Tom Brewster @tombrewster.bsky.social 🍐 SU&SD BOARDGAME GOBLIN
Hawk and Dove Games @hawkanddovegames.bsky.social Tabletop design, development, and publishing. Focused on historical and wargames.
https://www.hawkanddovegames.com/
MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com The fastest growing independent news network in the world. We cover breaking news, politics, law and more. We are unapologetically pro-democracy.
Game of Thrones: Dragonfire @gotdragonfire.bsky.social Game of Thrones: Dragonfire is now available worldwide! Download now: http://go.wbgames.com/PlayGoTDragonfire
Richard Lemarchand @rich-lem.bsky.social Former Naughty Dog Lead Game Designer, now a professor in the USC Games program. Wrote 'A Playful Production Process' for the MIT Press. He/him.
John Dickerson @jdickerson.bsky.social Reporter. Podcasts: Gabfest/Whistlestop/Navel Gazing. Contributor, The Atlantic. Author, The Hardest Job In the World: The American Presidency
Https://www.johndickerson.com
The Onion @theonion.com America’s Finest News Source. A @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social subsidiary.
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Rick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social Guidebook author, TV & radio host, business owner, Lutheran, and NORML Board Member. Fanatically positive and militantly optimistic.
Ranged Touch @rangedtouch.bsky.social Bespoke critical deep dives. JUST KING THINGS. HOMESTUCK MADE THIS WORLD. GAME STUDIES STUDY BUDDIES. other stuff. @ckunzelman.bsky.social @ztul.bsky.social and Danni too. www.rangedtouch.com
Paolo Mori @mropla.bsky.social Errant game designer and publisher
dannyodwyer @dannyodwyer.bsky.social maker of video game documentaries @noclip, alternative game coverage @noclip_2, selling out with style @SecretTape and F1 chat @shiftf1podcast. Irishman inside an American.
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org We’re organizing against this fascist regime the only way that actually works — with on-the-ground, volunteer-led, communities of people power: https://linktr.ee/indivisibleteam
muscular baby jeb lund @mobute.bsky.social Need a content writer? Award-winning columnist seen in Truthdig, Nation, Guardian, Rolling Stone, NBC, TNR. Host of the "It's Christmastown" Hallmark movies podcast with David Roth & "Quaid in Full" with Sarah Bunting. He/Him. Fl.
https://linktr.ee/mobute
GDC Festival of Gaming @officialgdc.bsky.social GDC Festival of Gaming returns March 1-5, 2027, in San Francisco!
ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social I turn Art into Sports (and vice versa) | NO AI USED | “Everything I didn't know I needed" - follower testimonial
Ted S Raicer @tdraicer.bsky.social Game designer, author, liberal Democrat, loather of the maga Right and the Jill Stein Left. 
Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov Husband and father. Proudly serving as Illinois’ 43rd governor.
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
@logixgames.bsky.social @logixgames.bsky.social 
Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social Troublemaker extraordinaire, CA AD 72 Candidate, www.kluweoc.com
NerdParker @nerdparker.com Of all the Parkers, I'm the one with the Nerd prefix. #StarWarsUnlimited #TTRPG #Daggerheart mostly.
Tyler Parrott @davflamerock.bsky.social Game designer. He/Him. Poly. I talk Star Wars Unlimited, Magic the Gathering, Halo, and social justice.
