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Jacob Bysshe Landrum @byssh3.bsky.social · 6h

I successfully did my little solo September challenge. I missed exactly one day, but more than made up for it. Here’s how I ranked all the things I played this month. :)

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Joey! @cardboardontap.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The day is nearly upon us! Just did the final print test for the release of my Print-and-Play board game called Crabage! Wanted to thank @hinokodo.com for their work on making the 'Human Made' logo! It looks so spiffy in printed out! Just gotta send it to a couple of friends to catch any errors!

5 sheets of paper that my upcoming game called Crabage are printed on. The top-most page has a diagram and some smaller text below. The bottom right corner has an Icon of a hand with the words "humam made" below it. The very top center says, "start here" flanked on either side by exclimation point

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BoardGame Animal 🐕 @boardgameanimal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Time to check out @cmyk.games latest; Grabble!! youtu.be/AS4W1etyPaQ?... #cmyk #grabble #boardgames

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Jacob Bysshe Landrum @byssh3.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Always fun to finish a pocketbook. Much more scribbly than usual. Here’s some uh… stuff, lol

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Jacob Bysshe Landrum @byssh3.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Executive dysfunction is usually describing as actively telling yourself to go do the thing and still just not doing it, which it is. But it’s also a funny little thing where you are actively thinking about serious and heavy shit, but can’t fully stop thinking about making a solo version of a game.

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Jacob Bysshe Landrum @byssh3.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My day to day life is pretty bland for the most part. On occasion though, I get to go to the store and pick up food for my tarantulas and mutter “woims” over and over because it’s fun to say. And it’s what I’m buying.

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Lunarpunk Games @lunarpunk.games · 28/09/2026

Color Jam has funded! We're so, so excited about making this coloring game a reality. Thanks to everyone for sharing, supporting, and helping this exist! And a major thanks to the incredible game designers Gene Koo and Joe Kell, as well as artist Erin Laue. You all made this something truly special.

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Ryan @ryanwright.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is how I remember the order of Henry VIII’s wives.

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Jacob Bysshe Landrum @byssh3.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Solo September still going strong! Clearly, I had a thing for Ra Dice with @indigopotter.bsky.social this week. I also played the Orchard series finally (I missed Saturday. But made up for it today with Forage!) Konigrufen is consuming my digital playtime lol

BG Stats 4 x 4.
Play count:
5: Ra: The Dice Game;
2: Chess;
2: Orchard: 9 card solitaire game;
1: Area 52;
1: Bested Another Time;
1: Boggle;
1: Crisps!;
1: Duel for Cardia;
1: Go;
1: Grove: 9 card solitaire game;
1: Konigrufen;
1: Plane Jane;
1: Red7;
1: Tumbles;
1: Waypoints;
1: Woo.

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rcampbell04.bsky.social @rcampbell04.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I don't post much, but hello, here is a shameless plug for my two upcoming compendium trick takers! www.kickstarter.com/projects/pol...

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Coming soon: Stepping Stones & Speed Run

Compendium Trick-Taking card game duo, plus enamel pin and art extras!

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BoardGame Animal 🐕 @boardgameanimal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Check out our video on Color Jam from @lunarpunk.games @stickydoodler.bsky.social youtu.be/55WQMnXUAnM?... #colorjam #lunarpunk

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Momo @heyheymomo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

For a limited time you can get show your love for egg on a shirt! Check it out at www.heyheymomo.com!

Different color variations of the shirts with a drawing of a fried egg on it

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Jon Perry @perryjon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It's not quite available for purchase yet, but here's a sneak peak at box art for the next Air Land & Sea (including both a classic and a Critters at War version).

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BoardGame Animal 🐕 @boardgameanimal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Our video on Color Jam is coming very shortly. In the meantime, here’s a teaser of how it’s unlike any video we’ve done before… Who’s this? 🤔 😊 🤏🏻 ☁️

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BoardGame Animal 🐕 @boardgameanimal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Unfortunately the fifth video is going to be a little late and won’t be out today. Trust me it’ll be worth it though!

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BoardGame Animal 🐕 @boardgameanimal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Special midnight drop! Check out our thoughts on Suppose and Welcome Demons, the latest funky trick taker & climber-shedder for all you cool CATs out there~ youtu.be/z9MsKsq9I24?... @dnlnwmn.bsky.social #newmill #tricktaking

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Z @dxdydz.northsky.social · 21/09/2026

The raw supplies for my very DIY trick taking design are due to be delivered today! 🎉 The plan is to hand-make ~20 copies of it, and send them out as cheaply as possible. Provide your own deck of cards. Half trad game, half compendium, half campaign game, it’s 1.5 of something!

