Michael O’Connell ➡️ PAX Unplugged
@anarchytabletop.bsky.social
Anarchy Game Studio is a Seattle-based father-son team that makes tabletop boardgames that spark conversation and inspire creativity:
anarchygamestudio.com
I am Michael. Co-designer of Finspan. Once wrote and published comics. Adoptee. Neurodivergent.
anarchygamestudio.com
I am Michael. Co-designer of Finspan. Once wrote and published comics. Adoptee. Neurodivergent.
A shot from the Stonemaier area at Essen (with the Finspan banner).
November 25, 2025 at 12:15 AM
A shot from the Stonemaier area at Essen (with the Finspan banner).
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Good morning to all appreciators of passionate about graphic design xoxo
Here’s my pax unplugged schedule, leave a comment if you have any critiques on my layout skills!!!! x
Here’s my pax unplugged schedule, leave a comment if you have any critiques on my layout skills!!!! x
![A graphic made with word art that shows Danny’s pax unplugged 2025 schedule
Br00TaL DaN
aka Danny Quach
FRIDAY
TWO TABLES & A MIMIC [HOST]
SPONSORED BY 12 SIDED STUDIOS, PHILLY LARP SOCIETY (PLS) AND RED BULL
• 4PM - 6PM ET | THE WINGED BULL TAVERN
BIG GAY DINNER [SOCIAL]
SPONSORED BY ROSE GAUNTLET FOUNDATION
• 6:30PM - 7:30PM ET
OOPS! ALL HIMBOS - BLUNDER ROAD [PLAYER] SPONSORED BY NINTH LEVEL GAMES' THUNDER ROAD: VENDETTA
• 8:30PM - 10:30PM ET | MAIN THEATRE (GRAND BALLROOM B)
Saturday!
FOR GAMES AND SHENANIGANS AND GOING TO
READING
TERMINAL AND THE CHRISTMAS
MARKET MSG ME
IF YOU WANNA
HANG XOXOXXXX]
awawinning
HUG5
SUNDAY
OOPS! ALL HIMBOS [SIGNING]
MEET & GREET ME AND YOUR FAVS WITH PICTURES AND CHATS AND HUGS
• 12:30PM - 2PM ET | AUTOGRAPHING AREA
(QUEUE HALL)
TAKING THE SPOTLIGHT [PANELIST] A ROUNDTABLE FOR MARGINALIZED CREATORS IN GAMES
• 3:30PM - 4:30PM | MOTHMAN THEATRE
GRAND BALLROOM A)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rubbl3sl4zcaqvlk66z3b2mb/bafkreifvke7qliyusc6e6cujuvtlcbfbxfikyy6mmszi6vo62m6aoflekq@jpeg)
November 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Good morning to all appreciators of passionate about graphic design xoxo
Here’s my pax unplugged schedule, leave a comment if you have any critiques on my layout skills!!!! x
Here’s my pax unplugged schedule, leave a comment if you have any critiques on my layout skills!!!! x
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Just a few more days and this will be happening!! Don’t miss the preview so you know what games to look out for~
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 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Just a few more days and this will be happening!! Don’t miss the preview so you know what games to look out for~
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One month away and it feels more real now! #paxunplugged #paxu
October 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
One month away and it feels more real now! #paxunplugged #paxu
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Heyyo! If you're going to be at #PAXUnplugged, come find me on the exhibition floor at the Origami Whale Games booth where I'll be demonstrating my game, Match Hatchery!
#boardgames 🎲✂️ #paxu
#boardgames 🎲✂️ #paxu
November 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Heyyo! If you're going to be at #PAXUnplugged, come find me on the exhibition floor at the Origami Whale Games booth where I'll be demonstrating my game, Match Hatchery!
#boardgames 🎲✂️ #paxu
#boardgames 🎲✂️ #paxu
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Printing, cutting, and assembly is complete on all three prototypes for #PAXU! Ready to go!
I'll be bringing...
- The first physical iteration of the brand new board layout for #CampCharmwood
- #OarDeal, a trick taker/shedder about a canoe trip
- #Saros, an 18 card game about the sun and moon
I'll be bringing...
- The first physical iteration of the brand new board layout for #CampCharmwood
- #OarDeal, a trick taker/shedder about a canoe trip
- #Saros, an 18 card game about the sun and moon
November 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Printing, cutting, and assembly is complete on all three prototypes for #PAXU! Ready to go!
I'll be bringing...
