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7th Dimension Games @7thdimensiongames.com · 28/06/2026

You missed our Free RPG Day, but we will be giving away the left overs until they are all gone.

7th Dimension Games @7thdimensiongames.com · 07/06/2026

A while back I observed that we should have a cookie tasting party where everyone should try to bring a flavor of cookie that no one else has. This is their entry.

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7th Dimension Games @7thdimensiongames.com · 19/04/2026

People need to remember - this isn't a binary choice of love/hate. You can tell people [this thing] isn't your favorite without saying you hate it. But that's still no reason to start a podcast.

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Marceline is Racing Dinos @marcelineleiman.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Q-Workshop, known for their dice products, has released 17 Harry Potter products seemingly overnight and no prior announcement DO NOT PURCHASE PRODUCTS FROM Q-WORKSHOP Don’t support those who support megalomaniac transphobes by any means necessary 🎲✂️

Q-Workshop webstore showing a search for “Harry Potter”, showing 17 results. The top result being a Griffendor Dice Bag.

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Brooks Barber @rollplusfun.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

A reminder that anything HP related puts money in the pockets of a billionaire actively working to eradicate trans people from existence. Your money will go straight toward funding bigotry and hate. Please make your voice heard.

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Sophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️ @sophieh.itch.io · 10/01/2026

Realised I haven't posted this here yet: This is every possible numerically-balanced d20 layout. If you know a dice-maker please pass this on to them - it'll make their dice roll fairer on average. #Dice #TTRPG

Image of six icosahedron nets with the faces numbered. Text goes into detail:
"All d20 layouts that are fully balanced numerically"
There are only six number layouts (and their reflections) for a d20 that are optimally fair.
The most common layout (where the 20 is surrounded by 2, 14, 8) is NOT numerically balanced, apart from by opposite-face sum (Which only helps negate bias from a squashed shape).
d20 dice with the above layouts should roll the expected value (10.5) on average, even if their shape is squashed (common for very old, cheap, or melted dice), their center of mass is offset (common in dice with inserts, multiple materials, air bubbles), or are not fully isohedral where faces/edges are slightly different (common for handcrafted gem/glass/metal dice, and dice not evenly tumbled).
Key features:
- Opposite faces always sum 21 (two faces with an average value of 10.5)
- Faces around each vertex always sum 53 or 52 (five faces with average value of 10.6 or 10.4)
- A face's three adjacent faces always sum 32 or 31 (three faces with average value of 10.666 or 10.333)
Feel free to use any of thes layouts above for your own dice to make them fairer overall.

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SeanKReynolds has a Patreon! @seankreynolds.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

As I once explained in my LiveJournal days: * a 32-page Pathfinder adventure has 20,000 words. * a 99.9% typo-free 32-page adventure would have 20 typos. * that’s a typo every 1.5 pages. * reducing that would delay every book a significant amount.

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7th Dimension Games @7thdimensiongames.com · 06/10/2025

As a retailer, I'll note that NPR Independent Radio is exclusively talking about big box stores. Honestly, trying to deal with all the independent FLGSs would be harder, it was just a something that hit me.

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7th Dimension Games @7thdimensiongames.com · 24/09/2025

I never thought much about Em dashes - until I realized that Microsoft Word was automatically changing my regular dashes to them without my knowledge.

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7th Dimension Games @7thdimensiongames.com · 26/08/2025

For the RPG publishers, I hope you didn't miss this "what you need to know with tariffs" article: sllswrd.games/home/f/tarif...

sllswrd.games

Tariffs, Tabletop RPGs & What You Need to Know as a US Publisher

TL;DR : What RPG Creators Need to Know About Tariffs

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7th Dimension Games @7thdimensiongames.com · 22/08/2025

A few weeks back people complained about Ultimate Guard used AI to extend some artwork. Today on Facebook they have said "Effective immediately, we will no longer use Generative Fill or any generative AI tools in our design process for Magic: The Gathering licensed products."

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7th Dimension Games @7thdimensiongames.com · 15/08/2025

Odd. All of my distributors are still taking preorders for Ultimate Guard Potter stuff, but I can no longer find it on the Ultimate Guard website. In either case, I hear that Gamegenic makes some nice deckboxes.

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Johnny O’Neal @johnnyoneal.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

We're looking to hire pixel artists for Super Boss Monster 2! Earlier today I posted a recruiting form, but I made the mistake of cross-posting it to X, where it was instantly overwhelmed with spam replies. So here's revised form that I won't post over there! Apply here: forms.gle/tt4tbbCdvQsi...

