New ep Ryan sits down with Clayton Notestine of @explorersdesign.bsky.social to follow up his recent article on How to Promote Your Work with our take on Self-Promotion, including the Do's and Don'ts of reaching out to bloggers and podcasters.

some early saturday design work. Expanding on this mancala train idea I had some time ago. What if something like Ostia and 18xx had a baby. (Elseware Express vol2?) Idea is on your turn, you pick an action, train tokens on it are X. 'buy x, build x, etc' then you mancala them around the track.

Through DLC, @bgstatsapp.bsky.social lets you see your cost per play for #boardgames. This hobby is cheaper than going to the movies, but only if you play a game 2+ times. 😜 Do you aim for a certain cost per play? Is this too much detail and eyes should be averted? What's your best bang for buck?

Life is just a blink. We get a handful of years and it's gone. Our time here is so fleeting on this floating speck in space. We must promise our limited corpses a few pleasures while we're conscious to enjoy them. Get a slice of Baja Blast tropical lime pie. You're alive. You earned it.

uh. so today's small business lesson. If you run a discord server, the @everyone tag still works for you, the owner, even tho you have it turned off for all the roles. It was nice seeing everyone i guess. ha! Just another day in Atopia. how many servers do you lurk in?

@ways-unseen.bsky.social (aka Lone Adventurer on YouTube) recently posted their video on 50 recommended solo games! (And MIRU made the list! What an honor!!) Also lots of cool projects were on this video as well! Check it out! youtu.be/aN8RK2EK73A?...

They're hearing about Tariffs today in the US supreme court. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...

Are you inviting your friends over to play games? Are you the invited?

Are you inviting your friends over to play games? Are you the invited?

Board games are art. ETERNAL DECKS combines the ancient with the modern through design. It's a stunner; it's also a heck of a game. See for yourself. www.moregamesplease.com/art-in-board...

Imagine these symbols were presented to you in a cyberpunk setting. What would you think they represent? Say left to right, top to bottom. My best guess in the reply. Curious what you would think is appropriate in the cyberpunk setting. (But also, appropriate for 'play' in a game)

I should post an update as prices and such have changed. (and google domains doesn't exist anymore.)

I wish we watched boardgame tournaments like we do baseball. Imagine a nationwide tourney of Lacerda games. The final 4 must play Lisboa, Speakeasy, On Mars and Inventions. Only one can be the champion. Or a reality game show, 50 mass market gamers. Over 10 games play exploding kittens to Vinhos

End of the month #boardgame plays! #bgstats 17 of these are from BGA (we have a weekly game night on the discord) 25 of these were solo. (I like to play a game before bed) Quite a heavy month, 3 Lacerdas! And Sweetlands! Fav solo? Salton Sea Fav heavy? On Mars Fav med? Ostia Fav light? Illiad

this livestream is so exhuasting. it's ai this and ai that. 😭 Thankfully they made a dedicated video just for affinity changes. The little ai used is easily hidden and avoided it seems! www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP_T...

www.affinity.studio The dreaded announcement has finally come out! TLDR; #Affinity is free now. 1 singular app. Features seem to be at parity with v2. There is canva ai, but it can be hidden/isn't completely coating everything (yet). What do you think about this announcement? Relieved? Upset?

please. someone. anyone. add $0.18 to your itch purchase. I have such fantastic whole numbers for prices. this kills me. haha. 😭No tricks with me, $0.99 can't get me. I know that's $1. So i just call it $1. 1 is less than 99 folks!

New art asset pack for October! A set of stained glass illustrations available in both raster and vector. oddsandents.itch.io/stained-glas... Timecode: 10:17 pm EDT

I got some unexpected vet bill… so gonna do a run of commissions for a few weeks; at a discounted rate to off set - lmk if your/anyone is interested ; just popping this in post for now… as I’m currently waiting for the results. Will do a proper sheet etc etc. with pricing and examples. 🏥🐶

hinokodo.itch.io/miru-an-anal... While itch is up, great time to remind folks it exists and has been a great home for the digital editions of our games. I do recommend downloading your library, tucking em on a flash drive or something. Just in case. Itch seems to keep being targeted by ai bots.

is it better to just comment on a thread or continue to quote reply quote replies? Made some progress on Elseware Express this weekend. What if warm color palette for tiles? not classic 18xx at all but...more colorblind friendly? muted based board colors. let bright co. tokens stand out.

maybe this is a dumb idea. someone please tell me. I wish i had the tools to put this together and try it. Would a little wood token like this hold up to 5 sleeved cards? I have a feeling the weight of the cards would knock it over.

125th Street from Elevated Train, New York City, 1954, by Harold Feinstein.

