Hinokodo @hinokodo.com "high-no-koh-doh" | Fermentation Wizard | Creator of MIRU | Cofounder of Mimic Publishing: mimicpublishing.com | Link in bio: Hinokodo.com
These Games Are Not For Sale @notforsalegames.bsky.social A festival celebrating tabletop games with high artistic merit and no commercial intent
Coming soon to a PAX Unplugged near you
@truthorcarol.bsky.social @truthorcarol.bsky.social 
Pete @petewiss.bsky.social Midwesterner, teacher, gamer, and designer in St. Louis, MO.
Also a host on the Decision Space podcast!
CJae ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ @cjae.bsky.social ๐ณ๏ธโ๐Community Developer/Game Maker out of Vancouver, B.C
Founder - Parlour Interactive (An Interactive Entertainment Studio) ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Chairperson - ProtoCON BC
ProtoAlley Manager - Terminal City Tabletop Convention (TCTC)
Rachel Carpenter @skyeenchantress.bsky.social Boardgame designer, blogger, writer, and retail specialist with a background in archaeology, linguistics, and emergency management.
Daily Blog: https://boardgamegeek.com/blog/11393/heralds-call
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/rachelncarpenter
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
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/
Charles Harte @chuckduck365.bsky.social Professional tall guy. Associate editor at @gameinformer.com. Contributor at MinnMax. Words at the Indie Informer. Private GM. Improv performer.
Tom Brewster @tombrewster.bsky.social ๐ SU&SD ๐ / kinda on hiatus
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
Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social Board game writer. Words on IGN, GamesRadar, Senet and many others. There will be puns.
Bart de Jong @bartgamedesign.bsky.social Father. Primary school teacher. Game designer. Designer of Bable (2024) and L'Oaf (2025).
Chris Plante @plante.bsky.social host and founder, Post Games
co-host, The Besties
https://www.patreon.com/c/PostGames
https://postgame.substack.com/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/post-games/id1815131711
Signal: plante.01
C. Thi Nguyen @add-hawk.bsky.social Philosophy professor. My new book is THE SCORE, about true play, the limits of data - and why scoring systems can lead to beautiful games and soul-killing metrics.
The Omnigamers' Club Podcast @omnigamers.bsky.social โ๏ธ๐ฒ๐ฎ The podcast for games of all platforms. Reviewing board games, video games, TTRPGs and everything between.
Hosted by Mark (@markyuasa.bsky.social) and
Daniel (@boardgamefeast.bsky.social)
โ๏ธ Omnigamersclub@gmail.com
๐ Omnigamers.club
Tabletop Game Alliance of Washington State @tga.bsky.social Our vision is bring about the widespread understanding of the value of the tabletop games industry, foster future generations of game makers, and nurture our diverse communities through play
Hawk and Dove Games @hawkanddovegames.bsky.social Tabletop design, development, and publishing. Focused on historical and wargames.
https://www.hawkanddovegames.com/
Medoria @medoria.bsky.social Game Designer & Producer, Cat Mom, gen beta mom,80's Child.
Cis She/Her.
Has lots of opinions about kids and education and games.
Trans rights are human rights.
Josh Heath @highlevelgames.bsky.social COO HLG, philosophy, TTRPGs, intercultural dialogue, Star Trek, communications, and journalist
Tim Rodriguez @ogreteeth.com Professional enabler, game designer. Also cycling, coffee, wing tsun, guitar, and as much reading as I can manage.
MothSpire Games @games.mothspire.com An award-winning design duo making independent games for thoughtful togetherness. That is, @ogreteeth.com and @nerdsomatics.bsky.social
https://games.mothspire.com
Savage @nerdsomatics.bsky.social Game Designer. Sex educator. Somatic coach. *Good Trouble*
Be the cryptid you wish to see in the world.
nerdsomatics.itch.io / patreon.com/nerdsomatics
nerdsomatics.life
โก๏ธMarina Dรญez ๐ Gamescom @ninfadp.bsky.social Spanish Award-Winning Emotional Game Designer โ Game Director for Oh Apollo! @ Blue Backpack โ Take Us North // The Berlin Apartment // Dordogne โ Consultant โ @Forbesunder30 2021 โ ๐ she/her
Shreesh @shreesh.bsky.social Game designer.
Pronouns: They/their.
A fan of partnership games.
I love simple to learn & interactive games.
vyntoo on BGG & Discord.
Paul Czege @paulczege.bsky.social Game designer. Currently shipping a zine about how to play immersive journaling games:
https://www.paulczege.com/
On Masto as @paulczege@dice.camp
He/Him.
