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Catacombian Games

@catacombian.com

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Board game publisher in NYC Colossi (card game): catacombian.com Social Game (digital): thesocialgame.gg Created by @johnrudolphdrexler.com

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Catacombian Games @catacombian.com · 01/10/2026

Stealing is a superpower if you do it well. catacombian.com/blog/steal-like-a-g…

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Catacombian Games @catacombian.com · 22/09/2026

David Gordon gave me an insight into why it's so much harder than it looks to design simple games. catacombian.com/blog/why-simple-gam…

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Catacombian Games @catacombian.com · 10/09/2026

A great design tool to steal from Valve catacombian.com/blog/game-mechanica…

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Catacombian Games @catacombian.com · 01/09/2026

Codenames is hard. catacombian.com/blog/codenames-mech…

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Catacombian Games @catacombian.com · 27/08/2026

Suspension of disbelief is a skill. Listen / Read Watch: catacombian.com/blog/suspens...

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Catacombian Games @catacombian.com · 25/08/2026

Frank Lantz gave me the best unified theory of games I've ever heard. catacombian.com/blog/games-aestheti…

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Catacombian Games @catacombian.com · 11/08/2026

I deleted ⅓ of my game, and it made it way better. catacombian.com/blog/heck-yes-or-no…

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Catacombian Games @catacombian.com · 05/08/2026

My first Gen Con was like the opposite of doom scrolling catacombian.com/blog/gen-con...

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Catacombian Games @catacombian.com · 17/06/2026

You can have the same player action in 3 different form factors, and you’ve essentially got 3 different games. catacombian.com/blog/form-fa...

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Catacombian Games @catacombian.com · 08/06/2026

If you’re at Gen Con, I’d love to say hi in person and play a game with you. I’ll do some sessions of Colossi too, if you’d like to learn. Shoot me a message!

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Catacombian Games @catacombian.com · 22/05/2026

Don’t be chintzy with great ideas catacombian.com/blog/the-tro...

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Catacombian Games @catacombian.com · 14/05/2026

Everything I learned from selling my games a convention. Most importantly: art sells games. catacombian.com/blog/first-b...

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Catacombian Games @catacombian.com · 22/04/2026

The best narratives in games are the ones that emerge from gameplay. catacombian.com/blog/embedde...

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