*My opinions are strictly my own*
Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social Cartoonist/Nerd. Creator of FoxTrot
Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social Editor and CEO, Zeteo
Author, ‘Win Every Argument’
British-American
Andrew Fischer 🔜 Gen Con @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
J from 3 Minute board games @3mbg.bsky.social Pakeha, Martian, Reviewer, (He/Him) Aotearoa! Award winning game designer(Sorry Travis): //www.youtube.com/c/3MinuteBoardGames
Stephen Colbert @stephencolbert.bsky.social Evie’s husband 
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social Senior Vice President of Woke 5
Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social 6’7” California State Senator representing San Francisco 🏳️🌈 ✡️
Policy nerd & chronic legislative overachiever 🤓
Running for Congress to protect our democracy 💙
Vote Nov. 3, 2026 🗳️
Get involved ⬇️
https://linktr.ee/scottwiener
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/
Dan Bullock @danbullock.bsky.social Analog game maker (1979, In the Shadows, Bowie, Penitent & more) Game Design Deep Dive pod. Fmr Scarring Party bandleader. he/him 🏳️🌈
Alexander Freed @alexandermfreed.bsky.social Alias: Alexander Marsh Freed. NY Times bestselling author of video games, novels, and comics. CD Projekt, BioWare, FoxNext, Del Rey, Dark Horse, etc. Pleasantly eccentric.
Latest book: Star Wars: Reign of the Empire: the Mask of Fear
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.
riley rethal @rileyrethal.bsky.social i like ttrpgs & postmodern neomarxism | she/her
Mike Duncan @mikeduncan.bsky.social History podcaster/author. Revolutions + The History of Rome
Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social Dad, husband. IPAs. Soccer referee, trail runner, mountain biker. Veteran.- N Non-Breaking Space @nbsp1618.bsky.social Defender of orphans and widows, defenestrator of conventions and harbinger of the post-grog.
https://nbsp1618.games
Tor @ccxvii.bsky.social I made rally-the-troops.com, mupdf, gargoyle, and some other stuff.
Joe Dewhurst @joedewhurst.bsky.social Boardgame designer, developer, and occasional player. Carrying a new world in my heart.
Nils Johansson @zweigefuhle.bsky.social Artist 🠚 France.
Nerdissimo for paper simulations, History gaming and all things maps. #boardwargames
Bio + Art samples:
https://armchairdragoons.com/nilsj/
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameartist/51906/nils-johansson/linkeditems/boardgameartist
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Independent journalist, SnapStream brand ambassador, and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov Dad, husband, teacher, coach, veteran. Governor of Minnesota. Working to move our state forward as #OneMinnesota.
Earthborne Games @earthbornegames.bsky.social Refreshing worlds. Transformative stories. Groundbreaking production.
Creators of #EarthborneRangers and #HubworldAidalon
Libro.fm @libro.fm 🎧 The audiobook company that shares profits with independent bookshops
💗 Certified B Corp
🔗 Shop, sign up, find bookshops, & more: www.libro.fm
Arkady Martine | Dr. AnnaLinden Weller @byzantienne.bsky.social speculative fiction (Teixcalaan series, ROSE/HOUSE), climate & energy policy (all statements my own), Byzantinist (nonpracticing but never not true).
unfortunately, I care about power lines now
she/her. halfway between Santa Fe and NYC.
Jennifer Pahlka @pahlkadot.bsky.social Author: Recoding America, Founder: Code for America, Co-founder: USDS and USDR.
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
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social not the darth u are looking for
Mike Laidlaw @mikelaidlaw.bsky.social Currently: CCO Yellow Brick Games, working on Eternal Strands (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1491410/Eternal_Strands/ ). Formerly: Lead Writer for Jade Empire; Creative Director for Dragon Age. Always: dog lover.
Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social Navy combat veteran and retired NASA astronaut. Husband to @GabbyGiffords.bsky.social. United States Senator for the great state of Arizona.
U.S. Representative Al Green @algreen.house.gov Proud to represent the Ninth Congressional District of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives. 
Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social Economics editor at The Bulwark. MS NOW (formerly MSNBC) anchor.
Previously WaPo op-ed columnist and NYT reporter.
Econ, politics, immigration, tax, etc. + occasional theater nerdery.
Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social Journalist. Quattrone Center journalism fellow.
Author: Rise of the Warrior Cop.
Co-author: The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist.