- The first physical iteration of the brand new board layout for #CampCharmwood
- #OarDeal, a trick taker/shedder about a canoe trip
- #Saros, an 18 card game about the sun and moon
I'll be bringing...
- The first physical iteration of the brand new board layout for #CampCharmwood
- #OarDeal, a trick taker/shedder about a canoe trip
- #Saros, an 18 card game about the sun and moon
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Look at this line up! Amazing! 👀 😍 #PAXU
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 12:15 AM
Look at this line up! Amazing! 👀 😍 #PAXU
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Do we follow each other on here and want to meet up at PAXU?
No promises, but we can try! I made a Google Form to try to form order from chaos (i.e. clicking available times).
DM me for the link.
#PAXU #PAXUnplugged
No promises, but we can try! I made a Google Form to try to form order from chaos (i.e. clicking available times).
DM me for the link.
#PAXU #PAXUnplugged
November 18, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Do we follow each other on here and want to meet up at PAXU?
No promises, but we can try! I made a Google Form to try to form order from chaos (i.e. clicking available times).
DM me for the link.
#PAXU #PAXUnplugged
No promises, but we can try! I made a Google Form to try to form order from chaos (i.e. clicking available times).
DM me for the link.
#PAXU #PAXUnplugged
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Gotta bring the agitprop to the #IGNM! 🏴 🔥I’ll have copies of my zine about making games, plus three different stickers with critical, political messages for our time. #PAXU
HUGE thanks to @marcelineleiman.bsky.social for encouraging me to get stickers and to oliviasy.design for doing the designs.
HUGE thanks to @marcelineleiman.bsky.social for encouraging me to get stickers and to oliviasy.design for doing the designs.
November 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Gotta bring the agitprop to the #IGNM! 🏴 🔥I’ll have copies of my zine about making games, plus three different stickers with critical, political messages for our time. #PAXU
HUGE thanks to @marcelineleiman.bsky.social for encouraging me to get stickers and to oliviasy.design for doing the designs.
HUGE thanks to @marcelineleiman.bsky.social for encouraging me to get stickers and to oliviasy.design for doing the designs.
We played Too Many Bones yesterday. It has great, um...bones, but I think it is hampered, at times, by extra stuff that didn't need to be in there. And there are too many scenarios that seem bent on keeping players from just playing the game. For a day-long campaign, there are few better though.
November 16, 2025 at 10:12 PM
We played Too Many Bones yesterday. It has great, um...bones, but I think it is hampered, at times, by extra stuff that didn't need to be in there. And there are too many scenarios that seem bent on keeping players from just playing the game. For a day-long campaign, there are few better though.
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So close! We played a quick game of Finspan tonight after dinner. I got my favorite fish! It's my favorite exhibit at the @newenglandaquarium.bsky.social ! @stonemaiergames.com @anarchytabletop.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 2:37 AM
So close! We played a quick game of Finspan tonight after dinner. I got my favorite fish! It's my favorite exhibit at the @newenglandaquarium.bsky.social ! @stonemaiergames.com @anarchytabletop.bsky.social
After a long break, we finally got Arydia back to the table. Skellies had a bone to pick. The painted minis in this game are lights out.
November 3, 2025 at 4:43 AM
After a long break, we finally got Arydia back to the table. Skellies had a bone to pick. The painted minis in this game are lights out.
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This is just to say
I have looked on
the works
that were in
the desert
and which
you were probably
thinking
would still stand
Forgive me
they were trunkless
so vast
and so old
I have looked on
the works
that were in
the desert
and which
you were probably
thinking
would still stand
Forgive me
they were trunkless
so vast
and so old
Once upon a desert sandy
As through winds the trav'ling man he
Spied the face of Ozymandy
Lying, simply lying there
Suddenly there was some writing
Pon the plinth that he was sighting
That the sand and time were blighting
Quoth the statue, "Now despair"
As through winds the trav'ling man he
Spied the face of Ozymandy
Lying, simply lying there
Suddenly there was some writing
Pon the plinth that he was sighting
That the sand and time were blighting
Quoth the statue, "Now despair"
There was an old man you could gaze
At his works in despair in a daze
If you looked upon them
And were mere mortal men
'Ozymandias mighty', it says
At his works in despair in a daze
If you looked upon them
And were mere mortal men
'Ozymandias mighty', it says
October 30, 2025 at 12:53 AM
This is just to say
I have looked on
the works
that were in
the desert
and which
you were probably
thinking
would still stand
Forgive me
they were trunkless
so vast
and so old
I have looked on
the works
that were in
the desert
and which
you were probably
thinking
would still stand
Forgive me
they were trunkless
so vast
and so old
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Whose land this is I do not know
The statue fell down long ago;
No one will mind me stopping here
To watch the sand o’er ruins blow.
