If I get the chance to make another ”overload game”, I’d like to move away from point scoring. Victory through resource overload alone creates more tension.
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If I get the chance to make another ”overload game”, I’d like to move away from point scoring. Victory through resource overload alone creates more tension.
Without the card-drafting where cards are passed in a 7 wonders like manner, I’d explore other ways to gain recipes, like drafting from a pool or modular creation of recipes.
In Whirling Witchcraft, your engine grows by playing one recipe card per turn. You get resources from the player on your left and pass them to your right. 🧵
I think this one is singing! But, yea, that is a good question.
Play tested my latest design Soccer yesterday with @eanderssonsunden.bsky.social. It played well, but the question is, is anyone looking for a Soccer game? Sports can be tricky, and Soccer even more so.
Okay tomorrow we’re getting silly @cmyk.games #magicalathlete #boardgames
Ok. I got a no. So today I lick my wounds and feel a bit sad. But I also reach out to a bunch of other great publishers. I think I have a strong game. It just wasn’t the game they wanted. Handling defeats like this is hard, but part of 🎲✂️
I want to write a novel based on this! <3
Tack. 🙏
Jag önskar dig en helg med precis det du behöver och vill ha!
Hey #fungi peeps -- @mawdc.bsky.social has $ available for students who need research support in mycology. Priority given to projects relevant to mid-Atlantic US. Deadline Oct 31. Please spread the word!
All set up with minutes to spare at @tabletopscot.bsky.social
That sounds exhausting!
Thank you! 🙏
Thank you! For making a mediocre game into something stellar!
”Second rate”?! You are one of the best!
Played Fate of the fellowship yesterday and we discovered Frodo would have had less problems reaching Mount Doom if he would have brought half of the fellowship and 5 armies with him when he sneaked into Torech Ungol instead of Gollum.
From a rough geography idea for my dad ➡️ countless playtests ➡️ now published by Fractal Juegos! Huge thanks to @magnusuptime.bsky.social, our playtesters, and friends who made Where is That? possible. Read more in the design diary below! boardgamegeek.com/blog/1/blogp...
I haven't watched the entire review, but I need to ask already: will you be at Spiel?
Review of Bohemians is here! Mark got an early copy and shares his thoughts on the game! Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=KFrvvXsbk8k&feature=youtu.be
Dexterity games are a strange beast for me. I usually love the concepts, but after one play they end up moving on to a new home. So, I swore I’d stop buying them. And yet… I love the idea of Cat and the Tower. Help me out, Bsky—do I cave or stay strong? boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/42...
Want to play Bohemians and meet the designer? It is possible! Jasper is on tour!
Wow! Vilket underbart klipp! Fint med människor som sätter ord på det omätbara. ❤️
I am not. :)
Thanks! 🙏
AMA! About the idea or Fastaval! :D
The game design pitch of Daniel Olai and myself, DystopAI, was just accepted by @fastaval.bsky.social ! I'm happy and can't wait for the journey to begin! 🎲✂️
Thanks for the answers all! I will be a bit more restrictive when using the tags from now on. I’m happy that I asked so I don’t annoy you without realising.
Ha ha!
So, would I’ve had crossed the line if I would’ve tagged this post with 🎲✂️?
Thanks for the review and your kind words.
Where Is That? from Fractal Juegos puts your knowledge of geography to the test, and still manages to be fun for the people who couldn't find their way out of a paper bag with a map. Read more in this Meeple Mountain review. www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/wher... #BoardGames #Maps 3.5/5 ★
I just sent a PnP version of Craters to the publisher that has offered me an optional agreement on the game for the past months. It is time for a decision. I will know before the end of September if they will take the game or not. 🎲✂️
I will edit my rulebook of Craters tonight. it was written a couple of iterations ago. When you do the same thing, how do you make sure that you catch all the updates since the last rulebook iteration? 🎲✂️
Now I send Craters to the publisher with an optional agreement. Will it fit their catalogue or not? If yes, I’m happy to have signed a game with one of my grail publishers. If no, they have helped me strengthen Craters and I have a really strong game to pitch at Spiel. This mindset helps me. 🎲✂️
So not ”stuff related to my design”. Thanks! 🙏
@vickilanger.dev would you mind telling me your thoughts about it or link to a previous statement?
