jay Dragon is sleepy @jdragsky.bsky.social 29 🌱 she/her 🌱 editorial director at Possum Creek, lead game designer at Steve Jackson Games, award-winning trans gay 🌱 wrote wanderhome, yazeba's b&b, seven part pact, and others
email: jay@sjgames.com
Thomas Cardwell @gameswell.shop 🎲 Indie board game designer
♦️ I run gameswell.shop with my amazing wife
🏔️ Original PNW and Texas games for playing cards
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. 🔋
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
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.
Shelf Stable Podcast 🔜 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.
No Pun Included @nopunincluded.com Proudly independent board game reviewers.
https://youtube.com/nopunincluded
Playing Bridge on the sidewalk
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
Z @odddicegames.bsky.social I make tabletop games. I live in BC.
I post whatever I want to, I’m sorry.
she/her
Dr. Walter Crist @waltros.bsky.social Archaeologist. Ancient Games. Syracuse Basketball. Cheese. Sneakers. Gay stuff. he/him
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.
Always Awake Games (Connor) 🔜 Pax West @connor.alwaysawake.games Board game designer, illustrator and indie publisher
Store: https://www.alwaysawake.games/
Matthew Dunstan @matthewdunstan.bsky.social Australian game designer and former research chemist. One half of Postmark Games. Expect science and game based posts! He/him.
Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MatthewDunstan
Mel @melbamo.bsky.social Nurse, board gamer, cyclist, and then some…
Matt Montgomery @matthew-montgomery.com Writing about board games and soccer. Building atproto-powered apps for fun.
https://www.donteatthemeeples.com
https://www.wasatch.soccer
https://www.mattmontgomery.dev
https://www.dailygame.space
https://www.dailyreads.space
Sam / ceefox @ceethefoxrun.bsky.social 30s | 🏳️🌈 he/him | 🎲 Board Games
🦊 Pretends to be a fox on the internet
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
Benny Sperling - Roll and Write Revolution @benny275.bsky.social Game designer/publisher, author, doer of things, dad, husband.
Twitter: @benny275
Jackson Pope // Eurydice Games @jacksonpope.bsky.social Gamer & maker. One half of @eurydicegames.bsky.social with Paul Willcox. Crafting encouragement at #CraftWednesday. he/him
www.eurydicegames.co.uk
Travis D. Hill, Ph.D. ☕️ @travisdhill.bsky.social Tabletop Game Design | Educational Psychologist | Equity & Justice through Education | Coffee, Zines, Cats | he/him
Games: presspot.games
Research: travisdhill.com
Jeff Grisenthwaite @jeffgrisenthwaite.bsky.social Board game designer
🇮🇹 Positano
🔮 Soothsayers
🦊 Outfox the Fox
🍌 Monkey Mayhem
Jonathan H. Liu @jonathanhliu.bsky.social Stay-at-home dad, reader, board gamer, GeekDad Senior Editor, Etch-a-Sketch artist.
https://geekdad.com/author/jonathanhliu/
https://www.instagram.com/jonathanhliu/
(he/him) Portland, Oregon
City Hare Studio 🔜 Essen SPIEL 2026 @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! 🏳️⚧️
https://cityhare.studio
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.
Happy Camper @happycampergames.bsky.social Bringing families closer together through games and other joys of face-to-face play. Proceeds benefit summer camp scholarships.
https://happycamper.games
SIGCSE Technical Symposium @sigcse-ts.bsky.social The Technical Symposium is SIGCSE's flagship conference. It has been held annually in February or March in North America since 1970.
They Might Be Giants @tmbg.bsky.social Official. Our LP The World is To Dig is here. Multi-night stands right now in Milwaukee Madison Kansas City St Paul Minneapolis Austin Dallas Houston Washington DC / NEW YEARS EVENTS in Montclair and New Haven! www TMBG com for detes and tickets.
W. Eric Martin | Board Game Beat @index.wericmartin.com.ap.brid.gy Board Game Beat post feed.
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W. Eric Martin @wericmartin.bsky.social Publisher and founder of Board Game Beat: independent board game news, reviews, essays, interviews, and more. Visit the site at https://www.wericmartin.com
Shannon Appelcline @shannonappelcline.bsky.social Author of the DESIGNERS & DRAGONS series of RPG histories, including THIS IS FREE TRADER BEOWULF: A SYSTEM HISTORY OF TRAVELLER. Science-fiction, fantasy, comic, and RPG fan. Currently working on Traveller and Call of Cthulhu history projects.
Emma Larkins @emmalarkins.bsky.social Board game designer - Starry Night Sky, Abandon All Artichokes, Squabblin Goblins, Epilogue, and more! she/her. PNW. Not free until we're all free. http://emmalarkins.com
David Spalinski @vawcer.bsky.social I like to make games!
