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Board game designer & designer of Apiary & Wyrmspan. General nerd. Partner of @hexstardragon.bsky.social. Panders to cats. She/Her. Avatar from: https://paavilaisentaide.carrd.co/

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Yeah. I'm definitely looking into other options. It was just NOT a great diversion for the afternoon!

10.03.2026 21:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As near as I can tell, this hell feature is an "accessibility" setting. Someone posted a solution to turn it off (buried deep in the accessibility menu), but adobe crashed each time I tried to change it

10.03.2026 17:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm seriously losing my mind here.

I mouse over anywhere in this document and it summarizes whatever the mouse is over. This is WILD. GenAI is OFF. I cannot find any other setting and now I have to bizarrely scroll while making sure my cursor never touches any part of the document

10.03.2026 16:57 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm about to flip the table. I'm reviewing a PDF of game graphics & am trying to add and review comments.

Every time I hover over one of my own goddam comments, Adobe *replaces it with an incorrect AI summary of the underlying graphic.*

Every AI setting I can find in Adobe is TURNED OFF. Jesus

10.03.2026 16:42 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

I suppose that's some vague comfort. I just...can't even fathom what kind of mindset you would have to have to choose that framing.

10.03.2026 16:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There is so much moral rot in mainstream media. I shouldn't still be surprised by it, and yet...

10.03.2026 15:58 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A sketch of a polite dragon

A sketch of a polite dragon

07.03.2026 20:17 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is so charming.

07.03.2026 20:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes! I'm excited to venture outside my native habitat

07.03.2026 01:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah. "Don't give a shit about others!"

05.03.2026 04:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I feel this; it's a constant struggle. One news clip completely obliterates my focus & has me questioning why I'm spending my time making games instead of doing....some unspecified thing that would help.

05.03.2026 04:44 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The success of Wyrmspan is absolutely incredible and humbling! I'm so grateful to Jamey, Elizabeth, and the whole Stonemaier team for the opportunity to be a part of it :-)

03.03.2026 16:00 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, that would have been nice. Pretty disgusted with the whole thing TBH. I know that hockey is largely maga, but hate being reminded of it

25.02.2026 02:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

More than I expected, honestly. At least only like 80% of them are trash

25.02.2026 00:02 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

As a fan of the sport, it's been so disheartening

24.02.2026 00:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Awesome! Really glad they fit the bill :-)

05.02.2026 19:48 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Colors/Sizes of Lihit Lab Pastello Twist Ring Notebook - B6 - Lined - Beige | JetPens Colors/Sizes of Lihit Lab Pastello Twist Ring Notebook - B6 - Lined - Beige

I really like these refillable notebooks. At this point I have one for every prototype. They come in some nice (smaller) sizes too so you can throw them in prototype boxes, and you can get lined or unlined refill pages: www.jetpens.com/Lihit-Lab-Pa...

05.02.2026 14:52 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Becoming a billionaire requires an extreme amount of selfishness and callousness. No surprise that once you're a billionaire, those traits remain.

04.02.2026 16:52 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life (in the style of System Of A Down) feat. @macglocky
Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life (in the style of System Of A Down) feat. @macglocky YouTube video by Anthony Vincent

Ok ngl, kind of obsessed with this.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpHi...

31.01.2026 04:46 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Yup! It's not an especially scientific term, but essentially every time I go in and change the components. At the beginning, I might change 80+% of the components. At the end, I might be just tweaking a few things here and there

29.01.2026 17:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Can't wait!

28.01.2026 20:38 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm finding Mamdani so inspiring. This PSA below is informative, upbeat, and clearly sets expectations. 10/10

25.01.2026 23:49 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Incredible, inspiring, and sobering.

22.01.2026 05:28 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is hilarious. Colorado is just on a whole different planet

20.01.2026 15:33 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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BGA Awards 2026 Vote for your favourite game adaptation on Board Game Arena from 2025!

Just saw that Apiary was nominated for a BGA award! Very cool! boardgamearena.com/awards

16.01.2026 16:03 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I had a lot of angst in leaving government. I WANTED to make a principled stand & go out in a blaze of glory. But there was never any stand to take - everything they did was malicious & haphazard illegality that changed every hour. There was never a plan to disrupt, & it was comply or be fired.

14.01.2026 01:48 πŸ‘ 53 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Apiary Board Game Review – Stonemaier Games - We're Not Wizards My scepticism with the Stonemaier range of games has always been the same old question, β€˜how much interactivity…

Absolutely lovely review of Apiary from @werenotwizards.com : www.werenotwizards.co.uk/apiary-board... so amazing to see the game still getting love 2 years later!

10.01.2026 17:53 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's tough - I feel both of these. I'm trying to absolutely get over the first one!

05.01.2026 13:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Love this!

05.01.2026 13:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That's a very cool anecdote about Cascadia! I like that framing too - you never know what will trigger something cool in the future :-)

05.01.2026 13:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0