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Johnny Chin @gamemarketwest.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Game Market West Fall 2026 Recap 400+ Attendees | 35+ Designers & Special Guests This fall brought another exciting showcase of independent tabletop game design with quick family games, solo puzzles, and co-op adventures. See you at the next one in March! #BoardGameSky #ttrpg

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twenty minute mile @twentyminutemile.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

In the Bay Area? The very first chance to buy a copy of Dungeon Deck will be this Sunday (9/27) in San Jose at @gamemarketwest.bsky.social! Come check out all the amazing local indie tabletop stuff

A graphic promoting Game Market West featuring the event info:
September 27
10AM-3PM
Free Entry

as well as illustrations of the Anxious Little Wurm, Puddle of Oooze, and Fishwife

A promotional graphic for Dungeon Deck at Game Market West, featuring the Dark Broker illustraion and the following text:

Buy the game!
Peruse our merch!
Receive a friendly handshake*

*TwentyMinuteMile is not liable for the transmutation of customers or transference of any curses while in physical contact with The Dark Broker

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Johnny Chin @gamemarketwest.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Thanks to @allplay.bsky.social for sponsoring the upcoming Game Market West on September 27 in San Jose! Special guest Peter C. Hayward will be signing these games to give away.

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Haole Boy Games @haoleboygames.com · 03/09/2026

A clowder of cats has arrived! I chose the colors based on my cats, Denali and Ginger. But in #Popoki 🐈 these cats are feral and living in an abandoned subdivision. Therefore, this would be a destruction of cats. Available at @gamemarketwest.bsky.social on Su 9/27: www.haoleboygames.com/popoki

A bag of white cat meeples, and a bag of orange cat meeples.

Brothers Denali (turkish angora) and Ginger (tabby). Ginger passed away in March at the age of 17.

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Cardboard Edison @cardboardedison.com · 01/09/2026

Board game designers: Our 2026 reports on publishing contracts are out! Industry standards to know before signing: 💵 Part 1: advances, credit, creative control 🎲 Part 2: royalties, designer copies, promotion 🌏 Part 3: co-publishing, extra royalties, rights reversion cardboardedison.com/reports

Sections of the infographics. Text-to-speech format here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VoQ_0CLQXGhkahF2_pGS65GynP1qkG7mE_Nn-rccco4/edit?tab=t.0

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Johnny Chin @gamemarketwest.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

ANNOUNCEMENT: Fall 2026 games are now available! I'm proud of the designers and their hard work to make these games come to life. www.gamemarketwest.com/fall-2026-ga... #boardgamesky #ttrpg

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Johnny Chin @gamemarketwest.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Full Tokyo Game Market haul. I’m excited for Storm in a Teacup, Silent Guardians, and Jusayo! #boardgamesky

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Johnny Chin @gamemarketwest.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Many Stories Mansion, CMYK Tricks, 3 Tricky Pigs, and Festival of Thousand Cats MSM is a great balance of climbing and polyominos, my favorite game of @jupitersclub.bsky.social! #boardgamesky #tgm

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Johnny Chin @gamemarketwest.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Tokyo Game Market mini haul, have more games in the way!

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SpielMas ⛄️ festival ➡️ Dec. 26-31 @spielmas.com · 03/04/2026

Mahalo to RJ at Board Game Casual for letting me plug #SpielMas ⛄️ during @gamemarketwest.bsky.social in San Jose CA. #boardgames 🤙🏼 Scrubbing to 14:16!

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Checking out Game Market West - Spring 2026!

