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An award-winning design duo making independent games for thoughtful togetherness. That is, @ogreteeth.com and @nerdsomatics.bsky.social Live now: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/mothsp…

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MothSpire Games @games.mothspire.com · 23/09/2026
We’re one week out and Kung Fu Kittens has stalled at ~42% funding. If you’re interested in a new trick-taking game, come check this one out! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
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Kung Fu Kittens - an Elemental Trick-Taking Game
A trick-taking game of cats who wield martial arts expertise and elemental power. Show off your style, and discover who is the strongest!
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Milkboy Games➡️ PAX Unplugged @certifydmilkboy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mil... The Kickstarter for Let Me Be Your Thrall: Aftertaste is live!! Get our vamp on!
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Let Me Be Your Thrall: Aftertaste
A duo game about vampires in love
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MothSpire Games @games.mothspire.com · 11/09/2026
I'm so excited about our current pipeline of games right now. Kung Fu Kittens, which is currently live on BackerKit; Gorgon's Garden, our cooperative tactical flirting game, and a 2nd Ed standalone reimagination of the OmegaZone RPG built on @nerdsomatics.bsky.social's Rule of Three.
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Cardboard Edison @cardboardedison.com · 02/09/2026
If you're offered a publishing contract for a board game you designed, check out our new and updated reports on what terms are common. Know what you're signing!
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Tim Rodriguez @ogreteeth.com · 02/09/2026
Final hour for the early-bird free variant booklet for Kung Fu Kittens, my trick-taking game about elemental martial artist cats! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
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Kung Fu Kittens - an Elemental Trick-Taking Game
A trick-taking game of cats who wield martial arts expertise and elemental power. Show off your style, and discover who is the strongest!
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MothSpire Games @games.mothspire.com · 25/08/2026
Today is all about putting final touches on the BackerKit page for Kung Fu Kittens, and also final week leadup promotion. Lots of little editing back-and-forths, creating new imagery, and posting posting posting. Like here, for example! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
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Kung Fu Kittens - an Elemental Trick-Taking Game
Get notified when Kung Fu Kittens - an Elemental Trick-Taking Game launches on BackerKit!
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MothSpire Games @games.mothspire.com · 24/08/2026
BackerKit launching on August 31! Come follow along! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
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Kung Fu Kittens - an Elemental Trick-Taking Game
Get notified when Kung Fu Kittens - an Elemental Trick-Taking Game launches on BackerKit!
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MothSpire Games @games.mothspire.com · 23/08/2026
We’re at the Charm City Moon Market today, at Ministry of Brewing in Baltimore! If you’re nearby, come visit!
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MothSpire Games @games.mothspire.com · 20/07/2026
Today's tasks include laundry, writing a newsletter to promote the launch of Kung Fu Kittens in a little over a week, and some metal work for a sculpture we're creating. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
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Kung Fu Kittens - an Elemental Trick-Taking Game
Get notified when Kung Fu Kittens - an Elemental Trick-Taking Game launches on BackerKit!
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Sticky Doodler 🖍️ Color Jam @stickydoodler.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Plans are underway for PeopleCon III, the DMV's largest outdoor tabletop game event held at an indie bookstore (that we know of)! 📅 Sat, Oct 17 🕛 12-5pm 📍 People's Book, Takoma Park MD To participate, join our Discord: ♦️🎲 discord.gg/CF8apDmZ8 🎲♦️
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Join the DMV Designers Discord Server!
Check out the DMV Designers community on Discord - hang out with 318 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.
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MothSpire Games @games.mothspire.com · 13/07/2026
Our next project, Kung Fu Kittens is coming to BackerKit! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
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Kung Fu Kittens - an Elemental Trick-Taking Game
Get notified when Kung Fu Kittens - an Elemental Trick-Taking Game launches on BackerKit!
