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John Gonzalez
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Chicano. Writer. Tabletop gaming enthusiast. Host on The Five By podcast. Twitch Streamer.

https://linktr.ee/johngonzalez

He/him. Live Stream/review inquiries cribbageandmore@gmail
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I bought a cd. In the year 2025.
Photo of a sealed cd of Nine Inch Nails’ Hate Machine on a wooden table.
August 3, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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Been working on a video about Alien: Fate of the Nostromo from designer @scottrogers.bsky.social there must be something in the zeitgeist because I just happened to watch Legend for the first time and happened into a post from @boardgamefeast.bsky.social about that selfsame movie.
A stillshot from a forthcoming video about Alien: Fate of the Nostromo. It shows the board game box on a table with a board game shelf background in background. Also in the foreground is a crt television showing the Alien theatrical trailer.
August 2, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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Up on our Cribbage & More YouTube channel is a quick look at Solar Gardens from publisher @darringtonpress.bsky.social who provided a review copy.

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A thumbs nail for a youtube video. The text in bold states “Solar Gardens Quick Look” the image is of a cat sleeping on a gaming table with a copy of Solar Gardens dominating the left hand side. The background is a bookcase featuring a lot of board games.
July 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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On my twitch channel I have a reward that viewers can redeem to screenshot the current scene and it creates a trading card that gets posted to our discord. Someone used the reward while I was showing off a haunted painting I’m trying to get rid of. Now it will always be with us as a trading card.
Ok. Hear me out. It’s a screenshot of a stream featuring two cams. The face cam in the upper left shows John and under this is the top-down camera showing a table view of a painting of a clown. The painting is of Mickey Rooney as a clown. The facecam and the overhead cam are in a frame that makes it look like a vintage trading card.
July 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Yesterday, on Twitch I unboxed and learned how to play Sail. It was recently announced that there’s a legacy version of Sail coming to KS.

I took the announcement as my cue to finally get the game to the table and what better way do that than to learn the rules with friends in the chat on stream!
A tree panel photo collage featuring three screenshots. The top screenshot shows an isometric view of Sail on the table. Three Kraken tokens surround a ship. The middle picture shows a shot of John in mid-laugh. I’m not sure why he chose this picture. He screenshotted the stream like 10 times and he picked this one. The last panel is an over head shot of the table with a copy of the board game Teotihuacan and a Folded Space foam organizer. It’s a mess but it looks like he’s having fun.
February 20, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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I can’t believe I let Spirit Island sit unplayed on my shelf for all these years. I hung out with chat while setting up and learning how to play on Twitch.

It’s a really compelling game with a great theme. Looking forward to playing it again.
A triple paneled collage of stills from a live Twitch stream of John setting up Spirit Island. The top picture is a 3/4 view of the table with the island board. Middle picture is John laughing like a dork. The bottom picture is an over head shot of the game being set up. All three stills are bordered in a purple frame.
January 31, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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For my birthday, Lorena gifted me these portraits of us and our cats. She commissioned the portraits from designer and artist Heather Dixon.

Absolutely love how these came out!
November 30, 2024 at 6:51 PM
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Had a great time streaming and recording a video of Knitting Circle. Agreed. I can’t wait to see more designs by Emily
A three panel photograph made from stills of a YouTube play-through of the board game Knitting Circle. The top panel features a side view of the game in progress. The middle panel shows the two people playing the game (John and Lorena) and in the bottom panel is an over head shot of the game in progress.
November 28, 2024 at 3:54 PM
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Birthday plans locked in.
Screenshot of a Wienerschnitzel ad from Facebook. It reads: Black Friday! Friday, November 29, 2024” at the top. In the center of the ad are four chili dogs. Below that, the ad copy continues: “4 Chili dogs $4” the “$4” is printed on an illustrated paper bag that is being held by a cartoon hand. Below that in small print is coupon boilerplate coupon text.
November 26, 2024 at 3:12 AM
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The very underrated Blind Business from Devir Games. A game about bluffing that really sings with groups friends that like to have fun and talk smack.
A photo of the small box card game Blind Business from Devir Games. The game box features a five cartoon characters surrounding a piñata. At the bottom left corner at the forefront a cartoon devil peeks out from under his blindfold.
November 26, 2024 at 2:56 AM
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It worked!
November 18, 2024 at 11:22 PM
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I added felt to an extra board game box. Yes it’s for my cats.

Guess what game it came from. Clue: it’s a 2024 release.
The bottom half of a board gane box. The inside of the box has been covered in felt.
November 16, 2024 at 4:52 AM
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This week on Cribbage & More (11/16)! Lorena and I will play a game of Cribbage followed by a game of Knitting Circle! A new game in the Calico family by Emily Vincent and art by Beth Sobel.

Join us for some chat, cats, and knit hats tomorrow at 11am PST

Preview copy provided by Flatout Games
Cribbage $ More Live Playthrough Knitting Circle Kickstarter Preview www.twitch.tv/bookofnerds Saturday 11am PST
November 15, 2024 at 5:31 PM
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Monkey Palace!
November 13, 2024 at 8:22 PM
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Monkey Palace! It’s a Lego game and it’s pretty fun!
Screenshot of a board game stream on Twitch. Lorena and John are in webcam window in the upper left corner. The main camera window is focused on a close up of Lorena’s. Hand placing a lego piece on the titular Monkey Palace game.
November 12, 2024 at 11:00 PM
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Watching Evil Dead II and reading a rulebook. Happy Friday all.
November 9, 2024 at 3:03 AM
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Dear Santa…
November 9, 2024 at 3:00 AM
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Our youtube channel is almost at the nice number. Come subscribe and help us reach it!

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June 5, 2024 at 6:04 AM
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Some board game pics from last night’s game night. Castles of Burgundy and Last Light.
January 13, 2024 at 6:08 AM
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Visited local store Top Canvas and snapped some pics.
December 19, 2023 at 3:50 AM
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No board games in Disneyland but I did snap some pics with the trusty Lumix G7.
Photo of love birds fountain at a Mexican restaurant in Disneyland. Photo of flower garlands hanging in a walkway at Disneyland. The top Thunder Mountain, Disneyland. Photo of the Columbia/Mark Twain docking port at Disneyland.
December 16, 2023 at 1:18 PM
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POV: You are a board game component.
Photo of my cat Haley regally looking down at the camera.
October 14, 2023 at 12:49 AM
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Played Tabanussi last night. Solid.
October 6, 2023 at 9:41 PM
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Comet being a little model.
October 6, 2023 at 7:16 PM
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Learning how to take photos with the camera I use for streaming. Here are some pics from last week’s game night.
Photo of Sea Salt and Paper on a table. Photo of Jerusalem the board game. Zoomed into the last supper area where multiple meeples are gathered. Photo of the board game 3 Ring Circus.
September 27, 2023 at 11:08 PM