ExoShip, my solo game about overthrowing an authoritarian government on a generation ship, is on sale now!

Mirroring @filamena.bsky.social post. If a fellow game designer is associated with one of these games, you’re not cool with me and will never get my respect. This shouldn’t be a designer problem, it’s a publishers fault, but we hold the power by refusing to work.

ExoShip, my solo game about overthrowing an authoritarian government on a generation ship, is on sale now!

Lessons Learned from Making Seventeen Board Games A talk I gave for @graemedevine.com's Game Design class at California State University, Monterey Bay 🎲✂️

I'm such a bad judge of these things in terms of notoriety. But Xoe Allred is doing incredibly innovative work, and Marceline Leiman is a designer to watch.

Happy new year! My 2025 in games

For no reason whatsoever, gonna remind that you can support your local trans girl by buying my games directly from my lovely publishers! High Tide www.underdoggames.com/products/hig... Phantasmic buttonshygames.com/products/pha...

Looking for some last-minute gifts? 🎁 My two releases this year are small, fast, and are perfect stocking stuffers. They’re both great for travel and playing with both gamers and non-gamers alike! Check out High Tide and Phantasmic! 🪡 (1/4)

The entirety of #Crownfell 's existence was triggered by a throwaway joke... With just 8 hours left in the crowd sale, here's the story of how it got started, and where it went from there. 🎲✂️

Downtown Las Palmas is now on sale at @buttonshy.bsky.social! To celebrate, here's a "how to play" video for everybody picking up their copies. Thank you everyone for your support! 🥰 🌴🏙️ buttonshygames.com/products/dow...

Hope yall were able to recover from your turkey hangovers!!! ✨ My new card game Phantasmic is NOW AVAILABLE FOR SALE!!!! ✨ GO CHECK IT OUT!!

This is so cool! Get in on this 25% discount of a super cool, super portable chess-like with solo mode before the crowd sale is over!

Four more days to get #Crownfell at a steep discount! 1-2 player asymmetric chess-like card game with 17 unique pieces and stunning artwork by @stregawolf.art (solo play with expansion) www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/cr...

With a Crowd Sale, delivery of the game is guaranteed; there’s no risk or questionable funding goals. And the discount is already up to 20% off, and climbing…!

50 copies! That means the discount is up to 19%!

Today I investigate three more indie games, all of which are ambitious and explorative of what games can accomplish. These are good'uns. spacebiff.com/2025/11/18/h...

I've been watching from the peanut gallery as Mike has been designing and developing Crownfell. He has put so much work and iteration into this design and the final result looks *fantastic*! I can't wait to get my copy - the crowdsale is on now!

A new review up on @meeplemountain.com this morning, for the excellent Crownfell from @weheart.games. This is a sharp two-player abstract with some killer art. www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/crow...

Looking for a new #solottrpg? Take a moment to check out Infinite Paths, funding on Kickstarter now! Infinite Paths is a solo RPG system that's designed to be easy to pick up for both new and experienced #ttrpg players, and flexible enough to cover whatever genre or style you'd like! 🧵1/2

Reminder: I’ll be selling this game Crownfell and its upgrade neoprene mat *in person* at Pax Unplugged during the Indie Games Night Market in addition to my own games!! Mike put a lot of effort to make this edition of metal cards special for the market—and I have no doubt it’ll sell out fast!

youtu.be/ciIa0usT7wM?... FIGHT WITH PLAYING CARDS. Introducing 52 Duels, a 1 or 2 player duelling game coming to kickstarter next month. Sign up to get notified when we launch! www.kickstarter.com/projects/pos...

The Kickstarter campaign for Infinite Paths is now live! Check out this sleek, fiction-first solo RPG system that can be adapted to whatever story YOU want to tell — or choose from one of the included settings if you need a little jumpstart! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lea...

I found a Reddit post about “common issues” with chess and if there were modern chess-like games without them... it got me thinking about #Crownfell and how it addresses them. www.reddit.com/r/boardgames... Allow me a short thread… 🎲✂️ 1/

5. It has been centuries since any one human could know everything that is known; understand everything that is understood. This is a remarkable power of science. We delegate trust and authority to experts as internally established in ways that are remarkably resilient to mistakes and malfeasance.

1. "'Trusting the experts is not a feature of either a science or democracy," Kennedy said." It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy. I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.

