🎲✂️ @senfoonglim.bsky.social and @drayerink.bsky.social talk with Dave Olsen, designer of Flip 7 to discuss finding the fun in seemingly simple games where most designers crave complexity - this Weds at 9 PM EDT (UTC-5). Join us live at www.facebook.com/MeepleSyrup or www.youtube.com/MeepleSyrup

@senfoonglim.bsky.social helped me distill the whole thesis of my documentary into a 35 second sound bite. So, thanks, Sen! And thank you, @ludologypod.bsky.social for this wonderful chat!

🎲✂️ *New Episode!* @senfoonglim.bsky.social talks with Kristin Vermilya about her forthcoming audio documentary series, Out of the Dungeon, that takes a look at the history of roleplaying games - from before D&D to the modern era of Actual Plays and beyond! ludology.libsyn.com/ludology-345...

🎲✂️ @senfoonglim.bsky.social and @drayerink.bsky.social talk with Dave Beck from @paverson.bsky.social about expansions, release strategies, and more on this week's show - Weds night at 9 PM EDT (UTC-5). Join us live at www.facebook.com/MeepleSyrup or www.youtube.com/MeepleSyrup

🎲✂️ Weds Sep 10 at 9PM EDT (UTC -5), @drayerink.bsky.social and @senfoonglim.bsky.social chat with TK and Dennis from @kinsonkeygames.bsky.social about all the work that goes into making big games, like Galactic Cruise, successful. Join us live at facebook.com/MeepleSyrup or youtube.com/MeepleSyrup

please help us spread the word about this mentorship opportunity for writers of color & share it with anyone you think might be interested!

🎲✂️ *New Episode!* @senfoonglim.bsky.social talks with Josh Derksen of @lynnvander.bsky.social at @originsgamefair.bsky.social 2024 about making campaign modes for X-Wing, Star Trek: Dominion, and Battletech: Alpha Strike in this episode of Pros and Cons. ludology.libsyn.com/pros-and-con...

I am honoured to have had the opportunity to work in the Cosmere with an amazing team!

For the last few months, I've been selling tabletop games at general - not geek or gaming - markets through Cardboard Monster. Here's what I've learned about selling games to people who don't think they like games:

Another day, another silly thumbnail for a silly little video. This week: Brazil!! Stick around to the end for a special guest interview in this one ;) #ttrpg #vtm

🎲✂️ *New Episode!* This Pros and Cons, @senfoonglim.bsky.social talks with @nathanrlong.bsky.social (Warhammer novelist, Guyver screenplay writer, and script writer for Wastelands/Bard's Tale) at @originsgamefair.bsky.social 2024 about his game Shanghai Noir. ludology.libsyn.com/pros-and-con...

4 amazing creatives on the same project? YES, PLEASE!

*New Episode* 🎲✂️ @senfoonglim.bsky.social speaks to David Gordon at Origins 2024 before all of his games hit shelves in 2025. From LEGO Monkey Palace from to Floristry, we chat about his entry into game design and what the future holds. ludology.libsyn.com/pros-and-con...

🎲✂️ Back in the saddle after Gen Con @drayerink.bsky.social and @senfoonglim.bsky.social talk to Alex Radcliffe re: the con, his work at @boardgameco.bsky.social, and what's happening over at @gamefound.bsky.social! Join us live at facebook.com/MeepleSyrup or youtube.com/MeepleSyrup. Come chat!

🎲✂️ Was chatting on BGDL's FB Forum (because I'm old like that) and another designer was asking about decisions and their relation to complexity which lead me to start thinking about complexity in terms of decision space.

The leadership of the Tabletop Game Designers Association was disappointed to see the publisher CGE touting Codenames: Back to Hogwarts, a new Harry Potter-themed version of Codenames.

Hey all! If you’re a fan of @fondalee.bsky.social ‘s Green Bone Saga and TTRPGs, please check this out. Streets of Jade uses the Paragon system from @evilhat.bsky.social and takes it to a new level, incorporating factions vying for control of Jade and the awesome power it brings into the mix.

Sharp blades. Sharp suits. A sacred stone granting mythic martial prowess. @fondalee.bsky.social, @evilhat.bsky.social, and I offer you a clean blade. Wǔxiá action meets gangster warfare in STREETS OF JADE: the Green Bone Saga RPG. Swear fealty to the clan & join the playtest! evilh.at/soj-playtest

Guess where I am…

Hey Canadian TTRPG creators! Feeling like a lone moose in the indie RPG wilderness? You’re not alone. We are the CCU. Your new support crew. 1/6

🎲✂️ I’m also in love with these walk around game teachers at FLIM. Much better than cigars, cigarettes, cigarillos…

🎲✂️ *New Episode* For Pros and Cons Ep 12, @senfoonglim.bsky.social talks to @danielhkwan.itch.io at @animenorthcompass.bsky.social back in 2024 about anime, wuxia, martial arts, and his TTRPG, Wandering Blades that *JUST* funded on @kickstarter.com ludology.libsyn.com/pros-and-con...

🎲✂️ Quick 360 (without my Insta360 cam) of what’s happening at FLIM in Montreal on Day 3 of 3 for this outdoor festival celebrating games.