#JournalGaming
#ttrpg
The Misplay @themisplay.com A podcast about making a company making a board game.
themisplay.com
Taylor Reiner @tricktaking.bsky.social My opinions are not mine alone, they also represent Baskin-Robbins Inc.
Pew Pew Bang! @pewpewbang.bsky.social A video game podcast where every episode is a slumber party! Every other Monday listen to four women from around the game industry talk games, stories, and life advice. Part of the @minnmax.com podcast network.
Jade Shames @jadeshames.bsky.social Writer & Musician & Game Maker
JadeShames.com
PillboxGames.com
Pillbox Games @pillboxgames.bsky.social Pillbox Games is an independent game studio based in Brooklyn. We specialize in beautifully designed, easy-to-play board games. Stay strange. Play games.
Gumbo Collective @gumbonyc.bsky.social 
Runaway Parade Games @runawayparade.bsky.social Runaway Parade is an indie games company and the makers of Fire Tower, Smug Owls, and Punch Bowl.
Sam / ceefox @ceethefoxrun.bsky.social 30s | ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ he/him | ๐ฒ Board Games
๐ฆ Pretends to be a fox on the internet
Ben Bertoli ๐ซ @radishgames.com Indy-based board game designer, games journalist, and teacher ๐
Designed Bark Magic, Head Hauntcho, Mythic Menu, and Sands of Crime (coming soon!) ๐ต
Bylines at Polygon, Game Informer, IGN, APWOT and many more ๐ซ 
Jason Anarchy ๐ Auckland Armageddon Booth C99 @jasonanarchy.bsky.social Comedy Writer / Board Game Designer, lead designer of the Drinking Quest series, Your Friend Is Sad, Trombone Champ (Card Game), REAP, Cheese Factory, Self Careless, Pretending to Grownup, Cat Vs Human + Others! Big Biceps. https://www.drinkingquest.com
Tabletop Publishers (Chris Backe) @tabletoppublishers.bsky.social A toolbox of awesome for board game designers!
* A database of 500+ publishers open to submissions
* A set of organizational tools to track your games, pitches, shortlisted publishers, and more.
Learn more: tabletoppublishers.com
Bryan Bornmueller @bbornmueller.bsky.social Hello! I'm Bryan Bornmueller. You may remember me from such game companies as Office Dog, PSi, Asmodee, and FFG. Currently Innovation and Sourcing Director for Asmodee. Designer of The Fellowship of the Ring and Two Towers: Trick-Taking Game.
Meeple Mountain ๐ 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.
Seraphina Garcia Ramirez ๐ PaxU @seraphimseraphina.bsky.social she/her โข Writer, Designer, Dev Editor โข Upcoming host of Dice Exploder โข trans queer woman of color โข Judge for the 2025 Indie Groundbreaker Awards and The Awards 2026 โข blog at https://seraphim-seraphina.itch.io/my-blog
Bobby West @bobbywest.bsky.social Board game designer/developer. Buffalo Games and Gamewright.
Andrew Looney @andrewlooney.bsky.social Game designer who created Fluxx, Looney Pyramids, Chrononauts, Loonacy, and many others!
Pandasaurus Games @pandasaurusgames.com Hobby Tabletop Game Publisher from Asheville, NC
Matt Martens @mattmartens.bsky.social Telling stories and playing games alongside my friends at Buried Giant Studios
https://buriedgiant.com/
Ben Brin @enzyshade.bsky.social Board Game Designer from upstate New York. Designer of Pacts.
He / Him
Andrew Jackson Lynch @whatsforlynch.bsky.social Composer, lyricist, and bookwright for musical theatre.
Reviewer of board games for Meeple Mountain.
The Sore Loser.
Blog: https://www.andrewjacksonlynch.com/the-cost-of-a-basket-of-fish
he/him
SB @sbmakesstuff.bsky.social Samhain, Games Witch ๐ I ๐งก ABSTRACT MECHANICAL STRUCTURES ๐ She/her. ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ Avatar by @soengery.bsky.social
๐ผ: https://youtube.com/SBPlaysGames
๐ธ: https://patreon.com/SBMakesStuff
โ๏ธ: https://ko-fi.com/sbmakesstuff
John du Bois (He/Him) @johndubois.bsky.social Brain injured game designer who pays bills as an SLP.
Avatar of Cheese Masculinity.
Board games, sewing, LEGO, books.
This Machine Helps People Use Their Voice.
