Dan Thurot
@danthurot.bsky.social
I'm just some dude. A cardboard cowboy. I also write Space-Biff!, the world's first and only board game review site.
Sleeving Persuasion!
November 27, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Sleeving Persuasion!
I mean, I'm totally fine and all, I wouldn't classify it as "assault," but it is nice that somebody noticed I had a rough Sunday earlier this month.
November 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I mean, I'm totally fine and all, I wouldn't classify it as "assault," but it is nice that somebody noticed I had a rough Sunday earlier this month.
My 11yo was so excited to get the new Compile today that she insisted we stay up and play a hand.
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 AM
My 11yo was so excited to get the new Compile today that she insisted we stay up and play a hand.
While everybody was having a great time at Pax U, I was having a great time in my cozy living room.
What did you play this week?
What did you play this week?
November 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
While everybody was having a great time at Pax U, I was having a great time in my cozy living room.
What did you play this week?
What did you play this week?
Reskeet with a time I looked cool? Um, right now, baby. Right fucking now.
November 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Reskeet with a time I looked cool? Um, right now, baby. Right fucking now.
It has been a wild two weeks! Thanks to SDHistCon, the forthcoming Indie Games Night Market, and my own game days, we've played some truly incredible games. And these are only the ones I can talk about!
AMA.
AMA.
November 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
It has been a wild two weeks! Thanks to SDHistCon, the forthcoming Indie Games Night Market, and my own game days, we've played some truly incredible games. And these are only the ones I can talk about!
AMA.
AMA.
It was a slower week round these parts, but hardly a bad one.
What did you get to the table?
What did you get to the table?
November 3, 2025 at 10:48 PM
It was a slower week round these parts, but hardly a bad one.
What did you get to the table?
What did you get to the table?
In terms of board games, I had a great week! What did you get to the table?
October 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
In terms of board games, I had a great week! What did you get to the table?
It was a nice week! What did you get to the table?
October 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It was a nice week! What did you get to the table?
It was a nice week! What did you get to the table?
October 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM
It was a nice week! What did you get to the table?
Had a lovely week. What did you get to the table?
October 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Had a lovely week. What did you get to the table?
Swung by my favorite local bookshop to pick up this chonker. Can't wait to prove that I'm even studlier than Odysseus.
October 5, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Swung by my favorite local bookshop to pick up this chonker. Can't wait to prove that I'm even studlier than Odysseus.
Many writers will tell you that the first paragraph is the hardest. What they don't tell you is that if you just surrender to the absurdity, you may wind up writing such a terrible intro that it horseshoes back around to being terrific.
October 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Many writers will tell you that the first paragraph is the hardest. What they don't tell you is that if you just surrender to the absurdity, you may wind up writing such a terrible intro that it horseshoes back around to being terrific.
Had a lighter week! What did you get to the table?
September 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Had a lighter week! What did you get to the table?
Got in a lot of games this week. What did you play?
September 22, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Got in a lot of games this week. What did you play?
It was a crazy week. What did you play?
September 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
It was a crazy week. What did you play?
Played some board games. How 'bout you?
September 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Played some board games. How 'bout you?
I was busy for Labor Day, but a day late is a dollar short, or something! What did you play last week?
September 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I was busy for Labor Day, but a day late is a dollar short, or something! What did you play last week?
Had a busy week. AMA!
And what did you play this past week?
And what did you play this past week?
August 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Had a busy week. AMA!
And what did you play this past week?
And what did you play this past week?
It was a nice week. AMA! And tell me what you put on your table!
August 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
It was a nice week. AMA! And tell me what you put on your table!
It was a lovely week. AMA, and feel free to share what you got to the table.
August 11, 2025 at 6:27 PM
It was a lovely week. AMA, and feel free to share what you got to the table.
Getting my butt kicked by @letibus.bsky.social's latest...
August 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Getting my butt kicked by @letibus.bsky.social's latest...
As you can see, I did not attend Gen Con! Had a busy week and didn't play too many games. Alas!
What did you play this week?
What did you play this week?
August 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
As you can see, I did not attend Gen Con! Had a busy week and didn't play too many games. Alas!
What did you play this week?
What did you play this week?
Not every board game treats its setting as a condiment. Some are designed to engage on historical, social, or polemical grounds. To evaluate such a game principally as a jumble of mechanisms would fail to engage with it as created, presented, intended, and, yes, as it plays.
August 1, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Not every board game treats its setting as a condiment. Some are designed to engage on historical, social, or polemical grounds. To evaluate such a game principally as a jumble of mechanisms would fail to engage with it as created, presented, intended, and, yes, as it plays.
Feel free to swing by my Gen Con booth this weekend!!
July 29, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Feel free to swing by my Gen Con booth this weekend!!