New podcast: Collateral Damage
Substack: radleybalko.substack.com
Signal: radleybalko.52
Daniel Abraham @abraham.bsky.social Novelist, screenwriter, and the James half of James SA Corey. Will block on tone.
He/him
office@danielabraham.com
The Shire-Reckoning @shire-reckoning.bsky.social The events of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, tweeted at the date and time they occurred, using Oxford, England local time. The complete archive of entries, with commentary, can be found at https://shire-reckoning.com/
John Ganz @lioneltrolling.bsky.social dottore, ingegnere, avvocato
When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s — out now from
@fsgbooks
https://www.unpopularfront.news/
Jane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social Host of Crooked Media’s “What A Day.” Contributing writer at the New York Times. Previously: host of The Argument. Go Blue means Go the University of Michigan. 
Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
Joel Uckelman @uckelman.bsky.social vassalengine.org Working on V4... | Github: uckelman | Logician | CS PhD | OSS contributor | vim | Wargamer | Short-stack developer | Complete the Five Year Plan in four years
UnclearPod @unclearpod.bsky.social The official Bluesky account for the Unclear and Present Danger podcast, hosted by Jamelle Bouie and John Ganz.
Greg Loring-Albright (he/him) @gregisonthego.bsky.social gloringalbright.com
Game designer (Ahoy, 2022; Bloc by Bloc: Uprising, 2022 w/ T.L. Simons; Keep the Faith, 2026).
Asst.Prof. Game Studies & Game Design @HarrisburgU
Brian Reynolds @thegamechief.bsky.social Pernicious Layabout. Videogame Designer and Entrepreneur. Co-founder Firaxis, Big Huge Games, Zynga East. Games: Civ2, Alpha Centauri, Rise of Nations, FrontierVille, DomiNations. Immigrant to Canada (Montréal). Retweeter of Uranus Jokes.
SDHistCon @sdhistcon.bsky.social The San Diego Historical Games Convention. Check out everything on our in-person and online conventions, our Conflicts of Interest Online articles, and our annual Summit Award at www.sdhist.com.
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
The Players’ Aid @playersaidblog.bsky.social We are a written blog and YouTube Channel that discuss all kinds of great historical games and wargames. Visit the blog at theplayersaid.com and our YouTube Channel at https://youtube.com/@theplayersaid?si=vRe0IU0jJ1142gnF
Alexander @playersaidalex.bsky.social co-founder, and shirt wearer of The Players' Aid
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzgDa9S8nnVLxXPzjBX8WMg
PHALANX @phalanxgames.bsky.social Deeply immersive UBOOT, logistics-focused Race to the Rhine, and refurbished classic Hannibal & Hamilcar. These are the games we make. Unique, unconventional.
David Thompson @djackthompson.bsky.social Mental health awareness advocate. Down syndrome advocate. Game designer.
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.
Hollandspiele @hollandspiele.bsky.social Dinosaurs everybody. Posts by Mary, who along with @amabel.bsky.social runs Hollandspiele, a publisher of weird games for weird people.
https://hollandspiele.com
https://youtube.com/@hollandspiele
Cole Wehrle 🔜 Gen Con @colewehrle.bsky.social Game designer focusing on strategy games with strong emergent narratives. Half of Wehrlegig Games. Formerly Creative Director at Leder Games. Now Creative Director at Buried Giant Studios. Voracious reader of just about anything I can get my hands on.
Jason Carr @maudineormsby.bsky.social Director of Development at GMT Games
Jason Matthews @jasondcmatthews.bsky.social History Nerd, political junky, Hill rat and historical board game designer. 
Wehrlegig Games @wehrlegig.games Publishing beautiful history board games.
Pax Pamir ✧ John Company ✧ Molly House
linktr.ee/wehrlegig
Patrick's Tactics & Tutorials @patrickstactics.bsky.social #Wargaming Content Creator |
Weekly Trivia Host @ The Trivia Lab | Jeopardy! Alum
GIS Professional to pay the bills.
