and then there are grand slams! 🥰
June 14, 2025 at 8:22 PM
There are grand slams, and then there are grand slams! 🥰