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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
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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).
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Sai Beppu
5 days ago
My favorite disc✨
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Daniel Newman // New Mill Industries
6 days ago
Just announced the new Tokyo Game Market games I've brought back. They're going live on Thursday, Dec. 4 at 10pm EST. Check your email for details! Not on the email list? Sign up at
www.newmillindustries.com/contact
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Contact — New Mill Industries
https://www.newmillindustries.com/contact
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BoardGame Animal 🐕
6 days ago
Check out our coverage of
@25thcentury.games
newest Kickstarter!! Knizia??
@indigopotter.bsky.social
!? It doesn’t get much better than this folks~
#knizia
#rhinelander
#boardgames
youtu.be/vsoElW6vKJE?...
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BoardGame Animal 🐕
6 days ago
And for everyone’s immense pleasure, enjoy two silly 6-7 jokes my kids inserted into this video Anyway, go watch & get Rheinlander~
youtu.be/vsoElW6vKJE?...
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Carol LaGrow
6 days ago
The Kickstarter for the new
@25thcentury.games
edition of The Six of VIII is live! Only $10. 10 games on this KS, including two Knizia reprints. Lots to choose from.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cha...
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Marceline Leiman
7 days ago
Surprise!!! My second wallet game Banana Carts 🍌 has been announced for a 2026 release!!!
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trick-kuma.booth.pm/items/7717863
@saibep.bsky.social
's Trick Kuma wooden coins are available again (100s sold separately) from
@trick-kuma.bsky.social
's (her husband's) BOOTH store.
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とりっくまコイン(基本セット) - trick-kuma - BOOTH
得点計算に使える木製コインです。 サイズ - 直径:21mm - 厚さ:5mm 構成 - 1コイン:40個 - 5コイン:20個 - 10コイン:20個 - 50コイン:20個 合計100個入り
https://trick-kuma.booth.pm/items/7717863
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Trickster's Table
7 days ago
www.patreon.com/posts/cincos...
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Cincos Verdes and 3 Tricky Pigs will be the next games added | Trickster's Table
Get more from Trickster's Table on Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/posts/cincos-verdes-3-144772557?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link
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25th Century Games
9 days ago
Two of the Seven imports in our next Kickstarter unveiled! Teaming up with Itten for the first time to bring their fun baseball game Hits & Outs to market here. Bringing Barrel Dice by our Playte friends (reconfigured as Beer Mug Dice) over too.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cha...
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Pete
10 days ago
Updated my geeklist of favorite trick-taking/climbing games to include 50 titles instead of 25. I haven't written my mini reviews of the new additions yet but I heartily recommend all of these card games!
boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/318...
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My Top 50 Trick Taking / Climbing / Shedding Games
my favorite mechanisms and a real obsession
https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/318000/my-top-50-trick-taking-climbing-shedding-games
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TableTapas Games 🔜 KICKSTARTER
11 days ago
Happy Thanksgiving! We are so thankful for everyone who has supported us and made Stellar Ventures possible. We are so excited to be launching it in January, as well as the upcoming lineup of games from TableTapas! Wishing everyone a day filled with joy, wonderful good, and (hopefully) gaming!
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Stu Teacher
11 days ago
The latest version of 매미들 (Memideul, Korean for Cicadas) is up and finalized. I have done my best to streamline the game, while still keeping the hooks. I am satisfied with where it is at the moment until I get more feedback. So if you wanna try a weird unorthodox trick taker, check out CICADAS!
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매미들 - CICADAS
매미들 CICADAS v.0.85 A game by Stu Teacher 3-5 players // 30 minutes After more than a decade growing up underground, Cicadas by the trillions unearth themselves with the sole purpose of climbing a tr...
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y5AKC4sZhpT257uo_Y3klnSJkRud-u4W8QLSKvVg79c/edit?usp=sharing
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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).
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Aimee Steinberger
12 days ago
Remember your favorite creator possibly might be struggling with imposter syndrome and doubt and this timeline sucks.. so if you find yourself thinking “wow I really relate to this persons work” or that persons work gives you joy, you should probably tell them. It’s a hard time to be a creative.
