Zach Stock
@mushymath.bsky.social
play and craft 🖍️⚙️🚀Designing and building puppets by day (IG: @curious_mechanics) and board games by night. Here, mostly the latter! Let's break the capitalist shackle and it's disinfo racket, please and thanks
Hey @unpub.bsky.social if by any chance you find a blue (previous yr) unpub tote bag in the playtesting area with clothes and other things in it, please hang on to it for me!! I'm in philly so could come recover from @sumfatkid.bsky.social or heather o'neill if they didn't already go home
March 18, 2024 at 2:45 AM
Hey @unpub.bsky.social if by any chance you find a blue (previous yr) unpub tote bag in the playtesting area with clothes and other things in it, please hang on to it for me!! I'm in philly so could come recover from @sumfatkid.bsky.social or heather o'neill if they didn't already go home
Run don't walk to play @xopherchan.bsky.social 's Jenga-but-a-train-game! Love it to bits. (looking at you @senfoonglim.bsky.social )
March 16, 2024 at 12:18 AM
Run don't walk to play @xopherchan.bsky.social 's Jenga-but-a-train-game! Love it to bits. (looking at you @senfoonglim.bsky.social )
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Game Makers Guild Philadelphia is coming to @unpub.bsky.social! Our members will be at table F1 and others throughout the con. Come check out great games from
@davidmasnato.com
@jakekbarnhart.bsky.social
@jessecasey.bsky.social
@mushymath.bsky.social
and more!
@davidmasnato.com
@jakekbarnhart.bsky.social
@jessecasey.bsky.social
@mushymath.bsky.social
and more!
March 12, 2024 at 3:20 PM
Game Makers Guild Philadelphia is coming to @unpub.bsky.social! Our members will be at table F1 and others throughout the con. Come check out great games from
@davidmasnato.com
@jakekbarnhart.bsky.social
@jessecasey.bsky.social
@mushymath.bsky.social
and more!
@davidmasnato.com
@jakekbarnhart.bsky.social
@jessecasey.bsky.social
@mushymath.bsky.social
and more!
bringing these to a big gaming weekend - how many do you know??
February 21, 2024 at 1:37 AM
bringing these to a big gaming weekend - how many do you know??
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Yesterday evening I released the second Early Access version of my upcoming puzzle board game Herd.
Today, I wrote a design diary about how this version came to be:
letibus.itch.io/herd/devlog/...
Today, I wrote a design diary about how this version came to be:
letibus.itch.io/herd/devlog/...
February 10, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Yesterday evening I released the second Early Access version of my upcoming puzzle board game Herd.
Today, I wrote a design diary about how this version came to be:
letibus.itch.io/herd/devlog/...
Today, I wrote a design diary about how this version came to be:
letibus.itch.io/herd/devlog/...
hoping to start sharing more of what I make in my day job (puppets and mechanical props!) more regularly in the new year. No vids on bsky though eh?
Zach Stock on Instagram: "happy tentacle tuesday slash 2024 #kraken #puppetmechanism #aquamanvsspon...
127 likes, 11 comments - curious_mechanics on January 30, 2024: "happy tentacle tuesday slash 2024 #kraken #puppetmechanism #aquamanvsspongebobthemusical #puppet..."
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February 6, 2024 at 8:08 PM
hoping to start sharing more of what I make in my day job (puppets and mechanical props!) more regularly in the new year. No vids on bsky though eh?
@davidmasnato.com 's game Tiers of Joy is 🔥! Great example of how simplicity of rules & clear parsing of board state can increase depth of interaction - & this game is all about the wily trade-offs of shared incentives with your two neighbors (a la Between Two Cities, but fantastically distilled!)
February 2, 2024 at 2:27 PM
@davidmasnato.com 's game Tiers of Joy is 🔥! Great example of how simplicity of rules & clear parsing of board state can increase depth of interaction - & this game is all about the wily trade-offs of shared incentives with your two neighbors (a la Between Two Cities, but fantastically distilled!)
That's because this dude works real hard while being chill af, makes fun games and puts them in front of people, gives good feedback, takes no shit, talks no shit, and deserves all the hype still yet to come
Thought I'd do a 2023 Retrospective on my board game design journey, including diving into a bunch of numbers. I've seen some more established and full-time designers do this, but I wanted to share what it's like as someone who's still several steps behind that level. 🧵
January 5, 2024 at 5:57 AM
That's because this dude works real hard while being chill af, makes fun games and puts them in front of people, gives good feedback, takes no shit, talks no shit, and deserves all the hype still yet to come
First / last games I played in 2023 - both really fun!
The Wolves by @boardgameghee.bsky.social and @stoichamster.bsky.social / Sail by Akiyama Koryo & Kozu Yusei.
The Wolves by @boardgameghee.bsky.social and @stoichamster.bsky.social / Sail by Akiyama Koryo & Kozu Yusei.
January 2, 2024 at 1:00 AM
First / last games I played in 2023 - both really fun!
