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Richard Heppner 🤷🏼‍♂️ @rlheppner.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I’m not from New Jersey. But one parent is and I spent some formative years there. mydialect.us/quiz-standar...

Redder areas talk more like you; bluer areas least.
You talk most like someone from New Jersey - about 52% of your answers match a typical resident.
MYDIALECT - STANDARD
Least like you
Most like you
https://mydialect.us
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Cities most & least like you
Interpolated from the nearest survey responses.
MOST SIMILAR
1. New York, NY (50%)
2. Philadelphia, PA
(50%)
3. Boston, MA (50%)
LEAST SIMILAR
1. New Orleans, LA
(42%)
2. Omaha, NE (42%)
3. Kansas City, MO

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Richard Heppner 🤷🏼‍♂️ @rlheppner.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Is this just saying district courts can never enjoin the federal government?

The government has also established that it will likely suffer irreparable harm from the district court's injunction
and that the balance of the equities tips in its favor. Start with this. The district court likely exceeded its Ar- ticle III authority to enjoin the activities of a coordinate branch of government. Cf. Trump v. CASA, Inc., 606 U. S. 831, 859 (2025). And courts may not exceed the bounds of their lawful authority simply because they may think an- other branch has exceeded its own. See Lujan, 504 U.S.,
at 560 (Article IlI's standing requirements help define "those disputes which are appropriately resolved through the judicial process" rather than in the political arena (in- ternal quotation marks omitted)); Alliance, 602 U.S., at 379 (federal courts do not "operate as an open forum for cit- izens to press general complaints about the way in which government goes about its business" (internal quotation
marks omitted)).

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Richard Heppner 🤷🏼‍♂️ @rlheppner.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Thanks, everyone, for putting up with all the marketing. I will now return to my normal BlueSky snark-posting.

Another satisfied customer! (A little terrier, with TAG! The Jurisdiction Game.)

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Richard Heppner 🤷🏼‍♂️ @rlheppner.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

That is to say, the “high modernist” epithet is just a pseudo-intellectual version of Dril’s wise man.

The famous Dril tweet :

the wise man bowed his head solemnly and spoke: "theres actually zero difference between good & bad things. you imbecile. you fucking moron"

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Richard Heppner 🤷🏼‍♂️ @rlheppner.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Some stats about the Crowd Sale for TAG! The Jurisdiction Game: 5 days left! 75 copies ordered! 26% off! (increases to 29%—over $21—if we reach 80) Estimated ship date: December 11 There's still time to tell your favorite law librarian about it... www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/ta...

Sale Status
75 copies sold
$4046.25 raised during this crowd sale
The more people that purchase this game, the better the discount becomes for everyone.
We estimate this sale will ship on or around December 11, 2026.

Manage Purchase

Save $19.04 (26%) / Original Price: $72.99

If 5 more copies are purchased, then the discount will
increase to 29% for a price of $51.95.

05 Days, 02 Hours, 17 Minutes, 28 Seconds

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Richard Heppner 🤷🏼‍♂️ @rlheppner.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Nice! One more sale, and TAG! The Jurisdiction Game will be 26% off!

TAG! has sold 69 copies. At 70, the discount increases to 27%, for a total price of $53.95.

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Richard Heppner 🤷🏼‍♂️ @rlheppner.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I’m really killing it when it comes to making fun stuff for a vanishingly small audience.

Change my mind meme: There’s no big market for a jurisdiction board game.

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Richard Heppner 🤷🏼‍♂️ @rlheppner.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

An email I just got: A law library ordered 3 copies of TAG! The Jurisdiction Game. Talk to your librarians, lawprofs! The price goes back up after August. www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/ta...

Email from TheGameCrafter:

“Hooray! lawlibrary just bought into the Tag!
The Jurisdiction Game crowd sale:
3 of Tag! The Jurisdiction Game. Plus a few other odds and ends.
The Game Crafter
https://www.thegamecrafter.com/“

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Richard Heppner 🤷🏼‍♂️ @rlheppner.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Then, there are Action Cards. They let you do other things with the cases (file a motion to dismiss, undertake discovery, appeal, etc.) or with the game board (add contacts, move your pawn elsewhere, etc.) They’re all based on real Civ Pro concepts and cases.

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Richard Heppner 🤷🏼‍♂️ @rlheppner.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The cards have all the information you need to determine jurisdiction and venue (the parties’ citizenship, where the claims occurred, etc.). And you determine if the defendant has minimum contacts (for PJ) based on if they are at home or have contacts landed there. (explanation in alt text)

This is a valid federal law claim. Riley (a citizen of South Wyoming) is suing the Freedom & Equality Party (a citizen of lots of states). She is bringing a federal Employment Discrimination claim for $80,000. (Because it is a federal claim, it does not matter that she is not diverse from the defendant.)

(Of course, she'd would also have to sue in state (on the game board) where she can get personal jurisdiction over the defendant, based on where it is "at home" or has contacts.)

