Decision Space @decisionspace.bsky.social A board game podcast by Jake Frydman and Brendan Hansen for players and designers alike.
2x Golden Geek Nominee. 2023 Cardboard Edison winner for best game design podcast.
decisionspacepodcast.com
Pretty Tricky Games | AU @prettytrickygames.bsky.social Pretty Tricky Games is an Australian online retailer for imports and indie board and card games. We also run fortnightly gaming events in Melbourne.
prettytrickygames.com.au
instagram.com/prettytrickygames
Pete @petewiss.bsky.social Midwesterner, teacher, gamer, and designer in St. Louis, MO.
Also a host on the Decision Space podcast!
Off-Board Podcast @off-boardpod.bsky.social Letting board game designers talk about something other than board games since 2026
Antoine Bauza @toinito.bsky.social 🎲I design boardgames (7 Wonders 🏛 Hanabi🎉Tokaido🗾Takenoko🐼Ghost Stories👻...) & publish some occasionally (@playpunk.bsky.social)✒️Sometime, I write stuff ⚔️Ttrpg enthusiast🥎Need to play padel more often… Also :🎮☕️🥋🌈🐱🐱
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.
1 More Time Games @1moretimegames.bsky.social Abroad - SPIEL25 Release
Challengers! - Kennerspiel des Jahres 2023 & As D'Or Initié 2023
Riftforce - Kennerspiel des Jahres recommended 2021
Dom2D 💜 @dom2d.bsky.social Art, game design, doodles.
Here for nice/cute/weird board games, video games, illustrations, and pals. Worked on Dig Dig Dino, Bomb Busters, Flinthook, Dig! Dig! Dino!, Geek Mind, BioGems, Where's Waldo, and so on!
José Lema @tankete72.bsky.social First-time board game designer building The Wedding Planner, a Cardboard Edison Award Finalist. Figuring it out one step at a time.
Yasaman @yafcadio.bsky.social
Nick Henning @phoenicks.bsky.social Phoenicks Gaming boardgame strategy
https://youtube.com/@phoenicksgaming?si=PfDclignyy0YCV3d
Business Game Designer
Ex-mobile game designer #gamedev
Luke Wolyncewicz @bumblepie-games.bsky.social
@ericledger.bsky.social @ericledger.bsky.social
JC @jcw.gay Video Producer, Photographer, General Stuff Maker (or, in corporate speak, "creative services freelancer")
Portfolio: https://jcw.gay/portfolio
Host of @HowToTeach.bsky.social
He/Him, Very Gay 🌈
@coreychoosesfun.bsky.social @coreychoosesfun.bsky.social
Bill Huffman (he/him) ➡️ HiJinx Con @palanion.bsky.social Husband, father, copyeditor, boardgame designer, baseball fan, bi. Contralateral, 2p abstract, scheduled for 2027 release by The Seahorse and the Hummingbird. Let’s talk board games.
https://palaniongames.wixsite.com/palanion-games
David Gordon @davidgordon23.bsky.social Game designer and Developer.- A Andy D @andydgames.bsky.social Aspiring to be a good board game designer
Jack Rosen 🔜 Gen Con @jackrrosen.bsky.social Nature lover! Board game designer working on a whole bunch of stuff and simply trying his best
Michael Sprague 🎲✂️ @backwardscapgames.bsky.social He/him. Hobby Board Game Player and Designer. Member of GMG Boston. Collaborator at SoME Game Design. Designer of Pyrotechnics.
Current pipeline:
👽 Interstellar Influence (co-design, late-stage)
🎸 Rock Out! (Mid-stage)
Ben Brin @enzyshade.bsky.social Board Game Designer from upstate New York. Designer of Pacts.
He / Him
25th Century Games @25thcentury.games 25th Century Games is a tabletop publishing studio that makes out of this world games and puzzles. Posts by Chad Elkins and Tricia Victor.
Emily Hancock @emilyhancock.bsky.social Freelance Illustrator // Seattle
Making art for ttrpgs and board games
Contact: art(@)emilyhancock.com
Links: https://emilyhancock.carrd.co/
Shop: https://ko-fi.com/emhawk/shop
Nick Ferris @nickferris.bsky.social I make boardgames, grow things in dirt, and espouse progressivism. Tall, but not too tall. Connecticutie. he/him
https://nickferris.carrd.co/
“The first duty... is to the truth, whether it's scientific truth, or historical truth, or personal truth.”