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Cardboard Edison @cardboardedison.com · 21/05/2026
And.... The WINNER of the 2026 Cardboard Edison Award is: ASTROLABE by Yasaman Farazan! 2nd Place: Limelight by Cameron Fleming 3rd Place: Braggin' Wranglers by Luke Wolyncewicz 4th Place: Hatchlings by Alan Leduc Congrats to all the designers! Find out more at cardboardedison.com/award
2026 Cardboard Edison Award winner AstrolabeAstrolabe designer Yasaman FarazanLogo for the 2026 Cardboard Edison Award
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Tim Rodriguez @ogreteeth.com · 21/05/2026
Congratulations to Astrolabe! cardboardedison.com/award And well done to all the finalists. It was a joy to take part in judging all these games.
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Cardbord Edison Award — Cardboard Edison
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MothSpire Games @games.mothspire.com · 09/02/2026
One of these sweet stickers is now included with each print copy of FSHS!
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MothSpire Games @games.mothspire.com · 02/02/2026
Live now! The crowdfunding campaign for this solo RPG that examines the ways in which you make a mark on the universe. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
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F*** I am a Sucker for Hexagons in Space—a solo RPG
Leave your home. Travel through Space. Leave behind a logbook of your adventures. Roll some d12s.
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Tim Rodriguez @ogreteeth.com · 23/01/2026
Are you a sucker? If so, what kind? 1️⃣ I'm not a sucker 2️⃣ The lollipop kind 3️⃣ I am a sucker for hexagons in space! 📊 Show results
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Sticky Doodler 🖍️ Color Jam @stickydoodler.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Designed in the DMV is a local artist's collective based in DC, Maryland, and Virginia. We help each other create and promote tabletop games of all types, including role-playing games, board games, card games, and LARPs. One of the most visible things we do is publish a catalog... 1/4▶️
Zine-sized catalog showing the center spread of McCricket Publishing Co and their game, Magica Mechanica; and Graftbround Press and their game, The Peddler's PrizeZine-sized catalog showing Angela Bell's game, How Much Do You Really Know? and Ben Hammer's game, We All Take From the RiverZine-sized catalog showing the "Designed in the DMV" placard and photos of its placement in various retail settings.
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Cardboard Edison @cardboardedison.com · 18/01/2026
Game designers: You've got TWO MORE WEEKS to prepare your prototypes and pitches for the Cardboard Edison Award! cardboardedison.com/award
Logo for the 2026 Cardboard Edison Award
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MothSpire Games @games.mothspire.com · 15/01/2026
Our next project is a solo-journaling RPG about leaving home, exploring, and examining the change you bring to places you visit. Ultimately, you'll create a logbook artifact that documents the marks you make on this galaxy. Coming to BackerKit for 'Zinetopia
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Get Ready for F*** I am a Sucker for Hexagons in Space—a solo RPG
From MothSpire - Get Ready for F*** I am a Sucker for Hexagons in Space—a solo RPG
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MothSpire Games @games.mothspire.com · 24/12/2025
Sadly, a shop where we’d had books on consignment has decided that their vendor requirements included posting about *their* business at least once a week. And we got that notice *today*….so we won’t be there anymore. But you can get a discounted bundle here: itch.io/s/171885/tar...
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Tarot for Transformation by MothSpire Games
A bundle by MothSpire Games, $20.00 for In Good Company: Conversational Templates for Challenging Times, The Old Ways Must Go, The Optimist's Guide to Tarot
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Cardboard Edison @cardboardedison.com · 09/12/2025
Hey board game designers, it's nearly that time again: Get your prototypes and pitches ready for the 2026 Cardboard Edison Award! Submissions open January 1! cardboardedison.com/award
2026 Cardboard Edison Award logo
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Rascal News @rascal.news · 07/12/2025
At this moment, we have 2430 paid subscribers. Can we get 2500 by the end of 2025? You can subscribe right now for only $1, and support independent tabletop games journalism.
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MothSpire Games @games.mothspire.com · 06/12/2025
Happy Holidays! We're running a sale on digital copies of the Tarot for Transformation collection to help fund the print run of the next 'zine in the series, "Make a Tarot Game"! Get all three 'zines in DRM-free PDF for only $20, here! itch.io/s/171885/tar...
