I've heard people say that after a certain point - game designers lose a hobby and gain a hussle. What did you replace your lost hobby with? For me? That's pretty easy. It was gunpla 🤖

Taylor reviewed Fold & Fly! 🌈🛫 Thanks so much for taking a look at my game. 💖🥹 The Taylor-bias is real! 😉

Fold & Fly by @drawnonward.bsky.social AHHHHH! youtu.be/Cc3yLJTlgBQ

Well, it was a nice run. I got this geekmail last night. When I self-published This Is Not a Game About a Pipe, I thought, as many did, that The Treachery of Images was now in the public domain. 1/4

I've heard people say that after a certain point - game designers lose a hobby and gain a hussle. What did you replace your lost hobby with? For me? That's pretty easy. It was gunpla 🤖

🎆 Pyrotechnics is officially available for sale! Start 2026 with a bang! Pyrotechnics is a two-player head-to-head card game that's quick and easy with just the right spark of strategy. #boardgames

Happy New Year, everyone! And sliding in just under the wire is my Xmas game for the year, Pneumatic Santa Returns! If you'd like to grab a copy, go here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/u7hwr...

2025 was kind of a bullshit year in a broad sense, and a rather productive year on a personal level. Lots of solid meetings, prototypes sent out & great playtests. My boyfriend & I are unreasonably gay (complimentary). I am still actively looking for is work - open to leads or DMs! 👀

Me & the boyf built some 30 Minute Fantasy model kits recently

Got a prototype back from a publisher today. Very much appreciate that they were willing to send it back my way. What I didn't appreciate was how they treated the game's box. Why would anyone tear into a game box like this? 😕

I love how indie this pitch feels. Primarily because it avoids the all too easy p/review cycle - hopefully in favor of something with more substance.

Today's video is about pitching to multiple publishers at the same time, and what to do if you get an offer from one of them. 🎲✂️ youtu.be/KVqfMec6YCM

top 5 gayest/queerest board game publishers?

Q for fellow game designers. Context: You work for an organization whose product is not games and in a role that is not game design and are asked to create a game-like activity for an internal event. How do you feel about setting the boundary that game design is not a skill they're paying you for?

Playing IGNM games today by @drawnonward.bsky.social and @ericdittmore.bsky.social ! Adulting + Fold and Fly!

Two fantastic games from this year's IGNM being played by equally fantastic people. Thanks so much for playing! 🌈🛫

I was very excited when Chris asked if I wanted to make a new map for Propaganda. Giving the Superpower players unique incentives was a fun puzzle to solve, and really makes me care as a Superpower. It also grounds the game as the Superpowers want to help the side that has the most Oil!

The furnace broke. It's very cold, so we're having a sale on an appropriately chilly game!

Queen of Spies is live! Go back my first game with @djackthompson.bsky.social to make it to print. We are so proud! @saltandpeppergames.bsky.social gamefound.com/en/projects/...

Looking for tabletop games (TTRPG, board games) from or about South Asian* cultures *For these purposes, South Asia encompasses: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives My friend is cultivating a library collection Please share & let me know what games come to mind!

Happy I was a part of Romp's latest episode. The Indie Games Night Market was a hectic whirlwind for me so having this time capsule of the event is super cool! Thanks for having me Matt! 💖

Don't get hexasperated! Grab a copy of Nick's IGNM game while copies are still around! 🧙‍♀️🦅

For anyone who is interested in Adulting but didn't make it to IGNM, fear not! The PNP version is here! While I'd love to print more copies, this will have to do for now. It is pay what you want; I really just want to get this game in as many hands as possible. Let me know what you think!

It's my birthday!!! 🎉🍰🎊 What would I like for my birthday? If there's anything you ever wanted to tell me, but never quite found an excuse to say it out loud - now is the time! Just keep it positive please! 😅

It's my birthday!!! 🎉🍰🎊 What would I like for my birthday? If there's anything you ever wanted to tell me, but never quite found an excuse to say it out loud - now is the time! Just keep it positive please! 😅

Time to design a game on my flight back home. Wish me luck!

