Sammy
@salkind.bsky.social
game dev in the Seattle area 😎 he/him
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Sammy
@salkind.bsky.social
· Apr 23
Hi Bluesky! I'm Sammy, a board game designer from the Seattle area. I plan to mostly post about game design along with other various life things on here :)
Two of my fav in-dev games: Spy Moles, a roll-and-write played with invisible ink pens, and Dot Com, a frantic real-time economic strategy game
Two of my fav in-dev games: Spy Moles, a roll-and-write played with invisible ink pens, and Dot Com, a frantic real-time economic strategy game
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Chicken Fried Dice has been simmering for a while and I think we're almost ready for plating! Learn more at get.chickenfrieddice.com
October 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Chicken Fried Dice has been simmering for a while and I think we're almost ready for plating! Learn more at get.chickenfrieddice.com
An observation on randomness: in many games, as the game gets closer to ending and opportunities to get closer to achieving your goal lose flexibility, moments of input randomness often start to *feel* like output randomness.
September 13, 2025 at 11:46 PM
An observation on randomness: in many games, as the game gets closer to ending and opportunities to get closer to achieving your goal lose flexibility, moments of input randomness often start to *feel* like output randomness.
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Turnout yesterday for our local game design meetup was crazy! I think we had 14+ folks. It's amazing to see our community grow.
September 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Turnout yesterday for our local game design meetup was crazy! I think we had 14+ folks. It's amazing to see our community grow.
I'm really excited to go to the PNW Tabletop Game Market at PAX in a couple weeks! There's some really exceptional designers there, selling some of the most unique games I've seen in a while - there's lots of cool stuff happening in indie board games :)
When the Expo Hall closes, the indies come out to play. Head down to Summit Level 0 on Saturday night during PAX West for that small-batch, limited-run, bespoke artisanal cardboard.
west.paxsite.com/en-us/schedu...
west.paxsite.com/en-us/schedu...
August 22, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I'm really excited to go to the PNW Tabletop Game Market at PAX in a couple weeks! There's some really exceptional designers there, selling some of the most unique games I've seen in a while - there's lots of cool stuff happening in indie board games :)
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So in October I’ll be launching my first ks! It’s a bundle of two spooky card games: Club Spooky and That’s the Spirit. I’ve talked about them before, but I wanted to finally do a proper introduction and talk about my goal for all this. 🧵1/6 www.kickstarter.com/projects/alw...
Coming soon: Club Spooky & That's the Spirit
The Ghost Party Bundle: A bundle of 2 spooky card games
www.kickstarter.com
August 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
So in October I’ll be launching my first ks! It’s a bundle of two spooky card games: Club Spooky and That’s the Spirit. I’ve talked about them before, but I wanted to finally do a proper introduction and talk about my goal for all this. 🧵1/6 www.kickstarter.com/projects/alw...
I can't believe that Dot Com won the Cardboard Edison Award, it's a huge honor!! Massive thanks to the judging team for all their hard work and feedback, and to everyone who playtested the game. I hope to play all the finalists' games at some point, they all look super fun :)
In first place, winning the 2025 Cardboard Edison Award: DOT COM by Sammy Salkind! It's an app-assisted economic strategy game where your money is burned away in real time! cardboardedison.com/award
May 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I can't believe that Dot Com won the Cardboard Edison Award, it's a huge honor!! Massive thanks to the judging team for all their hard work and feedback, and to everyone who playtested the game. I hope to play all the finalists' games at some point, they all look super fun :)
had a crazy week so I’m finally checking out the new 2 Line extension. shout out to trains fr
May 20, 2025 at 10:38 PM
had a crazy week so I’m finally checking out the new 2 Line extension. shout out to trains fr
I'm late to this bc I haven't been on social media for a bit, but I'm beyond honored that Dot Com is a finalist for the Cardboard Edison Award! All the entries look crazy fun and I hope I can play them someday, best of luck to everyone!
Introducing the FINALISTS FOR THE 2025 CARDBOARD EDISON AWARD!!! cardboardedison.com/award
April 23, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I'm late to this bc I haven't been on social media for a bit, but I'm beyond honored that Dot Com is a finalist for the Cardboard Edison Award! All the entries look crazy fun and I hope I can play them someday, best of luck to everyone!
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Burning through cash in real time in Dot Com by Sammy Salkind. Finalist details at cardboardedison.com/award
April 9, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Burning through cash in real time in Dot Com by Sammy Salkind. Finalist details at cardboardedison.com/award
Hi Bluesky! I'm Sammy, a board game designer from the Seattle area. I plan to mostly post about game design along with other various life things on here :)
Two of my fav in-dev games: Spy Moles, a roll-and-write played with invisible ink pens, and Dot Com, a frantic real-time economic strategy game
Two of my fav in-dev games: Spy Moles, a roll-and-write played with invisible ink pens, and Dot Com, a frantic real-time economic strategy game
April 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Hi Bluesky! I'm Sammy, a board game designer from the Seattle area. I plan to mostly post about game design along with other various life things on here :)
Two of my fav in-dev games: Spy Moles, a roll-and-write played with invisible ink pens, and Dot Com, a frantic real-time economic strategy game
Two of my fav in-dev games: Spy Moles, a roll-and-write played with invisible ink pens, and Dot Com, a frantic real-time economic strategy game
I think it might be time to actually use this site?
March 21, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I think it might be time to actually use this site?