Simon Morgan-Russell
@smorgan-russell.bsky.social
Northerner, reader, gamer, tea-drinker
First time playing the Epilogue mission of Nemesis’ Aftermath expansion. By a stroke of luck I managed to complete my Psychologist’s “Personal Requirement” in the first turn and squeaked out a win. #boardgames
November 12, 2025 at 3:04 AM
First time playing the Epilogue mission of Nemesis’ Aftermath expansion. By a stroke of luck I managed to complete my Psychologist’s “Personal Requirement” in the first turn and squeaked out a win. #boardgames
Lovely game of Aspens today: our first! We were so excited to calculate the final score that we forgot to take a picture. 🙁 www.ludivore.com #boardgames
November 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Lovely game of Aspens today: our first! We were so excited to calculate the final score that we forgot to take a picture. 🙁 www.ludivore.com #boardgames
Two games on the table tonight: another bout of “Apiary” and a victory over Ithaqua in “Elder Sign.” #boardgames
October 22, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Two games on the table tonight: another bout of “Apiary” and a victory over Ithaqua in “Elder Sign.” #boardgames
Can’t say I’m looking forward to this new season of Doctor Who #DoctorWho
October 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Can’t say I’m looking forward to this new season of Doctor Who #DoctorWho
Not sure why it took us so long before we got around to playing Apiary, but it was great! #boardgames @stonemaiergames.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Not sure why it took us so long before we got around to playing Apiary, but it was great! #boardgames @stonemaiergames.com
A very enjoyable game of “Fate of the Fellowship,” which we won, unexpectedly, at the eleventh hour. We were impressed by the game’s mirroring of Tolkien’s trilogy. #boardgames @zmangamesofficial.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
A very enjoyable game of “Fate of the Fellowship,” which we won, unexpectedly, at the eleventh hour. We were impressed by the game’s mirroring of Tolkien’s trilogy. #boardgames @zmangamesofficial.bsky.social
Today … Brink! Another great game, though I lost fairly dramatically. #boardgames
August 25, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Today … Brink! Another great game, though I lost fairly dramatically. #boardgames
Our first, long-awaited game of Vantage. We were happily surprised by how different each of our paths turned out. #boardgames @stonemaiergames.com
August 20, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Our first, long-awaited game of Vantage. We were happily surprised by how different each of our paths turned out. #boardgames @stonemaiergames.com
Lovely game of Harmonies tonight with the family! #boardgames
July 19, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Lovely game of Harmonies tonight with the family! #boardgames
My favourite regret card. I’ve surely felt its sting, meself.
June 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
My favourite regret card. I’ve surely felt its sting, meself.
Although I forgot to take a picture of the endgame, we played “Deep Regrets” for the first time last night. It resulted in a tie … which I lost because of my long litany of lingering regrets. Fabulous! So happy to have backed its expansion “Deeper Regrets.” #boardgames @tettix.bsky.social
June 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Although I forgot to take a picture of the endgame, we played “Deep Regrets” for the first time last night. It resulted in a tie … which I lost because of my long litany of lingering regrets. Fabulous! So happy to have backed its expansion “Deeper Regrets.” #boardgames @tettix.bsky.social
Hilarious times with “Not Today, Murder.”
June 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Hilarious times with “Not Today, Murder.”
Another tangle with Nemesis. We all died. #boardgames
June 12, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Another tangle with Nemesis. We all died. #boardgames
How it started, how it ended … I pulled off a fabulously cinematic victory in tonight’s session of Nemesis, completing my objective as I launched my escape pod just as the ship reached the end of its self-destruct sequence. So close, right up until the nail-biting finish. #boardgames
May 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
How it started, how it ended … I pulled off a fabulously cinematic victory in tonight’s session of Nemesis, completing my objective as I launched my escape pod just as the ship reached the end of its self-destruct sequence. So close, right up until the nail-biting finish. #boardgames
Four of the games, out of eight, that we played over the weekend at #GeekwaytotheWest, including my three favourites: Raiders of the North Sea, Altay, and Harmonies. Learning and playing eight new games in two days was a heavy cognitive lift . . . But a great time. #boardgames
May 19, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Four of the games, out of eight, that we played over the weekend at #GeekwaytotheWest, including my three favourites: Raiders of the North Sea, Altay, and Harmonies. Learning and playing eight new games in two days was a heavy cognitive lift . . . But a great time. #boardgames
Last night’s game of Arkham Horror. We lost … but we came very close to winning! That’s a victory. #arkhamhorror #boardgames
April 30, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Last night’s game of Arkham Horror. We lost … but we came very close to winning! That’s a victory. #arkhamhorror #boardgames
My long-anticipated delivery of “Deep Regrets” arrived wrapped up in newspaper like cod and chips. Fabulous. Couldn’t ask for more. Well, maybe an actual cod and chips to go with it … and a pint of Sam Smith’s Old Brewery Bitter … and for it to be 1987.
Thanks @tettix.bsky.social #boardgames
Thanks @tettix.bsky.social #boardgames
April 9, 2025 at 8:39 PM
My long-anticipated delivery of “Deep Regrets” arrived wrapped up in newspaper like cod and chips. Fabulous. Couldn’t ask for more. Well, maybe an actual cod and chips to go with it … and a pint of Sam Smith’s Old Brewery Bitter … and for it to be 1987.
Thanks @tettix.bsky.social #boardgames
Thanks @tettix.bsky.social #boardgames
Finishing out The Rise of Fenris, with Episodes 7 & 8. Really a great experience, though Fenris is very hard to beat. #boardgames #Scythe #TheRiseofFenris @stonemaiergames.com
April 9, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Finishing out The Rise of Fenris, with Episodes 7 & 8. Really a great experience, though Fenris is very hard to beat. #boardgames #Scythe #TheRiseofFenris @stonemaiergames.com
Very close Episode 6 of “The Rise of Fenris”: 72, 67, 65! #boardgames #scythe @stonemeiergames.com
April 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Very close Episode 6 of “The Rise of Fenris”: 72, 67, 65! #boardgames #scythe @stonemeiergames.com
I had high hopes for Ayoade’s book. “Nabokov meets Spinal Tap”? What’s not to like about that? But it just turned out not to be very funny at all, and sort of flat and laboured. I’m sad. #booksky
March 26, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I had high hopes for Ayoade’s book. “Nabokov meets Spinal Tap”? What’s not to like about that? But it just turned out not to be very funny at all, and sort of flat and laboured. I’m sad. #booksky
March 19, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Revisiting my teenage obsession with “Elric of Melniboné,” I was amused by Elric’s observation that the despotic usurper Yyrkoon would “make Melniboné great again.” #booksky
March 17, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Revisiting my teenage obsession with “Elric of Melniboné,” I was amused by Elric’s observation that the despotic usurper Yyrkoon would “make Melniboné great again.” #booksky
Since the cover’s plain, I’m including a poem from Nichisei Gensei’s “Grass Hill” instead. I’ve lived the experience, but my favourite of his, not in this collection is:
“Monk Gensei in Fukakusa passed away. Even though he is myself, I would like to express my heartfelt condolences”
#booksky #poetry
“Monk Gensei in Fukakusa passed away. Even though he is myself, I would like to express my heartfelt condolences”
#booksky #poetry
March 11, 2025 at 2:15 AM