YouTube video by Board Game Casual

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Johnny Chin @gamemarketwest.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

It's always fun when you can get this many indie designers to showcase their games. We had a huge variety from collaborative storytelling to complex strategy. Shout out to Anthony, Patrick, Charlie, and Ajda for releasing their first game! Next event: luma.com/6d5nmzxb #boardgamesky #ttrpg

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Johnny Chin @gamemarketwest.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Mom I'm on the news! We had over 400 attendees and 35+ tabletop game designers/vendors at Game Market West Spring 2026. Thank you for coming out and supporting indie designers! #boardgamesky #ttrpg

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Haole Boy Games @haoleboygames.com · 23/03/2026

At the Guildhall in San Jose CA, a cameraman for ABC 7 captured the indie game design scene at @gamemarketwest.bsky.social Source: abc7news.com/videoClip/18... 🎲✂️

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AEGIS Combining Robots @ PAX West @zephyrworkshop.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Prepping for @gamemarketwest.bsky.social tomorrow with @emilyhancock.bsky.social! Hand stickered, assembled, and QA'd boxes aplenty. This is ~true game publishing~ This might be the last indie print run of @florafiora.bsky.social for a while now that PrintPlay Games is dead...

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Johnny Chin @gamemarketwest.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Game Market West Spring 2026 Countdown: What's Your Choice by Gini Graham Scott Players make a choice of three options and score for explaining why that’s the best choice. Or players take turns making choices while other players try to guess the choice that player has made and why. #boardgamesky

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Chicken Games @chickengames.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Getting everything ready to table at @gamemarketwest.bsky.social. We can't wait to see everyone there!

Box production is hard work! Pictured is one of our team members preparing the cover of a box to be attached to the underlying material. They are creasing the cover paper so that it can be neatly folded over the material.

It is satisfying to see the finished product after working on a game for a long while! Pictured are stacks of playing cards in our game Barista of the Month. These freshly cut cards are precisely measured to ensure that each deck shuffles with uniformity.

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Johnny Chin @gamemarketwest.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

GMW Spring 2026 Countdown: Treat, Please! by @solisgamestudio.bsky.social From learning tricks to demanding treats, Treat, Please! captures all the hilarious, heartwarming moments that dog lovers know and adore. Who will become the ultimate good boy (or girl)? #boardgamesky #art #cute

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Johnny Chin @gamemarketwest.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

GMW Spring 2026 Countdown: Spellcrafter by @malimodigames.bsky.social Use familiars and other forms of sorcery to craft “spells” in this word building game. Draft cards from a shared pool then use the letters and special powers collected to craft the most valuable word! #boardgamesky #art

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Johnny Chin @gamemarketwest.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Game Market West Spring 2026 Countdown: Pale Dot by @devindecibel.bsky.social A collaborative improvisational story game about non-human cosmonauts embarking on a whimsical, surreal, and existential journey through their solar system to unravel a cosmic mystery. #ttrpg #boardgamesky #art

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Johnny Chin @gamemarketwest.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Excited to welcome our special guests for Game Market West Spring 2026, a tabletop game market where independent designers showcase/sell their newest games: @mattleacock.bsky.social @dodecadonuts.bsky.social @themisplay.com SumLilThings #boardgamesky #ttrpg #cute

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Johnny Chin @gamemarketwest.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Game Market West Spring 2026 Countdown: Otter and Capybara Crush by @dylancoyle.bsky.social Otter: Race to play all your cards first by putting adorable critters on otter tummies. Capybara Crush: Help critters escape the flooding river with your herd of of capybaras. #art #cute #boardgamesky

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Johnny Chin @gamemarketwest.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Game Market West Spring 2026 Countdown: Oishii - Food Stall Clash by Lyric Liu Oishii is a delightful card-based tabletop game that each player runs their own food stall, create tasty menu sets and serve big orders to earn money. #boardgamesky #art #cute

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Johnny Chin @gamemarketwest.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Game Market West Spring 2026 Countdown: OFMOS Essential (99 Prototypes Edition) by Cristian Mitreanu OFMOS Essential captures the fundamental dynamics shaping our lives through a simple-yet-powerful model that works at every scale. Be the CEO of your circumstances. #boardgamesky

