Omg I have no patience for people who complain “too many cozy games.”

Come on. There are literally tens of thousands of aggressive competitive games, with thousands more coming every year - including this one.

More cozy games please.

More. More. More.

Friendly periodic reminder that the target audience for right wing rage-baiters is equally YOU.

Your engagement is their business model.

Block and cut off their oxygen.

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Proud to be nominated (alongside my codesigner Ken Gruhl) for family game designer of the year for Reterra!

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I won’t work with game designers who think UNO is an objectively bad game. We’re just not compatible.

I would however work with a designer who thinks Agricola is bad. I don’t agree, but have no interest in that space so it’s nbd

I've never identified as atheist, but rather post-religious.

God but without the textbook.

It's such a massive privilege to be able to make creative works for a living.

That said, get paid for your work.

Exploitation is privilege for the rich.

“If people are looking at their phones during your game it’s a problem”

Bullshit.

Reductive. Outdated. Myopic.

Just…bullshit

Game designers: “downtime” is not a cardinal sin. It’s a necessary part of a games rhythm, and intentional lulls (reduced intensity often feel satisfying.

Your game doesn’t have to be intense every second.

Doesnt that sounds exhausting?

“It’s a really simple game. Once you know the four pages of setup and the dozens of developer hacks for balance and edge cases, smooth sailing!”

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God it feels like new layoffs every week in our industry.

Solidarity to my creative friends who actually make the things we love.

This really sucks.

One fascinating part of my job is that I get to watch people struggle with rules for an entire game, needing constant reminders

And then later report later that it was totally easy and intuitive.

Time and time again.

My guess is that happens when it's asked of a public person who gets it hundreds of times (usually in bad faith), and they don't have the energy to engage purely on hope.

It sucks, because many people enjoy honest engagement.

But twitter is 99% bad faith. So it's armor.

Why I don’t engage with replies. It sucks because so much good interaction is lost in idiotic noise.

These folks DO THE WORK. Love them, and all they do for the community.

Please follow and support if you have the chance and the means.