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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 07/02/2026

GM: Charisma check. Mamdani: [rolls natural 20] GM: that’s a d6 how did you Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊

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The Game Aisle @thegameaisle.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Important read — and I added my thoughts on implicit bias within the industry at the end.

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The Game Aisle @thegameaisle.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Who was at Gen Con? What was the best family friendly (8+ or 10+) game you saw? Sad folks who didn’t get to go really want to know.

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 17/06/2025

A Vernon Hills company challenged President Donald Trump’s tariffs in front of the Supreme Court on Tuesday in a long shot bid to press the justices to quickly decide whether they are legal.

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Vernon Hills toy company challenges Trump’s tariffs before Supreme Court

The company argues the president illegally imposed tariffs under an emergency powers law rather than getting approval from Congress.

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The Game Aisle @thegameaisle.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Nope. Not a « deal ». He’s walking back a self-inflicted mess for 90 days, which doesn’t help with uncertainty and future planning. This is hurting US businesses and consumers.

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The Game Aisle @thegameaisle.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Another reason @npr.org is so vital to our country —Educational episodes like this one from @planetmoney.bsky.social about country of origin. It is BONKERS and so interesting! 5⭐️ 10/10 worth a listen: What "Made in China" actually means one.npr.org/i/1249592921...

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🔊 Listen Now: What "Made in China" actually means

Planet Money on NPR One | 27:00

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The Game Aisle @thegameaisle.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

I love this article from my child’s issue of @theweekjuniorus.bsky.social senior citizen trading cards sounds so wholesome #tradingcards

Picture from The Week Junior
“Grandpa's on a trading card”
Some kids collect Pokémon cards or baseball cards, but in Kawara, Japan, children are obsessed with trading cards that depict senior citizens.
Created by a local official, the collection features 28 ojisan, or older men, from the town. Each man, including former fire chief Mr. Honda, age 74, and noodle master Mr. Takeshita, age 81, has special abilities in the game.
One fan favorite is Mr. Fuji, a 68-year-old community volunteer, who said,
"I never imagined 'd become a trading card, let alone have fans."

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The Game Aisle @thegameaisle.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

TAKE ACTION: Earth Day! 🌎 🌱☀️ The Trump administration is trying to alter the Endangered Species Act’s so the definition of “harm” to excludes habitat damage. Take two seconds to add your public comment! www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

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Rescinding the Definition of “Harm” Under the Endangered Species Act

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (collectively referred to as the Services or we) are proposing to rescind the regulatory definition of "harm" ...

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The Game Aisle @thegameaisle.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Welp… this downright sucks. This reference is to toy companies, but game companies are lumped in and the ones who aren’t are still in the same situation. It is dire. And we Americans are the ones who are going to suffer. Contact your representatives. #savechristmas #tariffs

Graphic from the Toy Association entitled “Christmas 2025 at Risk.” This graphic shows the impact of 145% tariffs currently levied on Chinese imports in the toy and game industry. In bar graphs it shows that 81% of small toy companies and 87% of midsize towing companies are delaying orders, 64% of small companies and 80% of midsize companies are canceling orders, and 46% of small companies and 45% of midsize toy companies think they may go out of business within weeks or months.

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The Game Aisle @thegameaisle.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Started doing the @nytimes.com flashback puzzle and oh my goodness my friend Leslie’s name is the second question!! How cool is that?? 🤩🤩🤩 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Flashback: Your Weekly History Quiz, April 12, 2025

Can you sort 8 historical events?

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The Game Aisle @thegameaisle.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

This is a welcome surprise. I really didn’t want to have to relive this via the trial.

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Semi Co-op @semicoop.com · 27/02/2025

Finally - now we don't have to lay awake at night anymore! 😉

A four-panel comic featuring Rachel and Heinze in bed at night. Two cats are also on the bed, and a red digital clock shows the time changing.

Panel 1: Rachel whispers, "Pssst. I can’t sleep." Heinze sleepily responds, "Hmm, why?" The clock reads 00:04.

