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@seandavidross.bsky.social
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I make the card games I wish had always existed. (he/him)
https://www.patreon.com/seandavidross
pinned post!
WIP box cover art for "Trifle", for a TGM Spring 2026 release. Designed by me. Art by
@saibep.bsky.social
. This will be a limited release, available in Japan via BOOTH (more details when they become available).
4 months ago
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Pete
3 days ago
Whoa Crits & Tricks is in Alpha on BGA. That's a nice suprirse!
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Travis D. Hill, Ph.D. ☕️
5 days ago
Decided to strip away the historical theme of this 5-year old cube rails game and start to think about: "What if it's a cube rails game about tearing down an overly-industrialized society to create more green spaces?" It opens up tons of interesting possibilities to explore. We'll see!
#CCMF
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Marceline Leiman
5 days ago
In honor of international women’s day, a FLGS in France let me know that they put my game High Tide alongside other excellent games made by women in the front of their shop! Women are amazing 💕
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Marceline Leiman
6 days ago
Come listen to me talk with
@tokengaymer.bsky.social
about queerness and boardgames!!
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Pete
7 days ago
These games are great:
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Lobby Snacks & ESP ~ Taylor's Trick-Taking Table
YouTube video by Taylor's Trick-Taking Table
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SCj2kbzbnfQ
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Matt Montgomery
7 days ago
I wrote about five of interesting up-and-coming game designers in Don't Eat the Meeples this week — it was hard to cap the list at five, so I guess this is something I'll be revisiting. (My criteria for up-and-coming — no games released more than five years ago.)
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Five up-and-coming designers to know
These five newcomer designers are doing fascinating things in board games.
https://www.donteatthemeeples.com/five-up-and-coming-designers-to-know/
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Tabletop Games Blog (they)
6 days ago
It was time to swim out and get on the next Big Wave by Daniel Kenel from Little Dog Games with art by Justin Santora. Written:
tabletopgamesblog.com/2026/03/07/b...
Audio:
open.spotify.com/episode/1OqW...
#boardgames
#reviews
#CardGames
#TrickTaking
#surfing
@dnlnwmn.bsky.social
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Big Wave (Saturday Review) | Tabletop Games Blog
Surf was up. We had already checked out Mavericks, Praia do Norte and Mullaghmore Head. All that was left was to ride the big breakers at Pipeline. We couldn't wait to show off our best tricks and com...
https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2026/03/07/big-wave-saturday-review/
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City Hare Studio
14 days ago
Finally got my own sets of the custom tiles project home for local distribution. Get your copy at
travel-games.co.uk
while supplies last!
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Amabel Holland
17 days ago
guess what nerds it's time for space trains
hollandspiele.com/products/ray...
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Rayroads
Game Design: Amabel HollandHex Number: 93Duration: 120 minutesPlayers: 3-4MSRP: $50.00 Your world is dying. Soon, the last of its resources will be extracted from its husk, and it will no longer be ab...
https://hollandspiele.com/products/rayroads
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CodeMarvelous
14 days ago
Playing the delightful and thinky Martini. A double 9 domino game by
@indigopotter.bsky.social
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Jacob Bysshe Landrum
14 days ago
I’ll try to get a real video tomorrow of me playing with a coworker or something, but I’m happy with where I’ve got this game at! Three weights, light/medium/heavy, shown by 3 dots. I feel like I’m better at this when I’m seated at the table and not the floor (shown here, lol).
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Marceline Leiman
14 days ago
As a Jewish person, I’m not exaggerating that the far right want nothing more than absolute humiliation, dehumanizing, and death to all trans people. This all-too-familiar sight is happening right in front of our eyes—and I’m not seeing nearly enough decrying and anger to feel remotely comfortable.
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Kansas Orders Trans Drivers to Surrender Licenses With One Day’s Notice
Trans people affected are required to replace their state identification at their own expense.
https://www.them.us/story/kansas-orders-trans-drivers-surrender-licenses-one-days-notice?client_service_name=them.&client_service_id=31178&service_user_id=1.78e+16&supported_service_name=instagram_publishing&utm_medium=social&utm_social_type=owned&utm_brand=them&utm_source=instagram&utm_content=instagram-bio-link
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Marceline Leiman
16 days ago
Will you be at GAMA EXPO next week? I’ll be a panelist talking on design diaries with some amazing, inspiring speakers!
