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Practical Tim @practicalpeng.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Stop, Steam Sale, do not tempt me with your half-price Civ 7! I will stay strong and wait for a full expansion to be released, and then for THAT to be on sale! Away with ye! I have no reason to trust this or any Civ game to be fully enjoyable without an expansion!

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Practical Tim @practicalpeng.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Browns, now 3-1 somehow, face the Jets next week. In ‘23 Flacco capped off a 4 game win streak with a win over the Jets - let’s see history repeat itself! (And if it repeats itself with a 4th string QB starting, all the better! It’s Taylen Green szn)

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Practical Tim @practicalpeng.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Of the 25 worst-ranked games on BGG released in the last 25 years, they fit into one of these buckets: Random/silly party games Bad trivia games Bad versions of mass market classics Bad licensed games Scams Disappointments from well-known designers Which bucket interests you most to learn about?

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Practical Tim @practicalpeng.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Everything Kevin Stefanski touches turns to Browns

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Practical Tim @practicalpeng.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Looking for video game advice! A neighbor is selling hundreds of Switch games but I don't know much about them. Can anyone look at this list and tell me any quality platformers, puzzle games, or interesting JRPGS that aren't super pricy? docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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Practical Tim @practicalpeng.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My kid was rightfully proud of the clues “A2E” for Rat and “Nobody” for Cyclops.

A piece of paper on a table, with various words written it, in front of a white cardboard stance holding four cards with a single word each on them

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Practical Tim @practicalpeng.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I'm excited to make the 2026 version of this speed review video, even if it was one of my worst performers, it was fun to put together! youtu.be/dSb83rsH-lI?...

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Year in Review 2025 | Tim's Game Den

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Practical Tim @practicalpeng.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Top played games so far in 2026 (all in-person): 1. LotR Trick-Taking (Fellowship + Two Towers), 30 plays 2. Compile, 20 plays 3a. So Clover, 11 plays 3b. Hitster, 11 plays 5a. Rosetta, 9 plays 5b. Jibber Jabble, 9 plays I've got 27 titles I've played at least 5 times; I had 29 through all of 2025.

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LearnedLeague @learnedleague.com · 18/09/2026

10. What word for the violent fragmentation of a larger region into smaller, mutually hostile states, which entered wide use in the aftermath of WWI, is drawn from the name of a peninsula whose own wars, fought in 1912-13, gave the term its original meaning? BAJA BLAST #LL110 #bestwronganswers

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Practical Tim @practicalpeng.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Evening plans: - Make Prue Leith's bobotie for the family - Play some Chants of Sennaar with the kids - Watch some Witch Hat Atelier for the kids (my eldest has a huge crush on Qifrey) - My wife and I pretend it's cold enough to drink some tea while watching the NFL season kickoff!

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Practical Tim @practicalpeng.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The color claiming IS a really cool aspect of it. Allows for some fun psychological warfare and clever plays. I should give LYNGK some more plays!

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Practical Tim @practicalpeng.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

That's Wizard is a wizard duel that's right up my alley: psychological gameplay, big moments, and satisfying sneakiness. Check out my new Hidden Gems review! www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOe-...

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Hidden Gems #5 | That's Wizard! | Tim's Game Den

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Practical Tim @practicalpeng.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

YINSH is my favorite of the GIPF games, but LYNGK to me is just okay. What about it puts it in your top 10?

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Practical Tim @practicalpeng.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

TIL that The Ketchup Song's single cover looks like... this

A green square with clashing red text KETCHUP in Helvetica on top, with an overlapping smaller blue LAS, three different colored tomatoes with legs awkwardly extending from them in the middle, and the white Helvetica text ASEREJE small on the bottom

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Practical Tim @practicalpeng.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Is there a game like this? One person writes a word/sentence on a strip of paper. Another person tears it in two. The writer chooses either torn section to hand to a guesser/team, who tries to identify the original text.

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Practical Tim @practicalpeng.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I'm a big Innovation fan, I'd gladly lose to you any time

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Practical Tim @practicalpeng.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

4 Terraforming Marses, wow! And I don't know how we haven't played Innovation together yet.

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Practical Tim @practicalpeng.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

What I played in August! Tons of new-to-me thanks to GenCon. The highlights of the new stuff were Rosetta, Orapa Mine, Jibber Jabble, Wee Folk, and Spell, as someone who likes language, deduction, party games, slightly antagonistic pattern creation, and heavily antagonistic pattern creation.

A grid of board game boxes and titles showing what I've played the most. The top row includes SPELL (8), Jibber Jabble (7), Orapa Mine (7), Rosetta: The Lost Language (6), Stereo Mind (6), and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Trick Taking Game (3).

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Practical Tim @practicalpeng.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

My wife and I quite enjoyed My City & My Island, and Clank Legacy was a family-wide hit. Haven't delved deeply into any others.

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Practical Tim @practicalpeng.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

He told me that when deciding things like bonuses/raises and putting people on the track toward PIP/losing jobs, upper mgmt has decided it's "50% what you do and 50% how you do it." I can't imagine what AI psychosis has made them decide that a good performer not using that tool is not worth keeping.

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Practical Tim @practicalpeng.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Just had yet another conversation with my boss about how I'm not using AI enough in my job. He told me that everything else about my performance is great, but if I don't use it more, I will suffer financial consequences, up to including losing my job down the line.

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Practical Tim @practicalpeng.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Taylen Green is fun to watch at least! Can’t wait to see the Browns toss him into Week 15 out of desperation.