I'm thrilled to finally announce Leafy Dragon Games' next project: Infinite Paths! Designed by @jamiethul.bsky.social, this sleek solo TTRPG system lets players jump into an epic adventure of their own creation in just a few minutes. www.kickstarter.com/projects/lea... 1/3

Drawing Dungeon is a great dungeon crawler where you have some choice over the enemies you encounter and even the layout of the map. A really clever and fun roll-and-write, recommended!

The crowd sale for #Crownfell has been approved for November 18! Add-ons include a neoprene playmat and a solo expansion. This 2-player asymmetric chess-like has 17 cards unique movement and abilities. Sign up to be notified here (shares appreciated!) 🧡 www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/cr...

👻 Happy October! 🎃 Here’s a free, cozy, printable game you can play from the couch, with any number of players!

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!! ✨

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It's a release! Drawing Dungeon is a roll-and-write dungeon crawl I've been working on for a few months now! Four maps and a playtime of 15-20 minutes per session, all for $3! Explore the dungeon, collect treasure, and defeat the boss (or die trying)!

High Tide has officially released and is NOW AVAILABLE in the USA for immediate delivery! You can now order it direct from Underdog Games website or Amazon! Canada, Mexico, and rest of the world—stay tuned!! 🌍 www.underdoggames.com/products/hig... 🎲✂️

Mysticana is the Game of the Week! My recent obsession has been "Game Systems", sets of components that can be used to play lots of different games. Mysticana works like a video game console, where little expansion packs (a few extra cards) let you play specific adventures. Love the art!

I created a thread where I share the link to the zine I made on bgg for the new codenames. Surely there will be transphobes who come to attack me for it—so please help support me on there! boardgamegeek.com/thread/35536...

During Gen Con, I will have 250 of these zines with me. The goal is to inform normies about what’s going on with CGE and a call to action to join the blacklist. No buying, pitching, or covering CGE games until they give the community a proper apology and response on how they plan to make good. 🎲✂️

Not only is my game Cranky Cove on sale right now at its lowest price ever, but there's also a free demo available! If you have a #Playdate handheld system, now you have no excuse not to try it. play.date/g/cc

The statement on why CGE decided to make a new Harry Potter Codenames game despite the harm JK does on a daily basis might actually be worse than the fact that they decided to do it in the first place. 🙄 www.czechgames.com/news/why-we-...

This is horrendous. Working with the Harry Potter IP was a decision they made. Even if there are contracts that require them to release N editions over Y years… guess what? THEY COULD HAVE TORE THEM UP.

"You’ve got to [...] construct the most efficient base that you can manage to prop up and feed, fighting an environment forever trying to undo your efforts, and more often than not doing so with a team of founders who will be teetering at death’s door by the end of the experience." ExoBase Review:

Card Rails Exchange is now available for preorder if you want to snag a copy. This will be up for a few weeks, hoping to ship in mid-late August. Thanks all for sharing. www.presspot.games/store/p/card...

Workworkwork physical books available now! The printshop was quicker than anticipated. I think they look beautiful. They are still offered for a 10% discount which will persist until July 28. For all who preordered - we'll start sending them out on Monday. letibus.bigcartel.com/product/work...

The Queen’s Interests and the Mysicana foundation deck have fantastic illustrations by Filip Popovic. It’s so cool seeing the final product after working with my prototype!

🚨 I have a new game out from @buttonshy.bsky.social! The Queen's Interests is a 2-player cribbage-like (that's a real game genre, right?). Play as rival advisors to the queen, vying to win her favor while scoring secret objectives! 🧵

Astra Del Rey by Manny Dominguez is a really unique game about filling in speech bubbles in a pulpy space comic strip with your friends. I got to playtest an early version of this and had a great time with it!

🤘 #Crownfell METAL EDITION 🤘 ( Video shot and edited by @velichor.co )

“With High Tide, it’s one of the very few games where that—whoever’s watching, I say: just get it!” 9/10 THANK YOU SO MUCH @boardgameanimal.bsky.social for this phenomenal analysis and review on what makes High Tide special! 💕

Laser-etched steel wallet for #Crownfell: Metal Edition ✨

The Queen’s Interests and the Mysicana foundation deck have fantastic illustrations by Filip Popovic. It’s so cool seeing the final product after working with my prototype!