Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Tabletop Games Blog (they) @tabletopgamesblog.com · 10h

A big witchy thank you to everyone supporting the blog. You keep the candles burning! 🕯️ Want to join them? Here’s how: tabletopgamesblog.com/support 🎃👍 #BoardGames #TabletopGaming #BoardGameReviews #SpookySeason #Support

Support The Blog | Tabletop Games Blog

If you feel like you want to support what I do, please consider becoming a Patron, buy me a coffee and or get yourself a cool Tabletop Games Blog t-shirt, hoodie, baseball cap or a nice bad from my sw...

tabletopgamesblog.com

3

Tabletop Games Blog (they) @tabletopgamesblog.com · 10h

Oh no. I think it looks cute, if that helps at all. And that colour… just wow! Sending lots of positive thoughts and energy. ⭐️💫✨🌟

2

Tabletop Games Blog (they) @tabletopgamesblog.com · 12h

Why not? 🤔

1 1

Tabletop Games Blog (they) @tabletopgamesblog.com · 2d

🤞

1

Reposted by Tabletop Games Blog (they)

Tabletop Games Blog (they) @tabletopgamesblog.com · 5d

Review: The candlelight flickers. Then you realise that you're about to Escape the Dark Castle by Alex Crispin, Thomas Pike and James Shelton from Themeborne with art by Alex Crispin.
tabletopgamesblog.com/2025/10/11/e...
(photo courtesy of Themeborne)
#boardgames #reviews #RPGs #StoryTelling

Escape the Dark Castle (Saturday Review) | Tabletop Games Blog

The candlelight flickers across the damp stone walls, casting long shadows that stretch and twist. You huddle closer to the table, scanning the cards laid out like pages from a forbidden story, the mu...

tabletopgamesblog.com

1 2

Tabletop Games Blog (they) @tabletopgamesblog.com · 5d

Review: The candlelight flickers. Then you realise that you're about to Escape the Dark Castle by Alex Crispin, Thomas Pike and James Shelton from Themeborne with art by Alex Crispin.
tabletopgamesblog.com/2025/10/11/e...
(photo courtesy of Themeborne)
#boardgames #reviews #RPGs #StoryTelling

Escape the Dark Castle (Saturday Review) | Tabletop Games Blog

The candlelight flickers across the damp stone walls, casting long shadows that stretch and twist. You huddle closer to the table, scanning the cards laid out like pages from a forbidden story, the mu...

tabletopgamesblog.com

1 2

Tabletop Games Blog (they) @tabletopgamesblog.com · 6d

Ah. Cool. 😎 👍

Tabletop Games Blog (they) @tabletopgamesblog.com · 6d

As in, you used to work at JPL? 🤔

1

Reposted by Tabletop Games Blog (they)

Martina Fuchs🔜SPIEL25 @missbaybee.bsky.social · 7d

Für alle, die sich für das Thema #Brettspiel interessieren, habe ich, sobald es das gab, ein Starterpack erstellt.
Ich habe es länger nicht kuratiert aber hier findet ihr immer noch viele tolle Accounts, denen ihr folgen könnt.😘

Fehlt euch was oder sind da Accounts drin, die inaktiv sind?💚

8 18 56

Tabletop Games Blog (they) @tabletopgamesblog.com · 6d

I'm still way behind on my podcast listening, but I did get time to listen to @meepleminded.bsky.social's episode "5 Board Games We Can't Play". As always, it's a joy to listen to, and it's especially nice to get a shout-out as well. So, go and check it out. 😀👍 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/5...

5 Board Games We Can't Play But Really Want To!

Podcast Episode · Meeple Minded · 09/28/2025 · 1h 33m

podcasts.apple.com

Tabletop Games Blog (they) @tabletopgamesblog.com · 6d

Check out my reviews of Fetching Feathers and D.O.T and then head over to the crowdfunding campaign to get your copy. 😃👍
tabletopgamesblog.com/2025/09/27/f...
tabletopgamesblog.com/2025/09/20/d...
#boardgames #reviews

Chris - Unfringed @unfringedthings.bsky.social · 7d

🦚 It's live!! 🦚

Grab both a copy of Fetching Feathers & D.O.T for only £25 (save £4) and the option to pick up for free from UKGE26!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/unf...

