@genealogydiscord.bsky.social @genealogydiscord.bsky.social 
Horror Makes Us Happy @horrormakesushappy.com We (lightly) psychologically profile creators in the horror biz to uncover the REAL reasons people love horror. https://linktr.ee/horrormakesushappy
Blaine T. Bettinger, Ph.D. JD @blainebettinger.bsky.social Author, Professional Genealogist specializing in DNA and artificial intelligence (AI), Ph.D. in biochemistry, and intellectual property attorney. Dad, husband, and plant dad. He/him. 🏳️🌈
WikiTree @wikitree.bsky.social Our mission: connect the human family on one free tree, accessible to everyone
#WikiTree #WTChallenge
www.wikitree.com
The American Genetic Association @theaga.bsky.social Society encouraging the study of comparative genetics and genomics to document, conserve, and manage organismal diversity. We publish biodiversity genetics & genomics research in Journal of Heredity. https://linktr.ee/theaga_org
How-to History @howtohistory.bsky.social Instruction and information for historians. Into your inbox every month | https://how-to-history.com/ | Edited by Joe Saunders & Anna Cusack
AGRA Genealogy @agragenealogy.bsky.social Association of Genealogists & Researchers in Archives - We are professional researchers supporting the highest standards in family history and genealogy. www.agra.org.uk
Coalition for Responsible AI in Genealogy @craigenorg.bsky.social Our mission is to guide the genealogical community in the responsible and ethical use of AI, ensuring accuracy, transparency, and privacy while maximizing the benefits of AI for genealogical research. For more info: craigen.org
Family Tree Magazine @familytreemag.bsky.social Discover, preserve and celebrate your family history. #familytreemag #familytreemagazine
Bimonthly magazine (published six times per year) with print and digital subscriptions. Monthly podcasts. Daily and weekly e-newsletters.
International Society of Genetic Genealogy @isogg.bsky.social Founded in 2005, the mission of the International Society of Genetic Genealogy is to advocate for and educate about the use of genetics as a tool for genealogical research. ISOGG is FREE! To join: isogg.org #ISOGG #DNA #epigenetics
Domhnall Hegarty @domhnallh.bsky.social Ciotogcreative.com graphic designer of games. 🇮🇪🇵🇸🇺🇦🏴🇨🇩🇸🇩 Delusional ideas of cartography.
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
Jon Truitt @jgtruitt.bsky.social Games, History, Travel, Camping, Family, Friends, and probably some other random stuff.
Norsehound @norsehound.bsky.social World Builder. Impulsive creator (game design, illustration, writing). Was the lore writer for Homeworld Mobile. Still a beleaguered parent after a pandemic.
rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social Cofounder @dreamwidth.org / disabled queer cat lady / running social media since before it was "social media" and Trust & Safety since the dawn of time / do not cite the deep magic to me, I wrote it / no, I'm allergic to that, too
Central Michigan University Press @cmichpress.bsky.social An academic publisher of scholarly and educational games | https://linktr.ee/clgs | Our Scholarship and Lore: Games for Learning series is open for submissions: https://cmichpress.com/scholarshiplore/
Dean Ray Johnson ⚪ @boardgametextbook.com Indie video game, music, and board game nerd. AuDHD. Dedicated rulebook hater. Author of Every Board Game Rulebook is Awful.
www.youtube.com/@BoardGameTextbook
boardgametextbook.com/EBGRIA.pdf
LAZ the infamous @laztheinfamous.bsky.social I've gotten to my old man stage- I have opinions about TTRPGs, Wrestling, and life in general.
I come here to shout into the void, and sometimes it shouts back.
Erik AS 🔜 Spiel Essen @eanderssonsunden.bsky.social Works as a Board Game Designer (Whirling Witchcraft, Hungry Monkey, The Glorious Guilds of Buttonville, and Where is That?) and an Applied Nuclear Physicist.
