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Palm Island is the Game of the Week! Develop tools, trade, and build buildings, all without putting down the deck of cards. It's fidgety, in that it's addictive to play around with! Extremely difficult to put down.

A collage of images of the game Palm Island, designed by Jon Mietling: a game in progress showing 2 cards with actions and costs on them, with some cards offset to the side showing wood and stone resources; a closeup of a volcano eruption on a card; the box for the game showing a chain of islands; an array of villagers that can be recruited during the game; a doodle on a sticky note of a palm tree, but instead of a normal trunk, the wood is a giant hand.

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Rob Cramer @robcramer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Hell yeah, these last four have been great, especially Decision to Leave. And Gremlins was WILD. That Santa story... #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday

The posters for the last four movies I watched and logged on Letterboxd:
The Lighthouse: 4 stars
Decision to Leave: 4 stars
Gremlins: 3.5 stars
A Simple Plan: 3.5 stars

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Rob Cramer @robcramer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I had a Dracula sighting recently too. Stay vigilant, people.

A brown cavapoo baring his teeth mid-sneeze

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Rob Cramer @robcramer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Catch the Moon is the Game of the Week! If there's one thing you want to be predictable in life, it's gotta be ladders. But these bad boys move in ways you'll never expect, making this dexterity game way wilder than initially presented.

A collage of images of the game Catch the Moon, designed by Fabien Riffaud and Juan Rodriguez: a wooden die showing a crescent moon and ladders on its faces. The die is surrounding by blue raindrop markers; the box showing a wild stack of ladders breaking through the clouds, stretching towards the moon; a purple sticky note doodle that mimics the box art, minus the ladders; a jumble of brown wooden ladders tangled above a white cloud platform.

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Rob Cramer @robcramer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Got this piece o' junk played, for reasons...

A game of The Grand Carnival on the table, showing a carnival with rides and attractions with barkers and guests wandering around dropping off tickets.

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Rob Cramer @robcramer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Still going strong on a movie a day while Tessa's gone. Office Space was a blind spot for me, All You Need Is Kill was pretty disappointing, and IIHLIKY was incredibly stressful. #LastFourWatched #letterboxdfriday

The posters for the last 4 movies I watched and logged on Letterboxd:
Operation Avalanche: 4 stars
Office Space: 3 stars
All You Need Is Kill: 2.5 stars
If I Had Legs, I'd Kick You: 2.5 stars

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Rob Cramer @robcramer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Back to back Lapp attack! That's Not A Hat is the Game of the Week! It's so incredibly simple, but the giggles cannot lie about how fun this game is.

A collage of images of the game That's Not A Hat, designed by Kasper Lapp and illustrated by Easy Draws It: an array of the simple black illustrations of everyday objects like a clock, headphones, a chicken leg, a sock, and a tub of popcorn; the bright pink box that shows a black and white traffic cone; a pink sticky note doodle showcasing many of the things in the game and arrows scattered throughout; the top card of the deck shows a record player and each player has a facedown card in front of them that shows an arrow that points left or right.

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Rob Cramer @robcramer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Tessa's out of town for weeks, so I'm watching a movie every day to stay sane. Or it's gonna drive me mad. #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday

The posters for the last 4 movies I watched and logged in Letterboxd:
The Island of Dr. Moreau: 3 stars
Love Lies Bleeding: 3.5 stars
The One I Love: 3.5 stars
Birdemic Shock And Terror: 0.5 stars

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Rob Cramer @robcramer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Magic Maze: Maximum Security is the Game (expansion) of the Week! Dodge sensors, guards, and a mustachioed Beholder to steal your weapons from the magical mall. I'm testing out a few different ways to play solo since the standard version... isn't great.

A collage of images of the game Magic Maze with the expansion Maximum Security, designed by Kasper Lapp and illustrated by Gyom: a purple pawn with an invisibility ring around it near a black guard pawn; a yellow pawn in a room that has a sweeping triangular sensor; a sticky note doodle of the Beholder, a giant ball with a big eye in the center and additional eye stalks branching off the body. The Beholder has a mustache and a hat; the rulebook showing an elf running down an escalator away from a dragon guard and Beholder; the Beholder mover looks at a wall that's been busted through.