'You can be the captain,
and I will draw the chart'
https://www.youtube.com/c/PatricksTacticsTutorials
Fort Circle @fortcircle.bsky.social Publisher of historical board games.
Volko @volko.bsky.social Historical boardgame designer. Ⓥegan.
https://phalanx.co.uk/1943-race-to-rabaul-a-new-game-by-volko-ruhnke/
https://www.gmtgames.com/p-1162-drachen.aspx
https://www.gmtgames.com/p-1102-coast-watchers.aspx
https://www.fortcircle.com/the-hunt-for-blackbeard/
Maurice Suckling @writegameread.bsky.social Writes stories, makes games, reads history.
Associate Professor, Games and Experiential Media, RPI, NY. Researching narrative in games & historical simulations. Writer of stories for games. Designer of board games.
https://mauricesuckling.com
Fred Serval @fredserval.bsky.social I make games.
ファシストになるより、豚の方がマシさ
https://youtube.com/@HomoLudens1871
Ardwulf the Traveller @ardwulf.bsky.social Writer, 3D Modeler and Printer. Gamer: wargames, TTRPGs and the occasional digital game. Maybe some day a designer. Has Opinions. He/him. linktr.ee/ardwulf
Mark Herman @markherman54.bsky.social Professional Game Designer
Michelle Goldberg @michellegoldberg.bsky.social New York Times opinion columnist; MSNOW contributor; author.
Elizabeth Kolbert @elizkolbert.bsky.social I am a New Yorker staff writer and author of "H is for Hope," "Under a White Sky," and "The Sixth Extinction," and “Life on a Little-Known Planet." Learn more at elizabethkolbert.com.
Dan Carlin @dancarlin.bsky.social Host of Hardcore History. I do other stuff too. Find our (free) irregularity updated newsletter at https://dancarlin.substack.com
Website: www.dancarlin.com
Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social Author: Children of Time, Shadows of the Apt, Final Architecture, City of Last Chances and others. adriantchaikovsky.com
Patrick Klepek @patrickklepek.bsky.social editor @ Remap // editor @ Crossplay // pr: patrick@remapradio.com and patrick@crossplay.news // tips: patrick.klepek@protonmail.com // signal: 224-707-1561
Matt Leacock @mattleacock.bsky.social Game Designer known for cooperative games including Pandemic, Forbidden Island, and Daybreak
Anthony Carboni @acarboni.bsky.social I can feel it. This is the one.
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
Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone Founded Sonderlust, helped design Firewatch, lead designer on Mark of the Ninja, and the only Canadian game developer born & raised in Wyoming.
https://sonderlust.horse/
Rob Daviau @robdaviau.bsky.social Board game designer, amateur chef, avid rpg fan, leftie.
Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social Reporter covering video games at Game File (gamefile.news). Previously launched games coverage at Axios and MTV News. Was Kotaku EiC. stephen(at)gamefile(dot)news he/him
Shut Up & Sit Down @shutupshow.bsky.social board game videos and podcasts with heart!
https://beacons.ai/shutupshow
Leigh Alexander @leighalexander.bsky.social I design & write stories about online society, virtual embodiment and the technocapitalist future. game dev, presenter, consultant et al
Everything is narrative design
devoted homo 🏳️🌈 she/her
https://linktr.ee/leighalexander
Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social We write about PC games, and things to do with PC games, at http://rockpapershotgun.com.
Neilan Naicker @neilan.bsky.social • Principal Dynamics Technical Artist at Naughty Dog
• Board Game Barrage Podcast Host (boardgamebarrage.bsky.social)
• Ex-Capetonian
• he/him
Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com Director of @necrosoftgames.com, panelist on the @insertcredit.com show, recovering journalist, and resident of the city of Oakland California.
Charlie Hall @charliehall.bsky.social Writer, editor, and journalist.
https://charliehallwriter.com/