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James Barnhart ➡️ UnPub 26 @jakekbarnhart.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

youtu.be/Wdu1xLDgHX0?... Just about a weak away from Vantage Point! Always cool to see our cards go up on the Metropole Grid! Make sure you are checking out all the community previews and giving Netrunner’s content creators some love! 🎲✂️

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Vantage Point Spoilers - Shadowy Science - Jinteki Reveal - Netrunner

YouTube video by Metropole Grid

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James Barnhart ➡️ UnPub 26 @jakekbarnhart.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

This is so fucked - today the Trump admin removed a memorial honoring people enslaved by George Washington in Philadelphia. Last week ICE pulled a gun on someone near my school. You’ve seen people speculate on what they would have done in Weimar Germany, well now we all know…It’s what you do now.

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James Barnhart ➡️ UnPub 26 @jakekbarnhart.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

🎲✂️ My guest appearance on the Neon Static Netrunner Podcast just went up yesterday. Had a blast talking to Eric, Nick, and Safer about the making of Vantage Point. Check it out if you want more cryptic insights into the set! #netrunner youtu.be/PVDWlHljkk4?...

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Neon Static Episode 30 - Vantage Point Interview ft Safer & Jake

YouTube video by Neon Static

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James Barnhart ➡️ UnPub 26 @jakekbarnhart.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Vantage Point was the first netrunner product I served as a set lead for. I’m so excited for the community to see more of this set and am so proud of the collaboration the design and dev teams engaged in to make it a reality! nullsignal.games/blog/vantage... 🎲✂️

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Vantage Point Releases March 2nd 2026 - Null Signal Games

Vantage Point will be released on March 2nd, 2026. Get the details here.

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James Barnhart ➡️ UnPub 26 @jakekbarnhart.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Said goodbye yesterday to an amazing LGS that has been my 3rd place for 16 years. Redcap’s Corner feels like an old tree that I counted on to offer me shade, a constant good in an ever changing world. Thanks to Benn, Adam, & everyone who made it the nerdy, punk, queer space that I’ll miss so much.

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James Barnhart ➡️ UnPub 26 @jakekbarnhart.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Go Pam! Preach! As a game designer and artist I will not work with any stakeholder who uses gen AI in any part of their process. I am always so impressed when I see designers and publishers clearly take a stand against AI. 🎲✂️ great video! youtu.be/Ci5pOjyJknI?...

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We need to talk about AI slop in board games

YouTube video by Pam Walls Game Design

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James Barnhart ➡️ UnPub 26 @jakekbarnhart.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Game Designers! We will be hosting our monthly in person playtest w/ @breakmygame.com at Redcap’s Corner tonight at 6:30pm. Designers! Sign up with the link below! www.eventbrite.com/e/break-my-g... Testers! Come support your local design community! 🎲✂️

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Break My Game Playtesting - Philadelphia, PA - Redcap's Corner

Come playtest board games designed by local independent game designers!

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James Barnhart ➡️ UnPub 26 @jakekbarnhart.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

PAX Unplugged Designers, Publishers, and Playtesters - we just setup on Table D5 in the UnPub room! You find us here for the next 3 hours, if you are in the mood to try out a time traveling lane control! 🎲✂️

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James Barnhart ➡️ UnPub 26 @jakekbarnhart.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

My JanksGiving roll for Netrunner at PAXU w/ @netrunner.nullsignal.games What should I brew? I think Baz might be flying first class on Jet 🛩️ Chinio 🔪🔪🔪 #netrunner

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James Barnhart ➡️ UnPub 26 @jakekbarnhart.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Aaah PAXU Tomorrow! I can’t wait to see all of you & what you’re working on! Where will you be and what are you doing? I’ll be testing & pitching our new time travel lane control game “Once and For All” at UnPub 10am-1pm on Friday Throughout Saturday at the PGMG table 1:30 - 4:30pm Sunday! 🎲✂️

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James Barnhart ➡️ UnPub 26 @jakekbarnhart.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Game Designers! We will be hosting our monthly in person playtest w/ @breakmygame.com at Redcaps Corner tonight at 6:30pm. Designers! Sign up with the link below! www.eventbrite.com/e/break-my-g... Testers! Come support your local design community! 🎲✂️

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James Barnhart ➡️ UnPub 26 @jakekbarnhart.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

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James Barnhart ➡️ UnPub 26 @jakekbarnhart.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

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Break My Game Playtesting - Philadelphia, PA - Redcap's Corner

Come playtest board games designed by local independent game designers!