Ted Mann Schaller @tedmannschaller.bsky.social Follow Counterpoint on Kickstarter:
https://bit.ly/4bRqQWK
Board game designer @ Square Cactus Games — Designing silly little card games to spread joy. 🃏
Product designer @ Halcyon — Helping drive green energy investment and development. 🔋
M. Ward @aveknots.bsky.social Making games if able.
https://linktr.ee/aveknots
Eric Dittmore @ericdittmore.bsky.social Teacher
Tabletop game designer
DittmoreDesigns.com
David Spalinski @vawcer.bsky.social I like to make games!
Nicole Maynard she/her @nicolemaynard.bsky.social I create experiences by making paintings and games. https://nicolemaynard.studio/
#Artist #BoardGameDesign
https://nicolemaynard.studio/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/
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.
BoardGame Animal 🐕 @boardgameanimal.bsky.social Board Game Reviews, Lists, Comedy, Discussions & more! Me & my animal pals talk all sorts of board, tabletop, & card games~
https://youtube.com/@BoardGameAnimal
Bamboo Design Studio @bamboodesignstudio.bsky.social We design custom board, card, and dice games based on your brand. Our clients include companies, non-profits, influencers, bands, sports teams, and more.
jo kelly @miasmacorp.bsky.social or Joy if you're fancy
maker of music and games
morris dancer
they/them
The Game Aisle @thegameaisle.bsky.social Board game inventor, designer, and former reviewer. She/Her
Adam in Wales @adaminwales.bsky.social Board game designer. YouTube creator: Adam in Wales Board Game Design. Author of game design books: Playtesting & Board Game Designer Journal.
Nick Bentley Makes Games @nickbentley.bsky.social Posts about game design. Director of Game Design at Taco Cat Games (Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza), former President of Underdog Games Studio (The Trekking Trilogy), former Neuroscientist.
Trying to cultivate a radical acceptance of all experience.
Joseph Z Chen 🔜 GenCon @fanfactories.bsky.social Seattle board game designer/dev. Posts about game design, playtesting, art, and crowdfunding.
Credits: Fantastic Factories, Honeypot, & Frenzy Falls. Flatout Games CoLab dev for Knitting Circle, Cascadia: Alpine Lakes & more.
https://www.josephzchen.me/
Manuel Correia @gamesbymanuel.bsky.social Eclectic game designer, making games that bring people together since 2010. Game Design Lead at Redcatpig
Neurodivergent | He/Him
https://gamesbymanuel.com/
Erik AS - Game Designer @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.
Rob Harris @playtestuk.bsky.social Games designer, developer and producer, runs Playtest UK: http://meetup.com/Playtest & Ludonaut for pervasive, freeform & educ. games - ex Modiphius, he/him
Game Makers Guild @gamemakersguild.bsky.social a 501(c)(3) org based in Boston, MA helping game designers Make Games. Better.
Mary Georgescu 🎠 @marygeorgescu.com Designing digital and physical games that delight, inspire, and make you feel seen. ✨
Founder & Senior Game Designer @haiduc.co in NYC
Pro Wrestler @beetlewrestles.bsky.social & @bowsettewrestles.bsky.social
Portfolio| MaryGeorgescu.com
Scott - Minerva 🦉 @minervatabletop.co.uk Board game designer and publisher from London, UK:
🥪 Crumbs! The Sandwich Filler Game
🎨 Swatch: The Abstract Game of Art
📝 Organiser of Playfest London and Playtest UK (South London)
🦉 https://linktr.ee/minervatabletop
Alderac Entertainment Group @alderaceg.bsky.social Publishing board games for over 30 years. We Make Fun!
