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T. Caires @theonetar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Yo yo! I'm doing consulting work and one of my clients is looking for content creators and influencers to try out their RPG and that's not something I have a press list for, lol. Who should I email?

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T. Caires @theonetar.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Ahh, middle age, when saying "I need to pre-game" means taking ibuprofen before you do anything.

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T. Caires @theonetar.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I painted Steve's Battletech figures My Little Pony colors last year and promptly forgot. Came out of the office to see Rainbow Dash avenging the fallen Twilight Sparkle figure and I'm so happy

Photo of a rainbow dash colored battle tech mini on a box stalking another figure

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T. Caires @theonetar.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

We hosted Root Day today and our friends asked to play Nekojima

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T. Caires @theonetar.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Root Day, Root Day, Root Day!!

Photo of a Root game corner setup with Lizards

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T. Caires @theonetar.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Games I would still import a couple thousand of if I could: Stickers My team tried so hard to get this one but by the time we fought through the internal politics for 6 f***ing months, the company in France had dissolved 😭😭😭

Photo of a game box called Stickers with cute sticker art

Cards from the game feature cute creatures

A game with two players and their collections

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Jason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Think about Miss Piggy. She lost a best friend and now an ex-lover in matter of 24 hours.

Miss Piggy and Dolly Parton in fancy dresses posing together

photo of Tim Curry surrounded by muppets, smiling for a photo. A quote from curry is added “it didn’t go very well. It didn’t survive the shoot. She felt I wasn’t being faithful to her” it’s him discussing his ill fated affair with miss piggy

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T. Caires @theonetar.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

K , Project Good Apparel and the Evergreen Burrow are absolutely making my fit

Bathroom selfie with T wearing a DND themed button down and t-rex earings

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T. Caires @theonetar.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

The fuck my flight home from Gen Con was cancelled

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T. Caires @theonetar.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Dude I have to do laundry already it's so fing hot.

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T. Caires @theonetar.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

K so like, I did accidentally take the wrong bus this morning for a bit and then had to walk back a mile but luckily caught a hitch back to the terminal for most of it. But! I made it to Chicago!!

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T. Caires @theonetar.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Shout-out to Allentown International airport for selling every inch of space to local businesses.

A support column covered in ads for 69News that, I quote "do it all!"

Pet relief area sponsored by a local boarding and training company

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T. Caires @theonetar.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Update! I made it to Allentown PA airport and I'm in love. The prices are like.. reasonable? My flights on time? And I'm the only one at the bar. They also have a little free library!!!

Photo of me alone at a bar. The airport is empty around me.

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T. Caires @theonetar.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

K so I guess travel thread? Hi I'm T and I've traveled a lot, a lot of different ways, and I've had nearly every serious no-injuries related travel delay you can have. I'm currently stranded in Newark trying to get to Indy and the best United can do for me from here is a flight two days from now.

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T. Caires @theonetar.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Update: I'm busing to Allentown to get out of the storm and then supposedly flights are fine.

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T. Caires @theonetar.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Anyone else heading the Gen Con and trapped in Newark? Let's carpool and roadtrip.

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T. Caires @theonetar.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Forgot to check a section of the garden for a week and well guess I'm making golden pickles

Photo of a few baskets on a counter. One has pole beans, another edamame. One is overflowing with over ripe cucumbers.

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T. Caires @theonetar.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

And I'm happier and healthier than I've been in years 😊😊

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T. Caires @theonetar.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Oh yeah, I left Hachette back in April cause I didn't agree with their new direction. BUT the games coming out at Gen Con from them are still from my time there. The team and I particularly loved Omens.

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T. Caires @theonetar.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I'll be at Gen Con! I'm mostly there to assist two of my clients, but I do have a small bit of availability if anyone wants to talk shop. Steve has decided my company should be "Mary Poppins of Sales & Marketing" but I'm lacking flying umbrella skills 🤣 DM if you wanna see if I can help!

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T. Caires @theonetar.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Haha oops I fly Monday to Gen Con, not Tuesday. Sorry Steve and I's date night plans.

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T. Caires @theonetar.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

We've been playing games again. For fun. Shocker, I know This week it's been Jekyll & Hyde vs Scotland Yard, a co-op two player trick taker that makes me now want to murder Steve. (Yes I play Hyde, why do you ask?)

Photo of the cards from Jekyll and Hyde that are frankly, confusing for someone attracted to men-presenting because both Jekyll and Hyde are rawr

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T. Caires @theonetar.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I am so happy right now, y'all. I'm working for a few different publishers, helping them with their business goals without worrying about politics and drama and nothing but THEIR goals and it's so fucking great.