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Johnny Chin @gamemarketwest.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Game Market West Spring 2026 Countdown: My Jewels! by @velgus.bsky.social with simple rules and an unique tug of war style scoring mechanic. This game of stealing jewels also comes in its own compact jewelry box where you pick the color and the first player ring/pendant! #boardgamesky

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Johnny Chin @gamemarketwest.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Game Market West Spring 2026 Countdown: MUSCLE WIZARD by Alex Pravdin MUSCLE WIZARD is a ridiculous high-fantasy TTRPG where you play as MUSCLE WIZARDs. Each letter in MUSCLE WIZARD is an acronym for an ability you get to name and create. You also get to use exploding dice! #boardgamesky #ttrpg

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Johnny Chin @gamemarketwest.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Game Market West Spring 2026 Countdown: Movies, Money, Mayhem! by Jessica Tse The movie-making game with a side of sabotage! Here, you're a studio executive who's interested in making and boosting your own movie whilst sabotaging or thwarting your rivals in the industry. #boardgamesky

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Johnny Chin @gamemarketwest.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Game Market West Spring 2026 Countdown: Micro Mycelium by Floyd Lu is a compact, streamlined mushroom strategy game that blends light market selection with tile-placement. It's all end game scoring so opponent blocks hit fast and mid-game pivots are essential. #boardgamesky

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Johnny Chin @gamemarketwest.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Game Market West Spring 2026 Countdown: Matcha by Yves Bouvier Strategy and probabilities infused onto a memory game. Players need to collect 6 unique or 3 identical chips to win the game. #boardgamesky @playmatcha.bsky.social

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Johnny Chin @gamemarketwest.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Game Market West Spring 2026 Countdown: Light Up The Night by Andrew DiLullo A single player puzzle game that sees you running through the firefly laden fields to chase as many fireflies as you can, while trying to form specific types of stars that tighten your movement choices. #boardgamesky

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Johnny Chin @gamemarketwest.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

GMW Spring 2026 Countdown: Hophazard by Michael Ott You have lived as frogs in a stagnant puddle your whole life. In the distance is the safety of Fly Pond. But there are six lanes of dangerous freeway traffic between you and the good life. 2 player dice game. #boardgamesky

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Johnny Chin @gamemarketwest.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

GMW Spring 2026 Countdown: @heartbeastsgame.bsky.social by Charlie Huggins & Ajda Gokcen is a collaborative TTRPG filled with magical creatures and episodic, fast-paced gameplay. Its flexible, unique system draws from "tabletalk" RPG favorites to weave strategy with storytelling. #boardgamesky

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Johnny Chin @gamemarketwest.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

GMW Spring 2026 Countdown: Food Truck Race by Gregory Alford You’ll multitask between prepping ingredients, plating orders, and building out your custom food truck to become the best chef on the street. PC: Stardust's Games #boardgamesky

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Johnny Chin @gamemarketwest.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

GMW Spring 2026 Countdown: Florafiora by @emilyhancock.bsky.social Co-op storytelling card game for 4 players. Each player takes a turn as the lead storyteller / (GM). Collaborate on a group backstory together, then explore the Storywheel (alternating location and encounter cards). #boardgamesky

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Johnny Chin @gamemarketwest.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Game Market West Spring 2026 Countdown: Fall Creek by Ruben Lopez is a card-based fantasy adventure where players work together to save the Tree of Life before it withers. Players control shapeshifters who must cleverly adapt to survive the forest's challenges. #boardgamesky

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Johnny Chin @gamemarketwest.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

GMW Spring 2026 Countdown: FaeKin by @lionessgames.bsky.social A fast-paced, beautifully twisted game of social deduction, where everyone can lie but no one has to. With the balance between Summer and Winter shattered, it’s up to you to uncover who truly serves which court. #boardgamesky