It's time for Tabletop Bookshelf's Spooky Season Sale! Get some scary good deals of up to 50% off a mix from our curated collection. This sale ends on 10/31 and supplies are limited! Find this and more deals on unique titles for your gaming table at TabletopBookshelf.com!

Production copy sample of the hex kit came in today! I made a few changes from the first box. Quality of life stuff mostly drawer boxes have a push hole now! (Cardboard trays instead of plastic? We're trying!) FSC label is real now! Colors look good and everything seems lined up right to me.

Just nostalgic today I guess. Looking back at my folder of 'ideas' with no notes. Past me was being silly. Some of these look interesting! Mancala 18xx? Physical Tamagotchi? This one I just labled "pill action game". #boardgames are a tough nut to crack. lots of ideas, few to execute.

Their Labubus could never Furby.

Cool guy stuff

Frieren ✦ #フリーレン

Started shipping these out today btw. Ran out of boxes so when those come in another batch of 30+ will go out. MIRU 3 should be next month or so. Hex kit production copy will be here Friday for final inspection! Then ... Tariffs. 😭😭😭😭

Some new additions by @hinokodo.com @loottheroom.bsky.social @rollinkunz.itch.io Some serious amount of talent and sense in the little batch! Solo games, card game, Mörk borg reverse dungeon, oh my

more interior art for my upcoming mech game!

So rad to see!!! She was in the discord asking questions and actually helped shape some parts of M2 and M3! Feedback is great y'all. I love hearing folks talk about MIRU. Especially making it better. I want it accessible and played.

Being a small business owner means when you need to make receipts, you can customize how you want. Stole this idea from Monster club, a checklist? Genius. Helps me pack and helps customers make sure they're not missing something they might like! (Like the MIRU soundtrack)

Lot of solo this week. Lots of inspiration. Lots of research and fun. Sun-Sat: Salton Sea, Harvest (3x), Come Sail Away! (3x), Lisboa (first time!) Complexity sandwich, with very approachable and 'easy'/CLEVER games in the middle. Harvest is SO elegant. Come Sail Away? yes Please! Lisboa??🤯🤯🤯

Been tinkering with Fermentation Wizards this weekend. New things: Yeast rivers into fermentations. $/Rep shrunk to personal player boards. Workers cost you profits each new season, they can be fired, they can quit. Cider/Sheep farm gets you a passive ability (and sheep give you +1 farm ingredient)

working on something mecha!

Alright! MIRU 2 arrived safe and sound! Thank you @bookletsprint! The square binding is so great for a #zine like this. My one disappointment is UPS charged us a $100 #tariff for em. And in the scheme of things isn't much, but I was under the impression books were tax exempt! 😭😭😭 Games 📨📦📬 soon!

😭😭😭 I just wanna make games and deliver em to people without a surprise $20k bill. is that too much to ask for?????

Atopia Represent babbyyyyyy @mallenhall.com @exeunt.press @deepdark.games @pandiongames.com

🙏 well this was a pleasant surprise. 🙏 Gotta print this out and stick it on my fridge.

hinokodo.itch.io/fonts-ii Hi everyone. I made a new font. This is a new font pack (eventually 3 total fonts) for $5. It will include alien-like glyphs you can use in various projects. This first font is called Arcoglyphs. If cyberpunk alien was a vibe you needed? This is your font. it works in Word

Ok upper, lower case and most of the shift+number symbols are done. a million more glyphs to add, but it's getting there! The image here says HINOKODO arcoglyphs. Also need to adjust the size of the font and see if i can figure out why the handlebars are so tall when you type.

gonna try and drop this font later this week. Another cryptic bundle is in the works. Inspired by the Lilo and Stitch alien language. But brought down to earth a bit more. Gonna be great cyberpunk background fill. monotype, every letter is the same width and height. very blocky.

Take a few minutes to appreciate Drew Struzan creating the original artwork for THE PHANTOM MENACE. Truly a master at work.

Games already claimed 👀 Fit to Print Guild of Merchant Explorers Inis + Seasons of Inis exp Next Station: London The Golden Ages + exp Twilight Inscription Wyrmspan Still 50+ games left on the list!

Pondus moves along. Settling in on the 3-hex base tiles and how exploration works. Narrowing down a list of components so I know what to work on. Back sides of player boards are for ghost mode. (in battle royale mode, there is no player elimination, you become a ghost)

It was a nice week! What did you get to the table?

Let's try this again! (Can you guess these 6 benefits just by their icons with very little context?) Afterwards, check the quoted post to see the answers. Let me know how close you got! and if any are still very confusing.

Ok, it's late. You're sleepy. You've never seen these icons before. I made them for an upcoming game I'm making called PONDUS. These are all benefits you gain. Without anymore context can you tell me what think these icons do? The other picture is the tiles in use on a player board.