Sammy @salkind.bsky.social game dev in the Seattle area 😎 he/him
Beanbag Jolly-Amerika @frgm.net Bean (n): An edible, kidney-shaped seed borne in the long pods of a leguminous plant. Dad to two smol humans. Nonpracticing architect, sometimes poet, children's & board game librarian. he/they
Keith DeViere Donaldson @kddgames.bsky.social Board game designer from Boston, Massachusetts
ProtoCON BC - Nov 6th - 8th, 2026! @protocon-bc.bsky.social ProtoCON BC is an in-person prototype playtesting event for board game designers and playtesters that will take place Nov 6th-8th 2026, in Burnaby, BC!
Learn More - https://www.protoconbc.ca/
Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social Game designer and general maker of things.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/455308/this-is-not-a-game-about-a-pipe
Lunarpunk Games @lunarpunk.games the night is for everyone
We endeavor to create beautiful, memorable tabletop games with a focus on goals and outcomes that match the complexity and curiosity of real life.
https://lunarpunk.games
https://discord.gg/RUKkAUEQ6g
Rocco Privetera (he/him) 🔜 UnPub @privetera.com Storyteller 1st. Then Writer, Game Designer, Musician, Sphynx Curator, Partial Robot, Tech Engineer, Root Node for Priveteras, He/Him
Johnny Chin @gamemarketwest.bsky.social Tabletop game designer and indie game market organizer.
Next event is 3/22/26 at Guildhouse in San Jose: https://www.gamemarketwest.com/
Talon Strikes Games @talonstrikes.bsky.social 25-7 Gaming!
@dianesauer.bsky.social @dianesauer.bsky.social
@slausondesigns.bsky.social @slausondesigns.bsky.social
GAMA @gamaofficial.bsky.social The Game Manufacturers Association was formed in 1978 to advance the hobby games industry.
gama.org
Playtest NorthWest @playtestnw.bsky.social We're a group of game designers hosting events in the Seattle area to help game designers!
ProtoCON @protoconut.bsky.social Board game convention for playtesting the games of tomorrow.
Jan 31 & Feb 1 at the Megaplex Event Hall in the Valley Fair Mall (West Valley, UT)
https://www.protoconutah.com
Adrian Sparrow @eggyartist.bsky.social illustrations 🎨 | grief comics 💀 | dice paintings 🎲| cats 🐱 | comms ✍️
NO ai/nfts
instagram.com/asparrowdraws |
Instagram.com/eggyartist |
https://www.Adrian-Sparrow.com
Michael R. Keller @kellernyc.bsky.social Vancouver, BC | Data analytics, Boardgames, and Photography
Paul Salomon (GameHead) @paulsalomon27.bsky.social Game Designer
Creative Director
GameHead Games
Game Designers of North Carolina @gdofnc.bsky.social Official account for the Game Designers of North Carolina. https://gdofnc.herokuapp.com/
Tabletop Game Designers Association @ttgda.bsky.social Official account of the Tabletop Game Designers Association. More information at ttgda.org
@zintismay.bsky.social @zintismay.bsky.social Programmer, game designer, teacher. Or at least trying!
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
Druid City Games @druidcitygames.bsky.social Board Game & RPG Publisher of Tidal Blades, Wonderland's War, Grimm Forest, Sorcerer City, and many more to come!
Adam Bontrager @adambontrager.bsky.social IxD, Game 🎲✂️ and Puzzle Designer 🧩✂️ (Sunome Puzzles), Dad, He/Him
https://sunomepuzzles.com
patreon.com/sunomepuzzles
Ian Howard @leafydragongames.bsky.social ENNIE-winning designer of One Breath Left, Here We Used to Fly, Aurora Decree, and more. Founder of Leafy Dragon Games LLC. Narrative Lead at Button Shy Games.
http://leafydragongames.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.
Hinokodo @hinokodo.com "high-no-koh-doh" | Fermentation Wizard | Creator of MIRU | Cofounder of Mimic Publishing: mimicpublishing.com | Link in bio: Hinokodo.com
David @ddavidd.bsky.social I mostly post about board game design and parenting my 3 awesome kids. Co-founder of Grumpy Spider Games.
www.grumpyspider.com
Romans 5:7-8
Matthew Hocker @coo.games Creator of coo' games at https://coo.games
Upcoming Kickstarter for cute & thinky frog game: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/matthewhocker/lily-hop
Ellie Dix @thedarkimp.bsky.social Board game designer, author of The Board Game Family and owner of www.TheDarkImp.com.
