Calvin Ross Carl
@calvinrosscarl.com
Creative Director — Parliament
Ex-Art Director — Invision
Artist — SEASON
Ex-Gallerist — Carl & Sloan
Board Games — Good Goblet
PDX 🌈
https://linktr.ee/calvinrosscarl
Ex-Art Director — Invision
Artist — SEASON
Ex-Gallerist — Carl & Sloan
Board Games — Good Goblet
PDX 🌈
https://linktr.ee/calvinrosscarl
El Grande is a 30 year old game and it blew my mind tonight. It still feels surprisingly modern and I just feel dumb for waiting this long to play it boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/93
El Grande
Use your caballeros to control regions of medieval Spain, keeping clear of the King!
boardgamegeek.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:44 AM
El Grande is a 30 year old game and it blew my mind tonight. It still feels surprisingly modern and I just feel dumb for waiting this long to play it boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/93
The first “wargame” where I felt genuinely terrible for losing a little soldier (I’m sorry ocelots!).
November 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The first “wargame” where I felt genuinely terrible for losing a little soldier (I’m sorry ocelots!).
Join me in celebrating the most important holiday of all, Lola’s Gotcha Day! We got my best bud five years ago. She was a stray from Guadalajara, had a litter of puppies, and was missing fur, but she was the sweetest pup right away. And look at her now. The most beautiful lil rat dog ✨
November 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Join me in celebrating the most important holiday of all, Lola’s Gotcha Day! We got my best bud five years ago. She was a stray from Guadalajara, had a litter of puppies, and was missing fur, but she was the sweetest pup right away. And look at her now. The most beautiful lil rat dog ✨
When I get dressed in the morning, look in the mirror, steel myself, then walk downstairs to my basement office and design my little graphics designs while standing at my desk for 8 hours.
November 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
When I get dressed in the morning, look in the mirror, steel myself, then walk downstairs to my basement office and design my little graphics designs while standing at my desk for 8 hours.
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I'm officially looking for freelance jobs for your tabletop projects. Full details on my website: www.adambell.games/freelance
I'm looking to do just about anything: writing, design consultation, mockups, overview videos, digital play tools, etc.
If you have a project and need help, get in touch!
I'm looking to do just about anything: writing, design consultation, mockups, overview videos, digital play tools, etc.
If you have a project and need help, get in touch!
November 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I'm officially looking for freelance jobs for your tabletop projects. Full details on my website: www.adambell.games/freelance
I'm looking to do just about anything: writing, design consultation, mockups, overview videos, digital play tools, etc.
If you have a project and need help, get in touch!
I'm looking to do just about anything: writing, design consultation, mockups, overview videos, digital play tools, etc.
If you have a project and need help, get in touch!
Reposted by Calvin Ross Carl
Wendy put together an amazing evening for a very important cause.
I got to see @dangerslater.bsky.social explain the history of bananas and they let me talk about C.H.U.D.s.
Lovely night. No notes.
I got to see @dangerslater.bsky.social explain the history of bananas and they let me talk about C.H.U.D.s.
Lovely night. No notes.
Last night's fundraiser for the Oregon Food Bank was awesome! Tons of local writers came out to read, contribute books & goodies for our raffle prizes, and to donate to the food bank. We raised $1495 for the food bank while having a lot of fun and exchanging a LOT of hugs.
People are so very good.
People are so very good.
November 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Wendy put together an amazing evening for a very important cause.
I got to see @dangerslater.bsky.social explain the history of bananas and they let me talk about C.H.U.D.s.
Lovely night. No notes.
I got to see @dangerslater.bsky.social explain the history of bananas and they let me talk about C.H.U.D.s.
Lovely night. No notes.
The best game for cruisin' around in a cute van
November 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The best game for cruisin' around in a cute van
Tend was a stressfully fun time
November 8, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Tend was a stressfully fun time
New law when I am monarch 🤴 Instant death to all design studios who put a dog on their team page calling it the "Chief Treats Officer"
November 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
New law when I am monarch 🤴 Instant death to all design studios who put a dog on their team page calling it the "Chief Treats Officer"
Reposted by Calvin Ross Carl
Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
www.kickstarter.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Portland’s nine month rainy season begins
November 5, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Portland’s nine month rainy season begins
Join me in becoming an elite coin-flipping athlete
The biggest day in esports has arrived. Q-UP is out. store.steampowered.com/app/3730790/...
