Brandon (Optimal Play)

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Brandon (he/him) from the board game youtube channel Optimal Play youtube.com/optimalplay 🏳‍🌈

A wide photo from my seat at the Minions and Monsters premiere in the Dolby Theater in Hollywood.
An insane poster at the dog park encouraging 'biohacking' for pets
Text from optimal play regular Ben: Captains Log, Star Date 202606.22; We've had two further encounters with Ensign Picard and Shran. Despite their formidable appearance, they failed to pose much of a threat and were easily handled. Further evaluation will be required
A scoreboard showing the least eventful baseball game possible
A spoiler-free photo of the symbol appendix in the Queen's Dilemma board game rulebook. It covers upwards of forty symbols and icons.
A full-art version of the Altered TCG card, Cuddly Corgi
A 40 year old man who refuses to grow up, with bright green hair and a fresh haircut
A screenshot of the bio of a supposed Orthodontist named Dr. Sham Pizza
Web site banner declaring Thieves' Market is "LIKE SPLENDOR MEETS WHITE ELEPHANT!"
A photo of the rulebook with a sea shanty rubric
An apple health screenshot showing my steps and distance trends more than tripling in the last 9 days.
Shigeru Miyamoto entering the theater
Panorama shot of the decorated theater for the Super Mario Galaxy Movie premiere in Kyoto
Two men wearing red and green in the lobby for the Super Mario Galaxy Movie premiere
Various bills hanging from the ceiling with a variety of "fuck trump" and similar sentiments
Two cats on the dashboard of a Tokyo taxi
Mario riding yoshi on the stars with the text "let's-a-go!"
Five grown-ass adults in pirate hats with blue tropical cocktails, playing pirate-themed board game Forgotten Waters.
Two cards featuring dogs from Regicide Legacy, stuck to a fridge with small magnets.
Main art of Karnok
A photo of the board game Sniper Elite
Photo of a car thermometer reading 99 degrees
The board game Arcs in progress on the table
Three dudes with three dogs at a game table
A birthday (human) boy at the bottom of a pile of three corgis
A photo of the board game Kanban EV, mid-way through the game.
A screenshot of a completed board from Welcome to the Moon played on board game arena, with a final score of 184.
Cancelation confirmation page for Hulu
An image of the Magic the Gathering card Chrome Companion
Deal the Flip 7 cards Each player is dealt a hand of cards. Typically, you'll want to deal about five cards to each player, depending on how many people are playing. If you're playing with a larger group, you may wish to adjust the number of cards dealt to keep the game balanced.
My husband with our three corgis piled on top of him
Me with green hair holding up a midori-based green cocktail.
• Studio Optimal Play 4,000 Total subscribers
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NPR now JUST IN: Trump to decide on Iran action 'within two weeks,' White House says
A box of straws at the Renaissance Faire labeled 'sipping tubes for thy face hole'
A photo of the board game Deep Regrets in its wrapper that reminds one of newspapers used to wrap up fish.
An excerpt from a CNBC article that says: "It will be fine long-term," Musk wrote in a tweet replying to a post on X that noted Tesla's biggest single-day stop drops in history.
The board game Watergate in progress, on a table with two beers
Completed pages of the game Voyages on a patio overlooking the beach.
READ ME! To incorporate the update, remove all cards, hero dashboards, tower miniatures, the "Rules of Play", and the "Tome of Mastery" from your first printing copy of Guards of Atlantis Il and replace them with the contents of this box. This box contains: • 450 cards • 22 hero dashboards • Rule book ("Rules of Play") Thank you for your support! GL, HF!
A photo of the board game Unstoppable, with the hero Kai at zero health.
A photo of the board game Cthulhu Death May Die, with one lonely investigator surrounded by about a dozen monsters plus Yog Sothoth.
A nighttime photo of the smoke and orange glow from the north side of the Palisades fire
Three corgis panting in the back seat of the car
A photo of the board game Destinies, with someone in the background scaning the QR code on a game card.
A screenshot of Optimal Play with exactly 3500 YouTube subscribers
Clank Legacy 2 and backer bonuses on a kitchen counter, with a corgi in the background