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Rosco Schock 🔜 Origins 🔜 PAXU @roscoschock.bsky.social · 4h

Nice!

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Rosco Schock 🔜 Origins 🔜 PAXU @roscoschock.bsky.social · 5h

Are there other pictures of this game?

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Protospiel Online 🔜 Jan 16-18 @protospielo.bsky.social · 5d

Here's this week's Minigame Monday puzzle featuring titles in our website's prototype listing for May 2025 protospiel.online/jigsaw-may-2...

Can you spot a game you know?
#jigsawpuzzle #minigamemondaystream 🎲✂️

Play this Jigsaw - May 2025 Prototype Listing Part 2

May 2025 Prototype Listing Part 2

protospiel.online

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Ted Mann Schaller @tedmannschaller.bsky.social · 4d

Game Market West was such a great experience. So amazing seeing spicy little indie games represented in such a exciting environment.

Big thanks to @gamemarketwest.bsky.social for making this happen. Excited to see it continue to grow! 🦆✂️🎲🦆

🎥: Board Game Casual (www.youtube.com/@BoardGameCa...)

Game Market West Fall 2025 - Indie board games, designer interviews, and more!

YouTube video by Board Game Casual

www.youtube.com

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Meeple Syrup Show @meeplesyrupshow.bsky.social · 7d

🎲✂️

Weds Oct 8 at 9PM EDT (UTC-5) @senfoonglim.bsky.social and @drayerink.bsky.social talk with Heather Newton of @protospielo.bsky.social about playing and testing games in different ways without face-to-face connections.

Join us live at facebook.com/MeepleSyrup or youtube.com/MeepleSyrup

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Rosco Schock 🔜 Origins 🔜 PAXU @roscoschock.bsky.social · 7d

Excited to share that my first published game design has been officially announced!!

Diplomacy: The Golden Blade card game is a new twist on the classic. Plays 2-7 and ~15 minutes per player but keeps a lot of the backstabbing fun!!

renegadegamestudios.com/diplomacy-th...

Diplomacy: The Golden Blade PRE-ORDER

Renegade Games Online Store

renegadegamestudios.com

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Ben (he/him) {samovar games} @playsamovar.bsky.social · 12d

I finally finished @stickydoodler.bsky.social’s Bonsai Diary. Truly a mind-expanding experience to think forward six generations, especially in this moment that is so steeped in despair.

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Rosco Schock 🔜 Origins 🔜 PAXU @roscoschock.bsky.social · 10d

At an awesome design retreat this weekend and got to test 2 new designs:

Pickup Artist: a small box cards only pick up and deliver game where you deliver art to museums

Magnificent 7: A super gamer roll n write with an approachable Yahtzee inspired base 🎲✂️

magnificent seven: image showing a sheet with numbers in rows 1-6 and scorings goals below

pick up artist: a grid of museum cards and mini paintings cards to deliver

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Protospiel Online 🔜 Jan 16-18 @protospielo.bsky.social · 11d

Hasbro’s 3rd annual Women Innovators of Play virtual event is this Thurs Oct 9, kicking off this year’s design challenge!

They’re accepting submissions for the next woman-led mass market toy or game Oct 9-Nov 13 2025

Top 3 will receive cash prizes & mentorship🎲✂️

spark.hasbro.com/womeninnovat...

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Protospiel Online 🔜 Jan 16-18 @protospielo.bsky.social · 12d

Here's this week's Minigame Monday puzzle featuring prototype titles playtested during our May 2025 convention weekend protospiel.online/wordsearch-m...

Can you spot a game you know?
#wordsearch #minigamemondaystream 🎲✂️

Play this Word Search - May 2025 LFG Word Search Part 2

May 2025 LFG Word Search Part 2

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Unpub @unpub.bsky.social · 15d

⏰ Reminder!

Unpub Festival 2026 badges and reserved tables open for purchase TOMORROW, October 1st at 12pm ET

🎲✂️ 🐎 💙
#playtesting #tabletop

Unpub @unpub.bsky.social · 20d

🫨 We announced it in our September newsletter:

Unpub Festival Badge sales and reserved tables will open on October 1st at 12pm ET!

More info:
https://www.unpub.org/upcoming-events/unpub-festival-2026

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Protospiel Online 🔜 Jan 16-18 @protospielo.bsky.social · 19d

Here's this week's Minigame Monday puzzle featuring prototype titles submitted for sell sheet feedback during our May 2025 convention session protospiel.online/krisskross-m...

