Practical Tim
@practicalpeng.bsky.social
Tim Mierzejewski: Board game designer, web dev, not a penguin. My game design portfolio: https://mierz.carrd.co/
I listened to Abbey Road today and it's remarkable. It has gorgeous guitar work, innovative and novel sounds, loving homages to their inspirations, and some of the absolute stupidest garbage you've ever heard.
November 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I listened to Abbey Road today and it's remarkable. It has gorgeous guitar work, innovative and novel sounds, loving homages to their inspirations, and some of the absolute stupidest garbage you've ever heard.
It’s almost time! Aetherspire approaches!
November 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
It’s almost time! Aetherspire approaches!
Just a couple days until I get to join @phaseshiftgames.bsky.social at Pax Unplugged and demo my Aetherspire to the world! This game has been in the works for so many years, and I can't wait to see it pay off!
November 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Just a couple days until I get to join @phaseshiftgames.bsky.social at Pax Unplugged and demo my Aetherspire to the world! This game has been in the works for so many years, and I can't wait to see it pay off!
I've been picking a favorite album of every year, and I don't know how I'm going to decide for 2012 between Silversun Pickups' Neck of the Woods and Metric's Synthetica. Both top tier albums.
November 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I've been picking a favorite album of every year, and I don't know how I'm going to decide for 2012 between Silversun Pickups' Neck of the Woods and Metric's Synthetica. Both top tier albums.
Today in listening to old hits I came across an artist named "Randy VanWarmer". When your name is Randy VanWarmer, please keep in mind that you don't have to attach your actual name to your music, and stage names/band names can be excellent ideas, so that people don't need to see "Randy VanWarmer."
November 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Today in listening to old hits I came across an artist named "Randy VanWarmer". When your name is Randy VanWarmer, please keep in mind that you don't have to attach your actual name to your music, and stage names/band names can be excellent ideas, so that people don't need to see "Randy VanWarmer."
One of the toughest-to-find board games at recent conventions is Hobby Japan’s Gibberers, a game about making a language and communicating with it. Is it worth the trouble to seek out? Check out my new video review of it to see! youtu.be/Z5bB0vkKwSo?...
Tim's Game Den | Gibberers | Hidden Gems #4
YouTube video by Tim Mierz
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November 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM
One of the toughest-to-find board games at recent conventions is Hobby Japan’s Gibberers, a game about making a language and communicating with it. Is it worth the trouble to seek out? Check out my new video review of it to see! youtu.be/Z5bB0vkKwSo?...
Probably a poor idea to hand these to the spirit in Phantom Ink. @resonym.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Probably a poor idea to hand these to the spirit in Phantom Ink. @resonym.com
I should learn how to play the possible bass guitar
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I should learn how to play the possible bass guitar
Four board games whose art styles I love. Share yours!
Life Siphon
Unearth
Beasts
Montage
Life Siphon
Unearth
Beasts
Montage
November 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Four board games whose art styles I love. Share yours!
Life Siphon
Unearth
Beasts
Montage
Life Siphon
Unearth
Beasts
Montage
I just heard Nick Lowe's "Cruel to be Kind" and spent the whole time I was listening to Spacehog's "Cruel to be Kind".
November 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I just heard Nick Lowe's "Cruel to be Kind" and spent the whole time I was listening to Spacehog's "Cruel to be Kind".
Last weekend I got my 25th game of the Fellowship of the Ring trick-taking game in. That's my 122nd quarter!
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My 'Lifetime' Quarters
This weekend I pushed two games up to the 25-plays mark, and I figured, why not commemorate all the games I've logged 25 plays of? "Lifetime" is in quotes because there are many games I've played befo...
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November 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Last weekend I got my 25th game of the Fellowship of the Ring trick-taking game in. That's my 122nd quarter!
boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/543...
boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/543...
Watched Alice in Wonderland (1951) with the kids last night. I know in later years it became popular with college students for its psychedelic imagery. When it was being made, was there any connection between its imagery style and any drugs, whether intentional or incidental?
November 6, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Watched Alice in Wonderland (1951) with the kids last night. I know in later years it became popular with college students for its psychedelic imagery. When it was being made, was there any connection between its imagery style and any drugs, whether intentional or incidental?
Just started reading Day of the Triffids, and I'm impressed by the strong postapocalyptic writing for something from 1951. The quickness with how polite society instantly breaks down, not even from a mass death, but from mass blindness, is both horrifying and believable.
November 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Just started reading Day of the Triffids, and I'm impressed by the strong postapocalyptic writing for something from 1951. The quickness with how polite society instantly breaks down, not even from a mass death, but from mass blindness, is both horrifying and believable.
I want to be able to appreciate jazz better, but it's really hard for me to engage with, beyond the most surface level. A lot of instrumental music kind of glides on past me. Ellington, Davis, Monk, Parker, Coltrane, you name it. I don't dislike it but I don't have anything to latch onto.
November 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I want to be able to appreciate jazz better, but it's really hard for me to engage with, beyond the most surface level. A lot of instrumental music kind of glides on past me. Ellington, Davis, Monk, Parker, Coltrane, you name it. I don't dislike it but I don't have anything to latch onto.
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The hit single that consists of a us state abbreviation followed by its capital is Ms Jackson.
