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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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Alderac Entertainment Group @alderaceg.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Designers coming to Gen Con? Drop by Big Game Night for 15 minutes, see what the event is all about! Introduce yourself to John Z and let him put you on the clock (1 Minute elevator game pitch) Friday, 8-12PM Lucas Oil Stadium, East Club Lounge Post your name in this thread to get on the list. 🎲✂️

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Connie @connievdc.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Almost exactly a year ago, I left my (stable!) job for full-time game design. Some reflections 1/ 🧵

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Alderac Entertainment Group @alderaceg.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

🎲✂️ Calling all board game designers! We're now reviewing game pitches for future AEG Big Game Night events. If you've got a game that creates memorable table moments, we'd love to hear from you. Read about what we're looking for and how to submit your pitch: www.alderac.com/2026/05/18/d... #BGN

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Designers: AEG Is Looking for Big Game Night Games - ALDERAC ENTERTAINMENT GROUP

We often get asked: “What kind of games are you looking for?” Well, we’ve posted our updated guidelines on the AEG Designer Portal, but I think the best way to understand what we want is to give real-...

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Tony Tran 🔜 Home @tonytran.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Exciting news everyone! My next game is coming to Backerkit in a few weeks. Pressed is a long time coming since 2021 but it is finally here. If you love an interesting, beautiful card game, I think you will enjoy it. I would appreciate it if you gave it a follow. www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

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Get Ready for Pressed

From Play to Z - Get Ready for Pressed

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Cardboard Edison @cardboardedison.com · 29/03/2026

The next 2026 Cardboard Edison Award finalist arrival: Match Patch by @jackrrosen.bsky.social! Getting ready for some simultaneous crop harvesting! cardboardedison.com/award

Match Patch prototype: stacks of crop cards, power cards, player tiles, colored discs, cubes, and more.

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Jack Rosen @jackrrosen.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

It’s such an honor to be a finalist for the Cardboard Edison award this year! Some great games are on this list, I wish everyone the best of luck!

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Elizabeth Hargrave @elizhargrave.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Update to this chart that I share a lot. Not breaking news: Game design teams are still OVERWHELMINGLY all men. About 7% of the top 500 games have a woman or non-binary person credited as a designer. A 🧵of related charts: (1/6) 🎲✂️

Gender of Game Designers: Board Game Geek Top 500, January 2025

A pie chart:
92% of the pie is Designed only by men. They made 461 of the top 500 games.
6% of the pie is Designed by a mixed-gender group. They made 28 of the top 500 games.
1% of the pie is Designed only by women or non-binary people. They made 5 of the top 500 games.

Data are for January 1, 2025, using the names in the Designer field on BGG. Not shown are 6 games in the top 500 that have uncredited designers.

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Tony Tran 🔜 Home @tonytran.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

For anyone at unpub I would highly recommend playing Jack's "Down to the Wire". It's a tense coop where you difuse a bomb. It's the tightest game I've played so far. He's got a table on Saturday at noon. Don't miss it, especially if you like games like Hanabi, but wished for more communication.

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Sticky Doodler 🖍️ Color Jam @stickydoodler.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Down to the Wire is a super engaging, cooperative deck-burning game by @jacktose.bsky.social. Really enjoyed playing it with @dcrapuchettes.bsky.social, @imamagnet.bsky.social, and @shadowobsessed.bsky.social. #Unpub2025

Board with a dedcending track, two sets of cards beneath

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Jack Rosen @jackrrosen.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

In response to the kind words about my game from @roscoschock.bsky.social, I realized I should share the games I’m bringing to Unpub! First up, here is Under The Wire/Down To The Wire (name tbd) is a quick & tense co-op shedding game about defusing an actively ticking bomb before it explodes 🧵(1/5)

A board on a table indicating a timer going from 30 to 1. Near the board there is a large deck of cards, and two stacks of board (one blue, one red/yellow). There are some facedown cards with wire cutters of different colors on the backs.

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Jack Rosen @jackrrosen.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Had a great time at PAX! Saw some familiar faces and met some amazing new people. Also managed to sneak in a few informative playtests! Always impressed by how creative and welcoming everyone is in the board game world

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Connie @connievdc.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Over the last few years, I've learned a lot about game design (and I still have a ton more to learn!). In the interest of helping others, I wanted to share a few key concepts that I've picked up. Note that this is geared toward pitching to publishers, and as with any wisdom, YMMV. A thread. 1/ 🎲✂️

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Sextant Studios 🐑😈 Flocking Hell is now on Steam! @sextantstudios.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

The Flocking Hell demo is now available on Steam! Flocking Hell is a deeply strategic roguelite where you defend your pastures from demonic invasion. Why are you still reading this?! Go check it out! 🐑😈 store.steampowered.com/app/3236280/... #Roguelite #IndieGames #TurnBased

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Flocking Hell on Steam

Flocking Hell is a turn-based strategy roguelite where you defend your pasture from demon legions. It blends calm exploration with auto-battler combat, offering a mix of easy-to-learn mechanics and de...