@gamesbymondo.bsky.social
@pinktigergames.com
@colewehrle.bsky.social
Come say hello to me on Sunday or Monday while I’m around! 🎲✂️
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🇨🇦 NanaGale
16 days ago
“We took hockey from them” 1976: 🇨🇦 1981: 🇷🇺 1984: 🇨🇦 1987: 🇨🇦 1991: 🇨🇦 1996: 🇺🇸 1998: 🇨🇿 2002: 🇨🇦 2004: 🇨🇦 2006: 🇸🇪 2010: 🇨🇦 2014: 🇨🇦 2016: 🇨🇦 2025: 🇨🇦 2026: 🇺🇸 We are good here in Canada.
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Dan Thurot
17 days ago
Wallet games! That's right, today I'm covering three recent Button Shy offerings: one experimental, one familiar, and one that had me hollering theologically incoherent platitudes about Valhalla.
spacebiff.com/2026/02/24/l...
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Walletbiters
It’s in my nature to appreciate wallets. I own a couple dozen of the things. One for carrying money and eleven-year-old gift cards to defunct smoothie chains, the rest for microgames from But…
https://spacebiff.com/2026/02/24/laspalmas-phantasmic-dustbiters/
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BoardGame Animal 🐕
20 days ago
It’s been a couple weeks since we had a nice Saturday Special huh? Check out our Best Board Game Remakes, Reprints & Sequels of 2025~
youtu.be/G5woRhA34XA?...
With games from
@cmyk.games
@chiptheorygames.bsky.social
@25thcentury.games
@restorationgames.bsky.social
@allplay.bsky.social
#boardgames
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The Best Board Game Remakes, Reprints & Sequels of 2025
YouTube video by Board Game Animal
https://youtu.be/G5woRhA34XA?si=y32Cxsrp9BI03b2B
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Amabel Holland
21 days ago
I tend to struggle with the short description but I think I nailed it this time
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TableTapas Games
23 days ago
What an absolutely amazing first campaign! We could not be more thankful for all of our wonderful backers. You haven't seen the last of us - we are just getting started. Time to get this game into all of your hands and start working on Rocky Ventures! ... more on that soon
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BoardGame Animal 🐕
23 days ago
Happy
#PlutoDay
! I’m thrilled to share my first public game design: “Did You Hear About Pluto?”
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/46...
A funky 4P trick-taker & all you need is a double 9 domino set to play! Rules are on BGG I can’t wait to share MORE designs coming soon~ But first…thanks! 🧵 (1/6)
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Travis D. Hill, Ph.D. ☕️
24 days ago
Just launched: Press Pot Games' Mini Handmade
#TTRPG
#Zine
Anthology Bundle In this, you can grab a bundle of 4, single-sheet, 8-fold zines, hand folded by me! Or you can grab a PDF and print on your own. You'll find games about a cat, a mosh pit, and a revolution. It's my love letter to my past.
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Press Pot Games' Mini Handmade TTRPG Zine Anthology Bundle
Get a collection of 3+ TTRPG single-sheet, 8-fold zines, printed and folded by yours truly.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/travisdhill/press-pot-games-mini-handmade-ttrpg-zine-anthology-bundle
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TableTapas Games
24 days ago
Only 7 hours left in the Stellar Ventures Kickstarter campaign! Help us reach 1,500 backers by spreading the word and backing now!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tab...
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Stellar Ventures
Take control of interstellar corporations, outwit the aliens, and crush your rivals to dominate the galaxy!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tabletapasgames/stellar-ventures?ref=3lzj0i
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Daniel Newman // New Mill Industries
24 days ago
hey hey! The Fluffy Rite and Hearts and Minds are currently available for preorder! They'll ship in late May. It's looking like the print runs will be about 250 copies for each, as demand is a bit down. So if they look interesting to you and you're worried about them selling out, get on it!
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Marceline Leiman
30 days ago
I’m excited to announce that Heavenly Bodies, my self-published release from Indie Games Night Market 2025, has been signed to a publisher! ✨ There will finally be more than 50 copies in the world!! Stay tuned for more details to come!