November 1, 2025 at 10:14 AM
The hit single that consists of a us state abbreviation followed by its capital is Ms Jackson.
I still find it hard to believe anyone ever liked Animal Collective.
November 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I still find it hard to believe anyone ever liked Animal Collective.
My game Aetherspire debuts at Pax Unplugged in a few weeks! If you're inclined to check it out and (if you like what you see) give it a thumb on this BGG preview list, I'd be much obliged! boardgamegeek.com/geekpreview/...
October 31, 2025 at 3:56 PM
My game Aetherspire debuts at Pax Unplugged in a few weeks! If you're inclined to check it out and (if you like what you see) give it a thumb on this BGG preview list, I'd be much obliged! boardgamegeek.com/geekpreview/...
My 2006 playlist has been serving me well. Having a tough time deciding on my favorite album so far between Muse's Black Holes & Revelations, The Decemberists' The Crane Wife, mewithoutYou's Brother Sister, and Silversun Pickups' Carnavas.
October 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
My 2006 playlist has been serving me well. Having a tough time deciding on my favorite album so far between Muse's Black Holes & Revelations, The Decemberists' The Crane Wife, mewithoutYou's Brother Sister, and Silversun Pickups' Carnavas.
I showed my wife the first episode of 2006's Heroes the other night, expecting that with all these disconnected plot lines that it wouldn't really connect with her and it would be a one-and-done. She was so hooked we watched another, and she wanted a third but it was well past midnight.
October 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I showed my wife the first episode of 2006's Heroes the other night, expecting that with all these disconnected plot lines that it wouldn't really connect with her and it would be a one-and-done. She was so hooked we watched another, and she wanted a third but it was well past midnight.
Which of these 2006 games that I own would you most want to play?
Thurn and Taxis
Yspahan
Taluva
Blue Moon City
Pillars of the Earth
Neuroshima Hex
Drakon
(The correct '06 game is Through the Ages, which is too obvious so has to be excluded.)
Thurn and Taxis
Yspahan
Taluva
Blue Moon City
Pillars of the Earth
Neuroshima Hex
Drakon
(The correct '06 game is Through the Ages, which is too obvious so has to be excluded.)
October 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Which of these 2006 games that I own would you most want to play?
Thurn and Taxis
Yspahan
Taluva
Blue Moon City
Pillars of the Earth
Neuroshima Hex
Drakon
(The correct '06 game is Through the Ages, which is too obvious so has to be excluded.)
Thurn and Taxis
Yspahan
Taluva
Blue Moon City
Pillars of the Earth
Neuroshima Hex
Drakon
(The correct '06 game is Through the Ages, which is too obvious so has to be excluded.)
I'm gearing up for a 2006 celebration next week, and how come all the best-album-of-the-year lists ignore what I was listening to at the time as a 19-year-old? Are you trying to tell me that AFI, Breaking Benjamin and Skillet are *not* the height of artistic expression?
October 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I'm gearing up for a 2006 celebration next week, and how come all the best-album-of-the-year lists ignore what I was listening to at the time as a 19-year-old? Are you trying to tell me that AFI, Breaking Benjamin and Skillet are *not* the height of artistic expression?
There are like a dozen NFL teams that actually wear dark blue. Why are the Chargers trying to be another one? Is it trying to balance out Sunday's banana-yellows?
October 24, 2025 at 1:10 AM
There are like a dozen NFL teams that actually wear dark blue. Why are the Chargers trying to be another one? Is it trying to balance out Sunday's banana-yellows?
Lots to look forward to at Pax Unplugged - the first con featuring my biggest published game Aetherspire; a pitch I'm making for my game 0.7734 - but I'm also really looking forward to the indie night market! Excited to see what weird genius hidden gems you've all made!
October 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Lots to look forward to at Pax Unplugged - the first con featuring my biggest published game Aetherspire; a pitch I'm making for my game 0.7734 - but I'm also really looking forward to the indie night market! Excited to see what weird genius hidden gems you've all made!
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I am here to reveal the truth about pumpkin spice lattes, by way of *deep* archival research (and 3,600 words)
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The curious, contentious history of pumpkin spice lattes
Starbucks didn’t invent them. But it’s possible that Tori Amos or a Midwest grandma did.
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October 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I am here to reveal the truth about pumpkin spice lattes, by way of *deep* archival research (and 3,600 words)
snackstack.net/2025/10/21/t...
snackstack.net/2025/10/21/t...
I own a few games I haven't played in a decade...
- Bang is just superseded in every way by later games
- Tragedy Looper requires preparation and focus
- Graenaland is a longer economic game but it's quite cool
- Homesteaders and Maharaja are tough sells to get to the table from theme descriptions
- Bang is just superseded in every way by later games
- Tragedy Looper requires preparation and focus
- Graenaland is a longer economic game but it's quite cool
- Homesteaders and Maharaja are tough sells to get to the table from theme descriptions
October 20, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I own a few games I haven't played in a decade...
- Bang is just superseded in every way by later games
- Tragedy Looper requires preparation and focus
- Graenaland is a longer economic game but it's quite cool
- Homesteaders and Maharaja are tough sells to get to the table from theme descriptions
- Bang is just superseded in every way by later games
- Tragedy Looper requires preparation and focus
- Graenaland is a longer economic game but it's quite cool
- Homesteaders and Maharaja are tough sells to get to the table from theme descriptions