Fetching Feathers & D.O.T

Attract fancy flocks to your seasonal sanctuaries in Fetching Feathers & Duel with a Difference in D.O.T.

www.kickstarter.com

4

Tabletop Games Blog (they) @tabletopgamesblog.com · 7d

Well, well, well... got some lovely little review copies delivered recently: Umami and Frank's Zoo from @heidelbaer.de and the @doomlings.bsky.social expansion packs Shadow Puppets and Castle Glass. 😊👍 #boardgames #ReviewCopies

tl-br: Umami, Frank's Zoo, Shadow Puppets, Castle Glass

1 2 9

Tabletop Games Blog (they) @tabletopgamesblog.com · 7d

And may it long continue. We can all do with some certainties in our lives. So I’m glad you’ve found yours. 😊👍

1

Tabletop Games Blog (they) @tabletopgamesblog.com · 8d

I’ve heard lots of good things about this one from a colleague who played this game with the designer. Can’t wait! 😃👍

Arcane Wonders @arcanewonders.bsky.social · 8d

Get your dandiya sticks ready! Raas launches in 6 days. Follow now:

gamefound.com/en/projects/...

1

Reposted by Tabletop Games Blog (they)

Matthew Dunstan @matthewdunstan.bsky.social · 8d

Today's video was a hard one for me to make - I wanted to talk about my experiences going through burnout in the last year or so as a game designer, and aspects of the wider tabletop industry that contribute to that.

youtu.be/D2rC_8F10R8

🎲✂️

The reality of being a full time game designer

YouTube video by Matthew Dunstan

youtu.be

12 23 92

Tabletop Games Blog (they) @tabletopgamesblog.com · 9d

Thank you. I’m quite proud of my reply. 😊👍

Tabletop Games Blog (they) @tabletopgamesblog.com · 9d

I know what you mean, but I just enjoyed trying to formulate my feelings and writing my counterpoint. I’m not usually that good at debates, but this felt cathartic. You’re right though. It’s really just semantics. 🙂👍

2

Tabletop Games Blog (they) @tabletopgamesblog.com · 9d

I was reading @danthurot.bsky.social’s article, "Anti-Fun", when I found myself challenged in the best possible way. So, this article is my reply to the argument he makes in his article.
tabletopgamesblog.com/2025/10/07/k...
(Photo by Erik Mclean on Unsplash)
#boardgames #thoughts #discussions #fun

Keeping the Fun - a reply to Dan Thurot's "Anti-Fun" article (Topic Discussion) | Tabletop Games Blog

I was reading Dan Thurot’s most recent article, titled "Anti-Fun", when, as so often with his writing, I found myself challenged in the best possible way. Few people in board game criticism can cut to...

tabletopgamesblog.com

2 5

Tabletop Games Blog (they) @tabletopgamesblog.com · 9d

Sending lots of positive thoughts and energy. You’re a wonderful person and I’m sure you’ll soon meet more wonderful people. 🌟💫✨⭐️

1

Reposted by Tabletop Games Blog (they)

Osprey Games ➡️ Essen SPIEL 3.M600 @ospreygames.bsky.social · 10d

The design diary for General Orders: Sengoku Jidai hit @boardgamegeek.com last week!

Missed it? Now find the deep dive from co-designer @djackthompson.bsky.social on our website blog as well: https://bit.ly/42qIsTP

// AVAILABLE NOW // https://bit.ly/4jeCg8d

A close-up photo of a board of General Orders: Sengoku Jidai, with an illustrated ability card laid beside it, a handful of custom dice scattered on top of it, and various red and black wooden meeple placed around it.

4 18

Tabletop Games Blog (they) @tabletopgamesblog.com · 11d

Wow. They look cool. 😲👍

1 1

Tabletop Games Blog (they) @tabletopgamesblog.com · 12d

You'll have a customer in me, if you do ever sell it. 🙂👍

1

Reposted by Tabletop Games Blog (they)

Iain McAllister @giantbrain.co.uk · 12d

Trying out a newsletter approach to my monthly updates. You do need to be a member of the Patreon to access but it includes the free tier.

www.patreon.com/posts/septem...

September Newsletter | The Giant Brain

www.patreon.com

2 2

Tabletop Games Blog (they) @tabletopgamesblog.com · 12d

You awaken in the dark, and you must escape The Night Cage by Christopher Ryan Chan, Chris McMahon and Rosswell Saunders from @smirkanddagger.bsky.social with art by Christopher Ryan Chan.
tabletopgamesblog.com/2025/10/04/t...
#boardgames #reviews #CooperativeGames #HorrorGames #Halloween2025

The Night Cage (Saturday Review) | Tabletop Games Blog

Your skin is cold as you awaken in the dark. You have nothing but a flickering candle. A terrifying foreboding is constricting your throat, just like the narrow passageway is squashing your body. You ...

tabletopgamesblog.com

2

Tabletop Games Blog (they) @tabletopgamesblog.com · 12d

Wait. What?! You were a distiller? As in small batch distilling? Or as in working for a large distiller? Or what? Tell me more.

1 1