Mac McAnally
@macaroobanzai.bsky.social
Game designer and general maker of things.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/455308/this-is-not-a-game-about-a-pipe
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/455308/this-is-not-a-game-about-a-pipe
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Get less than occasional news and updates for This Is Not a Game About a Pipe and Mac's other tabletop game projects.
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Still catching my breath from PaxU, but there will be a yet to be determined future for This Is Not a Game About a Pipe beyond the mad rush at Indie Games Night Market. Signing up for my "Incredibly Rare Mailing List" is the best way to learn about it.
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WIP: Meeple Who Need Meeple. A push your luck game. Playable prototype by next week.
My unfocused brain can't help to extrapolate the idea to a compilation of games called "Meeple Mixtape" with other games such as Meeple Are Strange, Everyday Meeple, and Shiny Happy Meeple.
My unfocused brain can't help to extrapolate the idea to a compilation of games called "Meeple Mixtape" with other games such as Meeple Are Strange, Everyday Meeple, and Shiny Happy Meeple.
November 27, 2025 at 7:43 PM
WIP: Meeple Who Need Meeple. A push your luck game. Playable prototype by next week.
My unfocused brain can't help to extrapolate the idea to a compilation of games called "Meeple Mixtape" with other games such as Meeple Are Strange, Everyday Meeple, and Shiny Happy Meeple.
My unfocused brain can't help to extrapolate the idea to a compilation of games called "Meeple Mixtape" with other games such as Meeple Are Strange, Everyday Meeple, and Shiny Happy Meeple.
Reposted by Mac McAnally
Someone in a Discord playing my game tonight. Meanwhile, I'm playing This is Not a Game About a Pipe
November 26, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Someone in a Discord playing my game tonight. Meanwhile, I'm playing This is Not a Game About a Pipe
If you're curious about the origins of This Is Not a Game About a Pipe, it started at last year's Gaming Like It's 1929 game jam!
Already working on my entry for next year.
Come on, fellow designers! Let's light this thing up!
itch.io/jam/gaming-l...
#PublicDomain
Already working on my entry for next year.
Come on, fellow designers! Let's light this thing up!
itch.io/jam/gaming-l...
#PublicDomain
Gaming Like It's 1930
A game jam from 2026-01-01 to 2026-02-01 hosted by Randy Lubin & Copia Gaming. A new year means new material entering the public domain! Starting January 1st 2026, works from 1930 are free to use and ...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:38 PM
If you're curious about the origins of This Is Not a Game About a Pipe, it started at last year's Gaming Like It's 1929 game jam!
Already working on my entry for next year.
Come on, fellow designers! Let's light this thing up!
itch.io/jam/gaming-l...
#PublicDomain
Already working on my entry for next year.
Come on, fellow designers! Let's light this thing up!
itch.io/jam/gaming-l...
#PublicDomain
Still catching my breath from PaxU, but there will be a yet to be determined future for This Is Not a Game About a Pipe beyond the mad rush at Indie Games Night Market. Signing up for my "Incredibly Rare Mailing List" is the best way to learn about it.
subscribepage.io/KhY0sM
subscribepage.io/KhY0sM
Get less than occasional news and updates for This Is Not a Game About a Pipe and Mac's other tabletop game projects.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Still catching my breath from PaxU, but there will be a yet to be determined future for This Is Not a Game About a Pipe beyond the mad rush at Indie Games Night Market. Signing up for my "Incredibly Rare Mailing List" is the best way to learn about it.
subscribepage.io/KhY0sM
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Reposted by Mac McAnally
Oh God. They made the perfect card game for pedants. I must own this. spacebiff.com/2025/11/25/t...
This Is Not a Review of a Pipe
All I play anymore is trick-takers. And while some of them are challenging, others risk disappearing down their own pipe-hole in a semantic puff of tobacco smoke. That isn’t a bad thing. This…
spacebiff.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Oh God. They made the perfect card game for pedants. I must own this. spacebiff.com/2025/11/25/t...
Space-Biff gets me! Love the review Dan!
In Mac McAnally's This Is Not a Game About a Pipe, players must craft studiously sensical statements about their cards. This one is a strange but enjoyable trick-taker. My review: spacebiff.com/2025/11/25/t...
