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Cirque
@cirquegame.bsky.social
Indie eurogame about the circus! Target Kickstarter launch Q1-Q2 2026.

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📍Washington, DC
Hoping to see some of you at Game Kastle in College Park, MD for some Break My Game playtesting on Sunday 🎪🎪

(also go terps 🐢)
November 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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old pro golf, circus course. clown, ocean city, maryland, 1985
November 8, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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circus circus mini golf entrance sign, seaside heights, new jersey, 1978
November 12, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Playtested a boatload this week with some amazing people. A lot of good insights and good times!
November 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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🎪🎃 Cirque Development Update: November 2025 🎃🎪
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October 31, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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🎪🎃 Cirque Development Update: November 2025 🎃🎪
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October 31, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Happy Halloween! 🎪💀🎪

Newsletter dropping imminently...
October 31, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Newsletter is going out tomorrow to get it in before the weekend. Don't forget to subscribe for design updates, timelines, and the musings of a certifiable madman 🎪🎪

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Cirque is a Euro-style tableau and engine builder where each player is tasked with managing their own circus. Indie-developed, self-publishing, and 100% AI-free.
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October 30, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Newsletter is going out tomorrow to get it in before the weekend. Don't forget to subscribe for design updates, timelines, and the musings of a certifiable madman 🎪🎪

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Cirque Playtester Signup
Cirque is a Euro-style tableau and engine builder where each player is tasked with managing their own circus. Indie-developed, self-publishing, and 100% AI-free.
mailchi.mp
October 30, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I had the absolute pleasure of lecturing at the University of Maryland on Cirque to a group of aspiring game designers. No pictures because FERPA, but it was a blast! This month's newsletter will reflect on the experience and summarize some of the content.
October 29, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Happy October! The monthly Cirque design newsletter can be found here: eepurl.com/joqor2

This month, I wanted to reflect a little more on my own design process, so there's a lot of behind the scenes in this one. Hope you enjoy 🎪🎪🎪
🎪 Cirque Development Update: October 2025 🎪
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October 1, 2025 at 11:53 AM
New and improved dashboard. We're almost 75% done with the card art, and about to turn to board and box art next! 🎪🎪🎪
September 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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I have been designing a board game about the circus, and Darth, it has many very good animals

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September 11, 2025 at 3:44 AM
September newsletter is out! You can find it here: mailchi.mp/social-intel...
🎪 Cirque Development Update: September 2025 🎪
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September 1, 2025 at 9:06 PM
September Newsletter drops tomorrow -- sign up here if you haven't already! mailchi.mp/social-intel...
August 31, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Spent the end of the week drafting Ringleader cards, finally implementing some asymmetricality into the game. I'm comfortable enough with the game core to move into this next step, which I think adds a very important layer to the experience
August 30, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Spent the end of the week drafting Ringleader cards, finally implementing some asymmetricality into the game. I'm comfortable enough with the game core to move into this next step, which I think adds a very important layer to the experience
August 30, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Been a little quiet, but still making significant progress! Here's a new card, as a treat 🎪
August 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Latest batch of updated playtest cards is ready for trimming!

Current count: 156 / 180

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August 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Folks, after weeks of agonizing, I believe we have found The Font for card text 🙏
August 9, 2025 at 11:32 AM
August Cirque newsletter is out! 🎪🎪🎪

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🎪 Cirque Development Update: August 2025 🎪
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August 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
August development update newsletter drops on Friday.

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July 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Spent some of the day meandering the US National History Museum and came across this magnificent artifact

Circus poster, 1923
July 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Spent most of today working out the rudiments of Solo Mode. The irony is that I don't tend to play a lot of board games solo, but have been studying solo design to implement in Cirque and...it's apparently pretty fun!
July 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
We're on a much-needed vacation, but here's an excellent piece of card art to tide you over

Card: "Sword Balancing"
July 18, 2025 at 4:25 AM