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Tarot for Transformation by MothSpire Games
A bundle by MothSpire Games, $20.00 for The Old Ways Must Go, The Optimist's Guide to Tarot
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Savage @nerdsomatics.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Want some silly, saucy fun? My love letter to Taco Bell is finally in a consumable form. Relish your saucy hotness: nerdsomatics.itch.io
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Samphire
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Sticky Doodler 🖍️ Color Jam @stickydoodler.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Are games art? When @playsamovar.bsky.social applied to get our games in Takoma ARTery's latest installation, I was dubious they'd say yes. The organization displays locally-made art in underused retail windows. But -- they said YES! 1/▶️ youtube.com/shorts/lvVYq...
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Takoma ARTery displays local games
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MothSpire Games @games.mothspire.com · 27/11/2025
New blog post: Tim wrote up a brief overview of our (spoiler: very good) experience at PAX Unplugged this year. www.mothspire.com/pax-unplugge...
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PAX Unplugged 2025—chock full of community - MothSpire LLC
Attending PAX Unplugged was such an energizing joy this year. Sales were really solid; Our Tarot for Transformation zines were a top seller!
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MothSpire Games @games.mothspire.com · 25/11/2025
Thank you #PAXU for such a successful and energizing experience. Here are some of the conversational shrapnels that came out of the weeeknd! Share yours with us!
“‘What kind of half-assed organ harvesting is this?’ A game,” ripped in half.“‘Who’s the French war criminal’, a game show”
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Tim Rodriguez @ogreteeth.com · 25/11/2025
Back from #PAXUnplugged, which was such a beautiful, energizing experience for me this year. I wrote a thousand words on a new Solo RPG project before I even left the con and a looking forward to getting some great new things out the door this year. Here also is my requisite swag photo:
Games and books acquired at PAX Unplugged. Highlights include the Mycelia board game, the Language Lovers Lexipedia, Torchlit trick-taking game, the Black Lipstick RPG, Cryptid Cabin Candles from Cavalry games, and stickers from another trick taking game titled Period Party.
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MothSpire Games @games.mothspire.com · 22/11/2025
We’re showing this #PAXUnplugged weekend with @igdn-official.bsky.social at a table in the gaming hall, right next to the pillar labeled D2. Come on by and visit!
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People's Book @peoplesbooktakoma.com · 17/10/2025
Weather looks great for our outdoor tabletop games fair on Saturday 10/18! ☀️ Swing by from 12-4 to meet local designers and join us for a moderated discussion between three established gamer designers inside People's Book at 4pm!
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MothSpire Games @games.mothspire.com · 11/10/2025
In Minneapolis this week, visiting game shops, colleagues, and friends, telling them about Gorgon’s Garden! www.mothspire.com/games/gorgon...
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Gorgon’s Garden - MothSpire LLC
A playful game about a serious topic. The Gorgons' Garden is a sanctuary for mortals or monsters who will imminently suffer the gods' attention. But it is getting full, and there are only three spaces...
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Jess✨ @angryartist.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Pssstt, I'm doing art for this game www.kickstarter.com/projects/ogr...
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Coming soon: Gorgon's Garden
A cooperative social deception game. Help mortals defy their fates and escape the attentions of Zeus and Hera.
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Dan Arndt @danarndtwrites.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Do you see a trend for what sorts of games I like? Tarot-based games are so my jam so I'm excited to see what @ogreteeth.com and Samphire are cooking.
The Old Ways Must Go cover
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MothSpire Games @games.mothspire.com · 01/08/2025
New post up today! Part of a new "Games we Own" series. www.mothspire.com/cursed-court/
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Cursed Court: an outstanding game of gambling, and politics
This game is really easy to teach, scales nicely, and is exquisitely replayable. Cursed Court is very satisfying and a worthy addition to my shelf.
