Prototyping Games @prototyping.games Visit https://prototyping.games and find the next event that will help bring your board game idea to life!
Good Time Hat 🔜 Gateway 2026 @goodtimehat.bsky.social Board game maker in the Seattle area.
Get a copy of Overgrown today at https://goodtimehat.com/overgrown#BuyNow
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
Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social writer for hire. bylines at Vulture, Slate, The Ringer, and Vanity Fair. movies and tv and games and books and
drop me a line: jriverawrites@proton.me
Brendy_C @brendyc.bsky.social Writer, journalist, and co-founder of PC games blog Jank.
Visit: jank.cool | Follow: @jank.cool
Prev bylines at Rock Paper Shotgun, IGN, PC Gamer, Edge, Eurogamer.
Narrative for: Cataclismo, Creatures of Ava, and Moonlighter 2.
Jank @jank.cool The first good website about PC games. https://www.jank.cool/
aoma @aomamao.bsky.social ▲ Lowpoly ■ Pixel art
I dont do commissions
Ostmoderne @ostmoderne.bsky.social Documenting the concrete, mosaics, and murals of the GDR. An archive of East German Kunst am Bau & socialist modernism.
📷 Original photography unless otherwise indicated.
Alt account @digitalcosmonaut.com
Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com Materialist Videogames Industry Critic │ Author of "Everything To Play For" (Verso Books) with 7 translations
Bylines Vice, Guardian, Kotaku etc.
Bikes, Post-rock, Adorno, Gramsci, Antifascism, Anarcho-Syndicalism, Lust, Negronis 🍸🏴
marijamdid.com
Sticky Doodler @stickydoodler.bsky.social I make games that spark imagination and empathy. I also promote tabletop game designers based in the DMV ♦️🎲 (DC-MD-VA).
爸爸 to Big Sticky and Li'l Doodler. He/他/any.
https://stickydoodler.itch.io/
Esper Board Game Studio @esperbgs.bsky.social An independent team located in Tokyo creating original board games. 東京を拠点にオリジナルのボードゲームを制作しています。 #Jisogi #Eldertide #Fomo
www.esper.games
Indieventure: A Podcast About Indie Games @indieventurepodcast.co.uk Join three friends as they embark on an adventure to discover the best indie games ⚔️ 💫 Hosted by @greenlady17.bsky.social, @rachelwatts.bsky.social, and @sevenoutoften.co.uk ✨️🏳️🌈
Episodes released fortnightly!
Tyler Glaiel @tylerglaiel.com Programmer / Game Designer. Closure, The End is Nigh, Bombernauts, The Basement Collection, Succubox, Fracuum, Aether, and more! Current Project: Mewgenics!
tylerglaiel.com
Fight in a Box @fightinabox.bsky.social We believe in laughter & storytelling! We make indie board games. Twin Cities publisher celebrating diversity in gaming 🏳️🌈.
ered @ered.bsky.social self-published author under pen name P.M. Laine. https://www.pmlaine.com/
Z @odddicegames.bsky.social I make tabletop games. I live in BC.
I post whatever I want to, I’m sorry.
she/her
Hawk and Dove Games @hawkanddovegames.bsky.social Tabletop design, development, and publishing. Focused on historical and wargames.
https://www.hawkanddovegames.com/
Grumpy Spider Games @grumpyspidergames.bsky.social A small tabletop games publisher focused on lightweight games the whole family can enjoy!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/grumpy-spider-games/pencil-book-quest
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
Ross Cowman @rosscowman.bsky.social 🛠 Owner: heartofthedeernicorn.com
📜 Designer: #fallofmagic ❤️ #bffrpg ❄️ #cityofwinter 👑 #lichlords
📣 President: Tabletop Game Alliance of Washington State
📷: Barham Lashley w/ Emma Juncosa
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 :🎮☕️🥋🌈🐱🐱
Quinns @itsquinns.bsky.social Writer & presenter for Quinns Quest & People Make Games. quinnsquest.quintinsdomain@gmail.com
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.
Soren Johnson @sorenjohnson.bsky.social Founder of MohawkGames. Designer of Civ 3, Civ 4, Dragon Age Legends, Offworld Trading Company, and Old World. Still a Mouth Breather.
Buried Giant Studios @buriedgiantstudios.bsky.social Beautiful, interactive board games with expressive systems, emergent gameplay, and player-centered storytelling. 🎲 Oath: New Foundations 📜 Arcs: Beyond the Reach 🚀
Edd Coates | Game UI Database @eddcoates.bsky.social 🎮 Game UI/UX Designer (Freelance)
🎨 Creator of http://gameuidatabase.com
📘 Author of The Game UI Bible with Lost in Cult!
