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Kerf Cut Games @kerfcutgames.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I made a new board for Barbarians @the Gate. I like this size for the board because the players will need room for their tableau’s. I will add two small expansions, asymmetric scoring for each player and/or an event deck with a cash bonus and a combo players must fulfill together.

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Kerf Cut Games @kerfcutgames.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I am also thinking about some museums efforts to bring living indigenous people into the museum collections, not history, living culture. It’s a start.

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Kerf Cut Games @kerfcutgames.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I’m doing some research on deaccessioning as it applies to museum collections or weeding as my local librarian puts it. I was thinking about modernity as it applies to NWC art and how it removed the living people from the art, they saw the art as artifacts made by people from the past.

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Kerf Cut Games @kerfcutgames.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I just finished a 5 handed solo, the scores were a little askew but I was mixing up players here and there some got money they shouldn’t have. Some of the tweaks really added to the flow. The game length is good and ends naturally.

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Kerf Cut Games @kerfcutgames.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I did a 3 handed solo and the scores were 105, 107, 122. I tweaked a rule in the game and I added to the flow, it was great. I’ll try a rule where if the meeple is on its own suit it doesn’t have to pay or even gets some dept relief.

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Kerf Cut Games @kerfcutgames.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The dice either adds to the meeples debt or relieves some of it. when you land on a space use the same colour dice as the meeple you used . The meeples move based on suit of card played for movement. All players control the 4 meeples, they are purely a game mechanism

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Kerf Cut Games @kerfcutgames.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I love designing games, it’s so much fun!

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Kerf Cut Games @kerfcutgames.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I completed the game, it took around 1 hour 15 minutes, so not bad. I need to work on endgame scoring. I added a couple things on the go as well

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Kerf Cut Games @kerfcutgames.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I’m half way through my 2nd solo 4 player play test of Barbarians @the Gate. I made many changes after the 1st play. It’s much smoother and works well. You are a tycoon, building your empire by exploiting the workers on the board, they live in an endless cycle of bills and debt. I hope it’s fun!

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Kerf Cut Games @kerfcutgames.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I just started my first solo 4 handed play test of my new game. I can already see I need to give players some resources before the game starts, I think a card draft would work. I may change the name.

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Kerf Cut Games @kerfcutgames.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I’m working on a new little card game called Barbarians @the Gate. In the centre the pawns will move around the board paying rent accumulated debt. In the card play you are trying to get rich by collecting the pawns rent and debt. You move the pawns but do not own any of them.

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Kerf Cut Games @kerfcutgames.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I’m at a Laxgiik (Eagle) feast in Gingolx BC.

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Kerf Cut Games @kerfcutgames.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This is a prototype trick taking versus lane battler. Win tricks and dice battles to move along the track. The track is made up of one time use powers. I’m using Red Rising cards as the combatants, Mustang vs Lysander! I’ve only play tested solo, so I’m looking forward to exploring the game

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Kerf Cut Games @kerfcutgames.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

My first day as, Storyteller in Residence, at the Prince Rupert Library. On October 14th I’ll be doing an artist talk and showing “Remediation”. There will be other programming in the coming months. Stay tuned!

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Kerf Cut Games @kerfcutgames.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The former “Betting “ cards are now streamlined and are based on tricks won.

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Kerf Cut Games @kerfcutgames.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I’m play testing a new scoring system for 3 Ravenz. Rather than winning points you would be winning tricks. I’ll get to test it live next month in various places around the world. I’ll do some solo testing first tho. The new system allows for a scoring track and card where I can add a player aid.

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

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Kerf Cut Games @kerfcutgames.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The Git Muk Mukia at The blessing for the new Nisga’a fisheries vessel.

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Kerf Cut Games @kerfcutgames.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

This is a solo playtest from awhile back, the game has changed a bit since then. It needs proper playtesting, for first play tests I try to keep everything in there and see what happens.

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Kerf Cut Games @kerfcutgames.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Filleting and jarring sockeye salmon for the winter. Maybe there will be some leftover for mulligan soup tonight.

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Kerf Cut Games @kerfcutgames.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

The neighbour chilling on the deck

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Kerf Cut Games @kerfcutgames.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I’m doing some solo play testing of my new trick taking lane battler. The solo is just random but is good for testing mechs. I’m using minis from Halo: Flashpoint for the battling. It works pretty well, I need to test with people because the automa is easy to beat. Using the minis adds a lot.

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Kerf Cut Games @kerfcutgames.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I completed my solo learning game of Federation I scored 127 points but I didn’t use everything and learned as it went. The automa is easy to use as this is a beat your own score solo game. It just restricts your worker placement spaces and adds rising point thresholds for scoring.

