Sticky Doodler ⏮️ PAXU
@stickydoodler.bsky.social
I make games that spark imagination and empathy. I also promote tabletop game designers based in the DMV ♦️🎲 (DC-MD-VA).
爸爸 to Big Sticky and Li'l Doodler. He/他/any.
🌳✂️ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stickydoodler/the-bonsai-diary
爸爸 to Big Sticky and Li'l Doodler. He/他/any.
🌳✂️ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stickydoodler/the-bonsai-diary
And thank you @dnlnwmn.bsky.social for the genius idea of running a Night Market at major conventions. What a way to lift up indie titles that have no other access to the lovely weirdos who love weirdo games. SOMEONE's gotta push that envelope
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November 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
And thank you @dnlnwmn.bsky.social for the genius idea of running a Night Market at major conventions. What a way to lift up indie titles that have no other access to the lovely weirdos who love weirdo games. SOMEONE's gotta push that envelope
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[email protected]'s Gorgon's Garden. Last year I missed out on the full package of High Tide, so I got in line early like an overachieving Swifty this year. Phil's my co-designer for Dumpster Heist, and I got a demo of his social deduction game back at Origins, so that was an easy buy.
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November 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
[email protected]'s Gorgon's Garden. Last year I missed out on the full package of High Tide, so I got in line early like an overachieving Swifty this year. Phil's my co-designer for Dumpster Heist, and I got a demo of his social deduction game back at Origins, so that was an easy buy.
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I have been pretty open with everyone I've chatted with at PAXU that 2025 has been a crap year for creativity. (To those of you who received this: I'm sorry)
So I was even more frugal than usual this year. Nonetheless, I found my spark of joy at the Indie Games Night Market, where my magpie
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So I was even more frugal than usual this year. Nonetheless, I found my spark of joy at the Indie Games Night Market, where my magpie
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November 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I have been pretty open with everyone I've chatted with at PAXU that 2025 has been a crap year for creativity. (To those of you who received this: I'm sorry)
So I was even more frugal than usual this year. Nonetheless, I found my spark of joy at the Indie Games Night Market, where my magpie
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So I was even more frugal than usual this year. Nonetheless, I found my spark of joy at the Indie Games Night Market, where my magpie
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These game designers want YOU to come play their games! Come on up to experience games you'll find on shelves and crowdfund in a few years
November 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
These game designers want YOU to come play their games! Come on up to experience games you'll find on shelves and crowdfund in a few years
The long hex road to great games starts here at Unpub, up at the Terrace level of PAX Unplugged.
Come on up to shape the future of tabletop with @unpub.org !
Come on up to shape the future of tabletop with @unpub.org !
November 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The long hex road to great games starts here at Unpub, up at the Terrace level of PAX Unplugged.
Come on up to shape the future of tabletop with @unpub.org !
Come on up to shape the future of tabletop with @unpub.org !
... I didn't get pictures of everything, but I left out Badger & Coyote by @pandiongames.com , who has some other great games on these shelves. It's the sweet (bittersweet?) game that introduced me to duet play
November 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
... I didn't get pictures of everything, but I left out Badger & Coyote by @pandiongames.com , who has some other great games on these shelves. It's the sweet (bittersweet?) game that introduced me to duet play
...and Here We Used to Fly by @kurtrefling.bsky.social and @leafydragongames.bsky.social still has a special place in my heart as a golden-tinged exploration of nostalgia and childhood.
Go get some games and support indie artists!
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Go get some games and support indie artists!
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November 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
...and Here We Used to Fly by @kurtrefling.bsky.social and @leafydragongames.bsky.social still has a special place in my heart as a golden-tinged exploration of nostalgia and childhood.
Go get some games and support indie artists!
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Go get some games and support indie artists!