Examples of sprite commission sizes: Small, Medium, Big, and Scene. (Click through to form for more details!)

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7th Dimension Games @7thdimensiongames.com · 06/08/2025

This makes sense. I assume vegan board games are to make sure your kids get enough veggies.

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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Co-op designs continue to dominate board gaming’s biggest prize as Bomb Busters seals Spiel des Jahres win; Endeavor: Deep Sea triumphs in Kennerspiel des Jahres: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20... Congrats to @cocktailgames.bsky.social @burntislandgames.bsky.social @pegasusspiele.bsky.social!

Three cartoon animals - a cat, rabbit and dog, weating red boiler suits attempt to defuse a dynamite bomb showing 00:02 by cutting wires. Above them is the test BOMBBUSTERS, with the 'o' a smiley-faced round bomb. Front cover of the board game Bomb Busters.

Small wooden submarine playing pieces in red and beige on an undersea-themed board. The board game Endeavor: Deep Sea.

A blonde cartoon woman on the left of the image winks, while a brown-haired cartoon man on the right carries a slice of cake on a plate. Both are dressed in chef whites covered in coloured stains. In the centre is a huge multicoloured cake, which a person with ginger hair and glasses has climbed a wooden ladder in order to decorate the higher levels. Front cover of board game Topp die Torte.

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Our Family Plays Games @ourfamplaysgames.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Happy Juneteenth, OFPG fam! May this day remind us all of the importance of freedom, equality, and fighting for what's right. ...although the fight still hasn't ended, it's also important to hold fast and never give up! Have a great day! #boardgames #juneteenth

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Elizabeth Hargrave @elizhargrave.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Although there are fewer than 10,000 toy & game manufacturing jobs in the US, there are >100,000 ppl working in all other aspects of the toy and game industry, from design to publishing to retail stores. 6/🧵

US Employees by Industry: a chart based on the US Census, 2022. By the Wall Street Journal.
Doll, Toy and Game Manufacturing: fewer than 10,000 jobs.
Hobby, Toy, and Game Retailers: just under 130,000 jobs.

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Elizabeth Hargrave @elizhargrave.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

What can you do? REACH OUT TO YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. If they're members of Senate Finance, House Ways and Means, or either Small Business committee, this is extra important. Letters are good; if you are a business and can talk to their staff who work on trade/small biz, even better. 10/🧵

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7th Dimension Games @7thdimensiongames.com · 10/06/2025

Quattro's rule that you hand your opponent their next piece to place. What is your favorite tiny twist in a game that turns it on its head? I personally love how 1 rule can change everything and make the game soar.

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7th Dimension Games @7thdimensiongames.com · 04/06/2025

Hey @evilhat.bsky.social - For the purpose of import fees and sales tax, are RPG books - books? Or are they games?

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7th Dimension Games @7thdimensiongames.com · 17/05/2025

I'm old enough to remember CheapAss Games envelopes. The game would come with rules and anything that could be printed on card stock, then a list of object you need to provide: dice, meeples, etc. I'm wondering if that can be done these days.

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Tabletop Game Designers Association @ttgda.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

The TTGDA and GAMA guide to tariffs has been updated to v2. We corrected some terminology, expanded the section on game pricing, added new information about Bonded Warehouses and Duty Drawback. irp.cdn-website.com/2b6905d0/fil...

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7th Dimension Games @7thdimensiongames.com · 03/05/2025

If I understand the ruling the mentioned for tariffs, currently a D&D book is a book, but the Starter Set Box is tariffed as a game. icv2.com/articles/col...

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Rolling for Initiative -- Prices Going Up and Companies Scaling Down

Column by Scott Thorne

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7th Dimension Games @7thdimensiongames.com · 26/04/2025

It's Saturday afternoon. You have the whole day free, great snacks, and the exact right player count. What are you playing? Personally I'm playing "sell all the board games to my customers." If the timing works out, we will pull out my copy of Shogun - otherwise something much shorter.

The box art from Queen Games's 2016 version of Shogun.

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Tabletop Game Designers Association @ttgda.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Here's an icon pack to show a product doesn't contain any AI content. hinokodo.itch.io/human-made

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Human Made by HINOKODO

An icon pack made by humans

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7th Dimension Games @7thdimensiongames.com · 24/04/2025

A friend of mine has a t-shirt that says "Invoke Ra." It is very rare when someone knows what it means.

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7th Dimension Games @7thdimensiongames.com · 22/04/2025

"Tariffs are just the latest rules revision, dropped on us without any play testing or consideration of balance or fair play." www.catalystgamelabs.com/news/tariffs...

