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Keith DeViere Donaldson @kddgames.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

My little board game manufacturing operation has been cranking since 5 AM yesterday 🫩

Keith DeViere Donaldson @kddgames.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Trying to get this Reconstruction game out of my head. The game follows the arc Du Bois described "The slave went free; stood for a brief moment in the sun; then moved back again toward slavery" I want players to talk about what remains of the institutions built after playing.

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Keith DeViere Donaldson @kddgames.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

My Click Clack Bats prototype is ready for the @unpub.org @rosegauntlet.bsky.social speed pitch at Gen Con tomorrow … the glue is dry with time to spare. 🙂

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Keith DeViere Donaldson @kddgames.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Designing the foam insert for COINTELPRO: The Assassination of Fred Hampton. Debating if I should use the 12 extra mini cards for the rules and player references or squeeze in a rulebook.

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Cardboard Edison @cardboardedison.com · 24/07/2026

Time for a free sample of our weekly board game design newsletter! We spoke with @elizhargrave.bsky.social about designing Wingspan Pocket! Plus tons of links to news & resources: us6.campaign-archive.com?u=fb6f8b674f... If you like what you see, you can sign up here: cardboardedison.com/newsletter

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Keith DeViere Donaldson @kddgames.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

There are 60 cards in COINTELPRO. They'll feature 30 FBI quotes like "The Negro youth and moderates must be made to understand that if they succumb to revolutionary teaching, they will be dead revolutionaries" and Golden Age B&W comic-inspired illustrations of Fred Hampton and the BPP by Jane Kenn.

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Keith DeViere Donaldson @kddgames.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I just ordered 500 Steel 9mm Luger Once Fired Casings for use as pawns in the 50 copies of COINTELPRO: The Assaination of Fred Hampton, I'll have for sale at the @sdhistcon.bsky.social Summit 2026 Night Market. They've been wet washed and dry tumbled. Don't worry about explosive residue. Trust me!

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Keith DeViere Donaldson @kddgames.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I came to Walmart for one thing. I’m leaving with milk, sugar, coconut and shrimp too. 🙂

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Keith DeViere Donaldson @kddgames.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

@jane__artss and I are making progress on the box art for Black Ruth of Dogtown. What do you think of this?

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Keith DeViere Donaldson @kddgames.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Dawn is approaching! The colony is scattered across the valley - seven fast clicks, a long pause, two slow - Half the table believes you flew to the heart, some think the key. Players work together between waypoints and rounds to improve the click language to get more bats back to the Cave in time.

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Click Clack Bat Overview

YouTube video by Keith Donaldson

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Keith DeViere Donaldson @kddgames.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Dice have no memory. I wanted to change that so I put them in a queue. If the roll is successful the die is placed. If it fails the die goes to the end of the queue. The probability of placement is dependent on queue position and success rate. Memory dice! 😉

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Keith DeViere Donaldson @kddgames.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Work on Black Ruth of Dogtown continues! Jane Kenn @jane__artss is creating evocative cover art. Also, many people have asked for sigil stones instead of cards ... I've got some ideas for that! A small handmade run should be available by the end of the year.

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Keith DeViere Donaldson @kddgames.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

The games I brought to the beach. Happy 4th!

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Keith DeViere Donaldson @kddgames.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

COINTELPRO: The Assassination of Fred Hampton has been selected for the SDHistCon Summit 2026 Night Market! It is an asymmetric 2-player abstract that connects players to the US government using law enforcement and intel tools not to protect citizens but to manage and suppress political dissent.

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Keith DeViere Donaldson @kddgames.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Here is my entry for the 2026 Deck Hand Games Design Contest, Relic Hunter. It's a one-player, pulp-adventure, side-scrolling game that uses a standard deck of playing cards. Inspired by the classic arcade game, Pitfall, the episodic solo board game, Final Girl, and the Indiana Jones film series.

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Relic Hunter Overview

YouTube video by Keith Donaldson

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Keith DeViere Donaldson @kddgames.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

PLAYTESTERS WANTED: “Man with an Axe” is a solo poker journaling RPG inspired by the minimalist fiction of Raymond Carver. The journaling is driven by a 5 card stud variation that uses a stripper deck.

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Unpub @unpub.org · 18/06/2026

It's Unpub at Origins Game Fair! Come find us in Hall C, booth 2132, to playtest some games. We'll be here until 11:30pm! Browse available games: f.mtr.cool/hiuibtzwkb #origins

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Keith DeViere Donaldson @kddgames.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I'm working my way towards playtesting with @breakmygame.com. The goal for today was to make an isometric screentop.gg version of my game, Mansard's Roof. The game involves stacking discs and counting stacks, which doesn't work with the typical top-down view.

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Keith DeViere Donaldson @kddgames.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

BGG 2026 Children's Game Print & Play Game Design Contest Winner: - Best Children's Game - Best Rulebook Print and play available on itch.io

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Keith DeViere Donaldson @kddgames.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Print and play now available on itch.io

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Keith DeViere Donaldson @kddgames.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

I'm paying the price. I busted my hump for a solid 24 hours taking part in Pam Walls' 24 Hour Mystery Box Board Game Jam. But I'm very happy with the results. This historical fold-or-call route builder is off to a good start. Check it out! - Video Overview - Rulebook - Screentop Implementation

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Keith DeViere Donaldson @kddgames.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Vote for my 2-player trick-taker, where your lead decides what your opponent plays and how won cards score on Game Crafter.