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November 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
...The Librarian’s Apprentice by @almostbedtime.bsky.social, Exclusion Zone Botanist by @exeunt.press, Necromancer Heretic by @junkfoodgames.bsky.social, Death of the Author and Anamnesis by @goblinmixtape.bsky.social, and The Bonsai Diary by me
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November 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
...The Librarian’s Apprentice by @almostbedtime.bsky.social, Exclusion Zone Botanist by @exeunt.press, Necromancer Heretic by @junkfoodgames.bsky.social, Death of the Author and Anamnesis by @goblinmixtape.bsky.social, and The Bonsai Diary by me
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Not every game in the solo RPG section is a journaling game; try Paul's The Balsam Lake Unmurders, as well as...
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November 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Not every game in the solo RPG section is a journaling game; try Paul's The Balsam Lake Unmurders, as well as...
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Also by Steph: Bakers Charge! and Construct's Nature
To get started in journaling games, grab The Ink That Bleeds and Incscapes by @paulczege.bsky.social
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To get started in journaling games, grab The Ink That Bleeds and Incscapes by @paulczege.bsky.social
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November 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Also by Steph: Bakers Charge! and Construct's Nature
To get started in journaling games, grab The Ink That Bleeds and Incscapes by @paulczege.bsky.social
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To get started in journaling games, grab The Ink That Bleeds and Incscapes by @paulczege.bsky.social
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It's day 3 of PAX Unplugged and your last chance to swing by @ipr.bsky.social. I want to highlight a few special games for your consideration:
If you have a young person in your gaming life, get a copy of Making a Tabletop RPG for Your Particular Kid by @ttrpgkids.com...
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If you have a young person in your gaming life, get a copy of Making a Tabletop RPG for Your Particular Kid by @ttrpgkids.com...
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November 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
It's day 3 of PAX Unplugged and your last chance to swing by @ipr.bsky.social. I want to highlight a few special games for your consideration:
If you have a young person in your gaming life, get a copy of Making a Tabletop RPG for Your Particular Kid by @ttrpgkids.com...
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If you have a young person in your gaming life, get a copy of Making a Tabletop RPG for Your Particular Kid by @ttrpgkids.com...
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No better proof than to see this game in action 🛫💜💜🛬
November 23, 2025 at 1:32 AM
No better proof than to see this game in action 🛫💜💜🛬
Necromancer Heretic by @junkfoodgames.bsky.social
The Bonsai Diary by yours truly
Whew! We have a lot of amazing designers in the DC-MD-VA area. HMU if I missed you -- and enjoy PAXU!
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The Bonsai Diary by yours truly
Whew! We have a lot of amazing designers in the DC-MD-VA area. HMU if I missed you -- and enjoy PAXU!
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November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Necromancer Heretic by @junkfoodgames.bsky.social
The Bonsai Diary by yours truly
Whew! We have a lot of amazing designers in the DC-MD-VA area. HMU if I missed you -- and enjoy PAXU!
7/⏹️
The Bonsai Diary by yours truly
Whew! We have a lot of amazing designers in the DC-MD-VA area. HMU if I missed you -- and enjoy PAXU!
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Emissary by @playsamovar.bsky.social
sapphic Space Pirates by @luckoftheharbor.com
Dawn of the Orcs by @lymerpg.bsky.social
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sapphic Space Pirates by @luckoftheharbor.com
Dawn of the Orcs by @lymerpg.bsky.social
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November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Emissary by @playsamovar.bsky.social
sapphic Space Pirates by @luckoftheharbor.com
Dawn of the Orcs by @lymerpg.bsky.social
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sapphic Space Pirates by @luckoftheharbor.com
Dawn of the Orcs by @lymerpg.bsky.social
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November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Apocalypse Frame by @binarystar.games
Tiny Tomes 1 & 2 and Tiny Libraries 1 & 2 from @long-tail-games.bsky.social features designers from everywhere, even DC, MD and VA in the USA.
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Tiny Tomes 1 & 2 and Tiny Libraries 1 & 2 from @long-tail-games.bsky.social features designers from everywhere, even DC, MD and VA in the USA.
