I love my MX Mechanical Mini keyboard - not least because it's the most efficient I've ever had at switching between 3 devices (less than a second?). It's a few years old now, and while a couple of keys have broken - they have been saved by 3D printing, and they are surprisingly fine to use!

Haven't played much D&D recently, but I'm stoked to see Dark Sun making a return! Respect to the team for trying - must be hard to modernise Athas in a way that keeps the harsh feeling while losing the contentious topics. Fingers crossed it turns out good! www.dungeonsanddragons.com/dark-sun/

Went through the exciting steps of setting up our Steam Partner account today - we will soon be able to start talking about the game we have been making for over a year! Very exciting - can’t wait to start talking more about it.

"Show this part of London after the Earth has heated up dramatically due to global warming"

Home from a week in Tromsø and it's been surprisingly nice to have darkness at night again! It was surreal going to bed with the light shining around the curtains at all hours but super nice being somewhere cool when hiking through nature. Here is a photo of a fjord at midnight!

First play of the solo board game “Witchcraft!” today and I had a lot of fun. Just about the right length, and a good balance of randomness vs strategising with your witches. It feels very replayable with how it’s setup and the 9-mission campaign looks like a lot of fun and will mix things up a bit.

Some friends and I gave the Blades '68 RPG a whirl yesterday. I went into it a little dubious because it feels like a wild setting, but we had a GROOVY time! It was really easy to lean into the setting and it was super fun. A lovely new side of Blades in the Dark.

We have been working on our Unity game for around a year now and I feel like the architecture is pretty solid overall. We have nice 'visual coding light' triggers and effects system so everyone on the project can add in game effects and the like. But then I open `PlayerController.cs`...

Played “Wraith and the Giants” the other day. A solo board game where you leap around a giant God of War style trying to take it down before it reaches your village. Had fun after 2 learning games - some nice puzzle solving and easy to learn. Looking forward to evaluating the more advanced modes.

Had an amazing time playing the first act of Arcs: The Blighted Reach today. The core game is pretty good (8/10 maybe) but this is even better. Love the wider decision space, the “NPC” units and each player having their own objectives. The campaign element seems smart for “emergent stories” too.

Did quite a bit of board gaming this year - by my standards at least! Feel like I got to enjoy a wide variety of games this year. Heat, Kingdom Legacy, Elder Scrolls, Arcs, Origin Story and Dragon Eclipse are some standouts for sure. #BGStats

Might be missing some, but happy with the variety of #TTRPG games I played in 2025! - Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay - Warhammer Age of Sigmar Soulbound - D&D 5E - Star Wars: Edge of the Empire - Coriolis - Arkham Horror - Sentinel Comics - Delta Green - Marvel Multiverse - In the Ashes (Solo)

Sabaton were absolutely amazing this evening - what a show! So much energy. The Legendary Orchestra leading into the show were awesome too.

Got a lot of board gaming time in during the dreary and dark Swedish November! Heat: Pedal to the Metal is probably going to be my “most pleasant board game surprise” this year!

Today’s random side project was building little 3D printable holders for stacks of cards for board games.

Heat: Pedal to the Metal was an unexpected hit on the board gaming weekend. It was easy to pick up with some tense races. Maybe a little random, but really fun. I could imagine a Mario Kart version with “specials” instead of “sponsor upgrades”. Overall, a lot of great games played this weekend!

What better way to spend the journey home from a board gaming weekend m than an hour scribbling down some new content for my Dragonbane (and D&D 5e) Solo Adventure I’m writing to flesh out the world for the Tabletop RPG I’m making?

Enjoying a board gaming weekend with some friends in the north. Now we are onto Heat: Pedal to the Metal…

Huh, would you look at that - someone replaced the OneDrive system tray icon with a croissant!

Super satisfying that the prototype that @jefftanton.bsky.social, @amypearson.bsky.social and I have been working on for the last few months has been shared outside of our little group for the first time. A bit of swearing at Unity along the way, but it's been a lot of fun so far!

Is it me, or do the long text descriptions under the items in the Humble Bundles now sound like the AI Prompt you would write to produce that game if it were generated by an LLM?

Thought I would give the big PhD brain a whirl. I wish I hadn’t bothered studying dynamical systems of coupled oscillators for 4 years for my PhD when this is the level that is expected of postgraduates apparently!

Having a good time with The Alters. Love the premise, story and (most of the) characters. A bit stressful trying to understand “how much time pressure is there really?”and a bit too much micro-management to be perfect, but a great ride so far after ~10 hours.

I know a lot for other people are probably hoping for a bit more hot weather in Stockholm - but this next week is the perfect summer weather for me! Warm enough to enjoy, but not too hot to do errands and such. Okay, maybe a tad too much rain - but I’m not complaining!

Played a short one-shot of the Marvel Multiverse RPG today via Roll20 / Demiplane. Had a lot of fun running around as Rocket Raccoon and the D616 system felt pretty simple but interesting enough with all the powers to be fun. Could definitely see myself playing more - with custom heroes.

Ooooh - Reflection is coming to C++ in C++26. Although, I can see it’s one of those features that feels like they said “we are adding it, but we’re going to make the syntax such that you hopefully won’t want to use it” 😅.

This time last week some friends and I were gearing up to watch Halestorm and Iron Maiden in Stockholm. Both were fantastic and it was a pretty epic night all round. So much energy and Iron Maiden’s staging and overall presence was amazing to experience live.

Ran the Arkham Horror RPG: Hungering Abyss box set at the weekend for some friends who were in town. It feels like it's built as a bridge between board games and RPG - and while I don't know if the system would hold up for a long campaign, we had a blast playing the scenario across 8-9 hours.

Almost done with Expedition 33 and it is going to be a very strong contender for my GOTY for sure. Love the addition of dodge/parry to the JRPG formula. Not too long - but long enough. Good variety in how the characters play and I’ve been super engrossed in the plot. *Chef’s Kiss*

Not long got back from a few days in Norway and got super lucky with the weather for this time of year. It was gloriously relaxing walking around nature and the Fjords for a few days. There was even a touch of sunburn!