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Indie Press Revolution @ipr.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Here's the list of 184 products from 108 of our member publishers we'll have in #Booth449 at #GenCon2025, including a link to download a 36 page PDF or ePub with short descriptions of all of them, in case you wanted a little travel reading. www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Gen-Co...
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MothSpire Games @games.mothspire.com · 28/07/2025
We aren't at GenCon this year, but The Old Ways Must Go is! Look for it at the IPR booth this weekend, #449! You can also find these other games while you're at it. www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Gen-Co...
Cover thumbnail reading "The Old Ways Must Go" over a skull with flowers growing from around it.
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MothSpire Games @games.mothspire.com · 24/07/2025
Just activated the prelaunch page for our next project: Gorgon’s Garden! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ogr...
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Coming soon: Gorgon's Garden
A cooperative social deception game in which you'll describe inanimate things in sexy ways.
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Sticky Doodler 🖍️ Color Jam @stickydoodler.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
If you're at #Origins, check out @ipr.bsky.social for Anamnesis and Death of the Author by @goblinmixtape.bsky.social, Moon Rings by @junkfoodgames.bsky.social, The Old Ways Must Go by @games.mothspire.com, Dawn of the Orcs by @lymerpg.bsky.social...
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MothSpire Games @games.mothspire.com · 17/06/2025
This weekend you can find our game The Old Ways Must Go at Origins booth #1203, courtesy of @ipr.bsky.social For more in the Tarot for Transformation series of 'zines, visit www.mothspire.com/publishing/t...
Cover graphic for the game "The Old Ways Must Go," includes flowers and a skull above the credits: "by Samphire Savage & Moth Rodriguez"
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Indie Press Revolution @ipr.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
If you're the sort who likes to make a shopping list, here are the 121 products from 77 member-publishers we'll have in #Booth1203 at #Origins2025 June 19-22 in Columbus, OH www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Origin... Or just drop by and browse!
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Sticky Doodler 🖍️ Color Jam @stickydoodler.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
I'm organizing a "game talk" followed by actual play at the McGee Library in downtown Silver Spring, MD: 📅 Sat May 31 🕑 2-6pm ft. local DMV 🔶🎲 designers Angela Bell, @elizhargrave.bsky.social, @highlevelgames.bsky.social, and @games.mothspire.com. ✅ RSVP: mcpl.libnet.info/event/13543225
Event details from the post; "Meet local tabletop game designers and play our games!"; photos of panelists Angela Bell (What do you really know? the FBI card game), Elizabeth Hargrave (the Fox Experiment, Mariposas, Tussie Mussie, Undergrove, Wingspan), Josh Heath (High Level Games) and Samphire Savage (Tarot for Transformation series)
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MothSpire Games @games.mothspire.com · 09/03/2025
We’re at Gameface this weekend in Baltimore! Stop by if you’re in the area? www.gamefacecon.com/2023/09/blog...
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BALTIMORE - March 8 & 9th (2025) at Peabody Heights Brewery - FREE
Vendors / Games / Social Media / Shirts / Sponsors /  Contact  / Arcade  / Archive MARCH 8 and 9, 2025 Baltimore's New Annual  Tabletop...
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People's Book @peoplesbooktakoma.com · 01/03/2025
Free journaling games workshop at 2pm TODAY!
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Sticky Doodler 🖍️ Color Jam @stickydoodler.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Tabletop game designers: if you haven't hosted a game day at your local library, you don't know what you're missing. Today at Takoma Park Publi Library: 1. Break!! with @naldodrinan.bsky.social 2. The Old Ways Must Go by @games.mothspire.com 1/▶️
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Sticky Doodler 🖍️ Color Jam @stickydoodler.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Designed in the DMV is back out with v2 of our catalog of locally-crafted games! We're using these catalogs to engage local businesses and their customers with our creations. While the main focus is on TTRPGs, we also have a page of locally-designed boardgames such as Wingspan and Fluxx! (1/2)
A pamphlet showing three games from MothSpire, and a stack of "Designed in the DMV" placards adjacent.
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