by Ryan | May 24, 2025 | Blog
TL;DR: Publishers buy into the myth that one instructional video for their board game is enough. The truth is that YouTube audiences are much more siloed than you think, and i have the receipts to prove it. More Than a Handful (of videos) is a Waste i recently emailed...
by Ryan | Mar 26, 2025 | Backer Poems, Blog
DID U TOTALLY KNOW: If your workplace has a policy prohibiting your real name from appearing in borderline insulting poems that some moron writes for you on the internet, you can send that moron a note and go by your internet handle instead. That’s what our...
by Ryan | Mar 25, 2025 | Backer Poems, Blog
DID U TOTALLY KNOW: If your workplace has a policy prohibiting your real name from appearing in borderline insulting poems that some moron writes for you on the internet, you can send that moron a note and go by your internet handle instead. That’s what our...
by Ryan | Jan 20, 2024 | Blog, How to Play
When it comes to giving me board games, Santa’s no slouch. He just seems more optimistic than i am about how much time i have to sit down and enjoy myself. My copy of On Mars: Alien Invasion that i received two Christmases ago is still in shrink, and the...
by Ryan | Jan 4, 2023 | Blog
AFFILIATE LINKS AHOY! What follows is an accounting of the gear, costumes, craft supplies, board games, and snacks that i purchased for the channel this past year. If you’d like to buy anything from this list, click any of the images to shop at Amazon. If you...
by Ryan | Oct 1, 2022 | Blog
Great Western Trail has a pacing problem. The board game developed by Austrian designer Alexander Pfister found an audience, some of whom claim it’s his best work, despite its objectively terrible cover. It came under fire for its inclusion of indigenous North...
