Games Played Badly- Looking for guests and games! @gamesplayedbadly.bsky.social Love games❓ We do too❗
Whether it be #boardgames , #ttrpg games, or just about any game, we love them! 😍
✴️ Follow me as I interview indie game developers from all over the world and review board games we play!
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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/
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
Alderac Entertainment Group @alderaceg.bsky.social Publishing board games for over 30 years. We Make Fun!
Off-Board Podcast @off-boardpod.bsky.social Letting board game designers talk about something other than board games since 2026
Shelf Stable Podcast @shelfstablecast.bsky.social We're an award AWARD nominated NOMINATED 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 lame ones. Lame posts by Tom.
Lick Observatory @lickobservatory.bsky.social Lick Observatory, is part of the University of California Observatories multi-campus astronomical research unit. We run programs to bring students of all ages up to the observatory and welcome general visitors for our annual Summer series of events.
paul @thecastlebuilder.bsky.social he/they. once a software guy. newbie ttrpg designer. I blog about video games and ttrpgs biweekly
blog: https://thoughtsabout.games/
games: https://thecastlebuilder.itch.io/
HeartBeasts ⭐️ [in development] @heartbeastsgame.bsky.social HeartBeasts is a collaborative TTRPG filled with magical critters and anime-like gameplay. Inspired by video games like Pokémon & Persona, it weaves strategy with storytelling. ⭐️❤️
https://floppycatgames.itch.io/heartbeasts-road-to-regionals
Dodecadonuts @dodecadonuts.bsky.social We make wooden donuts for dice and other treasure. Everywhere @dodecadonuts
dodecadonuts.com
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
Jonathan Woodard @woodardj.bsky.social Software Engineering Leader
Board Game Designer: Potemkin Empire, Time Chase
Video Game Developer: Galactic Impact www.galacticimpact.com
Watch It Played @watchitplayed.bsky.social I make videos that help you discover, learn and play board games - find your next new favorite game here!
Ross Esmond @ross-esmond.bsky.social Good Programmer, wannabe Board Game Designer, Math... Enthusiast, and half decent Technical Writer.
https://RossOnGames.com
John Brieger 🔜 GenCon @johnbrieger.bsky.social Studio Head & Board Game Developer at Brieger Creative. BizDev at Solis Games Studio.
https://briegercreative.com
Rosco Schock 🔜 Protospiel Wisconsin 🔜 GenCon 🔜 GrandCon 🔜 PAXU @roscoschock.bsky.social 💪 Introspection is a superpower! 💪 He/Him No Hate Allowed: #BLM #StopAsianHate #Inclusion #Diversity .. http://shockrock.games (Diplomacy: The Golden Blade, FlipDraw: Mondrian)
Adam Eschborn @adameschborn.com 📍Western New York
📈HS math teacher
🍎NYS Master Teacher
🎮Esports coach
🎲✂️Board game designer
♟️Board gamer
🏒Sabres fan
🏈Bills fan
🙋♂️he/him
Matt Leacock @mattleacock.bsky.social Game Designer known for cooperative games including Pandemic, Forbidden Island, and Daybreak
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
Sabrina.C @sabrinac.bsky.social game-maker, small-biz-owner, parent, pittsburgh-er, american, & frustrated optimist
http://Ludoliminal.com
http://TransformationalFramework.com
http://PittsburghPlaytest.com
Ella Ampongan @meampongan.bsky.social • Multi-Disciplinary Artist #vca #mca @vca_mca
• She/Her/Sya
• Queer, Feminist, Anti-Imperialist
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
Eric Dittmore @ericdittmore.bsky.social Teacher
Tabletop game designer
DittmoreDesigns.com
No Pun Included @nopunincluded.com Proudly independent board game reviewers.
https://youtube.com/nopunincluded
Playing Bridge on the sidewalk
NPR's Planet Money @planetmoney.bsky.social Don't just understand the economy – understand the world.
linktr.ee/planetmoney
Phil @ Tabletop Scrapbook 🧩 @ttscrapbook.bsky.social Got a game idea? The Tabletop Scrapbook is showcasing the ideas of tabletop designers like you. We'll be running regular events and posting content geared around everything tabletop design. Get inspired, get talking, collaborate, create!
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
Daniel Pervan @danielpervan.bsky.social 
Kareem the board game minimalist @gameminimalist.bsky.social British 🇬🇧 Libyan 🇱🇾 board gamer attempting and miserably failing to buy fewer board games.
