Designer Diary: Bayou Boss, or Getting Swamped with Ideas
by Simon As with many games, it is astonishing to look back at the origins of Bayou Boss and realize that I started with a completely different idea! Bayou Boss is a trick-taking game with three twists, which I’ll come…
Matt: Small Hit
The NY Times has a profile of John Ternus as a possible successor to Tim Cook that has a number of ridiculous lines; it’s quite bad, but this is one of my favorites: Apple has had many small hits under…
Collect Your Crew and Grab Your Gang for New Adventures in 2026
by W. Eric Martin ▪️ U.S. publisher Thames & Kosmos has announced two new releases that will debut at Gen Con 2026, with the headliner being The Crew: Journey to the Ends of the Earth, a standalone sequel to Thomas…
Open Channels FM: Eight Years and 1.53 Million Seconds Later
With enough words spoken to fill the Harry Potter series three times over, BobWP shares some fun numbers on this 8th year of the podcast. Sorry, You're not allowed to submit vote ! Total 0 Votes 0 0 Tell us…
Toss Clowns, Snag Cat Toys, Make Colorful Teddy Bears, and Forgo Thoughts and Prayers
by W. Eric Martin ▪️ Daniel Newman of New Mill Industries says that after releasing sixteen titles in 2025 — both original games and new editions of older titles — he’s scaling back, with only two titles coming out in…
Matt: Beeper & Day One
Pankil Shah writes I replaced WhatsApp, Telegram, and Messenger with this one app. (It’s Beeper.) And Wirecutter picks the 3 best journaling apps of 2026. (It’s Day One.) Sorry, You're not allowed to submit vote ! Total 0 Votes 0…
WPTavern: #199 – Brian Coords on WooCommerce’s Challenges and Innovations in a Changing WordPress Landscape
Transcript [00:00:19] Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox Podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley. Jukebox is a podcast which is dedicated to all things WordPress, the people, the events, the plugins, the blocks, the themes, and in…
Stonemaier Games announces small-box, quick-playing Wingspan experience amid experimental reveal of entire 2026 release slate
Stonemaier Games is set to release a small-box, quick-playing addition to its Wingspan line this year, as part of a 2026 slate heavily focused on expansions and new editions of existing titles. The publisher’s year will kick off with fresh…
How I Automatically Turn WordPress Form Entries Into PDFs (No Manual Work)
If you’re collecting event registrations, payments, or course sign-ups in WordPress, it makes sense to give people something they can download right away. That might be a ticket, a receipt, or a certificate they can save or print right away…
Let Computers Carry You from Junkyard to Night City
by W. Eric Martin ▪️ In the first half of 2026, Allan and Jared Pincus will release Computer Junkyard, the first title from Dream Egg Games, which was crowdfunded on April 2025. Here’s an overview of this 2-4 player game:…
