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Cardboard Revolution BACK DEMON CASTLE MONONOKE @cardboardrevolution.com · 14/05/2026

Demon Castle Mononoke Update 11: ALL VS ONE- Being the Mononoke We dive into an entirely unique game mode that turns Mononoke into a competitive game! gamefound.com/en/projects/...

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Demon Castle Mononoke by Cardboard Revolution - ALL VS ONE- Being the Mononoke - Gamefound

FINAL WEEK! Plus, Reddit AMA today at 12pm!

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Brooks Barber @rollplusfun.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

I just announced Hawk & Dove’s first game! If you too want to get these newsletters, come subscribe at www.hawkanddovegames.com Thanks!

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Hawk and Dove

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Hawk and Dove Games @hawkanddovegames.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

I just sent out our first newsletter to subscribers! The biggest piece of news is announcing our first game - Painkillers, one of my designs. I am immensely proud of this game and how far it has come since its inception. Here's a mini thread on the game as it is now.

Image of the United States in gray, with a teal background. Along the Eastern seaboard runs a collection of pharmaceuticals that roughly make up the shape of the Appalachian Mountains. In large, white letters, it says the name of the game - Painkillers - with a syringe forming both Is in the name, and the final S as a dollar sign. Across the top is the name of the designer - Brooks Barber.

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Drentsoft Games - (Derwent) @drentsoftgames.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Hey, hey. Our latest newsletter entry is out. Give it a read if you want to know what's happening with Domino City! mailchi.mp/af134b252495...

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Drentsoft Games October 2025 Edition 🎲

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Minty Noodles Ltd. @mintynoodles.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Read about the distinctive visual world of Interstellar Adventures. Illustrated by Adrián Iglesias. ✨ mintynoodles.com/the-art-of-interstellar-adventures #puzzleadventure #tabletopescaperoomgames #kickstartergames #puzzlegames #coopgames #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #illustration #comicart

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Drentsoft Games - (Derwent) @drentsoftgames.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

One nice thing about designing small games is you can sneak them in your bag (or never take them out) and then break them out for a tricky little play at lunch between courses! Tasty playtests! 1/6 🎲✂

Domino City game board on a pub table. Game one after ordering first course.

Domino City game board and cottage pie on a pub table. Game one ongoing. Moves can be made around food!

Score sheet on pub table. D went first, scored a total of 70 vs J's 58.

A selection of dominoes laid upright on their long edge. One domino is threatening to fall over but is valiantly staying up.

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Zach Hoekstra @zhoekstra.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Had a great dress rehearsal for PACT at a local game convention. I will say I have the first of three rounds of this game DOWN. Now I just have to make sure the last two rounds are as widely enjoyed.

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Drentsoft Games - (Derwent) @drentsoftgames.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

If you're interested how Domino City plays, we made a short 50 second video of a 2 player game. This is the "Free Market" mode where players claim regions and place dominoes to plan out the city renovation. youtube.com/shorts/JcWUf...

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A Complete Domino City Game in 50 seconds

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Drentsoft Games - (Derwent) @drentsoftgames.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Had yet another great weekend at @protospielo.bsky.social this weekend. Got to play loads of really cool prototypes and meet many cool designers and playtesters!

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Protospiel Online 🚧 Next Dates TBD @protospielo.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Community Newsletter Issue Read the full issue hello.protospiel.online/posts/celebr... 🎲✂️ Want the next issue as soon as it drops? Join the newsletter and get your Digital Prototyping Tools Comparison Guide as a sign up gift! 🎁🤓🎁 hello.protospiel.online

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Celebrating PO's 5 Year Anniversary--Community Newsletter Issue 50!!!

Hey Reader!

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Protospiel Online 🚧 Next Dates TBD @protospielo.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Since Screentop.gg is the most common digital playtesting platform at our conventions, there’s no need to buy any software to come and play a ton of fun and interesting unpublished games.🙌 Plus, Playtester badges are only $10 during the early bird discount!

