New Multiple Win Conditions! Today I’m talking about “Find the Fun”. One of the most common bits of advice I got as a new designer youtu.be/vPTe9PlGAP8?...

We are really excited about publishing Color Jam, designed by @stickydoodler.bsky.social and Joe Kell. It's a cozy, print-and-puzzle coloring game for one or for you and some friends. It's perfect for lazy summer evenings or for when you want a whisper of strategy in your coloring. 🏖️🖍️

So Joe and I are excited to finally share that we signed ColorJam with @lunarpunk.games! I'm super pumped to work with a publisher who champions games that define victory in new ways the way ColorJam does! And check out this oversized coloring page:

Unpub is this weekend! We're exciting to play your games and share some of ours with you. Our publishing studio focuses on games where any number of players can win or lose OR games where there are no winers and losers, just various outcomes players reach. Here's what we're bringing:

In what ways can board games improve society? Xoe talks with @gregisonthego.bsky.social about the social lessons games can teach us and how they can start important conversations, often through the lens of his design Keep the Faith, and his codesign Bloc by Bloc! youtu.be/xDzYgaBJ11Y

Tonight at 9pm EST, @xoe.gay will be having a chat with @gregisonthego.bsky.social about his design Keeping the Faith, as well as encouraging social change through game design! You can come join the chat and ask us questions over on discord: discord.gg/7SQXuB4M?eve...

If you're in the Los Angeles area, Xoe is going to be repping Lunarpunk Games at Little Tokyo's Zinefest at table E8! Going to be selling Vibes and Conviction and stuff there! It's from 9am to 4pm! www.ltzinefest.org

It can be tricky balancing a multivictor game that rides the line between cooperative and competitive. Come listen to us chat with @zesock.bsky.social about the lessons he learned balancing his game Thieve's Dilemma for both playstyles. youtu.be/sjFR6lWrGWc

What if I'm the Devil? just arrived! Very excited to check this out. It was released during the @lunarpunk.games Midnight Market!

I am delighted to see ColorJam! connecting with MAGFest attendees. @lunarpunk.games had the brilliant idea of creating larger-than-life coloring pages, and this group pulled one right off the easel and just started playing! Play it now at the tabletop section in the Riverview Ballroom!

Me doing an unguided test of convention hall neighbor @lunarpunk.games Colorjam in between demos. You make a little rondel of crayons and can only use the color in a given numbered position to fill in an area with the same number. Used crayon goes to the end and the rest slide up

We'll be at Magfest next week with some cool unranked games and propaganda, plus offering up a little sneaky peaky at what we're bringing to the table in 2026. 🌚 Who else is going to be there this year?

Want to make your own multivictor and victorless games and looking for designer insight? We meet with designers each month making these kinds of games and interview them in our Dialogues at Dusk series (linked below). Also, if you're making games like this, we'd love to have you on!

Howdy all you new peeps! If you're curious about Conviction, you can find it here: www.lunarpunk.games/conviction You should also follow @lunarpunk.games , since that's my latest vessel for talking shop on games, breaking down their hierarchies, and publishing weird indie stuff.

Ordered 100 boxes of crayons today. #justgamepublisherthings 💅

We spoke with @junkfoodgames.bsky.social about melding elements of board games and TTRPGs, creating play without an exact destination, and how to use victorless conditions to break boundaries within game design. You can watch the full video here! 🎲✂️

This is such a cool conversation about the intersection of TTRPG/story games and board games, journaling games, and open play. Chris is an inspiration to me, as are Xoe and Matt, so I'm excited to listen in. The discussion is live, now!

This is tonight! Hope to see you there. 🌙

I'm excited to chat with Xoe and Matt on Wednesday night! Join us over on discord!

On December 3rd at 9pm EST, Xoe and Matthew will chat with @junkfoodgames.bsky.social about melding elements of board games and TTRPGs, creating play without an exact destination, and how to use victorless conditions to break boundaries within game design. Find us on discord: discord.gg/pxZduDfKNZ

Conviction by @xoe.gay is now available. A stable stalwart and an intrepid idealist vowed to live in harmony forever. But now, the two find themselves in a grim quarrel. You must decide if they cooperate, separate, or one dominates the story of their lives. The night is for mediation. 🌙

A few folks have asked me when I'm playtesting the game that used to be called Roux Mates and Spell Week at #PAXU. Here's your answer! Matthew, Xoe, and I are running #CampCharmwood at the times here!

We're running our upcoming multivictor and victorless game line-up all weekend at PAX Unplugged, including Bread by @xoe.gay, Camp Charmwood by @davidmasnato.com, Color Jam by @stickydoodler.bsky.social and Joe Kell, Cursed VHS by Maia Valdez. The night is for playtesting. 🌙 Hope to see you there!

Looking for us at PAX Unplugged? Find us in the Unpub area! # Friday 1:30pm - 4:20pm at table A7 # Saturday 1:30pm - 4:20pm at table A8 # Sunday 10:00am - 12:50pm at table D8 And also generally at Open Playtesting! Looking forward to seeing y'all there!

We'll be heading to PAX Unplugged soon, and we love to hang out in the Unpub room. Anybody bringing any cool unranked games for us to playtest!?

