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Jeffrey D. Allers @jeffreydallers.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Playtesting with old friend and often-codesigner Bernd Eisenstein on a trip to Berlin. Always a fun way to spend an afternoon, and Bernd has so many great ideas.

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Jeffrey D. Allers @jeffreydallers.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Played Fountains by Kedric Winks at the Tantrum House game night. I am skeptical these days about take-and-make games, but I love the shapes of these tiles, and Will is such a fun guy. It turned out to be my fav in the genre since Azul!

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Jeffrey D. Allers @jeffreydallers.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

It's been a long time, but worth the wait to spend an afternoon with a friend on a Sarasota beach. I enjoyed catching up with game and toy inventor Tim Walsh, snacking on shrimp with our feet in the cool, powdery sand. And then the sun set...

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Jeffrey D. Allers @jeffreydallers.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

TantrumCon2026: I enjoyed seeing friends, making new ones, teaching my games, playing others' prototypes, and being on the jury of the "Proto-Tank" prototype pitching event.

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Jeffrey D. Allers @jeffreydallers.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Played "A Daily Cloud" by friend Tim Walsh. We didn't vote or score points--just had fun together sketching, writing and sharing! The family we played with ordered it immediately.

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Jeffrey D. Allers @jeffreydallers.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

A Ukrainian refugee friend released her new song with my son Ben on electric guitar. Christy Anna writes that her songs "turn pain into beauty, stories that are hard to speak about, hoping that when you listen, you find healing, truth & a place that feels like home." www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD2h...

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Jeffrey D. Allers @jeffreydallers.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Interesting how "Normal Human" seems to represent so well the current immigrant experience in the U.S., while "Totally Human" echoes the current fear mongering of "It's an invasion!"

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Act Like a Human as You Read Minds, Erase Words, and Become a Goat | BoardGameGeek News

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Jeffrey D. Allers @jeffreydallers.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Great concert from Songs of the Folk, playing songs inspired by 2 years in England, including playing in prisons and jamming with refugees. They have also just founded a non-profit to support their continued work of playing in prisons in the U.S. called For the Folk.

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Die Brettseggel @brettseggel.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Neuauflage des OOP Golden Game 'Citrus' im modischen Setting: #ReefGardens. Auch in dieser Fassung ein tolles Plättchenlegespiel! @jeffreydallers.bsky.social

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Jeffrey D. Allers @jeffreydallers.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

A gamer friend and his 6-year old son set these up for my birthday: a word search with the names of 7 of my published games (they are not always in a straight line) and "Happy Birthday, Jeff" spelled out with tiles from Dorfromantik.

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Jeffrey D. Allers @jeffreydallers.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Finally played High Tide by @marcelineleiman.bsky.social with my son during Thanksgiving break. We enjoyed the simple rules of this fast 2-player abstract. Perfect for quick games on the coffee table between family events! He took it back to school to play with college friends during study breaks.

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Jeffrey D. Allers @jeffreydallers.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Taking a break for awhile. Boardgamegeek and yucata.de will be my social media for the next months.

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Jeffrey D. Allers @jeffreydallers.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Marshmallow Test on a pizza box while tailgating before a football game. My parents enjoyed this trick-taker by Reiner Knizia. When you win 4 tricks, you're out and score for OPPONENTS' tricks at that point. Go out later to score more, but failing to go out scores 0!

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Jeffrey D. Allers @jeffreydallers.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

I went to my first Iowa State football game since 1999. Such a fun experience with my Mom and Dad. I grew up going to the games, and later went to college here. So fun to be back, even for a short time! And my team won 55-7 on a beautiful day.

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Jeffrey D. Allers @jeffreydallers.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

My son in his happy place...🤘❤️

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Jeffrey D. Allers @jeffreydallers.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

My wife isn’t really a gamer—at least, not as much as I am—but I was immediately attracted to her spontaneity and playful spirit. We found this arcade while waiting for our table at a restaurant.

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Jeffrey D. Allers @jeffreydallers.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Some of the art and components for my upcoming game with DLP Games, Reef Gardens!

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Jeffrey D. Allers @jeffreydallers.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Kareem, if you lived closer, I’d love to start a gaming group with you!

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Jeffrey D. Allers @jeffreydallers.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Playing Link City with Suzanne at a farm house-turned-B&B in the Smokey Mountains. This communication game (in the Codenames genre), designed by Émilien Alquier, was a fun party game to play as we celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary.

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Jeffrey D. Allers @jeffreydallers.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

You can now play my trick-taking card game, Pala, against AI opponents on the Trickster's Table app: boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/226...

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Jeffrey D. Allers @jeffreydallers.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Listening to my son play guitar with the ocean waves and wind through the palm branches is my favorite way to relax this week.

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Jeffrey D. Allers @jeffreydallers.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Drinking my morning coffee on a rocking chair on the front porch with a view. Summer in the Blue Ridge Mountains is beautiful.

