Every time I go to send someone a large work file, I remember the internet sales guy who tried to convince me that upload speed doesn't matter because I'll never use it for work.

Helping to host some delightful folks at the Chip Theory offices was one of the greatest things I've gotten to do in my BG career. Thanks Danielle Standring 🥧 SUZANNE 🥧 Mandi H @BrothersMurph! It was an absolute delight to spend the weekend with you and get to know y'all better!

Pro tip: If you cut/dye your own hair, do NOT do it right before something big. Just in case. Because, for example, your clippers could die partway through and the red dye could stain your scalp so the overall look is "lost a fight with a lawnmower." Pro tip #2: always own a hat.

Had a great gaming weekend! Friday: continued our Descent campaign. Saturday: I suggested one game of Dice Throne Adventures to see if we like it (before continuing Descent)... we ended up playing DTA all day 😋 Sunday: Disney Dreamlight Valley, such a good chill video game ❤

Got a new travel mug for my hot bevvies as they were getting cold too fast in normal mugs. Completely scorched my tongue on the very first sip. Naturally.

If you like Lego Masters and haven’t seen Lego Masters Australia… do yourself a favour and remedy that. It is lots of fun (and better than the US version IMO). Start from Season 1 – Season 5 just started but it’s returning players – plus the previous seasons are stellar.

burncycle, a game that I worked really hard on, is nominated for a Golden Geek in the Cooperative Game category. That's pretty darn cool. boardgamegeek.com/geekawards/boa…

I know many don't (for valid reasons) but - I love work meetings! I enjoy collaborating on ideas, I'm pretty good at proposing solutions, and I love hearing what others are working on. Especially since I wfh, meetings help me feel connected to my (dearly missed) colleagues.

Congratulations to burncycle for being nominated in the Best Solo Game category in this year's Board Game BBQ Awards!​​​​​​​​ Designer: (Josh Carlson, Shannon Wedge) Artist: (@yoannb_kiwi, Anthony LeTourneau) Publisher: (Chip Theory Games)

There are so many rad women in the board game industry. Like, there are not even close to enough of us, but the ones that are here are overwhelmingly cool as hell.

If you’re at a social gathering and someone tells you they don’t drink, this isn’t an invitation to interrogate, a challenge to overcome, or a judgement of YOUR drinking. It just means that they don’t drink. Leave them alone about it.

Dear board game industry colleagues. If your campaign and PM aren't hosted on the same platform, *please* make it a point to say the actual name of the PM platform in any update that mentions action needed in the PM. If you can provide a link, all the better!

Do any friends going to PaxU have space in their hotel room for me? I'd love to come to the show, just need somewhere to crash :)

Unintentionally adding theme to a game: playing Endless Winter in an unheated room in Winnipeg, wearing your winter jackets.

Dear companies: You are doing April Fools Day wrong if you announce a joke product that people actually want to buy but cannot. Isn't having people walk away disappointed, just about the opposite of the goal of marketing?

Asexuality is queer. It’s one of the ‘A’s in LGBTQIA+. But *why* is asexuality queer? Because queerness is defined by opposition to normativity. In a society that assumes everyone does—and should—experience sexual attraction, it’s queer to say you don’t.