🎲✂️ J’adore absolutement ca. The outdoor vibe is immaculate. There’s a main stage with shows and songs, games all around, families with kids, no pressure sales. Tons of people just walking by, getting to see modern games. FLIM est incroyable!

🎲✂️ Playing an cool little zombie co-op “Survive Until Dawn” (en Français) by Thomas Filippi and Gary Paitre from Flyos.

🎲✂️ When you make a game as big as the entire planet, people want your signature ;) - Earth by Maxime Tardif

🎲✂️ Utterly besotted with everything about this 2p game - Balconia designed by Paul Schulz with art from Natalya Efrelova. Again, the giant version captured my heart lol.

🎲✂️ Here’s the schedule for FLIM - happily spending 3 days in beautiful Montreal playing games in the fresh air.

🎲✂️ I don’t care that it’s a novelty. There’s always something about a giant-sized version of a game (in this case, the SdJ nominated Flip 7) that will *always* catch my eye if not my heart lol

🎲✂️ Coming in August from Days of Wonder - I’m sensing a disturbance in the Force…

🎲✂️ The Pub Randolph is a game cafe in Montreal that also publishes games like the amazing Littoral by Bryan Burgoyne.

🎲✂️ At the Festival Ludique International en Montreal. It’s the first year and it’s small but, already, I can sense the vibe is right.

I don’t know if this will influence anyone to back in the final minutes, but Alara has made the solo modes such that each of the original 4 factions can play against each other faction and each enemy faction battles in a *unique* way…

Only a few hours left to get in on the ground floor! Thanks to everyone who’s back @lavendergames.bsky.social @offthepagegames.bsky.social @mattwagnercomics.bsky.social and me in this endeavour! Please continue to share this link if you can! www.kickstarter.com/projects/min...

Grendel is the crowdsurfing pick of the week from Mike AND Tom from The Dice Tower!! Only 27 hours left to back for the lowest price! www.kickstarter.com/projects/min...

Ecstatic that Tom and Mike both chose Grendel as their TOP crowdfunding game of the week!! You can watch their entire video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z26p...

Applications to be a part of the 2025-2026 GAMA Horizons Fellowship close on July 31. The Horizons fellowship is an accelerator program for prospective and newly established tabletop game publishers and retail store owners. Head to www.gama.org/page/Horizons to learn more or apply!

🎲✂️ Tonight at 9PM EDT (UTC -5), @senfoonglim.bsky.social and @drayerink.bsky.social talk to @gamesbymondo.bsky.social and @johnbrieger.bsky.social in a Developer Round Table, looking at freelance and in house roles! Join us live in the chat at facebook.com/MeepleSyrup or youtube.com/MeepleSyrup!

Final days on @kickstarter.com for Grendel: The Game of Crime and Mayhem co-designed by me and @lavendergames.bsky.social, published by @offthepagegames.bsky.social with art from the legendary @mattwagnercomics.bsky.social! Support if you can - spread the word! www.kickstarter.com/projects/min...

Listened to Sea of Rust by @crobertcargill.bsky.social on the advice of a friend when I told them how enamoured I was was @marthawells.com’s excellent Murderbot Diaries. He didn’t recommend it because he thought one would replace the other; he thought one would complement the other. He wasn’t wrong.

🎲✂️ When I’m stuck in a design dilemma with a game’s subsystems, I often stop and ask myself this one question: “Is the juice worth the squeeze?”

Is @bsky.app acting up when trying to compose a whole thread? I’ve rewritten one 4 times now and it’s crashed every time. Let me know!

🎲✂️ If you're anywhere beyond a novice designer, consider mentoring someone in the @unpub.bsky.social Tabletop Mentorship Program when it opens next cycle. It's very rewarding!

🎲✂️ *New Episode!* While @ericabouyouris.bsky.social is away, @senfoonglim.bsky.social speaks with @dnlnwmn.bsky.social about the trick-taking games to Indie Games Night Market pipeline. Apply for the IGNM at PaxU 2025 here: newmillindustries.com/ignm ludology.libsyn.com/ludology-344...

🎲✂️ Doing some research - looking for some good hexcrawl games to play solo. Any recommendations? #solottrpgs #hexcrawls #ttrpgs #rpgs

@lavendergames.bsky.social and I will be doing a LIVE Q&A with @offthepagegames.bsky.social about our latest co-design, Grendel: A Game of Crime and Mayhem Live on KS now: www.kickstarter.com/projects/min... Come chat at youtube.com/live/ddvjBJ4...

🎲✂️ Tonight at 9PM EDT (UTC -5), @senfoonglim.bsky.social and @drayerink.bsky.social talk to @tinstargames.bsky.social about compelling worldbuilding in game design. Join us live in the chat at facebook.com/MeepleSyrup or youtube.com/MeepleSyrup!

@bananachangames.bsky.social don’t forget your emergency crowboi

🎲✂️ Meeting with @bananachangames.bsky.social and the @evilhat.bsky.social team for our current project is always hilarious. This time, I'm zooming in from the dojo after teaching a BJJ class all sweaty in a gi vs. from a hotel during a con. They get to see a lot of my life lol.