Waterbear Workshop @waterbear-workshop.bsky.social Mini Company. Monster Ideas.
Board game designer and publisher providing analog experiences to the Greater Denver Area.
Find us at waterbearworkshop.com! 
@redravengames.bsky.social @redravengames.bsky.social 
Mark G @markgonyea.bsky.social Artist, designer, kids book author, geek, movie-goer. Just trying to be a little better today than yesterday.
Neilan Naicker @neilan.bsky.social • Principal Dynamics Technical Artist at Naughty Dog
• Board Game Barrage Podcast Host (boardgamebarrage.bsky.social)
• Ex-Capetonian
• he/him
Ambie Valdés @ambierona.bsky.social Board games - song parodies, podcast, videos (@boardgameblitz.bsky.social). Mom of twins. Board game children’s book & songs. Jigsaw puzzles. Puzzle games on twitch. http://portaly.cc/ambievaldes (she/her)
Toth Games @tothgames.com 🏆 Legends of the Arena is an intense brawling board game for 1-6 players, inspired by Super Smash Bros. Pre-order now!
https://shop.tothgames.com
Dilithium Crystal @crystaldax.bsky.social Board games, Star Trek, doggos, destroying the patriarchy. Podcast host of @boardgameblitz.bsky.social (est. 2016)
Board Game Blitz @boardgameblitz.bsky.social Concise board game content by @ambierona.bsky.social and @crystaldax.bsky.social. https://portaly.cc/boardgameblitz
The Meeple Dungeon @meepledungeon.bsky.social We’re here!
It’s Robb & Anna-Marie!
We host The Meeple Dungeon Podcast🤘
Check it out here ⬇️
themeepledungeon.podbean.com 🎙️
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
PnP Time @pnptime.bsky.social A platform dedicated to print-and-play games!
The Oatmeal @theoatmeal.bsky.social Cartoonist and creator of The Oatmeal and Exploding Kittens https://linktr.ee/theoatmeal
Matthew Hocker @coo.games Creator of coo' games at https://coo.games
Upcoming Kickstarter for cute & thinky frog game: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/matthewhocker/lily-hop
Grant’s Game Recs @grantsgamerecs.bsky.social Comedian and Board Game Enthusiast.
Check out my comedy special Silly Mustache Man on YouTube!!
Green Team Wins Live Show at comedy clubs
Kinson Key Games @kinsonkeygames.bsky.social We are a board game publisher based in Tennessee. We specialize in thematic, medium+ Eurogames.
Rory Muldoon @rorymuldoon.bsky.social Graphic designer making games. One half of @postmarkgames.bsky.social. 52 Realms, Voyages, Waypoints, Skora. He/him.
rorymuldoon.com
Postmark Games @postmarkgames.bsky.social Award winning board games playable straight from your printer. Voyages, Waypoints, 52 Realms: Adventures and others #printfun
www.postmarkgames.com
Chris Backe @chrisbacke.bsky.social Making board games since 2016.
🎲 Game designer (https://entrogames.com)
🖥️ Game publisher (https://shinypigeongames.com/shiny-pigeon-printables/)
🎲 Playtester (https://virtualplaytesting.com)
🏢 Entrepreneur (https://tabletoppublishers.com)
The Seahorse & The Hummingbird @thinkdeepplaylight.bsky.social The Seahorse & The Hummingbird is a board game publisher with an upcoming catalog of games that challenge the mind and lighten the heart.
#boardgames #gamedesign 🎲✂️
https://www.seahorseandhummingbird.com/
Tabletalk Games @tabletalkgames.bsky.social A new and small board game company making our first ever game, We Must Unite Them!
Gil Hova 🔜 Gen Con @gil.hova.net He/him. JC/NYC.
• Tabletop games - now making games as Informal Ferret Games
• Robot fight facilitator at NHRL
• Fan of weird/noisy music
• Ferret nut
• Still not a negotiable Final Fantasy currency
All my links: https://gil.hova.net
jbuergel @fiverandomsongs.com Board game designer (Fox in the Forest, Hocus, Foresight) and terrible music blogger (fiverandomsongs.com). (He/him)
Game Makers Guild @gamemakersguild.bsky.social a 501(c)(3) org based in Boston, MA helping game designers Make Games. Better.
