YoYoni
@yoyoni.bsky.social
Playing history. Filmmaker and Designer of “Chicago 68” and “The Nights of King Ludd”
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YoYoni
@yoyoni.bsky.social
· Apr 27
So excited to finally have a copy of CHICAGO’68! Last week I had a chance to lay it all out and run one last round of usability checks before we go to print. Pleased as punch with the results:
#boardgames #design
#boardgames #design
Out 1 (1971) | Directed by Jacques Rivette
January 31, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Out 1 (1971) | Directed by Jacques Rivette
Here we go again chicago.suntimes.com/politics/202...
Chicago vying to host either the 2028 or 2032 Democratic National Convention
A 2028 Chicago convention could help Gov. JB Pritzker's nomination prospects in what is expected to be a crowded field of primary presidential challengers.
chicago.suntimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Here we go again chicago.suntimes.com/politics/202...
I REQUIRE A TUG
January 30, 2026 at 2:47 PM
I REQUIRE A TUG
A friend sends me this passage from “The Movement of the Free Spirit” by
Raoul Vaneigem
Raoul Vaneigem
January 29, 2026 at 4:30 PM
A friend sends me this passage from “The Movement of the Free Spirit” by
Raoul Vaneigem
Raoul Vaneigem
Once again, Battlefields of the Napoleonic Wars by @mropla.bsky.social, with guns blazing through Rivoli!
#boardgames #wargame
#boardgames #wargame
January 17, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Once again, Battlefields of the Napoleonic Wars by @mropla.bsky.social, with guns blazing through Rivoli!
#boardgames #wargame
#boardgames #wargame
So jarring to read old board game rule books with only male pronouns. And by “old” I mean “2016” 🤮
January 17, 2026 at 2:42 AM
So jarring to read old board game rule books with only male pronouns. And by “old” I mean “2016” 🤮
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Every time i stumble over some leftover cards of the Sim City TCG, Im amazed tgat someone thought this was the right art direction
January 16, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Every time i stumble over some leftover cards of the Sim City TCG, Im amazed tgat someone thought this was the right art direction
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Then don't make the game. It's a simple as that.
If a game needs to use a plagiarism machine to exist, it doesn't need to exist.
If a game needs to use a plagiarism machine to exist, it doesn't need to exist.
December 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Then don't make the game. It's a simple as that.
If a game needs to use a plagiarism machine to exist, it doesn't need to exist.
If a game needs to use a plagiarism machine to exist, it doesn't need to exist.
After years of playing #beyondthesun, we finally attempted the advanced factions. It’s true that this module is not precisely balanced, but what it offers is a more rewarding chain of actions. Perhaps a bit too linear in this beautifully rhizomatic decision space, but still a welcome variant!
January 15, 2026 at 4:15 PM
After years of playing #beyondthesun, we finally attempted the advanced factions. It’s true that this module is not precisely balanced, but what it offers is a more rewarding chain of actions. Perhaps a bit too linear in this beautifully rhizomatic decision space, but still a welcome variant!
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Keep the Faith is a hybrid tabletop/roleplaying game by @gregisonthego.bsky.social that explores a religion in transition. As if there were any other kind! My review: spacebiff.com/2026/01/13/k...
Faith in Crisis/Transition/Expansion
It’s hard, maybe impossible, to not put yourself into Keep the Faith, the latest board game by Greg Loring-Albright. Going in, I always tell myself the same thing. This time, I say, the relig…
spacebiff.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Keep the Faith is a hybrid tabletop/roleplaying game by @gregisonthego.bsky.social that explores a religion in transition. As if there were any other kind! My review: spacebiff.com/2026/01/13/k...
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Your regular reminder that you can in fact tackle sensitive and thorny political and societal issues with board games and they can even be fun to play, only thing is you need to actually give it some thought, care and attention
January 13, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Your regular reminder that you can in fact tackle sensitive and thorny political and societal issues with board games and they can even be fun to play, only thing is you need to actually give it some thought, care and attention
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I have an important announcement. Kyle and I are going to be leaving Leder Games to start a new venture. It has been an honor to spend the past eight years working with them. We wish them all the best of luck, and cannot wait to show you what we are working on next.
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ledergames.com/blogs/news/a...
A Letter from Cole Wehrle
Eight years ago I walked through the doors of a converted warehouse on the edge of Saint Paul and made my way through a back staircase to the still unfinished second floor. I wandered around a bit bef...
ledergames.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:06 PM
I have an important announcement. Kyle and I are going to be leaving Leder Games to start a new venture. It has been an honor to spend the past eight years working with them. We wish them all the best of luck, and cannot wait to show you what we are working on next.
ledergames.com/blogs/news/a...
ledergames.com/blogs/news/a...
