Ronan (Always Ambitious PNP)
@alwaysambitiouspnp.bsky.social
A diary of print and play boardgames, game rethemes and mega games.
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Hi! I'm Ronan. I create and review Print & Play #boardgames on my blog. My projects are occasionally good and frequently interesting. But I guarantee they're always ambitious!
Normally I only post about boardgames, but the month of December means I must celebrate the cinematic triumphs that are the Netflix Christmas movies. A whole four and a bit weeks devoted to incontrovertible proof that yes, some things are so bad they turn all the way into good
December 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Normally I only post about boardgames, but the month of December means I must celebrate the cinematic triumphs that are the Netflix Christmas movies. A whole four and a bit weeks devoted to incontrovertible proof that yes, some things are so bad they turn all the way into good
I haven't made any new Print & Play games for a while, but that's because I've been working on this little thing that just did amazingly in the Solitaire Print & Play Contest on BoardGameGeek!
November 21, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I haven't made any new Print & Play games for a while, but that's because I've been working on this little thing that just did amazingly in the Solitaire Print & Play Contest on BoardGameGeek!
The danger of building too many #Print&Play games at home is it teaches the kids how to make their own. So this weekend it was some basic K Pop Demon Hunters cards, made with the 7 year old to play Go Fish.
October 12, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The danger of building too many #Print&Play games at home is it teaches the kids how to make their own. So this weekend it was some basic K Pop Demon Hunters cards, made with the 7 year old to play Go Fish.
I've spent a few evenings recently with Fantasy Map Maker's Continent expansion, and found it a lovely way of decompressing my brain whilst creating something that looks surprisingly decent
#print&play #boardgames #boardgamesky
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#print&play #boardgames #boardgamesky
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REVIEW: Fantasy Map Maker: The Continent
Disclaimer: I playtested early versions of Fantasy Map Maker as part of the 2023 Solitaire Print and Play Game Design Contest. This review is of the expansion for this game: The Continent Expansion…
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September 27, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I've spent a few evenings recently with Fantasy Map Maker's Continent expansion, and found it a lovely way of decompressing my brain whilst creating something that looks surprisingly decent
#print&play #boardgames #boardgamesky
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#print&play #boardgames #boardgamesky
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Time to open up a can of whoop-brass (Lancashire)
September 20, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Time to open up a can of whoop-brass (Lancashire)
I finally found time to play this #Print&Play #boardgame again, and was reminded about how much tension and fun rolling two dice can give you. Utopia Engine is a great little thing
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REVIEW: Utopia Engine
Fifteen years ago Utopia Engine took a basic roll and write idea, drenched it in a fantasy theme, and squeezed it into two simply yet beautifully illustrated play sheets. Available for free, and up…
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September 13, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I finally found time to play this #Print&Play #boardgame again, and was reminded about how much tension and fun rolling two dice can give you. Utopia Engine is a great little thing
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Bringing this old #PrintandPlay gem out tonight. Showing its age with the optimistic theme of using technology to save the world, rather rebuilding whatever's left of the world after we mess it all up!
#boardgames
#boardgames
September 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Bringing this old #PrintandPlay gem out tonight. Showing its age with the optimistic theme of using technology to save the world, rather rebuilding whatever's left of the world after we mess it all up!
#boardgames
#boardgames
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Can you design a cozy game with just 18 cards? Submissions for @buttonshy.bsky.social’s 18-Card Challenge: Cozy Games are open through October 31. Prizes include $100 cash and potential publication.
The 18-Card Challenge: Cozy Games
We play games for many reasons: to challenge our brains, to entertain ourselves, or to socialize with loved ones. One of the biggest reasons, of course, is to relax. Amid the chaos of our busy day-to-...
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September 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Can you design a cozy game with just 18 cards? Submissions for @buttonshy.bsky.social’s 18-Card Challenge: Cozy Games are open through October 31. Prizes include $100 cash and potential publication.
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Submissions for the 2025 Two Player Print and Play Design Contest on BoardGameGeek are open through August 30. Prizes include GeekGold.
2025 Two Player Print and Play Game Design Contest | BGG
Welcome to the
2025 Two Player Print and Play Game Design Contest
This contest aims to encourage the creation of inexpensive and innovative two-player games. Many gamers have but one regular gaming p...
