My latest self-published game Heavenly Bodies 🪐✨🌙 is now up on the Pax Unplugged preview list!! Help fulfill my dream of thumbing-up 👍 all the games at Indie Games Night Market 2025 to the top of the list!! (We have some big competition for visibility!) 🎲✂️ boardgamegeek.com/geekpreview/...

Hi, I hate doing self promo so I'll just say that this indie board game coverage channel that could is about to hit a milestone of sorts. There is no skeet that can summarize who we are or what we do, but we do cool work and you should check us out. www.youtube.com/@NoPunIncluded

I've been running a board game event for almost a year, and a new attendee asked me this question. "Why do you run this event? Are you launching something?" They were so surprised that I spent my time and money running an event with no goal other than fostering community. It's so rare now.

Board games are art. ETERNAL DECKS combines the ancient with the modern through design. It's a stunner; it's also a heck of a game. See for yourself. www.moregamesplease.com/art-in-board...

New board game art interview coming tomorrow!

A huge thanks to @thedarkimp.bsky.social for this wonderful chat about board game visuals and publishing. Grab a coffee and go have a listen.

Somehow it's already October 20th! I guess I should pack for Essen Spiel!?

Back to back to 5 player games of Dead of Winter. I survived the apocalypse both times with plenty of drama unfolding along the way.

Recent Lorcana pieces have been feelin good to me- it's always such a boost to get to work on characters you're excited about

Brb just getting trained how to survive a zombie apocalypse.

If you like logic puzzles, Clues by Sam is a great daily little head scratcher. I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Oct 16th 2025) in less than 11 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

The hardest thing for ANY tabletop game is just getting people to know the game exists. Awareness. And if you're an indie maker? Oof - it's so difficult. Anyway - here's a new project from a fabulous designer (and person) who makes RPGs that sometimes make me feel sad in a good way. :)

No big deal, but I just solved the daily Clues by Sam (Oct 15th 2025) over my morning coffee. 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

If anyone wonders what I've been doing lately, it's basically creating everything on this new Kickstarter campaign.

They said it couldn't be done, but I actually won a game of The Mind for the first time yesterday. 3 players. 10 levels. One attempt. Nerves began jangling. The very fabric of the universe started to tear before my eyes. But I held strong and played my cards in ascending numerical order.

Do you teach boardgames? We have just launched a survey asking about your experience! It takes about ten minutes to complete - please share! Survey link: go.unimelb.edu.au/45qp

New comic! Bringing loads of games to game night and only ending up playing one or two small ones... Who else does this? 😂 👀 You can read this week's blog post (it's a long one!) at semicoop.com/comic/beast-of-burden/ #gamenight #boardgames

Games games games!

Played two board games. Very different vibes.

First run. Act three boss defeated. On we go to Ascension!

First play. Slay the Spire board game. This is a cooperative dungeon crawling deck builder. Upgrade your deck and take down bad guys. It does a great job of emulating the feel of the videogame (compliment) while streamlining gameplay. Act One complete. Looking forward to continuing the journey!

Blue Prince is a videogame about exploring a manor to find a mysterious 46th room with big board game energy. The catch? This building's layout changes each day and as you explore you decide how to arrange the rooms. It slowly reveals new secrets, rooms and puzzles to solve. It's calmly addictive.

Relatable.

director: you get those oranges lit for mafia old country? artist: sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked. director: what

Finally dipped into Balatro this weekend. For those who don't know, it's poker x deck building x roguelike. Play poker hands, upgrade your cards, level up the power of the hands and try to overcome increasing scores. Second play made it to the final boss but fell short. This could get addictive.

Being (generally) off social media for a few weeks has been fairly lovely. Returning is a big old reminder that the world is still very much on fire (in so many ways) and we've all got a lot of work to do to make it a better place.

#BlockCollective is a volunteer-run community with the united goal of sharing resources and information, disrupting bigoted spaces, and serious engagement on the topic of trans rights. Please join us as we help shape the boardgame industry into a safer and inclusive space. 🎲✂️ discord.gg/D7E6gqwrRF

"For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams of the beautiful Annabel Lee"

Otherwise known as I did lots of marketing and here's a pretty cool end result.

Here's a lovely Board Game starter pack for you to follow! go.bsky.app/RS5pLpY

A really fun (and unexpected payoff) of pushing internally for Nature to become a fully biodegradable board game is seeing folks having fun painting the pulp tray inserts. So nice to see.

I always dreamed of being a wildlife photographer. 🐆

I've been hosting a board game meetup for 6 months now. Here's 3 tips to hosting your own game night. 👋 Be welcoming. Board games are social, be sure to greet everyone 👩‍🏫 Be willing to teach more than you play. Prioritise the space ❤️ Set boundaries. Safe spaces have rules, create and enforce them

BRB I'm going to see some bears.

Google AI absolutely bossing it once again. The answer is QUIRE by the way.

Community Question: Why do you post on BlueSky?

Does anyone else stop and sing to cows? Today on my walk I did just that and a whole group ran across the field together to say hello, including little young calves. Try it sometime, they are such wonderfully intelligent and curious animals.

It's been a minute but The Adventures of Robin Hood returns to the table as my family continue our bandit ways.

Someone just messaged me to say they binge-read all of my board game artist interviews this past week or so. That's nearly 80 articles - approximately 100,000 words! I love speaking to creatives, and knowing other folks enjoy these conversations too is just lovely.

Board games are art. Today's proof is my interview with Pierre-Yves Gallard, an origamist who helped bring the endlessly charming Sea Salt & Paper to life. See more of his incredible work, and discover how the game was made. 🦀💙🎲 www.moregamesplease.com/art-in-board...

Board games are art. Today's proof is my interview with Pierre-Yves Gallard, an origamist who helped bring the endlessly charming Sea Salt & Paper to life. See more of his incredible work, and discover how the game was made. 🦀💙🎲 www.moregamesplease.com/art-in-board...

My board game art website is 8 years old this month! It's been an absolute gift to share the incredible work of so many talented artists with you all. I'll keep interviewing folks, whether you like it or not (but I hope you do). Passion projects aren't dead folks, go find yours.

How cool! My interview with the artists behind Slay the Spire got featured in the most recent Steam update. Of course my site is about board games, but it bridges both the digital and physical. If you haven't read it click the link to find out more.

Played a bit of Battle Line: Medieval after visiting a Medieval castle. Do recommend.

Thoughts on AI art.

The thing I love about Indie Game Night Market is how low the barrier to entry truly is 🎲✂️ You don’t even have to have more than a few sentences describing the game to submit! No rules, sellsheets, or anything! @dnlnwmn.bsky.social has set up a straightforward system so *anyone* can submit a game.

Hey folks. What are your favourite board games to play with your parents?

Marketing serves the purpose of creating the demand to be supplied to. Overall, it really just depends on how much you want to sell. Word of mouth goes a long way, but most people will never know your game exists if you don't get the word out there somehow.

Tiny Towns is in beta on BGA! 🟥🔨🟦🔨🟨🔨🏠