Inspired by Nova knocking over my poor baby Christmas tree “Piney”, Scott Brady and I have designed a Christmas game about decorating your tree while your cats mess with the decorations. I’m excited to say we signed the game with Wacky Wizard 🎄

Spent hours worth of flying updating my podcast’s new social media banners. Managed to get most of them done minus the ones I needed internet to download the pictures. I can’t wait for the day when WiFi is free on all flights 🤞🏻

Please follow on Instagram www.instagram.com/gamedesignunboxed and TikTok www.tiktok.com/@gamedesignunbox for awesome tips and behind the scenes stories of your favorite games!

With the help of @tamatplay.bsky.social, @arivamonsta.bsky.social and other industry professionals we will be providing weekly videos giving game design tips and behind the scenes information on your favorite games on top of promoting the podcast on Instagram @gamedesignunboxed and TikTok!

With the help of @tamatplay.bsky.social, @arivamonsta.bsky.social and other industry professionals we will be providing weekly videos giving game design tips and behind the scenes information on your favorite games on top of promoting the podcast on Instagram @gamedesignunboxed and TikTok!

It was an honor to be asked onto the Community and Collaboration panel in London at the Play Creator Conference. Being able to open the Conference talking about what I’m most passionate about was amazing. Let’s continue to share resources and collaborate with other designers/publishers!

@thedarkimp.bsky.social did a great job interviewing me about the art of pitching tabletop games. I talk about my process, the essential skills designers need, and how to approach pitching materials. Enjoy! thegamedesignroundtable.com/episode/btc-...

I love my new little witch pin 😍

I’m so excited for our adorable necromancer pin to be released at Origins. The first of the many Queer Coven pins! Also, this animation is 🔥🔥🔥

Pride Month is around the corner. Do you want to be on this list of LGBTQ+ creators with me? Please only add yourself but help spread the word so we can collect a great list!

So many interesting answers to the question of if self-policing hurts creativity or not. Give it a read! www.mojo-nation.com/inventors-we...

Another cute pin I designed is at PAX East in the PAX Together Intersection with Tabletop Gaymers! 🧙‍♂️🏳️‍🌈

Such a great way to kick off season 2!

Inspired by @elizhargrave.bsky.social’s “Designers who are Women & People of Marginalized Genders” BGG GeekList, I have created 7 GeekLists for LGBTQIA+ representation in tabletop games. Please add to it and share it as we get closer to Pride Month! 🥳🏳️‍🌈 boardgamegeek.com/geeklists?do...

Hey look @stonemaiergames.com was on CNN (illustrated by some boardgames you might recognize): "If we shipped all the games to the US that we started making in January, it would amount to around $1.5 million in tariffs."

Scott and I are up for designers of the year for our party game Caution Signs at the Play Creator Awards! I played the game all week at the Gathering and I never tire of the laughs and memories it brings. Congrats to all my friends that also got nominated! www.mojo-nation.com/play-creator...

Hey everyone! I’m giving an extra day to fill out the LGBTQIA+ form for the Geeklists. If you want to be featured please fill this out today so I can make these lists this week. Thanks! forms.gle/iaH5Z9giYyDi...

If you haven’t added yourself please do! I want to make this list this week so there’s a month before PRIDE Month for people to use it! 🏳️‍🌈 forms.gle/iaH5Z9giYyDi...

It's Cardboard Time! Episode 110 is now live (spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/PypUolEBzSb). On today's episode, I review Diatoms (@ludoliminal.bsky.social , @sabrinac.bsky.social , @25thcentury.games) and have a chat with Danielle Reynolds (@tokengaymer.bsky.social )

It was great to talk about what’s happening in the game industry and how it’s personally causing me to lose game contracts as well as published games. Hopefully people enjoy the ramblings on my career and how it’s drastically changed over the past month with these increasing tariffs on China ❤️‍🩹

Caution Signs is up for the Golden Geek Awards Party Game of the Year! If you’re a fan of the game please consider voting for it 🙏🏻 boardgamegeek.com/thread/34962...

Such a fun episode to record. @thebomberbug.bsky.social and I talk about their TTRPG where Power Rangers meets Jane Austen as the inspiration!

Get your votes in for the Golden Geek Awards! Consider voting “Caution Signs” in for your favorite Party Game and either “Game Design Unboxed: Inspiration to Publication” or “Proud to Gayme” for the Podcast category! This is due April 13 so get your votes in soon ❤️

Please add any/all design questions so we can cover them! And check out www.ttgda.org!

So exciting! Finished the last episode of the first season of my queer-themed podcast Proud to Gayme! 🥳🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

@unpub.bsky.social has helped me find and playtest all these amazing designs that have come out and/or are coming out from Wacky Wizard Games. I look forward to the future of this Wise Wizard imprint!

