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Chris Whitpan ⏭️ Essen @chriswhitpan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

It's that time of year where cool journals and calendars that I never will use, tempt me to no end....

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Chris Whitpan ⏭️ Essen @chriswhitpan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

If no one takes you up, I might be able to help with Houston PAX

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Chris Whitpan ⏭️ Essen @chriswhitpan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Oh wow this is pretty cool. I didn't expect an 18xx.games release since there is a bit out of the box worth ROTLA so this makes me happy. If you were ever 18xx curious, this is a great jumping in point.

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Grant’s Game Recs @grantsgamerecs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Comedians answer very silly hypothetical questions like how many piggy back rides have you given or how many bubbles have you blown? A new episode of It’s All Funny & Games with Hypothetically from @ivstudios.bsky.social! #boardgames #partygames #gamenight #comedian youtu.be/7AFxI1Mdt4Q?...

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Comedians Answer Impossible Hypothetical Questions in Hypothetically

YouTube video by Grant Lyon

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Chris Whitpan ⏭️ Essen @chriswhitpan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Yeah I'm bummed I didn't try one when I was there. But I did get a good boxty!

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Wehrlegig Games @wehrlegig.games · 06/10/2026

A cutthroat business game about the dramatic rise of the opium trade in 19th-century China. Live now on Kickstarter. www.kickstarter.com/projects/col...

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An Infamous Traffic: Second Edition

A new edition of the acclaimed game of cutthroat capitalism in the nineteenth century opium trade.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026

This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead

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Chris Whitpan ⏭️ Essen @chriswhitpan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

If you show up, on time you are doing better than 80% of people. Don't give a crap of you have a drink. Shows time management skills no one seems to have.

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Chris Whitpan ⏭️ Essen @chriswhitpan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I read it as couch co-op and that is my wife and I choosing the right thing to watch together.

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Chris Whitpan ⏭️ Essen @chriswhitpan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Must Have! I love this take on... Train games in spaaaaaace!

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Hinokodo @hinokodo.com · 01/10/2026

Just heard #PaxUnplugged is going full Human Made. Proud of em, it's my favorite gaming con. And it's nice to know they'd prefer to present the works of real creative human beings. That's one less sign booths need to make, but if you'd like to anyways, here's a free icon hinokodo.itch.io/human-made

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Human Made by HINOKODO

An icon pack made by humans

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Chris Whitpan ⏭️ Essen @chriswhitpan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Sorry to hear that Suz, such a crappy human to deal with.

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Chris Whitpan ⏭️ Essen @chriswhitpan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

@kinsonkeygames.bsky.social just watch the play through of Excursions and I am in love with it!

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Chris Whitpan ⏭️ Essen @chriswhitpan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

My Andromeda's Edge mat showed up and holy cow is this thing gorgeous!

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Chris Whitpan ⏭️ Essen @chriswhitpan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Ima goons need some help.... Not excited to work in Detroit? Should I be?

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Chris Whitpan ⏭️ Essen @chriswhitpan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

He said the quiet part of loud. Still so angry to have voted for him.

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Chris Whitpan ⏭️ Essen @chriswhitpan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Because that worked out so well with the Kang phase.. .

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Chris Whitpan ⏭️ Essen @chriswhitpan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I read that as College and it's very different, but still very apt.

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Chris Whitpan ⏭️ Essen @chriswhitpan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Who knew that after all these years my typos would sanctify my work.

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.

A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future

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Chris Whitpan ⏭️ Essen @chriswhitpan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

1833NE showed up today and this will never get old.

A box photo with the names
Designer Tom lehmann
Artwork chris Whitpan
Cover art Kurt Miller

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Chris Whitpan ⏭️ Essen @chriswhitpan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It's kinda like those fisher price toys from the 80s were training us

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Chris Whitpan ⏭️ Essen @chriswhitpan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

How about we focus on those in the Epstein files who are truely deviant.

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Good Time Society @goodtimesociety.com · 22/09/2026

MORE GUDNAK! The Guilds of Zarruhk is now live on Gamefound. You can get a peek of the gameplay with Ify and Tim of this glorious new expansion. youtu.be/dZwmXGZBOZk

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NEW GUDNAK FACTION LIVE ON GAMEFOUND

Check out the Guilds of Zarruhk now on Gamefound! https://gamefound.com/en/projects/chaotic-great/gudnak-the-guilds-of-zarrukh-expansion Ify and Tim face off to show off the brand new expansion to…

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Chris Whitpan ⏭️ Essen @chriswhitpan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I'm old enough that the jacket I snuck my snacks in is now required when watching the movie.

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Chris Whitpan ⏭️ Essen @chriswhitpan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I like it for an intro game a lot and the concept of mergers is so easy for a jump point. I also like that you can vary the length of the game very easily to fit your desire. But agreed that at its core it is rather straight forward. I haven't played with landmarks yet! But they look very fresh.

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Chris Whitpan ⏭️ Essen @chriswhitpan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Why don't we have a standing 3pm Friday meeting that one of us will always have to "push back"

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Chris Whitpan ⏭️ Essen @chriswhitpan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I like Stained glass, but I think I want to try glass blowing. But I don't know if I could take the heat!

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Always Awake Games (Connor) 🔜 PaxU @connor.alwaysawake.games · 16/09/2026

Just a week left on the Out of Sorts Kickstarter and we just passed 200%! (also, I feel like I dodged a bullet with everyone else’s launches this week) www.kickstarter.com/projects/alw...

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Out of Sorts - Second Edition

Work together to sort the strange books in an alien's library

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Chris Whitpan ⏭️ Essen @chriswhitpan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

You know a guy. If you need anything, let me know!

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Chris Whitpan ⏭️ Essen @chriswhitpan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I don't think it makes things crazy. You can certainly add in the new companies easily.

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Chris Whitpan ⏭️ Essen @chriswhitpan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I need to ask Justin if we are playing games in Essen.... Would you mind? :)

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Chris Whitpan ⏭️ Essen @chriswhitpan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Trains? Trains? Does it have trains? You like trains. I like trains. The world needs trains. Please tell me it's trains. J/k. Make what you love. It's trains, right?

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Chris Whitpan ⏭️ Essen @chriswhitpan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

How about the flight in where you can see Rainer, Hood and Mt St Helen's if it's clear enough!

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Chris Whitpan ⏭️ Essen @chriswhitpan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The reason I have only had one Mai Tai tonight....

A picture of my lap with one cat in it and another on the raised recliner my legs are on. Both out cold.

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