BinaryPretzel @binarypretzel.com He/Him
Zach Hoekstra @zhoekstra.bsky.social Game designer living in Utrecht. Chief Idea Magpie of Restless Raven Games. He/Him
🚨 Chicken Fried Dice LIVE ON Kickstarter! 🚨 @boardgameghee.bsky.social Board Game Designer - Community Builder - Architect - Basketball Enthusiast - Dota2 Enjoyer
Duke of Waffles @sglgames.com Pet owner, board game designer, lifts weights for fun, and a master at failing. He/Him
Protospiel Online 🔜 Aug 21-23 @protospielo.bsky.social Triannual #boardgames #playtesting convention on Discord+virtual tabletop. Welcoming #tabletop #gamedesign #boardgamecommunity 🤟🏻🤟🏽🏳️🌈🤟🏾🤟🏿
https://protospiel.online/badges
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
Norsehound @norsehound.bsky.social World Builder. Impulsive creator (game design, illustration, writing). Was the lore writer for Homeworld Mobile. Still a beleaguered parent after a pandemic.
Lioness Games @lionessgames.bsky.social Leonie Grundler - founder and CEO of Lioness Games.
Game designer, publisher and nature lover.
FaeKin is launching on Kickstarter soon!
Order Biome at biomethegame.com or get it at your local game store. 
Kerf Cut Games @kerfcutgames.bsky.social I am Luke Parnell, I play and design board and card games. I have been a professional artist for 20 years, avid hiker and northerner.
While this space will centre on board game design I will also show my art practice.
Mutant Pizza 🍕 PAXWest SOOOOOOOOOOON @mutantpizza.bsky.social Board game designer, fiction author, webcomic doodler, pizza
🍕 https://mutantpizza.net/newsletter 🍕
msguzman @msguzman1.bsky.social 
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
Button Shy Games @buttonshy.bsky.social Small board game publisher (Sprawlopolis, Tussie Mussie, Skulls of Sedlec, Food Chain Island and 100+ other wallet games).
http://www.buttonshygames.com
Bitewing Games @bitewinggames.bsky.social Order Azure and Moytura today! Rolling Deep & Eureka launch on Kickstarter on June 23!
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.
Alan Au @alanau.bsky.social Trickster disciple. 🦊 Game developer. 🎲️✂ Emeritus data generalist. 📊 Delightfully imperfect. ☁️ Not that kind of doctor. 🎓 [E] Itsatrap 🎮 He/Him
Nick Ferris @nickferris.bsky.social I make boardgames, grow things in dirt, and espouse progressivism. Tall, but not too tall. Connecticutie. he/him
https://nickferris.carrd.co/
“The first duty... is to the truth, whether it's scientific truth, or historical truth, or personal truth.”
Ilya and Tylor 🎥🏳️🌈🎲 @kovray.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 Ilya(he/him) and Tylor(he/him) 🏳️🌈 Did somebody say board games? 🎲 Photography, videos, and more! ❤️❤️❤️ Patreon: https://patreon.com/kovray
Dani Standring @danistandring.bsky.social I like board games and milk 🥛
CHRISTY.JPEG @christyjpeg.bsky.social Christy Castro / Visual stuff / Audio stuff / Currently obsessed with board game design 🎲✂️ and making audio dramas.
christycastro.carrd.co
Sticky Doodler ▶️ GenCon @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/
Frog Hall Games 🔜UKGE @froghallgames.bsky.social Board game design and production company. Clean the Castle, Cat Earth, Take Cat and Many Tanks released in 2026. Our lead designer has 11 games already produced elsewhere. Sign up for news at www.froghallgames.com
BoardGameGeek @boardgamegeek.com The official Bluesky account for BoardGameGeek
Mary Georgescu 🎠 @marygeorgescu.com Designing digital and physical games that delight, inspire, and make you feel seen. ✨
Founder & Senior Game Designer @haiduc.co in NYC
Pro Wrestler @beetlewrestles.bsky.social & @bowsettewrestles.bsky.social
Portfolio| MaryGeorgescu.com
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.
Patrick Leder @patrickleder.bsky.social Owner and President of Leder Games. Spouse and father of 2 adorable humans. He/Him
Eliot Miller | he/they 🏳️🌈 @itszebulon.bsky.social Co-founder Golden Gate Gamemakers 501(c)(3)
Discord Mod for The Zone RPG
Views and opinions are my own.
