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

The rulebook is poker card size. Too small for my local printer to handle, so I made a jig and invested in a Bostitch Booklet Stapler. ✅

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Keith DeViere Donaldson @kddgames.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

cointelpro-op-no1.donaldson20.com My game COINTELPRO is going to be for sale at the SDHistCon Summit Night Market in November. I put this digital implementation of the game together to give folks a taste. I'd appreciate any feedback you have on the game/app. Thanks!

cointelpro-op-no1.donaldson20.com

COINTELPRO: The Assassination of Fred Hampton

Play COINTELPRO in your browser. Be Fred Hampton purging informants from the Black Panther Party, or William O'Neal, the FBI informant working against him.

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Keith DeViere Donaldson @kddgames.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A new “Alternate History” variant of COINTELPRO: Assassination of Fred Hampton needs counters. I can’t resist the opportunity to make dials. 🙂

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

You’ll be at Unpub Prime, right? I’ve got you!

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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 🫩

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Keith DeViere Donaldson @kddgames.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Please DM your email address. The first draft of the rulebook is ready. Thanks!

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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

Sure, but play it on a soprano sax 🙂

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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 · 24/07/2026

The way I look at it is that the best job is the one you’d do for free but get paid for it, especially when it comes to creative pursuits. Sometimes the intrinsic motivation is all that you’ve got and you’re going to get.

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

Since you have a hamburger the skinny should be a kabob.

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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 · 22/07/2026

I see a tile layer where, on their turn, players place and quarter-turn a tile to create motifs at 4 tile junctions. Players score for 1 motif after the last tile is placed. 3 tile adjacency locks tiles, player meeples deny rotation, and every tile turn converts a rival's points into someone else's.

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Keith DeViere Donaldson @kddgames.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

This looks like marketing hype to me ... it gives me hope for the dark factory pattern I'm implementing.

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

Thanks! Trying my best to zhuzh it up.

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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

Thanks, Phil! Unsettling is the vibe we’re going for.

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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 · 11/07/2026

Next installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise 😂

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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 · 04/07/2026

Thanks, Alex! Here are the links to the screentop implementation and rules. screentop.gg/@kdonaldson/... drive.google.com/file/d/1_NkI...

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COINTELPRO | kdonaldson | Screentop.gg

Play COINTELPRO by kdonaldson on Screentop.

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

Thanks, Phil! I’d love your feedback. When time permits, please let me know.

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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 are the rules. Grab a deck of cards. Give it a try and let me know what you think.

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RELIC HUNTER - Rulebook - deck_hand.pdf

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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

This is what happens when we don’t room together.

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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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