🎭 BAFTA Member
🏆 Future Class 23, GDH Design Hero 21, Guinness World Record Holder
🎵 Composer on Piece By Piece by Gamkat
Adriaan @adriaan.games Director at Hidden Folks (https://hiddenfolks.com).
Game designer of many games (https://adriaan.games).
Usability contributor for the Godot Engine.
Organizer & investor at https://midgame.fund.
Rocío Tomé @rothiotome.bsky.social 🥔 1/2 of Patattie Games - Developed Wax Heads
GameDevHero Programming award '26 · Godot Avocado · Clinical Psychologist · Co-founder of Femdevs · Former DSE at Unity
Twitch Partner: twitch.tv/RothioTome
http://linktr.ee/RothioTome
Murray Somerwolff @patattiemurray.bsky.social He/Him
1/2 of Patattie Games (art/design/writing)
Made Wax Heads (out now on Steam / Switch / PS5 / Xbox)
Now working on: 👀👀👀👀
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2769240/Wax_Heads/?beta=1
Father of Twins
https://murraysomerwolff.com
Sheng Lam @8bitwizard.bsky.social freelance concept artist | Firewalk Studios, Funcom, Netflix, Sloclap, Valve, DON'T NOD, Fun Dog, CIG
print shop: blueduckleaf.com
artstation.com/shenglam
https://www.instagram.com/8bitwizard/
Simon Hintermann @aurumek.bsky.social • Homesick for a world that never existed. 🌿
• creating my fantasy island world world "Argenta" 🍃
• Art prints and original watercolors available 🌱
https://linktr.ee/Aurumek
Jerry Belich @jerrytron.com he/him - senior narrative/content designer @ Squanch Games | creative tech making award-winning escape rooms & alt ctrl games, Choosatron, MFA in experience design, ping me for design/hacker/maker stuff - https://jerrytron.com/projects
Rocky Mullet @rockymullet.bsky.social Please wishlist my survival citybuilder Storm Settlers !
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3230560/Storm_Settlers/
https://www.youtube.com/c/RockyMulletGamedev
https://discord.gg/qp9u9dmXYG
AP Thomson @apthomson.bsky.social https://store.steampowered.com/app/2364580/Titanium_Court/
Glasgow Independent Games Festival @glasgowindiegamesfest.org Bringing the best indie games to Glasgow ⋆｡°✩
. ݁₊⊹ July 11-12 2026 ⊹₊ ݁.
📍BAaD
https://glasgowindiegamesfest.org/links/
Nathalie Lawhead @alienmelon.bsky.social i make experimental games, net-art, software ~Tetrageddon, Everything is going to be OK, Electric Zine Maker, BlueSuburbia…
🔥 http://tetrageddon.com
🦄 http://unicornycopia.com
🐘 alienmelon@mastodon.social
🌈 they/them ⭐️🦜
✅ all work completely human made
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
Raahat Kaduji 🌿 @raahatkaduji.bsky.social Illustrator, picture book maker, and woodland dweller from the UK. I’m rep’d by Thao Le. Shop is open! Patreon, Website and more below:
🍄 linktr.ee/raahatkaduji
💌 hello@raahatkaduji.com
Est Florane @estflorane.bsky.social Concept artist & illustrator | EN/中文 🇨🇦 | Color, light & nature 🌷🎨
https://linktr.ee/estflorane
Alariko @alariko.bsky.social a failed art account 24 A dude. I do sell prints, please DO NOT contact me about nft stuff thanks. alariko771@gmail.com
Holly Gramazio @hollygramazio.bsky.social Writing, game design, etc. Adelaide, London. Wrote a novel called “The Husbands”.
book: https://lnk.to/thehusbands
newsletter: https://buttondown.email/holly
info: http://hollygramazio.net
ig: https://www.instagram.com/holly_gramazio/
pic: Diana Patient
Bea Livesey-Stephens @soupdragonbea.bsky.social researching disability and TTRPG safety tools forever and ever | also still a linguist | @gameassistyt.bsky.social | @TakeThis.org Accelerate Fellow '25 | @IGDAFoundation.org Grantee | pan-accessibility dreamer | crip and proud | she/her
trying gal @naceallabug.bsky.social leath phríobháideach. semi private.
Jeff Grisenthwaite @jeffgrisenthwaite.bsky.social Board game designer
🇮🇹 Positano
🔮 Soothsayers
🦊 Outfox the Fox
🍌 Monkey Mayhem
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
Mads @madsfs.bsky.social Primarily a programmer, though very generalised skillset in terms of game development.
