Jaffles @jaffles-gaming.bsky.social Hey I'm Jaina! Board game enthusiast, aspiring designer, and occasional content creator.
https://linktr.ee/jaffles_gaming?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=6ed5e57b-0ca7-4105-9bfa-8c11e62e6f50
🏳️⚧️ she/her
Adam Bates @abates.bsky.social 
Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social Political science PhD student. Former starfish. World’s third best Bigfoot colonial governance simulation expert. Trans. She/her
Not actually a Teen Titan or neocon.
Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social A nerd at large. Writer of stuff.
Join my sci-fi book club:
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nerd humor • space & sci fi • books
Janet Bufton 🍁🌻 @janetbufton.ca Canadian mum, 3D liberal in Babylon
Writing collected at janetbufton.ca
Co-founder, theILS.ca. Contributing fellow @Liberalism.org
diversity dynamism democracy Detroit Lions
G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com i write the data-driven politics newsletter Strength In Numbers: gelliottmorris.com/welcome
pollster: https://wavepolling.com
book: wwnorton.com/books/Strength-in-Numbers
polls/forecasts: @fiftyplusone.news
formerly 538 & The Economist
Jon Ronson @jonronson.bsky.social THE CASTLE! Things Fell Apart, Debutante, 🦋 Effect, Okja, Shamed, Frank, Psychopath📋, Kubricks 📦, Lost at 🌊, 🧔🏼😶🐐, Them Jonronson.com
Dungeon Crawler Matt @mattdinniman.bsky.social I write books. I play bass. I have dogs. 
EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social https://emily613.substack.com/
Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org Editor in Chief, @lawfaremedia.org
Senior Fellow, Brookings
Author, #DogShirtDaily
Host, #DogShirtTV
Purveyor of mischief.
Harasser of Russian diplomats worldwide.
Nicole Hemmer @pastpunditry.bsky.social Historian of conservatism, media, and the presidency at Vanderbilt. Author of PARTISANS & MESSENGERS OF THE RIGHT. Cohost of @thisdaypod.com from Radiotopia. Frequently posting on IG stories @pastpundit
No Pun Included @nopunincluded.com Proudly independent board game reviewers.
https://youtube.com/nopunincluded
Playing Bridge on the sidewalk
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
@tadwilliams.bsky.social @tadwilliams.bsky.social 
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net I post long threads. Writer (sf novels, etc); blogger (pluralistic.net); activist (eff.org). Latest book: "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI" Buy my books (DRM-free!) at craphound.com/shop.
Dr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com Historian of storytellers.
18th century to today & beyond.
J.W.Liles Prof of English
Words: Polygon (RIP), LARB, etc
Next book: THE ACTUAL HISTORY OF ACTUAL PLAY (MIT)
(#TTRPG digital storytelling performance)
(free) patreon.com/ecfriedman
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
James Wallis @jameswallis.bsky.social Game designer (co-created SE!ZE with Charles Leclerc), publisher, teacher, critic, writer, player. FRSA.
For my games, books, podcast, journalism, game design workshops, lectures, trade bodies &c., check my linktree https://linktr.ee/james.wallis
Allyson Shortle @shortle.bsky.social OU Prof & Director of Grad Studies, Political Science; Community engagement+ experiments lab (CEEL); co-author of The Everyday Crusade: Christian Nationalism in American Politics (2022, Cambridge Uni Press).
Stephanie Wang @sweiwang.bsky.social immigrant, behavioral/experimental economics
mostly films, occasionally brains, games, and CCSC (Chinese Culinary Superiority Complex)
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.
Matt Leacock @mattleacock.bsky.social Game Designer known for cooperative games including Pandemic, Forbidden Island, and Daybreak
Trevor Benjamin @trevormbenjamin.bsky.social Game designer / inventor.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/90410/trevor-benjamin
David Thompson @djackthompson.bsky.social Mental health awareness advocate. Down syndrome advocate. Game designer.
