Tony Miller @beardedrogue.bsky.social Proudly anti-fascist board game designer. Formerly part of New Mill & Breaking into Board Games. The purple people-meeter of the Warm Fuzzies tribe. AEW, ROH, CMLL, & NJPW sicko. Love Comics & Games of all kinds.
He/Him
PFP by @nosoulnoproblem.bsky.social
Amabel Holland @amabel.bsky.social She/her. "Widely considered one of today’s most innovative game designers." - The New Yorker
Board games: https://hollandspiele.com
video essays: youtube.com/@hollandspiele
Patreon: patreon.com/amabelholland
sidekicking: youtube.com/@SBPlaysGames
Stephanie Smith @biffybeans.bsky.social Writer / Visual Artist. Solo board / historical game enthusiast & designer - 2024 Zenobia Award semifinalist. TEDx Speaker. Amateur genealogist. Late dx Autistic/AuDHD
Elizabeth Hargrave @elizhargrave.bsky.social Nature geek, feminist, board game designer (Wingspan 🪶, Tussie Mussie 💐, Mariposas 🦋, The Fox Experiment 🦊, Picky Pixie 🧚♀️, Undergrove 🍄, and Sanibel 🐚).
https://www.elizhargrave.com/
David Thompson @djackthompson.bsky.social Mental health awareness advocate. Down syndrome advocate. Game designer.
Restoration Games @restorationgames.bsky.social We take out-of-print games from the '60s through the '00s, fix them up, and bring them back for the modern gamer. Posts by Justin aka the Board Game Necromancer unless otherwise noted.
Matthew M - BGG Community Manager @octavianbgg.bsky.social he/him | Listening | Learning | BoardGameGeek Community Manager | Bills Fan | Whack-a-Mole Champion of the Universe | Coffee Please |
Rob Daviau @robdaviau.bsky.social Board game designer, amateur chef, avid rpg fan, leftie.
Travis D. Hill, Ph.D. ☕️ @travisdhill.bsky.social Tabletop Game Design | Educational Psychologist | Equity & Justice through Education | Coffee, Zines, Cats | he/him
Games: presspot.games
Research: travisdhill.com
Randy Flynn ➡️ GenCon @rf-seattle.bsky.social Board Game Designer: Cascadia + Landmarks & Rolling & Alpine Lakes & Junior, Tabriz, Frenzy Falls, Malarkey!, Quiver & Quake, Wicked, and Mykonos.
he/him
D @vysetron.pixeldie.com fun guy
pixeldie.com for long form
wackgameboy.zone for every GB/GBC game
I also talk about card games on the youtube
Lord of the Board @lordoftheboard.bsky.social https://youtube.com/Lordoftheboard
I like board games, and I make content surrounding them. Root is my favorite game 🦊🐭🐰He/Him
Tom Brewster @tombrewster.bsky.social 🍐 SU&SD BOARDGAME GOBLIN
W. Eric Martin @wericmartin.bsky.social Publisher and founder of Board Game Beat: independent board game news, reviews, essays, interviews, and more. Visit the site at https://www.wericmartin.com
Iain McAllister @giantbrain.co.uk Game writer, freelance critic, and podcaster.
Writer for Tabletop Gaming Magzine.
Host of Cult of the Old and But Why Vikings?
Find all my work here https://linktr.ee/thegiantbrain
Ian O’Toole @ianotoole.bsky.social Board game graphic designer and illustrator. Lisboa, The Gallerist, On Mars, Galactic Cruise, Nemo’s War, Voidfall, Carnegie and more. www.ianotoole.com for prints. He/Him.
Watch It Played @watchitplayed.bsky.social I make videos that help you discover, learn and play board games - find your next new favorite game here!
issa 🍉 @issaissa.bsky.social board games and leftist bs
fuck the world that failed palestine
(i block a lot and it’s not personal)
(profile pic by pepperjackets)
Scott Almes @scottalmes.bsky.social Board game designer! Titles include the Tiny Epic series, Beer & Bread, Chicken, Warp’s Edge, Martian Dice, and many more!
