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David Finnigan @davidfinig.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

There are many resources out there to help game designers, but none to help project managers design game collaborations from an institution's side. In response to this, I’ve created this Field Guide, for oorganisations wanting to create successful games. davidfinnigan.substack.com/p/commission...

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Commissioning Games for Systems Change: A Field Guide

A new framework for developing impactful games

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Randy Lubin @randylubin.com · 01/02/2026

Our "Gaming Like It's 1930" jam has wrapped up with a total of 37 entries – our best year ever: itch.io/jam/gaming-l... I'm looking forward to reading and playing them over the next few weeks!

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Submissions to Gaming Like It's 1930

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Jason Morningstar @jmstar.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Now pay-what-you-want! Including nothing, if that's where you're at, although all profits are donated to the Electronic Frontier Foundation. @randylubin.com and I really want you to gather some friends and play it.

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Bully Pulpit Games @bullypulpithq.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Honor Bound by @randylubin.com and @jmstar.bsky.social is a live action game for exactly 6 players, and it explores honor culture and masculinity through the lens of an old fashioned duel. Play starts after a challenge is issued and the de-escalation attempts begins. randylubin.itch.io/honor-bound

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Honor Bound by Randy Lubin, Bully Pulpit Games

Explores honor culture and toxic masculinity an old fashioned duel

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Jason Morningstar @jmstar.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

I wish more people would play Honor Bound, which I wrote with @randylubin.com. It's a serious game about dueling culture and toxic masculinity but it is also really fun to watch a pair of puffed-up idiots ignore every available off-ramp until they shoot each other. randylubin.itch.io/honor-bound

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Honor Bound by Randy Lubin, Bully Pulpit Games

Explores honor culture and toxic masculinity an old fashioned duel

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Randy Lubin @randylubin.com · 26/11/2025

Check out the new game that @diceexploder.com and I have designed: randylubin.itch.io/three-genera... In "Three Generations: The Rise and Fall of the Eternal Empire" you tell the story of an empire as you build a city network and tell stories of the characters who travel across its lands.

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Three Generations: The Rise and Fall of the Eternal Empire by Randy Lubin, sdunnewold

Build an empire and watch it crumble

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 26/09/2025

Some exciting news: this morning we launched a collaboration with @icrc.org: our Trust & Safety: Armed Conflict game. trust-and-safety-game.icrc.org

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Trust & Safety: Armed Conflict

Navigate the challenging world of trust & safety amidst an unfolding armed conflict.

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Randy Lubin @randylubin.com · 26/09/2025

Our latest game is out! In Trust & Safety: Armed Conflict, you'll explore the challenges of running a social media company during an international conflict. Designed with Copia Gaming and the International Committee of the Red Cross. Play it now: trust-and-safety-game.icrc.org

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Trust & Safety: Armed Conflict

Navigate the challenging world of trust & safety amidst an unfolding armed conflict.

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 17/09/2025

For anyone who missed our Kickstarter for the very fun card game One Billion Users (or if you backed it and want extra copies) we just put up our remaining stock for sale. There are not that many, so this is your LAST CHANCE to get one. We also have a few discounted "damaged box" copies...

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Randy Lubin @randylubin.com · 02/09/2025

I'm excited to share a new game called "Posting Through It" that I co-designed with @sidneyicarus.bsky.social The game explores how online discourse changes how we experience global disruption and it's played over a fake social media platform. Check it out: randylubin.itch.io/posting-thro...

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Posting Through It by Randy Lubin, Sidney Icarus

Explore the consequences of a major disruption by playing organizations and influencers posting on social media

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Randy Lubin @randylubin.com · 23/08/2025

Hey - we covered this in Trust & Safety Tycoon! Would you make a different decision? Play here: trustandsafety.fun

A screenshot from Trust and Safety Tycoon where players have to decide if they comply with an "age appropriate" state law. One option is to block the state

A screenshot with the result when you block the state: Everyone is angry at you. Politicians in Illinois call the geoblock a "stunt" and say that it proves that you don't care about children. Users both inside and outside of Illinois argue that this is too heavy handed a response.

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Randy Lubin @randylubin.com · 22/08/2025

Just got my copies from our One Billion Users Kickstarter. They look great!

A case containing copies of the game One Billion Users

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Randy Lubin @randylubin.com · 21/08/2025

I'm on this weeks Riskgaming podcast, discussing the challenges of exploring complex risks through game design Danny and I had a great conversation and we shared the approaches and intuitions we bring to the design process Podcast: pod.link/1615629580/e... Transcript: substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Randy Lubin @randylubin.com · 18/08/2025

Working the Case, my murder mystery storytelling game, is now officially out of beta! I've tweaked the visual design of the playcards.io version and updated some of the cards content in the Cyberpunk and Space Station playsets. Grab it now and play online! randylubin.itch.io/working-the-...