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Marceline Leiman
13 days ago
HUGE news update for me!!!!!! High Tide, the game I handmade for Indie Games Night Market 2024 and licensed to Underdog Games in 2025… ✨ Will be releasing at BARNES & NOBLE around March 2026!!! ✨ This marks my first design to reach big box retail stores!!!!! More details as they become available!
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Dan Thurot
14 days ago
I don't know how to introduce this one. After three titles about opium peddling, I figured the rest of SDHistCon would be breezy by comparison. I was wrong. The next day, I experienced one of the toughest board games I've ever played. Perhaps *the* toughest.
spacebiff.com/2025/11/24/u...
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Unnameable
After the first day of SDHistCon, where I played three games about opium peddling, I figured the second would be easier on my stomach. I could not have been more wrong. It has no name. Its designer…
https://spacebiff.com/2025/11/24/unnameable/
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Jacob Bysshe Landrum
14 days ago
boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/367...
It’s wild to me that some with such a respectable taste for good games would see mine fit to be their #4 of the year. I’m honored and dumbstruck.
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Trawlerman's Top Ten New-to-Me Games of 2025. It's (almost) the End of the Year as We Know It... and I feel list(less).
One Year. Ten Games. Over the last half decade, I have trended towards simple games with simple components and simpler rules. This list reflects that trend. In the past few years, I've also tried to s...
https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/367814?itemid=12330104
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Sai Beppu
16 days ago
I've added the "Doppelkopf deck" to my BOOTH page! Order by November and receive a dealer marker (worth 500 yen). You can purchase it for the same price as the Game Market retail price.
#GameMarket2025Autumn
allotment.booth.pm/items/7676341
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ドッペルコップ Doppelkopf デック - design ALLOTMENT - BOOTH
ドイツでポピュラーなトリックテイキングゲームDoppelkopfをを遊びやすくしたカードデックです。 箱はコンパクトな手のひらサイズ。 星あつめの夜に出かけよう! English rules are available online! こんな人におすすめ! 🌟ティチューのような宣言ありカードゲームが大好き 🌟伝統ゲーム知りたい 🌟何度も末永く遊べるトランプのようなデックがほしい 🌟恋をしている 🌟...
https://allotment.booth.pm/items/7676341
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TableTapas Games 🔜 KICKSTARTER
17 days ago
PAX Unplugged Day 1! Come check out Stellar Ventures at booth 4328! Win a free game! Or just come say hi - we are excited to see you!
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Pete
17 days ago
Absolutely killer night of trains and tricks. All new to me, all great: Iberian Gauge, Numberwang, Chai Tea Jazz (don’t mind how horribly we performed in our first game of CTJ). Excellent designs
@amabel.bsky.social
@tricktaking.bsky.social
@seandavidross.bsky.social
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Dan Thurot
18 days ago
The Two Towers: Trick-Taking Game follows up on last year's Fellowship trick-taker, and like that inaugural release it's an innovative and excellent adaptation of Tolkien's fantasy novel. My review:
spacebiff.com/2025/11/20/t...
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Trick-Taking’s Back on the Menu, Boys!
The problem with sequels, especially in board games where sequels are mechanical artifacts first and narrative artifacts a distant second if at all, is that there isn’t necessarily more to sa…
https://spacebiff.com/2025/11/20/two-towers-trick-taker/
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梟老堂
18 days ago
Wani-Wani Gang, the newest game from Fukuroudou will be playable at PAX Unplugged play area! And available to get at Ninja Star Games booth GH-63B. It's very simple and fun dice game for both of casual and veteran players. 🦉
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Jacob Bysshe Landrum
19 days ago
I made a how to play video for Even At Odds!
youtu.be/8wIrXa-fEzs?...
I hate hearing my own voice and this was recorded as fast as possible so I would just get it done, but it’s the full teach!
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Sai Beppu
19 days ago
I'm responsible for the artwork of many of the new games being sold at Tokyo Game Market this weekend.
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Dan Thurot
20 days ago
Today I investigate three more indie games, all of which are ambitious and explorative of what games can accomplish. These are good'uns.
spacebiff.com/2025/11/18/h...
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Nebulae, Medusae… Crownae?
