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Bart de Jong @bartgamedesign.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

For all the Dutch people my age it's this guy:

Image of an ugly fella called "Karbonkel", from a Dutch kids show aired in the 90's.

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Bart de Jong @bartgamedesign.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Thank you for giving me an excuse to share one of my favourite XKCD's:

Comic panel with the character saying: "Of the four dimensions I could have spent my life being pushed inexorably forward through, I guess 'time' isn't the worst "

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Bart de Jong @bartgamedesign.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Hey, I heard you like L'Oaf. So if you get this awesome promo card at the Wulfhorn Games booth in Essen (3H225), you can play L'Oaf with these oafs who are loafing by playing L'Oaf instead of baking loafs

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Bart de Jong @bartgamedesign.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

When I take the action space the player to my left wanted

The same image as in the OP, but mirrored vertically

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Bart de Jong @bartgamedesign.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

I'm honored to have been awarded "best game author of 2024/2025" by the Dutch Board Game Design Guild. It's humbling as well. My games wouldn't have been nearly as good without the help and feedback of all the great designers around me.

Award for "best game author of 2024/2025", awarded to Bart de Jong by the Dutch Game Design Guild. It's a lasercut dice tray with engraving.

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Bart de Jong @bartgamedesign.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

We've been blessed by the local sparrows. They've been swarming right above our neighbourhood for the past week or so.

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Bart de Jong @bartgamedesign.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

So apparently my body wanted to show solidarity with my good friend @zhoekstra.bsky.social, and decided it was time for my appendix to go as well. Now in recovery after an emergency surgery this afternoon. What a way to end an already crazy year.

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Bart de Jong @bartgamedesign.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Becoming a father has changed my shopping behaviour at Essen Spiel considerably. This baby boar from @lookoutgames.bsky.social was my biggest purchase.

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Bart de Jong @bartgamedesign.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

I spotted L'Oaf in the wild for the first time yesterday! Always a magical moment when an idea I've worked on for years is suddenly an actual thing people can buy and play. Goblin Laundromat and Medievallons are awesome games as well, definitely worth checking out at Wulfhorn Games' Essen booth!

Picture of my game L'Oaf for sale in my FLGS.

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Bart de Jong @bartgamedesign.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

🎲✂️ Exactly five years ago, I playtested a very first version of what was going to be Soap Box Race. This might be the longest I've worked on one design, though much of that time I spent going around in circles because I was a novice designer. What's the design you've been working on longest?

First Paper and pencil prototype of my board game design Soap Box Race

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Bart de Jong @bartgamedesign.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

🎲✂️ So I decided to join this years Hippodice competition with my design Soap Box Race. It's a game that tries to capture the childhood excitement and imagination of building the awesomest soap box car and racing it down a hill (and probably crashing it in the process)

Sellsheet for my game Soap Box Race, a design that is looking for a publisher.

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Bart de Jong @bartgamedesign.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

It's the Amsterdam Pride canal parade today, and backers of the Amsterdam Board Game Design - Season 2 will receive a set Pride promo cards for each of the three games to celebrate. Here's the ones for L'Oaf:

Picture showing the Pride promo cards for L'Oaf, as part of the Amsterdam Board Game Design Season 2 kickstarter campaign.

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Bart de Jong @bartgamedesign.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

I'll be at UKGE next week! Friday afternoon I will be demoing my upcoming game L'Oaf at the playtest zone. See you there?

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Bart de Jong @bartgamedesign.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

The artist (Jason Gamber) and graphic designer (Ruud Nederpelt) are working hard to bring my next game L'Oaf to life. Its such an amazing process to see them take my ugly prototype and turn it into something so pretty. And this isn't even its final form!

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