Was digging through old #boardgame design projects and stumbled upon an absolute class: "Escape From Horrible Mountain 2: The Second Escape." Here it is, free of charge. I'm so sorry.

If you and a friend (or, better, an enemy) have half a deck of cards, some bits, and 20 minutes with literally nothing better to do, stare at the wall. Or play this. Whatevs.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/1zyfp6657itv042/escape_from_horrible_mountain_2_RULES.pdf

I'm so, so sorry.

Played Cascadia for the first time yesterday. I enjoyed almost every aspect of the game individually, i.e. "this part's great!" and "so's this part!"

A fine tile-layer, though I found myself a bit troubled by the disconnect between its tactical gameplay and strategic scoring. This is probably me looking for depth in a gateway game. Bad Nick, bad.

I know I *should* be troubled more by the pasted-on theme and multi-player solitaire, but I don't mind either. Definitely will play again.

Every promotional email in my inbox today starts "On the 7th day of <weird wordplay on business name + Christmas>"

The first day of Christmas is December 25th.

Asking for a coworker of @jennie:

What #BoardGames are great for families who have super-competitive people who aren't necessarily fond of cooperative games while still being enjoyable for folks who don't like being competitive but don't mind just playing along, doing their thing?

What's the hardest you've ever culled your #BoardGames collection at once? How do you feel looking back on it?

We went from ~700 to 200 earlier this year. Most were unplayed, many still sealed. No regrets.