Panel 2: Rachel, looking concerned, says, "My head is pondering the big questions." Heinze, still groggy, asks, "What? Like what’s the meaning of life?" The clock now reads 00:05.

Panel 3: Rachel, eyes wide, says, "No. At what point is a game called a card game and when does it switch to a board game?" Heinze is caught off guard and responds, "Oh, uhm…"

Panel 4: The clock now reads 02:57. Rachel is staring at the ceiling, still wide awake, while Heinze is sound asleep, snoring. One cat is curled up next to Rachel, while the other sleeps snoring in the middle of the bed.

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The Game Aisle @thegameaisle.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

This is your reminder to check in on one friend each day. Maybe today it’s the one who always seems fine but you haven’t heard from in a bit. Just text them hi and ask them how they’re doing.

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The Game Aisle @thegameaisle.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Serious question: when do we get the dumpster fire emoji? I feel like it’s long overdue at this point.

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The Game Aisle @thegameaisle.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Do you play connections and need some more #wordgames to distract from (waves arms wildly around in all directions)? I just found this one: playstacked.web.app

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Stacked | Daily Word Game

Play Stacked, the daily word game! Uncover hidden connections to reveal the 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5-word groups.

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The Game Aisle @thegameaisle.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Back when I did brainstorming professionally, we talked about how to get past obvious ideas. If 1 was no change and 10 was bonkers, crazy, drastic, not-rooted-in-reality-type change, we’d aim for generating ideas that were closer to 10 than 1 and then slowly reel them in.

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The Game Aisle @thegameaisle.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Pulled out this gem last night! Haven’t played in YEARS. The kiddo had a love/hate relationship with it — as one does with the puzzliness of NMBR9 #tabletopgames

NMBR9 box showing colorful grid-based shapes. Says “ take it to the next level” Z man games

Shows number shapes that are all based on a grid so they are different shapes and colors

Shows grid shaped number tiles piled on top of each other with cards showing these colorful number shapes on them

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The Game Aisle @thegameaisle.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Who remembers this game? I cannot even recall the last time I played but we played last night and there was a lot of yelling. 😆

Rulebook with the title “most wanted” and a game board showing two outlaws with most wanted written above them. Plus some playing cards showing three kings in different colors without suits. Plus a woman gunslinger mover on the board and small money bag tokens in the background.

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The Game Aisle @thegameaisle.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

It’s Friday and I’m so looking forward to the long weekend! What’s everyone playing?

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The Game Aisle @thegameaisle.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

11pm game: Can’t Stop which was won by the child who is up way past her bedtime and she CRUSHED us. I was yellow and I’ve never rolled so many 3 of a kinds in my life. 😆 Humbling LAST game of 2024! 🥳 #dicegames

Stop sign shaped Can’t Stop game board showing three different color movers on it going up from the bottom of the board to numbers at the top.

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The Game Aisle @thegameaisle.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

10pm game: Azul! And it was a really good game. One hour left!

Azul game box and board showing colorful square tiles and scoring track

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The Game Aisle @thegameaisle.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

9pm game: Karuba — or should I say “Speed Karuba” as our young number reader kept us moving ✨very✨ quickly 😆

Karuba board game showing the box and a player board with tiles with pathways that connect on them plus small temple and mover pieces and some diamonds and gold nuggets.

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The Game Aisle @thegameaisle.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

8pm game: Paku Paku which is a delightfully charming little speed rolling and stacking game from Ravensburger #tabletopgames

Paku Paku game with box, 5 dice, and a whole bunch of mini plates and bowls stacked up and scattered around the stack.

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The Game Aisle @thegameaisle.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

7pm game: Oh My Pigeons from @ravensburgerglobal complete with dice flicking mini pigeons. 😆 #last12games2024

Oh My Pigeons! Game box complete with mini pigeons on slightly curved cardboard benches, and in a flock in the middle along with some cards showing funny pigeon artwork.