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Practical Tim @practicalpeng.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I've been wondering why Pocket Paragons/Massive-Verse hasn't made as big a splash as I feel it deserves. I hope this distribution deal helps get the word out!

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Practical Tim @practicalpeng.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I'm sure I'm not the only person to name a worm Wrigley but I'll still be proud of it

A rulebook snippet with a cute cartoon bookworm named Wrigley

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Practical Tim @practicalpeng.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Love the art/visual design on that! A nice fit for Senet :)

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Practical Tim @practicalpeng.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The play sometimes feels arbitrary, impossible to know a good play. It also has possibly too many card plays per round, overstaying its welcome slightly. I have more thoughts here: youtu.be/iuospbVBomc?...

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First Thoughts: GenCon 2026 | Tim's Game Den

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Practical Tim @practicalpeng.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Bubble & Shadow is one that's gotten zero buzz, but I've enjoyed my couple plays of it. Curious to hear others' thoughts on it, since it's pretty neat but feels like there's room for improvement.

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Practical Tim @practicalpeng.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Well, it ended with one of the kids' characters wisely running away, and the other two staying to fight their way out, getting pummeled, and one character dragging their unconscious friend out of a cauldron (where they took "11 soup damage") and running out the door. NO REGRETS

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Practical Tim @practicalpeng.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

My wife led a D&D session for the kids and their friend yesterday. I was around doing other stuff but she asked me to play the role of a hag near the end, I said sure. I was to scare them away, I was obviously too strong for them, but they can grab some items from her house and run away.

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Practical Tim @practicalpeng.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Maybe the Browns fans can just throw glass bottles at Watson until he can't play anymore

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Practical Tim @practicalpeng.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Got my SuperiorPOD order in for the proof copy of Worms Upon A Time. Hoping that I got my file formats etc right, because the process is quite different to TGC! But if all goes well I’ll have this in my hands before the end of September and can get the big order done to get here by end of October!

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Practical Tim @practicalpeng.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

The upside of using a fantasy drafting platform that looks like it hasn't been updated in 20 years: it probably doesn't include any AI pushes!

The interface of MyFootballLeague, which is filled with tables and grids and just generally looks like your favorite site from 2006

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Phase Shift Games @phaseshiftgames.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Great new how-to-play, playthrough, and review of #Aetherspire. "I had so much fun playing this! If you love the puzzle co-ops or puzzle solo games, highly, highly recommend this." Available now at Allplay.com or Amazon! www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fKi... #boardgames #tabletopgames #gamenight

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Aetherspire | Playthrough

@PurpleMoosePlays https://youtu.be/O3_iCCnkRVs?si=1k_Iw5i9gNQ7Nvo3 This is such a fun unique game! Anyone else playing this one? ------------------------ Join my Patreon and help decide what and…

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Practical Tim @practicalpeng.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Love the 3D look of that game! Unique!

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Practical Tim @practicalpeng.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

And more than half of LLamas knew that the seas connected by the Skagerrak and Kattegat were the North Sea and Baltic Sea. More than half! And nearly that many could name Benazir Bhutto when asked for Pakistan's first female prime minister! Maybe I'm just uniquely out of step here.

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Practical Tim @practicalpeng.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I'm often shocked by how many people answer LearnedLeague questions correctly. Yesterday, 22% of people answered NIBELUNGEN when asked about Germanic dwarflike beings referenced in a Wagner work. That seems absurdly high!

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Practical Tim @practicalpeng.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I always love the game design nights at @backagaincafe.bsky.social ! Last night I got great feedback on molding my card-crafting bot-battler to a better state, and I tried a new variant rule for Worms Upon a Time to give a few consolation points for finding a near-matching word. Happy times. :)

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Practical Tim @practicalpeng.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

In case anyone else was as slow as I was to learn about this shockingly horrendous performance of Come On Eileen, it's my treat to you. www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3rg...

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Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen (Live)

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Practical Tim @practicalpeng.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I've named my team Brock Purdy's Block Party and used this as my team icon. Waiting for my leaguemates to ask why I didn't use AI to make some gross icon like they did.

The official team portrait of Brock Purdy with a clumsily pasted on party hat

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Practical Tim @practicalpeng.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I've seen Sea Salt & Paper use this - are you aware of any others? Curious to see how much it's spread.

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Practical Tim @practicalpeng.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

My weird work league is drafting in a couple days. It’s weird because it only lasts 9 weeks. Winner gets a free PTO day so I’m drafting exclusively players with a bye week of 10 or later.

A draft screenshot showing players such as Lamar Jackson (bye 13), CeeDee Lamb (bye 14) and Harold Fannin (bye 11)

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Practical Tim @practicalpeng.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

ICYMI - I reviewed DVC's Rosetta, Nuts' Spell, Broadway Toys' Bubble & Shadow, three Allplay titles, and three Playte titles, all new from GenCon 2026! Excuse the bizarrely low video quality in the first and last few seconds. youtu.be/iuospbVBomc?...

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First Thoughts: GenCon 2026 | Tim's Game Den

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BoardGame Animal 🐕 @boardgameanimal.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

A long time coming, reshoots, & many other challenges later…it’s here! Revisiting the 2025 IGNM games… Here’s to 2026 🍻 youtu.be/9D2_2vfzN2w?... Ft games from @nickferris.bsky.social @fanfactories.bsky.social @cardboardedison.com @drawnonward.bsky.social & more~

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