Houdini's Last Act now has a BGG page! With no time to spare before #IndieGamesNightMarket at #PAXUnplugged!

Find us! Indie game designers with small editions of games this Saturday night! Thanks to @emilyhancock.bsky.social for the graphic 🔜 #PAXUnplugged2025 #IGNM #boardgames #tabletopgames #boardgamedesign

Live Webinar on Dec 4! Join boardssey.bsky.social and Panda at 10 a.m. PT / 1 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. CET for From Chaos to Production, discussing real challenges between prototype & print, and how Boardssey helps designers go from ‘ready to manufacture’ to actually ready! tinyurl.com/48kkbrm4

We've been chatting about Indie Markets regularly lately and sad to be missing the one at this year's PAXU. We'd love to hear a report from the floor if anyone attending would like to join us.

What @thegamecrafter.bsky.social's shift from laser cutting to steel cutting means for designers

Career paths in the tabletop industry: how to gain work experience that’s attractive to publishers and other gaming companies

Browse the games gallery, check the schedule, or use a cute map to find us, all at unpub.org/paxu 🎲✂️

Threw together a quick poster / flyer for the event this Saturday. Come check out some cool indie games! #paxunplugged #pax #indiegamesnightmarket

Pax Unplugged is right around the corner!! Looking back at all the IGNM coverage—I’m so proud and impressed at how much our community came together to promote these awesome indie works! There’s a game for everyone in this lot! Here’s a thread of all the incredible coverage of IGNM 2025: 🧵 🎲✂️

Creating a BGG page for Houdini's Last Act, and... I guess this one? 😆

When should you start talking about your board game idea? A Reddit board game design forum discussion

And if you haven’t already checked out the video preview of games available at Indie Games Night Market this year by @boardgameanimal.bsky.social —you’re missing out!! Justin offered a great service for all of us in the indie scene. Highly recommend other organizers of indie markets do the same!

Check out the new BGG News article! #paxunplugged #ignm boardgamegeek.com/blog/1/blogp...

The last big board game con of the year kicks off on Friday as Pax Unplugged returns. BoardGameWire rounds up the most interesting-looking panels for current and hopeful industry pros, from growing your evergreen title to getting your start as a tabletop artist: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...

Definitely check out Indie Game Night Market if you're heading to PAX Unplugged this weekend! There were great indie games last year that you won't be able to find anywhere else, and I'm sure it will be the same this year too!

Are you an ‘Industry Professional’ who wants to lead a team through our Game Jam at PAX Unplugged? We’re looking for a few more captains for this Friday.

Hey if you or anyone you know in the Toronto area would like to do some playtesting this weekend, I have a free playtesting pass to Protospiel North! Let me know!

This is such a cool BTS thread for a game that looks so damn cool. Anyone going to PAXU want to get me a copy?

Check out the beautiful components in Houdini’s Last Act!🤩 #boardgames #IGNM #paxunplugged

We'll be in #Booth3701 at #PaxUnplugged2025 this weekend in Philadelphia. Here's a list of the 238 games from 119 member-publishers we'll have: www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/PAX-Un...

Game Designers! We will be hosting our monthly in person playtest w/ @breakmygame.com at Redcaps Corner tonight at 6:30pm. Designers! Sign up with the link below! www.eventbrite.com/e/break-my-g... Testers! Come support your local design community! 🎲✂️

When shipping a crowdfunded game to backers, here are some problems you might run into—and the opportunities to provide great customer service that come with them boardgamedesigncourse.com/shipping-you...

ICYMI last night we shared a peek behind the scenes of how we’re making a small print run for #IndieGamesNightMarket at #PAXUnplugged…

We’re getting copies of Houdini’s Last Act ready for #IndieGamesNightMarket at #PAXUnplugged next weekend and thought we’d share some insights into what we’re doing to pull off (what turned out to be) a pretty ambitious production! 🧵

Boardgame Animal created an entertaining preview of the games coming to the Indie Games Night Market. If you’re going to #paxunplugged please say hi to me and the other designers!

Curious what all of these Indie Night Games Market games are all about? Check out this preview from BoardGame Animal. #PaxUnplugged #boardgames

PLAYTESTING OPPORTUNITY! Game Kastle is proud to host @breakmygame.com every third Sunday at 3:00pm. Want to be a part of developing the next Wingspan? Join us this Sunday, November 16th at 3:00pm! . . . #flgs #designedinthedmv #gamedesign #shop local

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

Are you an indie board game designer? Show off your published games and help them find new audiences - pull up a table at our Demo Drive!

Steps to take to make a great rulebook

Tips and tricks for making a small print run of your board game by hand, via @xoe.gay

Why the first play of a board game is the most important one—and what designers can focus on to make it count

Are you going to be at Pax Unplugged? Let's chat about how to optimize your game for manufacturing! calendly.com/jayfrompanda...

Yes! #PaxUnplugged is ONE WEEK AWAY. We'll be there in the Unpub area on Level 3. Look for the green elevators and come on up! Would you like to book a meet with us at the show? Go here now: tinyurl.com/2bpjr9hn

Tabletop Testing Night – 5 December De laatste testavond van het jaar! Speel de spellen van toekomst, neem je eigen concept mee. Hieronder kun je meer details lezen en je aanmelden. We zullen de eerste vrijdag van februari weer speltesten. Join us at the last tabletop testing night of the year!…

Publishers answer a wide range of questions about how they run their board game business

To my fellow boardgame designers with a dozen or so published games under their belt : I've started a geeklist on BGG about Boardgame designers own favorites, I hope some of you will follow suit with posting theirs. boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/367...?

A strategy real-estate game, a 2d digital co-op platformer, a trivia time warp, a solo RPG where you befriend yourself, a dragon tournament, a co-op dino adventure - these are just some of the game experiences you can try out Pittsburgh Playtest, This Sunday Nov. 16, 1-3:30pm at Ruckus Café!

It's #CraftWednesday! Do you have a game-related crafting project in progress? It could be a prototype, print and play, upgrading the components of a favourite game, making an accessory or even something larger like a table or games room. Share a picture and join in! Please RP!

Still looking for a few 'Industry Professionals to captain teams in our Pro-Am Game Jam next Friday.

Glad to showcase some amazing board games! boardgamegeek.com/blog/1/blogp... #boardgames

Are you excited for PAX Unplugged? So are our designers! See the games that will be available to playtest in the Unpub @ PAX Unplugged Game Gallery:  unpub.org/paxu

I LOVE this: "There exists a paradox in game design. You are simultaneously the most knowledgeable and least knowledgeable person about your game..." 🎲✂️(1/4)

This is a feed of designers bringing their games to Indie Games Night Market at PAX Unplugged 2025 next week. Right now, it is chock full of folks cutting, printing, boxing, and otherwise willing their games to life.

Check out the *next* new hotness before it's even published at our Proto Alley! Meet local indie game designers, and see what's next for the world of tabletop games.

Update: The assembly area for Houdini’s Last Act has outgrown its first table and taken over a second one. A third table is on call.

Yesterday was a pretty big day for Houdini’s Last Act. Not only did we get the rulebook tested but also the boxes arrived from the printer and came out great! Indie Games Night Market, here we come!

The word for the November / December 2025 Bi-Monthly 24 Hour Design Challenge on BoardGameGeek is the incomplete word “_ _ _ ANKS” which designers can interpret as they wish

A preview of some new features in Component.Studio 3 from @thegamecrafter.bsky.social

Game designer Pam Walls shares how much money she’s made from royalties and advances for her games