Nature geek, feminist, board game designer (Wingspan 🪶, Tussie Mussie 💐, Mariposas 🦋, The Fox Experiment 🦊, Picky Pixie 🧚‍♀️, Undergrove 🍄, and Sanibel 🐚). https://www.elizhargrave.com/https://bsky.app/profile/elizhargrave.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/elizhargrave.bsky.social/post/3mlrr45kkkk2hI don't think I shared this interview yet https://www.gamesradar.com/games/board-games/my-board-games-are-naturally-nonconfrontational-wingspan-designer-elizabeth-hargrave-speaks-about-family-values-and-her-late-fathers-influence-on-her-latest-board-game-sanibel/14 May 2026 02:22 +0000at://did:plc:66bcpplz5od3652im753p6aa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlrr45kkkk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/elizhargrave.bsky.social/post/3mlnuozkknk2c🎉12 May 2026 13:15 +0000at://did:plc:66bcpplz5od3652im753p6aa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnuozkknk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/elizhargrave.bsky.social/post/3mlinhd2hd22vOmg the piece on me is SUCH SLOP. Tropes.fyi counts 7 cases of tricolon abuse and 4 negative parallelisms. We also get nonsense phrases like "the birds were the math," "the research is not a costume," and "Hargrave did not simply remake Wingspan." WTF [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 May 2026 11:23 +0000at://did:plc:66bcpplz5od3652im753p6aa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlinhd2hd22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/elizhargrave.bsky.social/post/3ml7zsrtes22wUgh my godkids gave me a cold and it is peak migration season. I have been in bed with a fever while my husband racks up bird lists with 60+ species 😭😭😭 https://static.klipy.com/ii/e293a233a303a98e471f78d04e13a1b0/79/14/gLdMFIif.gif?hh=365&ww=498&mp4=RuIEQ1lIch6lI&webm=fUoPafNOVImlcz07 May 2026 01:10 +0000at://did:plc:66bcpplz5od3652im753p6aa/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7zsrtes22whttps://bsky.app/profile/elizhargrave.bsky.social/post/3ml6w5gplws2wSanibel has been nominated for best Family Game by both the UKGE Judges' Awards and the Mojo National Play Creators Awards 🎉 Congratulations to everyone on these lists!06 May 2026 14:31 +0000at://did:plc:66bcpplz5od3652im753p6aa/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6w5gplws2whttps://bsky.app/profile/elizhargrave.bsky.social/post/3mkze3al3fk2nGreat thread. Now I'm wondering, would we have different *feelings* about our periods if we had grown up calling them "the sacred river" or even "strawberry week"? Or does it just feel like the Red Army has invaded your pants no matter what you call it? [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 May 2026 09:25 +0000at://did:plc:66bcpplz5od3652im753p6aa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkze3al3fk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/elizhargrave.bsky.social/post/3mkwxnfhjw22nOn art, genius, joy, being human, and how UBI increases all of them...and contributes to the economy at the same time. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 May 2026 10:37 +0000at://did:plc:66bcpplz5od3652im753p6aa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkwxnfhjw22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/elizhargrave.bsky.social/post/3mkthxrtno22hTwo amazing interactions around my game Sanibel in the last couple days: 1. A young girl (I'm guessing 11ish?) came to my event last night. She sat in the front row and shot her hand up with one of the first questions for me. After playing, she came over to talk more...02 May 2026 01:19 +0000at://did:plc:66bcpplz5od3652im753p6aa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkthxrtno22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/elizhargrave.bsky.social/post/3mkrzze3mnk2mAmazing day yesterday: I got to hang with friends from Avalon Hill, tour part of the Smithsonian's mollusk collection with the delightful zoologist-curator Chris Meyer, be on a panel with him and another awesome curator, then sign games while ~95 people played Sanibel in the Ocean Hall. 1/01 May 2026 11:36 +0000at://did:plc:66bcpplz5od3652im753p6aa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkrzze3mnk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/elizhargrave.bsky.social/post/3mkja55zif22eIt's fun to leave for a week and have a whole different set of flowers in bloom when I come home27 Apr 2026 23:32 +0000at://did:plc:66bcpplz5od3652im753p6aa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkja55zif22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/elizhargrave.bsky.social/post/3mjngbkecs22uUpdate: The Diligent Girl as Lady of the House now has a BGG page! https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/468905 [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Apr 2026 22:07 +0000at://did:plc:66bcpplz5od3652im753p6aa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjngbkecs22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/elizhargrave.bsky.social/post/3mjkbzrlsu22rSpring just keeps on springing15 Apr 2026 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:66bcpplz5od3652im753p6aa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjkbzrlsu22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/elizhargrave.bsky.social/post/3mjiokw7luc2vI posted on @boardgamegeek.com a little more about why different shells in Sanibel score the way they do. A lot of the scoring rules relate to how I think about the shells when I'm actually collecting them on the beach! https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3693596/the-shells-of-sanibel15 Apr 2026 00:52 +0000at://did:plc:66bcpplz5od3652im753p6aa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjiokw7luc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/elizhargrave.bsky.social/post/3mjhi4otx722oSeen this morning in Takoma Park MD14 Apr 2026 13:24 +0000at://did:plc:66bcpplz5od3652im753p6aa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhi4otx722ohttps://bsky.app/profile/elizhargrave.bsky.social/post/3mjghwacwcc2oI don't even believe in hell and yet I find myself capable of wishing these fuckers will end up burning for eternity [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Apr 2026 03:48 +0000at://did:plc:66bcpplz5od3652im753p6aa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjghwacwcc2o