Andi Lennon @andilennon.bsky.social Writer, Musician, Game Designer, Vegan, Anti Fascist, Anti Imperialist, Pro Crust, Dilettante
Ashley @huddyrx.bsky.social I love my dog, Age of Steam, board games, pinball, national parks, Dungeon Crawler Carl, and Discworld (she/her).
https://linktr.ee/huddyrx
Dale Yu @opinionatedgamers.com Game reviewer: www.opinionatedgamers.com
Game Designer: Flizz&Miez, Gib Gas!, Maglev Metro: Paris & London, and more
Game Developer: Dominion, Suburbia, Castles of Mad King Ludwig, Subdivision, and more
Peer Sylvester @peersylvester.bsky.social Boardgame designer, blogger, teacher etc. Blocks are not endorsements
Im in here.
www.spielbar.com
Wehrlegig Games @wehrlegig.games Publishing beautiful history board games.
Pax Pamir ✧ John Company ✧ Molly House
linktr.ee/wehrlegig
Adam Stichter 🔜 Gen Con @puzzlekindcreative.com (He/him) Hey, I'm Adam, a worship tech director, escape room designer & board game designer.
bicycler 🚴🏻 & gardener 🍓
Trans rights = human rights
Puzzle creations and games for sale: https://ko-fi.com/ajstichter
🧩✂️ Puzzle & Escape Game Design
Button Shy Games @buttonshy.bsky.social Small board game publisher (Sprawlopolis, Tussie Mussie, Skulls of Sedlec, Food Chain Island and 100+ other wallet games).
http://www.buttonshygames.com
Meeple Mountain 🔜 Gen Con @meeplemountain.com The peak of board game reviews, lists, articles, humor, and more. Your source for everything board games.
Nashville strong! Posts by Andy.
Ruel Gaviola 🇺🇸🇵🇭🀄🎲 @ruelgaviola.com Board gamer, host, producer for Good Time Society, Rahdo Runs Through, and more. Taelor ambassador. Play to Z co-owner. Dodgers fan. Pug papa. He/Him. https://linktr.ee/ruelgaviola
J from 3 Minute board games @3mbg.bsky.social Pakeha, Martian, Reviewer, (He/Him) Aotearoa! Award winning game designer(Sorry Travis): //www.youtube.com/c/3MinuteBoardGames
Solis Game Studio @solisgamestudio.bsky.social Tabletop Games Publisher and Studio for Hire. Publisher of Pocket Paragons, The Massive-Verse Fighting Card Game, Space Lion, Temporal Odyssey 2 and others. #boardgames
Business Contact: chris@solisgamestudio.com
linktr.ee/SolisGameStudio
Ella Ampongan @meampongan.bsky.social • Multi-Disciplinary Artist #vca #mca @vca_mca
• She/Her/Sya
• Queer, Feminist, Anti-Imperialist
Peter McPherson ⏭️ PAX U @peterlmcpherson.bsky.social Board game designer: Tiny Towns, Wormholes, and Fit to Print. Rulebook writer.
He/him - Upstate NY
Upcoming releases:
Lodge
Antiquarians
Mortar & Hustle
petermcpherson.com
Discord playtest server: https://discord.gg/hvSuTk3XJF
Joe Schmidt @josephnschmidt.bsky.social Dad, Husband, Lover of History and Board Game Designer in the Bay Area. (He/Him)
Ross 💙🎲 MoreGamesPlease @moregamesplease.com Works in #BoardGames #Tabletop | Marketing | Community | Photography
Last Chance -> The Ghost in the Shell TTRPG
More Info: https://ghostintheshellgame.com
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🎨 BG Artists Interviews -> https://linktr.ee/moregamesplease
Plaid Hat Games @plaidhatgames.bsky.social Board games with plaiditude.
