Jon Spencer Reviews
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I create cool things and bring you along for the ride!
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A good place to start: https://jonspencerreviews.wordpress.com/
One more #sponsored post from me this week. I've been pretty busy lately. Hopefully, I can share some of what I've been working on soon. In the mean time, here's a look at a debut game from Talon Durrant, House Mouse:
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Finding the Fun in House Mouse
Is Fun Enough? When Talon Durrant, the creator of House Mouse reached out to me to cover his debut game, I’ll admit that I was skeptical. The game pitches itself as family-oriented and looks …
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October 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
One more #sponsored post from me this week. I've been pretty busy lately. Hopefully, I can share some of what I've been working on soon. In the mean time, here's a look at a debut game from Talon Durrant, House Mouse:
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The folks at Doomlings can't seem to get enough of me. Join me as I discuss there most recent expansions, Shadow Puppets and Castle Glass!
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Doomlings Does it Again! – A Review of the Castle Glass & Shadow Puppets Expansions
Yes, They’re (Mostly) Worth it If you’ve read any of my Doomlings reviews, you’d know I’m a BIG fan. So if all you’re here for is my stamp of approval for the latest e…
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October 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The folks at Doomlings can't seem to get enough of me. Join me as I discuss there most recent expansions, Shadow Puppets and Castle Glass!
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My submission to the Mythic Bastionland (TTRPG) design jam won 9th overall out of 100 entries O.o It's compatible with the free quickstart rules, so consider giving the game a try along with my content if you're interested:
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The Card Knight, The Chart Seer & The Orphanage by JonSpencerReviews
A Knight, Seer and Myth for Chris McDowall's Mythic Bastionland
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August 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
My submission to the Mythic Bastionland (TTRPG) design jam won 9th overall out of 100 entries O.o It's compatible with the free quickstart rules, so consider giving the game a try along with my content if you're interested:
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No bingo, but there are a few here that I'd like to watch but haven't yet. Good stuff.
June 19, 2025 at 3:28 AM
No bingo, but there are a few here that I'd like to watch but haven't yet. Good stuff.
The Doomlings folks asked me to do another #sponsored look at their latest expansion: Legends of Enderas. Lots of new cards and a whole new treasure mechanic. If you haven't given Doomlings a try, I highly recommend it.
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Another Party at the End of the World, and This Time, They Brought Gifts!
Doomlings is Back with Legends of Enderas Not too long ago I was contacted about giving Doomlings a try and absolutely loved it! The card game for 2-6 players looked cute but unassuming at first, b…
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May 21, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The Doomlings folks asked me to do another #sponsored look at their latest expansion: Legends of Enderas. Lots of new cards and a whole new treasure mechanic. If you haven't given Doomlings a try, I highly recommend it.
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Made some character concepts this week. Not 100% I'll realize this idea in my head, but it was fun to mess around with a different style.
March 29, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Made some character concepts this week. Not 100% I'll realize this idea in my head, but it was fun to mess around with a different style.
The big megathread of stuff I engaged with this year has become a nightmare to manage on this platform. Officially killing that project. Learned some limitations with Bluesky as a platform, however, so that was a win. I'll just post stuff as I feel like it now.
March 28, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The big megathread of stuff I engaged with this year has become a nightmare to manage on this platform. Officially killing that project. Learned some limitations with Bluesky as a platform, however, so that was a win. I'll just post stuff as I feel like it now.
K made a Christmas video (in March) and I'm there too as the evil music producer who's trying to MARRY CHRISTMAS AND LIVE FOREVER!
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The Partridge of the Peartree - Too Many Christmas Specials
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March 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
K made a Christmas video (in March) and I'm there too as the evil music producer who's trying to MARRY CHRISTMAS AND LIVE FOREVER!
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Been awhile since I've done any board and card game reviews, but I'm back with a #sponsored look at Doomlings (spoilers, it's good):
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Who Says You Can’t Have Fun at the End of the World? – Doomlings Review
Exceeding Expectations It’s been quite a while since I’ve done a board or card game review, but when the folks behind Doomlings contacted me about their game I was interested. The game …
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March 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Been awhile since I've done any board and card game reviews, but I'm back with a #sponsored look at Doomlings (spoilers, it's good):
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This one is a bit of a messy post so I apologize in advance. #aniskywatches
This one is a bit of a messy post so I apologize in advance. #aniskywatches
(#aniskywatches) Tari Tari
If you look at the title, yeah it’s true. I am mainly on Bluesky these days. I still have an account on twitter, but I’ve locked the account and just don’t post there anymore. The way twitter train…
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February 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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This one is a bit of a messy post so I apologize in advance. #aniskywatches
This one is a bit of a messy post so I apologize in advance. #aniskywatches
Sorry for spamming. The last post wouldn't post right. It's fixed now.
January 6, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Sorry for spamming. The last post wouldn't post right. It's fixed now.
As promised, here's a thread of stuff I completed in 2025. We'll call it #JonsJourney. It'll be anime, books, movies and anything else.
January 6, 2025 at 5:48 AM
As promised, here's a thread of stuff I completed in 2025. We'll call it #JonsJourney. It'll be anime, books, movies and anything else.
Given how busy I've ended up being the past while, thinking about doing a big media thread on here. That way you'd get mini reviews/thoughts on stuff I interact with throughout the year. What say you guys?
January 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Given how busy I've ended up being the past while, thinking about doing a big media thread on here. That way you'd get mini reviews/thoughts on stuff I interact with throughout the year. What say you guys?
For anyone who wanted to know what happened after the Tari Tari anime ended. Just finished doing a group watch of this with some cool folks, Zenith included, who we can thank for this.
