A Blue Skye Larsen
@skye3.bsky.social
He/Him. Makes games (tabletop and digital). Writes words. Likes plants and cats and sometimes people. Freelancer who does a lot of work with Fowers Games.
Go check out Taylor’s booth for great games and paper planes!
Indie Games Night Market is happening!🌈🛫 Loving the energy at the event, so many cool games with unique ideas here! Join us at 7pm tonight!
November 23, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Go check out Taylor’s booth for great games and paper planes!
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The indie games night market at @officialpax.bsky.social #PaxUnplugged 2025 is hopping and it still has 1 hr before opening! People are waiting in line, ready to buy and support!!! 😍 @marcelineleiman.bsky.social @xoe.gay @lunarpunk.games @davidgordon23.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 11:43 PM
The indie games night market at @officialpax.bsky.social #PaxUnplugged 2025 is hopping and it still has 1 hr before opening! People are waiting in line, ready to buy and support!!! 😍 @marcelineleiman.bsky.social @xoe.gay @lunarpunk.games @davidgordon23.bsky.social
I agree with Suzanne. It’s been a weird year, but it’s been a huge lift to see all the excitement and interest as I walk around, attend panels, or chat at the Fowers booth.
#PAXUnplugged is my favorite US board game convention. It’s been a rough year for the industry and it’s bolstering to see the passion of the makers and the players here.
November 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I agree with Suzanne. It’s been a weird year, but it’s been a huge lift to see all the excitement and interest as I walk around, attend panels, or chat at the Fowers booth.
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Pax Unplugged is right around the corner!!
Looking back at all the IGNM coverage—I’m so proud and impressed at how much our community came together to promote these awesome indie works!
There’s a game for everyone in this lot!
Here’s a thread of all the incredible coverage of IGNM 2025: 🧵 🎲✂️
Looking back at all the IGNM coverage—I’m so proud and impressed at how much our community came together to promote these awesome indie works!
There’s a game for everyone in this lot!
Here’s a thread of all the incredible coverage of IGNM 2025: 🧵 🎲✂️
November 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Pax Unplugged is right around the corner!!
Looking back at all the IGNM coverage—I’m so proud and impressed at how much our community came together to promote these awesome indie works!
There’s a game for everyone in this lot!
Here’s a thread of all the incredible coverage of IGNM 2025: 🧵 🎲✂️
Looking back at all the IGNM coverage—I’m so proud and impressed at how much our community came together to promote these awesome indie works!
There’s a game for everyone in this lot!
Here’s a thread of all the incredible coverage of IGNM 2025: 🧵 🎲✂️
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oh it's Trans Awareness Month? well, are you um aware that my weird boutique board game company Hollandspiele is having a sale until this Sunday with $5 off all boxed games, 10% off orders of $100+, & a free card game if you buy 2+ games?
support a cool trans woman (me)
hollandspiele.com
support a cool trans woman (me)
hollandspiele.com
Hollandspiele
European and UK customers: our games are available exclusively at Second Chance Games. We no longer sell to Europe through our own site.
We are a small weird publisher that specializes in small weird ...
hollandspiele.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:25 AM
oh it's Trans Awareness Month? well, are you um aware that my weird boutique board game company Hollandspiele is having a sale until this Sunday with $5 off all boxed games, 10% off orders of $100+, & a free card game if you buy 2+ games?
support a cool trans woman (me)
hollandspiele.com
support a cool trans woman (me)
hollandspiele.com
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Still looking for a roommate for Thursday to Sunday.
Getting increasingly urgent about it. 😅
Getting increasingly urgent about it. 😅
UPDATE: I have a room but now I *need* a roommate for PAX Unplugged. It’s at the really close Marriott so accordingly it’s fairly pricey. DM for details if you’re interested.
November 18, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Still looking for a roommate for Thursday to Sunday.
Getting increasingly urgent about it. 😅
Getting increasingly urgent about it. 😅
My favorites:
Mansions of Madness. Hot Streak. Wingspan. Ark Nova. Journeys in Middle Earth. Heroscape. Quacks of Quedlinberg. Star Wars: Epic Duels. Terraforming Mars. Spirit Island.
Mansions of Madness. Hot Streak. Wingspan. Ark Nova. Journeys in Middle Earth. Heroscape. Quacks of Quedlinberg. Star Wars: Epic Duels. Terraforming Mars. Spirit Island.
board game enthusiasts of bluesky, what are your top 10 board games of all time
November 16, 2025 at 3:41 AM
My favorites:
Mansions of Madness. Hot Streak. Wingspan. Ark Nova. Journeys in Middle Earth. Heroscape. Quacks of Quedlinberg. Star Wars: Epic Duels. Terraforming Mars. Spirit Island.