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Rob Cramer @robcramer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#NowWatching Birdemic Shock and Terror My god...

A photo of Birdemic Shock and Terror playing on a TV. The main couple are staring at a mangle corpse of a golden eagle, which is terribly composited into the scene.

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Rob Cramer @robcramer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

ICYMI, Santorini is the Game of the Week! Pretty happy with my sticky note doodle.

A sticky note doodle of a blue-domed building of Santorini overlooking the sea under a pink sky.

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Rob Cramer @robcramer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Santorini (and its many expansions) is the Game of the Week! An elegant abstract game is not the immediate candidate I think of for expansions, but that didn't stop Santorini from getting absolutely flooded with them. It gets wild, but are they missing the forest for the trees?

A collage of images of Santorini, designed by Dr. Gordon Hamilton and illustrated by David Forest and Lina Cossette: a mid-game state with towers at different states of completion. A giant boulder is being menaced by a hydra head. Multiple builders scatter the board; an array of God cards with the hellhound Cerberus in the center; a sticky note doodle of a blue-domed building Santorini overlooking the sea; the Sisyphus and Hydra God cards showing their special powers; the box cover showing Poseidon and Aphrodite playing Santorini on a giant scale where the buildings are actually livable.

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Rob Cramer @robcramer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Not much I was super happy about. Relay really let me down at the end. The End of Oak Street was way more brutal than I was expecting. #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday

The movie posters for the last 4 movies I watched and logged on Letterboxd:
The Devil Wears Prada 2: 2.5 stars
Hokum: 2.5 stars
Relay: 2.5 stars
The End of Oak Street: 3 stars

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Rob Cramer @robcramer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Hot Lead is the Game of the Week! In college, I had a dream that I had a poster which said, "Polar bears are the police in 1984." My dream came true!

A collage of images of the game Hot Lead, designed by Reiner Knizia with character illustrations by Paul K. Halkyon: an array of anthropomorphic animals in various cop gear; the box which shows an elephant in a tiny hat and trenchcoat, holding a tiny gun; some crime cards like Grand Theft Auto and Cyber Hacking; a blue sticky note doodle with the title and various criminal filigree; the deck of crime cards with a yellow knife on the back.

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Rob Cramer @robcramer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

IOTA is the Game of the Week! It's so so tiny, but does it add up to more than the sum of its tiny tiny parts? I wanna find out!

A collage of images of the game IOTA, designed by Gene Mackles: a black sticky note with a green plus, red circle, yellow circle, and blue square; a game of IOTA in progress, with square cards lined up and branching off each other; the tiny tin box the game comes in; four cards featuring different colored shapes with numbers on them.

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Rob Cramer @robcramer.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I love finding games at thrift stores that I've never heard of. This game is gorgeous, and the storm that sweeps across the board and picks up magnetic boats as it passes over them is very spooky and fun. And look at that illustration on the insert! If it was complete, I would have taken it home.

The box cover for the Bermuda Triangle game, which has the tagline: Sinister Mystery Cloud Swallows Ships. It shows the cloud and the board game being played in the foreground.

Two plastic ships in the ocean with magnets embedded in them.

The mystery cloud piece, which is a giant plastic plate that hovers above the board, and spins and swirls throughout the game.

The cover illustration without the board that shows a ship sailing under a mysterious cloud

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Rob Cramer @robcramer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Network was wild, and End of Oak Street was way more intense than expected. Pretty good stretch of films! #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday

The posters for the last four movies I watched:
The End of Oak Street: 3 stars
A Star is Born: 3.5 stars
Network: 3.5 stars
Obsession: 3 stars

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Rob Cramer @robcramer.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Love Letter (2019) is the Game of the Week! There are so so so so so many versions of the smash hit that kicked off the micro game wave in the early 2010s, and this is another one! But I do enjoy the new cards and having more info in 2-player games is nice! Wild to see how it changes over the years.