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The Game Aisle @thegameaisle.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

6pm game: Quadropolis and I won BIG! Yay for shipyards 🚢💪 (also i forgot to snap a pic before we cleaned up) #boardgames

Picture of the front of the box of Quadropolis showing the rules and builders with buildings on the box

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The Game Aisle @thegameaisle.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

5pm Game: Cloud City from @blueorangegames Totally had forgotten how to play but I won! 😆

Box of Cloud City game with and showing 3
Different height building in different colors and walkways between them.

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The Game Aisle @thegameaisle.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

4pm game: Strike by @ravensburgerglobal which is one annoyingly fun dice game! #boardgames

Game strike showing box, plastic « arena » with dice inside.

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The Game Aisle @thegameaisle.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Also can I just show off the stuff I found in the clearance section Target that really fits our NYE last 12 games of 2024 event! We’ll be using the scorebook for years to come to document the games played, the winners, the ultimate winner, and any good memories from the night. ❤️

Napkins that say “Happy every hour” and a “score keeping game journal”

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The Game Aisle @thegameaisle.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

3pm: #rummikub from @goliathgamesus (which narrowly beat out Karuba in the head to head vote) and I won again! 💪 #last12games2024

Rummikub tile game showing the tiles laid out in groups of 3 or 4 matching numbers or runs within the same color.

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The Game Aisle @thegameaisle.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

2pm game: Power Hungry Pets from @gameofkittens and I WON! (It’s a reimagining of Love Letter)

game box for Power Hungry Pets showing a small deck of cards and chips.

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The Game Aisle @thegameaisle.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

1pm game: Kingdomino! Ugh… no points for second place. 😆

Picture of the tile game Kingdomino in play with the box behind it

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The Game Aisle @thegameaisle.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

We just finished our first game of the last 12 games of 2024. This is our second NYE doing this. We draw two game names out of the snowman at the start of every hour from noon until midnight (when we play our 1st game of 2025). Then group decides which of the two games we play.

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The Game Aisle @thegameaisle.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Halli Galli + Kazoos (and overserved adults) is ridiculously funny. Just sayin’

Halli Galli game with a box showing cards with fruit and a bell +3 colorful kazoos

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The Game Aisle @thegameaisle.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Happy Hanukkah to all my Jewish friends! 🕎

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The Game Aisle @thegameaisle.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Merry Christmas to those of you who celebrate! Hope it is game-filled and jolly! 🎄🎁

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The Game Aisle @thegameaisle.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Yesterday we started our holiday gaming. Kind of wish we had holiday Animal Upon Animal but my overstuffed game shelf is telling me otherwise. 😆

Animal upon animal, Not It Christmas, and Maze Racers games all stacked up.

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The Game Aisle @thegameaisle.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Does it make anyone else feel like they’re going to have a good week when they start off killing it in their regular morning game? Just me? Wordle 1,269 2/6 ⬛🟩⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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The Game Aisle @thegameaisle.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Anyone else doing an Exit advent calendar? This is our first time and it’s been good so far. Some easier than others (we started early for logistical reasons). Curious how similar they are from year to year.

Inside of Exit the Game advent calendar showing little boxes to open and a picture with tools in and the story book front of a roaring fire

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Benny Sperling - Roll and Write Revolution @benny275.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Oh my gosh! Thank you @thegameaisle.bsky.social for the super fun Hey Hey Relay! We laughed and laughed!

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The Game Aisle @thegameaisle.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

We are at the part of the night where we eat pie 🥧 and play cards 🃏. ❤️ Hope you and yours have a very Happy Thanksgiving. (And for those of you who are having a less than ideal holiday — tomorrow is only hours away and I hope it’s a much better day).

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The Game Aisle @thegameaisle.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I finally deleted my X account. (Yes.. I should have done it a long time ago.) I’ll be forever grateful for the board game community I found there, but the hate on that platform got to be too much. Please let me know who I should follow here!

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a close up of a sad cat with the words pleeeaasse written below it

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