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Killing Me Softly - a look at player elimination (Topic Discussion) | Tabletop Games Blog The last time I played 1860: Railways on the Isle of Wight, I found myself in the lead from fairly early on. As the game progressed, that lead only kept growing. Each round, the gap widened until it w...

In this article, I want to talk about what I call "soft elimination".

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This is tonight! Come and here me witter on about how to contact folk like myself and get what you need to get word about your game out.

Freu' mich schon... 🙂👍

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I'm going to attend #UKGamesExpo again this year, from Thursday to Sunday, demoing for Asmodee on Friday and Saturday. Are you going to be there too? Shall we meet up? Do you want me to come by your stand on Sunday? Please DM me and we'll sort something out. 😃👍 #UKGE2026 @ukge.bsky.social

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You earned a #DadJokes for this. 🙂👍

March 2026 Welcome to the Indie Tabletop Newsletter, hear from independent tabletop games designers about their current and upcoming projects. Take a look at the games we've already self-published and our upcomi...

Check out this month's #IndieTabletopNewsletter with wonderful content from: @atikingames.bsky.social @jacksonpope.bsky.social @postcurious.bsky.social Red Cannon Games, @benny275.bsky.social @unfringedthings.bsky.social

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Big Wave (Saturday Review) | Tabletop Games Blog Surf was up. We had already checked out Mavericks, Praia do Norte and Mullaghmore Head. All that was left was to ride the big breakers at Pipeline. We couldn't wait to show off our best tricks and com...

It was time to swim out and get on the next Big Wave by Daniel Kenel from Little Dog Games with art by Justin Santora.
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Fair. Thank you for explaining your goal. That makes sense and your writing is certainly always interesting. 🙂👍

I learnt it from you Podcast Episode · But Why Vikings? · 6 March · 51m

The latest episode of But Why Vikings is out now! Hosts me and @ava.foxfort.net answer questions from @tabletopgamesblog.com on strategy guide use, the posting of stats from @tzartzam.bsky.social and a three parter on digital RPGs

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Going off topic here, but would you say you’re writing more of a treatise or analysis of a game, rather than a critical review in the traditional sense? 🤔

A lot of us drew the line 2 years ago, but it took AEG until now to take the next step and remove Dancey from the company. At the same time, I’m painfully aware that a lot of people in the hobby don’t know anything about what happened. Most board gamers don’t follow the news unfortunately. 😔

Game Designer Meetup with Iain McAllister: A Discussion on Board Game Media Interaction · Luma Congratulations, you've made a game! Now you need to get the word out. But how do you go about doing that? Iain McAllister, a tabletop games journalist and…

This is next week at @arworkshop.bsky.social in Edinburgh. I'll give you my perspective on how to contact media types like myself that I hope will help you get your game in front of the right people.

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Für mich ist es Druids of Edoras englische Regeln. Die sind einfach schlecht und unklar. Glücklicherweise sind die deutschen Regeln besser verständlich. 🙂👍

#boardgames #tabletopgames #boardgamepublishing #boardgamelocalization #rulebookdesign #gametranslation #localization #translationservices #localizationservices | Make My Game Travel What translating a large board game project taught me... Some translation projects are small. A handful of cards, a short rulebook, perhaps a reference sheet. Others are much larger. My biggest proj...

What translating a large board game project taught me...

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Absolutely. If I make a mistake in a review and someone points it out, I'll hold up my hands and correct it. That's the advantage of online reviews. They can be updated easily and quickly. It's not so easy in print, whether reviews or games. That's where you have to be a lot more careful. 🙂👍

I think a bad rulebook should be mentioned in the review. Contacting the publisher will make them aware and hopefully get clarification, and the response can also go in the review. However, a review is based on what's provided. If the rulebook is bad, then I'll say so in my review. 🙂👍

Keeping everything crossed... and I'll try and send people your way too. I should be demoing for Asmodee again, so I'll have a captive audience. 😃👍

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Definitely see you at UKGE. 🙂👍

Vibin’ Ah, solipsism. It’s always appreciated when a board game demonstrates that we exist in shocking isolation, our comprehension of the universe siloed from every other human being, loved ones an…

The Vibe is a party game about the strange way we interpret and categorize images. You know, like Dixit or Mysterium. Only this time, the images are public-domain paintings from centuries past. My review: spacebiff.com/2026/03/04/t...

Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag. 🥳👍

I have a regular indie RPG column in Tabletop Gaming Magazine in the UK. I am always on the lookout for games to include in the forthcoming part of that coliumn. Let me know about your projects coming out in April and beyond!

Yes, that's another option. Glad you got it fixed. 🙂👍

Fundraising for The Trussell Trust. Support UK Food Banks and WIN GAMES. March Raffle. Tickets £1. Main Prize: Looot (review copy) 1st Runner Up: Frank's Zoo (review copy) 2nd Runner Up: The Vibe (review copy)

The March prize competition in aid of Trussell, the UK food bank charity, is live. Tickets are £1, and the prizes are review copies of Looot, Frank's Zoo and The Vibe, all in good condition.

Please take part, if you can, and reshare this post. 😀👍

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Have you got the _spf.google.com entry in the SPF record? Can you share your SPF, DKIM and DMARC records maybe? 🤔

Thank you. That's bad then. I agree. 😔👍

Did they admit that they got the rule wrong? Or was it a badly translated rulebook that caused the confusion? I've seen it quite a few badly translated rulebooks, which required me to go back to the source text (German in my case) to get clarification. 🤔

If that doesn’t work, then you need Gmail to use DMARK, which I think requires you to switch to Google Workspace.

That seems to imply that Yahoo would accept your Gmail emails if it’s configured in SPF. So try adding Gmail to your SPF record. Something like this:

v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:amazonses.com ~all