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Solis Game Studio @solisgamestudio.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

We are Sold Out of Six-Sided Seas and Treat Please at #Gencon! Thank you for the overwhelming support! If you missed your copy you can still get one at our website solisgamestudio.com!

solisgamestudio.com

Solis Game Studio

Sit down and let's explore tabletop games for competitors, families, and storytellers.

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John Brieger @johnbrieger.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Paid Opportunity. Looking for Tabletop Game Designers or Developers who are Catholic or have a theological or seminary education for a board game project about Catholic relics / reliquaries.

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John Brieger @johnbrieger.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

My mother: “It was one of those mystical books - not the kind of thing I usually read.” Me: “A fantasy novel?” Mother: “Yeah — it was good! You would like it.”

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John Brieger @johnbrieger.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Looking for a cultural consultant who has lived a significant amount of time in Tokyo for an upcoming board game set in Tokyo with a silly take on Kaiju. DMs open or reply here.

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John Brieger @johnbrieger.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Pretty wild week — forgot to post but Dungeon Crawler Carl Unstoppable is live and I am so proud of our team's development on this game. As a HUGE nerd about this series it was very fulfilling creatively to get to play in this world. And the game is a banger. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/r...

backerkit.com

Dungeon Crawler Carl RPG + Unstoppable

Get ready to enter your very own World Dungeon! Play as a familiar face, such as 🧨 Carl, 👑🐈 Donut, 🐊 Florin, 🐐 Prepotente, or build your own unique crawler, complete with a customizable class and race...

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Solis Game Studio @solisgamestudio.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

We're celebrating Radiant Black Friday with 40% of the Massive-Verse Bundle! Plus, older Pocket Paragons sets are only $5 each, and you can take advantage of free US shipping on orders over $59! Shop now at store.solisgamestudio.com

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JC @jcw.gay · 19/11/2025

Finally sharing my sizzle reel! If you're in need of video production work (or pretty much anything creative), hit me up, esp. at #PAXU! I don't ask for this much, but if you're in the #boardgames industry and like what I do, consider sharing this! I'm looking to book up 2026! linktr.ee/jcw.gay

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John Brieger @johnbrieger.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Dungeon Crawler Carl - Unstoppable is coming! It's a rad 1-2p deckbuilder designed by John D. Clair and we're doing the development. Can follow along here: www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

a disembodied head says "follow the campaign or I will kill your mother"
Launching 2026 Backerkit. Dungeon Crawler Carl Roleplaying game and Dungeon Crawler Carl Unstoppable from Renegade Game Studios.

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John Brieger @johnbrieger.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

I want an animation this good for everyone one of the board games I work on from here on out. Can't wait to show everyone what we've been cooking with Quality Beast and Allplay on Towers of the Sun. www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5-2...

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Towers of the Sun - Release Announcement

YouTube video by Quality Beast

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John Brieger @johnbrieger.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Returned from Germany last night exhausted but reinvigorated. It is nice to be reminded that there is joy and enthusiasm in games.

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John Brieger @johnbrieger.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Come say hi at Essen (and/or do business)!

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Clarence Simpson 🔜 ??? @stoichamster.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

I'm doing some dev work on Flintlock!, the new game in the Blitzkrieg series of 20-minute 2-player wargames. I'm coordinating some digital playtesting that's happening over the next few weeks. Any mutuals interested in helping out for the promise of a free copy of the game when it's released?

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jeeyon shim 심지연 @jeeyon.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

This is the best product listing copy I’ve ever read

Nothing lasts forever, and that includes the Roman Empire.

The Fall of Rome-Scented Candle smells like cypress trees and red wine. Light it and watch the Roman forum melt into a puddle of wax while you quietly contemplate the impermanence of civilizations and/or candles.

Do you think individual Romans understood that their civilization was collapsing? Or did it happen so gradually that they were able to ignore the warning signs—international trade breaking down, the senate becoming a rubber stamp for the supreme leader, and political violence becoming expected during transfers of power?

It’s hard to say, because it’s impossible to imagine being in that kind of situation. In any event—hope you enjoy the candle!

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John Brieger @johnbrieger.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Hey indie publisher friends: this is your reminder that GAMA fellowship applications close JULY 31 for the 2026 Horizons fellowship www.gama.org/page/Horizons It comes with travel & lodging for GAMA trade show, $1000 grant, and more!

gama.org

GAMA: THE GAME MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION

The Game Manufacturers Association (GAMA) is the non-profit trade organization dedicated to serving the hobby games industry.