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June 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Submissions for the 2025 Two Player Print and Play Design Contest on BoardGameGeek are open through August 30. Prizes include GeekGold.
5 years ago I designed my first #Print&Play game. Picking it up again, and with the benefit of playing a lot more games since then, I can see it was actually alright
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#boardgames
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#boardgames
Five years ago I designed my first Print & Play game. It’s actually not bad.
2020 was a year of COVID lockdown in the north west of the UK. I was one of the lucky ones who could work from home, so at a time of intense fear for many, I was largely preoccupied with how to kee…
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June 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
5 years ago I designed my first #Print&Play game. Picking it up again, and with the benefit of playing a lot more games since then, I can see it was actually alright
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#boardgames
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#boardgames
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Submissions for the 2025 Solitaire Print and Play Contest on BoardGameGeek are open through August 31. Prizes include GeekGold.
2025 Solitaire Print and Play Contest | BGG
Welcome to the
2025 Solitaire Print and Play Contest
Now Accepting Entries
Read the rules carefully, and don't forget to add your entry to the geeklist
This contest aims to encourage the creation of...
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June 3, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Submissions for the 2025 Solitaire Print and Play Contest on BoardGameGeek are open through August 31. Prizes include GeekGold.
In 2019 I first made it to the @ukge.bsky.social . Six years later I made it back. Here's three things I took from a Sunday spent wandering the halls of the UK’s biggest game convention 🧵:
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A Sunday at the UK Games Expo 2025
In 2019 I attended the UK Games Expo for the first time, with my wife, where we fell in love with Fog of Love and came home with Osprey Games’ version of Reiner Knizia’s High Society. Six years lat…
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June 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM
In 2019 I first made it to the @ukge.bsky.social . Six years later I made it back. Here's three things I took from a Sunday spent wandering the halls of the UK’s biggest game convention 🧵:
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#ukge
Dionysia is looking good! Base game made, now time for a couple expansions
May 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Dionysia is looking good! Base game made, now time for a couple expansions
Very excited to be heading to #UKGE2025 on Sunday! The plan is no plan, looking forward to just wandering the halls, playing new games and stopping at whatever takes my fancy
May 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Very excited to be heading to #UKGE2025 on Sunday! The plan is no plan, looking forward to just wandering the halls, playing new games and stopping at whatever takes my fancy
52 Realms: Adventures from @postmarkgames.bsky.social was recently voted the Best Print & Play Game of 2024 by the Golden Geek awards. What makes it so special? I try to find out in my review
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REVIEW: 52 Realms: Adventures
52 Realms: Adventures is the Best Print & Play Game of 2024, as voted in the recent Golden Geek awards. This is because it distils the essence of the popular dungeon crawling genre, a genre of …
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May 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
52 Realms: Adventures from @postmarkgames.bsky.social was recently voted the Best Print & Play Game of 2024 by the Golden Geek awards. What makes it so special? I try to find out in my review
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Scythe is a great way to spend a Sunday evening! Between Scythe tonight and Root a couple weeks ago, that's two games I've heard loads about actually played for the first time.
Incredible production value on Scythe, and a solid game. But if you ask me which I'm more excited to try again? It's Root
Incredible production value on Scythe, and a solid game. But if you ask me which I'm more excited to try again? It's Root
May 18, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Scythe is a great way to spend a Sunday evening! Between Scythe tonight and Root a couple weeks ago, that's two games I've heard loads about actually played for the first time.
Incredible production value on Scythe, and a solid game. But if you ask me which I'm more excited to try again? It's Root
Incredible production value on Scythe, and a solid game. But if you ask me which I'm more excited to try again? It's Root
Dionysia PNP files from @buttonshy.bsky.social's Kickstarter just landed in my inbox!
Just enjoying looking at the PDFs and the artist (Dan Gartman) has knocked it out of the park. Not long until I'm crafting cards and crafting dramas.
Proper photos to come, instead of blurry screen shots
Just enjoying looking at the PDFs and the artist (Dan Gartman) has knocked it out of the park. Not long until I'm crafting cards and crafting dramas.
Proper photos to come, instead of blurry screen shots
May 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Dionysia PNP files from @buttonshy.bsky.social's Kickstarter just landed in my inbox!
Just enjoying looking at the PDFs and the artist (Dan Gartman) has knocked it out of the park. Not long until I'm crafting cards and crafting dramas.