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Screentop is the best place to play tabletop games online for free. Play with friends directly in your browser - no setup required!

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Protospiel Online 🚧 Next Dates TBD @protospielo.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Badge sales for Protospiel Online August 22-24 2025 are open! 3 days of digital playtesting with 24 hour moderator support. Early bird pricing is available through Mon Aug 11, 2025 at 11:59pm EDT. 🎲✂️ protospiel.online/badges/

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3 days of playtesting on Discord + virtual tabletop. 10% of total badge sales go to charities supporting human rights.

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A Man Possessed is Kickstarting Rune Rite! 🔮 @amanpossessed.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Personally, I *will* be backing Domino City when the time comes. This game scratches all of my particular itches. #boardgames

A bad knock-off of the Shut Up & Sit Down "Recommends" badge, with a big, wonky "Katz" superimposed sloppily over "Shut Up & Sit Down".

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Drentsoft Games - (Derwent) @drentsoftgames.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

The latest Drentsoft Games newsletter is out! In which I document thoughts about making a multi-layer board for different game modes in Domino City. If you liked reading it consider signing up to get the next issue direct! mailchi.mp/dd16cd966ee2... #boardgamedesigner #abstractgame #boardgames

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Drentsoft Games July 2025 Edition 🎲

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Drentsoft Games - (Derwent) @drentsoftgames.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Domino City now has 2 game modes. The basic mode uses cards to assign players their regions. The other mode allows them to place cubes to claim regions. I'm trying to work out the best option for a board that suits both modes & I've made a short video on my thoughts. youtube.com/shorts/YCCf4... 🎲✂️

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Xo3 (it/its) 🐰🔪 @xoe.gay · 10/07/2025

In about 2 hours, I'll be talking with Jamie, and Tanner about digital prototyping for @protospielo.bsky.social 's Panelspiel! If you've been on the fence about playtesting online, or you're not sure where to start, check it out! Join us and ask us questions in chat! www.twitch.tv/protospielo 🎲✂️

Panelspiel Online July 2025

Digital playtesting
How it works and why we love it, with Jamie Sabriel, Tanner Simmons, and Xoe Allred.

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Print & Play @printplaygames.com · 13/06/2025

Witches' Quarrel is launching on Kickstarter June 20th! Shanti (the designer) has been printing prototypes through our shop for years now, and it's been a pleasure watching the project evolve 😊 Check it out! @witchesquarrel.bsky.social #boardgames

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Drentsoft Games - (Derwent) @drentsoftgames.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Looking forward to UKGE next weekend. Have a 3 hour playtest session booked in the afternoon at @playtestuk.bsky.social Will be there on Saturday. Drop by to try Domino City and maybe a couple other games!

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Drentsoft Games - (Derwent) @drentsoftgames.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Had a great weekend at @protospielo.bsky.social this weekend. Got a few tests of Domino City and one of 👑A Taste for the King👑for the first time in over a year. It gave me a couple of ideas to try!

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Drentsoft Games - (Derwent) @drentsoftgames.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Latest newsletter release is out! mailchi.mp/c9009b1d9b03... The first pre-launch page link is broken and I didn't catch it before release BUT there is another at the bottom of the page.

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Drentsoft Games May 2025 Edition 🎲

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Rob Harper @harperrob.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

🎲✂️ Just in case anyone here is interested, a butterfly conservation group is looking for someone to run a half day game design workshop in South Wales in mid-July... boardgamegeek.com/thread/35082...

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Board Game Design expert required! | BGG

Hi folks, I'm looking for someone that would be happy to run a (paid) workshop for a group of 11 young people aged 16-25, to help steer their ideas on creating a butterfly/moth themed board or card g...

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Drentsoft Games - (Derwent) @drentsoftgames.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Setting up an animation rig in #blender for Sir Reginald Dominio for Domino City's Kickstarter video and something went a little wrong. There's a certain charm to the positioning here 😅 But! It needs fixing! #boardgame #boardgamedesign

Blender 2D mouth rig for Sir Reginald Dominio, one mouth position is significantly too low.