Charlie Theel @charlietheel.bsky.social Board game critic. Bylines: Polygon, IGN, Ars Technica, Tabletop Gaming Magazine, Dicebreaker, Geek & Sundry, PC Gamer, Wargamer. Co-hosted the Ding & Dent podcast.
cdtheel@gmail.com
Most of my writing appears at my site, http://playerelimination.com
David Masnato 🔜 PAX West @davidmasnato.com 🎲 Game Designer
🎨 Art/Graphic Design
💛 I try my best - He/Him
Dara Teaches How To Play @darateaches.bsky.social Teaching Board Games Since 2-Foot-7
https://youtube.com/@darateaches
Spielworxx. Spiele. Iserlohner EC. Nachdenken. Füße hoch @ulible.bsky.social Gamer, sports fan, reader www.spielworxx.de
Iain // Unpopular Mechanics @unmech.bsky.social He/ him 🏴
Board games & sustainability mostly!
Bots: @netrunner-card-gen.bsky.social
Carla. Weird Giraffe Games. 🌈 @weirdgiraffegames.com game designer, developer, and publisher. I make weird games and that’s ok, as we’re all a bit weird sometimes.
JOIN ME ON DISCORD: http://weirdgiraffegames.com/discord
Benny Sperling - Roll and Write Revolution @benny275.bsky.social Game designer/publisher, author, doer of things, dad, husband.
Twitter: @benny275
Clio's Board Games @cliosboardgames.bsky.social Musings about history, board games and history in board games. Blog: http://cliosboardgames.wordpress.com
Tory Brown (she/her) @downtowntbrown.bsky.social 📍baltimore, md
💪public education
🎲✂️ www.votesforwomen.com
Bruno Faidutti @faidutti.com Boardgame designer, historian
Kyle Ferrin 🧙♂️✍️ @d20plusmodifier.bsky.social Illustrator, Game player, and friendly guy in general. he/him.
Eustace from OVER/UNDER
🌞✨Not currently taking commissions, sorry!✨🌝 KyleFerrin.bigcartel.com
Brett Myers @brettspiel.bsky.social Bluesky rhymes with brewski. Not in anyone’s starter pack.
Game Designer: THUNDER ROAD VENDETTA, Dual Powers: Revolution 1917, Rome: City of Marble, Blob Lobber and more!
he/him
Hollandspiele @hollandspiele.bsky.social Dinosaurs everybody. Posts by Mary, who along with @amabel.bsky.social runs Hollandspiele, a publisher of weird games for weird people.
https://hollandspiele.com
https://youtube.com/@hollandspiele
Connie @connievdc.bsky.social Board game designer & designer of Apiary & Wyrmspan. General nerd. Partner of @hexstardragon.bsky.social. Panders to cats. She/Her. Avatar from: https://paavilaisentaide.carrd.co/
Senet magazine @senetmagazine.bsky.social An award-winning print magazine which celebrates the craft, creativity and community of board gaming. Published every quarter. senetmagazine.com
Amanda L. Rivera @arivamonsta.bsky.social (She/Her) Director @TabletopGaymers 🏳️🌈
Chronic brainstormer, creator, and storyteller that enjoys games, comics, art, and stuff.
GMT Games @gmtgames.bsky.social GMT Games is celebrating 35+ years of creating and publishing a broad line of Wargames, Strategy games, Eurogames, and Family games.
Matthew Dunstan @matthewdunstan.bsky.social Australian game designer and former research chemist. One half of Postmark Games. Expect science and game based posts! He/him.
Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MatthewDunstan
Dire Wolf @direwolfdigital.com Independent developer and publisher of award-winning digital and tabletop games.
🐺 https://discord.gg/direwolfdigital
🐺 http://www.direwolfdigital.com
BoardGameGeek @boardgamegeek.com The official Bluesky account for BoardGameGeek
Jason Matthews @jasondcmatthews.bsky.social History Nerd, political junky, Hill rat and historical board game designer.
Marceline Leiman @marcelineleiman.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️
Lead Game Designer of Ordinary Magic ✨
Published Game Designer, Developer, Educator.
MFA graduate from NYU Game Center.