UNPUB is my favorite convention as a designer. I get to network, playtest, pitch to publishers and help work the show! Plus, I get quality time with @wunfatkid.bsky.social ❤️

Update: I added "Content Creators" as an option due to popular demand!

Attention LGBTQIA+ board game industry folks! I am creating a GeekList for LGBTQIA+ Publishers, Designers, Artists, and more. If you fall into one or more of these please consider filling out this form by 4/27/25 (for yourself, no outing anyone please). Thank you! 🥰 forms.gle/iaH5Z9giYyDi...

Ahhhhh! Scott and I’s game Caution Signs published by Wacky Wizard is up for Party Game of the Year for the GAMA Origins Awards! This game continues to be a blast for me to play! I’m so proud of what we made together 🥰 www.polygon.com/tabletop-gam...

Am I the only person who is a sucker for greek mythology themed games? www.kickstarter.com/projects/239...

I'm so excited to be on my first GAMA panels next week! Besides these I'll be working the Wise Wizard Games booth and pitching 17 of my game designs at GAMA & New York Toy Fair! So if you're interested in scheduling a meeting with me at either show to see what games I've been working on let me know!

I recorded the last episode of the first season of Proud to Gayme last night and it blows my mind that it’s already been a year of recording the @tabletopgaymers.bsky.social podcast! I loved closing out the season talking about the @transrightsbundle.bsky.social ❤️🏳️‍🌈

@connievdc.bsky.social came on GDU to talk about Apiary! We also discuss blind playtesting, filtering playtester feedback, the impact of online feedback after publishing, and the lessons she’s learned about rapid prototyping! Listen on Spotify, Apple or at knowdirectionpodcast.com/2025/02/gdu1...

I've been working with @robertataylor.bsky.social on a new game and her newest design just went on Kickstarter so I had to back it! She's told me so many cool things about Vineyard that it was an instant back. Check it out! www.kickstarter.com/projects/eba...

Super excited to get this game! I have so many friends that I feel like it was designed for that I need to play it with ❤️ www.kickstarter.com/projects/smi...

Whoo! I can finally say I’ve played Castles of Burgundy. Granted I did the funniest mistake, forgot about the castle tiles 😅 I have no clue how I didn’t lose by more points 😂

It was so sweet to be included in the @boardgamegeek.com Hall of Fame video for Dominion (4:59)! Watch the video and you’ll see why this game holds a big spot in my heart and made a mark on my design journey 🥰 youtu.be/Lh-xRxWNYdc?...

Who else is going to the LevelUp Retreat next weekend!? I have a few scheduled events but besides that I plan to playtest and play published games! levelupevents.us

Okay, the thing I love most about @th3rdworld.bsky.social game Charcuterie is that people immediately start showing pics of the most impressive charcuterie boards they’ve either made or eaten from and this one gets the gold star of excellence! Anyone else have any yummy charcuterie boards to share?!

I think what I found to be the most amusing part of @brotherwisegames.bsky.social Adulthood was getting a model as a girlfriend who then ghosted me due to not putting a 💍 on it so my group laughed until my new relationship was with a celebrity. I may have lost the game but I got the girl 💁‍♀️

I'm so excited and humbled to be apart of this year's Mojo Nation 100 for the Design Champion category! The Mojo Nation 100 celebrates the 100 most influential figures working in toy and game design but the category I was placed in is for people helping to make the industry a better place 🥰

Hey! If you have design questions shoot them our way! 🤓

Going back to my roots and doing art styles I used to love. This includes scratch boards! Love me a queen or two! ❤️🏳️‍🌈♠️👑

So my cat Nova claimed the Big Potato Games plushy as her favorite toy that isn’t bottle caps. Does anyone else’s pets use your game merch as their own?

When I lived in the Chicago area I would spend 75-90min a day commuting to and from work. Now I get to work remote with my cats on my lap. There weren’t many highlights for 2020 but learning people could efficiently work from home remote was definitely one of them!

I turned @semicoop.bsky.social’s amazing Caution Signs comic strip into two matching prints. One for my wall and the other for my co-designer Scott for Christmas! Now it’s a permanent part of my apartment🎄🥰

Still practicing my how to play recording skills but I’m excited for our upcoming Wacky Wizards game Push Push Penguin game to come out in the Spring! 🐧

I interviewed Mads Fløe about their co-design Shake that City. The draw of the game was a device that randomized how to drop out 9 different cubes in a 3×3 grid. These cubes worked to help you decide what tiles you could draft and place into your city! knowdirectionpodcast.com/2024/12/game...

My favorite low-key party I throw is the Craftsmas Party where we paint and make bracelets. I made my friend a tarot card for her b-day! 🌞