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Meeple Syrup Show @meeplesyrupshow.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

🎲✂️ Tonight at 9PM EDT (UTC -5), @senfoonglim.bsky.social and @drayerink.bsky.social talk to @gamesbymondo.bsky.social and @johnbrieger.bsky.social in a Developer Round Table, looking at freelance and in house roles! Join us live in the chat at facebook.com/MeepleSyrup or youtube.com/MeepleSyrup!

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John Brieger @johnbrieger.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Board Game Media friends – @solisgamestudio.bsky.social is getting ready to send out some copies of our summer release: a complete 2 player game in a booster pack! Super-powered duels in just 5 minutes. If you're interested, fill this out: forms.gle/eDoJ9L9nJc8g...

The Massive-Verse Fighting Card Game Starter Pack. Shows a paper booster pack with two superheroes on it, Premier and Radiant Black, next to a 3D render of a cardboard box holding dozens of the packs. The front of the packaging reads "Massive-Verse Fighting Card Game - Starter Pack - 2 Complete Decks"

a fan of game cards showing the supervillain Premier from the Image comics series Radiant Black. Cards shown have the names Catalyst, The Final Trial, Inevitable, and Assessment Finalized.

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John Brieger @johnbrieger.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

If you're looking to get into a new RPG show, can't recommend Chaos Protocol enough. Tonight is a great time to jump into it!

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John Brieger @johnbrieger.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

I’m at KublaCon this weekend, splitting time between the @solisgamestudio.bsky.social booth and the Protospiel room. Come say hi!

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John Brieger @johnbrieger.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Deep in the con preparation hole this week but feeling really productive! Trying to clear my backlog, export some fresh prototypes, and go into KublaCon with a fresh slate of things to try

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Josh Bycer @gwbycer.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

it's time for another reminder that if you're working on a game, want to talk about the process of game dev, or teaching game design, I'm always looking for guests for my podcast series, as we can spend hours talking about design forms.gle/59Ji39m9Md8u... #indiegamedev

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Perceptive Podcast Sign up Form

For anyone in game dev who is interested in coming on my podcast series on youtube.com/c/game-wisdom to talk about their works or game design in general. These casts can be done live or recorded. I wi...

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John Brieger @johnbrieger.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Tariffs on China are temporarily lowered to 30% for 90 days, which is still a huge increase from our previous costs, though not an existential threat in the same way. It's still a devastating blow to the board game industry. I worry about the effect this pause in supply chains will have on shipping.

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John Brieger @johnbrieger.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Please meet “Bong Sedlus”, our new road trip mascot, most known for his catchphrase “outside bad”

A terrifying monstrosity cardboard cutout standup, made of collaged animated depictions of snack food. His face is a pufferfish of hot dogs, leering with a chocolate chip cookie smile, and he reaches for you with one cinnamon roll hand, grasping with his hot dog fingers.

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John Brieger @johnbrieger.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Today at 10am pacific, I’ll be joining @kqedforum.bsky.social to discuss the impact of tariffs on hobbies in America. My board game publishing business @solisgamestudio.bsky.social has 8500 games on the water, due to the port of LA May 15th. We’re expecting a devastating 145% tariff bill.

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KQED Forum @kqedforum.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

FRI at 10AM: @theatlantic.com staff writer Tyler Austin Harper, KQED's Jasmine Garnett and board game developer @johnbrieger.bsky.social join to talk about what we lose when we can no longer afford our hobbies. ❓ Is there a hobby that you’ve struggled to maintain due to rising costs?

theatlantic.com

What We Lose When We’re Priced Out of Our Hobbies

For a lot of people, it’s getting too expensive to knit or fish.

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John Brieger @johnbrieger.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

High Tide walk midday. Getting a lot done on moving projects forward.

A view of Somes Sound, Maine at high tide. Water laps the shore and a small tree covered island is visible in the distance with a mountain rising behind it.

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John Brieger @johnbrieger.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Days since a new boardgame publisher decides to publish the world's most asinine take on world history: 0. Like "Colonize: the New World" is so ridiculous of a title that part of me wonders if it's intentional trolling effort.

image of a board game entitled "Colonize: The New World"

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John Brieger @johnbrieger.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Nothing like running a blind test of a game's rules and seeing that the "really clean" text you thought you had has holes you could drive a truck through. This is why you test though!

