Jon Teixeira Moffat
@jontexmo.bsky.social
Board Game Designer: Horrible Hex, Burned, Night Soil.
COO: Stone Circle Games.
Writer: Why No Heroes?
Thricefather, meadmaker, and overall overwhelmed he/him
COO: Stone Circle Games.
Writer: Why No Heroes?
Thricefather, meadmaker, and overall overwhelmed he/him
Rebel base blown away in literally the last round!
I taught them too well...
I taught them too well...
November 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Rebel base blown away in literally the last round!
I taught them too well...
I taught them too well...
Teaching my eldest Rebellion: of of my favorites!
November 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Teaching my eldest Rebellion: of of my favorites!
Really glad I started setting up Envelopes of Cash well ahead of game night...
November 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Really glad I started setting up Envelopes of Cash well ahead of game night...
Found some time to focus on design. Trying out a new approach wherein my prototype board is also my notebook. So far so good, actually!
October 23, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Found some time to focus on design. Trying out a new approach wherein my prototype board is also my notebook. So far so good, actually!
For my mental health, I forced myself to sit down and do some solo testing on Rattleskull Inne.
Not my idea, but I created 3 "persona" cards so that each "player" could have their own style and to make the mental load easier for me. I highly recommend this approach!
Not my idea, but I created 3 "persona" cards so that each "player" could have their own style and to make the mental load easier for me. I highly recommend this approach!
October 2, 2025 at 11:49 AM
For my mental health, I forced myself to sit down and do some solo testing on Rattleskull Inne.
Not my idea, but I created 3 "persona" cards so that each "player" could have their own style and to make the mental load easier for me. I highly recommend this approach!
Not my idea, but I created 3 "persona" cards so that each "player" could have their own style and to make the mental load easier for me. I highly recommend this approach!
Final (hopefully) quality check on Burned before we can start the first edition in earnest!
August 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Final (hopefully) quality check on Burned before we can start the first edition in earnest!
Thanks to @sowronggames.bsky.social for the shout-out!
Burned is indeed planning for a release later this year!
Burned is indeed planning for a release later this year!
June 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Thanks to @sowronggames.bsky.social for the shout-out!
Burned is indeed planning for a release later this year!
Burned is indeed planning for a release later this year!
3-handed solo testing of Rattleskull Inne. All "working" and probably ready to put in front of humans again
May 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
3-handed solo testing of Rattleskull Inne. All "working" and probably ready to put in front of humans again
Running through the Night Soil Solo mode to test the board layout. Nearly got overwhelmed by waste in round 2
April 24, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Running through the Night Soil Solo mode to test the board layout. Nearly got overwhelmed by waste in round 2
This little game I've been working on since 2018 will be on KS next week!
April 23, 2025 at 11:19 AM
This little game I've been working on since 2018 will be on KS next week!
Got Night Soil to the table in all it's pre-production glory!
April 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Got Night Soil to the table in all it's pre-production glory!
Blinging out my Rattleskull Inne prototype with 3D printed tankards as player pieces because it makes me happy and because I can
April 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Blinging out my Rattleskull Inne prototype with 3D printed tankards as player pieces because it makes me happy and because I can
Holy crap! I am now holding the pre-production copy of Night Soil!
I am so fracking excited!
I am so fracking excited!
April 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Holy crap! I am now holding the pre-production copy of Night Soil!
I am so fracking excited!
I am so fracking excited!
Found some mental bandwidth for actual game design this morning!
So far it's a sorta area control auction thing themed around buying people drinks in a 1700s pub to win votes
So far it's a sorta area control auction thing themed around buying people drinks in a 1700s pub to win votes
February 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Found some mental bandwidth for actual game design this morning!
So far it's a sorta area control auction thing themed around buying people drinks in a 1700s pub to win votes
So far it's a sorta area control auction thing themed around buying people drinks in a 1700s pub to win votes
After waiting on backorder for 3 months then on my shelf for 1, I finally got to try El Grande last night.
I did not play well, but this is really cool, straightforward, and nicely confrontational. Really eager to play again!
