Dad Elemental
@captainraffi.bsky.social
Miniature painter, tabletop games writer and former podcaster. VP of Business Development @Goonhammer. Big Dad energy 🇬🇹 he/him
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Anyway. I’ve spoken about tariffs a lot. At some level (and it’s lower than 130%) the actual number doesn’t really matter cuz it’s all devastation-level. The volatility and unpredictability is really what this new move re-highlights. Businesses can’t function if revenue is one-man-whim-based.
October 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Anyway. I’ve spoken about tariffs a lot. At some level (and it’s lower than 130%) the actual number doesn’t really matter cuz it’s all devastation-level. The volatility and unpredictability is really what this new move re-highlights. Businesses can’t function if revenue is one-man-whim-based.
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[pushing glasses up]
Well actually…
It’s 130%.
100% on top of the current 30%.
Well actually…
It’s 130%.
100% on top of the current 30%.
If anyone has hot takes on the implications of the just-announced 100% China
tariffs for the board game industry I guess I’m interested.
tariffs for the board game industry I guess I’m interested.
October 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
[pushing glasses up]
Well actually…
It’s 130%.
100% on top of the current 30%.
Well actually…
It’s 130%.
100% on top of the current 30%.
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Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Raffi was NOT expecting a crash course in fracture mechanics when he asked why Panel Liner cracks Gundam plastic if you aren’t careful.
But now he knows about plastic embrittlement and has a science fair experiment for this year…
But now he knows about plastic embrittlement and has a science fair experiment for this year…
August 31, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Raffi was NOT expecting a crash course in fracture mechanics when he asked why Panel Liner cracks Gundam plastic if you aren’t careful.
But now he knows about plastic embrittlement and has a science fair experiment for this year…
But now he knows about plastic embrittlement and has a science fair experiment for this year…
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A liberal should be someone who does the right thing because it is right and stands up to bullies and abusers. The type of liberalism that America has suffered with for decades now has been a craven exercise in soulless hedging and cowardice
June 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
A liberal should be someone who does the right thing because it is right and stands up to bullies and abusers. The type of liberalism that America has suffered with for decades now has been a craven exercise in soulless hedging and cowardice
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Slowly chipping away at this little in-hand card game.
There's now a gear shift/speed gauge on the right-hand side of the player card.
The idea is you slide the horizontal card at the back of the deck up and down to show how fast you're driving.
There's now a gear shift/speed gauge on the right-hand side of the player card.
The idea is you slide the horizontal card at the back of the deck up and down to show how fast you're driving.
June 6, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Slowly chipping away at this little in-hand card game.
There's now a gear shift/speed gauge on the right-hand side of the player card.
The idea is you slide the horizontal card at the back of the deck up and down to show how fast you're driving.
There's now a gear shift/speed gauge on the right-hand side of the player card.
The idea is you slide the horizontal card at the back of the deck up and down to show how fast you're driving.
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This week on Mayday, Miss Marcy! I get some help from the Dads @captainraffi.bsky.social and @thechirurgeon.bsky.social and then answer a particularly heavy question a lot of queers face: When will you love yourself enough to leave harmful spaces? www.goonhammer.com/mayday-miss-...
Mayday, Miss Marcy! Hobby Parenting, Palette Panic, and Respecting Yourself Enough to Leave
Mayday Miss Marcy is back this week with special additional assistance from Rob and Raf on parenting and gaming, and Greg on anime or something.
www.goonhammer.com
June 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This week on Mayday, Miss Marcy! I get some help from the Dads @captainraffi.bsky.social and @thechirurgeon.bsky.social and then answer a particularly heavy question a lot of queers face: When will you love yourself enough to leave harmful spaces? www.goonhammer.com/mayday-miss-...
Warhammer’s Black Library authors found their works had been vacuumed up by Meta’s horrendous theft of creative work.
www.goonhammer.com/black-librar...
www.goonhammer.com/black-librar...
Black Library Writers Respond to Meta Scraping Their Work
We spoke to a number of Black Library writers across the industry about the specific scraping of their work in a pirated LibGen library and larger issues with AI in general.
www.goonhammer.com
March 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Warhammer’s Black Library authors found their works had been vacuumed up by Meta’s horrendous theft of creative work.
www.goonhammer.com/black-librar...
www.goonhammer.com/black-librar...
I just think that if a game has big mechs in it, the mechs should fight and them fighting should be a good thing.
February 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I just think that if a game has big mechs in it, the mechs should fight and them fighting should be a good thing.
Post Malone and Oreo collaborated on special release so I would like to manifest Post Malört please and thank you
February 15, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Post Malone and Oreo collaborated on special release so I would like to manifest Post Malört please and thank you
Can we adequately fund schools please? I’m tired of eating at Buffalo Wild Wings fundraisers
February 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Can we adequately fund schools please? I’m tired of eating at Buffalo Wild Wings fundraisers
Awaken Realms just launched an AI tool you’re supposed to be able to ask questions of mid game. I love Nemesis but it is full of edge cases and I think the rule books are poor.
Tried the tool, and the second question I asked it is wrong in a very standard LLM way of being wrong.
Tried the tool, and the second question I asked it is wrong in a very standard LLM way of being wrong.
