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Rob Cramer
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Board game designer (The Grand Carnival, Turbo Drift, Zebra) in SLC, UT.
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"Papa, when will the snow come? I wish to bound through banks of white."

Hopefully soon, my boy.
A brown cavapoo sitting outside, staring longingly off to the side. He's wearing a plaid bowtie collar.
November 12, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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This doodle didn't want to happen.
A mess of markers, sticky notes, and scraps of paper on a desk, drafts of a doodle for Lands of Amazement. The final sticky note showing some roller coasters and the name of the game.
November 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Lands of Amazement is the Game of the Week! Can cards be polyominos? Can Scott Almes erase the memory of Coaster Park from the collective consciousness? Big tasks! Let's find out!
A collage of images of Lands of Amazement, a game by Scott Almes and published by Button Shy: a doodle of a roller coaster on a mint green sticky note; a Megapark card showing a silhouette of a park called "Labyrinthine Park" with the subtitle "Get lost in the fun!; an array of cards featuring different amusement park rides; a completed Labyrinthine Park made from cards overlapping in different ways to add different icons, like food, rides, games, prizes, and music; the white vinyl wallet for the game with the text in gold print.
November 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Wonderful game night with friends from high school. Hanging out with old friends is so so fun.
A tower from Menara that reaches 7 floors high. Kingfish cards from the game If Wishes Were Fishes. The fish are wearing royal clothing and crowns. There are two giant rubber worms above the cards.
November 10, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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A perfect park!
A final park in Lands of Amazement, made up of overlapping cards with different icons on it. The Megapark called "The Aquacenter", with the tagline "Cool waters and cooler adventures."
November 8, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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Lands of Amazement is the latest Button Shy game to come into my collection. A very nice looking wallet, and I am a sucker for polyomino or theme park games. Looking forward to playing this more!
A completed final park consisting of a bunch of cards overlapping and contributing icons to the specific shape of the park. A card featuring a safari tour ride called "Wild Heart Eco-Tours". The card has some shapes at the bottom, a silhouette of an arrangement of icons at the top, and a special ability if that silhouette is met during the game. The vinyl wallet for Lands of Amazement, a Scott Almes solo game. The wallet is white with gold lettering.
November 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Finally made my own chicken broth! Those Costco chickens are such a slammin' deal and this just makes them even more valuable.
4 tall deli containers filled with golden chicken stock.
November 8, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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We were really worried about George last night. He kept squatting after pooping with nothing coming out. Eventually he just sat down and wouldn't walk anymore.

Turns out he got some poop on his butt. Gave him a bath and he's back to normal. What a drama king.
A fluffy brown cavapoo stretched out on a bed with his front paws crossed out in front of him. He's wearing a plaid bowtie collar. He is extremely cute.
November 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Jaipur is the Game of the Week! Trade goods and exchange camels in a head-to-head race for gold. Camels are so goofy lookin', but in all the best ways.
A collage of images of the game Jaipur: a doodle of a camel on a pink sticky note; a silver card and a ruby card each depicting different treasures; a set of tokens you get for selling 3, 4, or 5 goods at a time; a set of cloth tokens and a 4-good bonus token; a pile of camel cards; the box for Jaipur.
November 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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George does not have the Halloween spirit.
A brown cavapoo grumpily wearing a teddy bear hat.
October 31, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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My favorite costume of all time that came to me as revelation from on high.
October 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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It's a variant on my favorite jersey ever, so it at least gets points for that.
The original Utah Jazz City Edition jerseys that have a sunset gradient from yellow to dark red top to bottom. Red lines run up the side of the shorts and top that match the I-15 silhouette.
October 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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No thanks. Utah Jazz's jersey and overall graphic direction is just so bland. Sure, let's throw grey in there! Why not?
A collage of Utah Jazz players in the new City Edition jerseys that have a grey blocky gradient and baby blue outlines/I-15 silhouette. It is boring.
October 30, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Incredible game of Qwixx last night. Thought my red was gonna bring me the W, but boy howdy was I wrong...