Designed High Tide 🌊, Dino Racer 🦖, Wildberries 🫐, and more!
https://www.marcelineleiman.com/
Jackie Fox @jackiefox.bsky.social Designer of Rock Hard: 1977 board game. 4-time Jeopardy! champion. Former bassist of The Runaways. Cat owned and operated.
Matt Leacock @mattleacock.bsky.social Game Designer known for cooperative games including Pandemic, Forbidden Island, and Daybreak
Fabio Lopiano @flopiano.bsky.social Board Game Designer
Trevor Benjamin @trevormbenjamin.bsky.social Game designer / inventor.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/90410/trevor-benjamin
Ryan Spangler @prismofeverything.bsky.social game design / compositional biology / modular synthesis / temple of the universe
owner of Elephant Laboratories
creator of Sol: Last Days of a Star
Luke Evison @lukeevison.bsky.social Board Game Developer/Muppet at @OspreyGames.bsky.social. Co-designer of "Hell-Raisers in Kanawha County" coming soon from @wehrlegig.games. Big Phoenicia Fan. Ace. He/Him. Poorly updated portfolio at www.paidiaic.com
Rachel Billingsley @rachellynnyo.bsky.social Director of Marketing at GMT Games. Nature enthusiast. Coffee lover. Human.
David Spalinski @vawcer.bsky.social I like to make games!
Dan Jolin @danjolin.bsky.social Editor and co-founder of Senet magazine. Contributing editor to Empire magazine. Author of the Unofficial Guides to James Cameron, the Coen brothers, Christopher Nolan & Quentin Tarantino. Player of (board) games.
Moon Crab Games @mooncrabgames.bsky.social Tabletop industry veterans and creators of Leviathan Wilds, a cooperative board game about climbing massive creatures. Pre-order now!
Osprey Games 🎲 @ospreygames.bsky.social Osprey Games is a publisher of board and card games, wargames, and roleplaying games based in Oxford, UK, and New York, USA.
http://linktr.ee/OspreyGames
WizKids @wizkids.bsky.social WizKids is a developer and publisher dedicated to creating games driven by imagination. We craft award-winning games, miniatures, & HeroClix with the world’s most popular licenses: D&D, Marvel, Pathfinder, Star Trek, DC and more! wizkids.io/WKlinks
Jeff Grisenthwaite @jeffgrisenthwaite.bsky.social Board game designer
🇮🇹 Positano
🔮 Soothsayers
🦊 Outfox the Fox
🍌 Monkey Mayhem
Scott Rogers @scottrogers.bsky.social Game Designer, Author, Educator, Imagineer, Father.
Out now: Your Turn!: The Guide to Great Tabletop Game Design https://a.co/d/4TAur76
Level Up! The Guide to Great Video Game Design 3rd edition https://www.amazon.com/dp/1394298765
Phil Walker-Harding @philwh.bsky.social Board and card game designer (Sushi Go!, Tetris, Gizmos, Imhotep, Bärenpark, Silver & Gold, Planted) on Gadigal land (Sydney).
www.philwalkerharding.com
Co-founder of Joey Games.
www.joeygames.com.au
Earthborne Games @earthbornegames.bsky.social Refreshing worlds. Transformative stories. Groundbreaking production.
Creators of #EarthborneRangers and #HubworldAidalon
Sidhant Chand @sidhantchand.bsky.social Game Designer from India | sidhantchand.com | zenwoodgames.com
Adam Richards - Punchboard @punchboard.co.uk ✍ Written board game reviews and editorial. Lover of worker-placement, rondels, and well-written rule books. Be kind to one another. He/him
Patrick Leder @patrickleder.bsky.social Owner and President of Leder Games. Spouse and father of 2 adorable humans. He/Him
Queen of the Board @sandyfruitcake.bsky.social I love choosing, buying, learning, painting, winning, losing and sharing boardgames.
