Gil Hova 🔜 NHRL 2025 World Champs
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Gil Hova 🔜 NHRL 2025 World Champs
@gil.hova.net
He/him. JC/NYC.

Informal Ferret Games, robot fight facilitator at NHRL, weird/noisy music, ferret fan. Still not a negotiable Final Fantasy currency.

All my links: https://gil.hova.net
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November 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Haven’t played before, curious about the new mechanisms in some of those playsets!
November 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I mean the 2p game needs more tension. 4p just needs some love to the cards!
November 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Phew, I think that’s it. I’m sure I’m missing stuff. One more day!
November 23, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Got a 2p test of Rough Roads in. It’s in better shape than I thought, but needs more tension.
November 23, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Bought @csecooney.bsky.social and Carlos “Too Cool for BlueSky” Hernandez’ Negocios Infernales, which posits the scenario: what if Spanish Inquisition, but aliens! I playtested it years ago, and it was ridiculously fun.
November 23, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Bought @mythworks.bsky.social’s CBR+PNK, a streamlined cyberpunk one-shot based on Blades. Yesterday’s megagame ran that system, and I was impressed at how it handled so much with so few rules.
November 23, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Bought @stonemaiergames.com’s Rolling Realms, and an embarrassing number of expansions.

I’d love to cook up some RR cards for some of my games soon.
November 23, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Bought @cardboardedison.com’s Houdini, but didn’t get a chance to try it yet. Hopefully next week!
November 23, 2025 at 5:44 AM
I also played @davidgordon23.bsky.social’s 2p trick-taker Pyrrhic, which I was lucky enough to suggest the name for. It’s quite good.
November 23, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Publishers, take note.
November 23, 2025 at 5:44 AM
One Step Too Far, Teen Angst, and Pride and Panic!
November 23, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Thanks, it was a pleasure playing with both of you!
November 22, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Tomorrow: playtest Rough Roads and Hurry Up, then say hi to a bunch of folks at IGNM. Also buy some more games at the vendor hall.
November 22, 2025 at 6:20 AM
* Met up with an NHRL builder. Worlds collide! Showed one of them Wordsy.

* Bumped into some folks packing up The Networks. They were big fans of mine. The flattery! I got Ferret Frenzy in front of them. The turn-based version is getting close to done.
November 22, 2025 at 6:20 AM
* Played Tax the Rich, a wonderful little trick taking game with a well-implemented theme and lots of optional rules once you master the base game.

* Playtested a friend’s game. Happy to help his game keep growing.
November 22, 2025 at 6:20 AM