Wharf Rat Games @wharfratgames.bsky.social Wharf Rat Games designs, markets, and produces high-quality, innovative games with engaging themes and exceptional components. www.wharfratgames.com
Atomic Cortex Studios @astrodogwalker.bsky.social Designer of very realistic, exciting space sims. LIFTOFF! Race to the Moon,
Buzz Aldrin’s Race into Space & soooon LIFTOFF! 2.0 -The Epic Space Race www.liftoff2.com
Nick Bentley Makes Games @nickbentley.bsky.social Posts about game design. Director of Game Design at Taco Cat Games (Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza), former President of Underdog Games Studio (The Trekking Trilogy), former Neuroscientist.
Jason Carr @maudineormsby.bsky.social Director of Development at GMT Games
Grant (Cardboard Pusher) @pushingcardboard.bsky.social I host the Pushing Cardboard podcast, YouTube channel and pushingcardboard.com. Military, history, and political boardgames.
Discord: https://discord.gg/vBz4KCtR4z
Cube4me link: https://cube4me.com/?r=push
Noble Knight link: https://bit.ly/nk1460usa
@legendarytactics.bsky.social @legendarytactics.bsky.social
George Nap - NBCT @georgenap.bsky.social Veteran, National Board certified educator, polymath.
J. R. Tracy @jrtracy.bsky.social Father, husband, reader, gamer, friend
Russ Wetli - Cardboard Conflicts @wetlir.bsky.social Gamer. Facilities Professional.
Scott Moore @scotthmoore.bsky.social Board wargame designer (This War Without an Enemy), history enthusiast, yoga practitioner.
Iván Cáceres @ivancaceres.bsky.social Art & Games
https://ivancacerescruz.tumblr.com/- N Non-Breaking Space @nbsp1618.bsky.social Defender of orphans and widows, defenestrator of conventions and harbinger of the post-grog.
https://nbsp1618.games
JoeA64 @joea64.bsky.social House rabbit parent (Daisy & Redmond), #boardwargames, fan of classic movies & TV (especially the spy genre) & their actresses, #alternatehistory, #fashionhistory, #vintagepinup & the #Napoleonic & #Edwardian Eras. #SlavaUkraini
Sticky Doodler 🖍️ Color Jam @stickydoodler.bsky.social I make games that spark empathy and imagination. I also promote community among tabletop designers, players, retailers, and others.
He/他/any.
Check out Color Jam on Kickstarter!
🖍️ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lunarpunkgames/colorjam
BoardGameWire @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
Patrick Leder @patrickleder.bsky.social Owner and President of Leder Games. Spouse and father of 2 adorable humans. He/Him
🥧 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.
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
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
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
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
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
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/
Scott Muldoon @silentdibs.bsky.social Game player, Loud talker, Wargame designer, JP>EN translator, Amateur linguist, Gundam head, Divorced father, Inert revolutionary, Program uncoordinator
Ian O’Toole @ianotoole.bsky.social Board game graphic designer and illustrator. Lisboa, The Gallerist, On Mars, Galactic Cruise, Nemo’s War, Voidfall, Carnegie and more. www.ianotoole.com for prints. He/Him.
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
Eric Lang @ericlang.bsky.social Game designer. Radical optimist.
Play is essential. he/him
Rob Daviau @robdaviau.bsky.social Board game designer, amateur chef, avid rpg fan, leftie.
Joe Byer @joebyer.bsky.social burn / heal
new v01d album
2026•03•06
Listen now on Bandcamp: https://v01d.bandcamp.com/album/burn-heal
Taylor Shuss @drawnonward.bsky.social Tabletop Game Designer of 🏳️🌈Stonewall Uprising, 🛫Fold & Fly!, 🚶🚴🚈🚌Walkable City, 🤖🗼🦎Creature Control, and 🚀🪐 Quantum Train. (he/him)
Lover of Gundams, handsome men & dexterity 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
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.
Molotov Cockatiel Games (Bill) @molotovcockatiel.bsky.social Check out my digital hex-and-counter game, Arete: Battles of Alexander the Great, on iOS, Android, and Steam. ⚔️
molotovcockatiel.com
Robert DeLeskie @rdeleskie.bsky.social games stories film tv. Horror fiction: "Until Then, We Watch" on Creepy Corner Podcast. Various history-themed boardgames. Various spooky paranormal TV shows and history docs.
Zilla Blitz @zillablitz.bsky.social Content Creator | Tabletop/PC Wargames & Crunchy Euros | YouTube: http://youtube.com/c/ZillaBlitz
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
Andy VZ @andyvz.bsky.social Tabletop game dev/project manager for over a decade, currently with Trick or Treat Studios. Opinions my own.
Fantasy, sci-fi, comic, & video game enthusiast. He/him.
History on the Table @historytable.bsky.social Finland's 5th most popular wargame podcast. Home of Every Wargamer Ever. Not based in Finland.
Wargames. Hockey. Whatever else.
RPGs as Black Lodge Trivia Night
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/
Alexander @playersaidalex.bsky.social co-founder, and shirt wearer of The Players' Aid
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzgDa9S8nnVLxXPzjBX8WMg
Tor @ccxvii.bsky.social I made rally-the-troops.com, mupdf, gargoyle, and some other stuff.
Cole Wehrle @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.