January 27, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Awaken Realms just launched an AI tool you’re supposed to be able to ask questions of mid game. I love Nemesis but it is full of edge cases and I think the rule books are poor.
Tried the tool, and the second question I asked it is wrong in a very standard LLM way of being wrong.
Tried the tool, and the second question I asked it is wrong in a very standard LLM way of being wrong.
A side effect of companies doing public playtests alongside or after successful Kickstarters is a legacy of BGG forum rule questions with wrong answers
January 8, 2025 at 1:59 AM
A side effect of companies doing public playtests alongside or after successful Kickstarters is a legacy of BGG forum rule questions with wrong answers
Exciting things are happening
December 21, 2024 at 1:36 AM
Exciting things are happening
Welcome to the Blood Bowl Dome.
Amazing gift from a Warhammer community secret santa!
Amazing gift from a Warhammer community secret santa!
December 20, 2024 at 5:30 AM
Welcome to the Blood Bowl Dome.
Amazing gift from a Warhammer community secret santa!
Amazing gift from a Warhammer community secret santa!
I have never gotten a higher result than 15 on a performance roll with my bard and I HAVE A +10 TO THE ROLL
December 19, 2024 at 4:02 AM
I have never gotten a higher result than 15 on a performance roll with my bard and I HAVE A +10 TO THE ROLL
12 Days of Christmas has got to go
December 15, 2024 at 9:44 PM
12 Days of Christmas has got to go
Space Marine 3 manages to really capture the feel of Warhammer in that I spent more time and resources customizing my color scheme than I did playing, and burned my currency on aesthetics over perk upgrades
December 3, 2024 at 1:39 PM
Space Marine 3 manages to really capture the feel of Warhammer in that I spent more time and resources customizing my color scheme than I did playing, and burned my currency on aesthetics over perk upgrades
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other than that and also the newspapers and magazines i almost never hear conservative opinions
November 17, 2024 at 10:37 PM
other than that and also the newspapers and magazines i almost never hear conservative opinions
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i admit i live in an echo chamber of leftist politics, the only exception being when i hear things said by the president, the next president, the supreme court, members of congress, people on the news, my family, or people i encounter in my daily life.
November 17, 2024 at 10:34 PM
i admit i live in an echo chamber of leftist politics, the only exception being when i hear things said by the president, the next president, the supreme court, members of congress, people on the news, my family, or people i encounter in my daily life.
Its heeeeeeeere! Thunder Road is one of my favorite games of the last few years and I HAD to jump on the Chrome Edition KS. If you’re interested to read what I thought, I wrote one of my favorite reviews ever after playing it.
www.goonhammer.com/careen-joyfu...
www.goonhammer.com/careen-joyfu...
November 17, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Its heeeeeeeere! Thunder Road is one of my favorite games of the last few years and I HAD to jump on the Chrome Edition KS. If you’re interested to read what I thought, I wrote one of my favorite reviews ever after playing it.
www.goonhammer.com/careen-joyfu...
www.goonhammer.com/careen-joyfu...
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The art touched by humans:
November 15, 2024 at 11:36 PM
The art touched by humans:
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Exhibit A:
Endlessly scrolling pages of *stuff* and not a single mention of designers or artists or any human involvement or intent. Just weasel words like "every piece of art will be touched by a human". I'm so disgusted with Awaken Realms that I've gotten rid of all my Nemesis.
Endlessly scrolling pages of *stuff* and not a single mention of designers or artists or any human involvement or intent. Just weasel words like "every piece of art will be touched by a human". I'm so disgusted with Awaken Realms that I've gotten rid of all my Nemesis.
Lands of Evershade by Awaken Realms
Lands of Evershade is a new hybrid RPG / Board Game experience for 1-5 players that merges the acclaimed Awaken Realms storytelling and quality components with a dice-based RPG system and fast tactica...
gamefound.com
November 15, 2024 at 11:36 PM
Exhibit A:
Endlessly scrolling pages of *stuff* and not a single mention of designers or artists or any human involvement or intent. Just weasel words like "every piece of art will be touched by a human". I'm so disgusted with Awaken Realms that I've gotten rid of all my Nemesis.
Endlessly scrolling pages of *stuff* and not a single mention of designers or artists or any human involvement or intent. Just weasel words like "every piece of art will be touched by a human". I'm so disgusted with Awaken Realms that I've gotten rid of all my Nemesis.
I used to think Warcry was GW’s best ruleset but I’ve played a lot of Blood Bowl this year and boy howdy is that a *game*
November 16, 2024 at 12:28 AM
I used to think Warcry was GW’s best ruleset but I’ve played a lot of Blood Bowl this year and boy howdy is that a *game*
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On Playin' and Slayin' @captainraffi.bsky.social chatted about diversity in board games.
#46 – Playin’ and Slayin’ – Raf Cordero
Raf Cordero from the Ding and Dent podcast and writer for Goonhammer and Geek & Sundry joins the crew to cover a wide range of topics; how he got into gaming, podcasting and freelance writing, …
blog.basementofdeath.com
November 13, 2024 at 6:33 PM
On Playin' and Slayin' @captainraffi.bsky.social chatted about diversity in board games.