Eric Wastl @was.tl Created http://adventofcode.com, http://compute-cost.com, http://anoik.is, http://was.tl/projects/; Principal Architect at https://acvauctions.com
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
Sai Beppu @saibep.bsky.social Japanese Boardgames Artworker
https://linktr.ee/sai_bep?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=e47e1f66-87d7-41fd-8d0f-47aef5d839
Jacob Bysshe Landrum @byssh3.bsky.social Enthusiasm Enthusiast. Big ol’ domino nerd.
Taylor Reiner @tricktaking.bsky.social My opinions are not mine alone, they also represent Baskin-Robbins Inc.
Raph Koster @raphkoster.bsky.social Videogames: ULTIMA ONLINE, STAR WARS GALAXIES, METAPLACE, STARS REACH (coming soon!), among others. Tabletop: WADDLE. Books: THEORY OF FUN, POSTMORTEMS, SUNDAY POEMS. Music: AFTER THE FLOOD. Also at @raphkoster@mastodon.gamedev.place
Protospiel Online 🚧 Next Dates TBD @protospielo.bsky.social Triannual #boardgames #playtesting convention on Discord+virtual tabletop. Welcoming #tabletop #gamedesign #boardgamecommunity 🤟🏻🤟🏽🏳️🌈🤟🏾🤟🏿
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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.
Sean Ross @seandavidross.bsky.social I make the card games I wish had always existed. (he/him)
https://www.patreon.com/seandavidross
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
itch.io @itch.io Open indie game marketplace and DIY game jam host
Account support? Email support@itch.io
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Daniel Solis @danielsolis.bsky.social NEW BOOK! Graphic Design for Board Games: https://www.routledge.com/Graphic-Design-for-Board-Games/Solis/p/book/9781032583365
Portfolio https://www.danielsolisgames.com
Patreon https://www.patreon.com/danielsolis
More https://linktr.ee/danielsolisdesign
Geoff Engelstein - The Universe Explained with Cookie out now! @gengelstein.bsky.social Boardgame enthusiast, podcaster, books: Building Blocks of Tabletop Game Design, Universe Explained with a Cookie games: Versailles 1919 and Super Skill Pinball. He/him
https://open.substack.com/pub/gametek
James Kyle @cooperateordie.bsky.social 
The Game Crafter @thegamecrafter.bsky.social The Game Crafter is the world’s first web-to-print game publisher. Create your own board game, card game, tarot deck, and playing cards through our print on demand service. https://www.thegamecrafter.com
Cardboard Edison @cardboardedison.com Board game design and tips for board game makers. cardboardedison.com
Connie @connievdc.bsky.social Board game designer & designer of Apiary & Wyrmspan. General nerd. Partner of @hexstardragon.bsky.social. Panders to cats. She/Her. Avatar from: https://paavilaisentaide.carrd.co/
Dominic Crapuchettes @dcrapuchettes.bsky.social Board game designer
Nature, Evolution, Oceans, Wits & Wagers, Say Anything
Founder of NorthStar Studio
Father, plays soccer, has dogs. Interested in artistic endeavors and the long arc of history.
Jeph Stahl @boardgamebrewer.bsky.social Board Game Designer http://shorturl.at/otK69 :
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Lego Sorter http://shorturl.at/kBEU9 :
Computer Engineer
Canoer
Dave Chalker @davethegame.bsky.social Game Designer:
🏎️ Thunder Road: Vendetta
🦈 Get Bit!
👑 Talisman: Alliances
🏠 Betrayal at House on the Hill 3e
💎 Thief's Market
👊 Sentinels Comics RPG
🔥 Heat
🎲 and more.
💍@qthecocker.bsky.social
VP of @unpub.org
he/him
Brett Myers @brettspiel.bsky.social Bluesky rhymes with brewski. Not in anyone’s starter pack.
Game Designer: THUNDER ROAD VENDETTA, Dual Powers: Revolution 1917, Rome: City of Marble, Blob Lobber and more!
he/him
Elizabeth Hargrave @elizhargrave.bsky.social Nature geek, feminist, board game designer (Wingspan 🪶, Tussie Mussie 💐, Mariposas 🦋, The Fox Experiment 🦊, Picky Pixie 🧚♀️, Undergrove 🍄, and Sanibel 🐚).
https://www.elizhargrave.com/
CooperJohn @cooperjohn.bsky.social 🚀NASA (retired, aperture science)
🎲game designer (The Gang, Homeworlds)
✒️poet (old forms, new embarrassments)
🏞️dendrophile (tree hugs, mushrumps)
👽sci-fi (hard, classic)
🧗climber (trees, rocks)
🍺trivia (poor memory, good times)
🏳️⚧️ pronouns (he/him)
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