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Kerf Cut Games @kerfcutgames.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I’m playing a learning game of Federation with the solo mode. I’ve wanted this game since it was first on KS, but it was 2 to 4 players. I finally broke down and bought it and the solo expansion. I still haven’t figured it all out yet.

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Kerf Cut Games @kerfcutgames.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

@senfoonglim.bsky.social hey Sen, Julian Burke on YouTube has been doing a video series about a game he is launching, he might be a good guest and cotswald game (formally ergo cogito meeple) were the ones that got warned about the use of meeple, they may be good guests.

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Kerf Cut Games @kerfcutgames.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Look who walked past my place this morning

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Kerf Cut Games @kerfcutgames.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Watching the Spiel De Jahres Live! On YouTube

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Kerf Cut Games @kerfcutgames.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Apparently a lot of Americans didn’t know Belgium was a country. When an American asked where Belgium was, they responded, “in the quarter finals”. Yes I stole this joke, like you stole my land colonizer!

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Kerf Cut Games @kerfcutgames.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

My birthday today, I’m turning old years old. “Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me, there’s tears in my cupcake, happy birthday to me.”

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Kerf Cut Games @kerfcutgames.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Sometimes my neighbour comes and watches TV with me

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Kerf Cut Games @kerfcutgames.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

My board game haul from Montreal and Vancouver. Crits and Tricks, The Bloody Inn and a friend gave me Lone Wolf and Cub game, it’s not well rated but I love the IP. Not shown Flamecraft metal coins and mini expansion for Civolution.

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Kerf Cut Games @kerfcutgames.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Me too! I hope they Give them to me at the end of exhibition

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Kerf Cut Games @kerfcutgames.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Some work from my exhibition at the Daphne Art Centre in Montreal. It’s the first time I’ve shown all digital artwork. Not shown is my short film “Remediation.”

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Kerf Cut Games @kerfcutgames.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

I love it when comicsgate-ish a holes title their YouTube videos so it’s obvious and I don’t accidentally start watching it. That way I can just hit “don’t recommend channel” and it will go away for awhile. That content is insidious tho and always comes back. Stay vigilante.

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Kerf Cut Games @kerfcutgames.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Having a smoked meat sandwich from Schwartz’s deli in Montreal and watching some World Cup futbol.

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Kerf Cut Games @kerfcutgames.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

I ran a card game making workshop with eight participants, it went really well. My present skills need work but it’s a solid workshop.

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Kerf Cut Games @kerfcutgames.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

I did some playtesting on Wednesday night, I tested War Canoe, Feral Feline Furenzii (not seen). And for the first play test ever, AWG: Let’s gets some Pins and a blind test of 3 Ravenz. I got some amazing feedback, it was really fun, thank you to those who came out!

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Kerf Cut Games @kerfcutgames.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I was going to go see it but it sounds like a dud, thanks! You saved me $50

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Kerf Cut Games @kerfcutgames.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I’m running a workshop where we will develop a small modern card game using traditional card games as a base. It‘s about iteration as a process ofgame development. We will work in teams to make games that speak to your experiences. It’s on Thursday night at the Daphne Art centre in Montreal.

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Kerf Cut Games @kerfcutgames.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I’m running a pop up playtest event in Montreal at the Daphne art centre next Wednesday evening, sign up and bring your prototypes on down Here are the zeffy links for people to sign up to Playtesting Workshop: www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticket...

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Kerf Cut Games @kerfcutgames.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Some card art for the 3 Ravenz card game, this a killer whale/Supernatural Being.

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Kerf Cut Games @kerfcutgames.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

The latest version of my virtual board for my latest prototype. I e been updating the virtual board based on play tests, it helps me think just to look at it.

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Kerf Cut Games @kerfcutgames.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

It took me a whole game to remember you can’t roll a one with 2 dice. lol

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Kerf Cut Games @kerfcutgames.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

The second play test is done, with tweaks pretty much everywhere, it is a much more engaging game. The more robust automa, which just blocks spaces really did a great job.

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Kerf Cut Games @kerfcutgames.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

I finished my first solo play test, the game works, a lot of dice chucking with mitigation. I can already see some rule changes. I like the Hugo card look for the player board/pin collection. I can’t wait to try it with people

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Kerf Cut Games @kerfcutgames.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

This will be my first test of my newest idea, AWG: Let’s get some Pins! Dice rolling, worker Placement and set collection

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Kerf Cut Games @kerfcutgames.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

I’m still working on making a prototype but working on the board helps me develop the idea as I go. I have no idea if it will work in real life, but I like this process because it like an idea board. I like the look of the background tho.

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