This Is Not a Review of a Pipe
All I play anymore is trick-takers. And while some of them are challenging, others risk disappearing down their own pipe-hole in a semantic puff of tobacco smoke. That isn’t a bad thing. This…
spacebiff.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Space-Biff gets me! Love the review Dan!
Nothing like coming home from PaxU with a new 3rd (4th?) active game design project. That's probably too many, but at least it's light, silly, and makes me smile.
November 24, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Nothing like coming home from PaxU with a new 3rd (4th?) active game design project. That's probably too many, but at least it's light, silly, and makes me smile.
Hey fellow IGNM designers. Out of curiosity did any of you have a man come to your table, not provide a name, identify himself only as "a publisher", and ask for a free copy for "evaluation"? I just told him no and to come back at the end of the market if he wanted to (he didn't). Dodgy fellow.
November 23, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Hey fellow IGNM designers. Out of curiosity did any of you have a man come to your table, not provide a name, identify himself only as "a publisher", and ask for a free copy for "evaluation"? I just told him no and to come back at the end of the market if he wanted to (he didn't). Dodgy fellow.
A huge thanks to @dnlnwmn.bsky.social and @marcelineleiman.bsky.social for orchestrating the Indie Games Night Market at Pax Unplugged tonight!
To my astonishment, This Is Not a Game About a Pipe sold out in 90 minutes! The energy was incredible!
To my astonishment, This Is Not a Game About a Pipe sold out in 90 minutes! The energy was incredible!
November 23, 2025 at 5:39 AM
A huge thanks to @dnlnwmn.bsky.social and @marcelineleiman.bsky.social for orchestrating the Indie Games Night Market at Pax Unplugged tonight!
To my astonishment, This Is Not a Game About a Pipe sold out in 90 minutes! The energy was incredible!
To my astonishment, This Is Not a Game About a Pipe sold out in 90 minutes! The energy was incredible!
Reposted by Mac McAnally
So happy that our game—NEGOCIOS INFERNALES—is available at @officialpax.bsky.social, at @studio2publishing.bsky.social! Booth 2951!
We’re running our games through GAMES ON DEMAND in the RPG section of PAX U. Friday 2-6, Saturday 10-2, 2-6! Tell your friends!
We’re running our games through GAMES ON DEMAND in the RPG section of PAX U. Friday 2-6, Saturday 10-2, 2-6! Tell your friends!
November 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
So happy that our game—NEGOCIOS INFERNALES—is available at @officialpax.bsky.social, at @studio2publishing.bsky.social! Booth 2951!
We’re running our games through GAMES ON DEMAND in the RPG section of PAX U. Friday 2-6, Saturday 10-2, 2-6! Tell your friends!
We’re running our games through GAMES ON DEMAND in the RPG section of PAX U. Friday 2-6, Saturday 10-2, 2-6! Tell your friends!
Reposted by Mac McAnally
For those of you NOT at @officialpax.bsky.social UNPLUGGED, you can still find our Gm-less, collaborative TTRPG about Aliens & Inquisition at @studio2publishing.bsky.social here:
studio2publishing.com/products/neg...
And at @outlandent.bsky.social here: outlandentertainment.com/collections/...
studio2publishing.com/products/neg...
And at @outlandent.bsky.social here: outlandentertainment.com/collections/...
November 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
For those of you NOT at @officialpax.bsky.social UNPLUGGED, you can still find our Gm-less, collaborative TTRPG about Aliens & Inquisition at @studio2publishing.bsky.social here:
studio2publishing.com/products/neg...
And at @outlandent.bsky.social here: outlandentertainment.com/collections/...
studio2publishing.com/products/neg...
And at @outlandent.bsky.social here: outlandentertainment.com/collections/...
Great first day at PaxU! Great chats with friends!
-Games Played-
Tax The Rich
Night Soil
L'oaf
Click-a-Tree
Cross4
20K leagues under the seas
Goblin laundry
Forgery (Prototype)
Magical Athlete
5 marked off my hitlist. Started light. Heavier games start tomorrow.
Plus Indie Games Night Market!
-Games Played-
Tax The Rich
Night Soil
L'oaf
Click-a-Tree
Cross4
20K leagues under the seas
Goblin laundry
Forgery (Prototype)
Magical Athlete
5 marked off my hitlist. Started light. Heavier games start tomorrow.