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Drentsoft Games - (Derwent) @drentsoftgames.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Very interested to know, if you have a dominoes set at home, what values are they and what size are the actual dominoes. We have sets of 15x30mm, 20x40mm and 1in x 2in. Curious if there are other common sizes. Wondering if there are enough domino sets in the wild to justify a pnp-only Domino City.🎲

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Matt Farmer @mattfarmerart.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

What are the Mashu? Mashu are small, friendly, social creatures. They tend to travel around in groups of four to ten, although there appears to be no upper limit on how many will gather or travel together. Mashu behaviour is entirely based around doing what seems like a fun idea at the time.

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Drentsoft Games - (Derwent) @drentsoftgames.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Domino City has now been playtested 73 times by 52 playtesters!

Total Playtesters 52 | Total Playtests 73

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Drentsoft Games - (Derwent) @drentsoftgames.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Spent the day at @paradiceuk.bsky.social today. Got some playtests of Domino City done... 1/8 🎲✂

The Paradice main hall just as the hall opened.

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Drentsoft Games - (Derwent) @drentsoftgames.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

So I was making some prototypes and my 3M Spray Mount ran out. I can't find anyone who can ship it by when I need for a sensible price. I also have 3M spray mount Reposition-able and Photo Mount. Which is my best chance of making a long lasting prototype? or should I try some watery wood glue? 🎲✂

Dual layer board for Domino City after cutting slots but before gluing. With a knife and ruler on a cutting mat.

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Drentsoft Games - (Derwent) @drentsoftgames.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

We're live, streaming board game playtests right now! twitch.tv/drentsoftgames

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Drentsoft Games - (Derwent) @drentsoftgames.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Hey there! Do you like game design news?? Well here's the latest updates to Domino City! mailchi.mp/695ca70deed0...

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Drentsoft Games March 2025 Edition 🎲

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Brooks Barber @rollplusfun.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

It's been mentioned a couple times now, so I'm boosting this one - I'm very pleased to have my first published game come out with @hollandspiele.bsky.social later this year! Can't wait to see it in print and on tables.

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Drentsoft Games - (Derwent) @drentsoftgames.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

The last couple of releases of Libreoffice have had some unfortunate issues for me. Libreoffice Write sometimes has long delays when trying to access the (file) menu (sometimes fixable with a GPU driver update) and now it's crashing (at random) if links are copied to/present in the document. 😤

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Drentsoft Games - (Derwent) @drentsoftgames.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

We're live playtesting games on twitch.tv/drentsoftgames

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Drentsoft Games - (Derwent) @drentsoftgames.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

We'll be doing a live playtesting session on twitch.tv/drentsoftgames at 2PM EST playing Domino City and Marrowmourn Halls. Follow on Twitch to get notifications we we go live and join us!

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Protospiel Online 🚧 Next Dates TBD @protospielo.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Here's this week's Minigame Monday puzzle featuring prototype titles from those in the PO Aug 2024 website prototype listing protospiel.online/jigsaw-aug-2... Can you spot a game you know? #jigsawpuzzle #minigamemondaystream 🎲✂️

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Play this Jigsaw - August 2024 Prototype Listing Part 1

August 2024 Prototype Listing Part 1

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Drentsoft Games - (Derwent) @drentsoftgames.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Updated our Linktree, check it out if you want to! 😁 linktr.ee/DrentsoftGames

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Drentsoft Games - (Derwent) @drentsoftgames.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Is it worth getting a trade stand at a local(ish) (UK) convention if you're in pre-campaign stage (nothing physical to sell)? Will it generate enough interest for the time/cost commitment? Would be concerned about running the stand solo for the whole weekend vs getting a demo table for a few hours🎲✂

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Drentsoft Games - (Derwent) @drentsoftgames.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Out of interest, are any other designers posting screenshots/photos/images from their games using Glaze or Nightshade? I've been using Glaze for a few months and I have mixed feelings about it, mainly because it makes the art look a little worse and it takes time to do (~2 min per image). 🎲✂

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Drentsoft Games - (Derwent) @drentsoftgames.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Doing a little "How It Started/How It's Going" series on other socials, going over the history of Domino City's design from its first iteration to the current version. #boardgame #dominoes

The very first iteration of the board for Domino City (original working title The Grid) It shows a 4x2 of domino spaces surrounded by row and column circles.

