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games that come alive at dvc.games | queer fem + enby led game design collective & publisher | tabletop, rpg, digital, immersive, intersectional, accessible | account co-run by jono & sometimes ben and jess

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DVC Games 🔜 PAXU @dvcgames.bsky.social · 16h
Rigged a copy of DUST for our photographer. Other than key ‘low spoiler’ cards, nearly everything was swapped out for blank cards so that there wouldn’t be mistakes or confusion in snapping those photos. But also, funny you know that, in the final pictures, those decks are basically empty.
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DVC Games 🔜 PAXU @dvcgames.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Finally have some product photography of Photo Club!
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DVC Games 🔜 PAXU @dvcgames.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Idk if we will keep him but its been fun
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DVC Games 🔜 PAXU @dvcgames.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Giant Pacts for RetroGameCon next weekend.
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DVC Games 🔜 PAXU @dvcgames.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Looks like we just wrapped up dev on two insane games. I’d like to at least ruminate on both a little, as a treat.
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DVC Games 🔜 PAXU @dvcgames.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Running prototype goodies on the new office laser. Big convenience upgrade for us and all the designers that co-work in our building.
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DVC Games 🔜 PAXU @dvcgames.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Last day of tests of Photo Club!
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DVC Games 🔜 PAXU @dvcgames.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Stress testing the point values on cards to the last second
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DVC Games 🔜 PAXU @dvcgames.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Out of Stock (till November): TYPESET, Scream Park, Thing Thing Getting VERY low: Pacts, Signal, Inkwell To be honest, did not expect things to sell like they have, so that is a blessing. But also, I do answer a lot of emails ‘sorry’ since we don’t have more of everything on hand.
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DVC Games 🔜 PAXU @dvcgames.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Got my first all-AI pitch I think? Sell sheet covered in AI art, email that has a shallow grasp of us and mixes a bunch of worthless lingo in AI structure (what is a ‘shared-market hook”?), and a generic business theme ‘perfectly aligned with DVC Games’ portfolio’. Even the rules seem generated.
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DVC Games 🔜 PAXU @dvcgames.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
DVC monthly open game night. Starting with a game of Here Lies II, and I am a regular investigator!
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DVC Games 🔜 PAXU @dvcgames.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Fiddling with Pacts: Legends cover. Always looks strange since magenta = foil, but it is coming together I think!
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Witty Volkova @wittlegoblin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It’s okay to be a baby! Here are some spooky, not scary, tabletop games I like 👻
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DVC Games 🔜 PAXU @dvcgames.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Thank you for adventuring in our strangest experiment!
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DVC Games 🔜 PAXU @dvcgames.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Jerry and I had fun playing and speeding up some gameplay today.
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DVC Games 🔜 PAXU @dvcgames.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Rob made a bonus piece of cute art for Thieves’ Cant and I just quite adore it. It’ll find its use!
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DVC Games 🔜 PAXU @dvcgames.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Got one of everything for the DVC office. Out of Sorts is a delight!
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DVC Games 🔜 PAXU @dvcgames.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Having a vision statement means this part year of submissions were, by and large, fantastic. Some of the coolest stuff we have ever been pitched. docs.google.com/document/d/1... In that vein, I am experimenting with a new 'golden rule' that has come up lately, and I am contemplating if it fits.
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DVC Games 🔜 PAXU @dvcgames.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This is really sweet! I was having a down week about design so this is a big cheer-up.
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DVC Games 🔜 PAXU @dvcgames.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Love it when art comes together. Pretty much almost there with Thieves’ Cant, our improv game where two thieves communicate in code while the remaining players watch and try to catch them red-handed.
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Calvin Ross Carl @calvinrosscarl.com · 03/09/2026
If I could only play games from one publisher for the rest of my life, I think I’d have to choose @dvcgames.bsky.social. Pacts delivers.
Pacts
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DVC Games 🔜 PAXU @dvcgames.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Another day of graphic design madness. Keep me company- ask me something!
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DVC Games 🔜 PAXU @dvcgames.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Fresh prototypes floating around the office!
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DVC Games 🔜 PAXU @dvcgames.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Today’s high scoring photos. How are folks doing?
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DVC Games 🔜 PAXU @dvcgames.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Spending time this morning thinking about how our games end up, sort of, in sets of three. Pods? Clutches? Broods? There is something to each set, even if it isn’t obvious, that holds them together.
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Eric (What's Eric Playing?) @whatsericplaying.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
[Inkwell Review] I apologize to any monks that I may have offended by suggesting that there wasn't much to do in the 1300s whatsericplaying.com/2026/08/31/ink…
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Inkwell
Create your magnum opus in Inkwell, an approachable drafting game of manuscript creation. For my full thoughts, check out my review!
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DVC Games 🔜 PAXU @dvcgames.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
We took our 18 month old son to the beach today. The one I went to every summer since I was his age. I haven’t been back in almost 20 years. A lot of my childhood seems so small in retrospect. But not today. The ocean, the sandcastles, the lifeguard chair are the same size as I remember. 