Yesterday on BlueSky, Marceline Leiman asked a great question. Using only one or two extremely vague words, how would I describe the titles on offer at this year’s Indie Games Night Market? N…
https://spacebiff.com/2025/11/18/heavenly-medusa-crown/
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Taylor Reiner
20 days ago
Part 2 of Two Towers, WAHOOO!! ✌️🙌😍💕💞
youtu.be/fbnnh9nN-pk
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Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Part 2 ~ Taylor's Trick-Taking Table
YouTube video by Taylor's Trick-Taking Table
https://youtu.be/fbnnh9nN-pk
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Shreesh
21 days ago
Played Big Apple by
@dx.social.ridetrans.it.ap.brid.gy
yesterday. Highly recommended if you are looking to play a PnP game with preschoolers. Rules & PnP files can be found here :
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/45...
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Big Apple
Fishing card game for preschoolers
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/458232/big-apple/files
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Daniel Newman // New Mill Industries
21 days ago
lovely review of Folia Folio! Thanks Wade!
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Dan Thurot
21 days ago
Today I'm covering three more upcoming Indie Games Night Market titles! Fold & Fly!, Coupon Clipper, and Paper Pencil Stencil are all tactile treats. My reviews:
spacebiff.com/2025/11/17/t...
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Paper Planes, Coupons, Stencils
We’re only a few days away from the Indie Games Night Market at Pax Unplugged. Funny how time gets away from us. Don’t worry, that’s less a plaintive cry about my fading youth tha…
https://spacebiff.com/2025/11/17/tactile-trio/
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Hilk
22 days ago
I have often bemoaned the dryness of many modern games. Somebody on the web wrote "boardgames are just math made fun", and I answered that many boardgames are math made not fun. In such games, scores are no longer a reward for good play, but the entire games just consist of calculations. (1/X)
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Jacob Bysshe Landrum
22 days ago
I really enjoyed making and refining Even At Odds, and I want to talk about the process I went through because it is very full of reminiscing on my friends.
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BoardGame Animal 🐕
22 days ago
We’re thrilled to share our Special Presentation; Indie Games Night Market Preview! It was a privilege to be part of this & share these games with you all~
youtu.be/HA_u8oxU0kc?...
See the games that will be at the IGNM in exactly 1 week at
#PAXunplugged
!
#boardgames
#ignm
#cardgames
#indiegames
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Pete
24 days ago
“It’s like Ameritrash trick-taking” This is surreal because I’ve loved Joel’s videos ever since I first got into the hobby. Seeing that he really understood what the game was going for and had fun with it is just so cool.
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Marceline Leiman
24 days ago
“Under that minimalist surface is something almost meditative.” “The pieces clack like seashells, the board (or lack thereof) feels alive—with every move reshaping the tide pool.” “It’s elegant, portable, and weirdly emotional.”
youtu.be/60D6-mm9s3A
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High Tide Review | The Abstract Game That Sold Out in 7 Minutes
YouTube video by Meeple AF
https://youtu.be/60D6-mm9s3A
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Jacob Bysshe Landrum
28 days ago
1/3 Done! I submitted it to BGG a few minutes ago, but you can try Microfishing right now if you want with the rules and cards linked below. I have each card as a separate image if you want that, or I made a 6-up PNP file if that's your thing. Whichever!
bsky.app/profile/byss...
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Jacob Bysshe Landrum
24 days ago
2/3 Done! Yap is a 2-4 player discard and draw game with climbing/shedding elements thrown in. My daughter and I worked on it pretty intensely in July. It’s up on BGG now if you want to try it!
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/45...
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Marceline Leiman
24 days ago
I thought today I can share some of my progress going from prototype to prototype—hopefully sharing a bit about my process, and how I approach graphic design! 🎲 ✂️
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Dan Thurot
25 days ago
This past weekend, I was delighted to attend
@sdhistcon.bsky.social
, where on Saturday I played not one, not two, but three games about selling opium. It was quite the day. Read about it here:
spacebiff.com/2025/11/13/s...
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SDHist 2025: Day of Copium
This past weekend, I attended SDHistCon in San Diego, the most interesting board gaming convention currently running. Here are the official snapshots: the Summit Award went to War Story: Occupied F…
https://spacebiff.com/2025/11/13/sdhistcon-2025/
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Jonathan Cox
25 days ago
Here’s my Bretwalda Quick Play, so you can see what this game feels like to play :) Check it out here ->
youtu.be/fYuvURtqgtw
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Bretwalda - Quick Play
YouTube video by Getting Games
https://youtu.be/fYuvURtqgtw
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梟老堂
25 days ago
Components of "Gather Up! Wani-Wani Gang" is here! 32 cards with adorable illustration by Sayaka Kusada creates a special game experiences. The EN rule is available on website. 🦉
fukuroudou.info/file/Wani_Ma...
