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Adam Eschborn
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📈HS math teacher
🍎NYS Master Teacher
🎮Esports coach
🎲✂️Board game designer
♟️Board gamer
🏒Sabres fan
🏈Bills fan
🙋‍♂️he/him
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My #bgstats are getting lighter and lighter each month. ☹️
BG Stats 3 x 3. Play count: 11: Wingspan; 2: Challengers!; 2: Magical Athlete (454103); 1: The Quacks of Quedlinburg; 1: Cosmolancer; 1: Bärenpark; 1: Cities; 1: Pixies; 1: 7 Wonders: Architects.
November 1, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Look at these lil nuggets at our campsite! #mushrooms
Bunches of small brown mushrooms on a log
October 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Today is one of my favorite days in Problem Solving class! Playing the "Is This Seat Taken" demo (from @potipoti.studio) with the students is so fun! They show critical thinking, teamwork, and perseverance and always ask for more. #ITeachMath #mtbos
Two students playing Is This Seat Taken? Three students working together to play Is This Seat Taken on a tv in the front of a classroom.
October 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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My #bgstats for October. We're almost done with the Fellowship of the Ring!
BG Stats Sep 2025 Plays: 12 H-index: 1 Games: 11 New: 0 Players: 49 Locations: 4 Hours: 10 Days: 8 Challengers!: 2 The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game: 1 The Game Makers: 1 ORBIT: 1 Wingspan: 1 Decrypto: 1 Unpublished Prototype: 1 7 Wonders: Architects: 1 Point Salad: 1 15 designers: (Uncredited): 9% Antoine Bauza: 9% Ben Rosset: 9% Bruno Sautter: 9% Bryan Bornmueller: 9%.
October 1, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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My board game plays from August, posted from a Board Game AirBnb weekend! #bgstats
BG Stats 5 x 5. Play count: 5: Phantom Ink; 4: Not That Movie!; 4: Cross Clues; 3: River Valley Glassworks; 3: Turing Machine; 3: Uluru; 2: Vegas Strip; 2: Marvel Champions: The Card Game; 2: Pictomania (Second Edition); 2: Alibis; 2: The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game; 2: Blob Party; 2: Kariba; 1: Vantage; 1: Exit: The Game + Puzzle – The Sacred Temple; 1: Castles of Mad King Ludwig; 1: CDSK; 1: Balderdash; 1: Wingspan; 1: Tiny Towns; 1: Forest Shuffle; 1: Letter Jam; 1: Bärenpark; 1: Dixit; 1: Cities. BG Stats 5 x 5. Play count: 5: Phantom Ink; 4: Not That Movie!; 4: Cross Clues; 3: River Valley Glassworks; 3: Turing Machine; 3: Uluru; 2: Vegas Strip; 2: Marvel Champions: The Card Game; 2: Pictomania (Second Edition); 2: Alibis; 2: The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game; 2: Blob Party; 2: Kariba; 1: Vantage; 1: Exit: The Game + Puzzle – The Sacred Temple; 1: Castles of Mad King Ludwig; 1: CDSK; 1: Balderdash; 1: Wingspan; 1: Tiny Towns; 1: Forest Shuffle; 1: Letter Jam; 1: Bärenpark; 1: Dixit; 1: Cities.
September 1, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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I just registered for Protospiel Rochester! I hope to run into all my fellow 🎲✂️ people there.

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Protospiel Rochester Sept 5-7, 2025
August 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Summer Winding Down Activities:
☑️Bought a new computer desk for my office.
❌Assembled that desk, much to the protest of my back and knees.
☑️Taught myself Marvel Champions.
❌Lost Marvel Champions.
Computer desk with completed solo game of Marvel Champions. Spiderman lost to Rhino.
August 19, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Show me your quick getaway vehicle.
Dharma bus from LOST, Hurley driving.
August 9, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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I just listed my game Produce Bazaar for @protospielo.bsky.social, which is taking place Aug 22-24. I'd love some help getting this game published!

Game: protospiel.online/prototype-ga...

