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Eerko

@eerko.bsky.social

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Indie app developer, creates Board Game Stats @bgstatsapp.bsky.social, the official @boardgamegeek.com app and Watergate, digital edition. Living with loving wife, four cats and many board games in Enschede 🇳🇱 (he/him)

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Eerko

@eerko.bsky.social

Small but significant improvements…
#bgstats #boardgames #indieDev

Two screenshots of a part of a game properties screen showing the supported player counts, with an arrow point from the first to the second.
The first one shows an unsorted list of numbers for a property: 1, 10, 11, 12, etc.
The second one shows the same list but summarized: 1, 3, 5 to 30, etc.

October 9, 2025 at 10:55 AM

Eerko

@eerko.bsky.social

New App store screenshots for @bgstatsapp.bsky.social
It was long overdue to update those, with more up-to-date features and a more modern look.
And it’s perfectly logical to do that right when iOS 26 releases, right?
Made a similar set for Android of course. #iosDev #AndroidDev #indieDev #bgstats

4 screenshots of BG Stats with headers:
- The ultimate board game tracking tool; banners: 11+ years, tracking plays since 2014; and Sync with BoardGameGeek, imports from Board Game Arena
- Detailed game stats and collection management
- Log plays with variants, roles, expansions and more
- Detailed Insights in all your data.

3 screenshots of BG Stats with headers:
- Over 2150 tailor-made custom score sheets
- Filter and sort games on many properties
- Track all collection details in sync with BGG

3 BG Stats screenshots with headers:
- View all recorded play details and group stats
- Share plays with others via QR code; export a picture grid or stats-o-graphic to social media
- With in-app purchase: Track all your challenges.

September 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM

Eerko

@eerko.bsky.social

ICYMI: Watergate, the Matthias Cramer board game, is now available on iOS and Android!

• Pass & Play
• Cross-platform multiplayer
• Solo play (in beta)

All details and download links: watergate.eerko.nl
Get it now for the introductory price!

#boardgames #brettspiele #madewithgodot #indieGameDev

Banner announcing the Matthias Cramer board game Watergate, digital edition, is now available on the iOS App store and Google Play. Featuring Hot-seat pass and play, cross-platform multiplayer and solo against AI. Background of broken glass, a map, the Watergate building and Nixon, from the cover of the board game. Logos of App by Eerko and Frosted Games.

July 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM

Eerko

@eerko.bsky.social

Watergate, the Matthias Cramer board game, is now available on iOS and Android!

• Pass & Play
• Cross-platform multiplayer
• Solo play (in beta)

All details and download links: watergate.eerko.nl
Get it now for the introductory price!

#gameDev #boardgames #brettspiele #madewithgodot #indieDev

July 5, 2025 at 9:19 AM

Eerko

@eerko.bsky.social

Played #Agricola🎃🧑‍🌾👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🐑🐖🐮 on 2025-06-09 with @suzieofsanne.bsky.social, winning score: 57 #bgstats #boardgames #brettpiele

Played #Agricola🎃🧑‍🌾👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🐑🐖🐮 on 2025-06-09 with 2 players, score: 57 vs 44 #bgstats

June 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM

Eerko

@eerko.bsky.social

We had a productive day! w/ @suzieofsanne.bsky.social #boardgames #Brettspiele #bgstats

BG Stats 8 Jun 2025

Plays: 4
H-index: 1
Games: 4
New: 1
Players: 2
Locations: 2
Hours: 5
Days: 1

Slay the Spire: The Board Game: 2,1h
Agricola ‍‍‍‍: 1,5h
Ark Nova: 1,0h
Forest Shuffle: 0,7h

June 8, 2025 at 11:09 PM

Eerko

@eerko.bsky.social

Won #SlaytheSpireTheBoardGame on 2025-06-08 with @suzieofsanne.bsky.social #bgstats #boardgames #brettspiele

June 8, 2025 at 1:59 PM

Eerko

@eerko.bsky.social

Played #SunaValo on 2025-05-31 with @suzieofsanne.bsky.social, winning score: 85 #bgstats

May 31, 2025 at 12:51 PM

Eerko

@eerko.bsky.social

Second play of #SunaValo by @odedot.bsky.social w/ @suzieofsanne.bsky.social #boardgames #brettspiele

May 31, 2025 at 11:38 AM

Eerko

@eerko.bsky.social

Where did Silver Lake go? #ArkNova #boardgames w/ @suzieofsanne.bsky.social

Silver lake map with the entire lake built over.

May 8, 2025 at 7:38 PM

Eerko

@eerko.bsky.social

Lots of planning going on at the other side of the table #ArkNova w/ @suzieofsanne.bsky.social #boardgames

Ark Nova map "Outdoor areas" with lots of blocks in different colors to plan out the buildings.

May 6, 2025 at 8:23 PM

Eerko

@eerko.bsky.social

With alt text.

Splotter
5h -
Indonesia will NOT come to retailers in the US!
Hi everyone.
our distributor in the US, GTS Distribution, has informed us that, due to the unclear business situation regarding tariffs, they will not be importing Indonesia into the US. They have cancelled their (large) order with us at rather short notice.
Currently, almost all US retailers offering pre-orders for Indonesia (and possibly some outside the US) are supplied through GTS. Given that GTS cancelled their order, this means US shops and online retailers will NOT be receiving these games. So if you have a pre-order at a US shop, you will not get the game.
Indonesia will go to print very soon, we are waiting for the PPC (pre-production copy) which is on its way to us. This means the final production quantities will be set in stone by end of March. Given the cancelled order, we will probably print a lot fewer games than we planned originally. This means that even if things calm down, we won't have stock to supply US shops later in the year. We will also not halt production to find a better solution to supply shops-- all those who have pre-ordered have waited more than long enough for their games.
If you are in the US and absolutely want to have the game, at the moment the only options you have is to order directly from our website www.splottershop.com or from a non-US retailer.
Depending on how things go, you may be charged with a tariff on these orders; we will try to avoid that as best we can.
We regret that our long time trusted partner GTS felt compelled to take this action.
Unpredictable rules can make doing business very difficult.
Joris & Jeroen

February 17, 2025 at 7:35 PM

Eerko

@eerko.bsky.social

Won #Civolution by @spiele-feld.bsky.social from #DeepPrintGames on 2025-02-08 with 1 player, winning score: 285 #bgstats #boardgames #brettspiele

Eerko scored 285 against the V.I.C.I bot with 278, in 2 hour 39 minutes.

Detailed image of the end game continent, lots of red and yellow tribes are placed.

February 8, 2025 at 1:59 PM

Eerko

@eerko.bsky.social

Ready for my first solo play of #Civolution!
#boardgames #boardgame #Brettspiele #brettspiel

Game setup and ready to play on the table.

February 8, 2025 at 10:57 AM

Eerko

@eerko.bsky.social

Interesting start... #ForestShuffle #BoardGame #boardgames #brettspiele #brettspiel

Spoiler: I lost 243 to 341 to @suzieofsanne.bsky.social

February 2, 2025 at 12:31 PM

Eerko

@eerko.bsky.social

Tied on Deep Print Games' #Moorland by Steffen Bogen on 2025-01-11 with @suzieofsanne.bsky.social, winning score: 40 #bgstats #boardgames #brettspiele
Growing moor and moor fond of this game each time we play it!