The cyberpunk playset for Working the Case - in this session, the Activist killed the Trillionaire

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Randy Lubin @randylubin.com · 31/07/2025

You can finally get "Working the Case" on Itch: randylubin.itch.io/working-the-... It's a 30min gm-less murder mystery game in a fantasy, space, or cyberpunk setting. Play as investigators and match evidence cards to suspects, describing scenes along the way. It's a blast!

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Working the Case – Digital Beta by Randy Lubin

A collaborative mystery game where you uncover evidence, narrow down suspects, and catch the culprit.

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Randy Lubin @randylubin.com · 09/07/2025

The latest episode of The Game Design Roundtable is about Serious Games. Come listen as @jmstar.bsky.social, Kathryn Hymes, and I discuss how we approach making games that are designed for education, training, and social impact: thegamedesignroundtable.com/episode/seas...

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Season: RPG – Serious Games Pt.1 – The Game Design Roundtable

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Randy Lubin @randylubin.com · 10/06/2025

I'm on the most recent episode of The Game Design Roundtable: thegamedesignroundtable.com/episode/seas... We talk about foresight and serious games for organizations, how we collaborate with non-designer clients and experts, and lots of specific examples from my past collaborations and engagements

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Season: RPG – Randy Lubin – RPGs in Organizational Settings – The Game Design Roundtable

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 05/05/2025

These are the LAST FEW DAYS to order a copy of our amazing card game, One Billion Users, and be sure you can get a copy. Most news sites ask you for subscriptions to get news, we're *selling you the best card game ever* but for only 2 more days! www.kickstarter.com/projects/mma...

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One Billion Users: The Social Media Card Game

A competitive card game to build the biggest and best social media platform

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Randy Lubin @randylubin.com · 31/03/2025

Just a few more days to back @jmstar.bsky.social 's new game Zhenya's Wonder Tales: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b... This game is a blast to play and I love how the cards help players tell a compelling story that hits key story beats while still enabling player creativity and improvisation

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Zhenya's Wonder Tales

Zhenya’s Wonder Tales is a set of 6 card games retelling dark, Slavic-inspired fairy stories in 1-2 hours. Play a prince, a werewolf, an orphan, a monster hunter, and more to make difficult choices th...

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Randy Lubin @randylubin.com · 23/03/2025

Seriously, this game is amazing - pushing the frontiers of what storytelling games can do!

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Sam D @sam.diceexploder.com · 19/02/2025

New Dice Exploder this week: the start of a series on larp. Larp! It’s that thing where you dress up like wizards, go into the woods, and hit each other with sticks. Right? Well... yeah! Except no, because it’s a million other things too, and I think all us ttrpg designers can learn a lot from it.

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Just Read the Card (Ghost Court) with Randy Lubin — Dice Exploder

Today I'm gonna introduce you to the world of larp. If you've ever been intimidated by it, this is a place to start. Because I think tabletop designers have so much we could learn from larp, so much t...

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Randy Lubin @randylubin.com · 18/02/2025

I'm on the latest episode of @diceexploder.com - www.diceexploder.com/blog/2025/2/... Sam and I kick off his miniseries on larp by exploring how sometimes it's as easy as "just read the card" and demonstrate that with a quick round of Ghost Court. Give it a listen and then go play some larps!

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Just Read the Card (Ghost Court) with Randy Lubin — Dice Exploder

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Randy Lubin @randylubin.com · 28/01/2025

Just a few days left to submit to this year's public domain game jam!

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Randy Lubin @randylubin.com · 01/01/2025

Happy public domain day! Come join our jam and make some new games with old works

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Randy Lubin @randylubin.com · 19/12/2024

Final 12 hours to back the Kickstarter for our social media card game One Billion Users! www.kickstarter.com/projects/mma...

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One Billion Users: The Social Media Card Game

A competitive card game to build the biggest and best social media platform

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 19/12/2024

Oooh, coming in just at the wire, @kickstarter.com has included One Billion Users in the "Projects We Love" category! See why Kickstarter loves our game! www.kickstarter.com/projects/mma...

Congratulations! We’ve selected One Billion Users: The Social Media Card Game as a “Project We Love,” which is our way of highlighting brilliant examples of creativity. You’ll see a badge under your main image or project video, and we’ll feature your campaign across Kickstarter.

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Randy Lubin @randylubin.com · 18/12/2024

Oh hey - our game One Billion Users is featured at The Verge: www.theverge.com/2024/12/18/2... We're Kickstarting it now but you only have until midnight tomorrow (Thursday) to back it: www.kickstarter.com/projects/mma...

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This card game lets you build the ideal social network — or the most toxic

One Billion Users let me make my own Twitter.