Jocelyn Kearney @joceplays.com Host of The Gamers' Inn Podcast. Twitch partner. Mom to a cat, two dogs, a mini-me, and a Discord chat.
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
Eric Lang @ericlang.bsky.social Game designer. Radical optimist.
Play is essential. he/him
BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social The world’s leading source of industry news and analysis for board game professionals. Got a story? An anonymous tip? DM or email Mike Didymus-True on mike@boardgamewire.com
El Çid @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social Writer, editor, historian, commentator, philosopher, podcaster and poet; I like soccer & literature too....AV Editor & Contributing Editor for @LiberalCurrents.com & contributing writer all over.
Signal: TRN.42
https://linktr.ee/T.Richard.Nelson
dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social linguist, discourse/pragmatics
podcaster @halftheanswer.bsky.social
author & associate editor at liberalcurrents.com
singer with the Wild Lilacs
https://www.instagram.com/thewildlilacs?igsh=MXJqOXZ6NHpoOXRrYg==
she/they
substantively unserious
Pete @petewiss.bsky.social Midwesterner, teacher, gamer, and designer in St. Louis, MO.
Also a host on the Decision Space podcast!
Warren Throckmorton @wthrockmorton.bsky.social Buy now: The Christian Past That Wasn't. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0FCCCP71V
Check out the podcast series, The Christian Past That Wasn't https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/telling-jefferson-lies/id1720424853
The American Tabletop Awards @theattas.bsky.social The American Tabletop Awards is a yearly juried award celebrating the best board games has to offer. Usually announced in April.
Play great games!
gita “the formalist” jackson @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social im gita
they/them
cofounder of aftermath.site
Level Up For Romance! coming in 2027
gita@aftermath.site
Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social Board game writer. Words on IGN, GamesRadar, Senet and many others. There will be puns.
Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social ISW is a policy research organization focused on U.S. national security. Email: press@understandingwar.org. For more: https://linktr.ee/understandingwar
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 🚀
CMYK @cmyk.games The game studio behind Wavelength, Monikers, Hot Streak, Magical Athlete, and more!
Find us at cmyk.games
Greater Than Games @greaterthangames.bsky.social Greater Than Games is a board and card game publisher dedicated to creating great games!
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.
@smirkanddagger.bsky.social @smirkanddagger.bsky.social We create games that cause a stir! The best boardgames are those that leave you with memorable moments at the table!
https://www.smirkanddagger.com/
Roxley Games @roxley.bsky.social Roxley’s unending quest is to conquer minds with the most innovative, addictive, beautiful, polished, replayable games you’ll experience!
Brotherwise Games @brotherwisegames.bsky.social Brotherwise Games is the indie board game & TTRPG publisher bringing you Boss Monster, Call to Adventure, Adulthood, and the Cosmere RPG!
Flatout Games @flatoutgames.bsky.social Board Game Design and Publishing Collaborative. #Calico #Cascadia #Verdant #FitToPrint #Nocturne #KnittingCircle #PointSalad #PointCity #PointGalaxy #Propolis. Molly, Robb and most posts by Shawn.
Wehrlegig Games @wehrlegig.games Publishing beautiful history board games.
Pax Pamir ✧ John Company ✧ Molly House
linktr.ee/wehrlegig
R. Eric Reuss @rericreuss.bsky.social Game Designer & Dad. Best known for Spirit Island.
He/him. Black Lives Matter. Trans Rights are Human Rights. Also on ohai.social/@REricReuss (Mastodon), but here more.
My website: https://rericreuss.com/
David Roberts @volts.wtf I run a newsletter/podcast called Volts about clean energy & politics. Subscribe & join the community at http://volts.wtf!
Peter McPherson ⏭️ PAX U @peterlmcpherson.bsky.social Board game designer: Tiny Towns, Wormholes, and Fit to Print. Rulebook writer.
