Mike Markey
@mmarkey.bsky.social
Associate professor of molecular biology, analog game enthusiast and author, avid backpacker, Halloween hobbyist, husband and father.
Final turnstile: 796
November 1, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Final turnstile: 796
We got into quite the mix of DCC events for Gen Con this year. Weird Frontiers, Superheroes, Umerica, XCrawl, and Dying Earth, but not a single “vanilla” DCC game. 😆
May 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
We got into quite the mix of DCC events for Gen Con this year. Weird Frontiers, Superheroes, Umerica, XCrawl, and Dying Earth, but not a single “vanilla” DCC game. 😆
The bioluminescent petunias are coming in beautifully! Glowing fungi and flowering plants diverged about a billion years ago, but their genes come together today in a lab for a nice display.
April 29, 2025 at 2:53 AM
The bioluminescent petunias are coming in beautifully! Glowing fungi and flowering plants diverged about a billion years ago, but their genes come together today in a lab for a nice display.
DCC Dying Earth game is going great, I think. Our heroes spent the evening hunting a visp, and after a mannequin, a grue, and three erbs that were all mistaken for visps, they finally found one!
April 18, 2025 at 2:40 AM
DCC Dying Earth game is going great, I think. Our heroes spent the evening hunting a visp, and after a mannequin, a grue, and three erbs that were all mistaken for visps, they finally found one!
@direwolfdigital.bsky.social After probably 10+ games of 6-player Dune:Imperium-Uprising, I wanted some 3-dimensional agents to replace the chits used by players 5 and 6. So, here’s my “activate left”, “activate right”, and swordmaster for both leader factions.
January 30, 2025 at 2:01 AM
@direwolfdigital.bsky.social After probably 10+ games of 6-player Dune:Imperium-Uprising, I wanted some 3-dimensional agents to replace the chits used by players 5 and 6. So, here’s my “activate left”, “activate right”, and swordmaster for both leader factions.
For any fans of skirmish wargaming in the grim dark world of Smurfs.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/squ...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/squ...
SMÖRKHAMMER!! - Smörks, Shrüms, and Blood!
A skirmish wargame based on Smörk Borg and Forbidden Psalm with wooden miniatures and plenty of chaos!
www.kickstarter.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
For any fans of skirmish wargaming in the grim dark world of Smurfs.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/squ...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/squ...
A typical ending to 6-player Dune Imperium: Uprising (+Bloodlines).
January 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
A typical ending to 6-player Dune Imperium: Uprising (+Bloodlines).
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All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
This is a bit of a departure from most of my writing, but here it is: Gavin and I just had a paper published in the journal Current Research in Ohio Archeology. ohioarchaeology.org/what-we-do/r...
Articles and Abstracts 2025 : Research Articles and Abstracts : Research : What We Do : Ohio Archaeological Council
ohioarchaeology.org
January 22, 2025 at 8:08 PM
This is a bit of a departure from most of my writing, but here it is: Gavin and I just had a paper published in the journal Current Research in Ohio Archeology. ohioarchaeology.org/what-we-do/r...