jbuergel @fiverandomsongs.com Board game designer (Fox in the Forest, Hocus, Foresight) and terrible music blogger (fiverandomsongs.com). (He/him)
Alexander (TOTAL RELOAD game creator) @torshock.bsky.social 🎮 Dev of the puzzle indiegame TOTAL RELOAD: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2412090/Total_Reload/
Discord: https://discord.com/invite/KzVB4YKvPu
📁 Newsletter / Press Kit:
https://torshock.kit.com/total_reload
Carol Mertz @carolmertz.itch.io Game designer at Innersloth on Among Us Story: On Guard.
Previously at Exploding Kittens. Also made HELLCOUCH, With You, We should talk, & more.
🎮 carolmertz.itch.io
🃏 bit.ly/carolsBGG
🌱 PlayWithYourOwnJunk.com
st. louis, mo | http://carolmertz.com
Marc G 🪩🐌 @marcgwiz.bsky.social Genus at Wonk • Fledgling Game Designer • Boardgame Enthusiast • Artist • He/Him • Designer of Analogue Game Modeling Language
John Zinser @aegjohnz.bsky.social
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
Tabletop SPIRIT Magazine @tsmag.bsky.social www.tabletopspirit.com
A FREE quarterly PDF magazine full of boardgaming goodness, powered by passion! Packed with features, interviews and reviews, we cover boardgames and RPGs!
Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net Narrative Designer/Game Writer/Screenwriter/Author/TTRPG Designer/Transmedia Consultant.
Chair of an environmental charity.
IGDA and Limit Break mentor.
Scottish, too many tattoos, not enough cats.
Charlie Chu @charliechu.bsky.social 🤷🏻♂️
i don’t want to hear about ai or crypto
hot takes about Michael Mann’s HEAT, education funding, or karaoke accepted
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The Cardboard Herald @cardboardherald.bsky.social Board game reviews, interviews and recommendations from the frosty North. Social butterfly. Also bikes, food, movies and positivity. https://youtube.com/TheCardboardHerald
Iain McAllister 🔜 Tabletop Scotland @giantbrain.co.uk Game writer, freelance critic, and podcaster.
Writer for Tabletop Gaming Magzine.
Host of Cult of the Old and But Why Vikings?
Find all my work here https://linktr.ee/thegiantbrain
Ava Foxfort @ava.foxfort.net Table games, murder acrobatics, emotional rhythms, water magicks
Play, magick, coins and graps
Solidarity, creativity, love and hope
Queer, trans, autistic, ADHD, fatigued
campsite.bio/avafoxfort
Tim Clare @timclare.bsky.social (he/him) Author, podcaster & tabletop games writer. Books: The Game Changers, Coward, The Honours & The Ice House.
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-game-changers-how-playing-games-changed-the-world-and-can-change-you-too-tim-clare/7687024
Shawndra Quinn @shawndra.northsky.social Newly hatched lesbian trans woman still figuring everything out. Monogamously married.
Mostly, I post about games, hobbies, and comics. And I guess now probably a lot of trans stuff.
She/her.
Artur Carvalho @arturnottheking.bsky.social Brazilian-French 🇧🇷🇫🇷 Game designer🃏
Ph.D in Modeling & Simulation.
I like to explore the frontier between modern board games and simulation games (wargames/conflict simulation), focusing on how to improve pedagogy instead of reducing complexity.
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
jaen nighly butler @jnb.art IGDN groundbreaker award winning illustrator of the fantastic & the macabre!
marquise of shadows
trans as fuck
art, metal, & ttrpgs
// pronounced like "jane" //
🏳️⚧️ she/her
💼 https://jnb.art
🎤 https://welawaysounds.com
Keith Ammann 🔜 Gamehole Con @themonstersknow.com ENNIE-winning author of The Monsters Know What They're Doing, Making Enemies and other stuff. Humanist, antifascist, curmudgeon. ✶✶✶✶
Home: spyandowl.com
Blog: themonstersknow.com
Newsletter: onefootinfairyland.com
Mastodon: dice.camp/@KeithAmmann
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/
Dr. Tanya Pobuda @tpobuda.bsky.social PhD. Northerner. Settler. Snoop. Maker of lists. Best friend to genius type guy. Mother to fierce daughter. She/They. #BLM #COVIDisNotOver #MaskUP
http://drtanyapobuda.substack.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
Charlie Theel @charlietheel.bsky.social Board game critic. Bylines: Polygon, IGN, Ars Technica, Tabletop Gaming Magazine, Dicebreaker, Geek & Sundry, PC Gamer, Wargamer. Co-hosted the Ding & Dent podcast.
cdtheel@gmail.com
Most of my writing appears at my site, http://playerelimination.com
Mark Yuasa @markyuasa.bsky.social Co-host of the Omnigamers' Club podcast. Fan of all types of games.
