Sean Fletcher, Maker of Games
Senior game designer. Husband, dad, full-time nerd.
- There’s a lot of really bad, really disturbing stuff happening in America right now, so focusing on something as trivial as a superhero TV show feels almost a little disrespectful to me in the moment. Still, I have to tell you. Watch Wonder Man. A spoiler-free review…
- The acting is great. The writing is great. The pacing is great. It never feels quite like a superhero story, instead focusing a relationship story of two flawed people who become much needed friends; a lonely student and a unlikely mentor.
- The writers could have followed a more typical pattern for this sort of story, with twists and turns and suspense. Instead, they telegraphed everything, starting from episode 1 and hanging the lampshade in every beat after. We see everything coming from a mile away, and that choice was perfect.
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View full threadAnyway, the whole thing is built in eight 30-ish minute episodes, so it can easily be binged in about 5 hours or less. Just go watch it. Even if you’ve never paid attention to the Marvel movies, this is just fantastic TV. Even Josh Gad would agree.
- That finale was incredible. 10/10, no notes.
- Soy you’re saying they disarmed a man that was pinned to the ground, then shot him 10 times in the back? The bravery of those fucking hero-wannabes.
- A CNN analysis of video appears to show a federal immigration officer removing a gun from Alex Pretti just prior to officers fatally shooting him. cnn.it/49HMH1u
- That might be a spicy card pool.
- The ICE agent who allegedly* murdered Good has been identified, you say? Huh. *(hasn’t been officially charged or convicted yet, but, you know, lots of video evidence and witnesses, so…)
- There are things I desperately want to say, but it’s all been said. Things need to change, and it can’t happen fast enough.
- It was Heather’s turn to pick the game for game night tonight. She chose original recipe Small World, and was… displeased… when I beat her score by 2 points to take first place.
- CALLING ALL PLAYTESTERS! The short version: David Freeman and I have been designing a Trading Card Game (two, actually) for an author named Ryan Cahill. We’re looking for playtesters well-versed in TCGs and Tabletop Simulator. Interested? Plug in your details here! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
- Today on the DiscoCandybar blog, I procrastinate and avoid writing a rules document revision by writing about revising rules documents. discocandybar.com/2026/01/02/m...
- My finished New Years’ Lego build.
- New Year’s Eve at our house: Chicken nachos, a Lord of the Rings marathon, and a butt ton of Lego projects.
- I got my son a glass that has the symbol for his Gloomhaven character on it (left). He’s overjoyed.
- Got a new gaming mat for the table. First game to get played on it is another session of Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion!
- MERRY CHRISTMAS, YOU OLD BUILDING AND LOAN!
- For anyone who missed it when I debuted it in my blog, here’s the rules to a fast-play Poker variant I designed last week: REINDEER POKER! Happy holidays! discocandybar.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
- Gearing up for Jaws of the Lion scenario 5. Smalls is really excited about the new cards in his ability deck!
- Smalls had his first “party entirely destroyed by turn 3” adventure in Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion today. We managed to survive scenario 4 on our second try. Don’t tell him, but I ordered him a glass with his character’s icon on it. Arrives after Christmas, but he’ll still love it.
- Started Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion with Smalls today. Finished Scenario 1, and he immediately wanted to do scenario 2. He’s the Red Guard ⛓️, I’m the Hatchet 🪓 .
- Happy holidays! I made a game you can play for free! Introducing REINDEER POKER! Learn about how I created this holiday-themed variant, and download the rules PDF so you can play it with your friends! discocandybar.com/2025/12/17/r...
- Some lessons I’ve picked up about balancing in-person, physical playtests with online/digital testing… discocandybar.com/2025/12/05/p...
- I had a bunch of store credit stocked up, so I decided to cash it in for an enchanted version of one of the Gargoyles cards I designed. Damn, that looks nice.
- Huh. Turns out this is a 7-0 deck.
- A new post about designing game elements that you know you’ll eventually cut, and some shameless (but appropriate) self-promotion. discocandybar.com/2025/12/03/y...
- Bonus Thanksgiving dinner today!
- 12 years ago today I went to an in-person casting call for Survivor. That’s it for the story. Nothing happened.
- The Marleys were dead, to begin with.
- One for the crowd not currently slamming back shots of turkey gravy: How do I playtest the games I’m working on? Here’s some advice about the two most impactful structures for gathering feedback on your new game. discocandybar.com/2025/11/27/t...
- Got a series of notifications here that someone gave a bunch of my recent posts about my blog “likes”. I looked them up, and found it was someone (likely a bot) that was posting a whole ton of pro-AI art articles and Midj0urn3y tips. Blocked that shit post-haste. AI propagandists need not follow…