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James Barnhart ➡️ UnPub 26 @jakekbarnhart.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Hey y’all don’t sleep on Eric’s playtesting event at The Board and Brew this Thursday! I’ll be there testing my new lane control game and you should be too! Designers sign up with the link below - testers just walk in! www.eventbrite.com/e/break-my-g...

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Break My Game Playtesting - Philadelphia, PA - The Board & Brew

Come playtest board games designed by local independent game designers!

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James Barnhart ➡️ UnPub 26 @jakekbarnhart.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Hey y’all! Reminder that we will be hosting in person playtesting at Redcap’s Corner tonight at 6:30 pm with @breakmygame.com 🎲✂️ Designers - Sign up using this link www.eventbrite.com/e/break-my-g...

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Break My Game Playtesting - Philadelphia, PA - Redcap's Corner

Come playtest board games designed by local independent game designers!

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James Barnhart ➡️ UnPub 26 @jakekbarnhart.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

If y’all are at TooManyGames Con today, I’ll be on the panel “From The Ground Up: Building a Thriving Game Development Industry in Your City” talking about @breakmygame.com and PGMG how we have formed designer communities in Philly. Come check it out! 🎲✂️

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James Barnhart ➡️ UnPub 26 @jakekbarnhart.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Netrunner players! For those of you who miss Smoke, and the stealth mechanic more broadly, tell me why you love that mechanic and your favorite stealth cards and decks! Also interested in the opinions of stealth detractors! Why do you think this missed for you? Asking for a friend #netrunner 🎲✂️

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James Barnhart ➡️ UnPub 26 @jakekbarnhart.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Tip #2 of “Elevating Your Card Design” ELEGANCE = DEPTH>COMPLEXITY: If I could give 1 bit of advice to a new designer it would probably be to set word count limits on their cards to increase their depth to complexity ratio. Compare “Birdcage” vs “Split Up”, which is better & why? 1/3 #Netrunner 🎲✂️

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James Barnhart ➡️ UnPub 26 @jakekbarnhart.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Tip #1 of “Elevating Your Card Design” PLAY CONDITIONING & SIGNPOSTING: Make sure your designs reward players for play patterns that maximize intrinsic fun. Without this intention we risk players optimizing fun out of the game, so it’s incumbent on designers to make fun optimal! 1/3 #Netrunner 🎲✂️

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James Barnhart ➡️ UnPub 26 @jakekbarnhart.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Okay so with one NSG Netrunner expansion under my belt and two more on the way, I’d love to share some of the best practices and first principles I have adopted and applied in designing Elevation. Would folks be interested in this “Elevating Your Card Design” series/thread🧵? Lemme know below! ✂️🎲

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James Barnhart ➡️ UnPub 26 @jakekbarnhart.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Philly Game Designers! Tonight we will be hosting our monthly in person playtest w/ @breakmygame.com at Redcap’s Corner, 6:30pm to 9:30pm. Designers sign up with the link below! Testers can just walk in and support their local design community! 🎲✂️ www.eventbrite.com/e/break-my-g...

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Break My Game Playtesting - Philadelphia, PA - Redcap's Corner

Come playtest board games designed by local independent game designers!

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James Barnhart ➡️ UnPub 26 @jakekbarnhart.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

AHHHH! The first Netrunner expansion I got to work on is out now! Everyone at NSG did an amazing job with this set and it’s release marks the first of my published design work to reach the hands of players around the world - pretty special feeling. Check it out! 🎲✂️ nullsignal.games/blog/elevati...

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Elevation is Out Now! - Null Signal Games

Elevation is out now! See every card in the set below, check out the product page for details on how to get it, and build decks using the new cards on

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James Barnhart ➡️ UnPub 26 @jakekbarnhart.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Philly Game Designers! Tonight is our monthly in person Playtest event with @breakmygame.com , 6:30 PM, at Redcap’s Corner. Designers, sign up with the link below! Testers, no need to register - just come out and support! 🎲✂️ www.eventbrite.com/e/break-my-g...