Zine Libraries @zinelibraries.bsky.social Sharing the zine library love. ✂️💖 Find us at the 2027 ALA annual conference in New Orleans on the exhibit floor #ALAAC27
Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social Publisher of interesting historical board games that don't take all day to play 
Keith Strassner @kdstrass.bsky.social Dogs (ok Cats too)
Genealogy
History
Board Games
Never voted for the orange one
Tim Clare @timclare.bsky.social (he/him) Author, podcaster & tabletop games writer. Books: The Game Changers, Coward, The Honours & The Ice House.
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-game-changers-how-playing-games-changed-the-world-and-can-change-you-too-tim-clare/7687024
Nicola S @6xwa.bsky.social Wargames. Playing, collecting, designing and discussing about them with an eye to the less trodden titles. And everything else around them. At my discretion.
Designer of Operation Bøllebank, Nothing Left to Bomb, By Stealth and Sea and a few others.
ᏫᎵ Will Thompson @willmthompson.bsky.social https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/941694206/mirror-agents
Game Designer, Co-Owner of Absurdist Productions, Instructional Designer, ᏥᏣᎳᎩ
SophieV @sophie-vf.bsky.social Outdoors, photography, conservation, birds, science, homemade, resistance
Charles/Chuzzy 🔜 At home this Summer @muditaheart.bsky.social Working on "Memoir Games", & my memoir "The Games That Saved Me" 👥 Humanistic Game Design 🤫 Unparty at GDC 🪴Friendship Garden 🎲 NYU📕 Scholastic
https://linktr.ee/muditaheart
KBZ Film @kbzfilm.bsky.social KBZ is the Internet's largest collection of film subgenre and microgenre lists. We feature subgenre and microgenre lists for most films made since 1970.
Website: https://kneelbeforezod.io
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@KBZFilm
Sam Francis (Samphire Games) @tzartzam.bsky.social Editor, father, feminist, writer, capoeira, boardgame designer (Samphire Games: Dwarf Union, Poll & Write) (he/him). I believe in letting people flourish. Bristol, UK. https://linktr.ee/samphiregames
Zach Hoekstra @zhoekstra.bsky.social Game designer living in Utrecht. Chief Idea Magpie of Restless Raven Games. He/Him
Corey Young @coreyyoung.com Tabletop game designer 🎲✂️, laser-cut game accessory maker, otrovert, and Star Trek fan🖖 (he/him)
Mike Mullins @bluedevilduke.bsky.social Solo tabletop game designer and developer. He/him
https://mikemullins.me/
PFP by Momo (https://www.heyheymomo.com/)
Banner is a screen from Donut County
BGA: mullins014
Gil Hova @gil.hova.net He/him. JC/NYC.
• Tabletop games - now making games as Informal Ferret Games
• Robot fight facilitator at NHRL
• Fan of weird/noisy music
• Ferret nut
• Still not a negotiable Final Fantasy currency
All my links: https://gil.hova.net
Chris Lawrence @chris.eternalstudios.com Board game designer and creator of Tricked Out. Avid fan of TTRPGs and indie video games. He/him
🔗 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/valormountain/super-collider-growing-groves-the-franciscan-diamond
🔗 https://chrislawrence.itch.io/propaganda
@vucasimulations.bsky.social @vucasimulations.bsky.social 
Rodger B. MacGowan @rodgerbmacgowan.bsky.social President RBM Studio LLC • Publisher of C3i Magazine • Senior Vice President & Art Director of GMT Games • Founder of Fire & Movement Magazine https://c3iopscenter.com/
Mark Herman @markherman54.bsky.social Professional Game Designer
Rodney Smith @rodneysmith.bsky.social “Come on, just let’s go”
Team Snafu & SDT @snafustore.bsky.social Club de wargames Team Snafu i editorial de jocs de simulació històrica Snafu Design Team. En actiu des de 1992.
Postmark Games @postmarkgames.bsky.social Award winning board games playable straight from your printer. Voyages, Waypoints, 52 Realms: Adventures and others #printfun
www.postmarkgames.com
NUTS! PUBLISHING @nutspublishing.bsky.social A publisher of beautiful and innovative family and euro boardgames and wargames.
https://www.nutspublishing.com/eshop/wargames-en
Ron Halliday @ronhallidaygames.bsky.social Professional cartographer; semi-professional board game designer. My latest game is Hits & Outs『ヒット&アウト』released by itten at Tokyo Game Market 2025.
