Mark Thomas
@hotseatgames.bsky.social
Maker of Board & Video games: Phantom Division, SEAL Team Flix, Dungeon Fall, Record Store Nightmare, House of Spirits. He / Him
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Mark Thomas
@hotseatgames.bsky.social
· Jul 5
Phantom Division
Phantom Division is a fully co-operative tactical combat game that supports solo play and features several mini games.
www.hiveinteractive.net
Late pledges for Phantom Division are now available. #boardgames www.hiveinteractive.net/projects/pha...
Good riddance
Mythic Games, formerly one of the most successful crowdfunding-focused board game publishers of all time, has officially been liquidated after a financial collapse which left it unable to fulfill millions of dollars-worth of Kickstarter projects:
boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
December 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Good riddance
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The latest draft of the Phantom Division rule book is available! Don't be alarmed when you see that it's 56 pages... it's got lots of pictures and diagrams! Have a look for yourself and any feedback is welcome and appreciated. #boardgames www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/8c48p...
www.dropbox.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The latest draft of the Phantom Division rule book is available! Don't be alarmed when you see that it's 56 pages... it's got lots of pictures and diagrams! Have a look for yourself and any feedback is welcome and appreciated. #boardgames www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/8c48p...
The latest draft of the Phantom Division rule book is available! Don't be alarmed when you see that it's 56 pages... it's got lots of pictures and diagrams! Have a look for yourself and any feedback is welcome and appreciated. #boardgames www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/8c48p...
www.dropbox.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The latest draft of the Phantom Division rule book is available! Don't be alarmed when you see that it's 56 pages... it's got lots of pictures and diagrams! Have a look for yourself and any feedback is welcome and appreciated. #boardgames www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/8c48p...
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I'm bored today so I decided it's time to announce the secret project.
SECRET PROJECT REVEALED
YouTube video by Gary Whitta
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I'm bored today so I decided it's time to announce the secret project.
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It would be great if there'd be an app that would generate all capsule images of Steam, Itch.io, EGS, GOG, Microsoft Store, Game Jolt, Google Play, App Store and Unity Asset Store in a single click... 👀
(subtle foreshadowing, announcement soon)
(subtle foreshadowing, announcement soon)
December 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
It would be great if there'd be an app that would generate all capsule images of Steam, Itch.io, EGS, GOG, Microsoft Store, Game Jolt, Google Play, App Store and Unity Asset Store in a single click... 👀
(subtle foreshadowing, announcement soon)
(subtle foreshadowing, announcement soon)
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He can't stay awake. Or walk. Or speak. I'm so sick of the GOP denial. The embarrassing flattery parades. The complicit press standing silent while he drones on incomprehensibly or insults colleagues who dare to question his lies. Or laughing obligatorily at his non-jokes. I'm just so tired of it.
December 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
He can't stay awake. Or walk. Or speak. I'm so sick of the GOP denial. The embarrassing flattery parades. The complicit press standing silent while he drones on incomprehensibly or insults colleagues who dare to question his lies. Or laughing obligatorily at his non-jokes. I'm just so tired of it.
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Here is the link for LDtk, it's a very great tool and it's free, so thanks again to the creator and go check it if you don't know it!
ldtk.io
ldtk.io
LDtk
LDtk (Level Designer Toolkit) is an open-source 2D level editor for indie devs, with a strong focus on user-friendliness.
ldtk.io
December 1, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Here is the link for LDtk, it's a very great tool and it's free, so thanks again to the creator and go check it if you don't know it!
ldtk.io
ldtk.io
Finished The Chair Company on HBO last night, and I have no idea what I watched. I think it crossed from insane to too insane.
December 1, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Finished The Chair Company on HBO last night, and I have no idea what I watched. I think it crossed from insane to too insane.
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This is a very specific type of wonderful heresy. Half-life 1 as a boomer shooter!
store.steampowered.com/app/1625220/...
There's a demo and it's pretty fun
store.steampowered.com/app/1625220/...
There's a demo and it's pretty fun
Half-Life: Element 64 on Steam
Jump into the fray of Element 64 and save the world from an alien invasion in an action adventure inspired by the classic shooters of 1990s, all set in the award-winning universe of Half-Life. It's da...
store.steampowered.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This is a very specific type of wonderful heresy. Half-life 1 as a boomer shooter!
store.steampowered.com/app/1625220/...
There's a demo and it's pretty fun
store.steampowered.com/app/1625220/...
There's a demo and it's pretty fun
I was holding back an idea for Phantom Division for a future expansion, and the thing is, expansions are promised to no one. So the idea went in. I've still got 2 expansions' worth of ideas.
Hell I say this about design. If I ran out of ideas after the next release that's all I had to say.
November 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I was holding back an idea for Phantom Division for a future expansion, and the thing is, expansions are promised to no one. So the idea went in. I've still got 2 expansions' worth of ideas.
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Our Black Friday gift to you, for the low low price of $0, is over 13,000 words about the Xbox 360 library.