Watch the channel: https://www.youtube.com/@QueenOfTheBoard
Support the channel: https://ko-fi.com/queenoftheboard
Semi Co-op @semicoop.com A webcomic about board games since 2015! https://semicoop.com | Want to commission a comic? Send us a message! | Support us @ http://patreon.com/semicoop
Games Played Badly- Looking for guests and games! @gamesplayedbadly.bsky.social Love games❓ We do too❗
Whether it be #boardgames , #ttrpg games, or just about any game, we love them! 😍
✴️ Follow me as I interview indie game developers from all over the world and review board games we play!
👉gamesplayedbadly.com to see more!
Ion Game Design @iongamedesign.com At Ion Game Design, we create innovative board games inspired by history and science, designed with care to spark curiosity, share knowledge, and bring people together through meaningful, inclusive play.
Find our board games here: www.iongamedesign.com
Dan Thurot @danthurot.bsky.social I'm just some dude. A cardboard cowboy. I also write Space-Biff!, the world's first and only board game review site.
Jon Perry @perryjon.bsky.social Game designer on UFO 50, Hot Streak, Air Land & Sea, Spots, Scape Goat, Time Barons. Comic author on Let Go. Website at jonperry.com
Cole Wehrle @colewehrle.bsky.social Game designer focusing on strategy games with strong emergent narratives. Half of Wehrlegig Games. Formerly Creative Director at Leder Games. Now Creative Director at Buried Giant Studios. Voracious reader of just about anything I can get my hands on.
Fantasy Flight Games @fantasyflightgames.bsky.social
Leder Games @leder.games We are a spunky indie board game publisher with asymmetric tendencies. Saint Paul, MN | Our games: Vast, Root, Fort, and Ahoy! www.ledergames.com
Giulio Betti @giuliofirenze.bsky.social Climatologist and Meteorologist at the Italian National Research Council (CNR) and Lamma Consortium.
Matteo Bordone @matteobordone.bsky.social Proprio lui. No un altro.
il Post @ilpost.it L'account ufficiale del Post (ilpost.it)
Gameromancer @gameromancer.bsky.social L’alternativa per chi si è rotto il cazzo di chi si occupa di videogiochi per (e con) lucro.
Benvenutə nella ribellione
Eric Lang @ericlang.bsky.social Game designer. Radical optimist.
Play is essential. he/him
Shut Up & Sit Down @shutupshow.bsky.social board game videos and podcasts with heart!
https://beacons.ai/shutupshow
No Pun Included @nopunincluded.com Proudly independent board game reviewers.
https://youtube.com/nopunincluded
Playing Bridge on the sidewalk
Stonemaier Games @stonemaiergames.com Stonemaier Games is a tabletop game publisher based in St. Louis and distributed worldwide. Stonemaier Games’ top brands include Viticulture, Scythe, Charterstone, Wingspan, and Apiary.
CGE @czechgames.com Board game lovers, geeky players who create immersive, high-quality entertainment for other geeky players.
🔗 Czechgames.com
🌳 linktr.ee/czech_games_edition
BoardGameWire @boardgamewire.bsky.social The world’s leading source of industry news and analysis for board game professionals. Got a story? An anonymous tip? DM or email Mike Didymus-True on mike@boardgamewire.com
Rockstar Games @rockstargames.com
itch.io @itch.io Open indie game marketplace and DIY game jam host
Account support? Email support@itch.io
❗📢 You can use your itchio URL as your Bluesky username, check here: https://itch.io/user/settings/bluesky
Steam @steampowered.com Steam, The Ultimate Online Game Platform.
For support: http://help.steampowered.com/en/
Game Maker's Toolkit @gamemakerstoolkit.com 🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GMTK
🍓 GMTK Game Jam: http://gmtk.itch.io
🔠 Word Play: http://s.team/a/3586660/
🧲 Mind Over Magnet: http://s.team/a/2685900/
Marta @luna-storta.bsky.social (she/her) Qwirky and Queer. I like the sound some words make.
I play games. Sometimes I try to design them.
Boardgame Developer @ DV Games / Ghenos Games. Opinions my own. Duh.