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25th Century Games @25thcentury.games · 02/07/2025

Excited to announce that Donut Shop was awarded a 2025 Recommended for Play by Mensa. Congratulations @jeffreydallers.bsky.social. Such a fun and clever tile game. To celebrate we have all 5 of our Mensa recognized games on sale in our web store: www.25thcenturygames.com/store?catego...

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Jeffrey D. Allers @jeffreydallers.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Airport reading: Play Anything: The Pleasures of Limits, the Uses of Boredom, and the Secret of Games by Ian Bogost.

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Jeffrey D. Allers @jeffreydallers.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

I tried face-painting today for the first time at our weeklong children's festival in an area of Germany with many immigrant and refugee families. I have done acrylic and water color before, but a moving child's face is a new challenge!

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Jeffrey D. Allers @jeffreydallers.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Several weeks ago at a gaming retreat, a friend and I watched a livestream of our sons doing their music recitals while playing 7 Wonders Architects (I had seen my son perform live already before I left for the retreat)

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Jeffrey D. Allers @jeffreydallers.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Finally got the unique 2-player card game, Tether, by Mark McGee, to the table. I really like the concept and the buildup, but the end was just drawing the right card. It was late at a weekend retreat, so I'd like to try it a few more times.

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Jeffrey D. Allers @jeffreydallers.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Can't Stop by Sid Sackson is a push-your-luck masterpiece. It's also fun to play with this vintage-looking mat and wooden pieces from an early Franjos publication.

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Jeffrey D. Allers @jeffreydallers.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Party Game evening with teenagers: Werewords by Ted Alspach, and Just One by Ludovic Roudy & Bruno Sautter.

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Jeffrey D. Allers @jeffreydallers.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

I found a beat-up copy of this game on eBay for cheap, and got it to the table. Caesar!: Sieze Rome in 20 Minutes! by Paolo Mori is an excellent 2-player game with simple rules but lots to think about!

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Jeffrey D. Allers @jeffreydallers.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Las Vegas by Rüdiger Dorn is still a favorite dice-rolling "party" game for larger groups.

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Jeffrey D. Allers @jeffreydallers.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

The Ukrainian kids enjoyed the cooperative game, Burg-Ritter by Christian Tiggemann, at the refugee home. I enjoyed playing it too!

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Jeffrey D. Allers @jeffreydallers.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

This day was the beginning of the best 25 years of my life so far...

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Jeffrey D. Allers @jeffreydallers.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

I had the chance to teach Pioneer Rails, a game I co-designed with the wonderful @matthewdunstan.bsky.social from @drandagames.bsky.social. Five of my friends had not played it yet (the 6th played the prototype once). I laminated the boards and the fine dry erase markers worked great!

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Jeffrey D. Allers @jeffreydallers.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Bunny Kingdom by Richard Garfield, or, as I like to call it, "Sequence on steriods." I will play it now and then, but I sold my copy, as it falls in that space of being too complicated for casual gamers and too random for gamers.

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Jeffrey D. Allers @jeffreydallers.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Baker's Dozen is a fun little game from Dr. Knizia that has some 6 Nimmt! vibes--especially with the standard rules. Playing with all cards dealt out, however, allows for more interesting strategic decisions. And it's fun to play with round cards--and donuts!

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Jeffrey D. Allers @jeffreydallers.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

I picked up this beautiful version of Royal Turf/Winner's Circle by Reiner Knizia from Essen last year, and it's been a hit with everyone who's played. I love how each horse moves differently for each die roll, but the players determine which die roll to use for which horse.

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Jeffrey D. Allers @jeffreydallers.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Congratulations on the nomination for Kinderspiel des Jahres, @fertessa.bsky.social ‬and @rf-seattle.bsky.social‬! I'm convinced that children's games are more challenging to design that a "heavy Euro."

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Jeffrey D. Allers @jeffreydallers.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Acquired Maharaja by the stellar Kramer & Kiesling many years ago. Finally got it to the table. Unfortunately, it fell short. I'm not a fan of programming games, and this one was much too chaotic for the game length. I'm surprised this got the deluxe KS treatment recently TBH.

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Jeffrey D. Allers @jeffreydallers.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Since Alex Randolph's Heisse Schlacht am kalten Buffet is a stacking game, and I have his Rüsselbande children's game with stacking pigs, I realized I could play the former with the latter's components (adding some DYI cards and 3 standard dice).

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Jeffrey D. Allers @jeffreydallers.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Trying a light two-player bluffing game about keeping a bubble in the air. Bubbly is designed by Swiss architect Tobia Botta.

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Jeffrey D. Allers @jeffreydallers.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

I've enjoyed playing DroPolter by friend Paul Schulz with a number of different groups. Original, beautiful, and challening! New interview with Paul on BGG: boardgamegeek.com/blog/1/blogp...

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