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Ami Baio ♥️ @pinktigergames.com · 02/06/2026

it feels so strange to have a new game arrive to port and not rush to write a kickstarter update 🫠 p.s. a very big big sweet thank you to everyone who has preordered melted!! pinktigergames.com/products/mel...

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Preorder – Melted: A Messy Ice Cream Card Game

Melted will ship in July 2026. Build a big, messy ice cream cone in Melted, a card game of light strategy and sweet sabotage! Match flavors on the ever-changing cone or freeze out your competition wit...

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T. Caires @theonetar.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

It is garden time! I'm already having to harvest and freeze celery and chard. Every meal has lettuce right now. Still working through last year's canned/frozen tomatoes. This year I'm going to get me a jar of beans from my garden!

Photo of a wicker basket with lots of greens and some purple lettuce in it, overflowing Also, T's stylish old Crocs and pajama pants in clearly high post-noon sunlight

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T. Caires @theonetar.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

I'll do more thorough posts later but tldr is I was drowning at HBG. So I cut the line and swam to shore. All my friends are on shore. I am immediately happier

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T. Caires @theonetar.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

What if I got to play games, guy? Like every 3 years I drown or burn out and just play through my backlog for a couple of weeks to recharge

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T. Caires @theonetar.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Btws I quit HBG USA 😘 Last day is Thursday.

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T. Caires @theonetar.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

I read 232 books in 2025. I tracked that instead of games because honestly, most all my plays were work related - for good or bad. I rated 45 of those books 5 stars. I read mostly fiction, but I like to do a few non-fiction books every month and I starred 6 of them 5 stars. Here's that list.

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T. Caires @theonetar.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

I think I've forgotten how to do social media.

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Tony Tran 🔜 Home @tonytran.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Oo I just had a fun idea! I'm going to post a picture of a flower around my house every day for the next 20 days until the campaign starts. Here's a picture of a beautiful Clematis the other day.

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T. Caires @theonetar.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

And that was a wrap! See ya next time loves 😘

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T. Caires @theonetar.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Thanks everyone that came to my Amazon talk! And for all the fantastic questions!!

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T. Caires @theonetar.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

K so I'd forgotten I hate making slide decks. If I just screenshot my Amazon Seller Central a bunch and slap them in a deck, will that work for my Monday presentation? Lol

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T. Caires @theonetar.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

In the two weeks from Feb 9th to Feb 23rd, Amazon "liquidated" 24 units of Sky Team. They gave us an average of $1.65 per unit, after charging us for the courtesy of disposing this product. This product that they had to liquidate because they damaged it 😮‍💨 On Monday at GAMA I'm going to dive deeper

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T. Caires @theonetar.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Ah! MONDAY IS MY TALK! Sorry!!

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T. Caires @theonetar.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

That's only for vendor central and no longer a thing with brand registrations - which can be a huge issue if you aren't maintaining your brand right! Someone can literally steal your brand! Publishers, seriously, come and take notes and I will save you days of struggles. Weeks. Months!

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T. Caires @theonetar.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Oh hey so Tuesday 10am March 3rd at GAMA I'm doing a seminar on how much money we made selling Sky Team on Amazon and I'm gonna go over tips and tricks and a bunch of stuff about selling (and buying) on Amazon. The TLDR is that Amazon sucks and Prime is a lie.

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Georgios @georgiosp.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

The more AI gets to dilute games' main appeal, the less viable it becomes as product. The worse they sell, the less they're put in front of people. Which eventually results in specialized games for a specialized market at boutique prices. Turning games into a cultural practice for the select few.

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T. Caires @theonetar.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

They're making me play Decrypto in French. This isn't going to go great, ya all.

Photo of giant Decrypto setup to play at a Randolph pub

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T. Caires @theonetar.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

I'm in Montreal this week for meetings and it always surprises me that the customs agents always know Randolph Game Pubs. They're a staple in Montreal culture and like no one in the US knows them.

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T. Caires @theonetar.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Sup. I gave up social media for a bit and TBH it was the best, but I definitely lost touch with friends. So now that convention season is rolling up, I'm on again for a bit. With NYTF done, my next show is GAMA Expo! The @hachettebgusa.bsky.social crew and I will be showing off our '26 releases.

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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 16/08/2025

Take it from the citizens of DC. This is all a distraction, and another power grab that threatens the health of our democracy. op: @washingtonpost.com

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