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Sending lots of strength and positive energy. 💪🏻⭐️💫✨🌟

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Cardboard Edison @cardboardedison.com · 01/10/2026

How to make a pitch video for your board game: writing, recording, editing, and uploading

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Tabletop Games Blog - board game reviews and discussions @tabletopgamesblog.com · 01/10/2026

Hello and welcome to Stefan Ebner, who has become a Shining Light supporter of the blog. Yay! Thank you so much!! 🥳👍 If you want to support the blog too, you can find out more here: tabletopgamesblog.com/support/ (Photo by Ali Kokab on Unsplash) #supporters #SupportSmallCreators

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Spielworxx. Spiele. Iserlohner EC. Nachdenken. Füße hoch @ulible.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A new episode of the Spielworxx Bulletin: 5g4d.com/podcasts/the...

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Tim Clare @timclare.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If you'd like to listen to our boardgame agony aunt podcast, But Why Vikings?, all the episodes are up on Boardgamegeek - you can just click & listen. Also we are always in need of questions: dilemmas, questions about our game experiences, recommendation requests: boardgamegeek.com/boardgamepod...

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Peer Sylvester @peersylvester.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My designer diary of Upland&Prairie is online and if for nothing else, ppl should read it to learn how lineages of inspiration can flow. boardgamegeek.com/blog/1/blogp...

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From the King of Siam via Afghanistan to Sweden and back to Berlin: Upland & Prairie | BoardGameGeek Blog

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Tabletop Games Blog - board game reviews and discussions @tabletopgamesblog.com · 29/09/2026

So, from a player's perspective - who plays a game for the first time - your statement, if I understand you correctly, "there is no meaningful difference between having agency and being proficient at a game", is generally true. So you'll have to qualify your statement, if you ask me.

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Tabletop Games Blog - board game reviews and discussions @tabletopgamesblog.com · 29/09/2026

That's true. In general, the more you play a game, the more agency you discover and can take advantage of. In extreme cases, especially for more complex games, you feel like you have no agency the first time you play. Take chess as an example. An experienced player feels more agency than a beginner.

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Tabletop Games Blog - board game reviews and discussions @tabletopgamesblog.com · 29/09/2026

In this article, I look at how to decide which parts of reality to include in a game and which to leave out from the perspectives of five designers. Written: tabletopgamesblog.com/2026/09/29/r... Audio: open.spotify.com/episode/1Snt... (Photo by Birmingham Museums Trust on Unsplash)

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Tabletop Games Blog - board game reviews and discussions @tabletopgamesblog.com · 29/09/2026

...**think** they can control the dice. They "self-assess" to have agency. Yet, I think we probably all agree that, in actuality, they don't have any agency. The only agency they have in Yahtzee is whether they roll again and what to do with the results. 3/3

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Tabletop Games Blog - board game reviews and discussions @tabletopgamesblog.com · 29/09/2026

...capacity to exert power over it, then you have no agency. Like @peersylvester.bsky.social said, Bingo gives you no agency. Rolling a dice gives you no agency. With your definition, you'd say that people "self-assess" that they have agency. That's what we find when people play Yahtzee. They... 2/3

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Tabletop Games Blog - board game reviews and discussions @tabletopgamesblog.com · 29/09/2026

With those definitions, they're the same thing. I don't think "agency" is "self-assessed". In my view, "agency" is "the capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power", as per Merriam-Webster. It's the "capacity" that is often meant in board games. If a game doesn't give you the... 1/3

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Tabletop Games Blog - board game reviews and discussions @tabletopgamesblog.com · 29/09/2026

Depends on your definitions of "proficiency" and "agency", but generally speaking, I'd say, yes, there is a difference. 🙂👍

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Tabletop Games Blog - board game reviews and discussions @tabletopgamesblog.com · 28/09/2026

Congratulations on your 250th!! Keep them coming…!! 🥳👍

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Tabletop Games Blog - board game reviews and discussions @tabletopgamesblog.com · 28/09/2026

Got a couple of personal questions, if you’re happy to answer them: - What game do you own because of the memory attached to it rather than because you particularly enjoy playing it? - What’s the most memorable thing another player has ever done at your table?

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Tabletop Games Blog - board game reviews and discussions @tabletopgamesblog.com · 28/09/2026

Hard agree!! In fact, play the WHOLE album, which technically is two albums, Hounds of Love and The Ninth Wave, because it's amazing!! Probably @katebushmusic.bsky.social's best album. 😀👍

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Atikin Games @atikingames.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I've been making these adorable crocheted plushie button dice as Christmas tree decorations. I love them and want to make more but they do take ages to make so it's hard to know if anyone would want to pay £15.99 for an entirely handmade decoration?

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Tabletop Games Blog - board game reviews and discussions @tabletopgamesblog.com · 28/09/2026

Indeed. It might be worth sending everyone on a logic or rhetoric course. 😂👍

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Tabletop Games Blog - board game reviews and discussions @tabletopgamesblog.com · 28/09/2026

People don’t realize that an argument with a qualifying statement is actually stronger. “All people are emotional” is weaker than “Some people are emotional” for example. The more you qualify, the stronger you make your statement. 🙂👍

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Tabletop Games Blog - board game reviews and discussions @tabletopgamesblog.com · 28/09/2026

Well, the board game supply has continued. This time it's games I bought myself from the wonderful @envyborngames.bsky.social: Prowl, Space Potato and Dragon Roost - and a cute little dragon pin. Yay! 🥳👍 #boardgames

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Tabletop Games Blog - board game reviews and discussions @tabletopgamesblog.com · 27/09/2026

Nice. How was the last minute potato addition? 😉👍 Oh, and did you take any photos?

