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Been too busy to yell about this on here, but Sands of Crime is nearly at 3K raised and 75%! Please consider backing my silly dice game about desert gangs stealing loot 🌵🙏🌵

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Ben Bertoli 🫜 @radishgames.com · 29/09/2026

Taught the kids how to draw SpongeBob today (a very important math skill). This is my favorite one — WideBob.

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Ben Bertoli 🫜 @radishgames.com · 29/09/2026

About crashed my car because as I was driving home I witnessed the LARGEST and SPOOKIEST moon I’ve ever seen. It’s notoriously hard to snap a decent pic of the moon, but you gotta believe me.

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Ben Bertoli 🫜 @radishgames.com · 28/09/2026

The little review that pops up in the corner saying, “Pretty good spaghetti.” had me rolling lol

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Ben Bertoli 🫜 @radishgames.com · 27/09/2026

Last night we had the biggest turnout we’ve ever had! This afternoon we’re downtown at Good Games and… not a single person so far lol. Ain’t that just the way?

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Ben Bertoli 🫜 @radishgames.com · 26/09/2026

On our way to a demo event. If you’re in the Indy area, swing over to Valkyrie’s Vault and play Sands of Crime with us!

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Ben Bertoli 🫜 @radishgames.com · 26/09/2026

What’s the matter babe? You’ve hardly touched your Spooky Ranch…

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Ben Bertoli 🫜 @radishgames.com · 26/09/2026

Started watching Backrooms and it was just a black screen with lots of muttering and heavy breathing. After five minutes I was like, “Well, this is a choice.” After ten minutes I realized HBO Max had simply glitched lol

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Keenan Thompson's 'Wait Hmmm' Look

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Ben Bertoli 🫜 @radishgames.com · 25/09/2026

Gonna watch Backrooms or Toy Story 5 tonight. They’re just so similar, it’s hard to choose.

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Ben Bertoli 🫜 @radishgames.com · 25/09/2026

Reaaalllly dumb to omit all animated series when making this list.

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Ben Bertoli 🫜 @radishgames.com · 25/09/2026

Today is Septemberween, the holiday I invented where you take stock of your socks and appreciate Tom Hanks. For six years I’ve had students bring in socks to decorate the Septemberween tree. It is very dumb and the kids love it. High schoolers still ask me about it.

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Ben Bertoli 🫜 @radishgames.com · 25/09/2026

Maybe this year they’ll finally let me in… 🤞

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Ben Bertoli 🫜 @radishgames.com · 23/09/2026

So after rocketing to 50% yesterday, Sands of Crime hasn’t gotten a single backer today, which is… very strange for day two. Normally the momentum keeps rolling for at least the first week. Guess I just gotta keep grinding and setting up ads.

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Man's Hilarious Confused Look

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Ben Bertoli 🫜 @radishgames.com · 23/09/2026

Thanks for the kind words, scam email. We managed to pull in $1,000 in the first 9 hours of our campaign, which is pretty good! Thanks, everyone. I’m very tired, but I’ll be back to scream about my new game tomorrow.

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Haole Boy Games @haoleboygames.com · 22/09/2026

I am a Sneaky Scoundrel, for I just backed Sands of Crime on @kickstarter.com from @radishgames.com after hearing his interview on @themisplay.com. #boardgames

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Sands of Crime

A push-your-luck card game of dicey dealin' and loot stealin'.

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Teeg @teeketch.art · 22/09/2026

Go check out my bud Ben’s new game. It looks to be a load of fun with some super rad art!

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Ben Bertoli 🫜 @radishgames.com · 21/09/2026

Buncha kids linked arms around me and spun as they chanted “SACRIFICE!” at recess today. Like teachers don’t have it hard enough.

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Futurama Hermes Yells 'You Rotten Kids!'

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Ben Bertoli 🫜 @radishgames.com · 20/09/2026

Hey, if you live in the Indy area you should come play my new game with me! I will give you candy! 🌵

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Ben Bertoli 🫜 @radishgames.com · 20/09/2026

Every day we stray further from god’s light

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Ben Bertoli 🫜 @radishgames.com · 20/09/2026

Just put together a crib in our loft and realized, no matter how I angle it, I can’t fit it through the nursery door.

