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Ben Chapman

@benchapmanmagic.bsky.social
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Politics guy professionally, boardgame guy unprofessionally -- in Seattle.

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Ben Chapman @benchapmanmagic.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
It's a bit messy out there.
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Ben Chapman @benchapmanmagic.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
…. Someone forgot to tell him not to say this. Jesus.
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Ben Chapman @benchapmanmagic.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
I’ve probably talked to tens of thousands of voters in my career and tbh I don’t think there is a single voter in America that thinks the government is in the right here. This simply isn’t a position that has a constituency.
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Ben Chapman @benchapmanmagic.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Oh so skating is more of a side thing she does to be able to afford a Commander deck.
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Ben Chapman @benchapmanmagic.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Always worth remembering that simply being an American citizen gives you an enormous amount of power. And that the rest of the world relies on our democracy's strength just as much as we do.
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Ben Chapman @benchapmanmagic.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Seems notable….
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Ben Chapman @benchapmanmagic.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
This has been a supremely awkward week for the Trump Admin -- even beyond the usual oddness. Seems to be that there's LOTS of internal frustrations, and with an aging President who is floundering in the approval ratings, it's not clear who exactly sets the party's messaging.
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Ben Chapman @benchapmanmagic.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
This may go down as one of my favorite Twitter exchanges from the year.
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Ben Chapman @benchapmanmagic.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Reminder that "top two" elections like CA and WA have don't solve the same problems that ranked-choice voting does. In fact, in some cases, top two elections can result in even weirder outcomes than conventional partisan primaries would!
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Ben Chapman @benchapmanmagic.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Gotta admit, they got us there.
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Ben Chapman @benchapmanmagic.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
The state of the boardgame industry right now.....
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Ben Chapman @benchapmanmagic.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Blood on the Clocktower! You can play with a rule called "Angel" which makes people less willing to kill off a new player.
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Ben Chapman @benchapmanmagic.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Just got this ad on the other platform. So things are BAD bad.
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Ben Chapman @benchapmanmagic.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
It may be time for creators on TikTok to start pointing out that our platform has an agenda -- and not a particularly subtle one.
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Ben Chapman @benchapmanmagic.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
As of the end of 2024, these are my BEST 9 GAMES OF ALL TIME! At the moment, it leans towards heavier games, and there are some lighter titles that DEFINITELY deserve an honorable mention, but if I have 3 hours to spare, I know any one of these will deliver an absolute blast of a time.
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Ben Chapman @benchapmanmagic.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Every comment thread about these three boardgame announcements is saying either "Take my money" or "What a shameless cash grab" and it's such a good reminder that no designer or publisher can make everyone happy.
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Ben Chapman @benchapmanmagic.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Things are going great in the Drone spotting Facebook group….
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Ben Chapman @benchapmanmagic.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Here they are! The 9 best boardgames I played for the first time in 2024. There's quite a bit of diversity here :) 1. Star Wars Unlimited 2. Crokinole 3. Hegemony 4. Battallion 5. Caesar: Seize Rome in 20 minutes 6. Clash of Cultures 7. First In Flight 8. Landmarks 9. Undaunted: Callisto
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Ben Chapman @benchapmanmagic.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Has this worked for any of y’all? I feel like when I go to Uniqlo I am just reminded that 1) I’m not actually “slim” and 2) I simply look far too midwestern to pull any of it off.
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Ben Chapman @benchapmanmagic.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
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Ben Chapman @benchapmanmagic.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Besides this being good for *democracy* these ideas are also how Democrats can put their best foot forward with candidates they send to the general election.
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Ben Chapman @benchapmanmagic.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
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Ben Chapman @benchapmanmagic.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
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Ben Chapman @benchapmanmagic.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
I'm here to post memes about boardgames and politics.
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