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Shreesh
@shreesh.bsky.social
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Board game designer.
I love climbing/shedding, and trick taking games.
vyntoo on BGG & Discord.
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Shreesh @shreesh.bsky.social · Jul 1
Crisps! is available for pre-order now :
www.newmillindustries.com/store/p/crisps
It will ship in late September / early October 2025.
Crisps! — New Mill Industries
THIS IS A PREORDER - THIS GAME WILL SHIP IN LATE SEPTEMBER/EARLY OCTOBER 2025. ANY GAMES THAT ARE PURCHASED ALONG WITH IT WILL BE HELD UNTIL THAT TIME. Crisps! is a ladder-climbing card game for...
www.newmillindustries.com
shreesh.bsky.social
Solved Pensterdam for the first time!
Solved polyomino puzzle showing today’s date, month, and day (Feb 2nd Monday)
February 3, 2026 at 3:06 AM
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willquinnart.bsky.social
Daily bunny no.3217 watches the flock come home
Two bunnies have a log cabin on a wooded mountain. One goes for firewood, as the other stands atop a cliff, watching a flock of birds flying north for the spring.
February 2, 2026 at 5:02 AM
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dnlnwmn.bsky.social
Oh hey! New games are up for preorder at www.newmillindustries.com!

The Fluffy Rite is an oddball trick taker in which there are no ranks on the cards - you play two suited cards together to form teddy bears (illustrated by my 16 year old son) and you're aiming to win the second-most tricks.
New Mill Industries
www.newmillindustries.com
February 1, 2026 at 4:09 PM
shreesh.bsky.social
January plays!
BG Stats Jan 2026 Plays: 93 H-index: 4 Games: 45 New: 6 Players: 97 Locations: 5 Hours: 61 Days: 27 Haggis: 14 Space Base: 11 Tichu: 6 Crisps: 6 Qwinto: 4 Kingdom Builder: 3 Tigris & Euphrates: 2 Lumina Spell: 2 Jass: 2 39 designers: Reiner Knizia: 6% Shreesh Bhat: 6% (Uncredited): 4% Doris Matthäus: 4%. 57 mechanics: Hand Management: 35% Trick-taking: 22% Ladder Climbing: 15% Team-Based Game: 15% Set Collection: 11%.
February 1, 2026 at 5:44 AM
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xoe.gay
Made a zine on a whim for the 48 word RPG game jam (itch.io/jam/48wordrp...)

lol

knifebunny.itch.io/here-we-go-a...
here we go again by Xoe (it/its)
rejournal today over and over until judgment breaks the time loop
knifebunny.itch.io
January 30, 2026 at 3:47 AM
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willquinnart.bsky.social
Daily bunny no.3211 is forging his own path
A bunny drives a snowplow down a road covered in snow. Next to him, a second bunny is attempting to shovel the sidewalk, carving a path through the snow (which comes almost up to the bunny's eye level.) The bunny with the shovel has accidentally made a meandering path, cutting into the grass next to the sidewalk
January 27, 2026 at 3:19 AM
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vicmsong.bsky.social
Preach girl, preach. As always, an incredibly insightful and important read from @miasato.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 7:19 PM
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danthurot.bsky.social
The Dice Tower's silence on Sam Healy's fascist apologia is bad — hot take, I know — but it's also in line with this hobby's paradoxical insistence that games are simultaneously art and apolitical.
January 29, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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meanpomelo.bsky.social
There is a lesson somewhere about the type of community you cultivate when you're silent on certain topics. Silence means you're willing to accept bad behavior and harmful rhetoric under the guise of being apolitical.
January 29, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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3mbg.bsky.social
A reminder of the character of Sam Healey. This is who he is, he makes no apologies for it either. Stop giving him and the organizations that promote and platform him anything.

He will continue to do MAGA bullshit, its on you to stop giving him support and a platform.
Sam saying Good Words to a post by Glenn Beck about how Charlie Kirk was a Marytr who was killed for doing gods work.
January 29, 2026 at 1:54 AM
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byssh3.bsky.social
Happy to release my first game of 2026: Fries 🍟
In this 3-4 player climbing-shedding game, your goal is to shed out first, or be the last player who still has cards. As you might expect of me, this is a standard deck game.
Rules & PDF to print visual reminders: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Logo for Fries; red background with yellow box reading FRIES. (I am terribly gifted at graphic design, obviously)
January 29, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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cityhare.studio
Do you like trick-taking games?
What about dominoes?
If you said wor to both, check out Spetzi!

boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/44...
Spetzi
Two-player domino trick-taking game inspired by 42 and Schnapsen.
boardgamegeek.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:35 PM
shreesh.bsky.social
"Stellar Ventures is a game for vultures and rats" - Dan Thurot 😁
Cube rails fans might enjoy this one. Checkout the KS page :
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tab...
danthurot.bsky.social Dan Thurot @danthurot.bsky.social · 7d
The forthcoming Stellar Ventures blends cube rails, 18xx, and just a dash of 4x spacefaring to create a dense and intriguing playground of stock acquisition, corporate sabotage, and alien contact. Despite some fiddle, this is precisely my sort of thing. My preview: spacebiff.com/2026/01/26/s...
Cube Shuttles
The forthcoming Stellar Ventures is nothing if not wildly ambitious. Its creator, Pontus Nilsson, has designed both cube rails and 18xx titles, and is now mashing those systems together — along wit…
spacebiff.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:24 AM
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425suzanne.bsky.social
Wingspan - $9.99
Gloomhaven - $9.79
Carcassonne - $2.99
Splendor - $1.99
Root - $5.99
Dune Imperium - $16.09
Spirit Island - $9.99
Ark Nova - $17.24
Lords of Waterdeep - $4.99
Race for the Galaxy - $5.59
Cascadia - $11.24
Mystic Vale - $2.59
One Deck Galaxy - $6.49
...
Lots more too!
steampowered.com Steam @steampowered.com · 7d
Is your board game collection at home taking up too much space? Try out those games in digital format, including old classics, new takes on time-honored formats, and everything in between.

Steam Board Game Fest is live now, running until February 2!
store.steampowered.com/category/boa...
Board Games
Steam Board Game Fest 2026
store.steampowered.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:21 PM
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katestarbird.bsky.social
If they can’t blame the victim, they move on to blaming the community, city, state. It’s a classic framing contest and they’re working within group to find a strategic frame that their audiences can use to place blame on the other side for atrocities their eyes (on the video evidence) can’t deny.
reichlinmelnick.bsky.social Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 7d
Over the last 48 hours, the talking point on the right has solidified; the only reason that we are seeing violent clashes against ICE is because of sanctuary policies and failure to cooperate from city officials who are fanning the flames.

Take a look; it's wild how quickly they're all adopting it.
January 26, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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marcelineleiman.bsky.social
Announcing!!!!

🦖 DINO RACER 🦕🍌

Dino Racer is a fast-paced card game where you’ll draft cards of five wacky dinos competing in a prehistoric race to the finish.

Expect this one to *saur* at Gen Con 2026!!!! 🎲✂️

boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/46...
Dino Racer box art. Featuring 5 dinosaurs racing down a racetrack: red T-Rex, blue Raptor, yellow Triceratops, purple Stegosaurus, and green Brontosaurus.
January 26, 2026 at 3:52 PM
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wericmartin.bsky.social
Board Game Beat just opened! There's a bunch of content there already, and I'll be posting more throughout the week...including Spielwarenmesse coverage, a survey, and a video. Thanks so much for all your support!
Text-only promotion for Board Game Beat listing www.wericmartin.com/follow for fediverse links.
January 26, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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annaecook.com
I'm always worried that my statements might be too "political" and risk my work.

But then I see stuff like this and think about how many tech billionaires are cozy with this regime.

Then I realize, no, these they want our silence and our work to meet their ends. So we need to speak out.
edzitron.com Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 8d
Greg Brockman, OpenAI's COO, donated $25m to a MAGA Superpac, spare me finance.yahoo.com/news/openai-...
January 25, 2026 at 8:35 PM
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d20plusmodifier.bsky.social
I have the right to free speech and protest.
I have the right to bear arms.
I have the right to a warrant.
I have the right to a trial.

