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Leder Games

@leder.games
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We are a spunky indie board game publisher with asymmetric tendencies. Saint Paul, MN | Our games: Vast, Root, Fort, and Ahoy! www.ledergames.com

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Leder Games @leder.games · 01/10/2026
We're big fans of local Saint Paul band Alligator Orchestra. After hearing songs they wrote about Root, we commissioned them to record a Kart theme song. They came back with "Don't Look Down!", two minutes of raucous pop-punk that's perfect for Kart's reckless downhill races.
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Leder Games @leder.games · 30/09/2026
The world wants to know ... who is the meanest Kart player in our office?
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Leder Games @leder.games · 30/09/2026
It's the BIG ONE: our 6-player Kart stream is tomorrow! Bear witness to the chaos that will come of six racers, one hill. Thursday, October 1st at 2PM CDT on Twitch! www.twitch.tv/ledergamesme...
The cast of Thursday's stream: Alita as the Oracle, Liz as Ludus Maximus, Tyler as The Shipwreck, Jody as Star Power, Nick as Double Dribble, and Jesse as Amped Up!
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Leder Games @leder.games · 30/09/2026
Six days left on the Kart Kickstarter! We partnered with Chris Something @mozillo.bsky.social for this rollicking preview video:
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Leder Games @leder.games · 29/09/2026
With just seven days left for the Kart Kickstarter campaign, we partnered with The Mind Of Guy to tell you a little more about our newest downhill racing game! bit.ly/KartOnKS
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Leder Games @leder.games · 28/09/2026
Sharing some of our favorite photos of the Kart protoype, from the talented @peacelovegames.bsky.social!
Kert meeples on the map with a wooden token bowl blurred in the foregrounda hand moves the Amped up Meepletop down on a Kar map, with meeplesStar Power's meeple glides to victory in front of the wooden trophies
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Leder Games @leder.games · 28/09/2026
Tomorrow! We're playing Fort in celebration of its upcoming second edition. Find us on Twitch at 2PM CDT, Tuesday September 29th. www.twitch.tv/ledergamesme...
The cast of tomorrow's Fort playthrough and their chosen Fort character artwork
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Leder Games @leder.games · 25/09/2026
This week we spent time at Second Harvest Heartland, helping them support food shelves and hunger-relief programs in Minnesota and western Wisconsin. We sorted a lot of potatoes! Learn more about their work here: www.2harvest.org
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Leder Games @leder.games · 24/09/2026
New Racer Reveal! Our second racer in Kart: The Endless Summer Expansion is The Oracle. Will their spellcasting and seer abilities secure victory? We can't wait to find out! (Catch our 6-player playthrough, coming to Twitch on October 1!) bit.ly/KartOnKS
The Oracle's cart has a shopping cart base,a Magic 8 ball, and a mystical traffic cone for a helmet. Max speed 5, and 5 card slots!
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Leder Games @leder.games · 21/09/2026
This week we reveal the two mystery racers included in the Kart: Endless Summer expansion! Make sure to check the campaign page tomorrow and Thursday to see who's new in the neighborhood: bit.ly/KartOnKS
Two sticky notes obscure the art for the new characters, to be revealed September 22nd and 24th
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Leder Games @leder.games · 17/09/2026
Have you seen the trailer for Kart? It's SWEET. In Kart, you're a rambunctious tween riding a homemade gokart through your neighbors' backyards. No brakes, no gas…every turn you go faster and faster, losing control (and pieces of your Kart) in the process! Check out the campaign: bit.ly/KartOnKS
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Leder Games @leder.games · 16/09/2026
Tomorrow! Catch the first live stream of our Kart campaign: a two-player game! Thursday, Sept 17th at 2PM CDT on our Twitch channel: www.twitch.tv/ledergamesme...
Live Stream! September 17, 2 player playthrough, 2PM CDT on Twitch.
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Leder Games @leder.games · 15/09/2026
Kart is funded! 🥳 Thank you, early supporters, for getting us to this milestone so quickly. 🥰
An excited graphic saying FUNDED
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Leder Games @leder.games · 15/09/2026
AND WE'RE LIVE! Roll on over to Kickstarter and check out the Kart campaign! bit.ly/KartOnKS
The Amped Up kart team is careening down the hill. The Race is on! Kickstarter
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Leder Games @leder.games · 07/09/2026
Final day of our first #PAXWest! See you at 4312-Summit for a Kart demo? 🤩
Alita, designer of Kart, running a 3-player demo in our booth
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Leder Games @leder.games · 05/09/2026
