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Matthew M - BGG Community Manager @octavianbgg.bsky.social · 26m

I ASCENDED OLYMPUS OMG

Was definitely going to be done after using all my Death Defiance against the second location boss, but Athena stopped by and topped me off and I went on a heater all the way to the top. Epic.

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Matthew M - BGG Community Manager @octavianbgg.bsky.social · 3h

The Dispatch - it's if Telltale's Walking Dead series had an Invincible-esque superhero theme (the aesthetic but without the bleak cynicism), plus an engaging squad management RPG/sim as the core "game" element.

I'm hooked

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Dispatch (video game) - Wikipedia

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W. Eric Martin @wericmartin.bsky.social · 1d

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3 Posts, 29 Following, 37 Followers · 15 years at Board Game Geek. New website launching February 2026: board game news, reviews, essays, interviews, and more. Also: board game rulebook editing, writ...

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Matthew M - BGG Community Manager @octavianbgg.bsky.social · 6h

Too much awesome for one picture. Straight to jail.

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Matthew M - BGG Community Manager @octavianbgg.bsky.social · 22h

Played the Labyrinth scenario of Thorgal: The Board Game - our characters are forced into gladiatorial games by oppressive overlords. We sought to overthrow them, but the odds seemed impossible. That is until some divine intervention came into play. We won!(-ish)

boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/35...

Thorgal: The Board Game

Go on adventures in the mystic world of Norse mythology.

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Matthew M - BGG Community Manager @octavianbgg.bsky.social · 1d

If you see this, quote with a vampire that isn't Dracula.

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Matthew M - BGG Community Manager @octavianbgg.bsky.social · 3d

Me: I got a new game today about surviving in space!

Kids: you have 10 games about surviving in space.

Me: yeah well...shut up.

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Matthew M - BGG Community Manager @octavianbgg.bsky.social · 3d

Me: I got a new game today about surviving in space!

Kids: you have 10 games about surviving in space.

Me: yeah well...shut up.

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Matthew M - BGG Community Manager @octavianbgg.bsky.social · 4d

Read this as "Unspooked" and I think that could be something

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Matthew M - BGG Community Manager @octavianbgg.bsky.social · 4d

Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only...

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Matthew M - BGG Community Manager @octavianbgg.bsky.social · 5d

I'm pretty sure this is the intention of the insert with all the separate card wells

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Matthew M - BGG Community Manager @octavianbgg.bsky.social · 5d

Unseen naturally slows the pace with the expansion taking precedence over the base cards for draws.

I just got rolled in this one. Opponent had an early 3-0n lead and eventually spun up an engine that churned out 4 more in two turns. I fished for anything to disrupt it, but got nothing.

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Matthew M - BGG Community Manager @octavianbgg.bsky.social · 5d

Love to!

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Matthew M - BGG Community Manager @octavianbgg.bsky.social · 5d

Played two 2p games of Innovation Ultimate. One game with the Unseen expansion (lost 7-0), and one using Figures in the Sand (won 7-3).

boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/38...

Innovation Ultimate

Guide your civilization with inventions from the stone age through to the modern era.

boardgamegeek.com

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Matthew M - BGG Community Manager @octavianbgg.bsky.social · 6d

Preparing to Innovate

The insert for Innovation Ultimate features handy card wells that can be used to hold the many available decks during play - in this case base cards and one expansion each for 11 different ages = 22 different decks

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Matthew M - BGG Community Manager @octavianbgg.bsky.social · 6d

Favorite holidays and what makes them special?

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Matthew M - BGG Community Manager @octavianbgg.bsky.social · 7d

Finally got to pull out my Lost Ruins of Arnak Adventurer's Chest - a 4p game using the Waterfall Temple.

I won with the journalist character, who mostly follows after other people's discoveries and writes articles about them to unlock bonuses.

boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/31...

Lost Ruins of Arnak

Explore an island to find resources and discover the lost ruins of Arnak.

boardgamegeek.com

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Matthew M - BGG Community Manager @octavianbgg.bsky.social · 9d

The unbridled creativity of "prompt artists":

Make [thing that already exists] but with [different thing that already exists]

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 10d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Matthew M - BGG Community Manager @octavianbgg.bsky.social · 9d

I should have guessed from the "We" in Peer's post 😅

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Matthew M - BGG Community Manager @octavianbgg.bsky.social · 9d

Co-op pushes it past 100% - I'm in. Damn you Calvin.

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Matthew M - BGG Community Manager @octavianbgg.bsky.social · 9d

These words and that pic are practically enough for me to instabuy this.

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Matthew M - BGG Community Manager @octavianbgg.bsky.social · 10d

Pacers Pistons rivalry bowl

Matthew M - BGG Community Manager @octavianbgg.bsky.social · 10d

I'm gonna train an AI on my playstyle and my friends' playstyles so it can just tell us who will win each game without even needing to set it up. I'll get so many more games played this way!

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Matthew M - BGG Community Manager @octavianbgg.bsky.social · 10d

Is Iceman lobbying the rest of the X-Men for a name change to avoid negative connotations?

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Matthew M - BGG Community Manager @octavianbgg.bsky.social · 12d

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The Best Minestrone Soup

Minestrone is a hearty, easy, delicious meal that you can make with a couple of pantry staples and whatever fresh vegetables you happen to have on hand. It's really more of a process than a fixed reci...

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