me, after 12 years of not releasing a video:

i understand that people think, "oh he's given up on NPI," "he's been promising the Qwirkle essay forever," "he's gonna die before he makes another one" and the reality is that i'm just doing my work, you know. these videos take time, i still love them.

on a tpk, everyone chucks their mini into the center pit?

A fine line between "bold swing" and just "plain ugly."

These tokens are cute, but the cards are a big no thanks from me

Why does the new version of No Thanks look like the cyber truck?

What is the state of Arcana and Altered?
Are they still going or does it looks they are declining? Have they broken into the CCG market and established themselves? Or where they a bubble market?

I dont know the CCG market and appreciate a look inside by someone knowledegable :-)

new feature on youtube, you can now serve multiple title and thumbnail combinations simultaneously to see which fares better.

personally, i'm glad that youtube is giving us the ability to dismantle the death of the author because now the author can crawl out of the grave and change the thumbnail

This is probably exactly what space is like tho

post review play confirmation that the old kings crown still slaps

Why does it have eyes 🤮

the list of publishers closing shop keeps growing. smaller ones you might not have noticed. for example, Ludonaute, who publish Colt Express are closing shop after Essen. it's just grim grim grim.

a podcast? about board games??? what will they think of next!

REAL people never retire

the amount of American people that are incensed with the video because I said you don't have Kinder Eggs is hilarious

let me repeat that - you don't have Kinder Eggs. you have a legal compromise that is bad.

hey, don't blame me, you brought this on yourself.

Amabel needs to familiarize herself with pickles, kimchi, etc.

whole world of preserves that anyone can decide to make

"echo chamber" is nonsense, sorry.

The quicker you establish boundaries, the better everyone who respects each other feel. Lay the groundwork from the getgo!

I just want any space that we're in charge of to feel good to visit. It's such a key thing in community building. I think a lot of people trip up here because they want to feel a good host to anyone who comes in. But it's the rule of tolerance that applies here - it is never universal.

We use this feature aggressively. If there's even a whiff of hostility or bigotry - you're out. And I gotta say, feels nice to know that if I need to, I can take my hands off the wheel now and it'll probably be fine for a good while.

I think one thing I'm really proud of is that over the 12 years of curation on our little youtube channel, the comment filter is really working. Lots of people with different opinions, but 99% are people just talking to each other.

"Hide user from channel" is the greatest gift youtube gave me.

hey everyone, this video features a spaghetti ball and also a kinder egg, what more can i tell you to convince you to spend 27 minutes learning about why i didn't like a good board game