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New video: Board Game Mechanisms in the Universe: Area Majority (5 minute video)https://youtu.be/YRXj5o2rybM#BeyondTheSun #Roam #BlackHoles...

New video: Board Game Mechanisms in the Universe: Area Majority (5 minute video)

https://youtu.be/YRXj5o2rybM

#BeyondTheSun #Roam #BlackHoles #gravity #astronomy

New video: NASA's Guide to Visiting a Gamma-Ray Burst (scripted by @MeeplePhD !)"Are you looking for a new vacation spot? Perhaps...

New video: NASA's Guide to Visiting a Gamma-Ray Burst (scripted by @MeeplePhD !)

"Are you looking for a new vacation spot? Perhaps one with spectacular fireworks? While gamma-ray bursts produce brilliant displays of light across the entire spectrum, we cannot recommend visiting one. Before making up your mind, watch this handy video to learn more."

https://youtu.be/rktZWV1h24E

#astrodon #astronomy #GRB #GammaRayBurst

New video: my top cooperative board gameshttps://youtu.be/mmOhtmcE4vA#BoardGames #cooperative #ElderSign #Endangered #TheLoop

New video: my top cooperative board games

https://youtu.be/mmOhtmcE4vA

#BoardGames #cooperative #ElderSign #Endangered #TheLoop

Video: My 3 Favorite Expansionshttps://youtu.be/1UqMEoVtaEo#BoardGames #expansion #Barenpark #DungeonPetz #LostRuinsOfArnak

Video: My 3 Favorite Expansions

https://youtu.be/1UqMEoVtaEo

#BoardGames #expansion #Barenpark #DungeonPetz #LostRuinsOfArnak

Check out this awesome animation my team released for #BlackHoleWeek! It gives an idea of just how big those supermassive black holes...

Check out this awesome animation my team released for #BlackHoleWeek! It gives an idea of just how big those supermassive black holes are

https://youtu.be/8GnSFAZD8YY

#astronomy #BlackHoles

Video: Self-regulating star formation, and why it reminds Barb of the board game The Hunger. -Ahttps://youtu.be/5pknWSZDW-Q#astronomy...

Video: Self-regulating star formation, and why it reminds Barb of the board game The Hunger. -A

https://youtu.be/5pknWSZDW-Q

#astronomy #stars #BoardGames #TheHunger #vampires

New Board Game Mechanisms in the Universe video: deduction games, and how we located the black hole at the center of the Milky Way. The...

New Board Game Mechanisms in the Universe video: deduction games, and how we located the black hole at the center of the Milky Way. The star-orbiting animation in this video is one of Barb's favorite scientific results; she's been following it since grad school! -A

https://youtu.be/LcIuiys2BJU

#BoardGames #blackHoles #astronomy #Astrodon

Here's part 2 of Barb's favorite #games beginning with the letters N through Z. -Ahttps://youtu.be/CwgFO5qcQ8s (17...

Here's part 2 of Barb's favorite #games beginning with the letters N through Z. -A

https://youtu.be/CwgFO5qcQ8s (17 minutes)

#tabletop #boardGames​ #AToZGames

Blog entry: Solo gaming with #Flamecrafthttps://meeplephd.com/2023/03/solo-gaming-flamecraft/#BoardGames #solitaire

Blog entry: Solo gaming with #Flamecraft

https://meeplephd.com/2023/03/solo-gaming-flamecraft/

#BoardGames #solitaire

New video: Barb's 3 favorite nature-themed board games. (5 minutes)https://youtu.be/ZrGgzf5Gfb0#nature #BoardGames #PARKS #Wingspan...

New video: Barb's 3 favorite nature-themed board games. (5 minutes)

https://youtu.be/ZrGgzf5Gfb0

#nature #BoardGames #PARKS #Wingspan #Meadow

Part 1 of a 2-part video discussing Barb's favorite #games beginning with each letter of the alphabet. This video covers A through M. ...

Part 1 of a 2-part video discussing Barb's favorite #games beginning with each letter of the alphabet. This video covers A through M. -A

https://youtu.be/5DjA95RrFs4 (17 minutes)

#tabletop #boardGames

The A-Z survey of our #boardGame collection goes down memory lane with #Scattergories. ...

The A-Z survey of our #boardGame collection goes down memory lane with #Scattergories. -A

https://meeplephd.com/2023/03/a-to-z-gaming-scattergories/

New game mechanism video: Grid Coverage, as seen in #Patchwork and #TheIsleOfCats, and all-sky surveys like the #TESS mission. (4 minutes) ...

New game mechanism video: Grid Coverage, as seen in #Patchwork and #TheIsleOfCats, and all-sky surveys like the #TESS mission. (4 minutes) -A

https://youtu.be/qQGuvY1qOYw

#BoardGames #astronomy #Astrodon

#Blog post: Three favorite #games beginning with A: #Altiplano, #AncientWorld,...

#Blog post: Three favorite #games beginning with A: #Altiplano, #AncientWorld, #ArkNova.

https://meeplephd.com/2023/01/a-few-favorite-a-games/

#tabletop #boardGames

Cosmic Game Connections: Galactic Tug-of-War and the #Catan Card Game (6 minutes)A recent paper found a galaxy where star formation abruptly...

Cosmic Game Connections: Galactic Tug-of-War and the #Catan Card Game (6 minutes)

A recent paper found a galaxy where star formation abruptly stopped due to an interaction with another galaxy. Why does that tug-of-war make Barb think about a two-player Catan spinoff? -A

https://youtu.be/dHYxUd9xqOc

#astronomy #astrodon #boardGames

New game mechanism video: Neighbour Scope, in which players can interact with their immediate neighbours....

New game mechanism video: Neighbour Scope, in which players can interact with their immediate neighbours. -A

https://youtu.be/gRy4xM-0SOM

#BoardGames #mechanisms

New video: A short list of Barb's top 3 games with an amusement park theme. (7 minutes) https://youtu.be/yzp5F2MwTa0#BoardGames...

New video: A short list of Barb's top 3 games with an amusement park theme. (7 minutes)

https://youtu.be/yzp5F2MwTa0

#BoardGames #ThemePark #AmusementPark

Board Game Mechanisms in the Universe: some games like #Mysterium and #MagicMaze impose communications limits upon the players. The universe...

Board Game Mechanisms in the Universe: some games like #Mysterium and #MagicMaze impose communications limits upon the players. The universe imposes its own communications limit: the speed of light.    -A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8M02ODWZSM
#BoardGames #astronomy

In a new Cosmic Game Connections video, we go spiralling inwards, learning the unfortunate fate of exoplanet Kepler-1658b and measuring the...

In a new Cosmic Game Connections video, we go spiralling inwards, learning the unfortunate fate of exoplanet Kepler-1658b and measuring the time remaining in the polyomino board game Patchwork.  (6 minutes) -A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2OfGD0xCIs

#astronomy #astrodon #exoplanets #BoardGames #Patchwork

This video is the first in a new series that will connect game mechanisms to astronomical concepts.To begin, how do rondels (tracks around...

This video is the first in a new series that will connect game mechanisms to astronomical concepts.

To begin, how do rondels (tracks around which players move in a single direction) resemble orbits?

MeeplePhD will try to publish this series on a monthly schedule. - A.

https://youtu.be/lXVumedTCes

#astronomy #Astrodon #BoardGames