Jonathan Franklin
@jafrank.bsky.social
PNW - boardgames, reading, & Oxford commas
Or, in legislation, the only way for it to pass is to add vagueness so all sides can live with the same language.
November 3, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Or, in legislation, the only way for it to pass is to add vagueness so all sides can live with the same language.
Weight has been more of a problem for me than space. I wish this tip made the games lighter. :) Tip: put all your game boards and flattened boxes in your carryon.
October 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Weight has been more of a problem for me than space. I wish this tip made the games lighter. :) Tip: put all your game boards and flattened boxes in your carryon.
Ed, Is the play re AI that it can replace human labor and that they are just offering inexpensive entry-level fees to get people hooked and then will raise them once AI is seen as indispensable for saving labor costs, sort of a Jevons Paradox?
February 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Ed, Is the play re AI that it can replace human labor and that they are just offering inexpensive entry-level fees to get people hooked and then will raise them once AI is seen as indispensable for saving labor costs, sort of a Jevons Paradox?
Be sure to try Endeavor: Deep Sea. Was a winner for us as PoM was last year
December 23, 2024 at 7:59 AM
Be sure to try Endeavor: Deep Sea. Was a winner for us as PoM was last year
Playing cards that have important info in only a few corners - quad-indexed, please.
December 21, 2024 at 1:37 AM
Playing cards that have important info in only a few corners - quad-indexed, please.
What a nice warehouse you have there!
December 15, 2024 at 1:31 AM
What a nice warehouse you have there!
How about Stranger Forgeries? Does it feel like Zendo or other induction games or is it more a wacky party experience like Belratti? Or both or neither?
December 14, 2024 at 3:27 AM
How about Stranger Forgeries? Does it feel like Zendo or other induction games or is it more a wacky party experience like Belratti? Or both or neither?
You misunderstood. The distribution is the distribution. I meant that the musicians you are picking from are all superstars in their own right, so ‘discarding’ Keith Jarrett and Herbie Hancock to keep Chick Corea is a ridiculous bounty of keyboardists and same for the other categories
October 29, 2024 at 4:37 AM
You misunderstood. The distribution is the distribution. I meant that the musicians you are picking from are all superstars in their own right, so ‘discarding’ Keith Jarrett and Herbie Hancock to keep Chick Corea is a ridiculous bounty of keyboardists and same for the other categories
Canceled our sub within the hour. So sad.
October 26, 2024 at 1:34 AM
Canceled our sub within the hour. So sad.
Is this true with booktok and things like that? Repetition seems key to recognition and a video or two a week is a ton more exposure than 10 interviews per game/book/album released.
September 7, 2024 at 10:54 PM
Is this true with booktok and things like that? Repetition seems key to recognition and a video or two a week is a ton more exposure than 10 interviews per game/book/album released.
Sid & Nancy was not a great pick on my part.
August 14, 2024 at 11:23 PM
Sid & Nancy was not a great pick on my part.
Luxardo cherry in a Manhattan, yes.
August 1, 2024 at 3:49 AM
Luxardo cherry in a Manhattan, yes.
Imagine the calories in that pellet. Way over your daily recommended intake!
July 28, 2024 at 10:55 PM
Imagine the calories in that pellet. Way over your daily recommended intake!
Circus Flohcati, Corsari, and Matryoshka all have 10 suits.
July 17, 2024 at 12:33 AM
Circus Flohcati, Corsari, and Matryoshka all have 10 suits.
Any thoughts on those you have played so far?
May 9, 2024 at 12:44 AM
Any thoughts on those you have played so far?
Probably time for a list of games that sound like trick-takers, but are not. Trickdraw comes to mind. Nice to see 15 copies of your prize table pick.
April 28, 2024 at 9:34 AM
Probably time for a list of games that sound like trick-takers, but are not. Trickdraw comes to mind. Nice to see 15 copies of your prize table pick.
Fractured Sky, Fluch Der Mumie
March 27, 2024 at 12:22 AM
Fractured Sky, Fluch Der Mumie
Don’t you figure Dune Imperium: Messiah is coming with the third movie? I’m sitting tight with the base and Ix until then.
March 16, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Don’t you figure Dune Imperium: Messiah is coming with the third movie? I’m sitting tight with the base and Ix until then.
Not sure I buy this. War games were mean. El Grande was meaner than most games in the alea line. Lowenherz/Domaine were considered mean. More generally, area control/majority were meanish even then. It is harder to think of a 2p TtR game as mean as opposed to a 3p+ game where kingmaking is core.
February 22, 2024 at 6:22 AM
Not sure I buy this. War games were mean. El Grande was meaner than most games in the alea line. Lowenherz/Domaine were considered mean. More generally, area control/majority were meanish even then. It is harder to think of a 2p TtR game as mean as opposed to a 3p+ game where kingmaking is core.
Good luck getting home. Great to see you.
January 16, 2024 at 4:24 AM
Good luck getting home. Great to see you.
And The Lathe of Heaven
January 7, 2024 at 9:05 PM
And The Lathe of Heaven
W. Eric Martin of BGG News
October 25, 2023 at 2:12 AM
W. Eric Martin of BGG News