It'll be playable on PAX unplugged at end of this month! (21~23 Nov.2025)
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Pete
26 days ago
New episode of
@decisionspace.bsky.social
is all about hybrid deckbuilders! We examine why these totally dominate the BGG top 100 and what makes it such an adaptable hook for games. Also Jake posits a theory that we should call these deck shuffling games instead.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
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Every Game I'm Shufflin': Deckbuilding 201 and Dune Imperium
Podcast Episode · Decision Space · 11/12/2025 · 1h 14m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/every-game-im-shufflin-deckbuilding-201-and-dune-imperium/id1552235284?i=1000736409648
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Shelf Stable Podcast
27 days ago
This week, we are joined by
@dnlnwmn.bsky.social
who skyrizzies it up on Ep66!
shelfstablecast.com/66-ft-daniel..
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Shelf Stable: A Board Gaming Podcast
A podcast celebrating board games that have stood the test of time. https://linktr.ee/shelfstablecast
https://shelfstablecast.com/66-ft-daniel..
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BoardGame Animal 🐕
27 days ago
Friday 11/14 6PM ESTour Indie Games Night Market Special Preview goes up~ I’ll be active on here & on YouTube so feel free to ask any questions; I’d love to engage & chat about it~ Huge thanks to all of the lovely folks who contributed to make this happen~ (tagged below)
@officialpax.bsky.social
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BoardGame Animal 🐕
27 days ago
HUGE Announcement!! I’m thrilled to reveal we’re starting a podcast: BATS! The “BoardGame-Animal-Talk-Show” With special guests: Reiner Knizia
@dnlnwmn.bsky.social
Ammon Anderson
@asmeesh.bsky.social
@ithayla.bsky.social
& MORE to reveal!!~ Coming late December, stay tuned!!
#boardgames
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Jacob Bysshe Landrum
28 days ago
Microfishing is a 2-player fishing game based on Escoba where you'll play cards from hand to capture fish from the Lake (the table). As long as the played card and the Lake card(s) add to 18, you'll capture them! Rules and a print-ready PDF are linked below.
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Marceline Leiman
29 days ago
Wow I can’t believe I haven’t worked on this game in like half a year! It’s been a busyyyy year for me in the best of ways. This weekend I spend some time on it, and I think I’m starting to hone in on the artstyle for Shortstack! I'm much happier with the clean vectors over the "realism" effect.
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Jonathan Cox
about 1 month ago
I've made some changes, and you can learn about them in today's Updates Vlog. Specifically, tutorials are going away, quick plays are here, and reviews are coming back! (sort of)
youtu.be/JvGDdwImR7I
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Quick Plays, New Reviews, and Designing games! - Updates November '25
YouTube video by Getting Games
https://youtu.be/JvGDdwImR7I
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Taylor Reiner
about 1 month ago
Lord of the Rings Two Towers by
@bbornmueller.bsky.social
is Here!!! ✌️🙌💍🗼💫
youtu.be/0lOmIVZLdJE
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Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Part 1~ Taylor's Trick-Taking Table
YouTube video by Taylor's Trick-Taking Table
https://youtu.be/0lOmIVZLdJE
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Marceline Leiman
about 1 month ago
I’m so so excited for Indie Games Night Market and to share my new card game Heavenly Bodies with the world!! 🪐✨ Here’s a preview of my pricing board!!
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Dan Thurot
about 1 month ago
In the Shadow of Atlas is another single-deck game by John Clowdus, and it finds him in familiar territory: the lane-battler. This is a smart and self-contained game that recalls some of Clowdus's earliest experiments. My review:
spacebiff.com/2025/11/05/i...
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Atlas Boogied
Something I’ve always appreciated about John Clowdus’s games is the way they evoke larger worlds with two sentences and a half-dozen illustrations. In the Shadow of Atlas, for instance,…
https://spacebiff.com/2025/11/05/in-the-shadow-of-atlas/
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