I’m now live streaming to Twitch and Facebook Live concurrently. I solo-ed Paperback last night and tonight we played the new game from AEG, Santa Monica. Michelle and I really liked this one: it’s got a neat little spatial element to it, where you’re trying to line up icons in the right place as well as get your meeples to their respective spots. Here’s the replay from Facebook Live:
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Game Trade Magazine: Succulent
I wrote an article about Succulent from Renegade Game Studios. Click here to read it (go to page 26)!

BoardGameGeekTV: Game Night!
I had a blast hanging out with Lincoln, Nikki, Scott, and Ross today over on BoardGameGeekTV. We played Hues and Cues during a live Game Night! episode and it was a lot of fun. There were a lot of laughs and a lot of food talk, which made me hungry by the end of the show. I’m looking forward to joining the BGG crew again for a game. On a full stomach, of course.
(I’m not sure what’s going on with Twitch’s embed below, so here’s a link to the replay)
Facebook Live: Nine Minutes of Silence
Today was a day of reflection, as protests continued worldwide. If you’re looking to help, please visit this page.
Facebook Live: Color It!
The upcoming Color It! from HABA is a relaxing a roll-and-color game for the whole family. Our pug Bruno made a guest appearance in yesterday’s Facebook Live at Five play-through!
Instagram Live: Abandon All Artichokes
I did a live chat with Emma Larkins, the designer of Abandon All Artichokes, over on Instagram (replay below). It was fun learning about the development of her family-style deck-building game. And tonight I’m playing Abandon All Artichokes with my family as we continue our Facebook Live at Five series of gaming streams.
Meepleville Live Stream
One Whole Month of Live Streaming
I didn’t expect to live stream a game every day for 31 days straight. Then again, I didn’t expect a pandemic to change the world seemingly overnight.
Thanks to my family for live streaming with me since March 18th. Every day at 5pm Pacific we went Live at Five and played a different game on Facebook Live. Here’s the one we did tonight for On Tour, which you can play along with if you have your own score sheet (you can download one here). We did this as a way to stay connected with our family and friends, and as an added bonus it gave all of us a nice bit of structure to our daily lives as we got through the first month of the Stay at Home order.
We’re taking a break this weekend, but we’re not done. Season two of our Live at Five live streams begins on Monday!
Succulent Live Play Through
My stepdaughter and I played Succulent over on the Renegade Game Studios Twitch channel the other night! Check out the replay below.
Tiny Towns with the AEG Crew
Thanks to John Zinser, Todd C Rowland, and Alderac Entertainment Group for having me on today’s game of Tiny Towns! I had a great time playing with everybody and it’s nice to see AEG hosting daily games like this. You can watch the replay below and try to outscore today’s winner (I won’t spoil it for you, but it’s a tough score to beat.