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Break My Game Playtesting - Philadelphia, PA - Redcap's Corner

Come playtest board games designed by local independent game designers!

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James Barnhart ➡️ UnPub 26 @jakekbarnhart.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Netrunner players! How would you build around this flip ID? Fast advance? Remoteless? How do you cover your central servers? What do you spend your influence on? 🎲✂️

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James Barnhart ➡️ UnPub 26 @jakekbarnhart.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Breaking News! My first article with Null Signal Games is live! So excited to share two of my favorite ID’s in the set! Inverting the psychology of tags with Synapse Global is one of my favorite moments from Elevation design. 🎲✂️ nullsignal.games/blog/new-tal...

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James Barnhart ➡️ UnPub 26 @jakekbarnhart.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Punk is definitely not dead as Phoenix rises from the ashes in Elevation. As many of you know, Anarch was a big focus of mine when designing the set. I literally screamed in excitement when I saw this ID spoiled. 🎲✂️ nullsignal.games/blog/out-of-...

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Out of the Ashes: Anarch in Elevation - Null Signal Games

Playtester James joins us to debut a new Anarch identity and provide some insight into the new ways to play the faction that it enables.

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Null Signal Games @netrunner.nullsignal.games · 07/04/2025

We have reserved a handful of cards which we want to give to people from marginalized groups to reveal. If you consider yourself as belonging to a marginalized group and want to have a card allocated to you, please fill in this form. forms.gle/oxyiYaTkEGS7... #ElevationPreviews #Netrunner

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Elevation Preview Season Marginalized Groups Previews

We have reserved a handful of cards which we want to give to people belonging to marginalized groups to reveal, just as we did for RWR. We hope this will give them a brief moment at the forefront of t...

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James Barnhart ➡️ UnPub 26 @jakekbarnhart.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Hey Game Designers! My team is recruiting 3 new associate designers to the Netrunner design team. If you are interested in working with me and this amazing org on one of the best games of all time, then apply! Happy to answer any questions about the role here! 🎲✂️ nullsignal.games/blog/april-2...

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April 2025 Recruitment Drive - Null Signal Games

We're recruiting for our Production, Narrative, Design, Marketing, Convention and Eternal Balance Teams!

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James Barnhart ➡️ UnPub 26 @jakekbarnhart.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Y’all I’m geeking. The card fan for Elevation dropped recently. I want to hear your speculation about the cards! Call your shots now and I will give you +10 designer brownie points for each card you get right come April 24th ;) 🎲✂️ It has been an absolute joy to work on this set. IT LOOKS SO GOOD!

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James Barnhart ➡️ UnPub 26 @jakekbarnhart.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

youtu.be/7-fSpi7ZHoQ?... Y’all if you see something like this don’t just keep walking. Help the person who is be abducted - block the car, document everything, help the person who is being taken contact legal representation and family. We need to look out for eachother.

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Video shows masked federal agents handcuffing Turkish student at Tufts University

YouTube video by Associated Press

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James Barnhart ➡️ UnPub 26 @jakekbarnhart.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

A few years ago we said goodbye to our perfectly grumpy girl Catbeard at 13. Yesterday, her likeness was revealed immortalized on a Magic card. We miss her everyday but I am so grateful to the artist and art director who ensured that we will see her hop up on the table again. Love you Beardo ❤️

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James Barnhart ➡️ UnPub 26 @jakekbarnhart.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Philly Game Designers! Tonight is our last monthly in person Playtest event with @breakmygame.com before @unpub.bsky.social, 6:30 PM, at Redcap’s Corner. Designers, sign up with the link below! Testers, no need to register - just come out and support! 🎲✂️ www.eventbrite.com/e/break-my-g...

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Break My Game Playtesting - Philadelphia, PA - Redcap's Corner

Come playtest board games designed by local independent game designers!