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Richard Heppner 🤷🏼‍♂️ @rlheppner.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

So, if you land in, say, Califoregon, you look at the cards in your hand and see if you can build a case against another player that can be brought in federal court in Califoregon. (That’s easier or harder, depending on which requirements you’re playing with.)

A closeup of the game board for TAG! The Jurisdiction Game.

you can see pawns that have landed in South Wyoming and Florissippi. You can also see home and contact tokens in various states.

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Richard Heppner 🤷🏼‍♂️ @rlheppner.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Each turn, you try to file a case wherever you land on the game board. The board is a map with made-up states and a 6x6 grid—you move to random new coordinates and try to make a case there. (You also establish a “contact” every time you land in a state.)

The game board for TAG! The Jurisdiction Game. It is a brightly colored map with made-up names for states that just happen to fit into a 6x6 grid.

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Richard Heppner 🤷🏼‍♂️ @rlheppner.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

How do you actually play TAG! The Jurisdiction Game? A Thread:

It's about the cones meme from Parks & Rec, but it says:

It's about the minimum contacts such that exerting personal jurisdiction will not offend traditional notions of fair play and substantial justice.

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Richard Heppner 🤷🏼‍♂️ @rlheppner.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Another satisfied customer! (A former student sent me this pic. If I know anything about the internet, a post with a cute pet should be more popular than all my other posts about TAG! combined.)

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Richard Heppner 🤷🏼‍♂️ @rlheppner.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Another Action Card from TAG! The Jurisdiction Game: Expert Witness This is a discovery card. You play them when there is already a filed case, and they make your side of the case stronger (i.e., you get more points at the end of the game).

Expert Witness

You strengthen your case by hiring an expert witness.

Stack this card under your Party Card in a filed case.

Discovery

4 points

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Richard Heppner 🤷🏼‍♂️ @rlheppner.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

WOOHOO! Thanks to an influx of law profs yesterday, TAG! The Jurisdiction Game is now over $13.00 off. Everyone who orders during the August Crowd Sale will get at least that discount. Maybe more! www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/ta...

The Discount table for TAG! The Jurisdiction Game's Crowd Sale. It show that 43 copies have been ordered, which makes for an 18% discount, or $13.02 off, for a total price of $59.97.

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Richard Heppner 🤷🏼‍♂️ @rlheppner.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

The core mechanic for TAG! The Jurisdiction Game is making claims with sets of cards. Here is an example: Orange, Inc. is suing The Beemsters for $200,000 for medical malpractice. (No, the claims don’t have to make sense… it’s civil pro.)

Orange, Inc. is suing The Beemsters for $200,000 for medical malpractice.

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Richard Heppner 🤷🏼‍♂️ @rlheppner.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Here's a fun Action Card from TAG! The Jurisdiction Game: Rule 12(b)(6) MOTION TO DISMISS – Failure to State a Claim Upon Which Relief Can Be Granted. It does what it says. www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/ta...

Rule 12(b)(6): MOTION TO DISMISS FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM UPON WHICH RELIEF CAN BE GRANTED

The factual allegations in the Complaint fail to nudge the plaintiff's claims across the line from conceivable to plausible.

When you are sued, the claim fails.

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Richard Heppner 🤷🏼‍♂️ @rlheppner.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

We've sold 30 copies of TAG! The Jurisdiction Game! That means the discount is now 15%! www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/ta...

The familiar discount table. TAG! Is now 15% (about $12) off the original price, for the rest of August.

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Richard Heppner 🤷🏼‍♂️ @rlheppner.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

This describes the evolution of my musical appreciation.

The Bell Curve Meme:

Sincerity in musical lyrics is everything. > Sincerity in musical lyrics is cringe. >Sincerity in musical lyrics is everything.

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Richard Heppner 🤷🏼‍♂️ @rlheppner.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

This is a Claim Card from Tag! The Jurisdiction Game. This one is a federal claim, for employment discrimination. (It can be brought against a corporation, an individual, or an unincorporated association.)

Federal Law EMPLOYMENT
DISCRIMINATION
I don't think you can say
that in the interview.
1:1 1:2 2:2 2:3
6

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Richard Heppner 🤷🏼‍♂️ @rlheppner.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

People who've played Tag! The Jurisdiction Game often say it's great and will make me a lot of money. I appreciate the praise, but I assure them the market for a jurisdiction board game isn't that large. But I'd love to be proven wrong! www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/ta...

The CHANGE MY MIND meme, with a guy at a table, with a sign that says "There's no big market for a jurisdiction board game. CHANGE MY MIND."

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Richard Heppner 🤷🏼‍♂️ @rlheppner.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

This is a Party Card from TAG! The Jurisdiction Game. Orange, Inc. is a corporation, a citizen of South Wyoming and Washindiana.

A Party Card from TAG! The Jurisdiction Game

Orange, Inc.
Corporation A corporation dedicated to
cutting-edge consumer tech.
points: 4

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Richard Heppner 🤷🏼‍♂️ @rlheppner.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Good news if you already bought a copy of TAG! The Jurisdiction Game, or if you’re thinking of buying one. The discount just got bigger. www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/ta...