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Iain McAllister @giantbrain.co.uk · 26/09/2026

A new take on our format for 'But, Why Vikings?' as @ava.foxfort.net gets our first guest agony aunt on in @ecfriedman.com. A share and a rating on your podcast host of choice really helps us out! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...

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Tabletop Games Blog - board game reviews and discussions @tabletopgamesblog.com · 26/09/2026

Lass mich erst einmal probieren, bevor Du das sagst. 😉👍

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Tabletop Games Blog - board game reviews and discussions @tabletopgamesblog.com · 26/09/2026

Here is my review of Russian Railroads by Helmut Ohley and Leonhard "Lonny" Orgler from Hans im Glück with art by Martin Hoffmann and Claus Stephan. Read the full review here: tabletopgamesblog.com/2026/09/26/r... Listen to the audio version here: open.spotify.com/episode/1OYJ... #boardgames

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The rails started in Moscow, carrying workers and materials towards St Petersburg on one line and to Kiev on the other. A third railway was the most ambitious project, pushing across the vastness of S...

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Tabletop Games Blog - board game reviews and discussions @tabletopgamesblog.com · 26/09/2026

But will Osprey Games basically dissolve and empty their inventory and then only what’s left at retailers remains? Or will Osprey / Bloomsbury Publishing keep all the games until they’re all sold? I wish there was an announcement that explained all the details. 😕👍

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Tabletop Games Blog - board game reviews and discussions @tabletopgamesblog.com · 26/09/2026

Oh really. That’s so sad. Do you know who the game licences will go to? Back to the designers? 🤔

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Tabletop Games Blog - board game reviews and discussions @tabletopgamesblog.com · 26/09/2026

I hope they can find a good buyer. Their range of board games somehow always fit my tastes. It’d be a shame to lose that. 🤞🙁

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Iain McAllister @giantbrain.co.uk · 25/09/2026

@ava.foxfort.net presents a new episode of "But, Why Vikings?" with very special guest host @ecfriedman.com They discuss community building and using games in an educational environment. Please share! Dr. Emily Friedman - Teacher at Large share.google/nCgL8Nnt7vO2...

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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It's Friday! Which means it's time for everyone to once again scour the internet for board game news. No STOP I've already done it for you! The latest BoardGameWire newsletter is out now, packed with all the good stuff - and, as always, completely free: buttondown.com/boardgamewir...

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A man rest his elbow on a series of white shelves at the Pandasaurus booth at the Spiel Essen board game convention. Adverts for the board game The Wolves are visible in the background.

Head and upper body photo of a woman sat at a square black table. She is smiling, and has short light brown hair swept to one side, and wears black-rimmed rounded glasses. She wears a warm-looking cream-coloured cardigan buttoned up, and is holding several playing cards with black and white backs. More cards are on the table in front of her, as is the game box. Jennifer Graham-Macht, the new lead at Chip Theory Games imprint Neon Knight.

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Tabletop Games Blog - board game reviews and discussions @tabletopgamesblog.com · 25/09/2026

Well, well, well... after yesterday's review copy delivery, now I got a free copy of Wingspan Pocket by @elizhargrave.bsky.social from @stonemaiergames.com with art by the amazing Ana Maria Martinez Jaramillo and Natalia Rojas for review. Yay! 🥳👍 #boardgames

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Tabletop Games Blog - board game reviews and discussions @tabletopgamesblog.com · 24/09/2026

Thank you. I've got a heap of other games to review, so please be patient. 😊👍

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Tabletop Games Blog - board game reviews and discussions @tabletopgamesblog.com · 24/09/2026

The wonderful people at @rockmanorgames.bsky.social have sent me free review copies of StarDriven: Gateway and Seas of Havoc. Thank you! They look massive. I might have to play them solo first before trying them with a group. Let's see... 😀👍 #boardgames

the boxes of StarDriven: Gateway and Seas of Havoc

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Tabletop Games Blog - board game reviews and discussions @tabletopgamesblog.com · 22/09/2026

I was wondering if it's based on books. I'll have to get them. I loved S1, and S2 introduced an interesting way of opening up the story further. S3 just didn't need to go where it went. No need to resolve all the mystery. Let's explore what we have a bit more first. Not sure I want to watch S4. 😒

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Iain McAllister @giantbrain.co.uk · 21/09/2026

The latest episode of Cult of the Old is out now. @mattthr.bsky.social, @sanildefanso.bsky.social and I make as few fart jokes as possible as we discuss Bohnanza. open.spotify.com/episode/5DKs...

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Tabletop Games Blog - board game reviews and discussions @tabletopgamesblog.com · 22/09/2026

So... #Silo #S03... what the actual f**k? Why? What's the point? We really don't need to know. Am I right? Who's with me? 🫣

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Tabletop Games Blog - board game reviews and discussions @tabletopgamesblog.com · 22/09/2026

Yeah. I’d echo what others have said. Set collection is about collecting matching cards/tokens/tiles for scoring purposes. Tableau building is about improving the efficiency/strength of actions, even though sometimes they also improve your scoring ability. 🙂👍

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