Offer feedback for my sell sheet (which is attached):
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🎲✂️🎲
Sell sheet for Produce Bazaar
August 8, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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July was an extremely light month of gaming, but the ones we did play were all great!
Now it's time to go look at everyone else's GenCon photos.
#bgstats
BG Stats 4 x 4. Play count: 2: Pandemic Legacy: Season 1; 2: My Favourite Things; 2: Cryptid; 1: Exit: The Game – The Stormy Flight; 1: Vantage; 1: Exit: The Game – The Secret Lab; 1: SILOS; 1: Positano; 1: Azul; 1: Sagrada; 1: Ticket to Ride: New York.
August 1, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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A super busy June means my #bgstats are light. It's summer break now so hopefully that changes!
BG Stats 4 x 4. Play count: 2: Crokinole; 2: Alpine Trails; 2: Hot Streak; 2: 10 Days in the USA; 2: Hamster Roll; 1: Life of the Amazonia; 1: Bacon; 1: Flower Fields; 1: Ruins; 1: Money!; 1: My Shelfie; 1: Inside Job; 1: Planted: A Game of Nature & Nurture; 1: Alibis; 1: Fiction; 1: Wordsy.
July 1, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Shout out to Walmart!
6:30 am delivery of my preordered Nintendo Switch 2, and it included gamer fuel!
Nintendo Switch 2 Orange Coke Sour Cream and Onion Pringles All in a Walmart bag
June 5, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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My #bgstats for May included 3 new to me games: French Quarter, Cities, and the Star Wars Deckbuilding Game. I loved all of them!
BG Stats 5 x 5. Play count: 3: Calico; 3: Perfect Words; 3: Captain Flip; 2: 7 Wonders: Architects; 2: Landmarks; 1: Agricola (Revised Edition); 1: Apiary; 1: Everdell; 1: Tiny Towns; 1: Forest Shuffle; 1: Dice Forge; 1: French Quarter; 1: The Guild of Merchant Explorers; 1: Ticket to Ride; 1: Bärenpark; 1: Sea Salt & Paper; 1: Cities; 1: Decrypto; 1: King of Tokyo; 1: My City: Roll & Build; 1: Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game; 1: Point Salad; 1: Just One; 1: Sushi Go Party!; 1: Mind Up!.
June 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Take the fictional characters quiz and post the first four you know:
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I definitely relate to these characters!
Hermes, Futurama Leonard, Big Bang Theory Richard, Silicon Valley Ben Wyatt, Parks and Recreation
May 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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My #bgstats for April contains a lot of variety. Here's to an even more board-game-filled May.
BG Stats 5 x 5. Play count: 4: Things in Rings; 3: So Clover!; 3: The Gang; 3: ito; 2: Karuba; 2: Bomb Busters; 2: Decrypto; 2: Downforce; 2: Wandering Towers; 2: Junk Drawer; 2: Kingdomino; 1: Box One; 1: Freelancers: A Crossroads Game; 1: Agricola (Revised Edition); 1: Space Base; 1: Colossal Arena; 1: Forest Shuffle; 1: Milkman; 1: Crows; 1: Dice Forge; 1: Bärenpark; 1: Cartographers; 1: Potion Explosion; 1: Seers Catalog; 1: Verdant.
May 1, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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My top 2 were Jamey and you! 🎲✂️✂️🎲
Jamey Stegmaier 56% Elizabeth Hargrave 17% Stefan Feld 17% Uwe Rosenburg 11% Knizia, Lang, Friese, Lacerda, Fraga, Garfield 0% Top match: Jamey Stegmaier
April 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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My #bgstats for March were a little sparse. ☹️
BG Stats Mar 2025 Plays: 30 H-index: 2 Games: 17 New: 2 Players: 28 Locations: 5 Hours: 17 Days: 13 Bomb Busters: 7 Unpublished Prototype: 6 Downforce: 2 Flip 7: 2 Agricola (Revised Edition): 1 A Feast for Odin: 1 Space Base: 1 Power Vacuum: 1 Wingspan: 1 21 designers: (Uncredited): 11% Uwe Rosenberg: 11% Alex Hague: 5% Antoine Bauza: 5% Brett J. Gilbert: 5%.
April 1, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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I randomly had a craving for this cereal today. Turns out it's a @discontinuedfoods.bsky.social ☹️
Alpha-Bits cereal
March 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Watch out, @cardboardedison.com! Produce Bazaar is on the way to you right now! Lemons not included.
March 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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I can't believe the cats are pettable!
Apprehensive cat
March 13, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Here are my #bgstats for February 2025. We finally finished My Island after starting the campaign over 1½ years ago!
BG Stats Feb 2025 Plays: 44 H-index: 3 Games: 31 New: 11 Players: 63 Locations: 7 Hours: 29 Days: 16 My Island: 4 Junk Drawer: 4 Wingspan: 2 The Guild of Merchant Explorers: 2 Kingdomino: 2 Tales of the Arthurian Knights: 1 Ark Nova: 1 SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence: 1 Arkham Horror: The Card Game: 1 49 designers: Akihisa Okui: 3% Alex Hague: 3% Andrew Parks: 3% Antoine Bauza: 3% Aurélien Picolet: 3%.
March 1, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Played SETI last night with @downupright.bsky.social and friends. It's got a long setup and it's a tough teach, but it's a straightforward, satisfying play. I found it much too long for my tastes. #boardgames
February 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Spent some time today working on a retheme.