This console gen felt like the last gasp of an industry before it turned a particularly heinous corner. Join us at the combination listicle and eulogy.
pixeldie.com/2025/11/28/t...
This console gen felt like the last gasp of an industry before it turned a particularly heinous corner. Join us at the combination listicle and eulogy.
pixeldie.com/2025/11/28/t...
The Xbox 360 Twentieth Anniversary Special
The Xbox 360 is twenty years old and Microsoft will never achieve its heights again, so we may as well rank the 36 best games on it.
pixeldie.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Our Black Friday gift to you, for the low low price of $0, is over 13,000 words about the Xbox 360 library.
This console gen felt like the last gasp of an industry before it turned a particularly heinous corner. Join us at the combination listicle and eulogy.
pixeldie.com/2025/11/28/t...
This console gen felt like the last gasp of an industry before it turned a particularly heinous corner. Join us at the combination listicle and eulogy.
pixeldie.com/2025/11/28/t...
Ordered Hot Streak and Magical Athlete. This is the first thing I've ever ordered to be delivered to my new house, and I look forward to some insane races.
November 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Ordered Hot Streak and Magical Athlete. This is the first thing I've ever ordered to be delivered to my new house, and I look forward to some insane races.
I've been playing Yakuza Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, and it is an amazing game. I just got to the Animal Crossing part, and I think I'll be spending a lot of time in it. It's so incredible how they crammed so much into one game.
November 27, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I've been playing Yakuza Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, and it is an amazing game. I just got to the Animal Crossing part, and I think I'll be spending a lot of time in it. It's so incredible how they crammed so much into one game.
Why are they not called X-Crocs?
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/these-n...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/these-n...
These new officially licensed Crocs are designed to look like an Xbox controller, buttons and all | VGC
The Xbox Classic Clog collaboration launches today…
www.videogameschronicle.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Why are they not called X-Crocs?
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/these-n...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/these-n...
Found this Gen Con tote bag from FFG. I wish I had picked up the Gears of War board game when it was available. #boardgames #gencon
November 22, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Found this Gen Con tote bag from FFG. I wish I had picked up the Gears of War board game when it was available. #boardgames #gencon
Reskeet with a time you looked cool...
November 20, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Reskeet with a time you looked cool...
Had some movers here loading a U-Box, and they were amazing in their ability to pack so much into it. During the process, I moved a single box, got a paper cut, and starting bleeding. I think the moral of the story is, Hire Professionals.
November 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Had some movers here loading a U-Box, and they were amazing in their ability to pack so much into it. During the process, I moved a single box, got a paper cut, and starting bleeding. I think the moral of the story is, Hire Professionals.
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Easy. Tim Curry barely keeping it together in Red Alert 3.
youtu.be/U_U59u69tys?...
youtu.be/U_U59u69tys?...
November 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Easy. Tim Curry barely keeping it together in Red Alert 3.
youtu.be/U_U59u69tys?...
youtu.be/U_U59u69tys?...
Dexterity game drama!
November 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Dexterity game drama!
This one looks great!
Demonschool: Is OUT. It's out. Finally it is out. We hope you enjoy it.
store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...
store.playstation.com/en-us/concep...
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...
store.playstation.com/en-us/concep...
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
November 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This one looks great!
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Hi I wrote about the Sega Master System and how it’s been criminally overlooked because everyone goes on about the NES like it was the only 8bit console in the world look don’t get me started
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
Master System at 40: the truth about Sega’s most underrated console
Forty years ago, the Nintendo Entertainment System dominated the markets in Japan and the US. But in Europe, a technologically superior rival was making it look like an ancient relic
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Hi I wrote about the Sega Master System and how it’s been criminally overlooked because everyone goes on about the NES like it was the only 8bit console in the world look don’t get me started
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
A friend gave me this #ttrpg book, and I'd love to read it, but there's a problem. It smells TERRIBLE. My best description is bacon bits. Any ideas on how to de-stink a book?
November 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
A friend gave me this #ttrpg book, and I'd love to read it, but there's a problem. It smells TERRIBLE. My best description is bacon bits. Any ideas on how to de-stink a book?
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Trump Denies Writing 36-Volume Comic Titled ‘Don And Jeff: Time Pedophiles https://theonion.com/trump-denies-writing-36-volume-comic-titled-don-and-jeff-time-pedophiles/
November 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Trump Denies Writing 36-Volume Comic Titled ‘Don And Jeff: Time Pedophiles https://theonion.com/trump-denies-writing-36-volume-comic-titled-don-and-jeff-time-pedophiles/
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I really hope things aren’t shit forever. And that our society and culture isn’t continuously held hostage to a bunch of chuds with the intellectual depth of a kiddy pool.
November 12, 2025 at 6:16 AM
I really hope things aren’t shit forever. And that our society and culture isn’t continuously held hostage to a bunch of chuds with the intellectual depth of a kiddy pool.
The Phantom Division rule book is looking good, there are a ton of diagrams. A draft should be released soon, hopefully.
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The Phantom Division rule book is looking good, there are a ton of diagrams. A draft should be released soon, hopefully.