The Midnight Market has vanished for now . . . For those who visited humble booths resting beneath the moon's luminescent glow, thank you, and know that your games shall appear soon. We'll see you next time, when the night calls for the market to open once again. 🌖

In just a few more hours, we'll be closing the Midnight Market for the evening. It's been fantastic helping the games featured this year find new homes, and we're looking forward to hosting this again next year. The night is, and always will be, for indie games. 🌖 lunarpunk.games/midnightmarket

The Midnight Market ends today, and it's your last chance to head over to get some of these cool indie games. While you're heading over, check out this cool little unboxing video of Tootin' & Hollerin', by Joe Kell. The night is for indie games. 🌖 lunarpunk.games/midnightmarket

Less than 12 hours remain for the Midnight Market! www.lunarpunk.games/midnightmarket I'm going to be hanging out and packaging games for about 5 hours, AMA! You can ask me in voice too if you like, I'm gonna be hanging in discord. discord.gg/8mw58Vk9rt

Zach Morris is a wonderfully inventive designer, and their game Duck, Duck, Choose! is a delightful multi-victor game about reaching consensus and sharing with others (or not). I’ve loved playtesting this one and can’t wait to share it with my game group!

2 days left to shop indie games in Lunarpunk’s pop-up online market! The 2025 lineup: 🫘 Tootin’ & Hollerin’ 🎆 Pyrotechnics 🦆 Duck, Duck, Choose + What Does My Rival Desire? 💌 What if I’m the Devil? Only 50 copies available for each, and they’re going fast! 🎲✂️

We have a little unboxing video for you: Duck, Duck, Choose! / What Does My Rival Desire?, a combo pack of games by Zach Morris. Available at the Midnight Market until the night of the 10th or 50 copies sell out. Available at: lunarpunk.games/midnightmarket The night is for indie games. 🌖

The Midnight Market by @lunarpunk.games is now open and you can buy some awesome indie games! Check the comments for an outline of each game available. #boardgames #indie

The Midnight Market is live. The night is for indie games. 🌖 lunarpunk.games/midnightmarket

A little under 3 hours until the Midnight Market opens. It's a waning gibbous moon tonight, which means the games offered will be especially spectacular.

Hey, everybody! Twelve hours from now marks the launch of @lunarpunk.games's Midnight Market where you can pick up a limited run of five (six?) #boardgames by indie creators! I mention it because Pyrotechnics will be available, alongside some other GREAT games! Check it out! 11:59 p.m EST!

🔴Live now! @coo.games and @xoe.gay join me to talk about Midnight Market from @lunarpunk.games What is is and what games will be sold! Come ask your questions and get ready for the sale! #SupportIndie #boardgames 📺 www.twitch.tv/panda8... 📺 www.youtube.com/@Pan... www.lunarpunk.games/...

Midnight Market is close

What If I'm the Devil? by Jamie Sabriel is a tense, unsettling social deduction game where you and your community must plumb the depths of darkness to eliminate the Devil while it corrupts and forces your community to do its bidding. It's our 4th Midnight Market game, available this weekend.

Pyrotechnics, designed by Michael Sprague and published by @thinkdeepplaylight.bsky.social, will be available at the Midnight Market! It's a two-player card duel that fits right in your pocket and plays in ten-minute bursts. 🎆🎆🎆 Snag it November 7th at www.lunarpunk.games/midnight-mar...

We had a great chat with Ben Hammer, creator of We All Take From the River, on how to model coexistence and nature in games, as well as using multivictor framework to help capture those themes. You can watch it here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCw_...

Duck, Duck, Choose! and What Does My Rival Desire? by Zach Morris are a 2-for-1 set of hand-assembled games where you distribute and sort trinkets between ducks or divey up trinkets based on your secret identity. Snag it at the Midnight Market this November: www.lunarpunk.games/midnightmarket 🌙

Today at 2pm EST We'll be chatting with Ban Hammer, designer and publisher of We All Take From the River, to discuss modeling coexistence and nature, as well as using multivictor framework to help capture those themes. Find it right on our discord: discord.gg/pxZduDfKNZ Hope to see you there! 🌙

There are so very few games that accurately capture the challenges of self-governance because they take either extreme of total conflict or total cooperation. By contrast, Ben Hammer's "We All Take From the River" gives each player agendas that create conflict and collaboration organically. 1/▶️

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Tonight, we'll be chatting with Joe Kell right in our Dialogues at Dusk stage channel at 10pm EST. Learn how to motivate players through design and drive players with untraditional incentives. Come by, listen in, and ask your awesome questions! Hope to see you there. discord.gg/pxZduDfKNZ

Midnight Market is coming! lunarpunk.games/midnightmarket Joe Kell's game, Tootin' & Hollerin', features beans making silly fart noises. Our gassy gal Xoe drew these fellas. It can't decide if their dulcet tones are more of a bwa bwa bwaaa or bbbrp brp brrrp. What do you think they sound like?

The Midnight Market shall offer games from worlds unknown, starting on November 7th, at 11:59 pm EST. It will feature f̴i̴v̴e̴ four amazing games made by indie creators. After that, who knows if you'll be able to discover these games again . . . Follow along here: www.lunarpunk.games/midnightmarket

If you want to explore design territory that moves away from this focus on colonialist domination or capitalist productivity, start at the end: the game's outcome. What are players trying to accomplish and why? Do they really need to have the most, or is it reasonable to have enough?

Reserved tables for Unpub at PAX Unplugged are now on sale!  unpub.org/paxunplugged