Basil They/Them/Fuck Fascists @basilbing.bsky.social Artist, writer, 800 worms on a string in a trenchcoat. Disabled/chronically ill, autistic, trans, Queer, fat, and white. Fascists get fucked. 30+. They/Them.
Corey Konieczka @psycorey.bsky.social On a break from designing boardgames to pursue other creative ambitions such as writing books and making indie videogames.
Nick Gentile @ngentile.bsky.social Husband, Father, Movie and TV Lover, Bills and Sabres for Life.
Marceline Leiman is Racing Dinos @marcelineleiman.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️
Published Game Designer, Developer, Educator.
MFA graduate from NYU Game Center.
Designed High Tide 🌊, Dino Racer 🦖, Wildberries 🫐, and more!
https://www.marcelineleiman.com/
Gabriel Jones @pepsimanvsjoe.bsky.social Former game critic who can't find his niche. Interests include retro / obscure / arcade games, music (Mostly VGM & Prince), and whatever catches my eye (even if it's just for a moment). 1981 he/him
Dr Daisy Abbott @daisyabbott.bsky.social Playful & Game-based learning specialist. Interdisciplinary researcher. Serious games for research skills and researcher development. SFHEA, CeLP, PhD.
Scott Nicholson @scottnicholson.bsky.social Professor of Game Design, Potter, Garden Gnome, Board Game and Escape Room Designer, Green Man Main. I play video games on Easy mode; I'm too old to get gud.
Luis M. Salas @esto-es-un-poema.bsky.social Game designer
Zenobia Award II Second Place Winner! 🎉🎆
Indie Press Revolution @ipr.bsky.social Dedicated to bringing you the best of small press tabletop roleplaying and storytelling games since 2004.
https://www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/
John Atwood @johnatwood.bsky.social Artist, sculptor, tabletop game designer, graphic designer. Very concerned about the climate crisis. Sometimes my art and games address this. atwoow on insta.
Historical Games Network @historygamesnet.bsky.social HGN brings together academics, game makers and other cultural and heritage workers to explore the relationship between history and games of all kinds || historicalgames.net
Craig Berg @csberg.bsky.social Boardgamer, Board Wargamer, Husband, Dad, Dayday
Georgetown University Wargaming Society @guws.bsky.social The Georgetown University Wargaming Society (GUWS) provides a venue for current and aspiring wargamers to learn more about wargaming and build their professional networks. 🔗 www.guwargaming.org
Robert DeLeskie @rdeleskie.bsky.social games stories film tv. Horror fiction: "Until Then, We Watch" on Creepy Corner Podcast. Various history-themed boardgames. Various spooky paranormal TV shows and history docs.
@sailormaxx.bsky.social @sailormaxx.bsky.social “It’s Always Blue” 💙
Craig6968 @craig6968.bsky.social History buff. Love boardgames (primarily historical, political and military based), but also enjoy some euros and anything strategic and thematic.
Goosepoop 🔜 GenCon @goosepoopgames.com Games you have time for ⏰
Absurd themes, accessible rules ❤️
Owned and operated by Jordan Dube 🪿
Find games at goosepoopgames.com 💡
David Siskin @davidsiskin.bsky.social Retired History Teacher, Board Games, Horror/Sci-Fi Movies, Dodgers, UCLA Bruins, Guitar & Bass, Rock n Roll
Nils Johansson @zweigefuhle.bsky.social Artist 🠚 France.
Nerdissimo for paper simulations, History gaming and all things maps. #boardwargames
Bio + Art samples:
https://armchairdragoons.com/nilsj/
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameartist/51906/nils-johansson/linkeditems/boardgameartist
Rachel Billingsley @rachellynnyo.bsky.social Director of Marketing at GMT Games. Nature enthusiast. Coffee lover. Human.
