Five Oaks Games

Hey, I thought I’d post a couple shots of the prototype of Fortress, the game I’m working on. It’s a “beers and laughs” card game that plays like a board game. It’s fast, stabby fun!

We played Klaus Teuber's rules for two-person Catan and it is worth searching up bc it creates new dynamics thanks to chits that you earn and spend, as well as by leveraging two dummy players to act as area control spoilers. It is really thinky and satisfying. We're eager to try it with Seafarers.😁

RuneQuest, Chaosium's renowned fantasy #TTRPG set in the mythic world of Glorantha, has been inducted into the ENNIE Awards Hall of Fame. The announcement and presentation was made as part of the 2026 ENNIE Awards Ceremony at Gen Con yesterday.

Bugs and pastries!

Next Station Paris is such a great travel/picnic game: small and portable, engaging, thinky and not too long. This has been a hidden gem. (Plus I love the Paris metro system.)

Killer deal on a super useful supplement.

I will never stop loving Carcassonne; it’s as stabby or as chill as the table wants it to be. This game was with River 2, Shrines, and the King and Robber expansions. Simple tweaks add to the fun! 🏰 ❤️

Got to enjoy a session with an old family favorite. #BoardGames.

My friends and I are focused on RQ and CoC but I bought Mothership on a whim and it has been a pleasure reading the rule books. The Warden’s Operation Manual is something GMs of any system could benefit from as it gets into the mechanics of storytelling via RPGs. Bravo to Tuesday Knight. So good.

I was going to solo something super thinky but I’m really glad I opted to play Dorf Romantik instead. Not a high scoring game but super meditative and relaxing; like a bubble bath for my brain. I think that’s what I need more of these days. #boardgames

My buddies and I have been playing Call of Cthulhu since the 80s but sadly one of us moved 2,400 miles across the country after all these years. Fortunately, we developed pretty good online gaming skills during COVID and they are keeping us together. #rpg #ttrpg

Oh man is Clank! ever addictive. That mix of hand management and push your luck feels like it should be a controlled substance 🤣

Hope your 2026 is full of perfect hands and clutch dice roles!

Jim Wampler announced this morning that we lost Tim Kask, who passed in his sleep on the 30th. Tim was the creator of The Dragon, which set the foundation for what an industry-focused magazine should be. He was an icon and one of the few early founders of TSR still with us.

Anyone else ever play Chaosium’s Ringworld? I feel like I’m in a very small club when it comes to that game and I’m curious what other players thought about the game.

Christmas Eve and Day were a total Make-a-Wish foundation for me: a four-player game of Raiders of Scythia and a five-player game of Cosmic Encounter.

This has gotta be from a Jack Chick Tract. TLDR: you’re going to hell!

Glorious Thanksgiving victory! Absolutely did not anticipate winning tonight’s Cosmic Encounter session. Never get tired of this zany game; always full of laughs.

I friggin love ducks. My group has played successive RQ campaigns off and on since the 80s and they’ve all featured at least one duck. Better yet, we’ve made sure they’re a family lineage. So the duck in the campaign I’m GMing now is the great grandson of a duck I had when I was a player.

In the RuneQuest campaign I’m currently GMing, Praxians have thick, Boris and Natasha-style Russian accents, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.

I cannot stop playing the Anarchy. The solo campaign is soooo good!

Got up at 4:30 to go slay dragons and giant scorpions in the desert.

Of course I was going to generate a death-obsessed Humakti! picrew.me/en/image_mak...

I always thought Katrin Dirim’s illustration style was perfectly suited to RunQuest, and now she’s launched a character generator for endless creative madness. Gotta love it! Here’s my first shot at it:

Had my best game of The Anarchy yet. Really loving the solo campaign booklet. 😁

This usually results in lousy rolls but I don’t care bc it’s one of the precious few things I can do with any kind of style.

Okay these are my fave *settings* but not necessarily my fave games. 1. Glorantha (RuneQuest) 2. Alpha Complex (Paranoia) 3. Arkham/1920s Earth (Call of Cthulhu) 4. The Old West (Boot Hill) 5. Post-Apocalyptic North America (Gamma World)

What’s Yog-Sothoth’s deal, anyway?

If the phrase “death by shock and blood loss is almost instantaneous” still makes you chuckle, you are my people.

Harmonies simply does not stop being great. The art, the vibes, the strategy — all great.

My friend and I started playing backgammon when we were in high school. Our kids are now high school aged or older. I love that the tiles and tables have remained a constant in our lives.