There's a summary I wrote a few months ago. Things got a little busy, so I didn't have time to do a complete translation, but beyond this, the summary does highlight a few things (and some comments from readers fills in the rest).
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Tari Tari ~Budding, Shining, and Sometimes Singing~ – A Summary of Masakazu Hashimoto’s Sequel Novel
“I don’t want to regret giving up before I’ve even tried!” –Konatsu Miyamoto PrefaceA few days after the Battlefield V closed alpha concluded, I found myself surprised to le…
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January 1, 2025 at 6:59 AM
For anyone who wanted to know what happened after the Tari Tari anime ended. Just finished doing a group watch of this with some cool folks, Zenith included, who we can thank for this.
Alright, I'm back in action! Tomorrow I'll be doing my Tari Tari episodes and catching up with folks. I have some work to do, but if there's time, I'll cook up an end-of-year post as well. There's plenty I haven't discussed still on the cutting room floor that I wouldn't mind getting to.
December 27, 2024 at 3:05 AM
Alright, I'm back in action! Tomorrow I'll be doing my Tari Tari episodes and catching up with folks. I have some work to do, but if there's time, I'll cook up an end-of-year post as well. There's plenty I haven't discussed still on the cutting room floor that I wouldn't mind getting to.
Tari Tari episode commentary update:
I will do this week's episodes after Christmas during the break period. I had some unexpected circumstances occur this week. Thank you for your patience and understanding. I look forward to reading your thoughts at that time as well.
I will do this week's episodes after Christmas during the break period. I had some unexpected circumstances occur this week. Thank you for your patience and understanding. I look forward to reading your thoughts at that time as well.
December 21, 2024 at 10:01 PM
Tari Tari episode commentary update:
I will do this week's episodes after Christmas during the break period. I had some unexpected circumstances occur this week. Thank you for your patience and understanding. I look forward to reading your thoughts at that time as well.
I will do this week's episodes after Christmas during the break period. I had some unexpected circumstances occur this week. Thank you for your patience and understanding. I look forward to reading your thoughts at that time as well.
Car alarm going off for over six hours. The owner would turn it off about ten minutes and then turn it back on for some reason. Needles to say, I didn't sleep well.
On the other hand, Spice and Wolf is good.
On the other hand, Spice and Wolf is good.
November 17, 2024 at 9:31 PM
Car alarm going off for over six hours. The owner would turn it off about ten minutes and then turn it back on for some reason. Needles to say, I didn't sleep well.
On the other hand, Spice and Wolf is good.
On the other hand, Spice and Wolf is good.
Everyone knows I'm an Ikuhara fan, but if you didn't... Follow?
November 10, 2024 at 7:28 AM
Everyone knows I'm an Ikuhara fan, but if you didn't... Follow?
I'll be doing my episode later tonight. This'll also act as my
#AniSkyWatches thread so feel free to mute if this is of no interest to you. Still, I hope you'll join in on the watch :)
#AniSkyWatches thread so feel free to mute if this is of no interest to you. Still, I hope you'll join in on the watch :)
Reminder that we're bringing back the weekly watch and discussions here to close out the year as requested by my Patrons. I hope to see you for #AniSkyWatches where most of us will be watching Tari Tari for the first time as if it were a semi-seasonal experience.
November 4, 2024 at 11:16 PM
I'll be doing my episode later tonight. This'll also act as my
#AniSkyWatches thread so feel free to mute if this is of no interest to you. Still, I hope you'll join in on the watch :)
#AniSkyWatches thread so feel free to mute if this is of no interest to you. Still, I hope you'll join in on the watch :)
This book is massive. Gonna read some Spice and Wolf!
November 1, 2024 at 7:21 PM
This book is massive. Gonna read some Spice and Wolf!
Reminder that we're bringing back the weekly watch and discussions here to close out the year as requested by my Patrons. I hope to see you for #AniSkyWatches where most of us will be watching Tari Tari for the first time as if it were a semi-seasonal experience.
November 1, 2024 at 6:01 PM
Reminder that we're bringing back the weekly watch and discussions here to close out the year as requested by my Patrons. I hope to see you for #AniSkyWatches where most of us will be watching Tari Tari for the first time as if it were a semi-seasonal experience.
Hoping to have everything set up for this by next month, but soon I should be available as a professional DM. Cool one-shots, campaigns, and private events. People been telling me to give that a try for awhile so finally giving it a proper chance.
October 26, 2024 at 12:04 AM
Hoping to have everything set up for this by next month, but soon I should be available as a professional DM. Cool one-shots, campaigns, and private events. People been telling me to give that a try for awhile so finally giving it a proper chance.
Reminder that I run a weekly AMQ game in my Discord server at 7:30 PM PST. Anyone is welcome :)
October 24, 2024 at 11:12 PM
Reminder that I run a weekly AMQ game in my Discord server at 7:30 PM PST. Anyone is welcome :)
October 22, 2024 at 1:50 AM
I'm serving up another retrospective, this time for Black Butler. Is the show still great today or has nostalgia given this a rose colored tint? Find out my thoughts:
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Let me know your thoughts with a comment!
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Simply One Hell of an Anime? Black Butler Retrospective
No, it’s not Black Butler is an anime series based on a manga of the same name that came out in Fall 2008. Following the adventures of Ciel Phantomhive and his demonic butler Sebastian Michae…
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October 18, 2024 at 6:13 PM
I'm serving up another retrospective, this time for Black Butler. Is the show still great today or has nostalgia given this a rose colored tint? Find out my thoughts:
jonspencerreviews.wordpress.com/2024/10/18/s...
Let me know your thoughts with a comment!
jonspencerreviews.wordpress.com/2024/10/18/s...
Let me know your thoughts with a comment!