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me: (makes videos about the compromises of art under capitalism & how it chills radical art & speech to serve the interest of those who own the "means of production" and steal "surplus value of labor")
commenter: this person has obviously never read an economics book
commenter: this person has obviously never read an economics book
January 10, 2026 at 12:52 AM
me: (makes videos about the compromises of art under capitalism & how it chills radical art & speech to serve the interest of those who own the "means of production" and steal "surplus value of labor")
commenter: this person has obviously never read an economics book
commenter: this person has obviously never read an economics book
Played @fredserval.bsky.social ‘a Gest of Robin Hood last night. Struggled mightily against the sheriff and barely managed to eke out a Justice win…
January 9, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Played @fredserval.bsky.social ‘a Gest of Robin Hood last night. Struggled mightily against the sheriff and barely managed to eke out a Justice win…
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RIP Tarr Bela. As a friend observed, he “made the muds of eastern europe into a new post-soviet cinema.”
January 6, 2026 at 5:22 PM
RIP Tarr Bela. As a friend observed, he “made the muds of eastern europe into a new post-soviet cinema.”
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It just occurred to me that Mad Max is a multi-film cycle dedicated to the single idea that cars are evil, car culture is fascist, & every character is on some level, trying to survive in & free themselves from the tyranny of internal combustion engines & high speed, steel-encased locomotion
January 3, 2026 at 4:21 AM
It just occurred to me that Mad Max is a multi-film cycle dedicated to the single idea that cars are evil, car culture is fascist, & every character is on some level, trying to survive in & free themselves from the tyranny of internal combustion engines & high speed, steel-encased locomotion
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where i challenge everyone to talk to a librarian and challenge boardgaming to break the shackles of victory.
had a wonderful time chatting with @brendanmcleod.com and @nictringali.bsky.social about my work with @wehrlegig.games and for @gmtgames.bsky.social
had a wonderful time chatting with @brendanmcleod.com and @nictringali.bsky.social about my work with @wehrlegig.games and for @gmtgames.bsky.social
Happy new year! Today on PAPER LABYRINTHS, we talk with board game designer Non-Breaking Space @nbsp1618.bsky.social about expressive design, play artifacts, and challenging players to think about what "victory conditions" mean. Out now where-ever you get podcasts!
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January 2, 2026 at 4:13 PM
where i challenge everyone to talk to a librarian and challenge boardgaming to break the shackles of victory.
had a wonderful time chatting with @brendanmcleod.com and @nictringali.bsky.social about my work with @wehrlegig.games and for @gmtgames.bsky.social
had a wonderful time chatting with @brendanmcleod.com and @nictringali.bsky.social about my work with @wehrlegig.games and for @gmtgames.bsky.social
Our holiday ritual continues: yesterday we played Judean Hammer (@catastrophegames.bsky.social), a guerrilla war game depicting an insurgent zealotry taking on an imperial state power. This year, the Seleucid empire emerged victorious (and graced by the presence of Zenobia cat). A freylekhn khanike!
January 2, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Our holiday ritual continues: yesterday we played Judean Hammer (@catastrophegames.bsky.social), a guerrilla war game depicting an insurgent zealotry taking on an imperial state power. This year, the Seleucid empire emerged victorious (and graced by the presence of Zenobia cat). A freylekhn khanike!
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a tale of two inaugurations
January 1, 2026 at 9:02 PM
a tale of two inaugurations
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Our interview with Alex Knight designer of Hammer and Sickle: Hunger and Utopia in the Russian Civil War, 1918-1921 from GMT Games. theplayersaid.com/2025/12/29/i...
Interview with Alex Knight Designer of Hammer and Sickle: Hunger and Utopia in the Russian Civil War, 1918-1921 from GMT Games
A few summers ago, while attending WBC in Pennsylvania, we met and played a game with Alex Knight (in case you were wondering the game was Nicaea from Hollandspiele). He is an aspiring ne…
theplayersaid.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Our interview with Alex Knight designer of Hammer and Sickle: Hunger and Utopia in the Russian Civil War, 1918-1921 from GMT Games. theplayersaid.com/2025/12/29/i...
“Chicago ’68” … is a reminder that conscientious people have always struggled to craft a better world, have always marched uphill through teargas, have always founded awkward coalitions, have always, sometimes, suffered setbacks and loss.
🤩🙏✊ @danthurot.bsky.social
🤩🙏✊ @danthurot.bsky.social
Best Week continues! On this our hallowed second day, we're celebrating the best board games of 2025 that stare into the abyss. Read the full list here: spacebiff.com/2025/12/27/b...
Best Week 2025! Heart of Darkness!
This will surprise absolutely nobody, but I am sometimes accused of being a big old bummer. A downer. A morose feel-bad baby. Nietzsche said that if you stare into the abyss it’ll gaze back, …
spacebiff.com
December 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
“Chicago ’68” … is a reminder that conscientious people have always struggled to craft a better world, have always marched uphill through teargas, have always founded awkward coalitions, have always, sometimes, suffered setbacks and loss.
🤩🙏✊ @danthurot.bsky.social
🤩🙏✊ @danthurot.bsky.social