Blog: https://mads.blog/
Resume: https://www.hiremads.today/
Portfolio: https://www.madsmakes.games/
@redravengames.bsky.social @redravengames.bsky.social 
MS_GROUP @sysmainframe.bsky.social 
Nifflas @nifflas.bsky.social Game developer and adaptive music specialist
nifflas.itch.io
Jason Anarchy 🔜 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
Adam Bontrager @adambontrager.bsky.social IxD, Game 🎲✂️ and Puzzle Designer ✏️🧩 (Sunome Puzzles), Dad, He/Him
https://sunomepuzzles.com
patreon.com/sunomepuzzles
Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social Friendly neighborhood game dev (he/him)
📙 Wrote How to Make a Video Game All By Yourself: https://www.amazon.com/How-Make-Video-Game-Yourself/dp/1736576208/
🐷 Working on Pixel Washer: https://playacclaim.com/pixel-washer/
Rick @rickso.bsky.social Dutch indie game dev. I made Cat Cafe Manager, and am making a sequel now!
Joe Baxter-Webb @indiegameclinic.bsky.social Indie Game Clinic on YouTube 〰️ Podcasts: One More Run! + The Game Developers’ Library 〰️ currently writing “Game Design for Indie Devs” while developing “Golem Gourmet” 〰️ (he/him/they/them) 🍽️ https://store.steampowered.com/app/4209800/Golem_Gourmet/
Rogue @rogue.site A video game website run by humans.
Absurdist Productions ➡️ 🎆 MiracleCon 🎇 @absurdistprod.bsky.social We are a small independent game development studio out of Oklahoma City, consisting of two guys with a dream and an eye for the absurd.
https://www.absurdistproductions.com/
nic tringali @nictringali.bsky.social game? designer??
Forget Starlight releasing soon. currently ???.
Amberspire, The Banished Vault, and others, formerly of Bithell Games. Blog at blog.enceledean.com, analog games at enceledean.itch.io, design podcast at paperlabyrinths.com.
they
Jillian Schumacher @jillianschumacher.bsky.social Ex fashion designer turned nerd | MBA Candidate | Marketing Manager for Brotherwise Games | Contact me at jillian@brotherwisegames.com | Opinions are my own
Board Game Beans @boardgamebeans.com We’re a couple of beans (Joana 🇵🇹 and Christian 🇸🇪) making and sharing board game related content.
#BoardGames
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@BoardGameBeans
RossyDoesDrawings (commissions open) @rossydoesdrawings.bsky.social I like doing drawings of fairytale and fantasy things.
Commissions are open
He/Him
My Patreon has a special drawing each month!
https://www.patreon.com/c/Rossydoesdrawings
Abigail Larson @abigaillarson.com Illustrator, character designer, concept artist, draws a lot of ladies and monsters. Won a Hugo.
Netflix, WB, Disney Books, WotC, Penguin, Macmillan, Hachette
Torino 🇮🇹
Rep: Alison Mann
⟣ She/Her ⟢
⟣ Prints, patreon, merch: abigaillarson.com ⟢
⟣ No GenAI ⟢
Tom Brewster @tombrewster.bsky.social 🍐 SU&SD 🍐 / kinda on hiatus
Auf den Tisch! @aufdentisch1.bsky.social Hier für meinen YouTube-Kanal "Auf den Tisch!" mit allem rund um Brettspiele und Sammelleidenschaft ✌️
https://www.youtube.com/c/AufdenTisch
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
Scandinavian101 @scandinavian101.bsky.social He/him | art sometimes
302.0
Hannah Nicklin @hannahnicklin.bsky.social 15+ years of writing, game & narrative design. Recently worked on: Black Mirror: Thronglets; Saltsea Chronicles; Mutazione. Prev. Creative Director of gutefabrik.com. Author of writingfor.games. PhD in play as anti-capitalist practice. Bike person.
Neon Deutschland @neondeutschland.bsky.social Germany’s finest neon.
A project of @berlintypography.bsky.social
Freddie Makes Monsters @fsvdesign.bsky.social Maker of weird little monsters and board games.
You may be interested in finding out more: www.fsvdesign.com
Magnus Karlsson @magnusuptime.bsky.social I design board games because it is fun and the people in the hobby are supernice! Zoomies is released, Where is that? and The plank are on its way!
joey schutz @joeyschutz.bsky.social game designer | professor | boshi's place
my games live their humble little lives out here: https://jamschutz.itch.io/
Godot Engine @godotengine.org Your free, open-source game engine 🎮🛠️
Develop your 2D & 3D games, cross-platform projects, or even XR ideas!
🔗 https://links.godotengine.org/
Noppy @thomasnoppers.com Illustrator on Halls of Teknor.
Previously: Lethal league, Skatebird, Escapists, Penarium.