I did not play well, but this is really cool, straightforward, and nicely confrontational. Really eager to play again!
January 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
After waiting on backorder for 3 months then on my shelf for 1, I finally got to try El Grande last night.
I did not play well, but this is really cool, straightforward, and nicely confrontational. Really eager to play again!
I did not play well, but this is really cool, straightforward, and nicely confrontational. Really eager to play again!
Some great games start looking like this.
Also, some games die on the vine right here.
All part of the process
Also, some games die on the vine right here.
All part of the process
November 25, 2024 at 7:46 PM
Some great games start looking like this.
Also, some games die on the vine right here.
All part of the process
Also, some games die on the vine right here.
All part of the process
I guess Boardgame Bluesky is doing shelfies?
In the middle of some reorganization but here's mine.
For those who care: it's orgsnized by player count
In the middle of some reorganization but here's mine.
For those who care: it's orgsnized by player count
November 15, 2024 at 4:09 AM
I guess Boardgame Bluesky is doing shelfies?
In the middle of some reorganization but here's mine.
For those who care: it's orgsnized by player count
In the middle of some reorganization but here's mine.
For those who care: it's orgsnized by player count
"Accessibility? Is that one of those young'un buzzwords? Microscopic black text on purple is fine!"
-some Pokemon Exec, probably
-some Pokemon Exec, probably
November 2, 2024 at 10:22 PM
"Accessibility? Is that one of those young'un buzzwords? Microscopic black text on purple is fine!"
-some Pokemon Exec, probably
-some Pokemon Exec, probably
Playing Oceans.
Shhhhh! Nobody sees me behind all the ink!
Shhhhh! Nobody sees me behind all the ink!
September 20, 2024 at 1:05 AM
Playing Oceans.
Shhhhh! Nobody sees me behind all the ink!
Shhhhh! Nobody sees me behind all the ink!
Game design today: messing around with a bag-draw method for gaining income. I apparently stumbled upon some weird mathematically stable thing rhat I really don't understand. Oh well, there's no requirement that I can solve the equation as long as it works in the game!
September 8, 2024 at 4:26 PM
Game design today: messing around with a bag-draw method for gaining income. I apparently stumbled upon some weird mathematically stable thing rhat I really don't understand. Oh well, there's no requirement that I can solve the equation as long as it works in the game!
Playtesters found an infinite loop in Blood & Mead last night. Nobody knows how to break a game like Magic: the Gathering players...
September 6, 2024 at 5:37 PM
Playtesters found an infinite loop in Blood & Mead last night. Nobody knows how to break a game like Magic: the Gathering players...
Been banging away at an idea to combine my old Pirates of the Spanish Maine ships with the cool templates from X-wing
August 12, 2024 at 12:43 AM
Been banging away at an idea to combine my old Pirates of the Spanish Maine ships with the cool templates from X-wing
Whenever you see design journals like: "I had this awesome idea and my family loved it and I worked hard and a year later it was signed!"
Remember all creatives work differently and different creative works have their own timelines
This design here has been in the works for literally 20 years.
Remember all creatives work differently and different creative works have their own timelines
This design here has been in the works for literally 20 years.
May 29, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Whenever you see design journals like: "I had this awesome idea and my family loved it and I worked hard and a year later it was signed!"
Remember all creatives work differently and different creative works have their own timelines
This design here has been in the works for literally 20 years.
Remember all creatives work differently and different creative works have their own timelines
This design here has been in the works for literally 20 years.
Brewing today. Probably the most complicated recipe I have ever made! Boiled malt wort, carmelized honey, boiled cherries!
May 3, 2024 at 8:53 PM
Brewing today. Probably the most complicated recipe I have ever made! Boiled malt wort, carmelized honey, boiled cherries!
Got Night Soil prototype to the table to test alternative power tiles. I think I'm very close to the level of variance I want them to add to the core experience
April 19, 2024 at 3:35 AM
Got Night Soil prototype to the table to test alternative power tiles. I think I'm very close to the level of variance I want them to add to the core experience