This is the very first iteration of our current game Domino City. Originally called the Grid, I had two potential ideas for the game. This board layout was meant to work for both ideas but was primarily meant for the now-defunct rules (though I would like to revisit that idea at some point).
The idea came to me at Protospiel Online (an online playtest weekend) in August 2024 in the early hours of the second day. I rushed to make the board before the main playtesting period started to get busy and slapped together a prototype in Screentop. This worked for the first idea but as testing moved towards the alternate game design, Screentop’s 2D layout began to cause issues for this particular game. Unfortunately I didn’t have time to implement a playtest space in a 3D platform so we had to suffer suboptimal playtests for the duration of the weekend.
I received many interesting ideas for how to implement the game in Screentop but ultimately 3D platforms would prove to be much better for playtesting.
The game involves placing cubes to claim scores which are dynamically generated by placing dominoes within the grid.

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Sha from Neon Yellow Games @neonyellowgames.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

The Midnight Void RPG is live right now! Like it's an actual thing that you can back and not just a concept I had 3 years ago!!!! #zinequest #ttrpg #hyperventaliting #seektheseeker

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The Midnight Void RPG (Zine Quest)

An Anthological Horror RPG

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Drentsoft Games - (Derwent) @drentsoftgames.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Godot 4.4 is out and it looks like a really big update! Jolt Physics in-built, game previews can be run in-editor now, typed dictionaries are of note for me but there's quite a bit more of interest!

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Drentsoft Games - (Derwent) @drentsoftgames.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Domino City didn't make it to the finals of the Cardboard Edison Award. The feedback was all very positively framed. The main takeaway seems to be the theme lacking enough initial appeal/a hook. Personally I'm OK with the theme as-is but will look at a few others to see if they're more appealing. 🎲✂️

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Eric Dittmore @ericdittmore.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

I’m feeling over the moon after finishing this pitch video. I finally am ready to send off my first ever game design to go find the right publisher; I feel like I’ve leveled up. I’ll submit to Cardboard Edison this week, and when that’s done I’ll hit the ground pitching! 🎲✂️ youtu.be/6qDK8g_nbGk

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Adulting Pitch Video - CE

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Haole Boy Games @haoleboygames.com · 25/01/2025

Getting ready for another “pub playtest” of #Soccer54 tomorrow morning at 7 am PT, and I’m upping my game from @protospielo.bsky.social feedback. 🎲✂️

Four cards in sleeves including the 2 of diamonds with the action of “Forward,” which gives the card a value of two when shooting. In addition, if you trade two 2 cards, you gain possession and add five to your next play.

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Xo3 (it/its) 🐰🔪 @xoe.gay · 18/01/2025

I think some people are embarrassed to draw their own placeholder art for prototypes, then turn to AI generative images. But I gotta say, I find hand drawn stick figures *WAY* more endearing and *WAY* less embarrassing than AI slop.

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Emily Vincent 🔜 BostonFIG @emilykeepskitties.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

I got prototypes today! Getting ready to send these to fabulous content creators and reviewers!

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Protospiel Online 🚧 Next Dates TBD @protospielo.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

About 1.5 days left on early bird prices for Protospiel Online Jan 17-19 2025 -- you can still get the lowest price available for Jan through 11:59pm EST Mon Jan 6! All Jan 2025 attendees get a digital swag bag, including 30% off a Screentop Pro account for 1 year! 🎲✂️ protospiel.online/badges

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3 days of playtesting on Discord + virtual tabletop. 10% of total badge sales go to charities supporting human rights.

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