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/
Dire Wolf ๐ GEN CON (Booth 2402) @direwolfdigital.com Independent developer and publisher of award-winning digital and tabletop games. Join us at Gen Con 2026 at Booth #2402 and Event Room #141!
๐บ https://discord.gg/direwolfdigital
๐บ http://www.direwolfdigital.com
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
Eerie Idol Games @theoldkingscrown.bsky.social Back the second printing of The Old King's Crown + Songs of Home expansion on Gamefound now!
linktr.ee/Oldkingscrown
Spielworxx. Spiele. Iserlohner EC. Nachdenken. Fรผรe hoch @ulible.bsky.social Gamer, sports fan, reader www.spielworxx.de
City Hare Studio @cityhare.studio The official bluesky account for my little tabletop game studio.
Only harebrained games!
Part-time game designer. Mainly specialising in print-and-play games. Publishers get in touch!
Trans rights are human rights! ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
https://cityhare.studio
Mark Herman @markherman54.bsky.social Professional Game Designer
Kyle Ferrin ๐งโโ๏ธโ๏ธ @d20plusmodifier.bsky.social Illustrator, Game player, and friendly guy in general. he/him.
Eustace from OVER/UNDER
๐โจNot currently taking commissions, sorry!โจ๐ KyleFerrin.bigcartel.com
Nate Fullerton ๐ GenCon @natefullerton.bsky.social Game Designer who spends way too much time making prototypes look pretty. Journey to Skyhaven coming soon!
Check out what Iโm working on at:
lampreyrivergames.com
Hawk and Dove Games @hawkanddovegames.bsky.social Tabletop design, development, and publishing. Focused on historical and wargames.
https://www.hawkanddovegames.com/
Mollie Russell @spookysyntax.bsky.social Scream Queen at Wargamer. Autistic. South Wales poet and facilitator. Nerd for gaming, horror, music, and literature. She/Her.
Kyle Cushman @goatgruff.bsky.social educator & union organizer
former bike mechanic
board game designer
ardently antifascist
he/they
madison, wi based
Keith DeViere Donaldson @kddgames.bsky.social Board game designer from Boston, Massachusetts
Twogether Studios @twogetherstudios.bsky.social The home of game designers Keith Baker and Jenn Ellis
https://linktr.ee/Twogetherstudios
Tabletop Workers United @tabletopwu.bsky.social We are Tabletop Workers United! We love working at Hex & Co., the Brooklyn Strategist, and the Uncommons. Follow us as we fight for a fair contract!
https://linktr.ee/tabletopsolidarity
Sammy @salkind.bsky.social game dev in the Seattle area ๐ he/him
Stu Horvath @stuhorvath.com "All powerful brain-in-a-jar" | Publisher at @unwinnable.com | TTRPG history at VintageRPG.com | New book with @strangeattractor.bsky.social Dec 2026 | Links: https://linktr.ee/vintagerpg
Jay Bell ๐ Gen Con @thejaybell.bsky.social Entertainer. Optimist. Creator. Leader.
Prepress Specialist ๐ผ by day, Boardgame Designer ๐ฒ by night. (He/Him) #BLM #LoveIsLove
๐ Brian Bucklew ๐ โอค๏ผโฟ๏ผโอค โ๐ฎ @unormal.bsky.social A semi-sentient colony of self-assembling, cooperative, biological nano-units. Still somewhat functional, despite its age. AI bad. ๐IGF Narrative. ๐Hugo Award Winning Caves of Qud Sproggiwood pronoun* BLM
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.
Alex Jaffe @blinkity.bsky.social Indie game dev and design consultant. Prev. Lead Champ Designer on Riot's 2XKO, Spry Fox, Kongregate, SuperBot, UW CSE PhD. Cursed problems, player mythologies, immersive designer, game master, dad, a lot of sincerely giving a shit. alexjaffe.games
Vicki ๐ UnPub ๐ Play Make Learn @vickilanger.dev โน๏ธ Lover of arbitrary info.
๐ฒโ๏ธ Board game designer & Catsultant
๐๏ธ Anti-gatekeeping propaganda.
๐๐ wrangler.
๐ง AuDHD. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ enby demi pan.
๐ป I code things.
๐ฉถ Accessibility, Info Design
they/them.
โก๏ธ acab always
Haole Boy Games @haoleboygames.com Greg Pool: Tabletop game designer, #RecoveringGeologist, and campfire busker. Curator of @SpielMas.com โ๏ธ.
โ๏ธ Playtesting: Kamoamoa, Soccer 54, Bats of Limekiln, Pลpoki.
