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Liz Davidson @beyondsolitaire.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

@amabel.bsky.social is my podcast guest this week, and as usual, our conversation was an absolute delight. youtu.be/IbEpCnCLLBQ

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Beyond Solitaire Podcast 188: Amabel Holland on Cardboard Ghosts

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Chris Barrows (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @cbarrows.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

What are books that changed the way you think? For me, Habit by Charles Duhigg is one of them. Highly recommend it if you have a chance to read it. It's one of the few physical books in the "business" world that I own. amzn.to/43JmA7p

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The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business [Duhigg, Charles] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

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Chris Barrows (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @cbarrows.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

I had a chance to playthrough a prototype version of #Lairs by @kidstablebg.bsky.social for @tabletop.express the past few weeks. Check out what I thought (hint: I liked this one quite a bit)

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Board Game Review | Lairs by KTBG

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Chris Barrows (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @cbarrows.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Knowing these things as the Education Secretary is only part of your job - minor detail there... www.msn.com/en-us/money/...

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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Stonemaier’s “pretty big gamble” with large Wyrmspan print run pays off, as soaring sales help company’s revenue surge to $23.7m boardgamewire.com/index.php/20... @stonemaiergames.com

Stonemaier Games co-founder Jamey Stegmaier smiles as he holds up a copy of his company's game Wyrmspan, which features artwork of a flying dragon on the front

A hand holds a playing card with a picture of a dragon on, above boards and components from the board game Wyrmspan

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Chris Barrows (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @cbarrows.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

What is illegal about a boycott? (Nothing) "Radical Left Lunatics, as they often do, are trying to illegally and collusively boycott Tesla, one of the World’s great automakers, and Elon’s ‘baby,’ in order to attack and do harm to Elon, and everything he stands for,”

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John Nephew @johnnephew.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Yikes. Assembling quotes for a reprint of a $40 MSRP board game. The latest to come in is a US printer with a price over $18 per copy. (If $40 is the MSRP, then we are actually getting 40% of that amount when we sell to distributors, or $16, and we pay the cost of shipping to them.)

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The Tabletop Express - Home of Call Aboard @tabletop.express · 06/03/2025

Did you know that #CompanionQuest by @ghostfiregaming.bsky.social is now live on Kickstarter? We had a chance to check out this cooperative game with some enjoyable dice rolling and dice mitigation.

Four cards, with unique looking creatures and instructions on the bottom that all include dice.

Dice of blue, green blue and purple on assorted cards with place holders for them. Additional dice are blurred in the background.

Dice on the left in the colors red, orange and blue. a Small white piece on a board with grass and farmland is on the right.

Colorful gnome hero cards on a red tablecloth.

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The Tabletop Express - Home of Call Aboard @tabletop.express · 05/03/2025

Choo Choo! Kicking off our Top 20 Games Series tonight at 9 pm. Join us live and let us know what you think of Anthony's Top 20 #BoardGames of all time.

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Top 20 Board Games of All-Time 2025 | Anthony

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Chris Barrows (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @cbarrows.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Final product is going to be stellar - based on their previous work.

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TabletopGamingDeals @tabletopgamedeals.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

KOSMOS has a small clearance section on their site, which includes several board games. If you use the code WELOVESTEM, you get buy one get one for 50% off on already reduced sale items. store.thamesandkosmos.com/collections/...

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Last chance to purchase these classic educational toys before they go into the vault. Clearance, closeout and on-sale products from Thames & Kosmos including select science kits, board games, craft ki...

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Chris Barrows (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @cbarrows.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

We knew this was coming. @erininthemorning.com does a good breakdown of what's in the document in the thread that follows.

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Chris Barrows (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @cbarrows.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Lacking words today - so I am going to focus on board games.

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Chris Barrows (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @cbarrows.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

The narrative of "Trump saving TikTok" is disturbing to me. This is the same man who effectively started this conversation of banning it in 2020.

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The Tabletop Express - Home of Call Aboard @tabletop.express · 16/01/2025

We're live with our latest episode of Call Aboard - The Live Call-In Show and we're back with part two of our Cull | Play | Shelve series. Find out what games @ryanesp.in is going to Cull,Play and Shelve - and let us help you do the same with your own collection!

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Shelf of Shame CULL/PLAY/SHELVE - Part 2 | Call Aboard

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Chris Barrows (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @cbarrows.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

In 2015, I asked the question - "Why Do You Social" - as part of my podcast - The Why I Social Podcast. With the podcast back, stay tuned - finally going to bring that podcast over into it's own account here on @bsky.app. if you've never listened, check it out at open.spotify.com/show/0aYXvby...

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Why I Social

Podcast · Chris Barrows · Why I Social brings fresh conversations with everyone from average joe to CEO - exploring how they social.

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Chris Barrows (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @cbarrows.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Big credit to the customer service team over at @vidiq.bsky.social. The TLDR: I didn't realize I was paying for two accounts - one that I had upgraded. They fixed the issue, took the previous month's payment, and applied it to the other. A masterclass in customer service.

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Chris Barrows (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @cbarrows.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

We're going to host a live holiday party on @tabletopexpress.bsky.social at the end of December with this one if people are still on the fence (which you shouldn't be)!