I put down some thoughts about game design, what it’s good for, and what it isn’t good for in this zine! Plus, a short guide to help get you started making a game if you’ve never done that before: gregisonthego.itch.io/rulebooks-fo... ✂️ 🎲 ✊ 🔥
Oh, thank you! Would love to hear it!
Do I use the (dice) (scissor) emojis for posts like this? Or is that specific tag for unpublished stuff?
First review of ”Where is That?” boardgamegeek.com/video/570665...
The English rulebook of The glorious guilds of Buttonville is published on BGG! Yay! boardgamegeek.com/filepage/306...
Love these threads. I'm still most proud of my first published design, Bable. I'm proud how it models the story of the confusion of tongues into an experiential design. It's a cooperative game that places the focus on the communication difficulties rather than on the construction of the tower.
Looks great! ❤️
Oh, you asked for it. Pyrotechnics! The design is by @backwardscapgames.bsky.social but I've had lots of fun developing and producing it. Playtesting has also been a joy, watching folks enjoy the game. I'm proud of Michael for the game, and proud of the whole team for the work that's been done.
Ooooh! I made Hungry Monkey with my daughter. That process is something I will remember until I die. ❤️
Venusian Vegas will be my first game to graduate from prototype to product when I bring it to the paxu indie games night market (thanks @dnlnwmn.bsky.social !) And my pride jumped a notch when my daughter agreed to do the character art. boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/45...
That is so cool theme! I’d time permits I will read more! ❤️
I am proud of Rex Regnat. It's a 2 or 4 player game about the Polish Constitution of 1791, using modified trick-taking to represent debate. I'm proud because it's my first (self)-published game, and handles a complex issue in an interesting way. More on my website - sites.google.com/view/damonic...
Of course you can! Thanks for sharing. Tell me more! :D
Tell me about a game design that you have been a part of and that you are proud of! And please tell me why! And where I can read more. ❤️ 🎲✂️
🎲✂️ Play more games to develop your mechanical literacy.
Buttonville à Orleans Joue ! Moi j'ai bien aimé, le système d'équilibre entre collection et pose/combo est bien trouvé pour moi. J'y retournerais pour confirmer ou non cet avis 😁
I'd love to have a bit of a discussion about making Youtube videos, especially when you are making videos that are intended to be educational, with no expectation or desire to become a full time content creator.
🎲✂️ This is why phone numbers are generally chunked into groups of 5 digits.
New design challenge from @buttonshy.bsky.social …! Make an 18-card cozy game! Join us, all you 🎲✂️ folks:
sorry to be a downer but coming off of my worst sales summer in years, now would be a great time to pick up something from my catalogue! spooky season's coming up, so I'd recommend: 😈 Imp of the Perverse - monster-hunting American horror! 🥀 Annalise - GMless Vampire horror! www.ndpdesign.com/store
I morgon är det för övrigt första tisdagen i månaden. Det betyder att Upsalafandom har pubmöte. Det vill säga ett gäng gamla kompisar och nya bekanta (med någon typ av grundintresse för fantastik) sitter på O'Neills från cirka 17:30 eller så och pratar om vad som helst. Ibland om fantastik.
🎲✂️ If everything is balanced, then it doesn't matter what I do... right?
Many have been asking me so: 🎲✂️ I’ve been given permission by Underdog Games to make another run of cloth boards for High Tide! @printinkling.bsky.social Fill out the interest form if you’d like to get a copy at Indie Games Night Market this year! @dnlnwmn.bsky.social forms.gle/9uBfPG89Kp7X...