Tom Brinton @brin.town local inventor
paper apps™ notepad games → gladden.fun
my video games → beepyeah.games
etc → brin.town
Christopher Chan-BLM @xopherchan.bsky.social Art director by day and board game designer by any other time (Stalk Exchange, The Night Cage, Portents), let’s talk design and make our hobbies better, he/him, BLM
grifkuba @grifkuba.net We're a network for game enthusiasts, developers and other creative individuals, providing hosting and developing games together.
Website: grifkuba.net
LaurenWalshArt🔜Blizzcon @laurenwalshart.bsky.social Illustrator • She/They • Woubble’s Dad • Lead Character Artist/Ennie Award winner - TalDorei Reborn • WotC • Critical Role • Lorcana • LaurenWalshArt@gmail.com
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The Omnigamers' Club Podcast @omnigamers.bsky.social ♟️🎲🎮 The podcast for games of all platforms. Reviewing board games, video games, TTRPGs and everything between.
Hosted by Mark (@markyuasa.bsky.social) and
Daniel (@boardgamefeast.bsky.social)
✉️ Omnigamersclub@gmail.com
🔗 Omnigamers.club
@rosegauntlet.bsky.social @rosegauntlet.bsky.social
LaTia has a ukulele @latiajacquise.com A Legendary Dragon/Psychic Pokemon. ...oh wait, that's Latias.
D&D Community Manager @ Wizards of the Coast & stationery nerd. Silken Windhound guardian. she/her, opinions mine. Personal account.
I have a website; check it out: https://latiajacquise.com
Krystina Arielle @krystinaarielle.bsky.social US Doctor Who Correspondent | Quinn in Monster Hunter Wilds| Bob on @dimension20show | Bearah & The Prophetess on #CriticalRole | contact: krystinaarielle@gmail.com
@raybird.bsky.social @raybird.bsky.social Digital Content Specialist | Board Games | Opinions are my own | (she/her) 🏳️🌈
https://raybird.squarespace.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
jay Dragon is unstoppable @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
Xo3 (it/its) 🐰🔪 @xoe.gay Rogue aromantic dating sim, trans parent, game designer, and NPC advocate. 💌
Vibing with me is an indicator of neurodivergence and/or queerness.
Game Conjurer @ https://lunarpunk.games
Game Artisan @ https://knifebunny.com
Joe | Sky Lion Games @skyliongames.bsky.social Founder @ Sky Lion Games
Building the funniest monster game alive (or recently reanimated)
Making Monsters — on Kickstarter Sept 16
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/makingmonsters/making-monsters-1
SungWon Cho @prozdishere.bsky.social voice actor | represented by CAA | prozdkp@gmail.com
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
GAMA @gamaofficial.bsky.social The Game Manufacturers Association was formed in 1978 to advance the hobby games industry.
gama.org
Cardboard Edison @cardboardedison.com Board game design and tips for board game makers. cardboardedison.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
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/
✧ 𝔰𝔞𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔴𝔯𝔬𝔲𝔤𝔥𝔱 ✧ @saintwrought.bsky.social ✧ ₊⁎❝᷀ົཽ≀ˍ̮ ❝᷀ົཽ⁎⁺˳✧ ( Fancy seeing you here ! )
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Tabletop Game Designers Association @ttgda.bsky.social Official account of the Tabletop Game Designers Association. More information at ttgda.org
Daniel Kwan @danielhkwan.bsky.social Podcaster/cultural consultant/game designer | @aznsrepresent.bsky.social & @JohnWhoPodcast.bsky.social | CandleKeep Mysteries, The Dragons of D&D, Dragon Delves, Avatar Legends, Dark Archive, Tian Xia, Ross Rifles | Opinions mine | danielhkwan.carrd.co
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.
