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Creative Director — Parliament Ex-Art Director — Invision Artist — SEASON Ex-Gallerist — Carl & Sloan Board Games — Good Goblet PDX 🌈 https://linktr.ee/calvinrosscarl
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There are many card games I love, but none more than Ashes. @plaidhatgames.bsky.social

Show me your stamina 💦

The price I paid for my redneck childhood is how I pronounce coyote and creek (Ky-yote and crick)

Trying to be a good witch tonight. Doing the weekly routine of Pagan at Guardian Games @capstone-games.com

I don’t know what you’re doing with your life right now but what you should be doing is watching reviews of old sandwich recipes youtube.com/@sandwicheso...

Stay away from Portland. Don’t come here. There is only infinite rain to be found here

New laws if I am ever king:

Ended the weekend with a night of solo dice games 20 Strong by @chiptheorygames.bsky.social and Cursed Castle by Best With 1 Games

Me, 39 years old:

Growing older is never being 100% certain what year it is

Back on the other site I had a long thread of contrarian (but sincerely-held) board game design hot takes. Here's a shorter thread with the best of them. 🧵

One unexpected benefit of having an anxiety attack only once a year is that they will send you to the emergency room to confirm that you aren’t having a heart attack. Instead you have the heart of a champ 💪 ❤️ 🏆

The Bechers are still the best photographers ever. Everyone else can quit

Grim does good 👌

I need @planetsmashergames.bsky.social to design a minis game using the Candylab cars

Summer 2025 look

Love every quirky lil digital card game this crew puts out

My gut is that the marketing team was like “this game is ugly. What if we run images of it through AI” I love seeing these AI loving idiots lack all authenticity and dignity and pride in the things they make. I feel bad for the dev team though

Combat Zone is just such a damn good minis game. I gotta pick up this edgerunner version

I have been away from my weird little dog for less than 36 hours and I already miss her so much 😭 I am that human now. Thankful for sweet friends who watch Lola (and the asshole cats) while we’re away

I think Spots was a hit with the in-laws 🖕 @perryjon.bsky.social