ICE ignores all of this. They are unconstitutional and need to be abolished. They are out of control. Absolute maniacs facing little to no consequence.
January 24, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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425suzanne.bsky.social
You do you, but reminder that Grey Gnome Games owner is Jason Glover. Screenshots are old cuz I blocked him years ago. Consider your "indie" support accordingly.
post from Aug 2017 about Fallon Fox fight. Congrats Leftists that pushed the Transgender movement, Now we can cheer as a MAN beats up a woman on live TV. Seems to me that women's rights have been pushed back 100+ years. MEN should never strike a woman. I do not care how mentally unstable you are to think you are a woman, you cross a line when you hit a woman. Jason posting a meme in 2016 "If you don't want the FBI involved in elections don't nominate someone who's being investigated by the FBI" about the Clinton emails Okay, my final election rant. Proceed with caution. I am not looking to debate, I only wish to give my stance and my final thoughts. Yes, Trump won. Yes, I voted for him. Yes, I think he will do a fine job as President. No, I did not vote for him because I did not want a woman President. No, I did not vote for him because I harbor anger because I was ruled over by a black man for eight years. No, I did not vote for him because I hate Mexicans. I am a pro-life Christian man and we are a home-schooling family. I am honestly pretty shocked by the number of posts I have seen, from many people I call friends, making some pretty disturbing statements. I have read a call to assassinate Trump. No lie, I have read it. That is crazy. I was certainly upset when Obama was elected because I felt McCain was ten times more qualified and was a center-leaning Republican. I never called for Obama to be killed. The other post I keep seeing is people talking about how they do not know how to address this with their own kids, or worse, their kids are afraid and or crying because of the results. Seriously? Many accuse Christians of brain-washing, but I can tell you this, my kids would have been just fine had Hillary won. You want to know why? Because I know how to talk to my kids and I know how to not instill fear in them. If your kids are crying, it is because of the things you have said either directly to them, or in their presence. Knock it off. Hug your kid and tell them about democracy and tell them there is a system in place that will protect them. Stop spreading fear. Did Republicans riot when Obama won? Nope. We formed organized groups like the Tea Party and others. I know each side has bad apples, but rioting is unacceptable. I honestly could not safely walk the streets of my own city without the fear of being attacked right now. Now that is real honest fear. 3) Immigration. Trump is not going to send all illegal immigrants back to Mexico as the media has been drilling into everyone's head. The government will target criminals. A wall, which may end up as just a more secure border, will indeed help reduce the number of illegal immigrates and criminals. When I say criminals, I am referring to both individual criminals and organized crime (drug cartels, human-trafficing, and the like). Hell, this was part of Bill Clinton's platform back in the day. I secure border is a good thing for both our security and economy. 4) Obamacare. This does not directly effect me, but this program has been bad since its infamously bad launch through to premiums doubling all over the U.S. Trump is proposing health saving accounts and other measurements and a slow faze-out of Obamacare. I am all for people controlling their own money and being able to spend it on their medical needs as they see fit. I wish Social Security worked something like this as well. 5) Education. Trump has said that the states should control their own schools and I agree. The Federal government has no place here and it should be a state issue. I would love to see a voucher program or tax relief for homeschooling families, but I am not holding my breath for that. The main point of this rant is to say to all my many liberal friends, that this is not the end of the world. Trump is not going to destroy America or send all Mexicans back. That is media BS. Look for Trump to try to clean up government, reduce taxes, secure our borders and interests, and to create jobs via fair trade and energy self-sufficiency. Will he get it all done? Likely not. Do not be wary, he will do just fine.
January 23, 2026 at 3:28 PM
shreesh.bsky.social
I would love to sleep in this stretched position heh
A sleepy dark grey cat with his arms stretched out in front of him. Laying on a thick light green blanket on the carpet.
January 22, 2026 at 2:54 AM
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evangreer.bsky.social
So the House is going to vote TOMORROW on the DHS funding bill that includes funding for ICE.

There's a real chance we can get Dems to vote NO on any bill with ICE funding to sink it.

Once it goes to the Senate we likely lose this chance.

24 hours. Go.

www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/no-f...
No Funding for ICE Surveillance Tech!
www.fightforthefuture.org
January 21, 2026 at 11:35 PM
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stuteacher.bsky.social
Played some incredible games this weekend. @shreesh.bsky.social's Crisps! has been one I've been dying to get to and it didn't disappoint.

Inflation is ten times better than I expected and the bar was already high.

A Warrior's Testament is really fun, but I need to play w trick taking for that one
January 18, 2026 at 1:12 PM
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425suzanne.bsky.social
Regardless of what happens with this game, supporting a boycott based on a game's IP is supporting a long term vision for the hobby/industry.
blockcollectives.bsky.social #Block Collective @blockcollectives.bsky.social · 16d
We are calling for an immediate stop to all purchases from Upper Deck.

Their total lack of communication is distressing—so we call upon everyone to help us escalate.

No purchases from Upper Deck. No media coverage or posts of their games.

Upper Deck will only respond when it hurts their wallets.
marcelineleiman.bsky.social Marceline Leiman @marcelineleiman.bsky.social · 19d
YIKES.

Upper Deck (Marvel Legendary) just announced a CCG using the Harry Potter license.

Fans of UD are rallying against this decision. Like the CGE situation last year, I’m asking for your help.

Join us. Share your disgust and frustration, and help us push UD to retract their awful decision. 🎲✂️
January 17, 2026 at 6:19 PM
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indigopotter.bsky.social
"The Six of VIII" is discussed on Episode 86 of The BGG Podcast with Daniel Newman and Amanda Panda.

One of the few games to get a reprint within New Mill, and now it is getting a new edition from @25thcentury.games

boardgamegeek.com/blog/12153/b...

@dnlnwmn.bsky.social
#boardgames
Episode 86: Daniel Newman - Indie Game Markets, Trick Takers that stood out to us and connecting with the younger generation | The BoardGameGeek Podcast
boardgamegeek.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:00 PM