Ben Kirman
@ben.kirman.org
Postdisciplinary games academic: Make/study/teach the playful, weird, wonderful and radical. (he/him)
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Projects:
https://ben.kirman.org
#criticaldesign #speculativedesign #designfiction #gamedesign
Projects:
https://ben.kirman.org
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This made me think of the next level for your mean dice: carving them out of cheese.
November 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This made me think of the next level for your mean dice: carving them out of cheese.
Reposted by Ben Kirman
we host a bunch of kids to carve pumpkins each year and I started using electronics for silly effects, but now the expectations keep escalating. best start planning for 2026
October 28, 2025 at 7:42 PM
we host a bunch of kids to carve pumpkins each year and I started using electronics for silly effects, but now the expectations keep escalating. best start planning for 2026
And this upcoming book looks v interesting: press.umich.edu/Books/U/Unse...
Unsettling Catan
Most revolutions don’t start with nineteen cardboard hexagons, but Klaus Teuber’s game about settling a hexagonal island quietly revolutionized boardgaming. Catan’s commercial success selling over 40 ...
press.umich.edu
October 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
And this upcoming book looks v interesting: press.umich.edu/Books/U/Unse...
h/t @elegantmechanic.bsky.social for the idea of using my Mean Dice this way (benkirman.itch.io/mean-dice). Also see some more thoughtful design and writing about Catan and colonialism: dailyworkerplacement.com/2017/05/19/u... and dailyworkerplacement.com/2017/05/19/u...
Mean Dice by benkirman
For tabletop game players who don't like how
benkirman.itch.io
October 17, 2025 at 6:12 PM
h/t @elegantmechanic.bsky.social for the idea of using my Mean Dice this way (benkirman.itch.io/mean-dice). Also see some more thoughtful design and writing about Catan and colonialism: dailyworkerplacement.com/2017/05/19/u... and dailyworkerplacement.com/2017/05/19/u...
I only had a flying visit and couldn't stop, but this was my highlight of #Partizan, really amazing work! I love the Amazon box elemental, and from your photos I just noticed the literal trans erasure in the signage. Spot on details, wish I could have hung around.
October 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I only had a flying visit and couldn't stop, but this was my highlight of #Partizan, really amazing work! I love the Amazon box elemental, and from your photos I just noticed the literal trans erasure in the signage. Spot on details, wish I could have hung around.
thanks! a dumb idea taken way way to far
October 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
thanks! a dumb idea taken way way to far
its now anticolonial catan. A more efficient version of Spirit Island.
October 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
its now anticolonial catan. A more efficient version of Spirit Island.
October 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Things immediately going wrong, escalating chaos and ill-advised hostage situations are just part of coding a website baby
October 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Things immediately going wrong, escalating chaos and ill-advised hostage situations are just part of coding a website baby