Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 10/09/2026A modern protest folk song. youtube.com/shorts/kdvUJ...youtube.comData centersYouTube video by Elle Cordova 010
Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 08/09/2026www.maptap.gg September 8 96🔥 84😁 98🎯 97🔥 95🏅 Final score: 952maptap.gg🎯MapTap Daily Geography GamePlay MapTap - the daily geography game! Find 5 world locations on a 3D globe with historical stories. Free browser-based daily game for geography lovers. 000
Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 07/09/2026What's the name of your fictional band? (If you have a band, make up a new one.) Lead Singer and the Plural Nouns 130
Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 07/09/2026This Labor Day, I'll be continuing to work on my WIP based on the union protest song "Which Side Are You On?", written by Florence Patton Reece and entering the public domain in 2027. "And I'll stick with the union 'Til every battle's won" 050
Reposted by Mac McAnallyDan Thurot @danthurot.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The front page for a recent crowdfunding campaign contained obvious AI imagery. When a portion of the audience objected, the designer got defensive — not with his publisher, but with the audience. 5608
Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Kung Fu Kittens is a fun trick-taker by Moth Rodriguez and you should back it! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...backerkit.comKung Fu Kittens - an Elemental Trick-Taking GameA trick-taking game of cats who wield martial arts expertise and elemental power. Show off your style, and discover who is the strongest! 041
Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Collapsible game table topper project complete! 0100
Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 26/08/2026My new, compact little trick-taker with intentionally swingy scores, Significant Digits, now in playtesting mode. It hopefully satisfies my main design pillar for trick-takers of making players look at their hands in a new way. 🎲✂️ 1132
Reposted by Mac McAnallyMarceline Leiman is Racing Dinos @marcelineleiman.bsky.social · 20/07/2026I love fundamental design. This is an elegant explanation! youtu.be/GIgkG-ucEqY?...youtu.beWhy Cards Remember (And Dice Forget)YouTube video by sayonse 0133
Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 15/06/20266/15/2026 4 × 3 145 points • 0 mistakes 🟪🌟🟪 🟦🌟🟦 🟩🌟🟩 🟨🌟🟨 www.hankgreen.com/fourbythree/hankgreen.com4 × 3 000
Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Thanks @hankgreen.bsky.social for a fun puzzle building sandbox to play in. Here's my first. www.hankgreen.com/fourbythree/...hankgreen.com4 × 3 020
Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Doing some spring cleaning and ran across some decade-old, undocumented prototype components of mine. I barely remember that I created them. Trying to deduce what they were intended to do feels a bit like @amabel.bsky.social 's City of the Six Moons. They were created. By me. But still feel alien. 050
Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 03/05/2026A most human and inspired case for UBI. Please spread this widely. Also hopefully this will convince you to listen to and appreciate Angine de Poitrine. 160
Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Publicly posting my current WIP list to help keep me honest and focused. No telling what may come of them, but I'd like to work towards "finishing" more projects (whatever that means) rather than letting them fall by the wayside to be replaced by the new thing that pops into my head. 140
Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Does Ikea sell a container specifically designed to store all of your Allen wrenches? 120
Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 04/04/2026As I'm prototyping my latest WIP, "Throw Away, Do No Eat", I'd like to request the assistance of anyone who'd like to help me source one of the game's thematic components. If you're so inclined, you can start collecting any unused silica gel packets that may be slowly infesting your home. 460
Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Typically, my go-to modes for game design flow state music is either instrumental jazz or lo-fi beats. Angine de Poitrine has introduced a new dominant mode. What games will I make on this trip? 🎲✂️ youtu.be/Ggng4bexzuY?...youtu.beAngine de Poitrine - Vol.II (album intégral)YouTube video by Angine de Poitrine 020
Reposted by Mac McAnallyMarceline Leiman is Racing Dinos @marcelineleiman.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Replace writers with game designers 😄 1444
Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Moving day. The movers got here and were amazed at how everything was prepped. As usual, our intense feeling of being under prepared is everyone else's over prepared. 160
Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Packing to move house and ran across first proof-of-concept cards for "Not a Pipe" as a trick-taker. They had unreasonable to produce windows in the cards for the overlay effect. 1100
Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 12/02/2026I wish this delightful ditty to have more ears upon it. youtu.be/CsQtUSTSX40?...youtu.beSTOP USING GENERATIVE A.I (Original Song)YouTube video by Thomas Benjamin Wild Esq 053
Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Love the coverage! "On the edge of smug" might be my favorite commentary about "Not a Pipe". 2110
Reposted by Mac McAnallyGil Hova @gil.hova.net · 19/01/2026Love Doctorow's explanation of "reverse centaur" here, and why that idea is so dangerous. 141
Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Completed the campaign for Regicide Legacy! Wow! I cannot recommend this highly enough. Greatly expanding upon the elegant design of Regicide, Badger From Mars knocked this production out of the park. Incredibly tense moments, brutal defeats, and glorious victories! IMHO, best with two players. 070
Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 10/01/2026@jkpolk.bsky.social I'm assuming you're already aware of this. 120
Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 04/01/2026Adding to somewhere in the middle of my long "Silly games I want to see in the world" project list is a shedding game with silica packets as game components titled, "Throw Out, Do Not Eat". 050
Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 03/01/2026I'm in exploration mode! After decades in technology, I'm actively looking for a new, yet to be determined, role. Currently the only parameters I have are what I don't want: Non-tech Non-management Non-marketing Non-ai Know of something good for an ex-techie? Give me a buzz. 120
Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 02/01/2026For those following along, here's the bit from the ARS DMCA takedown notice sent to BGG that demonstrates one of the problems creating a weak public domain. ARS doesn't have to identify the expiration of the copyright. They can continue to claim it as long as it's impossible to prove otherwise. 3112
Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 01/01/2026Ok, fellow game designers! Here's your opportunity to run with a theme that inspires you and is outside the industry zeitgeist! Sadly, due to a need to focus on alternate employment, I won't have the time to participate in this year's jam, but I can't wait to see your new games using old themes! 040
Reposted by Mac McAnallyCardboard Edison @cardboardedison.com · 01/01/2026It’s time! SUBMISSIONS FOR THE 2026 CARDBOARD EDISON AWARD ARE OPEN! Board game designers, show us what you’ve been working on! Deadline is January 31: cardboardedison.com/award 13420
Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 01/01/2026Fiscal Deduction Game (10 to 20 players) Setup: All players secretly write down their total 2025 income tax on a piece of paper. A neutral party calculates the median of the group. 181
Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 01/01/2026Ok, who amongst my NYC friends are fellow massive Taskmaster fans? 150
Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 30/12/2025Well, it was a nice run. I got this geekmail last night. When I self-published This Is Not a Game About a Pipe, I thought, as many did, that The Treachery of Images was now in the public domain. 1/4 18182
Reposted by Mac McAnallyCardboard Edison @cardboardedison.com · 26/12/2025Hey board game designers! Just SIX DAYS left until submissions for next year's Cardboard Edison Award open! Get your pitches and prototypes ready! cardboardedison.com/award 02214
Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 25/12/2025Thanks, PFT, for the holiday laughs. Great way to start Christmas. youtu.be/wy5sMJniR3M?...youtu.beKrampus Live!YouTube video by Varietopia with Paul F. Tompkins 110
Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 23/12/2025@tricktaking.bsky.social agrees with a comment I've heard from other reviewers of "This Is Not a Game About a Pipe". It's a hard game to talk about. Being the contrary sort that I am, I actually really love that. youtu.be/pJby0ltmvbI?...youtu.beThis is Not a Game About a Pipe & Dealer's Tarot (Day 11 of Trickmas!) ~ Taylor's Trick-Taking TableYouTube video by Taylor's Trick-Taking Table 1100
Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 22/12/2025I know we have an incredibly fractured media landscape and the world is on fire, but how is this not the primary media story in the world right now. This is Sputnik. youtu.be/nVQo76iEoms?...youtu.beCRISPR Just Saved a Baby’s Life… Millions Could FollowYouTube video by SciShow 040
Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 21/12/2025@amalelmohtar.com in the wild. Stack of books at a family vacation rental house. 140
Reposted by Mac McAnallyCardboard Edison @cardboardedison.com · 18/12/2025Board game designers: In just two weeks we open submissions for the 2026 Cardboard Edison Award! cardboardedison.com/award 0147
Reposted by Mac McAnallyRandy Lubin @randylubin.com · 18/12/2025Just two weeks until the start of our public domain jam "Gaming Like It's 1930" – hope to see you there! itch.io/jam/gaming-l...itch.ioGaming Like It's 1930A game jam from 2026-01-01 to 2026-02-01 hosted by Randy Lubin & Copia Gaming. A new year means new material entering the public domain! Starting January 1st 2026, works from 1930 are free to use and ... 033
Reposted by Mac McAnallyDan Thurot @danthurot.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Night Soil is about more than moving and disposing of poop. It's also about unseen labor, contract work, and why indoor plumbing is amazing. Mostly, though, it's about the poop. My review: spacebiff.com/2025/12/17/n...spacebiff.comI Don’t Wanna Do Your Dirty WorkWhenever someone gets rosy-eyed about “the good old days,” it’s a surefire sign they’ve never cracked a history book. Ahh, the good old days, back when men were men, their e… 1392
Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Q for fellow game designers. Context: You work for an organization whose product is not games and in a role that is not game design and are asked to create a game-like activity for an internal event. How do you feel about setting the boundary that game design is not a skill they're paying you for? 871
Reposted by Mac McAnallyGoing Analog @goinganalogshow.bsky.social · 10/12/2025We got to play This is Not a Game About a Pipe at BGG.CON thanks to @wericmartin.bsky.social. Fell in love right away so we frantically texted friends who’d be at PAXU, where it was being sold. Thanks to @panda8ngel.bsky.social and Jon H for nabbing four copies for us!@macaroobanzai.bsky.social 1113
Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 08/12/2025Taskmaster US tour tickets acquired! So excited! h/t @valjean615.bsky.social 030
Reposted by Mac McAnallyCardboard Edison @cardboardedison.com · 08/12/2025We just sent an announcement to our newsletter subscribers: The remaining 20 copies of Houdini's Last Act are now available on our website! cardboardedison.com/houdini 062