I'd like a hard boiled egg.
https://sites.google.com/view/johndubois/home?authuser=0
Rascal News @rascal.news Independent, Worker-Owned TTRPG Journalism | Subscribe to us at rascal.news
Michael Sprague ๐ฒโ๏ธ @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:
๐ฝ Interstellar Influence (co-design, late-stage)
๐ธ Rock Out! (Mid-stage)
Hans @hwittern.bsky.social New to Board Game Design ๐ฒโ๏ธ: Rolling Dice in Tokyo
Shelf Stable Podcast ๐ Spiel Essen, PaxU @shelfstablecast.bsky.social We're a podcast celebrating board games that have stood the test of time (5 years old minimum). Join us in the cult of the old!
https://linktr.ee/shelfstablecast
Posts by Kenny. Except the bad ones. Bad posts by Tom.
Mx. Tiffany Leigh @tiffanyleigh.bsky.social Popโข. Writer. Various & sundry. Genderqueer game show host: Dare to Karaoke @daretokaraoke.bsky.socialโฌ. Film, books, board games, horror. She/They. NYC. ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ https://mxtiffanyleigh.bio.link/
Paul Salomon (GameHead) @paulsalomon27.bsky.social Game Designer
Creative Director
GameHead Games
Back Again Board Game Cafe @backagaincafe.bsky.social We are a family-friendly tea & coffee shop in Middletown CT, offering snacks and 1k+ games to play for all levels.
Twenty Sided @20sidedstore.bsky.social Bringing People together since 2011.
twentysidedstore.com
SungWon Cho @prozdishere.bsky.social voice actor | represented by CAA | prozdkp@gmail.com
GravelbikeGranola @vnpfffr.bsky.social author of newcb on substack | the gravelbike granola kind | recently found out a true granola kind swaps coffee for Guarana | so no to coffee | โ no more! ๐
โโ๏ธ
Exeunt Press ๐๐ฒ @exeunt.press Creator of the ENNIE-nominated Exclusion Zone Botanist. Writer at Skeleton Code Machine: https://www.skeletoncodemachine.com ๐ #MรRKTOBER
๐ฉป Get TUMULUS: tumulus.exeunt.press
๐ฒ Buy printed games: shop.exeunt.press
๐ Behind the scenes: omnes.exeunt.press
Banzainator @banzainator.bsky.social Living life one victory point at a time! ๐ฒ Links: https://linktr.ee/Banzainator
Stonemaier Games @stonemaiergames.com Stonemaier Games is a tabletop game publisher based in St. Louis and distributed worldwide. Stonemaier Gamesโ top brands include Viticulture, Scythe, Charterstone, Wingspan, and Apiary.
Randy Flynn @rf-seattle.bsky.social Board Game Designer: Cascadia + Landmarks & Rolling & Alpine Lakes & Junior, Tabriz, Frenzy Falls, Malarkey!, Quiver & Quake, Wicked, and Mykonos.
he/him
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.
David Gordon @davidgordon23.bsky.social Game designer and Developer.
Joseph Z Chen ๐ PAX West @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/
Nicole Maynard she/her @nicolemaynard.bsky.social I create experiences by making paintings and games. https://nicolemaynard.studio/
#Artist #BoardGameDesign
https://nicolemaynard.studio/games/
TableTapas Games @tabletapasgames.bsky.social I'm Nahv, half of TableTapas Games. We are a small, independent publishing company focused on games with shared incentives and high player interaction. Our games have bite!
https://linktr.ee/tabletapasgames
Matt Ollis @mattollis.bsky.social Mathematician at Emerson College, Boston. Combinatorics with a hint of group theory. Brit living in Vermont (temporarily back in Birmingham, UK). Board games. Maps. AVFC. Beginner bassist and even-more-beginner drummer. SciFi. Other stuff.
M. Ward @aveknots.bsky.social Making games if able.
https://linktr.ee/aveknots
Omar H, Occasional Board Gamer ๐ ??? @itomarhernandez.bsky.social He/him, married PR/Cuban 54yr old in Queens
#BoardGames
https://bit.ly/ITOmarBGGCollection
#TransRights #NYC
#MCU #Babylon5 #StarWars #StarTrek
#MassEffect #DoctorWho
former DJ
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/djomarhernandez
BGA https://bit.ly/ITOatBGA
David Spalinski @vawcer.bsky.social I like to make games!
BoardGame Animal ๐ @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
Naomi Clark (@metasynthie) ๆๆช็ด็พ @halfrobot.com Game Designer (Consentacle +37 others)
Chair / Director, NYU Game Center ( https://gamecenter.nyu.edu/ )
Founding Collective, Sylvia Rivera Law Project
Formerly: Gamelab, LEGO, strap-on.org etc.
https://metasynthie.itch.io/
Opinions are only my own!