Domhnall Hegarty @domhnallh.bsky.social Ciotogcreative.com graphic designer of games. 🇮🇪🇵🇸🇺🇦🏴🇨🇩🇸🇩 Delusional ideas of cartography.
Joe-Tabletop Wargamin' Mostly @arabidtoucan.bsky.social Here to talk about wargames...mostly. Formerly of LTAW.
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
Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social Board game writer. Words on IGN, GamesRadar, Senet and many others. There will be puns.
@patrickrael.bsky.social @patrickrael.bsky.social Historian of slavery, abolition, and emancipation. How board games represent the past.
Huoltoreitti @huoltoreitti.bsky.social Huoltoreitti (supply chain or supply rout in Finnish) is Finnish blog on war and conflict themed board and card games. https://huoltoreitti.fi/
Mark Johnson @wargamestogo.bsky.social This is my wargame-focused account, tying in to my irregular podcast. Proud parent of trans & cis daughters.🏳️⚧️👩🏽🤝👩🏼 Discord: https://discord.gg/vxEG9bMPdx
WargamesToGo.com
BoardGameGeek @boardgamegeek.com The official Bluesky account for BoardGameGeek
Morgane Gouyon-Rety @morganegr.bsky.social French woman, player and designer of historical conflict simulations, living in Paris with my wife and two children
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance @sandiegozoo.bsky.social San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance is an international non-profit committed to inspiring passion for nature and creating a world where ✨ all ✨ life thrives.
Monterey Bay Aquarium @montereybayaquarium.org How do you do, fellow squids? 🌊 We're your frondly Aquarium with a mission to inspire conservation of the ocean. https://www.montereybayaquarium.org
Neil Gaiman @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com Makes things up. Writes them down. Dreams about growing up but not yet.
Christopher High (he/him) @boardagain.bsky.social Catastrophe Games Developer
Wizard of Valor Mountain Games
Board Again Games is my hobby podcast and website. I’ll play just about any type of tabletop game.
Let’s play a game!
boardagaingaming.com
www.valormountaingames.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 🏳️🌈
Patrick O’Leary @sinscaptain.bsky.social Wargamer, History lover, Auburn Evangelist, father, husband, general malcontent. Hex maps, counters, CRTs, and RPGs make me happy.
Dara Teaches How To Play @darateaches.bsky.social Teaching Board Games Since 2-Foot-7
https://youtube.com/@darateaches
YoYoni @yoyoni.bsky.social Playing history. Filmmaker and Designer of “Chicago ‘68” and “The Nights of King Ludd”
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.
Sebastian Bae @sebastianbae.bsky.social Senior Game Designer at the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA). Designer of the "Littoral Commander" wargame series. Former US Marine. Opinions own.
Armchair Dragoons @armchairdragoons.bsky.social The Essay Length Answer to a Multiple-Choice Attention-Span World ~
Wargaming is our jam & we're here to spread it
Next event? The Fall Assembly 9-11 October, Cary NC
https://tinyurl.com/acdfa26
Matt Kelly @bymattkelly.bsky.social Latest Game: Battle of Mackinac Island, SNAFU | Latest Writing: Small Worlds, Senet magazine I All my stuff: bymattkelly.com
Fort Circle @fortcircle.bsky.social Publisher of historical board games.
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
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
Jan (he/him) | Let's Play History @letsplayhistory.bsky.social (War)Gaming historian. 📚🎲
Vegan foodie. 💚😋
Libertarian socialist. 🏴🚩
Hiking explorer. 🏞🚶
Critical postfoundationalist. 📖💭
Strategic pessimist. 🤔🤨
Pragmatic pacifist. 🕊️🛡️
¡No Pasarán! ✊
Hethwill Wargames @hethwill.eurosky.social Wargames hobbyist and age of sail aficionado.
Jeremiah McCall (he/him) @gamingthepast.bsky.social PhD Ancient History; Gaming the Past (2022), Musings, research, & pedagogies of history, education, games, game design & intersections; High school history teacher; Game Designer; fan of Buddhist compassion; jmc.hst@gmail.com
https://gamingthepast.net
Tory Brown (she/her) @downtowntbrown.bsky.social 📍baltimore, md
💪public education
🎲✂️ www.votesforwomen.com
Clio's Board Games @cliosboardgames.bsky.social Musings about history, board games and history in board games. Blog: http://cliosboardgames.wordpress.com
Alex Knight @alexknight.bsky.social Award-winning game designer of Land and Freedom (Blue Panther), Hammer and Sickle (GMT P500), John Brown, and more! https://www.gmtgames.com/p-1081-hammer-and-sickle.aspx
David Thompson @djackthompson.bsky.social Mental health awareness advocate. Down syndrome advocate. Game designer.
Joe Schmidt @josephnschmidt.bsky.social Dad, Husband, Lover of History and Board Game Designer in the Bay Area. (He/Him)
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
Meeple Lady @meeplelady.bsky.social Phoenix-based game writer. Rulebook editor. Podcasting on @fivebygames.bsky.social.
❤️s euros, historical games, giant tweezers & all things adorable. http://instagram.com/meeplelady/. She/her 🇵🇭 🌵 💃🏽
https://www.boardgamemeeplelady.com/
Catastrophe Games @catastrophegames.bsky.social Publisher of interesting historical board games that don't take all day to play