Plus Indie Games Night Market!
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Great first day at PaxU! Great chats with friends!
-Games Played-
Tax The Rich
Night Soil
L'oaf
Click-a-Tree
Cross4
20K leagues under the seas
Goblin laundry
Forgery (Prototype)
Magical Athlete
5 marked off my hitlist. Started light. Heavier games start tomorrow.
Plus Indie Games Night Market!
-Games Played-
Tax The Rich
Night Soil
L'oaf
Click-a-Tree
Cross4
20K leagues under the seas
Goblin laundry
Forgery (Prototype)
Magical Athlete
5 marked off my hitlist. Started light. Heavier games start tomorrow.
Plus Indie Games Night Market!
To PaxU! Tally ho!
November 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
To PaxU! Tally ho!
I'd like to be exerting a final push of marketing/publicity for my game before the con this weekend, but find I'm needing to conserve energy in anticipation of being way outside my comfort zone. Hope to see you there.
November 20, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I'd like to be exerting a final push of marketing/publicity for my game before the con this weekend, but find I'm needing to conserve energy in anticipation of being way outside my comfort zone. Hope to see you there.
Hey @wunfatkid.bsky.social, are we rooting for Kenya or Chinese Taipei?
www.youtube.com/live/U1CycEC...
www.youtube.com/live/U1CycEC...
LIVE | Chinese Taipei vs Kenya | Match 4 | Women's Kabaddi World Cup Bangladesh 2025 | T Sports
YouTube video by T Sports
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November 18, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Hey @wunfatkid.bsky.social, are we rooting for Kenya or Chinese Taipei?
www.youtube.com/live/U1CycEC...
www.youtube.com/live/U1CycEC...
To help celebrate this Saturday's short run release of the trick-taking game This Is Not a Game About a Pipe at Pax Unplugged, reply with your favorite "this is not a pipe" memes!
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#Magritte #TheTreacheryofImages #ThisIsNotaPipe #PaxUnplugged #cardgames
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#Magritte #TheTreacheryofImages #ThisIsNotaPipe #PaxUnplugged #cardgames
November 18, 2025 at 12:10 AM
To help celebrate this Saturday's short run release of the trick-taking game This Is Not a Game About a Pipe at Pax Unplugged, reply with your favorite "this is not a pipe" memes!
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/45...
#Magritte #TheTreacheryofImages #ThisIsNotaPipe #PaxUnplugged #cardgames
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#Magritte #TheTreacheryofImages #ThisIsNotaPipe #PaxUnplugged #cardgames
Indie Games Night Market signage ready!
November 16, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Indie Games Night Market signage ready!
Curious what all of these Indie Night Games Market games are all about? Check out this preview from BoardGame Animal.
#PaxUnplugged
#boardgames
#PaxUnplugged
#boardgames
We’re thrilled to share our Special Presentation; Indie Games Night Market Preview!
It was a privilege to be part of this & share these games with you all~
youtu.be/HA_u8oxU0kc?...
See the games that will be at the IGNM in exactly 1 week at #PAXunplugged!
#boardgames #ignm
#cardgames #indiegames
It was a privilege to be part of this & share these games with you all~
youtu.be/HA_u8oxU0kc?...
See the games that will be at the IGNM in exactly 1 week at #PAXunplugged!
#boardgames #ignm
#cardgames #indiegames
November 16, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Curious what all of these Indie Night Games Market games are all about? Check out this preview from BoardGame Animal.
#PaxUnplugged
#boardgames
#PaxUnplugged
#boardgames
This is a card!
See it! It's right there!
Unfortunately I've fallen into Magritte's trap. It's just a picture of a card.
Want a real one? Come to the Indie Games Night Market at Pax Unplugged.
You can get this one and plenty of others.
#IGNM
#PaxUnplugged
#ThisIsNotaGameAboutaPipe
See it! It's right there!
Unfortunately I've fallen into Magritte's trap. It's just a picture of a card.
Want a real one? Come to the Indie Games Night Market at Pax Unplugged.
You can get this one and plenty of others.
#IGNM
#PaxUnplugged
#ThisIsNotaGameAboutaPipe
November 15, 2025 at 11:40 PM
This is a card!