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/45...
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Rascal News
about 1 month ago
"When it comes to publishing Harry Potter, it’s pretty simple: don’t." Members of a grassroots movement are pressuring Upper Deck Entertainment to not put tabletop money in the hands of a powerful transphobe. So far, they've been met with silence.
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Upper Deck is facing concerted online backlash after licensing a Harry Potter CCG
The industry is taking a step against transphobia in tabletop games.
https://www.rascal.news/upper-deck-is-facing-concerted-online-backlash-after-licensing-a-harry-potter-ccg/
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Jonathan Cox
about 1 month ago
Here’s my Sugarworks Quick Play, so you can see what this game feels like to play :) Check it out here ->
youtu.be/iQazMM1t3kU
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Sugarworks - Quick Play
YouTube video by Getting Games
https://youtu.be/iQazMM1t3kU
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TableTapas Games
about 1 month ago
Stellar Ventures always plays out so differently - no game is the same! Thanks
@optimalplay.bsky.social
,
@benmandelker.bsky.social
, and Jordan for the awesome playthrough!
youtu.be/EMCmExPFgK8?...
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Stellar Ventures Playthrough
YouTube video by Play It Again
https://youtu.be/EMCmExPFgK8?si=UwXOju1wvthNLMpn
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City Hare Studio
about 1 month ago
Huge announcement! A project I've been working on for a while with the help from
@travelgames.bsky.social
and
@byssh3.bsky.social
is this massive multi-game mahjong set! Included are tiles to play domino games, card games (including Tichu), and Xiangqi Mahjong an obscure Mahjong variant!
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BoardGame Animal 🐕
about 1 month ago
A late night special~ Check out our reviews of Hearts and Minds & The Fluffy Rite from New Mill!
@dnlnwmn.bsky.social
youtu.be/o2IwKcgEX5Q?...
Come for the reviews, stay to watch a sentient teddy bear kill me~ (There will be a paused moment in this video & I can’t wait to see folks reaction)
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Daniel Newman // New Mill Industries
about 1 month ago
In case you missed it yesterday, two new games are up for preorder!
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BoardGame Animal 🐕
about 1 month ago
Time for a surprise Monday video drop~ (This week will be a busy one!) Our review of Bested Another Time from
@tricktaking.bsky.social
@saibep.bsky.social
is here!
youtu.be/zIfGLW3hvoI?...
Enjoy~
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Daniel Newman // New Mill Industries
about 1 month ago
Oh hey! New games are up for preorder at
www.newmillindustries.com
! The Fluffy Rite is an oddball trick taker in which there are no ranks on the cards - you play two suited cards together to form teddy bears (illustrated by my 16 year old son) and you're aiming to win the second-most tricks.
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New Mill Industries
https://www.newmillindustries.com
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TableTapas Games
about 1 month ago
Stellar Ventures is climbing THE HOTNESS on BGG! #7 today.
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/35...
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Stonemaier Games
about 1 month ago
"We see the tremendous weight of grief, anger, and fear that so many are carrying right now. No one should have to live with constant fear. Everyone deserves to feel safe, valued, and to be treated with dignity." Read more:
stonemaiergames.com/we-stand-wit...
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We Stand with Our Community
A few months ago, my coworker, Alex, moved from St. Louis to Minneapolis. This week I spent some time with him in person for the first time since the move, and we had a long chat about the horrifyi…
https://stonemaiergames.com/we-stand-with-our-community/
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Dan Thurot
about 1 month ago
The Dice Tower's silence on Sam Healy's fascist apologia is bad — hot take, I know — but it's also in line with this hobby's paradoxical insistence that games are simultaneously art and apolitical.
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Jacob Bysshe Landrum
about 1 month ago
Happy to release my first game of 2026: Fries 🍟 In this 3-4 player climbing-shedding game, your goal is to shed out first, or be the last player who still has cards. As you might expect of me, this is a standard deck game. Rules & PDF to print visual reminders:
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
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BoardGame Animal 🐕
about 1 month ago
Check out our review of Gold Country! Knizia’s latest game from
@bitewinggames.bsky.social
youtu.be/yFO55IUYrtc?...