Hethwill Wargames @hethwill.eurosky.social Wargames hobbyist and age of sail aficionado.
Andrew Bucholtz @andrewbucholtz.bsky.social Editor, Bucholtz Sports Media, at andrewbucholtz.com. Editor, Conflicts of Interest Online, SDHistCon. Past work at Awful Announcing, Yahoo, and more. andrew@andrewbucholtz.com.
Joe Dewhurst @joedewhurst.bsky.social Boardgame designer, developer, and occasional player. Carrying a new world in my heart.
WiscHistGaming.bsky.social @wischistgaming.bsky.social A non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion and enjoyment of historical gaming in Wisconsin and neighboring states. https://discord.gg/pEjRJK39ZA
Bergonzini @bergonzini.bsky.social L2 F U D2 R2 D F B' R' F' R U2 L2 F2 L2 B' L' F' U' L2 D B2 F L D'
Charles Vasey @charlesvasey.bsky.social Funkmaster C, bespoke designer of games to the gentry. Descended in the true line. Clubs: Old St Todgers and Junior Confidence Trickster
James "Pigeon" Fielder @drpigeon.bsky.social PhD Pol Sci | studying politics of game worlds at CSU | retired USAF | TEDx speaker | Mobius Worlds Publishing birb | Pagan & synth fan | pigeons rock!
https:\\www.jdfielder.com
Mandi Spishak-Thomas @aspishakthomas.com Research professor @ Rutgers studying Medicaid. Social worker and health policy wonk. Union organizer (AAUP-AFT) and member of Brooklyn CB6. Baseball #LFGM and WNBA🗽enthusiast. Free 🇵🇸. ACAB. Still 😷. she/her.
aspishakthomas.com
Alastair Kocho-Williams @akochowi.bsky.social Professor of History. Russia/USSR/IR/War. Author: Russian and Soviet Diplomacy; Russia’s International Relations in the 20th Century. Wargamer. Has a famous game cart he takes to class.
Kimber VanRy @brooklynwargaming.bsky.social Friend, Dad, Backpacker, Historian, Sales Leader, Game Player, Miniatures Painter, President Metropolitan Wargamers in Park Slope, Brooklyn
Vicki 🔜 UnPub 🔜 Play Make Learn @vickilanger.dev ℹ️ Lover of arbitrary info.
🎲✂️ Board game designer & Catsultant
🗞️ Anti-gatekeeping propaganda.
🐈🐕 wrangler.
🧠 AuDHD. 🏳️🌈 enby demi pan.
💻 I code things.
🩶 Accessibility, Info Design
they/them.
➡️ acab always
Ken Gordhamer @kgordhamer.bsky.social USAF and drum corps veteran. Old enough to be your grandpa, but still a leftist. Map lover. Gamer. Lapsed heathen.
I love Pink Floyd, Motorhead, Beatles, ZZ Top, Youngblood Brass Band, and many others.
#LeftistNotLiberal
#Witchsky
#Heathensky
Brooke @proptartmn.bsky.social Mpls/StP. Cats. Cartoons. Soccer. Social. Disney. Books. Games. Theatre. Whimsy. Weird snacks. she/they
Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social Board game writer. Words on IGN, GamesRadar, Senet and many others. There will be puns.
@dbeasley.bsky.social @dbeasley.bsky.social 
Shouting Crow @shoutingcrow.bsky.social CAWWW! I'm Justin Vandermeer, an indie game designer producing TTRPGs, solo journaling games, and art. I also publish guides on formatting print-friendly projects. https://shoutingcrow.itch.io/
Land Back & Trans Rights supporter.
🏳️⚧️ He/They 🏳️⚧️
Sticky Doodler 🖍️ Color Jam @stickydoodler.bsky.social I make games that spark empathy and imagination. I also promote community among tabletop designers, players, retailers, and others.
He/他/any.
Check out Color Jam on Kickstarter!