Sharang Biswas @sharangbiswas.bsky.social Games, writing, art. ENnies, IndieCade, IGDN winner. Teaching at NYU & Fordham
Words: Eurogamer, Lightspeed, Augur, Strange Horizons, Baffling. SFWA member
THE IRON BELOW REMEMBERS is out from Neon Hemlock Press!
Repped by @glassglassmadeof.bsky.social
Chris Prime @chrisinhm.bsky.social Board game lover and designer of Venusian Vegas The Card Game. Dad, husband, liberal.
52 Pickup Studios ๐ฒ๐โ๏ธ @52pickupstudios.com duo creating new original tabletop games every month from New Zealand ๐ณ๐ฟ
Our games use stuff you already own!
40+ original games on Patreon part of the 52 Pickup zine series patreon.52pickupstudios.com
Game Makers Guild @gamemakersguild.bsky.social a 501(c)(3) org based in Boston, MA helping game designers Make Games. Better.
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
Johnny OโNeal @johnnyoneal.bsky.social Brotherwise Games Co-Founder. Geeky dad. Game designer, art director, and chief Cosmere officer. Trying to make the world a more positive & joyful place through games.
@jonathanbovee.bsky.social @jonathanbovee.bsky.social 
PAX Tabletop @tthq.bsky.social Mouth of Tabletop, authored by Enforcers. Boston, Seattle and Philadelphia
#Block Collective @blockcollectives.bsky.social #Block Collective is a volunteer-run community with the united goal of sharing resources, disrupting bigoted spaces, and serious engagement on the topic of trans rights.
Join us as we help shape the boardgame industry into a safer and inclusive space.
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/
โThe first duty... is to the truth, whether it's scientific truth, or historical truth, or personal truth.โ
Tabletop Gaymers ๐ Gen Con, Indianapolis, IN @tabletopgaymers.bsky.social Nonprofit org promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion by championing the visibility and recognition of the LGBTQIA+ community through tabletop gaming. linktr.ee/TabletopGaymers
B. Dave Walters - Yes, it is I! @bdavewalters.bsky.social UNDISPUTED Wizard of the Coast |
@BDaveWalters on every Social Media platform | http://TheUndisputedAcademy.com | Victor on #LAByNight | Lead Designer MotherlandsRPG |
Elisa Teague @elisateague.bsky.social Game Designer. RPG writer. VP of Creative at Infinite Stories. Producer on the Crooked Moon RPG. Lead Designer of the Essence20 RPG system. Author on Tashaโs, Marvelโs Cataclysm of Kang, Transformers, Welcome to Night Vale TTRPGs & more. She/Her.
Daniel Wynter @boardgamefeast.bsky.social Co-host of @omnigamers.bsky.social
Board games, video games and TTRPGs with a dash of amateur cooking. Ex-Australian and Ex-Archaeologist
Vancouver, BC
He/him
Dom2D ๐ @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!
Joseph Arthur Ellis @jarthurellis.bsky.social Tech and game design at Plaid Hat Games. Anti-hate, anti-bigotry. He/him. I work on Forgotten Waters, Freelancers, Summoner Wars, Summoner Wars Online, and more.
Kaycee ๐ @kayceebeeme.bsky.social Abolish the union | Eat the rich
any/any
James Introcaso @jamesintrocaso.bsky.social TTRPG Designer. Shark lover.
The Seahorse & The Hummingbird @thinkdeepplaylight.bsky.social The Seahorse & The Hummingbird is a board game publisher with an upcoming catalog of games that challenge the mind and lighten the heart.
#boardgames #gamedesign ๐ฒโ๏ธ
https://www.seahorseandhummingbird.com/
Scott Kabel - KabelTop Games @sdkabel.bsky.social Son, loved.
Hawaii-based amateur game designer, musician, PhD in Ed, community builder, and believer.
1 More Time Games @1moretimegames.bsky.social Abroad - SPIEL25 Release
Challengers! - Kennerspiel des Jahres 2023 & As D'Or Initiรฉ 2023
Riftforce - Kennerspiel des Jahres recommended 2021
Alderac Entertainment Group @alderaceg.bsky.social Publishing board games for over 30 years. We Make Fun!
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
Clarence Simpson ๐ ??? @stoichamster.bsky.social Almost award-winning tabletop game designer/developer, musician, photographer, father of two, possible descendant of pirates
SpielMas โ๏ธ festival โก๏ธ Dec. 26-31 @spielmas.com A holiday festival celebrated by playing a tabletop game each night between December 26-31. #SpielMas โ๏ธ
Game recommendations: SpielMas.com
Curated by @HaoleBoyGames.com
Sammy @salkind.bsky.social game dev + fresh in the board game industry ๐ he/him
Ann Leckie @annleckie.com Author of the award-winning Ancillary Justice. Lives in St Louis.