The finished playmat. Every person I played against, greeted and meeted, and/or just plain asked, all weekend long. See you in Seattle, #Lorcana community!

I bought a thing.

This morning’s train platform jam.

Holy crap, the Secretary of Transportation just used Ticket to Ride (the board game) to hype future rail expansion plans. Can Secretary Pete Buttigieg be my best friend now? Please?

BUMBERSHOOT MUSIC FESTIVAL! Dean Johnson’s sound is sweet, mellow (think Wilco) and perfect for the late afternoon.

The Polyphonic Spree does their sound check at Bumbershoot 2024. When you’ve got like 17 people in the band, it takes a while.

ME FIRST AND THE GIMME GIMMES!

Playing some #Lorcana Pack Rush with Smalls

More Lorcana Pack Rush with Smalls! This time with Ursula’s Return. #Lorcana #PackRush

They’re not Chicago dogs, but I’m working from home, the weather’s gorgeous, and the gas tank on the grill is full. This is the way.

7-0 in Arena. There were a couple of slow grind games, but all were wins.

This morning’s train platform jam:

This morning’s train platform track. (If I knew which Taylor Swift track to go with, it’d probably have been that.)

Today is a notable day in many ways, but the most recent significance to me is that it marks one year that I’ve been working on Lorcana. Cool stuff coming…

Today’s commute album. It’s probably been more than 25 years since I’ve listened to this one end to end. My God, every track is about dealing with manic depression.

This morning’s train platform jam. Thirty years, and apart from a few lines in other tracks that REALLY haven’t aged well, Ruby Vroom is still dope AF.

Cracked a pack tonight, found a thing.

I’m not telling you how to vote, but only one presidential candidate wears Converse Chuck Taylor All-Stars when walking around on the campaign trail. That’s some legit Gen-X middle-class roots right there.

Today’s train platform jam.

This is wild; things go full circle. I’ve posted photos numerous times of my family playing Stonemaier games. Now Jamie has posted a game I design for!