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Chris Barrows (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @cbarrows.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

We're going to host a live holiday party on @tabletopexpress.bsky.social at the end of December with this one if people are still on the fence (which you shouldn't be)!

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The Tabletop Express - Home of Call Aboard @tabletop.express · 20/11/2024

If you backed Lairs (or are considering it) - tune in tonight - I'm having a chat with designer Christopher Westmaas and would love to see what questions you have for him! #BoardGames

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Board Game Interview w/ Lairs designer Christopher Westmaas

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Our Family Plays Games @ourfamplaysgames.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Back in Dallas yet again for some good ol' fun! On this LIVE episode (11:00 AM CST) at BGG.CON in Dallas, Texas, Mik and Starla give their top 5 games of 2024... so far! These include only new releases from 2024 that they have really enjoyed! WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=I17m...

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Chris Barrows (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @cbarrows.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Can you tell I'm excited for PAXU? Updated the Discord accordingly in preparation.

A list of channels on a Discord, all starting with a hashtag - reading in order: general, where are you, unpub room, pax deals, tte con and game planning.

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Chris Barrows (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @cbarrows.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

I told the @tabletopexpress.bsky.social team I think we can hit 1k subs by the end of the year. I am 95% sure they think I'm crazy - but in 45 days if I hit that number, that means I'm not, right? [help me prove them wrong - and say hi to me at PAXU too!] And now, my regularly scheduled content

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Tabletop Express

Come aboard the Express! https://www.youtube.com/@TabletopExpress?sub_confirmation=1 As a passenger on the Express, you'll enjoy a collection of videos to introduce you to great modern games, showcas...

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Chris Barrows (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @cbarrows.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

I'm learning - through the logical comparison - that Threads seems to have inherited significantly more spam from X than this platform.

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The Tabletop Express - Home of Call Aboard @tabletop.express · 25/10/2024

The Express has been busy lately and has apparently ignored this platform. Until today :) Come aboard the Express today at www.youtube.com/@TabletopExp...

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Tabletop Express

Welcome aboard the Tabletop Express - home of Call Aboard, our live call-in show. As a passenger on the Express, you'll enjoy a collection of videos to introduce you to great modern games, showcase u...

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Chris Barrows (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @cbarrows.bsky.social · 13/11/2023

My daughter got to attend the wedding of a woman she admires - her teacher of 2.5 years. I cannot express how much joy this image gives me.

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Chris Barrows (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @cbarrows.bsky.social · 02/11/2023

Is anyone using Threads more these days? Trying to manage my time appropriately on these platforms - and I want to make sure I continue to connect with the Board Game Community which seemed to embrace this platform.

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Chris Barrows (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @cbarrows.bsky.social · 09/10/2023

I'm fully convinced the board game community is what keeps me going a lot of days. Appreciate your communities.

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Chris Barrows (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @cbarrows.bsky.social · 09/10/2023

Question for those here. Are you also still using Threads? If so, where are ou spending more time?

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Chris Barrows (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @cbarrows.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

Here's hoping the new TWD spinoff gives a proper explanation as to why Daryl is in France (just started, watching Ep. 1). I don't know why I still watch things related to The Walking Dead, but Dead City was actually enjoyable.

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Chris Barrows (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @cbarrows.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

Just getting back from my family's annual fall trip together to a pumpkin patch and farm. Can't help but think about what was missing. You're in our hearts, Dad. Photo is from last year.

People standing, smiling, on a wooden bridge in the middle of a cornfield.

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Peter McPherson ⏭️ PAX U @peterlmcpherson.bsky.social · 30/09/2023

This early sketch of Fit to Print is a great example of how I handle most numbers in games: pick a value/size that seems right, and if it continues to seem right don't change it. Thus, the Sunday board size never changed once. Neither did the number of buildings in Tiny Towns.

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Chris Barrows (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @cbarrows.bsky.social · 30/09/2023

Great night of games with some of the @tabletopexpress.bsky.social community tonight on Discord/BGA. Grateful for this hobby.

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Chris Barrows (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @cbarrows.bsky.social · 28/09/2023

The Tabletop Express is live now - call in and be part of the show! www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyfK... Tonight's call-in topic - what games did you play this past month? [all welcome, first-time callers, don't worry - we're super friendly!]

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CALL ABOARD: A LIVE Board Game Call-In Show - What's on Your Table Sep '23

Join us LIVE as we're back with our monthly CALL ABOARD What's on Your Table series. Call us with any board game(s) that stood out to you this month at call...

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Chris Barrows (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @cbarrows.bsky.social · 23/09/2023

I have some very fetch news, Mean Girls Musical in THEATERS - If you followed me on Twitter over the years, then you understand why this is incredibly exciting to me. The only thing that's off is the release date, which should have been on October 3rd.

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Mean Girls Musical Movie Now Will Premiere in Theaters, Not Paramount+

The 'Mean Girls' musical movie will be released in theaters instead of on Paramount Plus. Get the date!

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Chris Barrows (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @cbarrows.bsky.social · 22/09/2023

Work in a nutshell today. Had a form scheduled to be taken down at 5:30. At 5:29, asked to send the form to someone so they could fill it out over the weekend. Yeah, about that.

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