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Jawn Valjawn @codemarvelous.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

We are 12 years on and I am still obsessed. There will never be another Netrunner. #boardgames #netrunner

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Buy Mass Effect The Board Game! @ithayla.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

netrunner is, imo, the best game ever made, in any medium. play for free: jinteki.net or print free cards at nullsignal.games

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Play Netrunner in your browser

Build Netrunner decks and test them online against other players.

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James Barnhart ➡️ UnPub 26 @jakekbarnhart.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Folks raise your voice if you haven’t already! This is intended to have a chilling effect on those who would speak truth to power. Screw that, time to call, protest, and organize loudly. Show them we will not be silenced and will not stand for fascist nonsense! www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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Mahmoud Khalil’s Detention Is a Trial Run

The pro-Palestine student was arrested without due process for exercising his right to free speech. He will not be the last.

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Jameela Wahlgren 🏳️‍🌈 🎨 @jameelawahlgren.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Arrested for "anti American activities" sounds like some Fascist Shit

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Jameela Wahlgren 🏳️‍🌈 🎨 @jameelawahlgren.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

This is serious: "Mahmoud Khalil committed no crime yet he was taken from his home to a detention facility where neither his pregnant wife nor his lawyer have access to him." Disappearing activists is classic dictator behavior and T says hes the "first of many" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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Mahmoud Khalil’s Detention Is a Trial Run

The pro-Palestine student was arrested without due process for exercising his right to free speech. He will not be the last.

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James Barnhart ➡️ UnPub 26 @jakekbarnhart.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Sometimes days are bad, but always kitties are good.

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James Barnhart ➡️ UnPub 26 @jakekbarnhart.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

So excited to finally be able to share some of the Netrunner cards I helped design for Elevation! All our teams @netrunner.nullsignal.games did an amazing job with these and I can’t wait for players to get them on the table and finally play with them! Incredible feeling to see them become real! 🎲✂️

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James Barnhart ➡️ UnPub 26 @jakekbarnhart.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

More Elevation news! I’m sure there will be more to see at GAMA this weekend! But it’s so cool to get a look at the concept art for this set! The visual team and artists looks like they knocked it out if the park! 🎲✂️ nullsignal.games/blog/laying-...

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Laying the Foundations: The Art of Elevation - Null Signal Games

Two members of the Visual team take us through the concept art and visual identity of Elevation.

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Elizabeth Hargrave @elizhargrave.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

My natural inclination on something like this has always been to give Congressional staff some benefit of the doubt that they just wrote something too quickly...but I now I'm starting to believe we're just living out the fucking Handmaid's Tale

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James Barnhart ➡️ UnPub 26 @jakekbarnhart.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Philly Designers! We will be hosting our monthly in person Playtest event with @breakmygame.com Monday, 6:30 PM, at Redcap’s Corner. Designers, sign up with the link below! Testers, no need to register - just come out and support! 🎲✂️ www.eventbrite.com/e/break-my-g...

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Break My Game Playtesting - Philadelphia, PA - Redcap's Corner

Come playtest board games designed by local independent game designers!

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James Barnhart ➡️ UnPub 26 @jakekbarnhart.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Netrunner players! What is your favorite Virus card and why? 🎲✂️ 💿

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James Barnhart ➡️ UnPub 26 @jakekbarnhart.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

1st 🥇 Place: Mystery Booster 2 1/24/25 Archetype: Azorius Superfriends This deck might be one of my favorites I’ve drafted. I wish I could have recorded the navigation for this one, as I really had some cool choices & moments of reading signals, wheeling key cards, & finding the lane for my seat

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James Barnhart ➡️ UnPub 26 @jakekbarnhart.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Game Designers, how do you rubberband or make catchup mechanics in your games? Especially in games where multiplayer dynamic usually keep the lead player in check, how do you ensure two player instances don’t result in runaway wins or cascading losses? 🎲✂️

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James Barnhart ➡️ UnPub 26 @jakekbarnhart.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

In the face of all this horror, remember, do not comply in advance. Do not self censor. Make them try and make you, call their bluff, make them do it publicly and fail. Try. Gum up the works in any way you can. Let people see you do it - let them know they are not alone. Look out for each other.

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Jeff Grisenthwaite @jeffgrisenthwaite.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Pssst! Want to learn all my pitching secrets? 🎲✂️

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