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Johnny Chin @gamemarketwest.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Game Market West Spring 2026 Countdown: Devil's Dice by Brook Nichols Devil's Dice is a lightweight dice rolling game for 2-6 players. A twisted cross between Coup, and Liar's dice. Lie, steal, and chance your way to victory by being the first to summon the devil! #boardgamesky

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Johnny Chin @gamemarketwest.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Game Market West Spring 2026 Countdown: Dark Heists by Moe Poplar and Kindling by Kurt T. Jones Dark Heists is a spooky deck builder game where you play as Victorian era crime lords. Kindling is a campfire-themed card game where strategy and a little sabotage decide who survives. #boardgamesky

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Johnny Chin @gamemarketwest.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Game Market West Spring 2026 Countdown: Desi Feud by Desi Board Games We surveyed hundreds of people and collected the top 6 most common answers for each "desi" question. Split into 2 teams and score points by guessing the answers that appear on the cards. #boardgamesky

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Johnny Chin @gamemarketwest.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

I was pleasantly surprised to see my own game, Golpher, on a Dice Tower top 10. Thank you Chris Yi! This list also contains quite a few hidden gems. I have most of the games and am on the search for a copy of Pipoca. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BlU... #boardgamesky

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Chris's Top 10 Weird Games in My Collection

Chris Yi takes a look at the 10 weirdest games in his collection. What defines weird? Many, many things. But number one will shock you. Check out Great Tables, Games, & Bags at:…

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Johnny Chin @gamemarketwest.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Game Market West Spring 2026 Countdown: Battle Gnomes by Tiffany Branum Players draft gnomes, equip them, and use their action & battle cards to outplay rivals. Battles are interactive and fast-paced, with alliances, surprise actions, and dramatic reversals. #boardgamesky

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Johnny Chin @gamemarketwest.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Game Market West Spring 2026 Countdown: Barnburners and Noblemen by The Woods Brothers Barnburners and Noblemen brings the worlds of wargames, tabletop diplomacy, and extensive lore clashing together in an epic death match style wargame. #boardgamesky

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Johnny Chin @gamemarketwest.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Game Market West Spring 2026 Countdown: Bare Bones by West Coast Bias Games Bare Bones is the dice game that thinks it’s a card game! Use custom dice to score points and action cards to manipulate them. This game was designed as a palate cleanser for gamers. #boardgamesky

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Johnny Chin @gamemarketwest.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Game Market West Spring 2026 Countdown: Anti-Anxiety Card Game by Jared & Hannah Anti-Anxiety Card Game is a relaxing card game. Play alone or with a partner, connect with each other through mindfulness connections, and explore silly prompts like sharing your favorite joke or song. #boardgamesky

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Johnny Chin @gamemarketwest.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Game Market West Spring 2026 Countdown - AEGIS Wildmoves: Roll n Fight! by @zephyrworkshop.bsky.social Choose a stage, pick a commander, and fight! 10-minute dueling game where you roll dice to define your character's strengths and then do simultaneous-reveal card combat. #boardgamesky

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Johnny Chin @gamemarketwest.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Game Market West is back! I'm proud to announce the tabletop games made by indie designers for the upcoming GMW Spring 2026, on March 22 at San Jose Guildhouse, are now available: www.gamemarketwest.com/spring-2026-... #boardgamesky

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Spring 2026 Games

Directory (Games Below)

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Johnny Chin @gamemarketwest.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Got to play an old favorite, Auf Teufel Komm Raus, does push your luck and betting so well #boardgamesky

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HeartBeasts ⭐️ [in development] @heartbeastsgame.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

We are releasing our very first HeartBeasts adventure March 22nd! ❤️❤️🐾🐾 This pick-up-and-play adventure will teach the rules as you play. It’ll be available on our Itch, as well as for a limited print-run sale at @gamemarketwest.bsky.social at the San Jose @guildhouse.bsky.social on the 22nd!

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Johnny Chin @gamemarketwest.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

February Plays (lots of trick-takers and climbers) #boardgamesky

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