My camel friend must think it queer
To rest with no oasis near
And precious little shade these days
Gives Ozymandias, I fear.
(1/2)
The statue fell down long ago;
No one will mind me stopping here
To watch the sand o’er ruins blow.
My camel friend must think it queer
To rest with no oasis near
And precious little shade these days
Gives Ozymandias, I fear.
(1/2)
This is just to say
I have looked on
the works
that were in
the desert
and which
you were probably
thinking
would still stand
Forgive me
they were trunkless
so vast
and so old
I have looked on
the works
that were in
the desert
and which
you were probably
thinking
would still stand
Forgive me
they were trunkless
so vast
and so old
Once upon a desert sandy
As through winds the trav'ling man he
Spied the face of Ozymandy
Lying, simply lying there
Suddenly there was some writing
Pon the plinth that he was sighting
That the sand and time were blighting
Quoth the statue, "Now despair"
As through winds the trav'ling man he
Spied the face of Ozymandy
Lying, simply lying there
Suddenly there was some writing
Pon the plinth that he was sighting
That the sand and time were blighting
Quoth the statue, "Now despair"
October 31, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Whose land this is I do not know
The statue fell down long ago;
No one will mind me stopping here
To watch the sand o’er ruins blow.
My camel friend must think it queer
To rest with no oasis near
And precious little shade these days
Gives Ozymandias, I fear.
(1/2)
The statue fell down long ago;
No one will mind me stopping here
To watch the sand o’er ruins blow.
My camel friend must think it queer
To rest with no oasis near
And precious little shade these days
Gives Ozymandias, I fear.
(1/2)
I am not at Essen, but Flossenschlag (Finspan) is apparently being well received.
October 26, 2025 at 4:03 AM
I am not at Essen, but Flossenschlag (Finspan) is apparently being well received.
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October 24, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Got a specific game design problem you're trying to crack? We'd love to give our input in Missing Pieces, a board game design advice column in @ttgda.bsky.social's newsletter!
You can submit questions here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1hc3...
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I’m at a new company. At the virtual all hands, they introduced me, and my interesting fact (these days) is that I design board game with my sons. It's funny how unknown the whole industry is to the average person.
October 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I’m at a new company. At the virtual all hands, they introduced me, and my interesting fact (these days) is that I design board game with my sons. It's funny how unknown the whole industry is to the average person.
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![Comic. Confusion matrix showing renditions of different combinations, colored yellow, tan, or gray. [Air: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light Y, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks G] [Lead: gamma rays G, neutrons T, alpha particles G, light G, Sound Y, heat Y, swords G, toxic dust T, radio G, sharks G] [Water: gamma rays T, neutrons G, alpha particles G, light T, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio G, sharks Y] [Vacuum: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles Y, light Y, sound G, heat T, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks G] [Oven mitts: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light G, sound T, heat G, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks Y] [Armor: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light G, sound Y, heat Y, swords G, toxic dust Y, radio G, sharks T] [Biohazard suit: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light G, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust G, radio Y, sharks Y] [Faraday cage: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles Y, light Y, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio G, sharks Y] [Shark cage: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles Y, light Y, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks G]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreib7rzofmrqb5cvnyccnb7ftj6qroxtp55i4dqqnbp2ozun6gaxbkm@jpeg)
October 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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I went to Target to buy myself a present after doing a difficult thing & this was staring me in the face so I bought it. 25% off & a $15 gift card = 😁. I intent to play solo without the bot- just beat your own high score. I’m pretty sure there’s a way to do that just by removing some of the cards.
October 17, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I went to Target to buy myself a present after doing a difficult thing & this was staring me in the face so I bought it. 25% off & a $15 gift card = 😁. I intent to play solo without the bot- just beat your own high score. I’m pretty sure there’s a way to do that just by removing some of the cards.
Stonemaier Design Day. The game boards for my prototype of Primal Dawn are 20% broader in both dimensions than they should be - all so I could use D&D figures as the minis. I did not consider (until it was too late) how I would never be able to fit it on a reasonably sized table.
October 13, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Stonemaier Design Day. The game boards for my prototype of Primal Dawn are 20% broader in both dimensions than they should be - all so I could use D&D figures as the minis. I did not consider (until it was too late) how I would never be able to fit it on a reasonably sized table.