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BoardGame Animal 🐕 @boardgameanimal.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I *suppose*… Tonight we’re doing a MIDNIGHT release… (EST)

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Z @dxdydz.northsky.social · 21/09/2026

finally finished putting all these doodles into their homes

screenshot of inkscape with several cards open, the cards have coloured backgrounds and small doodles on the faces

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BoardGame Animal 🐕 @boardgameanimal.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Check out our video on The Adventure Store from @tricktaking.bsky.social! youtu.be/v4Bmf-wc3ts?... And do you know how good it is? Well… Lookie here ⬇️

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Jacob Bysshe Landrum @byssh3.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Game designers: how would you handle revealing information to a player without having another player be responsible for set up or whatever? Like what would you do to reveal things about face down cards or what have you without the player KNOWING things or being told them?

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Jacob Bysshe Landrum @byssh3.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Last week was interesting! Fun! A bit odd. (Last three images are just for fun; I didn’t want to leave anything out this time to make it fit a 4x4)

BG Stats 5 x 5.
Play count:
3: Bested Another Time;
2: 5x15;
2: Chess;
2: Inkwell;
2: The Lucky Seven;
2: Ninjan;
2: Solitarrow;
2: Tumbles;
2: Woo;
1: Alpine Solitaire;
1: The Blueberry Score;
1: Boggle;
1: DIE MAX DIE;
1: Dino Trix: Tarot Adventures;
1: For Northwood! A Solo Trick-Taking Game;
1: Gee, Thanks!;
1: Luxembourgish Tarock;
1: Schadenfreude;
1: Schnapsen;
1: The Six of VIII;
1: Skull King;
1: SuDoku Hex!;
Custom Item;
Custom Item;
Custom Item.

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CodeMarvelous @codemarvelous.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Some hold my beer on a Sunday

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City Hare Studio 🔜 Essen SPIEL 2026 @cityhare.studio · 20/09/2026

Hey did you know I have a bunch of different stuff available on the game crafter? Go check it out www.thegamecrafter.com/designers/ci...

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City Hare Studio

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BoardGame Animal 🐕 @boardgameanimal.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Check out our review of Enchanted Ivy by Sarah Joshua, from @allplay.bsky.social I’ve been SO excited to make this video, you have no idea… youtu.be/IXo1AsfWXms?... #enchantedivy

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Jacob Bysshe Landrum @byssh3.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I’ve been doing Solotember much more successfully this year. Here are four games I played this week: - SuDoku Hex! (Dr. K) - Solitarrow (Gregg Jewell) - The Lucky Seven (Zach Barth) - 5x15 (Friedemann Friese) Sudoku Hex was shockingly more thoughtful than I expected. Solitarrow is hard!

The Lucky Seven (I died very badly this run)

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BoardGame Animal 🐕 @boardgameanimal.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Get ready for a BoardGame Animal MARATHON Starting Tomorrow Five Days, Five Videos Bitewing Drop~ Adventure Store~ New Mill Drop~ Best Solo-Game EVER!?~ Color Jam~ @bitewinggames.bsky.social @tricktaking.bsky.social @dnlnwmn.bsky.social @allplay.bsky.social & more

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Jacob Bysshe Landrum @byssh3.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Annie Dillard is one of the most foundational voices in my head when I do anything creative. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek changed my life.

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Dan Thurot @danthurot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

All I play anymore is trick-takers and/or shedders. Today, I'm looking at three new options that each upend the formula in some way: Welcome Demons, Sumidagawa Red Town, and Suppose. Read about them here: spacebiff.com/2026/09/16/w...

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S’pose

All I play anymore is trick-takers. And climber/shedders. Are those the same thing? Some say so. Others disagree. I don’t take a strong stance on it. Which is why I’m lumping these thre…

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tobyfox @tobyfox.undertale.com · 16/09/2026

A friend found one of my business cards from 13 years ago

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Jacob Bysshe Landrum @byssh3.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

My children have been freed from BGGatory and can now be played by YOU! I have four new games I’d love for folk to try. All four are fixed trump, two-player, trick-taking games designed for us with @seandavidross.bsky.social’s Trifle deck. Trifle has four suits and ranks 0-5 and Q.

