Chris Backe (he/him) @chris@tabletop.social

Hey everyone, I'm starting a weekly newsletter about board game design and the board game industry. Get on the list for the first one coming out tomorrow. https://boardgamedesign.beehiiv.com/subscribe

Fascinating: https://www.fastcompany.com/90811669/momas-newest-artist-is-an-ai-trained-on-180000-works-from-warhol-to-pac-man

Scrabble keeping up with the times:

https://www.polygon.com/23467002/scrabble-dictionary-new-words-stan-jedi-subtweet

TabletopPublishers.com notes:
* It's all updated for PAX Unplugged - sort / search / filter by the con as you like.
* The backend now runs on the same server as the website, and not on a third-party service. New tech on the back end means a faster / stabler service that's better set up for the long term.

(ICYMI: If you're a game designer trying to pitch your games to publishers, this service is here to help you pitch your games better. Think 'sniper', not 'shotgun'. See https://tabletoppublishers.com.

Great real world #playtest last night - printed off the first version of Carolina (a poker-like game more about outwitting than bluffing) and Taco (gateway card game about drafting ingredients and making tacos). Great to finally get to some new games =)

I'm making a list of potential reviewers for a game we've recently Kickstarted (with 2,000+ backers!). Naturally, many of them are in English, but the translators and I worked hard to ensure there would be a ton of languages available: Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish.

If you review in one of these languages, I'd love to send you a game. See noboxgames.com/spies for details =)

First tweets are... wait, *tweets*? *Posts*? Ahh, 'toots'. Yeah, not gonna use toots, sorry.

#introduction

I'm Chris Backe (rhymes with hockey), and I make #boardgames. I also help designers make board games by creating tools and offering advice. I was an #expat / #digitalnomad from 2008-2022, and currently live in Birmingham, England.

Follow me if you're into board games / #tabletop #games.