See it! It's right there!
Unfortunately I've fallen into Magritte's trap. It's just a picture of a card.
Want a real one? Come to the Indie Games Night Market at Pax Unplugged.
You can get this one and plenty of others.
#IGNM
#PaxUnplugged
#ThisIsNotaGameAboutaPipe
See it! It's right there!
Unfortunately I've fallen into Magritte's trap. It's just a picture of a card.
Want a real one? Come to the Indie Games Night Market at Pax Unplugged.
You can get this one and plenty of others.
#IGNM
#PaxUnplugged
#ThisIsNotaGameAboutaPipe
Open call for game icon ideas:
1. Balance - But not scales or yin yang. Physical balance, not spiritual or mental balance.
2. Style/Elegance
1. Balance - But not scales or yin yang. Physical balance, not spiritual or mental balance.
2. Style/Elegance
November 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Open call for game icon ideas:
1. Balance - But not scales or yin yang. Physical balance, not spiritual or mental balance.
2. Style/Elegance
1. Balance - But not scales or yin yang. Physical balance, not spiritual or mental balance.
2. Style/Elegance
Cantilever (my Mies van der Rohe public domain chair game WIP) is officially a Co-op "trick and write".
November 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Cantilever (my Mies van der Rohe public domain chair game WIP) is officially a Co-op "trick and write".
You can find more about this and other games on the Boardgamegeek Pa Unplugged preview list.
boardgamegeek.com/geekpreview/...
boardgamegeek.com/geekpreview/...
November 12, 2025 at 1:58 AM
You can find more about this and other games on the Boardgamegeek Pa Unplugged preview list.
boardgamegeek.com/geekpreview/...
boardgamegeek.com/geekpreview/...
This is Winning! And you can be winning too by checking out the work of amazing designers at the Indie Games Night Market at Pax Unplugged!
#IGNM
#PaxUnplugged
#ThisIsNotaGameAboutaPipe
#IGNM
#PaxUnplugged
#ThisIsNotaGameAboutaPipe
November 12, 2025 at 1:48 AM
This is Winning! And you can be winning too by checking out the work of amazing designers at the Indie Games Night Market at Pax Unplugged!
#IGNM
#PaxUnplugged
#ThisIsNotaGameAboutaPipe
#IGNM
#PaxUnplugged
#ThisIsNotaGameAboutaPipe
Reposted by Mac McAnally
This is a feed of designers bringing their games to Indie Games Night Market at PAX Unplugged 2025 next week. Right now, it is chock full of folks cutting, printing, boxing, and otherwise willing their games to life.
November 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This is a feed of designers bringing their games to Indie Games Night Market at PAX Unplugged 2025 next week. Right now, it is chock full of folks cutting, printing, boxing, and otherwise willing their games to life.
Reposted by Mac McAnally
Get excited; our Indie Games Night Market video is coming SOON~
Stay Tuned!!
@marcelineleiman.bsky.social @vawcer.bsky.social @chrisinhm.bsky.social @ericdittmore.bsky.social
@dnlnwmn.bsky.social @macaroobanzai.bsky.social @aveknots.bsky.social
@tedmannschaller.bsky.social & more~
💜
Stay Tuned!!
@marcelineleiman.bsky.social @vawcer.bsky.social @chrisinhm.bsky.social @ericdittmore.bsky.social
@dnlnwmn.bsky.social @macaroobanzai.bsky.social @aveknots.bsky.social
@tedmannschaller.bsky.social & more~
💜
November 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Get excited; our Indie Games Night Market video is coming SOON~
Stay Tuned!!
@marcelineleiman.bsky.social @vawcer.bsky.social @chrisinhm.bsky.social @ericdittmore.bsky.social
@dnlnwmn.bsky.social @macaroobanzai.bsky.social @aveknots.bsky.social
@tedmannschaller.bsky.social & more~
💜
Stay Tuned!!
@marcelineleiman.bsky.social @vawcer.bsky.social @chrisinhm.bsky.social @ericdittmore.bsky.social
@dnlnwmn.bsky.social @macaroobanzai.bsky.social @aveknots.bsky.social
@tedmannschaller.bsky.social & more~
💜