Proper photos to come, instead of blurry screen shots
Just enjoying looking at the PDFs and the artist (Dan Gartman) has knocked it out of the park. Not long until I'm crafting cards and crafting dramas.
Proper photos to come, instead of blurry screen shots
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As part of @wehrlegig.games 's ongoing commitment to the Creative Commons, today we are releasing Molly House under a BY-NC-SA 4.0 license. Many thanks to @miasmacorp.bsky.social for making this possible.
Details here: boardgamegeek.com/thread/35109...
Details here: boardgamegeek.com/thread/35109...
Final Print and Play Released | Molly House
As part of our ongoing commitment to the Creative Commons, it is my pleasure to offer the final Molly House print-and-play kit. These files are offered under a BY-NC-SA 4.0 license. This means that th...
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May 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
As part of @wehrlegig.games 's ongoing commitment to the Creative Commons, today we are releasing Molly House under a BY-NC-SA 4.0 license. Many thanks to @miasmacorp.bsky.social for making this possible.
Details here: boardgamegeek.com/thread/35109...
Details here: boardgamegeek.com/thread/35109...
I've not been intrigued by wargames before, but the enthusiasm and care with which these videos on a Gallipoli campaign has been produced by Little Wars TV is sending me down a rabbit hole
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12-Player Gallipoli Wargame
YouTube video by Little Wars TV
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May 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I've not been intrigued by wargames before, but the enthusiasm and care with which these videos on a Gallipoli campaign has been produced by Little Wars TV is sending me down a rabbit hole
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Review! Mr Cabbagehead’s Garden is almost a decade old, but remains one of the best Print & Play #boardgames available. It achieves this with a relatively simple formula – it doesn’t do much, but every facet of what it does do is squeezed full of humour, charm and flair.
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REVIEW: Mr Cabbagehead’s Garden
Mr Cabbagehead’s Garden by Todd Sanders offers a sedate, warming sojourn, featuring some of the most charming artwork I’ve ever seen in a board game and a theme where every opportunity to delight t…
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May 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Review! Mr Cabbagehead’s Garden is almost a decade old, but remains one of the best Print & Play #boardgames available. It achieves this with a relatively simple formula – it doesn’t do much, but every facet of what it does do is squeezed full of humour, charm and flair.
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Rooooot!
It's been on my wish list to play for a long time, and I had a blast getting to the table at The Dice Box with some amazing drinks. Can't wait to play again
It's been on my wish list to play for a long time, and I had a blast getting to the table at The Dice Box with some amazing drinks. Can't wait to play again
May 4, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Rooooot!
It's been on my wish list to play for a long time, and I had a blast getting to the table at The Dice Box with some amazing drinks. Can't wait to play again
It's been on my wish list to play for a long time, and I had a blast getting to the table at The Dice Box with some amazing drinks. Can't wait to play again
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Did you know our best-selling game, Voyages, is free to play right now? Until 17th of May you can download map 1 from our website for free with no strings attached.
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April 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Did you know our best-selling game, Voyages, is free to play right now? Until 17th of May you can download map 1 from our website for free with no strings attached.
www.postmarkgames.com/voyages-demo
QR code powered Egyptologists, a cosy plant growing roll and write, and scandals at a regency era Debutante's Ball. My latest blog post reflects on the 2024 Solitaire Print and Play #Boardgames Design contest
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28% of a Design Contest
Imagine this scenario: you enjoy print and play games, and want to encourage more of them to be made. You know how important playtesting and feedback is for game development, and also know that som…
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April 23, 2025 at 9:40 PM
QR code powered Egyptologists, a cosy plant growing roll and write, and scandals at a regency era Debutante's Ball. My latest blog post reflects on the 2024 Solitaire Print and Play #Boardgames Design contest
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I was asked today if I knew what an Easter Bonnet Parade was. I didn't, since I'm not a Jane Austen character. But apparently it's a thing I've missed in almost 4 decades of living in this country?
April 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I was asked today if I knew what an Easter Bonnet Parade was. I didn't, since I'm not a Jane Austen character. But apparently it's a thing I've missed in almost 4 decades of living in this country?
Preview of a PNP review I'm working on. It's not a new game, but it is a very good one. Should publish it on the blog in a few weeks
April 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Preview of a PNP review I'm working on. It's not a new game, but it is a very good one. Should publish it on the blog in a few weeks