We're back to running Kart demos for #PAXWest day two! Come see us at 4312-Summit.
Jesse running a demo of Kart at our booth!
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Leder Games @leder.games · 04/09/2026
#PAXWest! We're ready for you! 4312-Summit for pins and demos of Kart, our next title. 🏁
The Leder Games booth at PAX West, Seattle
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Leder Games @leder.games · 29/08/2026
PAX West is next week! Find us at booth 4312, Summit and check out Kart. Launching on Kickstarter September 15! bit.ly/KartOnKS
Some of the Kart kids bookend the Kart logo. Enter the race! Leder Games at Pax West, Booth 4312 Summit.
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Leder Games @leder.games · 23/08/2026
Hey! We're going to be at PAX West for the first time! Swing by booth 4312 Summit and add our new Root: Underworld Portrait Pin to your collection. (We'll be running demos of Kart, too!)
Image of our pin featuring a crow and a mole. Leder Games booth 4312, Summit, Pax West 2026
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Leder Games @leder.games · 20/08/2026
Curious about how Kart got started? Great news: Alita's first Design Diary is live on Board Game Geek! Find it here, and follow to be notified of more posts! boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/47...
An early play test of cart with a very rough prototype on the table.
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Leder Games @leder.games · 12/08/2026
Start building your karts! Kart launches on Kickstarter September 15! bit.ly/KartOnKS
Kart, launching on Kickstarter September 15th with a kid and kart careening down a hill
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Leder Games @leder.games · 11/08/2026
The Twilight Council entreats you to vote today if you have elections, referendums or ballot measures in your area! (We'd love to see your "I Voted" stickers, too!)
a bunch of bat meeples surround an "I Voted" sticker
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Leder Games @leder.games · 09/08/2026
We are BACK from Gen Con! Join us Tuesday at 2PM CDT for a little Gen Con catch up, and a look at what's next! www.twitch.tv/ledergamesme...
A couple kart kids careen down a hill. Text reads studio chat tuesday 2pm twitch
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Leder Games @leder.games · 02/08/2026
More incredible Root cosplays from Gen Con! 🤩
On the floor of the expo hall at Gen Con, cosplayers dressed as the Circus Conspiracy, the Thief Vagabond, The Woodland Alliance, and the Lord of the Hundreds
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Leder Games @leder.games · 31/07/2026
You never know who you'll meet in our #GenCon demo room! (ICC 135)
Two cosplayers, sitting at a demo of Root Homeland. One is the vagabond scoundrel, the other the adventurer vagabond!
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Leder Games @leder.games · 30/07/2026
WE'RE READY! Come see us at booth 623! #GenCon
Two spiral towers of board games in our booth
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Leder Games @leder.games · 25/07/2026
NEW (and free to play!) on Board Game Arena: Ahoy Rivals & Renegades and Ahoy Fang & Fortune! bit.ly/AhoyOnBGA
The leviathan from Ahoy: Fang and Fortune looms over an unfortunate man overboard
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Leder Games @leder.games · 23/07/2026
As we get ready for Gen Con next week, let's celebrate this awesome Ahoy balloon sculpture from Gen Con 2025. (And a cameo by Cap'n Clay!) #ThrowbackThursday
Cap'n Clay poses in front of a 20-foot-tall balloon sculpture at Gen Con 2025
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Leder Games @leder.games · 16/07/2026
Gen Con 2026 is just a couple weeks away! Have you locked in your demos of Root base or the new Homeland Expansion? Have you marked our booth (623) and room (135) on your maps? We can't wait to see you! bit.ly/GC2026withLG
A cute frog carrying a bindle and a flying bat bookend the Root: The Homeland Expansion logo
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Leder Games @leder.games · 15/07/2026
Coming to Kickstarter in September: Kart! bit.ly/KartOnKS Gather your friends and your kart and get ready to hit the hill! These contraptions are fierce, fragile, and about to take on all the hazards your neighborhood can throw at them. Go fast, lose control, slide to victory!
A couple kids in hastily-constricted soapbox carts careen into the Kart logo.
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Leder Games @leder.games · 14/07/2026
Celebrate #WorldOrcaDay with the Blackfish Brigade, on your tabletop or now on Board Game Arena! bit.ly/AhoyOnBGA
The Blackfish Brigade crew on their mighty flagship
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Leder Games @leder.games · 13/07/2026
Tomorrow! 2-2-2! It's our monthly Studio Chat, on the second Tuesday of the month at 2PM CDT ... on Twitch! It'll be a quick one, as we're fiercely preparing for Gen Con in a couple weeks. See you then! www.twitch.tv/ledergamesme...
2, 2, 2