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Passive Agressive Overview

YouTube video by Keith Donaldson

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Keith DeViere Donaldson @kddgames.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Playing Pocket Wars from @terriblegames.bsky.social my “Curio” is a frying pan. If I roll Brainstorm the person I'm pointing at sautés two dice and rolls for damage, potentially taking two damage.

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Keith DeViere Donaldson @kddgames.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Play my entry for the 2026 Bad Comet Design Contest, Chocolate Sea Salt Caramels screentop.gg/@kdonaldson/... Core Mechanisms: Press Your Luck, Set Collection, Selective Drafting

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Chocolate Sea Salt Caramels | kdonaldson | Screentop.gg

Play Chocolate Sea Salt Caramels by kdonaldson on Screentop.

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Keith DeViere Donaldson @kddgames.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

On the table today at PAX East Unpub is Boogie Monsters Picky Nose. You win by collecting eight Snot Globs before the other team.

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Keith DeViere Donaldson @kddgames.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

You win by placing five bears on your Honey Line in ascending order. First to 5 wins. You can only place one bear per turn, and it must be the next number in your sequence. If you have bears 1 and 2 on your board, you need a 3. Nothing else works. You can’t skip ahead, you can’t place out of order.

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Keith DeViere Donaldson @kddgames.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Nailed it! I’m not sure how no one knew it was Skrillex.

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Keith DeViere Donaldson @kddgames.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Peek at a bears number, but use your manners. Say "Excuse me, Bear!" first! Find and place bears in ascending order to practice memory, numeracy, and etiquette.

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Keith DeViere Donaldson @kddgames.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Shipping my first prototype overseas was a traumatic experience. USPS would ship for $40 but didn’t have a clue about how customs charges are handled. FedEx wanted $400 to ship the same box. In the end I went with USPS and prayer. It made it Studiogiochi for Premio Archimede 2027. God is good!

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Keith DeViere Donaldson @kddgames.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

The more experienced designers always seem to have another game at the ready to throw down at a playtest. I’m trying to follow suite.

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Cardboard Edison @cardboardedison.com · 17/03/2026

The second 2026 Cardboard Edison Award finalist to arrive is Black Ruth of Dogtown by @kddgames.bsky.social! It was handed off to us in person at Unpub this past weekend! Details at cardboardedison.com/award

Prototype for Black Ruth of Dogtown: a large player mat, rulebook, sigil cards, portent cards, and other bits.

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Keith DeViere Donaldson @kddgames.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

One more prototype … Freak Phenomics

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Keith DeViere Donaldson @kddgames.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Binding on a budget … looking for people to try my solo scrapbooking game, “The Interval.” I'll have copies at Unpub.

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Keith DeViere Donaldson @kddgames.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

New skill unlocked: making neoprene playmat prototypes

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Keith DeViere Donaldson @kddgames.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Can you quantify/predict how fun a boardgame is? A quick lit review shows folks looking at flow and engagement as measures, which I don't think I can squeeze out of a Monte Carlo simulation.

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Keith DeViere Donaldson @kddgames.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

I need a seminar on taking product shots … feeling janky.

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Keith DeViere Donaldson @kddgames.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

My boardgame design, Black Ruth of Dogtown, was selected as a finalist in the 2026 Cardboard Edison competition! You can learn more here: cardboardedison.com/award linktr.ee/kddgames

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Cardboard Edison @cardboardedison.com · 25/02/2026

Who wants to see some awesome-looking game pitches? These are the finalists for the 2026 Cardboard Edison Award!!! cardboardedison.com/award

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Keith DeViere Donaldson @kddgames.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Casino Gaunlet is a speculative wagering game driven by hand management and market manipulation, where the calculated race to deplete one's hand is disrupted by a push-your-luck event system that introduces high-variance volatility into the lane rankings. linktr.ee/kddgames

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Casino Gauntlet

YouTube video by Keith Donaldson

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Keith DeViere Donaldson @kddgames.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Unbreaking News is a timeline game, where a bell curve scoring system creates a push-your-luck dynamic by linking the value of specific placement slots to point deductions for failure, transforming recall into informational confidence and timing-based risk management. linktr.ee/kddgames

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Unbreaking News Overview

YouTube video by Keith Donaldson

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Keith DeViere Donaldson @kddgames.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Castellum Aquae is a tight two-player area enclosure game with a shared-pawn and hand management, where players must weigh efficiency against the strategic cost of inadvertently fueling their opponent’s card economy through shared wall contributions. linktr.ee/kddgames

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Castellum Aquae Overview

YouTube video by Keith Donaldson

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Keith DeViere Donaldson @kddgames.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Black Ruth of Dogtown is a procedural oracle system driven by a circular mancala drafting mechanism, where players construct a three-by-three grid to optimize set collection and speculative scoring in service of a final narrative divination resolution. linktr.ee/kddgames

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Black Ruth of Dogtown Overview

YouTube video by Keith Donaldson

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Keith DeViere Donaldson @kddgames.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Would love your feedback on this daily puzzle app I developed playunbreakingdaily.news to accompany my news trivia game, Unbreaking News.

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Unbreaking Daily News: A News Trivia Puzzle

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Keith DeViere Donaldson @kddgames.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

It was a pleasure to learn Jason Schneider's barking and game-teaching techniques at the PAX East @happycampergames.bsky.social booth.

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Keith DeViere Donaldson @kddgames.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Look at those triple-layered player boards!!! It's super cool to see folks playing my game, Bearden. I'm looking forward to the feedback.

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