I designed this! It was the second game j ever worked on and I’m really proud of it!

#NewReview! Looking for a space game with lots of interesting player interaction? Check out #StellarLeap from @weirdgiraffegames.com ! -- settleroftheboards.com/lets-leap-to... #boardgames #boardgameblog #boardgamereview

spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"

Amanda Panda is excited to host John D. Clair, who shares insights about his upcoming game, Mystic Lands, launching soon on Kickstarter. Together, they also highlight their favorite deck-building games. Check it out! #BoardGames #Kickstarter boardgamegeek.com/blog/12153/b...

The name riffs on @shing.bsky.social's wonderful keepsake game, A Mending. In A Sending, you use watabou's Medieval Fantasy City Generator to procedurally generate a city and then write a postcard based on your imaginary stay there!

Always happy to see an enthusiastic review from TCbH 😁

if someone hits me with a pronounced "HOWEVER" during a rules teach i start salivating like pavlov's fuckin loser

finally some good news

IT'S SPACE SAVING! TA DA! #BoardGames

Got a specific game design problem you're trying to crack? We'd love to give our input in Missing Pieces, a board game design advice column in @ttgda.bsky.social's newsletter! You can submit questions here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1hc3...

If you are into #BoardGames at all, Eric is a great person to follow for news on the industry.

Starting Feb. 26, this feed will cover in-depth boardgame news, reviews, essays, interviews & more. I'll also be writing/editing rulebooks and taking consulting projects for publishers & designers. New site coming soon. Join me on Mastodon or Lemmy (see bio). Contact: wericmartin at proton dot me

MASS EFFECT SIGNING

GameNight's @chilibeannp.bsky.social introduces the new host of the BGG Podcast, @panda8ngel.bsky.social , tells you her tips if you go to Spiel Essen, and they discuss some games they have recently played. boardgamegeek.com/blog/12153/b...

🎉 Ep. LXXX is here! Join @613mandi.bsky.social, @425suzanne.bsky.social, @tawejea.bsky.social and Isaac Vega for a Game Pie on Essen Spiel highlights and the Gone to Gaia launch from Rose Gauntlet on Gamefound! 🎧 Audio Podcast delayed until Friday. buff.ly/Fojvovg 🖥️https://buff.ly/3hkXzNj

I have a whole thing about small indie designers/publishers making great games from the heart. I had the chance to play Club Spooky a few weeks ago and was utterly charmed by it. There's tension in the simple auction system that lures club goers to your hall, solid scoring and tableau building...

I’ve been working for 15 years as an animator and I can tell you without a doubt, the best fix I ever found for imposter syndrome is living a full life where your days and worth don’t hinge on whether or not you were a good animator today.

More people should write in books they own. Annotations are a gift.

similar board game industry joke how do you make a small fortune in board games. start with a large one.

incredible word game highly recommended

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

We submit this episode to the @maximumfun.org podcasting network, we call this The Tale Of Are You Afraid Dark. Join us as Host Austin relays the tale of how this show transformed from Old Guy Reads A Book to Child Twilight Zone But Like Way Scary maximumfun.org/episodes/sec...

I will never not repost this (Sound on for maximum effect)

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

So today's Halloween newsletter from @lauraehall.bsky.social features this Japanese pumpkin monster and two intruiging tidbits about it - it's the only known image of this creature and it's from a *board game*. So of course, I had to know more, which lead me down a really fun rabbit hole 1/x

Soooo I made silly mission for Sunderfolk about helping a very hungry beetle collect their snacks 🪲

Previous winners have received more than 100 nominations and three dozen awards at festivals on four continents. Now it's your turn! The Tabletop Arts Fund is proud to announce our 2026 Actual Play Grants. 📅 Submissions close October 31, 2025. 👉 Apply now: apply.tabletoparts.fund/ActualPlay2026

Unionized workers with @kickstarterunited.org are poised to strike if the crowdfunding platform's management doesn't approve their new contract. The union has demanded a four-day workweek, minimum living wage salaries, and protections against generative AI encroachment.