A collage of images of the 2019 edition of Love Letter, designed by Seiji Kanai and illustrated by Andrew Bosley: a paper recreation of a red wax seal on an envelope; three faceup cards and one face down; the princess card surrounded by favor tokens which look like wax seals; a red velvet bag with a seal on it.

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Rob Cramer @robcramer.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Got two records today based on their covers alone. One cover is very cool. And the other is coolest ever.

A surreal record cover showing a guitar that morphs into a piano with pink and blue keys, standing in the sand on a beach with ruined statues in the background.

A record cover showing a piano and flute in bed, post coitus, and the flute is blowing smoke rings while smoking a cigarette.

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Rob Cramer @robcramer.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Filled up another corkboard and this might be my favorite one yet. I played around with collage and had a lot of fun with these.

A corkboard full of colorful sticky notes with doodles each featuring a different board game.

A closeup of one of the sticky notes about the game Cascadito: a green silhouette of a castle on a hill, backed by orange stripes and cream colored clouds. The title is in medieval brown type below.

A closeup of a blue sticky note doodle about the game boop.: a fat orange cat sits smiling inside a circle, backed by paw prints and fish skeletons.

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Rob Cramer @robcramer.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Jungo is the Game of the Week! Don't you dare rearrange your hand of cards! Only play cards that match AND are next to each other. Yes, it's like Scout. But it's new to me, so the cards aren't as sticky as my old Scout copy, so that's a plus!

A collage of images of Jungo, designed by Toshiki Arao and illustrated by Laura Michaud: 4 blue 8 cards showing a monkey grabbing a banana with their tail; the box for the game; the deck of cards; a hand of cards with numbers from 1 to 8; a sticky note doodle mimicking the box cover

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Rob Cramer @robcramer.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Just a few pictures from Tessa's 30 Rock birthday party yesterday. Piraguas, the Liz Lemon sandwich, trivia (sponsored by Wade Bogg's Carpet World), and more. So much fun.

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Rob Cramer @robcramer.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Wow, that was tough! I have a lot of gaps in my movie knowledge...

The Criterion Collection posters for The Manchurian Candidate, 12 Angry Men, Godzilla, and Fantastic Mr. Fox

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Rob Cramer @robcramer.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

One Night Ultimate Werewolf is the Game of the Week! I'm ready for a Werewolf Bar Mitzvah this week, where boys become men, and men become wolves. Spooky scary!

A collage of images of One Night Ultimate Werewolf, designed by Ted Alspach and Akihisa Okui, illustrated by Gus Batts: a sticky note doodle of a werewolf standing in front of a giant full moon; character tiles face down in a row; an array of character tiles face up, like the Robber, Seer, Troublemaker, and Doppelgänger; a group of Villager and Werewolf tiles; box for the game which features a werewolf standing in front of a giant full moon, on a cliff outcrop in the middle of a forest

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Rob Cramer @robcramer.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

After some pretty intense films (all really good!), I was ready for Spider-Man to stink (I'm a big hater of NWH). But that was pretty fun! I even got to tell the person next to me to put their phone away after they kept scrolling social media during the movie. #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday

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Rob Cramer @robcramer.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Small Islands is the Game of the Week! Each island has its own quirks, but you gotta spread out to make the most of them. Make many little islands, or crank one up shine above the others. It looks great, but I need to play it more to get a feel for what it offers.

A collage of images of the game Small Islands, designed by Alexis Allard and illustrated by Aurélie Guarino: a single red home on a peninsula; a purple home on an island; a sticky note doodle of the title "Small Islands" as little islands in the ocean, surrounded by other islands and a flying bird; the box of the game showing a bird flying over a bunch of islands; a single red home on a tiny island

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Rob Cramer @robcramer.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Ratzia is the Game of the Week! This cheese spends like money in the dank underground world of the Rat Mafia. Can you get what you need before the cops bust up the party?