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Sticky Doodler 🖍️ Color Jam @stickydoodler.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

A lot of tabletop game designers are here in the Washington, DC + Maryland + Virginia region! Come follow us if you're interested in learning more: go.bsky.app/4iZLcCc And if you're one of those designers, whether published or not, read on ⬇️

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Sticky Doodler 🖍️ Color Jam @stickydoodler.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

The DMV (DC-Maryland-Virginia) has a thriving community of tabletop game designers 🎲✂️. Follow us, join us, but don't ask us for a driver's license! (hmu if you should be on this list) go.bsky.app/4iZLcCc

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Jack Rosen @jackrrosen.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

🎲 ✂️ This game was initially supposed to be trick-taking meets grid placement, but it’s really taken on an identity of its own to the point where I’ve been advised to NOT call it a trick taker since it breaks many assumptions to bring focus to the grid. Nonetheless, I’m happy with where it’s trending

A card game on a table with cards, cubes, and a board with a 5x5 grid on it, and cauldrons on the sides. There are six suits on the cards that represent the planetary symbols of metals from alchemy.

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A Man Possessed is Kickstarting Rune Rite! 🔮 @amanpossessed.bsky.social · 23/07/2024

🚨 FREE to a good US* home: A Fake Artist goes to New York! Brand new, still in the shrink. Leave a comment to express interest; repost to spread the love. I’ll pick a random person after 24 hours. *Sorry, non-US friends. I love you just the same, but… shipping, y’dig? #boardgames

A photo of the box cover for A Fake Artist goes to Nee York.

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Jack Rosen @jackrrosen.bsky.social · 17/03/2024

Got to play Votes for Women for the first time today at the Belmont-Paul House! Also had a lovely chat with @downtowntbrown.bsky.social about the game, it’s design, and historical context afterwards. My partner won as the opposition, but she agrees it was close till the end! We really enjoyed it!!

The initial setup of the board game, Votes for Women.

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Jack Rosen @jackrrosen.bsky.social · 18/02/2024

Forgot to add this to the 🎲✂️ thread too!

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Jack Rosen @jackrrosen.bsky.social · 17/02/2024

Had a great time playtesting Arbor’s Market at Labyrinth today with @breakmygame.bsky.social! Based on the feedback, I think this one is pretty close to publisher-ready!😄

The end state of an unpublished board game called Arbor’s Market. Cards with trees on them are laid out around the table along with various tokens.

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A Man Possessed is Kickstarting Rune Rite! 🔮 @amanpossessed.bsky.social · 23/01/2024

🚨 FREE to a good US* home: Beer & Bread! Played once, excellent condition. LIKE & REPOST to enter; I'll pick someone at random on Wednesday, January 24th after 12pm Eastern. #free #boardgames

The box cover for the board game Beer & Bread with the word "FREE" superimposed over it.

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Marceline Leiman is Racing Dinos @marcelineleiman.bsky.social · 10/01/2024

It’s my birthday today! ✨ What I’ve decided this year is I want to grow my space on my social platforms while giving people access to some great games (including my own solo mode for the game Oceans!) So I’ve decided to turn the tables—YOU can get a gift from me! Details below 👇

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Break My Game @breakmygame.com · 12/12/2023

Hey Publishers and Designers, BMG's Discord recently set up a new way for designers to showcase their ready-to-publish games! Find BMG community-vetted sell sheets, quick pitches, rulebooks, contact info, pitch videos, and more! discord.gg/breakmygame

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Jack Rosen @jackrrosen.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

Found chicken of the woods while walking the dog! I didn’t have any of my foraging supplies with me, but ran into some friendly foragers who let me borrow their knife! Made a lovely dinner out of it too 🍄

“Chicken of the woods” mushrooms on a dead Oak log

Cooked “Chicken of the Woods” mushrooms with butter, garlic, lemon juice, and seasonings

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Jack Rosen @jackrrosen.bsky.social · 30/09/2023

Just sent in my prototype to its first publisher.. I keep getting that “What if I forgot to put this component in there” feeling like it’s a kid on its first day of school lol

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A Man Possessed is Kickstarting Rune Rite! 🔮 @amanpossessed.bsky.social · 12/09/2023

🚨 FREE to a good US* home — Founders of Teotihuacan! Opened, unpunched, never played, excellent condition. LIKE & REPOST to enter; I'll pick someone at random on Thursday, September 14th after 12pm Eastern. #free #boardgames

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A Man Possessed is Kickstarting Rune Rite! 🔮 @amanpossessed.bsky.social · 11/08/2023

🚨 FREE to a good US* home — The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine! Brand new, still in the shrink. I gained an extra copy; and I'm passing the savings on to you. LIKE & REPOST to enter; I'll pick someone at random on Monday at noon Eastern. #free #boardgames

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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 27/07/2023

California Newts 🌱💦

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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 25/07/2023

If bluesky seems a bit "dead" to you, check in your feed settings that you don't have the minimum likes turned up to see replies. If you have that on, you're going to be missing the most recent comments that haven't accrued likes yet

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Jack Rosen @jackrrosen.bsky.social · 25/07/2023

Why is there no sound/call ID app for cicadas (or if there is please send it to me)

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