For today's article, I'm just griping about why "fun" is a bad word for critics. spacebiff.com/2025/09/30/a...

The golden rule: do unto others as you’d have them do unto you, but if the rule on a card conflicts with this rule, follow the rules on the card

The preview/signup page for my upcoming bluffing game Phantasmic 🃏🔮 is up on the @buttonshy.bsky.social website! If you want to be updated when the game goes live—go sign up to be notified!! ✨

It looks like Osmosis (2025) by Agnès Largeaud is the 1,000th game added to this list on @boardgamegeek.com! 🎉 Thanks to @mcfluffy.bsky.social for that one, and to several others who contributed yesterday, including @bartgamedesign.bsky.social and @sblendito.bsky.social! Keep 'em coming!

The Ministry of Lost Things from @postcurious.bsky.social is back for Case 2: Finders Keypers! More puns, more beautiful artwork and even more puzzles to solve?! You won’t want to miss this one, which launches tomorrow on Kickstarter. A full, spoiler-free review of the game is available now!

Another awesome review of our upcoming Kickstarter. I'm so thrilled with how this one turned out - the pair at PostCurious is amazing and an absolute delight to work with! Link to the Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/pos...

This was from banning trans girls from girls sports. Just so you understand the reality of what's going on here.

French competition which has celebrated unpublished board game designs for almost 50 years unveils 2025 winners: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...

“There’s no shortage of creativity in Vietnam. What we lack are bridges”: Vietnam’s blossoming board game design scene goes global via first Road to Essen competition: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20... @rf-seattle.bsky.social @spielessen.bsky.social

The Plot Die can initially feel like another thing to worry about, but once you start using it, it can make your life as a GM so much easier. I've loved to see how systematizing player participation in storytelling can pull them into the game even in a more "traditional" system.

New comic! Never let your characters know that you have a backup ready... 🤫 You can read this week's blog post at www.semicoop.com/comic/mommy-... #mothership

I had a lovely time interviewing @nopunincluded.com for this week's podcast! youtu.be/wMI5YpJQu9U

Fourteenish hours of playing Distant Skies made for a very good weekend 🛩️

Daybreak continues to be an incredible game. A holistic view of solving climate change (as is right and proper) which includes social movements as well. You can scan every card that takes you to the Daybreak site for further info

I have another puzzle game Kickstarting next week, working again with the amazing duo at PostCurious! Check out this stellar review of the first game in the series.

the translated editions are arriving and there's a fresh wave of people saying how much they're enjoying the game and understanding what we were trying to do with it and taht's so satisfying omg

Pretty much anything anyone ever cites as "always bad in game design" I will fight them on. The longer I've designed games, the more I've come to believe that context is ALWAYS King. ALWAYS. There is a situation in which EVERY "Never do X" rule for game design should be broken.

In July Igromag’s (Ukrainian board game publisher) warehouse was hit by Russian drone strike. They’ve got a fundraiser for children affected by the war. Please check it out. desktopgames.com.ua/ua/article/s...

From the archives of #Sunderfolk arrives some character concepts! 🍄 We were lucky enough to work with amazing people who helped on these designs, such as Tyler Jacobson (Ogre sketch) and April Prime (Fungi Folk)! 🌠 #SunderfolkArtWeek

Ep57 is up featuring Paula Deming of @thingsgetdicey.bsky.social and @watchitplayed.tv No farts in this episode. We actually get a bit serious and discuss women in gaming. shelfstablecast.com/57-ft-paula-...

Today's first dev highlight is Lindsey Crabtree, a 3D artist for #Sunderfolk! ✨ Her focuses are 3D Environments and retexturing models. You may recognize a few, including our determined Bug Brigade! 🐛 You can check out her work here: sflk.gg/lindseycrabtree #SunderfolkArtWeek