Cover art for Seventeen Banana, To Shave a Kiwi, the Blueberry Score, and Strawberry’s Truth. Bysshe’s dog icon sits atop them with “Hi, I’m Jacob, and I have four new games to show you!”

Cover art for Sean Ross’s Trifle; artwork by Sai Beppu

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Jacob Bysshe Landrum @byssh3.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This Columbo show… this is some good television I tell ya.

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Jacob Bysshe Landrum @byssh3.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I’ve been doing a solo September thing, so I’m seeing lots of variety if not much depth. Also, I feel like a “real designer” because I did more watching of other people play my games than I did playing them: that’s cool! (I’m waiting on BGG to push them thru so I can talk them!)

BG Stats 4 x 4.
Play count:
1: All Mine!;
1: Applejack;
1: Dino Trix: Tarot Adventures;
1: Duel for Cardia;
1: Floating Eyelands;
1: A Gentle Rain;
1: Mü & More;
1: Otter;
1: Regicide;
1: Schnapsen;
1: Sluff Off!;
1: Strawberry's Truth;
1: Super Mega Lucky Box;
1: Tumbles;
1: Woo;
1: ゴリティア (Goritaire).

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Z @dxdydz.northsky.social · 12/09/2026

Couldn’t stop myself

Haus of Decline comic where a character has an idea lightbulb and then another and then too many and two onlookers say to each other (this part has been edited) “they started designing games” “poor thing”

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BoardGame Animal 🐕 @boardgameanimal.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Shoutout to @coreyyoung.com for being a legend

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City Hare Studio 🔜 Essen SPIEL 2026 @cityhare.studio · 12/09/2026

Nothing better than spending my wife's birthday at the zoo over a game of cribbage and some pumpkin spice latte 😌 It started to rain so we sought refuge at the zoo's Starbucks.

A hand of cribbage with a deck, board, and a tumbler full of coffee in the background

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Jacob Bysshe Landrum @byssh3.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I genuinely like writing rules for games, but I *detest* writing the Description for BGG. I forced myself to lay in the bed and just vomit up some garbage before I fall asleep to say I did it and have something to edit in the morning. Anyway, four new games coming up soon!🫐 🍓 🍌 🥝

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Z @dxdydz.northsky.social · 12/09/2026

more crappy logos for "old" (circa 2024) games

queen of clubs honlding a hand of cards and it says "well Shoot"

a vector drawing of a pollarded tree except its little nubs are playing card suits and it says pollard above it

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Corey Brickley * Blight's Hollow Dot Com @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I had this idea from reading the elizabeth holmes mouse post and then I couldn't do anything else until i painted the idea to completion

It is a cartoon mouse, like Jerry from Tom and Jerry, shaped like a wedge of cheese presumably because it has eaten a wedge of cheese. The mouse has Elizabeth Holmes' face. The mouse is saying "Why would I deceive you? There's no reason for me to do that."

Nathan Fielder, looking into a fridge where the mouse has eaten a cheese, says skeptically "Okay. Alright."

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Jacob Bysshe Landrum @byssh3.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

First session of the chess club I run during enrichment time at my school was today. I’m happy to report that nobody proudly announced “Mister, look! I got their king!” I did have to answer “why do I have two queens” a lot though, which is hilarious.

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Z @dxdydz.northsky.social · 10/09/2026

making quick shitty logos for a couple of my standard deck games that don't have logos

the word deque on white on a blue background and there are arrows and playing card suit symbols

hanafuda moon card except it says something else entirely written out in red, black, and then white

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Corey Young @coreyyoung.com · 08/09/2026

@boardgameanimal.bsky.social Heard of this?

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Shreesh @shreesh.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This is a brilliant deck building + trick taking design by @tricktaking.bsky.social. It’s one of the first games I playtested and have been wanting to buy a copy ever since. Congrats on the release!! 🤗 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ins...

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The Adventure Store

Build your deck by purchasing powerful equipment in this trick-taking combat game.

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Amanda Panda 🔜 BGG Con, PaxU @panda8ngel.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

🔴 I had a great birthday week! TY all for making it special! Tue: Happy Star Trek Day! WizKids Thur: CGE Fri: Join me for games on BGA! Sun: @smirkanddagger.bsky.social - Also listen to BGG Podcast w/ Curt please! 📺 www.twitch.tv/panda8... 📺 www.youtube.com/@Pan...