This was the most affecting board game experience of my life, and I don’t see that ever changing. Although I know each person at the table had their own unique response, Dan does an incredible job here of putting words to it.

I played this game with Dan and I'm not sure I've ever played a game that was so immediately and successfully impactful. It's been almost a month and I am still thinking about it. Deep down it made Stonewall feel like a weak attempt compared to how elegantly its message was communicated via play.

Leaving Philly soon. PAX U, as always was a blast. Saw many cool friends, had some great meetings with publishers & had the honor of participating in the 2nd Indie Games Night Market. Humbled by the response to my little paper airplane game and so happy I could share it with so many people! 🌈🛫🎉

Indie Games Market last night was a rousing success!!!! WOW. I’m so impressed by all of the vendors organization and skill. I’m sure we’ll be able together get stats from the PAX team, but this year definitely felt way bigger 🧵 🎲✂️

Beyond exhausted after the Indie Games Night Market. I had such a blast and ended up selling out of copies by the end of the event.

No better proof than to see this game in action 🛫💜💜🛬

Go check out Taylor’s booth for great games and paper planes!

Indie Games Night Market is happening!🌈🛫 Loving the energy at the event, so many cool games with unique ideas here! Join us at 7pm tonight!

The Indie Games Night Market starts in an hour! Come grab a copy of Coupon Clipper and Fold & Fly from me and @drawnonward.bsky.social.

✨ Reminder!! ✨ Indie Games Night Market is tonight @ 7pm!! When the Expo Hall closes, come down to Hall C to buy the freshest indie games!! “More even than last year, these games seem like they’re pushing boundaries. They capture the spirit of what it means to be ‘indie.‘“ @danthurot.bsky.social

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

About to head off to Philly. Hopefully only flying & absolutely no folding on the path there! 😅 Catch you all at PAX U! 🌈🛫

feeling indebted to @marcelineleiman.bsky.social for being such a good hype person for IGNM. i’m more an ideas guy than a salesman/promoter, so it’s awesome to have folks with more of that bullhorn energy. much love to @danthurot.bsky.social and @boardgameanimal.bsky.social for ongoing coverage too!

Super excited for IGNM this Saturday at PAX Unplugged! Stop by, check out the exploratory games and the people that are making them! 💖

Incredibly happy to announce I will have 40 copies of Fold & Fly! available at the Indie Games Night Market at PAX Unplugged! Here's hoping everyone excited for the game can get one! 🌈🛫

This thread goes into detail with photos of the design copying… and the replies link to MULTIPLE previous threads about these products and the publisher’s business practices.

I love hearing people's excitement for Fold & Fly! 🌈🛫 😊 With so many amazing games at the Indie Games Night Market, even I find it hard a choose a game I'm *most* excited by at the event!

The game my son Cahlen is most excited to pick up at Pax!!!

As I wrap up production on copies of Fold & Fly! I was reminded of why I wanted to sell a game at the Indie Games Night Market. Why I'm bothering to go through all this trouble for such a silly game. 🌈🛫 🧵

As I wrap up production on copies of Fold & Fly! I was reminded of why I wanted to sell a game at the Indie Games Night Market. Why I'm bothering to go through all this trouble for such a silly game. 🌈🛫 🧵

I'm so glad Dan liked Coupon Clipper! (And I appreciate the six-year-old's sacrifice.) I've also played Fold & Fly! a bunch of times and can vouch for it, it's great silly fun. Both'll have copies sold at the IGNM this Saturday at PAXU. (And yes Coupon Clipper comes with scissors!)

Dan covered Fold & Fly! 🌈🛫 "It’s a pleasant activity that requires ten minutes, gets everybody laughing, and then it’s over." Check out Fold & Fly! + Coupon Clipper at the Indie Games Night Market this weekend!

I got to play @ericdittmore.bsky.social's Adulting recently and it was very solid. I love how it approached multi-victor and it might be one of the most dynamic deckbuilders I've yet played. Give this a look at next week's Indie Games Night Market at PAX Unplugged!