🚫 No Ai ever
I make games sometimes 👇
https://www.patreon.com/rulersRPG
Cardboard Time @cardboardtime.bsky.social Podcast featuring board game reviews and cozy interviews with people from the industry produced biweekly. Hosted by Arwen Kathke 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️. (she/her)
Anchor.fm/cardboardtime
Ika @ika-m.bsky.social 
Marceline Leiman 🔜 Gen Con @marcelineleiman.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️
Published Game Designer, Developer, Educator.
MFA graduate from NYU Game Center.
Designed High Tide 🌊, Dino Racer 🦖, Wildberries 🫐, and more!
https://www.marcelineleiman.com/
Outset (Dave Manga) 🔜 Gen Con @outsetgames.bsky.social Publisher and distributor of board games, card games, and jigsaw puzzles. Offices and warehouses located in Canada 🇨🇦 the USA 🇺🇲 and the UK 🇬🇧
www.outsetmedia.com
www.cheatwell.com
www.cobblehillpuzzles.com
Banzainator @banzainator.bsky.social Living life one victory point at a time! 🎲 Links: https://linktr.ee/Banzainator
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
Board Game Barrage @boardgamebarrage.bsky.social Podcast about board games, the latest hotness, and how to have fun with your friends even when you're losing. Hosted by:
Christina: christinaknueven.bsky.social
Kellen: klaker.bsky.social
Mark: markbesada.bsky.social
Neilan: neilan.bsky.social
Going Analog @goinganalogshow.bsky.social The Going Analog Podcast. The Board Game Quiz Show. Judges on The American Tabletop Awards.
Shut Up & Sit Down @shutupshow.bsky.social board game videos and podcasts with heart!
https://beacons.ai/shutupshow
Ludology Podcast @ludologypod.bsky.social The podcast about the "whys" of gaming - hosted by Sen-Foong Lim and Erica Bouyouris. New episodes every other week!
www.ludology.net
The Fifth Meeple Board Game Podcast @fifthmeeplepod.bsky.social A group of diverse friends who give our takes on the latest games to hit our table, then pit them against each other in the Battle of the Funnest.
The Secret Cabal Gaming Podcast @thesecretcabal.bsky.social Weekly audio podcasts about tabletop gaming of all kinds. Board games, card games, miniatures games, and role playing games. Posts are by Jamie.
Links to everything: https://linktr.ee/thesecretcabal
Board Game Hot Takes Podcast @boardgamehottakes.bsky.social We tell you how a board game experience felt - just minutes after we finish playing. 3 points of view. Posts by Tim. #boardgames #podcast
Mike @empiricgame.bsky.social Card game for MedEd
MedEd games research
Podcasting at PedsRAP
Pediatrics in PDX IRL
Typos retained as proof of human authorship
https://podcasts.apple.com/mr/podcast/academic-pediatrics-podcast/id1316140783
EmpiricGame.com
Brickly Games @bricklygames.com https://bricklygames.com
Paul VonWolfenkind 🔜 GenCon @vonwolfenkind.bsky.social Paul is a VonWolfenkind!
Software Engineer, 2D Artist, Game Developer / Designer, Dungeon / Game Master, Mentor, and Traveler
https://linktr.ee/pauldquinones
Stephen Lockyer @mrlockyer.bsky.social Writing | Games | Escape Rooms | Running | Family | Books | Education
I run www.enigmailed.com
Sponsor me here: https://www.justgiving.com/page/step-is-fifty-wth
who3words:creative, inventive, original
SpielMas ⛄️ festival ➡️ Dec. 26-31 @spielmas.com A holiday festival celebrated by playing a tabletop game each night between December 26-31. #SpielMas ⛄️
Game recommendations: SpielMas.com
Curated by @HaoleBoyGames.com
Nick Culpin @nickculpin.bsky.social Software, Design, Game Dev.
nickculpin.com
We're Not Wizards Board Game Podcast @werenotwizards.com Tabletop Entertainers. Podcaster. Blogger. Reviewer.
Guest and Review Coverage Questions?
Email magic@werenotwizards.com
https://linktr.ee/werenotwizards
Its our tenth year doing this..
Game Designer Andrew🔜Origins 🎲✂️ & Podcast CoHost @andrewstiles.bsky.social I’m a board & card game designer 🎲✂️. I’m the CoHost of the Tabletop Submarine Podcast. I'm the designer of "Wine Cellar" by 25th Century Games, as well as Digging for Dinos (3WS) coming soon. I CoDesigned 3 Tricky Pigs, Garden Club and Petal too.