My group buy for @shreesh.bsky.social game, Crisps!, from @dnlnwmn.bsky.social arrived!

Fall 2025 Recap: 400+ Attendees | 36 Designers & Special Guests We had quite the lineup of games from a fan made expansion to a social deduction and area control crossover. Thank you for coming out and supporting indie game designers. Stay tuned for our next event in late March! #boardgames

Hey all — Witches' Revel launches THIS WEEKEND at Game Market West: @gamemarketwest.bsky.social !!! You can reserve your copy from the Witches’ Revel Store at shop.witches-revel.games (select Pick Up at checkout!)

Game Market West is this Sunday, September 21 at Guildhouse in San Jose! It's a tabletop game market where indie designers show off and sell their newest board/card games. RSVP: luma.com/6khylmfu #boardgames

Game Market West Fall 2025 Countdown: 18CTN, Numberwang, Hot Dog by Cardner Babakitis In 18CTN, 3-5 tycoons compete to earn money and build the best stock portfolio by investing in and operating companies that develop and exploit a fictional island (120 minutes). #boardgames

Game Market West Fall 2025 Giveaway & Merchandise The board game giveaway is first come, first serve at the Game Market West booth near the front door. Our booth will also feature merchandise for sale designed by local artists exclusively for this event. #boardgames

Game Market West Fall 2025 Countdown: AEGIS Combining Robots by Zephyr Workshop Each player controls a team of five robots and fight in grid-based tactical dice-rolling combat. Throughout the battle you can combine these robots together to seize victory! #boardgames @zephyrworkshop.bsky.social

Game Market West Fall 2025 Countdown: Bare Bones by West Coast Bias Games Bare Bones is the dice game that thinks it’s a card game! Use custom dice to score points and action cards to manipulate them. Minimalist artwork lets you focus on the gameplay at hand. #boardgames

Game Market West Fall 2025 Countdown: Bricks & Brutes + More Games by Michael Ott Castle wall building game where you need to protect yourself with (and from!) Brutes, avoid the Dragon, and deal with the fickle Queen. 2-4 players, 20-25min, ages 8+ #boardgames

Introducing our special guests for Game Market West Fall 2025! Ryan Goldsberry is the artist for board games such as Burgle Brothers, Paperback, and Fugitive. We also have Table Space (tabletop games sandbox) and Chrysanna Rose (local dice maker). RSVP: luma.com/z9973d8j #boardgames

Game Market West Fall 2025 Countdown: Cricket Champions by Desi Board Games It's a light strategy game with a touch of luck. Players take on the role of one of eight cricket teams competing in a championship. In each round, players bat and bowl one over using six dice. #boardgames

Game Market West Fall 2025 Countdown: Clash of Corgis by Deric Drazich It's a light card game with three distinct game modes: card-shedding, trick-taking, and memory-based/luck/deduction. Every card features a unique ability for each mode, adding a strategic twist to every play. #boardgames

Game Market West Fall 2025 Countdown: Dark Heists by Moe Poplar It's a spooky deck builder game where you play Victorian era crime lords building criminal organizations to do high stakes heists and have the most notoriety by the end of the game. 60-90 minutes and for mature audiences. #boardgames

Game Market West Fall 2025 Countdown - Dungeon Run: Pocket + Season 1 Expansion by Alexander Shen You’ll battle monsters, dodge traps, and grab treasure while mapping your own path through a randomized dungeon layout. No two runs are ever the same. #boardgames @shenbotmakes.bsky.social

Game Market West Fall 2025 Countdown: Empower Empathy by Angel Liang It's an action-packed game where players become superheroes. Using CBT-based mechanics, players tackle Think-Feel-Act challenges, decode emotions with FaceOff Cards, and gain strengths through Power-Up discussions. #boardgames

Game Market West Fall 2025 Countdown: Gadget Grid by Matt Hewes Tactical, last player standing battle royale with no player elimination in an ever-shifting arena. Players collect Gadget Cards that can alter the layout of the board, enhance their own abilities, or attack other players. #boardgames

Game Market West Fall 2025 Countdown: Get 9 by Jacquie Carroll GET 9 is designed for players of all ages (5+). The object of the game is to create calculations ending in the number 9. Players use cards/dice and can see other players’ cards with an opportunity to steal a hand. #boardgames

My September update is up! New and upcoming release info, appearances, trivia results, our trip to Middle Earth, and more. This is also a great time to subscribe if you haven't yet.

Game Market West Fall 2025 Countdown: Girls vs Ghouls by Tyler Phelps It's a team-based game of hidden identities, strategic board play, and Halloween mischief. Players are secretly assigned to one of two teams—Girls or Ghouls—and compete to lure trick-or-treaters to their side. #boardgames

Game Market West Fall 2025 Countdown: Gun It by Randy O'Connor Gun It is a timed cooperative game in which 1-4 players are packed together in a car in the middle of a thriller. Over a series of rounds, the crew must collaborate to shoot their way through numerous hostile vehicles. #boardgames

Game Market West Fall 2025 Countdown: Lunar Skyline & Cat Rescue by Dead Alive Games Cat Rescue: Carefully place cats in the shelter, line them up for adoption, and make sure no foster home gets overcrowded. Play cooperatively or compete against friends, adding even more excitement to every rescue.

Game Market West Fall 2025 Countdown: Matcha by Yves Bouvier Strategy and probabilities infused onto a memory game. Players need to collect 6 unique or 3 identical chips to win the game by flipping flip over chips that follow designated sequences. #boardgames

GMW Fall 2025 - Ministry of Lost Things: Lint Condition by PostCurious Blending escape rooms, board games, and interactive fiction, Lint Condition is the first case in an episodic exploration of the Elusiverse: a realm where every lost item has a story. #boardgames @postcurious.bsky.social

Game Market West Fall 2025 Countdown: Mole Park by Restart Round Games Mole Park is a chaotic dice-throwing party game for up to 8 players that takes 20-30 minutes. Whack moles, cash in your moles for prizes, and race to claim the grand prize: King Mole's Crown. #boardgames

Game Market West Fall 2025 Countdown: Movies, Money, Mayhem! by Jessica Tse The movie-making game with a side of sabotage! Here, you're a studio executive who's interested in making and boosting your own movie whilst sabotaging or thwarting your rivals in the industry. #boardgames

Game Market West Fall 2025 Countdown: OFMOS Essential by Cristian Mitreanu OFMOS Essential is a novel abstract and real strategy game that naturally fosters both competition and collaboration, providing fun for families and friends. #boardgames @cristianmitreanu.bsky.social

Game Market West Fall 2025 Countdown: Okay, Duckies Now Let's Get In Formation by Ted Schaller You’re a mallard who dreams of being Madonna. To get there, you must learn all the dance formations of a true diva. But your only dance partners are rubber duckies! #boardgames

Game Market West Fall 2025 Countdown: Pale Dot by Devin Nelson A collaborative improvisational story game about non-human cosmonauts embarking on a whimsical, surreal, and existential journey through their solar system to unravel a cosmic mystery. #boardgames @devindecibel.bsky.social

GMW Fall 2025 Countdown Paper Pencil Stencil by Jestin Brooks & Jeremy Schichtel Use wacky-shaped stencils to draw your secretly assigned word. Trace four shapes and present your drawing. As a team, guess the correct subject of each player’s drawing from a list of doodle doppelgängers! #boardgames

GMW Fall 2025 Countdown - PNW: Card Games Inspired by the Pacific Northwest by Thomas Cardwell It's a fully illustrated book of six new card games featuring modern mechanics such as deck building, drafting, and worker placement. #boardgames @tomcardgames.bsky.social

GMW Fall 2025 Countdown: Pumpkin Rally by Lyric Liu Pumpkin Rally is a 1v1 strategy game where two rivals—Harlie the dog and Booboo the ghost—embark on an intense quest to collect pumpkins in a spooky, mystical realm. #boardgames

GMW Fall 2025 Countdown: Side Quest by Sean Nakada Side Quest combines the customization of trading card games with the tactics of grid based board games! Build decks to create a character and take on various missions. #boardgames

GMW Fall 2025 Countdown - Soccer 54: Premier by Greg Pool Playing soccer with playing cards! Using six cards in your hand, challenge for possession to move a soccer ball up and down a 3x3 field for the best shot on goal. Whoever scores the most goals wins! #boardgames @haoleboygames.com

GMW Fall 2025 Countdown: Spellcrafter by Todd Bayless Use familiars and other forms of sorcery to craft “spells” in this word building game for two to five players. Draft cards from a shared pool then use the letters and special powers collected to craft the most valuable word! #boardgames

Game Market West Fall 2025 Countdown: Takeover by FinalFinal Games It's a tactical ladder climber where you always have an out. Instead of passing, you can improve the hand you were dealt, play cards from a shared market, or use game-altering powers to swing the round in your favor. #boardgames

Game Market West Fall 2025 Countdown: Wabi Blobi Stories by Cocoon Studios It's a cozy, collaborative art game where players turn paint blobs into creative doodles while sharing silly, imaginative stories. Using fun prompts, players create unique artworks and unexpected stories. #boardgames

Game Market West Fall 2025 Countdown: Witches’ Revel by Aura Volcano (@millenomi.name) Witches’ Revel is a 1v1, lane-based duel card game, and a love letter to competitive card games — one with all the depth of a TCG in a tiny, single box and a 15-minute teach. #boardgames

Game Market West Fall 2025 Countdown: Z Photo Game™ by Steve Zmak (@zphotogame.bsky.social) It's a card-based board game that engages higher-order thinking and storytelling skills using a deck of 209 beautifully printed color photographs taken by the designer.

Game Market West is back! I'm proud to announce the tabletop games for the upcoming GMW Fall 2025, on September 21 at San Jose Guildhouse, are now available: www.gamemarketwest.com/fall-2025-ga...

June 2025 Trick-taking Newsletter First impressions of games from Tokyo Game Market, @dnlnwmn.bsky.social's July 1st upcoming pre-orders featuring @shreesh.bsky.social's Crisps, @allplay.bsky.social's trick-taking Kickstarter starts July 8, and more! boardgamegeek.com/thread/35259... #boardgames

Very excited to play Not For Me, it’s similar to my favorite climbing game called Nanatoridori, but with offers #boardgames

Happy International Tabletop Day! I know I’m a day late. #boardgames

My indie games haul from Tokyo Game Market this past weekend #boardgames

Loving the FLGS setup in Korea (also some cool game finds) #boardgames

Love finding indie games in the wild! #boardgames

Chatted with Candice Harris about indie games and Game Market West on the BGG podcast boardgamegeek.com/blog/12153/b... #boardgames

Thank you RJ (Board Game Casual) for the amazing coverage of Game Market West Spring 2025 designers and games! #boardgames

I spoke to several board game creators and retailers here in the Bay Area of California about the impact of tariffs. It's grim news for hobby games. www.solisgamestudio.com/blog/the-gro...

Game Market West Spring 2025 Recap 380+ Attendees | 30 Designers | 3 Special Guests There was an incredibly diverse group of boardgames this time around: meditative, climbing/shedding, and action programming to name a few categories. We also had solo only games for the first time!

A special thanks to our Game Market West sponsors! Their contributions help make these events possible. We gave away over 40 unique prizes featuring #boardgames of all types and genres.