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Grace Holdinghaus @graceholdinghaus.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Hello! Wanna see a new Mansions of Madness scenario? I know I'm excited to play it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i1b...

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Mansions of Madness - Mirror of a Man Gameplay

YouTube video by Fantasy Flight Games

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Grace Holdinghaus @graceholdinghaus.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Here I am, once again, to point at the enormous yawning gap of dating sims in board games.

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Grace Holdinghaus @graceholdinghaus.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Been watching the World Climbing championship in Innsbruck and having a great time! The climbers reading a route together, the incredible feats of athleticism, the commentators being experts! Top tier sport, truly.

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Elizabeth Hargrave @elizhargrave.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Call for proposals from Asmodee's Game In Lab. Each project will be eligible for a maximum grant of €20,000: www.game-in-lab.org/en/internati...

We invite international research teams to submit proposals for fundamental or applied research on
any topic related to board games, broadly defined. Selected research teams will receive a grant
from Game in Lab to support their work. We welcome projects from all academic disciplines, from
sociology to the health sciences, and we particularly encourage interdisciplinary proposals.
This year, we are particularly interested in projects that explore the following areas:
- Sustainability, Justice and Inclusion: The role of tabletop games in addressing crises of
environmental and social sustainability, and in promoting social justice and inclusion.
Gathering and interpreting evidence about the role of games in promoting climate action
and / or driving sustainable transitions in society, as well as in supporting social action on
inclusion or in fostering accessibility and diversity through their mechanics, dynamics and
aesthetics.
- Health and well-being: The potential of games to support healthy lives, therapeutic
applications, and community health and resilience. Additionally, we are interested in
research addressing the pleasures of play, and the role of games in helping players develop
competencies to participate actively in social life.

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Grace Holdinghaus @graceholdinghaus.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Thinking how we went from "no, really, you can form deep and beautiful relationships with people online without ever meeting in real life" to "please stop trusting every conspiracy you read online, everything is AI and bots and grifters". Whiplash speed, for real.

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Erkhyan Rafosa @erkhyan.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

From the archives: [At the gay club] HIM: “Dude, what’s in your pocket?” ME: “Oh, I’m just doing the handkerchief code thing.” HIM: “That’s a semaphore flag. Where did you even get this?” [Meanwhile, at sea] SAILOR: “Sir, the merchant frigate has indicated that it’s a bottom into blowjobs.”

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Grace Holdinghaus @graceholdinghaus.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Feeling very accomplished after rock climbing and making a dent in the invasive bellflower this morning!

$A white woman with shaggy brown hair, brown framed glasses, lip ring, red tank top with fractal black icon, and black basketball shorts poses flexing her biceps on a sunny porch overlooking a moderately messy back yard and garage.$

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Grace Holdinghaus @graceholdinghaus.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

As a designer of a big "wife game" (seriously, the number of times fans of Mansions announce to me "even MY WIFE will play this!"...) this article touches on a lot of important details. My opinion is unchanged, that EVERY game is a gateway game for someone.

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CONvergence Connie @convergencecon.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Have you heard about our expanded Attendance Grant? We are excited to continue our BIPOC Attendance Grant (first come first served) as well as launching a grant for folks experiencing financial hardship. Want to know more? Check it out and apply here: www.convergence-con.org/about/conver... #cvg2026

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Scare-on Lim 林家丰 @ PAX Aus @ehronlime.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

The art of game design: the spark of creation, to find play between the confines of rules and the expression of agency, to marry the beauty of systems and aesthetic expression, The discipline of game design: fucking finish the thing

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Grace Holdinghaus @graceholdinghaus.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Had a fun time hyping up the Arkham Horror: The Card Game team! The fans never fail to amaze me.

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Grace Holdinghaus @graceholdinghaus.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Seems like a great day to buy some EXCELLENT queer books.

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Grace Holdinghaus @graceholdinghaus.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Trying something new; a series of selfies after rock climbing.

A selfie of a smiling white woman with short brown hair, glasses, and a lip piercing; she wears a flat-brim baseball cap, tank top, and rainbow bike shorts. Floral collarbone tattoos are barely visible as she leans toward the camera.

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Mischief Toy Store @mischieftoy.com · 14/01/2026

Yard signs are restocked and ready to aid the resistance!

Yard signs on display including No Ice, Resist Fascism.

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Grace Holdinghaus @graceholdinghaus.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

I can't really do a lot of the usual New Year reflection; I have 3 kids under 5 so I spend most days in pure survival mode. I can't prioritize my career or friendships, I can barely keep my head above water with personal hygiene, and weekends are spent at playgrounds instead of pursuing my interests

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Grace Holdinghaus @graceholdinghaus.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

I understand that media made by and for women is inherently ragebait, but I'm here to urge every fan of "romantasy" to become a fan of shojo manga immediately. And vice versa.

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Grace Holdinghaus @graceholdinghaus.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

I do appreciate people making the connection that kids are expensive, generationally we make no money, therefore generationally we are not having kids. But listen. Other countries ARE simply offering a ton of money to encourage people to have kids. And that still doesn't work.

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

at a certain level of any creative or intellectual collaborative job the main task is sin-eater: to fix what you can and get blamed for what you can’t, secretly knowing how much worse it would have been if you hadn’t done what you did.

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Grace Holdinghaus @graceholdinghaus.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Been finally getting back to rock climbing, a love I had to abandon while I lacked funds and a vehicle to support it (and then the pandemic and then the children...oy.) It feels downright revolutionary to rediscover this. May all of you uncover lost loves and passions this year.

