Steven Tan (@[email protected])

Game evangelist/consumer/player. Photographer. Games all day every day. I do science to pay for my habit. 2200 character reviews on Instagram.

[Steven Tan (@[email protected]) @DiscordJack]

How we spend our time playing #PandemicLegacy:

20% setting up
35% debating strategy
5% executing it
40% arguing over what dumb ass name we're going to sharpie into whatever stupid new thing we found.

[Watch It Played @WatchItPlayed]

This is your updated PSA on David Leavitt, his latest nonsense, and how you can avoid falling for it. Yes, he recently made a bunch of reckless claims about me, but I'm fine. Perhaps we can help make sure others don't fall for it.

[matt bernstein @mattxiv]

conservatives in texas have created an alert system to warn people about upcoming drag shows. they want to “protect kids.” for no reason at all, here are 10 texas churches where pastors have been charged with child abuse this year

https://t.co/X0pmZbNZzv

[Brianna Wu @BriannaWu]

Can’t handle this much free speech.

Can’t criticize a billionaire. I can’t post Mastodon links. Can’t post information public info about FAA flights. Nothing happens when I report death threats and rape threats. And I’m assuming my account will get banned any second now.

[Steven Tan (@[email protected]) @DiscordJack]

@TheyGoneYet @MissTallulah2 @Stewart41535012 @nandoodles @Mike_Katz @TMobile No, there are very clear signs that it's a bot account if you pull your head out of your ass.

[Steven Tan (@[email protected]) @DiscordJack]

@IsaacOnEarth In JamSumo, you're trying to knock the other players' dice off the platform by flicking yours into theirs, but there's also a hole in the middle which is another valid place to knock someone out of the arena. Although, I guess in that way you are trying to get into the hole. Dang

[Steven Tan (@[email protected]) @DiscordJack]

@bengrue Wakka.

[Steven Tan (@[email protected]) @DiscordJack]

@E_Briannica @EricYurko The Pyramid Arcade Fire, Love Letters to Cleo, Kingdom Death: Cab For Cutie, The Alan Parsons Gaia Project

[Steven Tan (@[email protected]) @DiscordJack]

@E_Briannica @EricYurko Your Body is a Wonderland's War
@boardgamesjames

[Steven Tan (@[email protected]) @DiscordJack]

@GeekyGaymerGuy @alderac Just played this Friday. So far so good on the first story game! More goodness without adding too much just like Shy Pluto. One of my favorites of all time.

[Steven Tan (@[email protected]) @DiscordJack]

@OctavianX Hard same

[Steven Tan (@[email protected]) @DiscordJack]

I desperately need all scientific literature to have a bionic reading version — holy crap the difference in first-pass comprehension is staggering for me

[sydni | what in the ADHD? @WhatTheADHD]

A new type of typeface might be beneficial to neurodivergent readers! 🤯

It's called bionic reading — the first few letters are bolded, making it easier for readers to glide through text and stay focused.

(links in reply)

[Steven Tan (@[email protected]) @DiscordJack]

@E_Briannica @elizhargrave I say Dixit over Stella because it's more focused on expression even though I think Stella is a better game. Also Mr. Face from @oinkgms has a variant where players pull faces and take selfies to match a given expression or mood that seems perfect (that's 3-6p)

[Steven Tan (@[email protected]) @DiscordJack]

@E_Briannica @elizhargrave Cyrano is great but really hard to find. Most games that let you be expressive are high player count party games but the newest standalone Muse: Renaissance has rules for as low as 2p. Dixit (more than Dixit: Stella) is also a classic if 4+ players isn't a problem.

[Steven Tan (@[email protected]) @DiscordJack]

@DCrapuchettes @KSG_Magazine @NorthStarGames I don't love the font for either brand name option in isolation, but when paired with the logo it sings. I especially like the one on the right.

[Steven Tan (@[email protected]) @DiscordJack]

Welp, this was my morning. #boardgames

[Steven Tan (@[email protected]) @DiscordJack]

@AmyDesignsGames "Please, take a pop-tart. On the house."

(Or take a card from someone's hand, who can say?)

[Steven Tan (@[email protected]) @DiscordJack]

@_beek My only regret is knowing that if I had only backed a few seconds earlier, I'd be backer 69. 😞

[Steven Tan (@[email protected]) @DiscordJack]

@_beek Nice.

[Steven Tan (@[email protected]) @DiscordJack]

@witchesbrewing That song rips tho

[Steven Tan (@[email protected]) @DiscordJack]

@TabletopiaGames Thought it was going to be Dead Reckoning, but this is the player board I'm using for reference to finish painting the last of 4 figures from Sanctum.