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John Brieger @johnbrieger.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Trying my best to be proactive about things I can control. Still going to be making games this year. Still even going to be releasing a few where margins work under tariffs. But there’s definitely just an overwhelming sense of dread.

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John Brieger @johnbrieger.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

How can anyone see mass deportations and foreign incarcerations without due process as anything but a fundamental threat to liberty in our nation? Auschwitz wasn't inside the borders of Germany. Making people stateless to facilitate denial of their rights is repugnant. #neveragain

Deported US residents inside CECOT, a mass prison in El Salvador. Their heads are shaved and they are bowed forward, packed tightly together.

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John Brieger @johnbrieger.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Oh cool the Trump Administration is openly defying orders from the Supreme Court now, not just lesser courts. Good thing our country has a system of checks and balances…

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Dennis B. Hooper @dennisbhooper.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

It is becoming unbelievably difficult to stay both informed and sane

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Solis Game Studio @solisgamestudio.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

The tariffs are a heavy blow to Solis Game Studio. In order to survive, we are running a sale to offset the sudden thousands in additional costs we need to bear for our current inbound shipment... Tariff Impact Sale: store.solisgamestudio.com/c...

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John Brieger @johnbrieger.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

I spoke to several board game creators and retailers here in the Bay Area of California about the impact of tariffs. It's grim news for hobby games. www.solisgamestudio.com/blog/the-gro...

The Growing Bay Area Industry that tariffs may kill

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John Brieger @johnbrieger.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

You want to Make America Wealthy? Let’s try focusing on the 13.5% of our citizens who experienced food insecurity last year - not knowing where their next meal was coming from. Let’s focus on the 65% of Americans who report living paycheck to paycheck. Tariffs don’t help these people.

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John Brieger @johnbrieger.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Me any time I need to do paperwork

A rat in 5 poses:
A - crying out
B - one leg up crying
C - in the process of rolling over
D - on back, still crying
E - standing on hind legs, screeching its little lungs out

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John Brieger @johnbrieger.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Hope all my friends at #Unpub are having a great time!

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John Brieger @johnbrieger.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

The Game of Spaghett is played as follows: • Gather 11 people. Divide into 5 pairs. The 11th person takes on the role of The Spaghett. • Prep: full servings of spaghetti and meat sauce for 10, an extra 2.5 pounds of partially cooked noodles, and enough non-meat sauce to coat the bodies of 5 people.

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John Brieger @johnbrieger.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Paprikash is played as follows: First, 12 of us gather and the room is sealed into total darkness. One player is the Paprikash, who takes the sack of paprika.

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Josh Bycer @gwbycer.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

it's time for another #indiegamedev reminder that I'm always looking for games to cover on my channel and I interview developers regularly about their games and game dev with sign ups open now forms.gle/qe11xeenqGuj...

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Perceptive Podcast Sign up Form

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John Brieger @johnbrieger.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Leaf blowers are a plague on humanity. Why do we tolerate them in our residential neighborhoods? Genuinely wonder. They can’t be THAT much more efficient than other tools right? Someone with garden knowledge enlighten me.

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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 18/03/2025

Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana.

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John Brieger @johnbrieger.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Old and Busted: Space Marines New Hotness: Sloth Marines back Space Lion 2 on Backerkit: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

space marine image from Space Lion Board game by Solis Game Studios
man in powered armor carrying a large gun and smoking a cigar

a sloth in armor, decorated with golden sloth heads.

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John Brieger @johnbrieger.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Goals: have a game I make be banned for its “sinister magnetism”

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BoardGameGeek @boardgamegeek.com · 07/03/2025

Diary: On BGG News, designer John D. Clair talks about the development of Unstoppable, a solitaire game newly released on the U.S. market by Renegade Game Studios: boardgamegeek.com/blog/1/blogp... —WEM

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John Brieger @johnbrieger.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Playtest round 3 kicking off for Weird Little Guys: a folio filled with oddballs for you to use in your campaigns. It's system neutral #TTRPG supplement focused on non-combat encounters. We cannot WAIT for people to play with these characters! Signup: briegercreative.com/weirdlittleg...

Pink text saying weird little guys, and 50 tiny pen and ink line illustrations of cartoon characters, more as background than artwork

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John Brieger @johnbrieger.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Tiny Laser Heist AP when?

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