Can you spot a game you know?
#krisskrosspuzzle #minigamemondaystream 🎲✂️

Play this Kriss Kross - May 2025 Sell Sheets

May 2025 Sell Sheets

protospiel.online

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Protospiel Online 🔜 Jan 16-18 @protospielo.bsky.social · 20d

Community Newsletter Issue 52
Read the full issue hello.protospiel.online/posts/lunarp... 🎲✂️

Want the next issue as soon as it drops?
Join the newsletter and get your Digital Prototyping Tools Comparison Guide as a sign up gift! 🎁🤓🎁 hello.protospiel.online

Lunarpunk's Midnight Market Approaches -- Community Newsletter Issue 52

Hey Reader!

hello.protospiel.online

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Gabriel Toschi 🎲🃏 @gabtoschi.com · 22d

A question from a fellow designer from Brazil that doesn't know much about European board game design market 🎲✂️

Around Essen time, is there any good time to send publishers your online pitches? When is better to pitch from now to the end of the year?

(Is there a answer for this? haha)

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Rosco Schock 🔜 Origins 🔜 PAXU @roscoschock.bsky.social · 26d

yeah, i find it easy to make a quick UI even as I build the simulation .. for a lot of them it helps to visualize things .. happy to discuss in detail via DM if you want

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Rosco Schock 🔜 Origins 🔜 PAXU @roscoschock.bsky.social · 26d

I do mine all in Javascript which makes it easy to also drop it in a webpage with a simple UI or visualization 🤷‍♀️

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Protospiel Online 🔜 Jan 16-18 @protospielo.bsky.social · 26d

Here's this week's Minigame Monday puzzle featuring titles in our website's prototype listing for May 2025 protospiel.online/jigsaw-may-2...

Can you spot a game you know?
#jigsawpuzzle #minigamemondaystream 🎲✂️

Play this Jigsaw - May 2025 Prototype Listing Part 1

May 2025 Prototype Listing Part 1

protospiel.online

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Protospiel Online 🔜 Jan 16-18 @protospielo.bsky.social · Sep 15

Here's this week's Minigame Monday puzzle featuring prototype titles playtested during our May 2025 convention weekend protospiel.online/wordsearch-m...

Can you spot a game you know?
#wordsearch #minigamemondaystream 🎲✂️

Play this Word Search - May 2025 LFG Word Search Part 1

May 2025 LFG Word Search Part 1

protospiel.online

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Rosco Schock 🔜 Origins 🔜 PAXU @roscoschock.bsky.social · Sep 14

Cool! Glad you found them interesting. I think there are lots of interesting lessons in its design and the twists it adds to more standard deck building.

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Rosco Schock 🔜 Origins 🔜 PAXU @roscoschock.bsky.social · Sep 13

You have to get lucky with some good + mult jokers very early or you might as well restart .. Incidentally, I was just on Building the Game podcast a few weeks ago talking about bg design lessons from Balatro 😀

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Crownfell preorder: Nov 18 @weheart.games · Sep 1

New design challenge from @buttonshy.bsky.social …! Make an 18-card cozy game!

Join us, all you 🎲✂️ folks:

The 18-Card Challenge: Cozy Games

We play games for many reasons: to challenge our brains, to entertain ourselves, or to socialize with loved ones. One of the biggest reasons, of course, is to relax. Amid the chaos of our busy day-to-...

buttonshygames.com

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Sabrina.C @sabrinac.bsky.social · Aug 27

From first prototype to production ✂️🎲✂️

Ludoliminal @ludoliminal.bsky.social · Aug 27

The evolution of Uh Oh, Dino!- our cute and chaotic dinosaur co-op!
The photos obviously show how the art has evolved. More subtly reflected in these images is how much gameplay iteration happened during development.

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Robin David @robindavid.bsky.social · Aug 23

The Hippodice Competition has gone live for 2026!

I had a game come second place in 2018 and it was immediately signed with a publisher, so it's worth checking out! 🎲✂️

hippodice-competition.net/en/info-part...

Dates and short info | Hippodice Competition

Dates & Announcements regarding the next competition are also available in our Newsletter and on Facebook and Instagram. Application Phase (Submission of documents as PDF): Start: August 17…

hippodice-competition.net

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Protospiel Online 🔜 Jan 16-18 @protospielo.bsky.social · Aug 20

2 days until Protospiel Online August 2025! 🎲✂️

Rapid iteration and digital playtesting starts Friday Aug 22 at noon US Eastern. Join us for for 60 solid hours of online playtesting with live moderator support.

Protospiel Online Attendee Highlights: Protospiel Online is a Hyperbolic Time Chamber of playtesting. You'll get more and better feedback in a shorter amount of time than anywhere else! It's also just a fantastic community with great vibes. Whether I attend as a designer or playtester, I am always made a better designer and player and community member by Protospiel Online and its community. ~Jack Rosetree

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James Barnhart ➡️ UnPub25 @jakekbarnhart.bsky.social · Aug 18

Hey y’all! Reminder that we will be hosting in person playtesting at Redcap’s Corner tonight at 6:30 pm with @breakmygame.com 🎲✂️

Designers - Sign up using this link

www.eventbrite.com/e/break-my-g...

Break My Game Playtesting - Philadelphia, PA - Redcap's Corner

Come playtest board games designed by local independent game designers!

www.eventbrite.com

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