Save 10% on Q-UP on Steam
Sick of long queues, unfair matchups, and arbitrary reflex tests? Try Q-UP, the coin flipping eSport. It's one part clicker, one part multiplayer strategy game, one part demented capitalism simulator,...
store.steampowered.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Join me in becoming an elite coin-flipping athlete
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Hi, I hate doing self promo so I'll just say that this indie board game coverage channel that could is about to hit a milestone of sorts.
There is no skeet that can summarize who we are or what we do, but we do cool work and you should check us out. www.youtube.com/@NoPunIncluded
There is no skeet that can summarize who we are or what we do, but we do cool work and you should check us out. www.youtube.com/@NoPunIncluded
November 5, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Hi, I hate doing self promo so I'll just say that this indie board game coverage channel that could is about to hit a milestone of sorts.
There is no skeet that can summarize who we are or what we do, but we do cool work and you should check us out. www.youtube.com/@NoPunIncluded
There is no skeet that can summarize who we are or what we do, but we do cool work and you should check us out. www.youtube.com/@NoPunIncluded
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a cool part in poetry is that your title is included in the poem.
in rpg design, think about abilities, picklists, and roll tables like poems, and experiment with the title and subtitle. for example, look at this picklist from @jedediahberry.bsky.social and @andrewmcalpine.bsky.social.
in rpg design, think about abilities, picklists, and roll tables like poems, and experiment with the title and subtitle. for example, look at this picklist from @jedediahberry.bsky.social and @andrewmcalpine.bsky.social.
November 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
a cool part in poetry is that your title is included in the poem.
in rpg design, think about abilities, picklists, and roll tables like poems, and experiment with the title and subtitle. for example, look at this picklist from @jedediahberry.bsky.social and @andrewmcalpine.bsky.social.
in rpg design, think about abilities, picklists, and roll tables like poems, and experiment with the title and subtitle. for example, look at this picklist from @jedediahberry.bsky.social and @andrewmcalpine.bsky.social.
Bye Halloween. I’ll miss you
November 2, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Bye Halloween. I’ll miss you
The Ryan Riss show at @falsefront.bsky.social is beautiful and just the right amount of funny
November 2, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The Ryan Riss show at @falsefront.bsky.social is beautiful and just the right amount of funny
And the makeup 🧟♂️
November 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
And the makeup 🧟♂️
Found the mask I made a few years ago, so I had to bring Jason back this year
October 31, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Found the mask I made a few years ago, so I had to bring Jason back this year
If I didn’t have a party, I’d be running a creepy version of this tonight. Space Creeps? Creepy Weirdos?
Snagged the Halloween spot for Wargames Vault Deal of the Day for Sword Weirdos.
$3!
$3!
Sword Weirdos - Garske Games | Wargame Vault
Sword Weirdos is the fantasy sequel to the surprisingly popular Space Weirdos. "When will you write a fantasy version?"
site.wargamevault.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:04 PM
If I didn’t have a party, I’d be running a creepy version of this tonight. Space Creeps? Creepy Weirdos?
Dicemancy is a dice placement, tableau building, tower defense game with Studio Ghibli-style art?! All things I adore.
October 31, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Dicemancy is a dice placement, tableau building, tower defense game with Studio Ghibli-style art?! All things I adore.
BREAKING NEWS: Florida man intimidated by artful premise
A letter article between Chase and Thomas wonders how The Dice Tower mistook punching down on small games as having professional standards.
Tom Vasel wants indie designers to stop guilt tripping him
Directives from an ivory dice tower.
www.rascal.news
October 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Florida man intimidated by artful premise
Played Personal Vendetta tonight and it’s a pretty unbelievable “Magic in a box” game. Art and game design all by one person. A true passion project and a damn good card game. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ad-...
Personal Vendetta
Exact revenge against your clones in a biopunk, body horror card game.
www.kickstarter.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Played Personal Vendetta tonight and it’s a pretty unbelievable “Magic in a box” game. Art and game design all by one person. A true passion project and a damn good card game. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ad-...
Love this weird little game. Last week I told @timhutchings.bsky.social and friends that I feel like mapmaking games need some innovation. But I didn’t think about how this is basically a mapmaking game(?).
October 29, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Love this weird little game. Last week I told @timhutchings.bsky.social and friends that I feel like mapmaking games need some innovation. But I didn’t think about how this is basically a mapmaking game(?).
FROGS UNITE 🐸 ✊
#Etchtober Day 28
I didn't have a prompt today, so I picked the protest frog.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jhl...
I didn't have a prompt today, so I picked the protest frog.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jhl...
October 29, 2025 at 12:12 AM
FROGS UNITE 🐸 ✊