I really enjoy coming back to a shelved game design and taking an axe to all the things I convinced myself needed to be in it. 🎲✂️
This is why we have player aids. We CALL them player aids, but they are really "Notes for the designer on how the game works today"... ;)
BG Stats aug. 2025 Cockroach Poker: 6 That's Not a Hat: 4 Undaunted: Stalingrad: 3 Drop It: 3 Joking Hazard: 2 Rebel Princess: 2nd Edition: 2 Flip 7: 2 Rats of Wistar: 1 Risk of Rain: The Board Game: 1
So, you are curious about The glorious guilds of Buttonville? And you don’t mind reading German rulebooks? I have a special link for you! 🎲✂️ boardgamegeek.com/filepage/306...
I will not forget this. I might have a trip planned for IAEA in the not so distant future. I’ll let you know! :D
The Glorious Guilds of Buttonville by @ravensburgertcg.bsky.social 📐: Christian Kudahl, Erik Andersson Sundén 🎨: n/a 🧍: 2-4 players ⏱️: 30 min boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/44... #boardgames #geek #meeple #brettspiele #game #graplanszowa #jeuxdesociete #ボードゲーム #보드게임 #juegodemesa
Thank you for sharing! ❤️ You can see a bit more about the game a few minutes into this video: youtu.be/MZpTjOHyLvk?...
I haven't played a whole lot outside of the big name board games but i love Ticket to Ride, Flamecraft, Whirling Witchcraft, and Calico off the top of my head
I will start doing this too!
I am one of those people... at a convention if I see a table set up and reading a rulebook for a game I know? I'll just walk up and ask if they want me to teach them how to play. I'm not an extrovert (people exhaust me) but I trained myself to be outgoing and now I startle strangers with that. 🤗
I just made me some papadums. That brightened my day too!
Sounds great! Photos! :D
More will be released the coming days. Ravensburger is a bit secretive so I guess I should be too. ;)
Thank you for this. It has brightened up my day! ❤️
Thank you! 🙏
Now?
Thanks! :D Regarding localisation: Send me a DM with your contact mail and a localisation ”CV” and then I can forward it to the right people.
🎲✂️
So not for a physicist/game designer sitting in an office chair all day long? ;)
I should try and take a photo of it! If I do I’ll send a photo of it!
And the French one! boardgamegeek.com/image/907443...
The English cover for The glorious guilds of Buttonville is now public! boardgamegeek.com/image/907443...
Do you have a recommended recipe for it?
Oh my. When you put it like that. I think I love butter too! ❤️
The taste of it? Or the smooth feeling against your skin?
I’ve played so many variants of Kubb! Some of the versions remind me of Wes Anderson movies.
Thanks!
Sure! open.spotify.com/playlist/7er...
Do you have a playlist you would like to share with a good mixture?
The Kickstarter of @alderaceg.bsky.social is going quite well! Among many things, you can find a micro expansion for my design Whirling Witchcraft in it. Give it a look if you are interested! 🎲✂️ www.kickstarter.com/projects/ald...
I am begging board game designers/publishers to PLEASE stop putting background images behind text on cards, in rulebooks, & on player aids. There are SO MANY neurodivergent people & people with vision issues whose brains have great difficulty trying to process this type of visual content.
I saw the making of Clint Eastwood (Gorillaz). Apparently it uses a toy synth as the base. So cool to see!
Love em.
Where do you get them? Which is your favourite so far?
I have looked at those models that you build an out in your book shelf among your books. Tempting.
Cool. I rarely use the bike these days. Too many kids to drive in the morning. Do you use many different bikes?
Yay! That is a pathfinder have not taken yet: creating a shorter version of a finished design.
Aaaand here’s another dino preview for my 2026 release coming from Underdog Games—and it’s a racing/betting game!! 🦖🍌 This time we say hello to the Velociraptor!!! 🎲✂️
I’m feeling a bit low. Tell me about something you love! Passion of others is my fuel!
My main breakthroughs in game design is while I create or play with the components of the prototype. Specifically, it is NOT while thinking about my design before the crafting.