Two player sheets from Qwixx showing endgame scores of 131 and 101. The top score sheet has every yellow box crossed out except for one.
October 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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I don't make guac that much, but the world's tiniest red onion really cried out for it.
A cutting board and knife next to an extremely small red onion. The diameter is less than a US 50 cent piece. It's adorable. A bowl of completed guacamole with a chip stuck in it. A bag of lightly seasoned Don Julio tortilla chips. These are so inconsistent with their seasoning. Some chips are completely bald, tasting like the chip equivalent on a La Croix. Some are perfect, but not nearly as many as I want.
October 29, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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The Draugr by Todd Sanders is the Game of the Week! As one of the entries in the short-lived BGG micro game line, The Draugr has you defend Stjørdal from the reanimated dead. This plague can spread across the citizensry, but is your supply of iron and holy water enough to stop the contagion?
A black and white collage of images of the game The Draugr by Todd Sanders: a sticky note showing some Nordic symbols and the title; a pile of corruption, iron, and holy water tokens; the Town Square card with some tokens on it; the Lady Belthane draugr card; an array of Draugr tokens; the Constable card with the player token on it; the game's envelope.
October 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Bohemians is very funny (with dark subjects like syphilis and homelessness), if a bit long. Gotta find time to meet with fellow radicals before finding love! My job as a journalist can wait!
An array of cards from the game Bohemians. The cards depict different activities in the life of an artist, like "Get in the mood for sculpting" and "Meet with fellow radicals". Above are hardships, like syphilis and insomnia, trials that need to be overcome.
October 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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I love thrifting so much. I literally gasped when I found this recently at my local store. Never thought I would see it in person, it's like I saw a celebrity and I got to bring them home with me.
The box for If Wishes Were Fishes A pile of squishy purple worms.
October 20, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Shaky Manor is the Game of the Week! Tremble in fear as you outrun ghosts, spiders, snakes, and giant eyeballs through a dusty mansion in search of treasure. Get your nerves in check to beat your opponents to riches!
A collage of grungy images of the game Shaky Manor: the top of the box with the tagline "The Tilted Treasure Hunt"; an explorer, treasure chest, and a spider are in a blue carpeted and walled room; a card showing the same blue room and the deck shows a bunch of pieces; an orange sticky note showing a top-down view of a room and the title; a closeup of the trouble pieces from the game, an eyeball, a ghost, a zigzag snake, and a rubber spider.
October 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Feels nice to get back to thrifting and find this delightful game on my first day back. So squishy!
The cover for If Wishes Were Fishes, where each word of the title is said by a different fish. Each fish is the literal interpretation of their name: the clownfish has a big red rubber nose and is squirting water out of a flower, the starfish is glamorous and is wearing feather boas, the monkfish is dressed like a monk, and the kingfish has a crown on. A pile of squishy, wiggly worms/caterpillars from the game.
October 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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There were a lot of great times on our trip to the UK, but the food and friends were the best.
A game of In the Footsteps of Darwin in progress. The tiles have animals on them, each from different species or location. Five fancy pastries arranged on a long white plate. A game of Rebirth in progress. Castles are scattered across the Scottish Highlands, in between energy and food farms. A plate of penne pasta in red sauce with smashed potatoes. A bottle of ginger beer is on the table.
October 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Played Medici for the first time tonight. What a game! Very interesting auction dynamics, with how many spaces a player still has or what areas they're specializing in. Definitely helped that I ended up winning.
Player discs on different steps of the fur sections of the Medici board. A player ship board filled with cards, each representing a different good, like spices, wheat, or dye
October 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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Hell yeah, nature is getting into the Halloween spirit.
A large spider holding a dead earwig,.ready to dig in. The spider has orange spots on its back.
October 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Call him George George Abrams, he's got so many lens flares.
A brown cavapoo in a red harness smiling while sitting and looking back. A brown cavapoo in a red harness smiling while sitting and looking back.
October 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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A screenshot of Martin from The Simpsons whispering to a classmate, "I'd wager he has some variety of walking clock in that box."
October 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM