"Games don't teach skills, they teach context." A new article on #gamedesign in #edugames, but I'd argue games more broadly. randyo.notion.site/Games-don-t-...

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

Players don't need new games. Been thinking about the tumult of the game industry, and this is what I ended up writing. randyo.notion.site/Of-rituals-r...

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 is a great event, and I'm excited to bring my tabletop games for sale there!

I love talking #gamedesign and how games teach. Watch (for free) this quite nerdy talk I gave last year, about how games teach through their arbitrary choices! You, too, will teach players something by how you arbitrarily constrain them in your game. youtu.be/d3VU4IFYb0w #education #edugames

I signed up for this seminar at the East Bay Board Game Convention in July purely based on the conversation @randyogames.bsky.social had with @themisplay.com in their May 18th podcast. 🎲✂️

Thanks @davengdesign.bsky.social for having me on the Experience Points podcast! It's a 20-minute episode going into some of my philosophy and understanding about games-based learning. #edugames #gamedesign #gamesbasedlearning www.universityxp.com/podcast/140

Watched the #Pixar TV show "Win or Lose", and adored it. Gets better with each episode.

I have cancelled my Microsoft Game Pass subscription until #Microsoft is no longer complicit in the genocide of Palestinians. It's not much, but it's something I can do.

If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut science research and education the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.

"This unassuming golf game makes one of the best uses of dice I have ever seen in a tabletop game." - BGG user, Roll In One. Some reviews truly, truly warm my heart. #boardgames #tabletop #bgg #rollinonegame

As someone who grew up on PC Gamer and still peruses reviews plenty, this is a cool breakdown of video game reviewers over history. Bunch of fun charts, and interesting to consider. spritecell.com/bp13-reviewe... (h/t to @gamediscoverco.bsky.social for finding this!)

Oh, cool! 'Gun It' got nominated for BoardGameQuest's "Best Small Publisher Game". Voting is open, and ends tomorrow. If you like voting, check it out? #boardgames #coopgames #gunitgame #oopsididnotnoticethis www.boardgamequest.com/2024-board-g...

It's ACTION APRIL! Get my now critically acclaimed game 'Gun It' for $30 with free shipping, all this month on my website! www.randyo.net/gunit.html #boardgames #coopgames #tabletop #gunitgame #dicetowerapproved

This month, on my substack, I write about Paul McCartney's awful song that I discovered recently and got my toddler addicted to. And then I talk about public education. What more could you want in a personal newsletter? randyoconnor.substack.com

GDC! Join me at 2:30 in room west 2006 for a design talk about grids in games! Guaranteed to make you more popular at parties! #GDC2025 #Design @officialgdc.bsky.social schedule.gdconf.com/session/grid...

Game designer @randyogames.bsky.social joins us tomorrow to share his playtesting experience and offer advice on where we’re at!

Hey, I wrote a Designer Diary about 'Gun It', and it made the front page of #BoardGameGeek. Check it out! boardgamegeek.com/blog/1/blogp... #boardgames #gamedesigner #tabletop #gunitgame

Next week! 'Gun It' and its expansion are playable and purchasable at #dicetowerwest! Coopboardgames.com - "Thematically, Gun It absolutely nails it. It’s hard not to feel like you’re right in the middle of a crazy gun fight on the road." #boardgames #dtw #dtw2025

ANNOUNCEMENT: 2025 games are now available! I'm so proud of the designers and their hard work to make these games come to life. www.gamemarketwest.com/2025-games #boardgames

March 6-9, Randy O Games will be at the Dice Tower West #boardgame convention in #Vegas. Find us at booth 8, and try out Gun It, a now-Dice Tower approved game! #boardgames #coopgames #gunit #alwaysfightinginertia