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Tariffs: Rolling Against American Game Publishers

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Mary Georgescu 🎠 @marygeorgescu.com · 18/04/2025

Hot take from the mass market industry: Keep pitching games. Yes we are scrambling on manufacturing but the appetite for games is still high. Do not get discouraged. Aim for products with low costs but when you pitch try to think of 3 versions of your product that still deliver the same experience.

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7th Dimension Games @7thdimensiongames.com · 05/04/2025

Our MtG Dragonstorm prereleases are going great! Still time to buy tickets to our 2 Sunday events.

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7th Dimension Games @7thdimensiongames.com · 26/03/2025

This is basically the Inigo Montoya method. Introduce yourself: I am Inigo Montoya; Explain why you are here: You killed my father. Clearly state your goals: prepare to die.

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Danielle Reynolds 🏳️‍🌈 🔜 UNPUB Festival & GAMA Expo @tokengaymer.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Attention LGBTQIA+ board game industry folks! I am creating a GeekList for LGBTQIA+ Publishers, Designers, Artists, and more. If you fall into one or more of these please consider filling out this form by 4/27/25 (for yourself, no outing anyone please). Thank you! 🥰 forms.gle/iaH5Z9giYyDi...

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LGBTQIA+ GeekList Questionnaire

Thank you for adding yourself to this BoardGameGeek LGBTQIA+ GeekList! I want to celebrate your work in the industry as a publisher, designer, developer, artist, writer and any other GeekTag BoardGame...

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7th Dimension Games @7thdimensiongames.com · 16/03/2025

A fellow store owner created this simple graphic for how tariffs work.

A diagram showing a real world example of a US distributor being charge by both a foreign manufacturer, and our government with a tariff. They pass this real cost to retailers the price of a D&D miniature going from $2.99 to $3.59. Not shown is the fact that the manufacturer claims the miniature should have the same MSRP, but just make less money for the store.

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7th Dimension Games @7thdimensiongames.com · 14/03/2025

Keep titles short - but long enough there is a chance that they are unique. If you name your new game Violet, when I try to buy it I will also get 5 different bottles of paint.

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Nick Bentley Makes Games @nickbentley.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

✔️ Ensure the name and cover create a unified gestalt. ✔️ Keep names as short as needed, though an unusually long name can sometimes spark curiosity. ✔️ A great name should "ring" with people—hard to define, but powerful when it happens. 🎲✂️(4/5)

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7th Dimension Games @7thdimensiongames.com · 21/02/2025

I decided to use my error as a force for good. Make a charitable donation, or show us a receipt for a donation you’ve recently made to a national LGBTQ+ positive organization, and we will give you a hoodie that claims the store is in Jennintown, iA.

Close up of a hoodie that claims the store is in Jennintown, iA

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7th Dimension Games @7thdimensiongames.com · 15/02/2025

hey @roxley.bsky.social are there any rule changes in Santorini 2E, or just art & layout changes?

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7th Dimension Games @7thdimensiongames.com · 06/02/2025

This is a false dichotomy - define "better" so that it works for all situations. Better for teaching a non-gamer? Better for teaching someone getting their science PhD? Better for a game you can finish during your lunchbreak?

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7th Dimension Games @7thdimensiongames.com · 06/02/2025

One of the reasons we like Evil Hat.

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7th Dimension Games @7thdimensiongames.com · 03/02/2025

For Black History Month, who are the black board game designers that everyone should know? #BlackHistoryMonth #Boardgames

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7th Dimension Games @7thdimensiongames.com · 29/01/2025

A while back, a fellow retailer said if you want to sell a lot of board games, don't buy the ones with the highest ratings that only appeal to a handful of people. Buy the ones that everyone has rated.

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🥧 suzanne 🥧 @425suzanne.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

GAMA Expo should be an event all industry folks feel like they can attend safely regardless of gender or race. Human rights protections are just as important in selecting a city as a good venue and airport.

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7th Dimension Games @7thdimensiongames.com · 21/01/2025

As a small store, I agree. Trans rights are human rights.

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Asmadi Games (Chris) @asmadigames.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

The funny thing is, Clippy seemed smarter than most current AI models (yes, that's an extremely low bar)

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

All you #ttrpg folks saying "this is a ten year old story (I think that's when Pathfinder wen t with Ancestries) and exists only to curry favor with creepy conservative culture warriors by making them feel seen" should then understand this vibe extends to pretty much all NYT articles at this point.

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