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TJ Alexander (they/them) @tjalexandernyc.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Uh Oh! Local writer has literally 5 things they should be working on but instead they've become obsessed with the idea of a 6th

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Grace Holdinghaus @graceholdinghaus.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Hey social media, give me non-monogamous fantasy book recommendations. Not hard sci-fi, not love triangles, not something that is gonna make me depressed or have nightmares, just a frikken fiction where characters get to have relationships with more than ONE OTHER PERSON.

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Grace Holdinghaus @graceholdinghaus.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

I think a lot about invisible labor and how marginalized communities end up fighting doubly hard against the trend to enjoy the product and overlook the creator behind it.

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Grace Holdinghaus @graceholdinghaus.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Tis the season for CRASHING THROUGH THE LEAVES

Blurry in-motion photo of a neighborhood sidewalk swamped with fallen golden leaves. One kid, far ahead, rides a bike with training wheels. One kid in the foreground rides a strider bike (no pedals) wearing a raincoat, dinosaur helmet, and green croc shoes.

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Grace Holdinghaus @graceholdinghaus.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Here I am, being spooky with my board game people! Come watch me play the best board game ever! www.youtube.com/live/FIOiURA...

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Week of Arkham Horror – Part 1

YouTube video by Fantasy Flight Games

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Grace Holdinghaus @graceholdinghaus.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Important natural entities deserve personhood and therefore legal rights. The Mississipi River should be able to sue corporate polluters and developers on the floodplains.

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Grace Holdinghaus @graceholdinghaus.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Ranma 1/2 and its views on gender, including its cultural context as written by an openly nonbinary author in a strictly gendered industry... Wait no Romance as a genre has a fundamental issue balancing the wish fulfillment of marginalized women with... Hang on Country music's sheer diversity...

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Grace Holdinghaus @graceholdinghaus.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Holy shit what a good talk. You know I love games and philosophy, and "are Buddhist monks actually psychopaths" is exactly the kind of unhinged bullshit I miss from college discussions.

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Kickstarter United @kickstarterunited.org · 02/10/2025

‼️🚨KICKSTARTER WORKERS ARE ON STRIKE🚨‼️ As of 8am this morning, the workers of Kickstarter United/OPEIU Local 153 are on strike. WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR A BOYCOTT! Creators and allies, please continue using and supporting the platform.

Kickstarter United is on strike!
We are not asking for a boycott! Creators & Allies: Please continue to support & use the platform
swipe for ways to show your solidarity

Why We're Striking
A codified 4-day work week.
We simply want to protect the way we've been working for over 3.5 years. The 4dww has proven benefits, such as increased productivity and improved employee satisfaction. It's part of what makes Kickstarter a special, innovative place to work.
Fair pay for our lowest-paid workers.
We're fighting for livable minimum salaries for roles that are undervalued by the market but crucial to keeping Kickstarter running. We believe none of our workers should struggle to make ends meet.

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Grace Holdinghaus @graceholdinghaus.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Something I believe really strongly is no one can outlaw or mandate internal experiences. Not only is it futile to try, it is also morally wrong.

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Grace Holdinghaus @graceholdinghaus.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

I still remember the exact meeting I scrambled to in a busy common area when I looked up and quietly realized with my colleagues that we had NO MEN around the table. No men were on the game in any role. It wasn't intentional. It has never happened since.

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Grace Holdinghaus @graceholdinghaus.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Back on my liberal arts education BS! 🧵 Inspired by Ted Chiang comparing university education to athletic training.

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Brian "Dr." White @androidacademia.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Aaaaaaaand it's on the syllabus. I'm still a bit hung up on calling data programmed into an NES cartridge a "material limit" - I think I agree with Jay's point about it, but I do wonder whether there's more to be pulled out of that code being the manifestation of culturally-embedded human decisions.

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Grace Holdinghaus @graceholdinghaus.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

My turn to read to 4-year-olds, and these kids are gonna learn some life lessons!

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Grace Holdinghaus @graceholdinghaus.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Me to me: Wow, I am getting so little done each day. Where do other people get all their productivity? Hm, well, let's think. Is everyone else doing two loads of laundry and three loads of dishes every day? Is everyone else up at 5 with two toddlers? 🤔

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Grace Holdinghaus @graceholdinghaus.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Self-medication is a lot like knowing how to hold the door and wiggle the key Just Right to unlock a door because changing the locks is just too much hassle.

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Grace Holdinghaus @graceholdinghaus.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Thinking a lot about digital financial transactions, representational currency, and the velocity of money. My hot take (that I'm still in the rabbit hole of fully thinking through) is that velocity of money isn't an argument in favor of cash, but an argument against corporate banking.

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Grace Holdinghaus @graceholdinghaus.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Just finished my first panel for #CVG2025 and will ride that high all weekend. Excited for my next two panels!!

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Grace Holdinghaus @graceholdinghaus.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

I think part of parenthood is developing strong opinions on the media your children watch - kind of an obsession by proxy - and I'm tipsy enough to share my hot takes on Scooby Doo. 1/

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Grace Holdinghaus @graceholdinghaus.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

"The average adult eats more sugar than protein, they're neglecting their health, they treat disorders by piling on meds, it's disgusting!" Uh, how do you think the human body works??

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Clare Ireland @clareireland.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty." Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism

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Grace Holdinghaus @graceholdinghaus.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

You ever finish a media (book, movie, song, doesn't matter) and it's so good you just get angry? Why aren't more things like THIS? Why is it OVER? I will never create something this amazing! How DARE no one tell me about this sooner?

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Fantasy Flight Games @fantasyflightgames.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Experience Turn of a Page, new DLC scenario for Mansions of Madness: Second Edition! Play as investigators returning from R’lyeh with powerful artifacts capable of defending Arkham. Available now to download your favorite app services! Learn more - bit.ly/4jMd34I

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