Studio Chat!

2nd Tuesday 2PM CDT!!
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Leder Games @leder.games · 09/07/2026
Gen Con is just weeks away! Be sure to stop by our booth (623) and check out our new Root pin, celebrating the Homeland Expansion! Read more about our plans here: bit.ly/GC2026withLG
The location of the Leder booth and demo room overlayed on the Gen Con expo map
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Leder Games @leder.games · 03/07/2026
The Studio is Closed Today! (We're all busy playing the Ahoy expansion content, available NOW on Board Game Arena! bit.ly/AhoyOnBGA
The Leviathan towers over bearded man overboard! Ahoy: Fang & Fortune Expansion Available now on Board Game Arena!
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Leder Games @leder.games · 01/07/2026
Oh, CANADA! Today we celebrate our neighbor to the north and our Canadian colleagues: Caryl, Adam, and Claire! (And Claire's fluffy friend, Bishop.) #HappyCanadaDay
Caryl on an Edgewalk on top of the CN tower, TorontoAdam in our video studio!Claire with her very fluffy cat, Bishop
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Leder Games @leder.games · 27/06/2026
Today is #TwinCitiesPride! With the Homeland Expansion we finally have meeple colors for the Progress Pride Flag! 🥳We welcome you to our table, as you are, and love you for being you. HAPPY PRIDE MONTH! 🏳️‍🌈
The Progress Pride Flag built out of meeples from a variety of Leder Games board games.
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Leder Games @leder.games · 25/06/2026
Tomorrow is #NationalFoodTruckDay and we're planning where to stop for lunch! Shout out your faves and location in the comments. We love seeking out local goodness when we're traveling!🚚
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Leder Games @leder.games · 24/06/2026
A wonderful June day means a Pride Popsicle celebration in the studio! (With local fave, @jonnypops.bsky.social!)
Two hands hold rainbow Jonny Pop popsicles. Yay Pride! 🌈
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Leder Games @leder.games · 21/06/2026
The Fort kids (and pets!) always celebrate #NationalSkateboardDay safely. #SafetyFirst!
Kids and dogs from Fort the card game are skateboarding with their safety gear on.
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Leder Games @leder.games · 20/06/2026
Today we celebrate #BaldEagleDay and the majestic Eyrie! We'd also like to recognize the work of the National Eagle Center in our very own Wabasha, MN. We recommend a trip to visit them and the "Eagle Capital of America"!
The majestic Eagle Eyrie leader from Root the Board Game
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Leder Games @leder.games · 19/06/2026
Our studio is closed today in observance of Juneteenth, National Independence Day! If you're in the Twin Cities, here are a few community celebrations happening today. Look for more this weekend!
Juneteenth celebrations in the Twin Cities:

Juneteenth Celebration. 
12 p.m. until 5 p.m. 
Rondo Commemorative Plaza, Saint Paul

Soul of the Southside
Noon - 8PM
E. Lake Street and Minnehaha Ave, Mpls

Juneteenth A Family Celebration
Noon - 6PM
State Capitol Grounds, Saint Paul

Juneteenth Celebration
Noon - 4PM
Centennial Lakes Park, Edina

Juneteenth Celebration
5PM - 9PM
Town Green, Maple Grove
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Leder Games @leder.games · 16/06/2026
It's World Sea Turtle Day and of course we're celebrating our scrappy Shellfire Rebellion friends from Ahoy! 🐢
Our tough turtle warriors preparing their catapult in the battle against the Blackfins!
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Leder Games @leder.games · 13/06/2026
This month's Studio Chat was all about Root Clockwork! Catch the VoD on our YouTube channel, featuring an interview with designer Benjamin Schmauss as well as a peek at the Lord of the Hundreds Clockwork faction-in-development! youtu.be/HqhSeESOIzg
Leder Games June 2026 Studio Chat video cover image
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Leder Games @leder.games · 11/06/2026
Tomorrow is National Movie Night, and to get ready for it we asked the studio to recommend two favorite flicks to watch as a double feature! What would yours be?
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Leder Games @leder.games · 10/06/2026
Have you locked in your plans for Gen Con yet? We're heading to Indy for the Best Four Days in Gaming, and hope you'll come see us! Read about our plans here: bit.ly/GC2026withLG
A cute little bat hangs upside down beside the Root Homeland Expansion logo. Text reads: Hang out with us at booth 623 and room 135!
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Leder Games @leder.games · 07/06/2026
Join us Tuesday for the June Studio Chat! We'll have a interview with designer Benjamin Schmauss, and show the current iteration of the Rats' clockwork faction. Tune in on Twitch at 2PM CDT! (And please mention how impressive this meeple Photoshop work is. 🙏) www.twitch.tv/ledergamesme...
Two rat meeples from Root are nose to nose. Banner reads: June Studio Chat! Tuesday, June 9th at 2PM CDT on Twitch
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Leder Games @leder.games · 01/06/2026
Root Homeland is available for Preorder now! Place your order for late July delivery: bit.ly/RootHLPreOrder
The Root: The Homeland Expansion game box next to "Preorder now!)
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Leder Games @leder.games · 30/05/2026
It's Protospiel Twin Cities weekend and we're having a great time testing and trying local designs!
Liz and Andrea at a testing tableTyler Andrea and Jody testing a dexterity gameAdam gently adding a piece while testing Dexterity gameAlita and Jody at a testing table
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Leder Games @leder.games · 22/05/2026
Love to see @gamesbyjames.bsky.social's Local Games shelf! 😍
A shelf in a games by James store featuring locally-designed games from us, Buried Giant, Moon Crab, and more!
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Leder Games @leder.games · 21/05/2026
Raise a cup or mug of your favorite brew (Root Tea, anyone?) and enjoy #NationalTeaDay!
Two mice clink teacups together over a tree stump tableA bunny pours a hot cup of tea for a squirrel friendA fox sitting by an evening campfire sipping a cup of teaA rabbit holds a hot cup of tea while strategizing their next move
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