He/him - Upstate NY
Upcoming releases:
Lodge
Antiquarians
Mortar & Hustle
petermcpherson.com
Discord playtest server: https://discord.gg/hvSuTk3XJF
🥧 suzanne 🥧 @425suzanne.bsky.social tabletop games + app games + pie + AsAm Adoptee + She/Her = ruining games one skeet at a time. as seen on History's The Toys That Built America. hates puns - but in a fun way. @saltandsass.bsky.social. i keep 3 things: secrets, promises, and grudges.
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
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
Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social Author of fantasy novels.
Refugee from https://twitter.com/DjangoWexler
My stuff at https://djangowexler.com/
AM @tinybatparty.bsky.social 🌩️ Do not perceive me
Dire Wolf @direwolfdigital.com Independent developer and publisher of award-winning digital and tabletop games.
🐺 https://discord.gg/direwolfdigital
🐺 http://www.direwolfdigital.com- T Away @tznkai.bsky.social This account is no longer actively monitored.
River_Tam @rivertam.bsky.social Managing Director of Single Family Housing Inventory at BlackRock. God forbid a woman collect things.
Liz Davidson @beyondsolitaire.bsky.social 🎲 Board Game Designer
📚 Historical Games
Creative Director at Leder Games
Come talk history, games, and culture with me:
YouTube.com/beyondsolitaire
Gina @perilinpink.bsky.social Whenwolf
Cole Wehrle @colewehrle.bsky.social Creative Director at Buried Giant Studios. Designer of Root, Oath, Arcs, and lots of historical games. Focuses on strategy games with strong emergent narratives and responsive systems. Voracious reader of just about anything I can get my hands on.
Lord of the Board @lordoftheboard.bsky.social https://youtube.com/Lordoftheboard
I like board games, and I make content surrounding them. Root is my favorite game 🦊🐭🐰He/Him
Tom Brewster @tombrewster.bsky.social 🍐 SU&SD 🍐 / kinda on hiatus
Leder Games @leder.games We are a spunky indie board game publisher with asymmetric tendencies. Saint Paul, MN | Our games: Vast, Root, Fort, and Ahoy! www.ledergames.com
allison steele, organic human person @trulyaliem.bsky.social game systems designer by day, crazy cat lady by night. i have definitely worked on games you've heard of. i probably still do.
american. native seattleite. fan of constitutional rights, due process, and democracy. she/her.
🏳️🌈😷🐈🐈🏃♀️🎮
Stephen Buonocore, “The Podfather of Gaming” @podfathergaming.bsky.social Game industry veteran, entrepreneur, game media personality, and vocal enthusiast of the hobby game industry.
Host of the long-running game industry podcast, Board Games Insider.
Chairman, Play to Z
Board, World Series of Board Gaming
Ann Leckie @annleckie.com Author of the award-winning Ancillary Justice. Lives in St Louis.
Jason K Pargin, author @jasonkpargin.bsky.social Author of John Dies at the End, formerly David Wong of Cracked.com fame 
Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social Fmr FBI Special Agent, lawyer, @JacksonYale. Tiger(ish) mom. Legal and national security analyst. Editor @just_security. Steam mop influencer. Views mine.
https://asharangappa.substack.com
Al Yankovic @alyankovic.bsky.social You know... the weird one.
Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com Founder and Publisher of Liberal Currents
liberalcurrents.com
Signal profile adamgurri.41
Threads handle adamgurri
Mae 💙❤️💛 - 👻🫐🖖🏻🎈🪲 @maeden.bsky.social Cosplayer • photographer • multimedia artist
Bi • single • colorfully morbid
27 - she/her • PG13 content
Big fan of OCxCanon / self insert / rare pairs
https://linktr.ee/maedencosplay
Wil Wheaton ❌👑 @wilwheaton.net New York Times bestselling author and audiobook narrator.
Host of It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton
Retired Starfleet officer.
Husband, father, Traveler.
Nazi punks fuck off.
Grimdark Magazine @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social Get knee-deep in SFF grit with Grimdark Magazine.