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DVC Games 🔜 PAXU @dvcgames.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Photos I used to beat @bobbywest.bsky.social at Photo Club today.
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DVC Games 🔜 PAXU @dvcgames.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Coolest part of today was finally getting my hands on Tales of Myth & Legend by @bobbywest.bsky.social et al. It’s enormous and ambitious and twisty and full of little things that are special to be discovered (reminds me of Zelda or Hollow Knight). But the teach was maybe 5 minutes long. Amazing.
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Watch It Played @watchitplayed.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Frig me, this IS becoming the @dvcgames.bsky.social social media page. This is Inkwell. Comparisons are made to Azul. I get why. Add powers. Add a sneaky Abbott timer. Add cool art. Add some metal cubes. Put in a portable box. Ensure there’s a DVC-cloth-mat(tm). Inkwell.
Inkwell board game
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DVC Games 🔜 PAXU @dvcgames.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
That is a really sick looking temple though
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DVC Games 🔜 PAXU @dvcgames.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Yay sample copies day. PPC of DUST is complete and all fits! MPC of Pacts, Scream Park, TYPESET reprints also good
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Watch It Played @watchitplayed.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Been posting some games I’ve been playing, so I’d be remiss not to post this current go-to fav of the last year. Here Lies, by those creatives at @dvcgames.bsky.social. Being on either side of the table as the pieces start to come together (or don’t) is quite a treat.
Here Lies board game
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DVC Games 🔜 PAXU @dvcgames.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
tomorrows lunch time activity
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DVC Games 🔜 PAXU @dvcgames.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Our community had a blast playtesting this one and supporting a pillar in our community, Phil. Come and give your heart to the Monolith!
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DVC Games 🔜 PAXU @dvcgames.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I could keep doing boring things OR keep playing this.
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DVC Games 🔜 PAXU @dvcgames.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I am pickling my brain with tweaking all 72 examples on the cards in Photo Club. Ask obscure and specific design or business questions about anything DVC to entertain me, please.
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DVC Games 🔜 PAXU @dvcgames.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Working on Here Lies II and Pacts: Legends at the same time is a different type of skill, and a different type of puzzle-y headache. It is one thing to set a standard, but making 'more' to build on the previous games is more about keeping that standard. It provides some unique challenges...
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DVC Games 🔜 PAXU @dvcgames.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
admiring the art on the Photo Club season cards today
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DVC Games 🔜 PAXU @dvcgames.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Just a few more pieces of art and then I get to make a nice copy of this oddball. Been trying to crack a very specific feeling in improv and deduction for YEARS and Jesse really found the missing pieces on this one.
Cover art for Thieves' Cant, a game by Jasper Beatrix, Jesse Panther, and Rob Armbrister (artist)
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DVC Games 🔜 PAXU @dvcgames.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
upgrading some pacts 2 prototype cards for paytests yeah no i dont know what to keep secret never did im just excited we get to make things
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DVC Games 🔜 PAXU @dvcgames.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Drafting the decks of Here Lies II from the playtested cards to build more cohesive decks.
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DVC Games 🔜 PAXU @dvcgames.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
It was super cool to talk about DUST at Gen Con, and pre-orders are now open and everything. Got really used to saying 'an adventure without a rulebook' and I think that's a great little hook. If you want to learn more, try out the digital prelude at playdust.digital
Box and card render of DUST, an upcoming game
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Big Boss Battle @bigbossbattle.com · 14/08/2026
Is Pacts the Best New Two-Player Strategy Game?
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Is Pacts the Best New Two-Player Strategy Game?
Read our Pacts board game review as we explore DVC Games' brilliant two-player strategy game. Is this Celtic duel your next favourite game?
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DVC Games 🔜 PAXU @dvcgames.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Made a playtesting packet for Pacts Legends, so if you are a fan of Pacts and have some time to play a round or two in the next few weeks to test a new faction or three, please let me know!
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DVC Games 🔜 PAXU @dvcgames.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Even the hat man begrudgingly agrees: Pacts is good. Good thing we are making a sequel! youtu.be/r4YQVc_y0_g?...
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Pacts Review: Leader of the Pact
YouTube video by The Dice Tower
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DVC Games 🔜 PAXU @dvcgames.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I think that the start of Act 1 (after tutorial) is about as far as I can go without spoiling too much of DUST. One last playthrough before production starts… still have a whole new strategy to try!
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DVC Games 🔜 PAXU @dvcgames.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
In-progress mat for Thieves’ Cant looks like a fun piece of parchment come to life. Rob Armbrister is doing so great.
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DVC Games 🔜 PAXU @dvcgames.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
more pacts: legends testing
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DVC Games 🔜 PAXU @dvcgames.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
made a fresh game today. it was not bad, it was not good. but its good to just… make something
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