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Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I can't imagine ever wanting to reconnect with that time of my life.

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Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Got it. Yeah, that makes sense.

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Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

In this framework, I've taken a game to be a conversation. between the players and the game's system is the grammar used in the conversation.

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Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Perhaps the "Slopiest" comment at a Park Slope stoop sale: "Can I Venmo you a dollar?"

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Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A formative part of my youth that I frequently revisit. If one takes it seriously, one misses the point. I hope you love it!

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Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This wouldn't be quite so egregious if bgg ratings didn't have an outsized influence in the market... Outsized insomuch as it's more than zero.

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Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Actively looking for a non-tech, non management job in NYC/remote after decades of tech work. Hit me up if you know someone hiring for excellent communication, broad operational awareness, and/or analytical problem solving. A dash of whimsy would also be welcome, but not expected.

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Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

That and the Gypsy Kings singing "I've Got No Strings" in Spanish.

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Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I love that cover! Had the VHS of Simply Mad About The Mouse as a kid. That song got played the most. I still say that The Cars Greatest Hits is one of the best road albums.

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Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I don't know a good friend that doesn't feel this way sometimes.

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Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Thanks for introducing me to this puzzle. Loving it! I did think that today's was a little weak with how they used 's'.

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Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

They're expecting lots of broken records.

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Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I have a storage location that will pay you to store one copy.

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Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

"A minute to learn...a lifetime to screw over your master."

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Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Surely that rulebook can't be too long. 😉

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Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I'm not sure that question would occur to anyone with the belief system that if it's expensive it must work.

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Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I imagine it will get better with time. Mine already is.

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Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

What's the name of your fictional band? (If you have a band, make up a new one.) Lead Singer and the Plural Nouns

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Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This 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"

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Dan Thurot @danthurot.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The 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.

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Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I'm sure the whimsy of a missed pun wouldn't even register with those cynical enough to produce this.

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Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Good luck to this year's designers!

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Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Great to see "Not a Pipe" still getting some plays!

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Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

There's also the question of whether you're specifically looking to use the standard domino shape or if that shape is flexible. If you use the domino shape pictured you could tesselate with "The Hat" aperiodic monotile (my personal design "white whale".

A tesselation of a aperiodic monotile with a domino pattern roughly sketched over it.

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Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I'm sure I'm making this more complicated than it needs to be as is my wont.

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Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

A rectolinear overlapping tesselation could prove interesting (if perhaps confusing). In this example you could go with either tiles broken up by shaded/unshaded with smaller dominoes bridging the red/yellow shapes or red/yellow tiles with larger dominoes bridging the shaded/unshaded shapes.

An overlapping tesselation of red and yellow 'x' shaped tiles.

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Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Do you have other design goals/constraints for the shape of the tesselation or possible length of domino run?

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Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Collapsible game table topper project complete!

Half of the collapsible game table topper on a folding table

The underside of half of the collapsible game table topper.

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Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Low cards can win you tricks but playing them early may leave you with a lower score. That might not matter much depending on the order of magnitude of that round's scoring. Frequently the number of tricks you take will matter less than what you take them with.

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Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Concisely, some of the digits of some of the cards you play from your hand become your round score reading left to right in the order you play them.

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Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

My 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. 🎲✂️

5 prototype cards for my wip Significant Digits splayed out on a paper cutter.

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Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

One cannot steal what is freely given. 😉

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Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Can you play this when you're on the move or do you have to be stationery?

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Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

That's quite a generalization, innit?

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Marceline is Racing Dinos @marcelineleiman.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I love fundamental design. This is an elegant explanation! youtu.be/GIgkG-ucEqY?...

youtu.be

Why Cards Remember (And Dice Forget)

YouTube video by sayonse

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Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Flagpole Sitta was so overplayed, but only because it's a really good song.

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Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Productivity is an awful measure without sufficient context. How about we measure correlative cognition levels, work product quality, general life satisfaction?

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Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

I don't think I've ever had a Diet Dr. Pepper, but regular was my family's beverage of choice when I was growing up. I haven't had one in 25 years since I gave up drinking caffeine. I do miss it. Have you ever had it hot?

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