A collage of images of the game Ratzia, designed by Reiner Knizia and illustrated by Sarah "Freedz" Conlon: a sticky note doodle of a wedge of cheese on a vaporwave background; a bid card and the "Cheese Gratest" marker, a golden box grater; some police cards featuring two policemice; a mouse getaway driver fleeing in a pink sports car with a bag of money flying out the side window; the scoreboard showing markers with different 80s icons (Polaroid camera, cassette, shutter shades); the box showing police busting up a mafia hideout

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Rob Cramer @robcramer.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Brown butter dark chocolate pecan cookies. They have a bunch of cinnamon in there too. Might be the prettiest cookies I've ever made!

A plate of dark brown cookies filled with pecans and dark chocolate

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Rob Cramer @robcramer.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Ended on two strong showings, The Invite and One Cut of the Dead. Now You Three Me is astoundingly bad. And Hoppers was...there. #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday

The last four movies I watched and logged in Letterboxd: One Cut of the Dead (Four stars), The Invite (4 stars), Hoppers (2.5 stars), Now You See Me, Now You Don't (1.5. stars)

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Rob Cramer @robcramer.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I want to do this with a gallon of Rocky Road.

A sequence of images of a brown cavapoo licking an empty container of sour cream, sticking his whole head inside, and wandering away with the container on his head

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Rob Cramer @robcramer.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Fliptown is the Game of the Week! To mark my finishing of Blood Meridian or the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy, I'm playing a game that has less blood, depravity, and piss & sulphur black powder. But it is as cute as a button, boy howdy!

A collage of images of the game Fliptown, designed by Steve Armani and illustrated by Naomi Ferrall: two playing cards lie above a player board; the Badlands area of the board with different robbery targets circled; a bot cowgirl and a player power card; a sticky note doodle showing a desert scattered with cards, desert plants, and animals; the western town with different buildings marked.

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Rob Cramer @robcramer.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Got some movie magic (Backrooms), bad movie magic (Now You See Me and Now Two See Me), and some perfect real magic (Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants). #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday

The posters for the last 4 movies I watched and the ratings I gave them:
Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants (4½ stars)
Now You See Me 2 (2 stars)
Now You See Me (2 stars)
Backrooms (4 stars)

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Rob Cramer @robcramer.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Oh yeah, great. That makes total sense, me. Thanks.

A game design note from a very sleepy me that reads "Each die can only be used for one thing. Strengrh or number of things fron a location like Las Vegas"

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Rob Cramer @robcramer.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Played Bean Trader (Bohnanza is a favorite of Tessa's). Doesn't unseat the original, but it was an interesting spatial twist!

Two wooden cart pawns in the medieval city of Lübeck, with blue beans ready to be purchased.

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Rob Cramer @robcramer.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Please...my son, he's very sick* *got poop on his butt and refuses to walk home

A little brown dog being held in my wife's arms like the little baby he is

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Rob Cramer @robcramer.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Ubungo is the Game of the Week! Race to solve your own polyomino puzzle! That's it! You aren't solving the same puzzle, so the race aspect is kinda weird. Not my favorite, but I liked making this week's sticky note!

A collage of images of the board game Ubungo, designed by Grzegorz Rejchtman: the box for the game showing many polyomino pieces floating into an arrangement in the center; a solved player puzzle made out of 4 different polyomino pieces; the die which is rolled to determine which puzzle players are solving; a different solved player board; a sticky note collage with wrinkled polyomino pieces glued onto it.

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Rob Cramer @robcramer.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Wild finds thrifting today. The Mage Wars box has so many expansions in there.

A few board game boxes spread out on a bed: Catch the Moon, Karuba, Sushi Go and Mage Wars. Oh, and my dog is asleep in the background.

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Rob Cramer @robcramer.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

When my wife and I go to the library just to pick up items on hold, I have to slip away without George noticing or else he's unconsolable. It's 30 seconds, bud!

A brown cavapoo on his back, sleeping with teeth showing.

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