He/Him
https://ko-fi.com/toppynoppy
Jon Neimeister @andantonius.bsky.social Artist / Musician
Game Dev
He/Him 🌈
Albert Pinilla @albertpinilla.bsky.social Illustrator 🎨 https://www.albertpinilla.com/ , and board game designer and publisher 🎲 https://www.julibert.com/
Ecosfera 🌳 We Can Play 💪🏽
Upcoming releases:
Ecosfera Baltica 🐟 Honey Queen 🐝
#freepalestine 🍉 ☮️
Always Awake Games (Connor) 🔜 Pax West @connor.alwaysawake.games Board game designer, illustrator and indie publisher
Store: https://www.alwaysawake.games/
Joseph Z Chen 🔜 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/
Kai W. @ziongg.bsky.social ☀️ Design board games and drink flat whites
🌙 Draw comics for kinroku.bsky.social
Kate Killick (Glowfrog Games) @katekillick.bsky.social Game designer / founder at Glowfrog Games. Making cosy scrapbooking game Pieced Together - out now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2891370/Pieced_Together/
BAFTA winner. Freelance designer.
Zamgspielt (Martin) @zamgspielt.bsky.social 
Ross Thompson @itsrossthompson.bsky.social Often found playing games, painting miniatures, travelling to conventions and hitting friends with sticks | he/him
Alistair Aitcheson & Mademoiselle Cafetière @agaitcheson.bsky.social 🎭 Let's get creative together, on a stage!
✨ Drag clown and videogame programmer
🎈 Interactive artmaking + playful theatre
http://alistair.games
http://twitch.tv/agAitcheson
Reich der Spiele @reichderspiele.bsky.social Reich der Spiele - Online-Magazin zum Thema Gesellschaftsspiele
https://www.reich-der-spiele.de/impressum
Sos "Buy Lazy Kickers" Sosowski @sosowski.bsky.social I make bad games.
Miziziziz @miziziziz.deeproot.dev mediocre game developer with an inflated ego
Deeproot.dev
Youtube.com/miziziziz
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
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/
Laurie O'Connel (is looking for ttrpg work (in Dublin)) @laurieoc.bsky.social No-one of consequence.
Twelvepinspress.com
patreon.com/TwelvePinsPress
Molleindustria FUTURE? NO THANKS! DEMO OUT @molleindustria.org Paolo Pedercini - Game maker, professor at Carnegie Mellon University. My employer has many, often contradicting, views. Currently making Future? No Thanks!
he/him
Aymeric Kevin @aymerickevin.bsky.social Production Designer | ARCANE S1 | ACROSS THE SPIDERVERSE | PINGPONG the Animation ピンポン | Kick♡Heart | Space☆Dandy | Shishigari | Muttson&Royce
https://www.instagram.com/aymeric_kevin/profilecard/?igsh=MTMzeTAxZmUyODIwaw==
Max Games Seidman @max.resonym.com Game Designer and Publisher - Co-designs: Phantom Ink, Avant Carde, Surrealist Dinner Party, Mechanica, Visitor in Blackwood Grove. He/They. Https://maxgamesseidman.com
Amber @esisgm.bsky.social she/her
Teacher 🦋
Board Game Designer 🎲 www.playlamplight.com @playlamplight.bsky.social
Stu Teacher @stuteacher.bsky.social Artist, dog-lover, and avid reader.
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
🏷️ #ReviewDeJoguinho
Exeunt Press 💀🎲 @exeunt.press Creator of the ENNIE-nominated Exclusion Zone Botanist. Writer at Skeleton Code Machine: https://www.skeletoncodemachine.com 💀 #MÖRKTOBER
🩻 Get TUMULUS: tumulus.exeunt.press
🎲 Buy printed games: shop.exeunt.press
👀 Behind the scenes: omnes.exeunt.press
Hilk @hilk.bsky.social Boardgame enthusiast. My not-too-active gaming blog is at https://lidude.net.
Brettspiel-Enthusiast. Mein nicht mehr sehr aktives Blog ist hier: https://lidude.net.
"Der Drude am Dienstag": https://www.instagram.com/toppspiele?igsh=cHZ0cnZ1Nm1tY3Vn
Anomander @anomander.bsky.social Boardgames (design, ❤️ trick-taking), Breadmaking, Mead & Fruit Wines, Science, Environment, Woke, Sweary, Lefty, Atheist, Politics, Sci-fi, Books, 80's music, Black Humour.
Retired Tree-changer living a hermit life in Anaiwan country. 316.79ppm 🎲🃏🐨🦎🐵🌳🥖🍺🍷♻️🍉
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 |
Tylor Kovray @tylorkovray.bsky.social Half of a couple who loves to play board games!
🇨🇦👬🦦📸😎🎮⛳️🏐🏳️🌈
Logistics, Operations, Sales and Finance
YES… I love numbers 🥰😅
Katelyn Summers✨ @heykatelyn.bsky.social Graphic Designer for the Tabletop Industry! she/her. All opinions shared here are my own 🎲🏳️🌈 heykatelyn.com