Copac @copac.bsky.social Hi, I'm Copac
Dr. Wictz @drwictz.bsky.social Boardgame Designer of Littoral Commander: Space Force, Robotech: Reconstruction, and You Fool
Design blog: dr.wictz.com
Flowerglass Games @flowerglassgames.bsky.social We love making and playing games!
Current titles in production:
Good Day Bouquet
10 Days Lost
Nox Manor (Dracula Game)
https://linktr.ee/flowerglassgames
Kareem the board game minimalist @gameminimalist.bsky.social British 🇬🇧 Libyan 🇱🇾 board gamer attempting and miserably failing to buy fewer board games.
Spielworxx. Spiele. Iserlohner EC. Nachdenken. Füße hoch @ulible.bsky.social Gamer, sports fan, reader www.spielworxx.de
Bruno Faidutti @faidutti.com Boardgame designer, historian
Keith Matejka @keithmatejka.bsky.social Owner of Thunderworks Games
@pottedmeatfp.bsky.social @pottedmeatfp.bsky.social
Arjan van Houwelingen @arjanvanh.bsky.social Tabletop game designer, psychologist, lecturer and more at Hanze Applied University. Founder of the Dutch Game Design Guild (Spellenmaakgilde.nl). Publisher of GRUNN and FRYSK, with collectible free museum expansions. arjanvanhouwelingen.com
Daryl Andrews @boardgame.bsky.social Trophy Husband. Game Designer. Talent Consultant.
Leon Scheuber @leonscheuber.bsky.social Running the Korea Boardgames German office
Meeple Syrup Show @meeplesyrupshow.bsky.social Join Cat and Sen live on Wednesdays at 9pm EST to discuss tabletop game design with tabletop game designers.
YouTube.com/MeepleSyrup
Charlie McCarron @charliemccarron.bsky.social Composer (Emmy nom'd Beneath the Ink), Film Score Fest director, game designer (Four Humours, Alphabet Stoop, Skyrockets, Guesswork, Lunar Skyline), podcaster (The Tabletop Takeaway, Composer Quest), songwriter. MN https://linktree.com/charliemccarron
Urban Professional Games @urbanprogames.bsky.social Urban Professional Games creates games that break expectations. Named for our favorite urban professionals that show up in unexpected places: raccoons. Our games are family friendly, include engaging strategy, and will always break the mold.
Fight in a Box @fightinabox.bsky.social We believe in laughter & storytelling! We make indie board games. Twin Cities publisher celebrating diversity in gaming 🏳️🌈.
Jonathan Chaffer @unclejonbob.bsky.social Board game and puzzle designer. Probably watching Taskmaster right now.
He/him
Intersection Games @intersectiongames.bsky.social Tabletop Game Studio.
Or first game launches on Kickstarter Spring 2026. It's called "Concrete Canvas"
Total Design Live @totaldesignlive.bsky.social Total Design Live is board game design without a net!!
Join hosts David and Rosco as they invite guest game designers to join them for a live solo game jam.
Robert Hovakimyan @robhovak.bsky.social Armenian Board Game Designer.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/157655/robert-hovakimyan
🙈 Markus 💙💛 Shepherd 🙊 @markus.recommend.games Human Approximation of Artificial Intelligence. He/him. Founder of @recommend.games
Gabriel Toschi 🎲🃏 @gabtoschi.com board game designer, web dev, writer
🎲✂️ The Jetsons, Snow Climbing, Rodízio, Brigadeiro, Cobogó
he/him • 🗣 pt/en • 🏳️🌈 💜💙
site & portfolio ➡️ gabtoschi.com
Kathleen Mercury @mmmmmmmercury.bsky.social Game Designer, Educator of Educators, Games-Based Learning Designer. My TEDx Talk: Be a Rhino: Big, Stupid, and Run Until You Hit Something
Roberta Taylor @robertataylor.bsky.social Curious soul. I make board games, soup, and bad puns.
Visit robertataylor.ca for CV and Media Kit.
Catherine Stippell @catstip.bsky.social Super awkward board game designer. Nyctophobia! It’s All Connected? Back to the Present? I like hats. Earthbender. (playnyctophobia on Twitter)
(she/her)