Mansions of Madness. Hot Streak. Wingspan. Ark Nova. Journeys in Middle Earth. Heroscape. Quacks of Quedlinberg. Star Wars: Epic Duels. Terraforming Mars. Spirit Island.
Jay (and Panda) were awesome to work with.
Are you going to be at Pax Unplugged? Let's chat about how to optimize your game for manufacturing!
calendly.com/jayfrompanda...
calendly.com/jayfrompanda...
November 15, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Jay (and Panda) were awesome to work with.
I’m sure it’s changed a bit since I played Xoe’s prototype years ago, but Persuasion has long been a game I wanted to see published. So excited to grab it as part of the Hollandays sale!
November 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I’m sure it’s changed a bit since I played Xoe’s prototype years ago, but Persuasion has long been a game I wanted to see published. So excited to grab it as part of the Hollandays sale!
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Whether our show is your thing or not, @613mandi.bsky.social and I love podcasting about board games together.
An Asian American woman and Black Canadian woman podcasting together was exceedingly rare when we started years ago - and apparently still is. (Tho we’re far from a top 100 show 😂) Alas.
An Asian American woman and Black Canadian woman podcasting together was exceedingly rare when we started years ago - and apparently still is. (Tho we’re far from a top 100 show 😂) Alas.
November 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Whether our show is your thing or not, @613mandi.bsky.social and I love podcasting about board games together.
An Asian American woman and Black Canadian woman podcasting together was exceedingly rare when we started years ago - and apparently still is. (Tho we’re far from a top 100 show 😂) Alas.
An Asian American woman and Black Canadian woman podcasting together was exceedingly rare when we started years ago - and apparently still is. (Tho we’re far from a top 100 show 😂) Alas.
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We didn't die in space! (or at least we didn't simulated die in the training simulator of space)
Co-op, dice manipulation, narrative arc that goes from "we're fucked" to "we got this". This is my shit. h/t to @ithayla.bsky.social and @peersylvester.bsky.social
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/30...
Co-op, dice manipulation, narrative arc that goes from "we're fucked" to "we got this". This is my shit. h/t to @ithayla.bsky.social and @peersylvester.bsky.social
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/30...
Intrepid
A cooperative, asymmetric game of survival aboard the International Space Station.
boardgamegeek.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM
We didn't die in space! (or at least we didn't simulated die in the training simulator of space)
Co-op, dice manipulation, narrative arc that goes from "we're fucked" to "we got this". This is my shit. h/t to @ithayla.bsky.social and @peersylvester.bsky.social
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/30...
Co-op, dice manipulation, narrative arc that goes from "we're fucked" to "we got this". This is my shit. h/t to @ithayla.bsky.social and @peersylvester.bsky.social
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/30...
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Tolkien, who saw almost all his friends die in the Somme, and knew the seduction of despair, wrote both Denethor and Saruman as doomers.
October 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Tolkien, who saw almost all his friends die in the Somme, and knew the seduction of despair, wrote both Denethor and Saruman as doomers.
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Personally, I care about your indie game and will treat it with the same care and respect that I would give to any title from a big publisher. (And, usually, more care and respect.)
October 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Personally, I care about your indie game and will treat it with the same care and respect that I would give to any title from a big publisher. (And, usually, more care and respect.)
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Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only
October 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only
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Finally got my developer/solo designer copy of The Hobbit: There & Back Again. I still can’t believe I got to work on a Knizia title!
The production is incredible!!! I love that the game book is as thick as a children’s story book!
Cheers @bbornmueller.bsky.social on your excellent work as well!
The production is incredible!!! I love that the game book is as thick as a children’s story book!
Cheers @bbornmueller.bsky.social on your excellent work as well!
October 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Finally got my developer/solo designer copy of The Hobbit: There & Back Again. I still can’t believe I got to work on a Knizia title!
The production is incredible!!! I love that the game book is as thick as a children’s story book!
Cheers @bbornmueller.bsky.social on your excellent work as well!
The production is incredible!!! I love that the game book is as thick as a children’s story book!
Cheers @bbornmueller.bsky.social on your excellent work as well!
I’ve been fortunate to play both of these, and enjoyed the inherent humor and charm in them. I was especially impressed with That’s the Spirit, because accusing-focused deduction games aren’t always my jam.
Excited to announce that Club Spooky and That’s the Spirit are finally launching on Kickstarter next week, October 14th!
Assemble the coolest group of ghouls at Club Spooky and find the culprit of your accidental death in Thats the Spirit!
Preview page here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/alw...
Assemble the coolest group of ghouls at Club Spooky and find the culprit of your accidental death in Thats the Spirit!
