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I play and design tabletop games, perform improv comedy, and watch Starcraft. He/Him. TN, USA You can find my self published games at chitragames.com and at https://chitragames.itch.io/

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Tony Tran 🔜 Home @tonytran.bsky.social · 16h

I just found out my favorite new artist is a fucking AI. I'm so upset.

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Connor Wake | Always Awake Games 🔜 PaxWest @connor.alwaysawake.games · 2d

Its alive!

Checkout Club Spooky & That's the Spirit on KS now!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/alw...

Club Spooky & That's the Spirit

Assemble the coolest group of ghouls in Club Spooky and find the culprit of your accidental death in That's the Spirit

www.kickstarter.com

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Tony Tran 🔜 Home @tonytran.bsky.social · 6d

I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Oct 9th 2025) in less than 17 minutes
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cluesbysam.com

Woof this was hard

Clues by Sam

A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who are criminals and who are innocent!

cluesbysam.com

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Hinokodo @hinokodo.com · 7d

Caught up on the livecast from this week. Someone mentioned that other companies are starting to put 'no ai was used' kind of notes on their games and in rulebooks. I think y'all might be interested to know that there is a movement there and people look for that!

@stonemaiergames.com

the human made icons in the pack. free to use of course.

an example shown on a book. (specifically TUMULUS by Exeunt Press)

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Tony Tran 🔜 Home @tonytran.bsky.social · 7d

I was thinking to make one with the sticker but I would need to seal it. It sounds cool though

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Tony Tran 🔜 Home @tonytran.bsky.social · 7d

That would make a sick coaster!

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Matthew Dunstan @matthewdunstan.bsky.social · 8d

Today's video was a hard one for me to make - I wanted to talk about my experiences going through burnout in the last year or so as a game designer, and aspects of the wider tabletop industry that contribute to that.

youtu.be/D2rC_8F10R8

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The reality of being a full time game designer

YouTube video by Matthew Dunstan

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Tony Tran 🔜 Home @tonytran.bsky.social · 7d

Ooo I love these kind of puzzles

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Tony Tran 🔜 Home @tonytran.bsky.social · 7d

I love to see more storytelling card games!!!!

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Sticky Doodler ▶️ PAXU @stickydoodler.bsky.social · 8d

Indie & Local Tabletop Games Fair
📆 Sat, Oct 18
🕛 12-5pm
📍@peoplesbooktakoma.com

RSVP for the panel (which I'll be moderating):
peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/indie-...

Indie & Local Tabletop Games Fair 2025

The DMV is home to some of the world’s leading tabletop game designers! Come meet your neighbors whose games are available at hobby shops, online, and even your local bookstore. Designed in t…

peoplesbooktakoma.com

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The Oatmeal @theoatmeal.bsky.social · 9d

Let’s talk about AI art.

theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

theoatmeal.com

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Tony Tran 🔜 Home @tonytran.bsky.social · 11d

Hahaha none actually. I did put my memory foam pillow in it. I took out on the plane and the guy next to me made the most stereotypical impressed face I ever saw. It was hilarious.

Also I am the best raccoon in a trench coat.

Tony Tran 🔜 Home @tonytran.bsky.social · 14d

My suitcase got pulled aside and the TSA agent asked if I have any cards in my bags.

"Yes, I have a few hundred" 😅

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Tony Tran 🔜 Home @tonytran.bsky.social · 20d

Those robits looks so sick

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Tony Tran 🔜 Home @tonytran.bsky.social · 23d

I love me some Steam demos. The latest one I tried is Die for The Lich, a dungeon crawler that's a dice bag builder. It's been great so far.

store.steampowered.com/app/3415570/...

Die For The Lich on Steam

Roll dice and magical trinkets and pair them with weapons to battle legendary monsters. Master the art of chance in a journey where every roll counts. Unlock new gear by completing grueling challenges...

store.steampowered.com

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Tony Tran 🔜 Home @tonytran.bsky.social · Sep 16

Trump Tricks Game is similar idea to pursue as well.

It sounds like none of them are mechanically doing what I was thinking so I guess I have to go make it now...

Tony Tran 🔜 Home @tonytran.bsky.social · Sep 16

Thanks for coming in clutch.

Rainbow sounds like an idea I would have pursued... I was thinking a climbing game might fit better.

Tony Tran 🔜 Home @tonytran.bsky.social · Sep 16

Is there a trick taker that uses the played cards into the next round? Or some variation of that?

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AbyssalBrews | Weekly Magic Items for D&D and PF2E @abyssalbrews.com · Sep 12

Being brand ready means knowing that you'll need to be present in a number of spaces that have various restrictions on the imagery present.

This is why I always recommend a branding spray sheet where you present your brand identity ready for multiple formats, like this:

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Dominic Crapuchettes @dcrapuchettes.bsky.social · Sep 7

I’m very excited to see Nature at Barnes & Noble. ♥️

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Game Makers Guild ➡️ GMG ADP 10/18/25 @gamemakersguild.bsky.social · Sep 2

GMG's new Online Testing time is 8:30 Eastern on the first Monday of each month. We had a great group show up and 2 prototypes hit the table. Look forward to more! 🎲✂️

Prototype of a space game about manipulating a shared track.

a 2-player lane battler about attracting animals to your side with their preferred food.

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Tony Tran 🔜 Home @tonytran.bsky.social · Sep 1

That's a fantastic photo 📷!

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Tony Tran 🔜 Home @tonytran.bsky.social · Aug 31

Haha love it!

Tony Tran 🔜 Home @tonytran.bsky.social · Aug 31

My 2nd instinct is a worker bee in an area control where the Bee can either gather resources each turn/round or engage in combat once.

Tony Tran 🔜 Home @tonytran.bsky.social · Aug 31

🎲✂️ Let's do a little design jam and stretch your design muscle. Say you were designing a game and it had a thing called a "Bee" in it, what would it do?

The first thing I was thinking was a pick up and deliver where the bee was a worker that picked up and delivered pollen.

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