YoYoni
@yoyoni.bsky.social
Playing history. Filmmaker and Designer of “Chicago 68” and “The Nights of King Ludd”
Editing a doc about a Puerto Rican domino house on a snowy Saturday (when all I want to do is hygge and play indie board games)
November 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Editing a doc about a Puerto Rican domino house on a snowy Saturday (when all I want to do is hygge and play indie board games)
A Tale of Two Chicagos: one, in the throes of revolutionary struggle, the other, crushed under the boot of state power.
(love seeing two simultaneous games of Chicago '68 at my local game shop!)
(love seeing two simultaneous games of Chicago '68 at my local game shop!)
November 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
A Tale of Two Chicagos: one, in the throes of revolutionary struggle, the other, crushed under the boot of state power.
(love seeing two simultaneous games of Chicago '68 at my local game shop!)
(love seeing two simultaneous games of Chicago '68 at my local game shop!)
Udo Kier’s one and only tweet:
November 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Udo Kier’s one and only tweet:
A window in Carlisle Cumbria, photo by Alan Bowe
November 22, 2025 at 2:11 AM
A window in Carlisle Cumbria, photo by Alan Bowe
Reading this morning: Eurymedousa, mother of the Myrmidon, was seduced by Zeus who had transformed himself into an ant. An ant. Leda and the Swan, ok, ridiculous, but ok. An ant. Greeks…
November 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Reading this morning: Eurymedousa, mother of the Myrmidon, was seduced by Zeus who had transformed himself into an ant. An ant. Leda and the Swan, ok, ridiculous, but ok. An ant. Greeks…
I may have to add “Battlefields of the Napoleonic Wars” to this list. Beautiful design work by @mropla.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I may have to add “Battlefields of the Napoleonic Wars” to this list. Beautiful design work by @mropla.bsky.social
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… I think she’s trying to type out her name
… I think she’s trying to type out her name
November 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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… I think she’s trying to type out her name
… I think she’s trying to type out her name
Taking suggestions for cat names! She’s springy, sweet, and apparently loves Jazz.
November 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Taking suggestions for cat names! She’s springy, sweet, and apparently loves Jazz.
What a great experience at @sdhistcon.bsky.social! Finally had a chance to play Cross Bronx Expressway, the John Co. Mega-Game, Bowie, Tierra y Libertad, and even run a double demo of Chicago '68...
Huge thanks to all the convention staff, players, and designers for making this happen!!
Huge thanks to all the convention staff, players, and designers for making this happen!!
November 11, 2025 at 11:41 PM
What a great experience at @sdhistcon.bsky.social! Finally had a chance to play Cross Bronx Expressway, the John Co. Mega-Game, Bowie, Tierra y Libertad, and even run a double demo of Chicago '68...
Huge thanks to all the convention staff, players, and designers for making this happen!!
Huge thanks to all the convention staff, players, and designers for making this happen!!
Some last minute prototyping before I (hopefully) fly out to the San Diego Historical Gaming Convention ✊
Sous les pavés la plage with @fredserval.bsky.social & @joedewhurst.bsky.social
At @sdhistcon.bsky.social 🎲✂️
Sous les pavés la plage with @fredserval.bsky.social & @joedewhurst.bsky.social
At @sdhistcon.bsky.social 🎲✂️
November 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Some last minute prototyping before I (hopefully) fly out to the San Diego Historical Gaming Convention ✊
Sous les pavés la plage with @fredserval.bsky.social & @joedewhurst.bsky.social
At @sdhistcon.bsky.social 🎲✂️
Sous les pavés la plage with @fredserval.bsky.social & @joedewhurst.bsky.social
At @sdhistcon.bsky.social 🎲✂️
“Jimi would play Risk on acid, and I never—and me personally—ever beat him at all. He was unbelievable at it. He was a military man, you know, he’s a paratrooper, and I don’t know whether you know that about Jimi, but no one ever beat him at Risk.” -Graham Nash
(h/t Knut Osmo via FB)
(h/t Knut Osmo via FB)
October 29, 2025 at 7:13 PM
“Jimi would play Risk on acid, and I never—and me personally—ever beat him at all. He was unbelievable at it. He was a military man, you know, he’s a paratrooper, and I don’t know whether you know that about Jimi, but no one ever beat him at Risk.” -Graham Nash
(h/t Knut Osmo via FB)
(h/t Knut Osmo via FB)
Got to play two games of Old King’s Crown back to back
October 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Got to play two games of Old King’s Crown back to back
You’re familiar with the Talmudic interpretation of that passage in Exodus noting that “frog” is singular, I.e. one giant monstrous frog plague creature?
October 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
You’re familiar with the Talmudic interpretation of that passage in Exodus noting that “frog” is singular, I.e. one giant monstrous frog plague creature?
Post of appreciation for Board Game Academics (@bgacademics.bsky.social & @chriscarbone.bsky.social) for putting on such a boldly curated program on historical games, the mind, and ideologies of play. I’ll be chewing on this for months!
October 6, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Post of appreciation for Board Game Academics (@bgacademics.bsky.social & @chriscarbone.bsky.social) for putting on such a boldly curated program on historical games, the mind, and ideologies of play. I’ll be chewing on this for months!
Delighted to demo Chicago ‘68 at the Board Game Academics conference at the Strong Museum of play in Rochester NY w/ @bgacademics.bsky.social
October 5, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Delighted to demo Chicago ‘68 at the Board Game Academics conference at the Strong Museum of play in Rochester NY w/ @bgacademics.bsky.social
I’ve been playing a couple games of Ted Raicer’s “I, Napoleon” by @gmtgames.bsky.social - a solo card driven, almost RPG-ish, storytelling vehicle for history nerds 🇫🇷
September 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I’ve been playing a couple games of Ted Raicer’s “I, Napoleon” by @gmtgames.bsky.social - a solo card driven, almost RPG-ish, storytelling vehicle for history nerds 🇫🇷
I just attended a soap box derby in rural Virginia sponsored by Space Force. Recruitment was practically nil save for a few prepubescent boys asking for the “space man” poster.
September 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I just attended a soap box derby in rural Virginia sponsored by Space Force. Recruitment was practically nil save for a few prepubescent boys asking for the “space man” poster.
@thedietzfoundation.bsky.social's timing couldn't be more uncanny. First copies of CHICAGO '68 delivered the day of the first turn in the game: August 26, 1968.
August 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
@thedietzfoundation.bsky.social's timing couldn't be more uncanny. First copies of CHICAGO '68 delivered the day of the first turn in the game: August 26, 1968.
We’re on the road, so it’s primarily small card games (bottle imp and Hanafuda 🎴), and the occasional match of Curious Cargo.
August 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
We’re on the road, so it’s primarily small card games (bottle imp and Hanafuda 🎴), and the occasional match of Curious Cargo.