jess @jessfrom.online jess. award-winning TTRPG designer as @jumpgategames.itch.io. jewish lesbian. marxist. scifi author, stories in @clarkesworldmagazine.com. she/her ☭
Marceline Leiman is Racing Dinos @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/
Kat @kitkatoffic.bsky.social LVL 27 TTRPG, Comic Book, TV, Film & Streaming Journalist/Interviewer For @nerdinitiative.bsky.social (She/Her) And Creator Of @katsnerdythings.substack.com
All Links Here: https://linktr.ee/kitkatoffic
Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social Writer
Jennifer Adcock @jenkatwrites.bsky.social TTRPG designer, cat servant, regency romance enjoyer, talks about movies too much
my website is here owlknight.games
@arnifix.bsky.social @arnifix.bsky.social
Scott White @professorrpg.bsky.social He/Him | Host of the RPG University Podcast |
Freelance Writer + Artist + Video Editor|
Words at RPGSite, IGN, Polygon, & Irrational Passions
WhiteSc120@Gmail.com
Lysa Penrose (fae/faer) @lysapenrose.bsky.social likes: writing, games, watercolor painting, drawing, pottery, crafts ‘n’ diy, animals, birds, stationary, journaling, flowies ❀ ❀ ❀ 🇨🇳🇺🇸
📍seattle
The Gil-Monster @thegilmonster.bsky.social Evil toy maker & pipe cleaner artist. #pipecleanerart
Loves @miserelovesco.bsky.social. He/him.
End MAGA. No AI.
www.fiendweavers.com
AMPUTHEATRE: The World's Goriest Board Game! www.patreon.com/amputheatre
Store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ChenilleMacabre
Crabbok @crabbok.bsky.social Star Wars, tabletop gaming, board games, miniature wargaming, and more!
Duck and the Land of Flightless Birds @duckflightlessbird.bsky.social The Official™ Bluesky account for all things Duck and the Land of Flightless Birds. Wishlist today! https://duckflightlessbird.com
Ian Moss @chaosmoss.bsky.social (He/Him)
Game Designer for @nerdvanagames.bsky.social
Lead Designer
🌧️ Risk of Rain: The Board Game
🍃 Everbloom
🎲 Bunkers & Badasses
Also
😼 Wonderland's War
🦖 Duelosaur Island
Graham Gentz Loves To Playtest @thismaybegraham.bsky.social Play & Culture Lead @mythworks.bsky.social
Facilitator and Game Designer
A puppet sometimes |he/they| Black Lives Matter
https://linktr.ee/GrahamGentz
"Love for the Love Gods!" Cabin in the Woods For Hallmark Movies:
shorturl.at/MbEtK
Katelyn Summers✨ @heykatelyn.bsky.social Graphic Designer for the Tabletop Industry! she/her. All opinions shared here are my own 🎲🏳️🌈 heykatelyn.com
Chrispyha @chrispyha.bsky.social Board game nerd, host of the Going Analog Show podcast and Quiz Show. Loves to eat. (I usually just clog up my Instagram with food pics.) She/her
Steve Margetson @stevemargetson.bsky.social Freelance Tabletop Game Designer and Developer Based In Manchester, UK. Mainly miniature, board, and card games.
Games Include: Godtear, Hearts of Iron, Resident Evil, Monster Hunter World, and many more!
stevemargetson.com
He/Him
All views are my own.
Max Brooke @maxcbrooke.bsky.social Game designer with a lot of RPGs and space battle games on the ol' resume.
Recent projects include Precipice: Mech Miniatures Combat and Plotweaver RPG!
My studio: https://www.wildplumgames.com/
My game design musings: https://www.maxbrooke.com/
Michael O’Connell - Finspan Guy @anarchytabletop.bsky.social Anarchy Game Studio is a Seattle-based father-son team that makes tabletop boardgames that spark conversation and inspire creativity:
anarchygamestudio.com
I am Michael. Co-designer of Finspan. Once wrote and published comics. Adoptee. Neurodivergent.
Orca, the Goblin Queen @orcadice.bsky.social /🦷/ Layout & Graphic Design TTRPG and boardgames at Inkvoltage 🏳️🌈 MTG enthusiast 🎴 (SPA/ENG)
✨ Cozy Stickerville / The Mandalorian / An AgeContrived
They have a cave troll!