In Underground Mouse Revolution, the resistance is recruiting rodents for their cause. Travel to different locations, add ambitious mice to your squad, and escort them to the hideouts that are seeking their specific traits. First to help 8 groups wins!
Title Underground Mouse Revolution 2 Passionate Tactician Mice 1 Hopeful Innovator Mouse Mice seeking 3 scholars for their resistance.
February 16, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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🎲✂️ How's this hook for the game I'm working on?

In Playger High School, everyone cheats & you're the biggest enabler of them all. Use your network of students to collect & hand over answer keys to your clients. Win by staying organized & helping 8 kids finish their assignments fastest.
Player High School text in front of a school. Kid sitting on bench, two world history C icons. Bulletin board location. Take a token and replace it from the bag. Gymnasium location. Draw 2 from the bag. If they match any property, everyone draws one.
February 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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My plays for January had some very notable games. My favorite new-to-me games were Finspan, Fellowship of the Ring Trick Taking, and Wondrous Creatures. #bgstats
BG Stats 5 x 5. Play count: 6: Werewords Deluxe Edition; 5: Bomb Busters; 4: Things in Rings; 4: Master Word; 3: Landmarks; 2: Ponzi Scheme; 2: 7 Wonders; 2: Biblios; 2: Decrypto; 2: The Crew: Mission Deep Sea; 2: Not That Movie!; 2: Phantom Ink; 1: Ark Nova; 1: Spaceship Unity; 1: Lost Ruins of Arnak; 1: Space Base; 1: Targi; 1: Wondrous Creatures; 1: Finspan; 1: Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig; 1: Let's Go! To Japan; 1: Mass Effect: The Board Game – Priority: Hagalaz; 1: Forest Shuffle; 1: Duplik; 1: The Guild of Merchant Explorers. BG Stats 5 x 5. Play count: 1: Heat: Pedal to the Metal; 1: Letter Jam; 1: Cartographers; 1: Medium; 1: Sea Salt & Paper; 1: River Valley Glassworks; 1: Arboretum; 1: Dixit; 1: Dominion; 1: Fun Facts; 1: Hues and Cues; 1: Survive The Island; 1: Wandering Towers; 1: Caution Signs; 1: Truck Off: The Food Truck Frenzy; 1: Captain Flip; 1: Catch Phrase; 1: The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game; 1: The Gang; 1: Just One; 1: Kingdomino; 1: Castle Combo; 1: Mind Up!; 1: Green Team Wins; 1: Parkade.
February 1, 2025 at 12:27 PM