Preview page here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/alw...
October 9, 2025 at 4:59 AM
I’ve been fortunate to play both of these, and enjoyed the inherent humor and charm in them. I was especially impressed with That’s the Spirit, because accusing-focused deduction games aren’t always my jam.
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big review!
The Old King's Crown is absolutely fabulous. A sparkling bit of design that i went a bit mad trying to capture on video.
this is a very, very special game made by people who care tremendously. check it the HECK out !!
The Old King's Crown is absolutely fabulous. A sparkling bit of design that i went a bit mad trying to capture on video.
this is a very, very special game made by people who care tremendously. check it the HECK out !!
Oh boy, if it isn’t that time of year again! Tom’s gone and gotten himself addicted to a giant, knotty board game again. Please wish him a speedy recovery.
October 2, 2025 at 9:11 PM
big review!
The Old King's Crown is absolutely fabulous. A sparkling bit of design that i went a bit mad trying to capture on video.
this is a very, very special game made by people who care tremendously. check it the HECK out !!
The Old King's Crown is absolutely fabulous. A sparkling bit of design that i went a bit mad trying to capture on video.
this is a very, very special game made by people who care tremendously. check it the HECK out !!
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Here is my occasional note: if you are black TTRPG designer and can use help with anything - design advice, brainstorming, connections - please feel free to reach out and I will do what I can to help or find someone who can help.
We need more black TTRPG designers.
We need more black TTRPG designers.
October 2, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Here is my occasional note: if you are black TTRPG designer and can use help with anything - design advice, brainstorming, connections - please feel free to reach out and I will do what I can to help or find someone who can help.
We need more black TTRPG designers.
We need more black TTRPG designers.
A lot of great stuff here to chew on for game designers, game players, and game critics. It was a fun read 😉
For today's article, I'm just griping about why "fun" is a bad word for critics. spacebiff.com/2025/09/30/a...
Anti-Fun
There’s one word I try to never use when writing about board games. The F-word. No, not that one. “Fun.” There it is. My critical curse word. Today I want to talk about why “fun” isn’t an especiall…
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October 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
A lot of great stuff here to chew on for game designers, game players, and game critics. It was a fun read 😉
Loved these books growing up. I’m glad more kids will get introduced to them.
#Animorphs fans, I'm very happy to share that the first three books in the series are being rereleased next May with brand new covers. 🧊🦎
You can learn more here: thenerddaily.com/animorphs-by...
Cover artist: @creepcaptain.bsky.social
Book design: Cassy Price and Christopher Stengel at Scholastic
You can learn more here: thenerddaily.com/animorphs-by...
Cover artist: @creepcaptain.bsky.social
Book design: Cassy Price and Christopher Stengel at Scholastic
September 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Loved these books growing up. I’m glad more kids will get introduced to them.
Some good thoughts here! Game design is everywhere.
September 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Some good thoughts here! Game design is everywhere.
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Flick Shot Rogues is available on Steam now. I wishlisted it from playing the demo. There's something really satisfying watching the character you've built up ricochet around the battlefield.
September 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Flick Shot Rogues is available on Steam now. I wishlisted it from playing the demo. There's something really satisfying watching the character you've built up ricochet around the battlefield.
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Magical Athlete is back and better than ever. This game is full of loud laughter, crazy abilities, and more joy than a hundred other games combined. It is perfect. My review: spacebiff.com/2025/09/16/m...
Chariots of Frickin’ Fire
It is wild to me, utterly wild, that in 2025 CMYK has released not one but two racing games. Even wilder that the second, slipstreaming in the wake of Jon Perry’s Hot Streak, should be a rema…
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September 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Magical Athlete is back and better than ever. This game is full of loud laughter, crazy abilities, and more joy than a hundred other games combined. It is perfect. My review: spacebiff.com/2025/09/16/m...
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The Kitfox Games weeklong Steam sale starts now! Grab our most popular titles for a discount now till September 22nd:
September 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The Kitfox Games weeklong Steam sale starts now! Grab our most popular titles for a discount now till September 22nd:
Can confirm: we were all laughing at him. I love when I get a chance to play games at his table. I truly think Dan’s a giant in the industry, but I’ve never felt once that he was “towering over the table.”
To me, this was a joke *at my expense*, both when I wrote it and when it came up at game night! My wife called me a dork for knowing about the Calimala AND for assuming any other human being would also know about it. Everybody at the table laughed at me! I laughed at me!
August 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Can confirm: we were all laughing at him. I love when I get a chance to play games at his table. I truly think Dan’s a giant in the industry, but I’ve never felt once that he was “towering over the table.”