Try look: HaoleBoyGames.com (HOW-lee)
Marc G ๐ชฉ๐ @marcgwiz.bsky.social Genus at Wonk โข Fledgling Game Designer โข Boardgame Enthusiast โข Artist โข He/Him โข Designer of Analogue Game Modeling Language
Alderac Entertainment Group @alderaceg.bsky.social Publishing board games for over 30 years. We Make Fun!
Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social Additional obscure Mario content for http://suppermariobroth.com.
Now on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/suppermariobroth
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 ๐
Sam at True Territory Games @trueterritory.bsky.social Independent game designer. Designing games that are quick to set up and learn and offer a fun immersive experience. Most are here: https://www.thegamecrafter.com/designers/true-territory-games
Corey Young ๐ Gen Con @coreyyoung.com Tabletop game designer ๐ฒโ๏ธ, laser-cut game accessory maker, otrovert, and Star Trek fan๐ (he/him)
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/
Jeroen Doumen @jeroendoumen.bsky.social 
Trevor Benjamin @trevormbenjamin.bsky.social Game designer / inventor.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/90410/trevor-benjamin
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.
Chris Backe @chrisbacke.bsky.social Making board games since 2016.
๐ฒ Game designer (https://entrogames.com)
๐ฅ๏ธ Game publisher (https://shinypigeongames.com/shiny-pigeon-printables/)
๐ฒ Playtester (https://virtualplaytesting.com)
๐ข Entrepreneur (https://tabletoppublishers.com)
Carol Mertz @carolmertz.itch.io Game designer. Currently at Innersloth, prev Exploding Kittens. Also worked on HELLCOUCH, With You, We should talk, & lots more lil stuff.
๐ฎ carolmertz.itch.io
๐ bit.ly/carolsBGG
๐ฑ PlayWithYourOwnJunk.com
she/her | st. louis, mo | http://carolmertz.com
Paul Salomon (GameHead) @paulsalomon27.bsky.social Game Designer
Creative Director
GameHead Games
Jacob Jaskov @jacobjaskov.bsky.social Board game publisher (Uloomi). Board game designer (Fog of Love, The Vibe). Canโt help but innovate. Former futurist. Change > Systemic Reflection > Habit. Cosmopolitan. Cares about people.
Pete @petewiss.bsky.social Midwesterner, teacher, gamer, and designer in St. Louis, MO.
Also a host on the Decision Space podcast!
Tom Lehmann @tomlehmann.bsky.social Freelance board, dice, and card game designer.
Chris Lawrence ๐ GenCon @chris.eternalstudios.com Board game designer and creator of Propaganda. Avid fan of TTRPGs and indie video games. He/him
๐ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/valormountain/super-collider-growing-groves-the-franciscan-diamond
๐ https://chrislawrence.itch.io/propaganda
Robert Hovakimyan @robhovak.bsky.social Armenian Board Game Designer.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/157655/robert-hovakimyan
michael lutz @ztul.bsky.social he/him. boston-ish. phd thinking about media and making podcasts for @rangedtouch.bsky.social. horror genre guy, writer and narrative designer. Project C for @halfmermaid.co inquiries: j.michael.lutz at gmail
Everest Pipkin @everest.bsky.social Games, software tools, ttrpgs, the handmade web - Barnacle Goose Experiment, World Ending Game - Program Coordinator at Pratt Game Arts - long live the postal service.
https://everest-pipkin.com
cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social Critic. Tabletop columnist for Rascal News. Podcasts for Ranged Touch (Shelved By Genre | Just King Things | Game Studies Study Buddies). Wrote THE WORLD IS BORN FROM ZERO and EVERYTHING IS PERMITTED. Working on a Magic: The Gathering book.
Lฤซber Lลซdลrum @liberludorum.com #TTRPG editor/critic/reviewer. http://exlibrisrpg.com cofounder. Bogfolk worker-owner. NewlaneU prof. Walt/he/him, http://liberludorum.com
Jeff Grisenthwaite @jeffgrisenthwaite.bsky.social Board game designer
๐ฎ๐น Positano
๐ฎ Soothsayers
๐ฆ Outfox the Fox
๐ Monkey Mayhem
intertextual experience @intertextuality.bsky.social A slightly atypical interview-based podcast.
The show helps explore many of the interests I have, including board and all things creating. Listenable everywhereโLinktree attached: https://linktr.ee/vodpodprod
Always Awake Games (Connor) ๐ Pax West @connor.alwaysawake.games Board game designer, illustrator and indie publisher
Store: https://www.alwaysawake.games/
allison steele, organic human person @trulyaliem.bsky.social game designer by day, crazy cat lady by night. current: senior systems designer 2, world of warcraft. previous: magic: the gathering (+online)
american. fan of constitutional rights, due process, and democracy. she/her.
๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ท๐๐๐โโ๏ธ๐ฎ
Jonathan Chaffer @unclejonbob.bsky.social Board game and puzzle designer. Probably watching Taskmaster right now.
He/him
Rodney Smith @rodneysmith.bsky.social โCome on, just letโs goโ
shzwtk @shzwtk.bsky.social Trick taking designer.
My name is Taiki Shinzawa.
I live in Japan.
Maskmen
Dois
ZimbabweeeTrick
SevenSegmentTrix
Ghost of Christmas
9lives
BigTop
Chris Wray @domergamer.bsky.social Designer of Xylotar and several other trick-taking card games.
Craig Somerton @craigsomo64.bsky.social Retired old bloke living in country Australia. I love boardgames and I try to design new ones.
Trickster's Table @tricksterstable.bsky.social Trickster's Table is an ad-free, microtransaction-free app that lets you play modern trick taking card games against AIs.
https://linktr.ee/tricksters.table
Xalavier Nelson Jr. @writnelson.bsky.social Running @StrangeScaffold.bsky.social Wrote for MtG, Borderlands 4, I Am Your Beast & more. Lead VA in Hellraiser: Revival. BAFTA nom. Christian! He/Him. Repped by CAA.
Joseph Z Chen ๐ 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/
localthunk @localthunk.com Literally a fool
Creator of Balatro ( @playbalatro.com )
Business/Media: balatro@playstack.com
Blog: localthunk.com
Direct contact: localthunk.contact@gmail.com
๐จ๐ฆ
Jillian Schumacher @jillianschumacher.bsky.social Ex fashion designer turned nerd | #1 Oink Games fan | 5'10" on a good day | Marketing Manager for โชBrotherwise Games | Contact me at jillian@brotherwisegames.com | Opinions are my own
eirk @strotchy.bsky.social Serious rabbit hole lurker. Worked on UFO 50, Spelunky 1&2, Downwell, +++
https://garyyk.com
Carol LaGrow @indigopotter.bsky.social Board gamer married to DMSamuel.
Designer of The Six of VIII:
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/394691/the-six-of-viii
Michael OโConnell - Finspan Guy @anarchytabletop.bsky.social Anarchy Game Studio is a Seattle-based father-son team that makes tabletop boardgames that spark conversation and inspire creativity:
anarchygamestudio.com
I am Michael. Co-designer of Finspan. Once wrote and published comics. Adoptee. Neurodivergent.
Andrew Fischer @afischergames.bsky.social Game design director at Earthborne Games. Lead designer on the Cosmere RPG. Other credits include Fallout, Star Wars RPG, Mansions of Madness, Journeys in Middle-earth. http://andrewfischergames.com He/him
Eric Dittmore @ericdittmore.bsky.social Teacher
Tabletop game designer
DittmoreDesigns.com
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
@imbenng.bsky.social @imbenng.bsky.social 
Jon Simantov @jonsimantov.bsky.social helloyellow: Voice chat for #Playdate โข helloyellow.app
Cranky Cove โข crankycove.com
Game designer of: Liberation, Vamp on the Batwalk, Draught Trick
@videogameworkers.bsky.social member
๐ข Staff SWE @ PlayStation (SIE)
he/him โข ๐ค๐ฉถ๐ค๐โค๏ธโพ โข ๐ NYer in CA
Brian Games McKay @briangamesmckay.bsky.social Designer of Pocket Paragons and the Massive-Verse Fighting Card Game. Posts about tabletop design, Taco Bell, Pepper Dog, ๐, other nonsense | he/him
John Brieger ๐ GenCon @johnbrieger.bsky.social Studio Head & Board Game Developer at Brieger Creative. BizDev at Solis Games Studio.
https://briegercreative.com
Eliot Miller | he/they ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ @itszebulon.bsky.social Co-founder Golden Gate Gamemakers 501(c)(3)
Discord Mod for The Zone RPG
Views and opinions are my own.
๐ซ No Ai ever
I make games sometimes ๐
https://www.patreon.com/rulersRPG
Matt Leacock @mattleacock.bsky.social Game Designer known for cooperative games including Pandemic, Forbidden Island, and Daybreak
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/
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
Kai W. @ziongg.bsky.social โ๏ธ Design board games and drink flat whites
๐ Draw comics for kinroku.bsky.social
Hendrik is writing an ashcan about nuns @napel.itch.io I design tabletop games from my apartment in the Netherlands. (he/them)
Subscribe to my newsletter: https://buttondown.email/hendriktennapel
The Hearth Magazine (1/167) ๐๐๐ค๐ค @thehearthmag.bsky.social Bi-monthly TTRPG Magazine from Prairie Dragon Press! Issue #5 coming end of August! Subscribe: https://ko-fi.com/prairiedragonpress/shop
Single Issues: https://rpg-trader.com/creator/52/prairie-dragon-press
Business Contact: thehearthmagazine@gmail.com
Duwamish @poilu.bsky.social History buff, former public servant. Long-time fan of wargames and other conflict simulations. Enjoy travel, learning languages, and other cultures.