The discount chart for TAG! The discount is now 12%

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Richard Heppner 🤷🏼‍♂️ @rlheppner.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

This is a Party Card. Kai is an individual, a citizen of Califoregon.

Kai, an individual, a citizen of Califoregon. He's kind of smug looking dude, with a K on his shirt.

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Richard Heppner 🤷🏼‍♂️ @rlheppner.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

This is another Action Card. Hire A Process Server allows you to move your pawn to an adjoining square on the game board. Because you can only sue in the jurisdiction where your pawn is located, this makes it easier to bring a case.

Hire A Process Server
You hire a process server to locate and serve the defendant.
[Move your Pawn one space in any direction.]

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Richard Heppner 🤷🏼‍♂️ @rlheppner.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

This is an Action Card. International Shoe Co. v. Washington (1945) is a card that affects personal jurisdiction..Playing it causes your opponent to establish greater contact with the state where you want to sue them)

International Shoe Co.
V.
Washington
(1945) Opposing Party has minimum contacts with the forum state such that asserting personal jurisdiction would not offend traditional notions of fair play
and substantial justice. Target party adds 2 Contact Tokens in the district and state of your
choice
PJ

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Richard Heppner 🤷🏼‍♂️ @rlheppner.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Tag! The Jurisdiction Game just reached a discount-benchmark! 10% off for everyone! www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/ta...

Discount table for Tag! The Jurisdiction Game Crowd Sale. Having sold 10+ copies, it is now discounted 10%! (At 20, it will go up to 12%.)

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Richard Heppner 🤷🏼‍♂️ @rlheppner.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

This is a Claim Card. Assault is a State Law claim. (This version can be brought only against an unincorporated association.)

A Claim Card from Tag! The Jurisdiction Game: Assault is a State Law claim: "I'm not touching you. I'm not touching you (yet)."

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Richard Heppner 🤷🏼‍♂️ @rlheppner.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

This is a Party Card. The Beemsters are an unincorporated association (a cheesemongers' union, of course!).

A Party Card from Tag! The Jurisdiction Game: The Beemsters "the international union of cheesemongers" (with citizenship in Delashire, East Virginia, Iota, South Wyoming, and Texabama).

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Richard Heppner 🤷🏼‍♂️ @rlheppner.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The Crowd Sale for ~Tag! The Jurisdiction Game~ starts this weekend: Sunday, August 2. The more people buy it, the cheaper it is for everyone! www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/ta...

Tag! The Jurisdiction Game
CROWD SALE
August 2–31, 2026

[a picture of the game board–map and some cards]

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Richard Heppner 🤷🏼‍♂️ @rlheppner.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.

A Tribe Called Quest “The Low End Theory”

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Richard Heppner 🤷🏼‍♂️ @rlheppner.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Yeah. 😢 It turns out manufacturing a custom board game is pricey. (I tried so many ways to cut costs.) And the economies of scale for such a niche game… aren’t great. When the Crowd Sale starts in August, I’m hoping that will make at least some bulk discount available.

Possible Discounts
The number of copies sold determines the depth of the discount. You'll always get the best discount achieved no matter when you purchase through-out the sale.
Tag! The Jurisdiction Game
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Richard Heppner 🤷🏼‍♂️ @rlheppner.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

What is a Crowd Sale? Glad (I’m pretending) you asked! It’s crowd-funding at Thegamecrafter.com. You sign up for whatever discount buying in bulk for one month gets you. The more people buy, the cheaper it is. Tag! starts at $5 off ($67.99) and goes down from there. Coming in August!

An overhead shot of an in-progress game of Tag! The Jurisdiction Game.

A close-up of the board of an in-progress game Tag! The Jurisdiction Game.

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Richard Heppner 🤷🏼‍♂️ @rlheppner.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

My favorite band is The National (because I’m a cliché). Anyway, every time they put out a new album, it sounds strange and bad to me… until it doesn’t.

This is what happens to us in music: First one has to learn to hear a figure and melody at all, to detect and distinguish it, to isolate it and delimit it as a separate life. Then it requires some exertion and goodwill to tolerate it in spite of its strangeness, to be patient with its appearance and expres-sion, and kindhearted about its oddity. Finally there comes a moment when we are used to it, when we wait for it, when we sense that we should miss it if it were missing; and now it continues to compel and enchant us relentlessly until we have become its humble and enraptured lovers who desire nothing better from the world than it and only it.
But that is what happens to us not only in music. That is how we have learned to love all things that we now love... Even those who love themselves will have learned it in this way; for there is no other way. Love, too, has to be learned.
—Friedrich Nietzsche, The Gay Science

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Richard Heppner 🤷🏼‍♂️ @rlheppner.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Coming Soon: the crowd sale for Tag! The Jurisdiction Game, the civil-procedure board game I made with my students! For more details and to sign up for updates: civprogame.my.canva.site

A close-up of the game board and pieces for Tag! The Jurisdiction Game.

A wider shot, showing players’s cards and the game board and pieces for Tag! The Jurisdiction Game.

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