The Wolves by @boardgameghee.bsky.social and @stoichamster.bsky.social / Sail by Akiyama Koryo & Kozu Yusei.
The Wolves by @boardgameghee.bsky.social and @stoichamster.bsky.social / Sail by Akiyama Koryo & Kozu Yusei.
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If you would like to find out more about the game, I have just published a Designer Diary! boardgamegeek.com/thread/3215221…
This has been a long journey, and I'm so excited for the end to finally be within sight, and I'm so proud of the work me and David Masnato have done on the game.
This has been a long journey, and I'm so excited for the end to finally be within sight, and I'm so proud of the work me and David Masnato have done on the game.
December 29, 2023 at 10:05 AM
If you would like to find out more about the game, I have just published a Designer Diary! boardgamegeek.com/thread/3215221…
This has been a long journey, and I'm so excited for the end to finally be within sight, and I'm so proud of the work me and David Masnato have done on the game.
This has been a long journey, and I'm so excited for the end to finally be within sight, and I'm so proud of the work me and David Masnato have done on the game.
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SP3AK1NG IN C0DE is a 2p asymmetric cooperative game where one player is a human trying to figure out why an alien species has landed on earth! The hook? One player plays their cards face up, and the other plays their cards face down.
This game is ready. I need help finding a publisher! Thx in adv
This game is ready. I need help finding a publisher! Thx in adv
December 14, 2023 at 9:45 AM
SP3AK1NG IN C0DE is a 2p asymmetric cooperative game where one player is a human trying to figure out why an alien species has landed on earth! The hook? One player plays their cards face up, and the other plays their cards face down.
This game is ready. I need help finding a publisher! Thx in adv
This game is ready. I need help finding a publisher! Thx in adv
Pretty great and totally unexpected to see my friend and co-worker Dylan's card game out in the wild at PaxU. His character designs truly delight me. Thanks for getting it out there, Anthony.
December 5, 2023 at 4:54 AM
Pretty great and totally unexpected to see my friend and co-worker Dylan's card game out in the wild at PaxU. His character designs truly delight me. Thanks for getting it out there, Anthony.
These rats can run!! Thanks for the 🟫 's and memories @patrickleder.bsky.social @lordoftheboard.bsky.social and Nick Brachmann ⚡️🐀🌀
December 3, 2023 at 6:42 PM
These rats can run!! Thanks for the 🟫 's and memories @patrickleder.bsky.social @lordoftheboard.bsky.social and Nick Brachmann ⚡️🐀🌀
I am really proud of this game and I owe that to so many faces I am seeing this weekend at PaxU. I have some options for publishing, but it's a weird game & I want to make sure it lands right, so if you've played and have a good idea for a home, or are a curious publisher, please reach out
December 3, 2023 at 5:59 PM
I am really proud of this game and I owe that to so many faces I am seeing this weekend at PaxU. I have some options for publishing, but it's a weird game & I want to make sure it lands right, so if you've played and have a good idea for a home, or are a curious publisher, please reach out
I don't do much on social media, even though I often wish I did, to stay connected with all the board game folks I've met on my design journey. Fact is, I'm just an IRL kid in a digital grid, and you know I'll be at PaxU with my whole analog self, ready to throw down some meeps with you peeps 🚀
December 1, 2023 at 12:06 AM
I don't do much on social media, even though I often wish I did, to stay connected with all the board game folks I've met on my design journey. Fact is, I'm just an IRL kid in a digital grid, and you know I'll be at PaxU with my whole analog self, ready to throw down some meeps with you peeps 🚀
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It's been a long journey for Roux Mates. Early this year the game had finally found a publisher home, but the situation has changed and unfortunately I'm back to pitching it.
The good news is, if you're looking for a game about people making food and taking care of each other, I've got you covered!
The good news is, if you're looking for a game about people making food and taking care of each other, I've got you covered!
November 8, 2023 at 2:12 PM
It's been a long journey for Roux Mates. Early this year the game had finally found a publisher home, but the situation has changed and unfortunately I'm back to pitching it.
The good news is, if you're looking for a game about people making food and taking care of each other, I've got you covered!
The good news is, if you're looking for a game about people making food and taking care of each other, I've got you covered!
It's been another busy few months for me, but excited to see many of your faces at PaxU in December, here in my home city of 19 years! Here's a pic of my family on my bday last week
October 10, 2023 at 3:41 AM
It's been another busy few months for me, but excited to see many of your faces at PaxU in December, here in my home city of 19 years! Here's a pic of my family on my bday last week
Hello board game friends! My job is sending me to Shanghai for a weeks soon, and I'm going to take a week to visit Japan after that - mostly Kyoto and Tokyo. Would very much appreciate any advice for places to go/see related to board games! (or puppetry, toys, craft, woodworking, noodles!)
October 10, 2023 at 3:28 AM
Hello board game friends! My job is sending me to Shanghai for a weeks soon, and I'm going to take a week to visit Japan after that - mostly Kyoto and Tokyo. Would very much appreciate any advice for places to go/see related to board games! (or puppetry, toys, craft, woodworking, noodles!)