#boardgames
#goldcountry
#knizia
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City Hare Studio
about 1 month ago
Do you like trick-taking games? What about dominoes? If you said wor to both, check out Spetzi!
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/44...
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Spetzi
Two-player domino trick-taking game inspired by 42 and Schnapsen.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/445464
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Luis Francisco
about 1 month ago
Have you heard about or tried
@boardssey.bsky.social
yet? After one year, I’m really proud of what we’ve built and how it’s helping board game creators work and show more professionally, from development all the way to pitching and getting published. 😊 🎲✂️
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Daniel Newman // New Mill Industries
about 1 month ago
oh man, another KS that's worth checking out. Best of Neapolitan is the new version of Boast or Nothing, which is one of my favorite trick takers.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/gam...
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Tricktakers Expansion, Best of Neapolitan, & Zoom Zoom Vroom
Three new soon-to-be classic PGC titles launching in 2026!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gameportland/tricktakers-expansion-best-of-neopolitan-and-zoom-zoom-vroom
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Jacob Bysshe Landrum
about 2 months ago
boardgamegeek.com/filepage/315...
My besto friendo
@cityhare.studio
made a much tidier rulebook for Even At Odds (and the previously revealed logo). Enjoy! And thank you again to Niko. :)
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Even At Odds - Rulebook | Even At Odds
Even At Odds - Rulebook | Even At Odds
https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/315699
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Amabel Holland
about 2 months ago
Got some new producers signing up after the video went out on Friday, and I now find myself with seventy-five (75!) patreon supporters. That's really humbling, and I'm deeply grateful - it's what allows me to fund research-intensive videos like "Gravity Is Free".
patreon.com/amabelholland
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Get more from Amabel Holland on Patreon
video essays about the future & history of board games
https://patreon.com/amabelholland
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Marceline Leiman
about 2 months ago
Announcing!!!! 🦖 DINO RACER 🦕🍌 Dino Racer is a fast-paced card game where you’ll draft cards of five wacky dinos competing in a prehistoric race to the finish. Expect this one to *saur* at Gen Con 2026!!!! 🎲✂️
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/46...
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TableTapas Games
about 2 months ago
Kickstarter goes live TOMORROW:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tab...
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Coming soon: Stellar Ventures
Take control of interstellar corporations, outwit the aliens, and crush your rivals to dominate the galaxy!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tabletapasgames/stellar-ventures
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TableTapas Games
about 2 months ago
Justin and I joined
@jwgeist00.bsky.social
on the DOAM podcast to discuss the birth of TableTapas Games, Stellar Ventures development, and satisfying game arcs in play! Take a listen! Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/0LaZ...
Apple:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
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#144: Stellar Ventures & Satisfying Game Arcs
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0LaZ8h4TfwniWFp7zvlytN?si=dd80adbffc5042e5
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BoardGame Animal 🐕
about 2 months ago
Is
@restorationgames.bsky.social
still Unmatched? Check out our review of the new
#TMNT
& Lee vs Ali sets~
#boardgames
#unmatched
youtu.be/JhLxljyAPzo?...
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Tabletop Game Designers Association
about 2 months ago
In Memoriam 2025 Designers build on the creativity and hard work of those who came before. TTGDA would like to recognize those in the tabletop industry who we lost last year. We are deeply grateful for their contributions, and are diminished by their loss.
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Dan Thurot
about 2 months ago
Let's do one more for the weekend: Spooktacular is another character-driven (and character replete!) game by Brad Talton, this time focusing on cinematic monsters come to life to eat moviegoers. It's a real scream. My review:
spacebiff.com/2026/01/23/s...
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Cinema Skins
On an intellectual level, I understand it would be terrifying to attend a cinema where all the projections have pushed through the big screen to consume the moviegoers. But as an intellectual there…
https://spacebiff.com/2026/01/23/spooktacular/
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TableTapas Games
about 2 months ago
5...more...days! Stellar Ventures on Kickstarter so soon. Follow here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tab...
Haggis! 4p and 2p are our favorite player counts for this one. We love games where you can lead (no pun intended) your opponents right to where you want them
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