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 11/12/2024

Hey folks, we're entering the final week or so of our Kickstarter campaign for "One Billion Users" and as part of our final push to get it over the threshold, we've offered a fun new tier: you can co-design a card in the game with us! www.kickstarter.com/projects/mma...

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One Billion Users: The Social Media Card Game

A competitive card game to build the biggest and best social media platform

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 06/12/2024

So OpenAI is saying that they're targeting to get one billion users in 2025. But they (and you!) can ALSO get One Billion Users (our amazingly fun card game about social media) in 2025 if you back our Kickstarter campaign... www.kickstarter.com/projects/mma...

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One Billion Users: The Social Media Card Game

A competitive card game to build the biggest and best social media platform

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 03/12/2024

Want to help us create new influencers for our social media card game? See the thread below... (and then back the campaign to get a copy, perhaps with the influencers you've suggested...) www.kickstarter.com/projects/mma...

Image for "One Billion Users" card game showing a few of the Influencer cards in the game, and in the center a big blank card with a question mark, denoting that we're asking folks here for suggestions on more influencers...

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 03/12/2024

Hey, everyone. As you hopefully already know, we're Kickstarting an absolutely amazing card game where you get to run a social media network. Since it's a game about social media, and this is (looks around) a cool social media site, we had a request... www.kickstarter.com/projects/mma...

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One Billion Users: The Social Media Card Game

A competitive card game to build the biggest and best social media platform

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Randy Lubin @randylubin.com · 02/12/2024

Our annual public domain game jam returns in one month with Gaming Like It's 1929: itch.io/jam/gaming-l... Create a new game inspired by works entering the public domain. See below for books, art, films, and more from 1929!

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Gaming Like It's 1929

A game jam from 2025-01-01 to 2025-02-01 hosted by Randy Lubin & Copia Gaming. A new year means new material entering the public domain! Starting January 1st 2025, works from 1929 are free to use and ...

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Nick Punt 🏕️ @nickpunt.com · 26/11/2024

Check out my new app! We've been working hard on this all year. If you're tired of Goodreads and want a great app to discover and track books, give us a shot. I promise it'll be worth it. ❤️📚

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 22/11/2024

Choose your fighter in our social media card game: One Billion Users. www.kickstarter.com/projects/mma...

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Randy Lubin @randylubin.com · 20/11/2024

One perk of making a social media game is that we have cards for every occasion

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Randy Lubin @randylubin.com · 19/11/2024

We just launched our latest card game Kickstarter: One Billion Users

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Dr. Z's Tomb of Terror @zigmenthotep.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Reskeet if you're a TTRPG designer and/or publisher and are happy to provide digital copies for actual plays and reviews.

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Randy Lubin @randylubin.com · 31/10/2024

Big Bad Con was this past weekend and I had a blast. I ended up playing/running 10 sessions total and wrote them up here: diegeticgames.com/blog/2024/10... It was lovely to see so many wonderful friends and game designers in person, to chat and play together. A highlight of my gaming year!

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Big Bad Con 2024

This past weekend was Big Bad Con 2024 and it was a blast. I got in 10 game sessions and they were all wonderful. Even better, I had a slew of lovely chats w...

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Randy Lubin @randylubin.com · 18/10/2024

@ozone.birb.house hey - can you please label me Games Dev and Games Business? Thanks!

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Bully Pulpit Games @bullypulpithq.bsky.social · 28/08/2024

There is still time to grab your tickets for this amazing Sinking Ship Creations event! Don't miss your opportunity to attend the kick off #larp season premiere of #HonorBound by @randylubin.com and @jmstar.bsky.social! www.sinkingshipcreations.com/honor-bound

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Honor Bound | Events | Sinking Ship Creations

A larp about honor and toxic masculinity.

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Bully Pulpit Games @bullypulpithq.bsky.social · 22/08/2024

Don’t miss your chance to snag early bird tickets. You won’t want to miss the amazing event!

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Randy Lubin @randylubin.com · 21/08/2024

Clearly this leads to either Disney managed indentured servitude or a "work-play" parks package akin to how colleges have "work-study" programs

Phone screenshot of NYT notification saying "Debt for Disney Vacations: Families are spending more than they can afford on visits to Disney's theme parks – all in the name of making memories"

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Randy Lubin @randylubin.com · 20/08/2024

It's the last week to grab early bird tickets for Sinking Ship's run of Honor Bound: www.sinkingshipcreations.com/honor-bound

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Honor Bound | Events | Sinking Ship Creations

A larp about honor and toxic masculinity.

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Randy Lubin @randylubin.com · 13/08/2024

Here's my latest Leveraged Play video – I explore game states and models for foresight games (and other serious games): youtu.be/jo4mJ-x8dr0?... I go through a few case studies, discuss my design process, and then share some advice. Hope you find it helpful!

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Game States and Models for Foresight Games

YouTube video by Leveraged Play

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