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November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Apocalypse Frame by @binarystar.games
Tiny Tomes 1 & 2 and Tiny Libraries 1 & 2 from @long-tail-games.bsky.social features designers from everywhere, even DC, MD and VA in the USA.
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Tiny Tomes 1 & 2 and Tiny Libraries 1 & 2 from @long-tail-games.bsky.social features designers from everywhere, even DC, MD and VA in the USA.
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A lot of Designed in the DMV artists distribute our games through @ipr.bsky.social. We love how they rep us at conventions like @PAXUnplugged that only some of us can attend.
Valiant Horizons by @binarystar.games
Fear and Panic by @lymerpg.bsky.social
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Valiant Horizons by @binarystar.games
Fear and Panic by @lymerpg.bsky.social
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November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
A lot of Designed in the DMV artists distribute our games through @ipr.bsky.social. We love how they rep us at conventions like @PAXUnplugged that only some of us can attend.
Valiant Horizons by @binarystar.games
Fear and Panic by @lymerpg.bsky.social
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Valiant Horizons by @binarystar.games
Fear and Panic by @lymerpg.bsky.social
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Be sure to check out PAX Rising for the up-and-coming games that will own your table like Uh Oh, Dino! by @ludoliminal.bsky.social and Toppings by @ludamusgames.bsky.social (which Big Sticky and I had the pleasure of playtesting).
They're in booth 3143!
They're in booth 3143!
November 22, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Be sure to check out PAX Rising for the up-and-coming games that will own your table like Uh Oh, Dino! by @ludoliminal.bsky.social and Toppings by @ludamusgames.bsky.social (which Big Sticky and I had the pleasure of playtesting).
They're in booth 3143!
They're in booth 3143!
So many journaling games! So many indie zines! So much drama in books and boxes!
Go find @ipr.bsky.social on the floor at PAX Unplugged and get your hands on the latest, freshest games, some even have plants instead of dragons
Go find @ipr.bsky.social on the floor at PAX Unplugged and get your hands on the latest, freshest games, some even have plants instead of dragons
November 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
So many journaling games! So many indie zines! So much drama in books and boxes!
Go find @ipr.bsky.social on the floor at PAX Unplugged and get your hands on the latest, freshest games, some even have plants instead of dragons
Go find @ipr.bsky.social on the floor at PAX Unplugged and get your hands on the latest, freshest games, some even have plants instead of dragons
Day 1 at #PAXUnplugged: got in a solid playtest of Dumpster Heist with @mistergross.bsky.social and another of BeTween. They're both storytelling games using very minimal rules so everyone can enjoy them. Intrigued? Come play tomorrow (Saturday) at 10am in the Unpub hall (Terrace level)
November 22, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Day 1 at #PAXUnplugged: got in a solid playtest of Dumpster Heist with @mistergross.bsky.social and another of BeTween. They're both storytelling games using very minimal rules so everyone can enjoy them. Intrigued? Come play tomorrow (Saturday) at 10am in the Unpub hall (Terrace level)
Looking for that perfect plant-themed, draw-and-journal game? @ipr.bsky.social's got you! Check out the draw-and-journal shelf right here on the floor of #PAXU for Exclusion Zone Botanist by @exeunt.press and The Bonsai Diary by me(!)
November 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Looking for that perfect plant-themed, draw-and-journal game? @ipr.bsky.social's got you! Check out the draw-and-journal shelf right here on the floor of #PAXU for Exclusion Zone Botanist by @exeunt.press and The Bonsai Diary by me(!)
Discover the FUTURE of games: come on up to the Terrace above Freeplay to shape the next generation of tabletop with the Unpublished Games Network! You might even meet the designer of your favorite game working on their next masterpiece!
@unpub.org / #PAXUnplugged
@unpub.org / #PAXUnplugged
November 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Discover the FUTURE of games: come on up to the Terrace above Freeplay to shape the next generation of tabletop with the Unpublished Games Network! You might even meet the designer of your favorite game working on their next masterpiece!
@unpub.org / #PAXUnplugged
@unpub.org / #PAXUnplugged