#NoKings
Hethwill @hethwill.eurosky.social Wargames hobbyist, conflicts history and age of sail aficionado.
Blog @ wargamercoffeebreak.com
James Keith @chumblespuzz.bsky.social Board game enthusiast and film nerd.
Frederic Heath-Renn @flahr.bsky.social Bad jokes & bad opinions about music & gaming. Consider muting #TOTP. He/him.
nic tringali @nictringali.bsky.social game? designer??
Amberspire ~ s.team/a/3350750
The Banished Vault ~ s.team/a/2341070
design diaries, newsletter ~ lunardivision.net/
blogs ~ blog.enceledean.com
analog games ~ enceledean.itch.io
design chats ~ paperlabyrinths.com
a they in Chicago
Joe @joecomotive.bsky.social occasional co-host for The Train Rush, an infrequent outlet of train game media
https://thetrainrush.com/
Resonym - Phantom Ink: Arcana available in stores! @resonym.com Resonym is a tabletop publishing studio. We craft games that resonate.
Avant Carde | Glitch Squad | Retrograde | Phantom Ink | Surrealist Dinner Party I Phantom Ink: Arcana
Mary Flanagan @criticalplay.bsky.social artist/player/gamedesigner/futurista/factotum/nemophilist making things
writer of books essays stories poems code
founder of the publishing house @Resonym | founder of Tiltfactor @Dartmouth College
Frank Lantz @flantz.bsky.social game designer 
Tarn Adams @toadyone.bsky.social 
Zeno Rogue @zenorogue.bsky.social roguelikes, mathematics, non-Euclidean geometry
HyperRogue (non-Euclidean roguelike), RogueViz, ZenoRogue (non-Euclidean visualization) on YouTube, Hydra Slayer (math roguelike).
Andy Nealen @nealen.bsky.social game creator and scholar, artist and music maker, computer scientist, architect, engineer, professor @ USC, co-host of https://secretlives.games/. He/him.
Pippin Barr ๐ค @pippinbarr.bsky.social Game maker. Writer. Associate Professor of Computation Arts at Concordia University in Montrรฉal. Ways of Playing.
https://pippinbarr.com
https://waysofplaying.games
sincerely, rob dubbin @robdubbin.bsky.social utility clown
writer & game developer & he/they
games @brainfruit.bsky.social
proprietor @ https://roblemsolving.com
cohost @secretlivesofgames.bsky.social
tools @ https://scripto.live
previously @ colbert
av by @garrett.bsky.social
banner by john hwang
Lucas Pope @dukope.bsky.social Game developer. Mars After Midnight, Return of the Obra Dinn, Papers Please, Republia Times, Helsing's Fire, Mightier, etc.
Mike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social AI and creativity researcher (not that kind of AI) at King's College London. I make things that make things. I also livecode, design games and wrote https://linktr.ee/next_level
http://www.possibilityspace.org | they/he/any
Robert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social gay artist, game dev // website: https://debacle.us // auckland, aotearoa new zealand
just released Radiator Forever, a gay game collection: https://radiator.debacle.us
making Tryhard, a gay rugby RPG: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3443270/Tryhard/
Terry Cavanagh @terrycavanaghgames.com mostly cat pictures
He/him
loren schmidt @lorenschmidt.bsky.social i make art, mostly with computers. currently working on an open world RPG with roguelike roots and an experimental bent. cat mom. she / her or they / them.
Michael Brough @smestorp.bsky.social good wizard
Antoine Bauza @toinito.bsky.social ๐ฒI design boardgames (7 Wonders ๐ Hanabi๐Tokaido๐พTakenoko๐ผGhost Stories๐ป...) & publish some occasionally (@playpunk.bsky.socialโฌ)โ๏ธSometime, I write stuff โ๏ธTtrpg enthusiast๐ฅNeed to play padel more oftenโฆ Also :๐ฎโ๏ธ๐ฅ๐๐ฑ๐ฑ
Tabletop Game Designers Association @ttgda.bsky.social Official account of the Tabletop Game Designers Association. More information at ttgda.org
Corey Konieczka @psycorey.bsky.social On a break from designing boardgames to pursue other creative ambitions such as writing books and making indie videogames.