Subscribe (print, ezine, video stories): https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/subscriptions/
Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social Senior Correspondent at Vox covering the crisis of global democracy. Author of The Reactionary Spirit, a book on that topic, and a '25-'26 distinguished visiting fellow at the University of Pennsylvania's Perry World House.
N. K. Jemisin @nkjemisin.bsky.social Writer. She/her.
Heavy Cardboard @heavycardboard.bsky.social The podcast & YouTube channel dedicated to the discussion & enjoyment of medium & heavy strategy board games, wargames, & 18XX! Made possible by The Herd.
Ken Liu @kyliu99.bsky.social SFF author, speaker, lawyer, programmer; rep by Russ Galen; The Dandelion Dynasty & “The Paper Menagerie"; latest: The Passing of the Dragon and Other Stories
Pittsburgh Scanner @pgh-scanner.com Two guys with a couple radios. Always listening to Pittsburgh Police/Fire/EMS. https://linktr.ee/pghscanner
Logan Cunningham @logancunningham.bsky.social Actor. VO at Supergiant Games (Hades, Pyre, Transistor, Bastion)
Mr. Beat @iammrbeat.bsky.social I'm Mr. Beat. I teach social studies, produce videos, and make music, often at the same time.
Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com Teacher, researcher, internationalist, republican.
tompepinsky.com
Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social Reporter at Bloomberg | co-host of Triple Click | New York Times bestselling author of Play Nice + Press Reset + Blood, Sweat, and Pixels | Email: jschreier@gmail.com | Signal: jschreier.10
Kevin Zollman @kevinzollman.com Philosophy and Game Theory 🦚 Research the interface between philosophy, economics, and biology 💱 www.kevinzollman.com
Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social NFL analyst at ESPN.
Inspirational Skeletor @skeletorinspires.bsky.social be inspired or be DESTROYED
@skeletor@mas.to
Mel Brooks @officialmelbrooks.bsky.social Writer, Director, Actor, Producer and failed Dairy Farmer.
www.melbrooks.com
Kyle Ferrin 🧙♂️✍️ @d20plusmodifier.bsky.social Illustrator, Game player, and friendly guy in general. he/him.
Eustace from OVER/UNDER
🌞✨Not currently taking commissions, sorry!✨🌝 KyleFerrin.bigcartel.com
Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social 
@lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social Aspiring philosopher; tolerable human; "amusing combination of sardonic detachment & literally all the feelings felt entirely unironically all at once" [he/his]
The UnPopulist @theunpopulist.net Defending liberal democracy against authoritarianism in the U.S. and around the world.
https://www.theunpopulist.net
Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social After teaching and writing about constitutional law for 50 yrs, it seemed time for me to reach beyond Harvard’s walls — to spread understanding and appreciation of the rule of law, of justice as fairness, and of a republic if we can keep it
Jeffrey Goldberg @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social Editor in chief, The Atlantic. Moderator, Washington Week with The Atlantic, on PBS.
Thomas L Friedman @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social New York Times Foreign Affairs Columnists and Author
Monica Lewinsky @monicalewinsky.bsky.social yeah, that one.
BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social Deputy editor at Foreign Policy, China nerd, gaming nerd, reads a lot. Never again a country without consequences.
jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
Send me your mutual aid requests.
Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com executive editor at liberal currents. neonliberal. she/her.
The Bulwark @thebulwark.com Political analysis and reporting free of tribal prejudices. Sign up for our newsletters here: https://thebulwark.com/subscribe
Guy Gavriel Kay @guygavrielkay.bsky.social Author, punster, baseball fan, whisky lover, cocktail maker. Limericks happen here. Written on the Dark now released in paperback, Canada, U.S., U.K. Print, ebook, audiobook.
Patrick Leder @patrickleder.bsky.social Owner and President of Leder Games. Spouse and father of 2 adorable humans. He/Him
sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social journalist and lawyer based in Portland, OR.