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Ben Bertoli 🫜 @radishgames.com · 18/09/2026

Had a reviewer break embargo, but… the comments are pretty great. Guess I’ll let them keep it up 😅. Sands of Crime is live on Tuesday!

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Ben Bertoli 🫜 @radishgames.com · 18/09/2026

For some reason, the car repair shop has my name down as Ben Berttolucci and I’m just gonna lean hard into the Italianness. “Hey, why’a you no fix’a my car?”

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Teresa Chávez: Angry Italian Hands

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Ben Bertoli 🫜 @radishgames.com · 18/09/2026

Aayyyyyy we hit 150 🎉 Five days until launch

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Ben Bertoli 🫜 @radishgames.com · 15/09/2026

Hey! I’m on the newest episode of The Misplay podcast! If you’ve ever wondered what goes into crowdfunding a board game (or want to hear about my newest game 👀) you should def def give it a listen.

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Ben Bertoli 🫜 @radishgames.com · 14/09/2026

My streaming algorithm after I watched Rugrats in Paris followed by Psycho.

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Ben Bertoli 🫜 @radishgames.com · 14/09/2026

Had to confiscate a phone from a student. Kids these days, I swear.

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Ben Bertoli 🫜 @radishgames.com · 13/09/2026

We are LESS THEN TEN DAYS from the launch of Sands of Crime on Kickstarter. If you’re into colorful, small box card games crafted by silly goblins, I hope you’ll give us a follow. Link in the following post 🌵

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Ben Bertoli 🫜 @radishgames.com · 14/09/2026

hey look at this big spider from my patio

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Ben Bertoli 🫜 @radishgames.com · 13/09/2026

That embarrassing thing I said in middle school haunting me as I try to sleep

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Ben Bertoli 🫜 @radishgames.com · 13/09/2026

Not usually one for energy drinks, but this is delightful.

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Ben Bertoli 🫜 @radishgames.com · 13/09/2026

Fastest pickup of my life 🍌

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Ben Bertoli 🫜 @radishgames.com · 13/09/2026

“So it’s agreed — we’ll all build our webs at the exact height of Ben’s mouth.” - The Council of Spiders

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Ben Bertoli 🫜 @radishgames.com · 12/09/2026

Getting really tired of people saying my iPhone Duo is just a phone tied to a 3DS 😤

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Ben Bertoli 🫜 @radishgames.com · 10/09/2026

Y’all don’t understand how long I’ve been pitching this.

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Ben Bertoli 🫜 @radishgames.com · 10/09/2026

Wait, they shadow dropped a remaster of Torneko‘s Mystery Dungeon???

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Ben Bertoli 🫜 @radishgames.com · 09/09/2026

Thrilled I’m part of @gameinformer.com history (even if it’s on a very small scale) 🥲

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Ben Bertoli 🫜 @radishgames.com · 09/09/2026

Ondeh Ondeh: Kaya's Tasty Tale has some big Tearaway vibes and I’m way into it.

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Ben Bertoli 🫜 @radishgames.com · 08/09/2026

That face when a no-fairy-having loser wanders into my humble shop

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Ben Bertoli 🫜 @radishgames.com · 08/09/2026

Let’s be honest, the biggest issue with the original Ocarina of Time is that players couldn’t make out Link’s individual eye brow hairs. Thrilled to see this has been fixed.

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Ben Bertoli 🫜 @radishgames.com · 08/09/2026

Ocarina of Time Remake better have Funky Mode 😤

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Ben Bertoli 🫜 @radishgames.com · 08/09/2026

I’ve gained a ton of new followers so I thought I’d do a little reintroduction. Hey, I’m Ben 👋 I’m a full time teacher who moonlights as a games journalist and board game designer. My wife and I run Radish Games here in Indy. Our new game is called Sands of Crime. I love Donkey Kong and hate AI.

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Amabel Holland @amabel.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

at long last, coming this november

The box cover for Dragon Pizza, designed by Amabel Holland & Mary Holland, with art by Wil Alambre & Donal Hegarty. The cover has a public domain dragon breathing fire upward, and reminds you this this game is both "DELICIOUS!" and "HOT!"

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