🖍️ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lunarpunkgames/colorjam
Jason Carr @maudineormsby.bsky.social Director of Development at GMT Games
Coyote & Crow Games @coyoteandcrow.bsky.social Award winning tabletop game company focusing on raising Native creative voices and representation. http://coyoteandcrow.net Posts by owner/designer Kenna Alexander #IndigneousFuturism
@gamesandbourbon.bsky.social @gamesandbourbon.bsky.social 
Artur Carvalho @arturnottheking.bsky.social Brazilian-French 🇧🇷🇫🇷 Game designer🃏
Ph.D in Modeling & Simulation.
I like to explore the frontier between modern board games and simulation games (wargames/conflict simulation), focusing on how to improve pedagogy instead of reducing complexity.
Jeremiah McCall (he/him) @gamingthepast.bsky.social PhD Ancient History; Gaming the Past (2022), Musings, research, & pedagogies of history, education, games, game design & intersections; High school history teacher; Game Designer; fan of Buddhist compassion; jmc.hst@gmail.com
https://gamingthepast.net
Angelique Drummond @unbirthdayangel.bsky.social I make zines, solo journaling games, and TTRPGs. I am half of Beth (the better half) and Angel (that's me) Make Games
https://bethandangelmakegames.carrd.co/
she/her
Joe Schmidt @joeschmidt.bsky.social 
Charles Hildebrandt @cghildebrandt.bsky.social Copyright, Trademark, Entertainment, and Media Lawyer.
Science Fiction Fan. Ancient History Buff. Gamer.
wargamers.social/@CGHildebrandt
Mark Johnson @wargamestogo.bsky.social This is my wargame-focused account, tying in to my irregular podcast. Proud parent of trans & cis daughters.🏳️⚧️👩🏽🤝👩🏼 Discord: https://discord.gg/vxEG9bMPdx
WargamesToGo.com
Morgane Gouyon-Rety @morganegr.bsky.social French woman, player and designer of historical conflict simulations, living in Paris with my wife and two children
Ryan Heilman @ryanheilman.bsky.social Charles S. Roberts Award winning designer, developer, and graphic designer. Co-owner of Wharf Rat Games.
Brooks Barber @rollplusfun.bsky.social Tabletop game designer - mostly historical but not always. Designer of Sykes-Picot from Hollandspiele. Forthcoming games Threed, Spindletop, and Painkillers. Co-founder of Hawk & Dove Games.
https://www.hawkanddovegames.com/
History Department at Feather River College @frc-history.bsky.social Social media account of the Feather River College History Department:
https://www.frc.edu/history/
Home of the Games in History Education Project:
https://www.frc.edu/history/games
Dire Wolf @direwolfdigital.com Independent developer and publisher of award-winning digital and tabletop games.
🐺 https://discord.gg/direwolfdigital
🐺 http://www.direwolfdigital.com
Amanda Panda 🔜 BGG Con, PaxU @panda8ngel.bsky.social Geeky Panda Lover, crafter, reader, watch TV/Movies, papercrafter, tabletop games, Pandominion :) She/Her 🌈BLM "Push up Sports Bra for the Board Game Twitch community" per Alonechark LOL https://lnk.bio/Panda8ngel
Dave Kershaw @davekershaw.bsky.social Middle-aged man living in Belfast, Northern Ireland. I like wargaming, miniatures and boardgames. Even GW things, especially Blood bowl.
I've published boardgames with White Dog Games and Dietz. Own chickens and sighthounds. Foodie. Autistic kids.
Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social The magazine for explorers of strange worlds & new horizons! Say hi press@wyrd.science
Made in Belgium. Published in the UK. Read Everywhere.
https://linktr.ee/wyrdscience
#RPG #TTRPG #Wargames #Boardgames #Fantasy #SciFi #Comics #CoolShit
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.
Geoff Engelstein - The Universe Explained with Cookie out now! @gengelstein.bsky.social Boardgame enthusiast, podcaster, books: Building Blocks of Tabletop Game Design, Universe Explained with a Cookie games: Versailles 1919 and Super Skill Pinball. He/him
https://open.substack.com/pub/gametek