桃桃子/ピーチモモコ @peachmomoko.bsky.social よろしくどうぞ。
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
Thomas @elympian.com Streamer, board gamer, ttrpgs and more. Find my spicy takes at twitch.tv/Elympian and the amazing creators over at tabletopafterdark.com partnered with AdvancedGG https://advanced.gg/pages/partner-elympian
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
Charlie Hall @charliehall.bsky.social Writer, editor, and journalist.
https://charliehallwriter.com/
Roll for Crit @rollforcrit.bsky.social Here for all your tabletop needs! News, Reviews, How to Plays, and so much more! Subscribe to our channel at YouTube.com/RollForCrit
BoardGameGeek @boardgamegeek.com The official Bluesky account for BoardGameGeek
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
Meeple Syrup Show @meeplesyrupshow.bsky.social Join Cat and Sen live on Wednesdays at 9pm EST to discuss tabletop game design with tabletop game designers.
YouTube.com/MeepleSyrup
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.
Board Game Blitz @boardgameblitz.bsky.social Concise board game content by @ambierona.bsky.social and @crystaldax.bsky.social. https://portaly.cc/boardgameblitz
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 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
Mark Thomas @hotseatgames.bsky.social Book: Do Not Seek This Treasure. Games: Phantom Division, SEAL Team Flix, Dungeon Fall, Record Store Nightmare, House of Spirits. He / Him
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 🏳️🌈
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.
Caitlin Cooper @caitlinmaycooper.bsky.social Creator of Basketball, She Wrote — A blog about the basketball played by the Indiana Pacers: patreon.com/basketballshewrote
Rodney Smith @rodneysmith.bsky.social “Come on, just let’s go”
Will @willreaves.bsky.social Just somebody that you used to know.
Mike Mihealsick @mihealsick.bsky.social Work in progress; aspiring human. Tabletop game developer at Druid City Games.
@chaosjim1.bsky.social @chaosjim1.bsky.social
Derek @drfunk27.bsky.social This is my personal profile. All views, opinions, and convictions are mine, no one else's.
Josh @lodge19games.bsky.social I love games of all types and I design board games and RPGs.
Alex McKenzie @meepleandthemoose.com He/Him 🇨🇦
I play board games
I think about board games
I write about board games at meepleandthemoose.com
Shelf Control @shelfcontrol.bsky.social Husband and wife team making boardgame videos on YouTube where we document our journey as we play through our game collection to see what stays and what goes.
Shelf Control is defined as the never ending struggle against boardgame entropy.
Rachel Quinlan @ FanX Salt Lake - A809 @rachelquinlan.bsky.social Illustration ~ Surface Design
Upcoming events - FanX Salt Lake
linktr.ee/rachelquinlan
Portfolio - www.rachelquinlan.com
Shop- www.wizardtoothpress.com
Email - rachelquinlan.design@gmail.com
Christian Hoffer @choffercbus.bsky.social PokeJournalist and TTRPG correspondent for hire.
eVan Diesel @evandiesel.bsky.social If you play board games and know who Ben Casey M.D. is, it's because of me.
Stuff I do here - https://linktr.ee/eVanDiesel (assuming I remembered to keep it updated)
Matt Aguilar @knightofoa.bsky.social Husband, Father, Writer, Podcaster - Covers Power Rangers, Wrestling, Comics, Board Games, Video Games, TV, and more email: matthew.aguilar120@gmail.com
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
Calvin Ross Carl @calvinrosscarl.com Creative Director — Parliament
Board Games — @goodgoblet.com
Artist — SEASON
Ex-Gallerist — Carl & Sloan
Ex-Art Director — Invision
PDX 🌈
https://linktr.ee/calvinrosscarl
Mike Berg, We 🧡 Games @weheart.games A multi-contest-winning board game designer in rural Manitoba. I designed Tides (Button Shy), #ExoBase, and #Crownfell which you can buy here:
https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/crownfell
More links:
https://weheartgames.kit.com/
Astra Fauna (Sarah Dahlinger) -> Granite State Con is Next! @astrafauna.bsky.social Explore a creature-filled universe. Short stories. Creature/anthro illustrations. Stat blocks. No AI Art!
🔥Nominated for two Ennies
🔥Nominated for a CRITAward
Website
https://www.astrafauna.com/
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