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Alice (Roc Nest Games) @rocnestgames.bsky.social · 20/11/2023

Today is Trans Day of Remembrance. At a time when hateful anti-trans legislation is on the rise, let's honour and remember the lives lost to transphobia and violent hate crimes. May we all work towards a world where all people can live without fear 🏳️‍⚧️

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Alice (Roc Nest Games) @rocnestgames.bsky.social · 19/11/2023

Atlas, non-binary artisan and genius inventor, can turn anything into a bomb 💛💟🖤 Chroma Arcana the competitive card game. Art by Ver Fadul

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Alice (Roc Nest Games) @rocnestgames.bsky.social · 18/11/2023

The Pilgrim can shapeshift into any form, and has both a masculine and a feminine identity that they switch between 💖💜💙 Art by @verfadul

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Alice (Roc Nest Games) @rocnestgames.bsky.social · 17/11/2023

In the intro game, Nuri the non-binary pyromancer faces off against Zaria in a battle over the forests 💛💟🖤 Chroma Arcana the competitive card game. Art by Ver Fadul.

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Alice (Roc Nest Games) @rocnestgames.bsky.social · 16/11/2023

Morrigan the 7-armed Spider Queen, trans woman and badass 🏳️‍⚧️ Chroma Arcana the competitive card game. Art by Ver Fadul.

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Alice (Roc Nest Games) @rocnestgames.bsky.social · 16/11/2023

We've been having a tough time at RNG recently, being a half Palestinian company and having family caught up in the genocide in Gaza. But we're trying to compartmentalise because we want to unveil some trans and enbie Chroma Arcana characters for Trans Awareness Week! 🏳️‍⚧️

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Alice (Roc Nest Games) @rocnestgames.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

The Kickstarter pre-launch page for Chroma Arcana is now live! I'd really appreciate it if people shared it around 🙏 www.kickstarter.com/projects/roc...

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Coming soon: Chroma Arcana: A Tactical Card Game of Dueling Mages

Engage in epic battles and obliterate your rivals in this tactical card game of dueling mages.

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Alice (Roc Nest Games) @rocnestgames.bsky.social · 26/09/2023

Diatoms by @ludoliminal.bsky.social is live on Kickstarter! Go back this beautiful, sciencey game 🥳 www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud...

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Alice (Roc Nest Games) @rocnestgames.bsky.social · 26/09/2023

So if you're a boardgame designer, please involve more people who don't look and think like you. Playtest with people with physical impairments, get previews from people from other cultures, hear more voices. (8/8)

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Alice (Roc Nest Games) @rocnestgames.bsky.social · 26/09/2023

This goes further than non-white previewers. You need to be involving a range of people at all stages of your design process. People from other cultures, other religions, people with physical impairments, younger people, older people, neurodiverse people, etc.. (7/8)

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Alice (Roc Nest Games) @rocnestgames.bsky.social · 26/09/2023

In business, diversity matters. Period. Cis white men don't make up the majority of the world, so if you make a product with only cis white men in mind, you are shooting yourself in the foot. It baffles me that a lot of boardgame companies don't seem to realise this. (6/8)

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Alice (Roc Nest Games) @rocnestgames.bsky.social · 26/09/2023

We gave an artist a brief for a card. He refused to paint the design we wanted, because he's a practising Muslim and the woman would've been too scantily clad. We changed the brief to more modest clothing, as well as making sure the rest of the cards were modest. (5/8)

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Alice (Roc Nest Games) @rocnestgames.bsky.social · 26/09/2023

In Chroma Arcana, the hand size was originally 8. It wasn't until we playtested it with kids that we realised it was difficult to hold. If kids struggle to hold 8 cards, someone with a physical impairment might also struggle, so we dropped it down to 6. (4/8)

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Alice (Roc Nest Games) @rocnestgames.bsky.social · 26/09/2023

If a left-handed person was more involved in the design process, this issue probably would've been spotted before it went to production. And it's the same for boardgames - how many issues are not being spotted because the entire design process takes part in an echo chamber? (3/8)

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Alice (Roc Nest Games) @rocnestgames.bsky.social · 26/09/2023

It's 2007. YouTube has launched on iOS, and 5-10% of uploaded videos are upside-down. Why? Because the app was designed by a right-handed team who expected the phone to be rotated a certain way, not thinking about how a left-handed person might use the phone differently. (2/8)

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Alice (Roc Nest Games) @rocnestgames.bsky.social · 26/09/2023

There's been a bit of discourse on the 'other place' recently about diversity (or lack of) of boardgame previewers, with some people questioning why it even matters. Lemme tell you why it matters. (1/8)

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Alice (Roc Nest Games) @rocnestgames.bsky.social · 26/09/2023

You should check out our Discord and playtest them both with us! discord.gg/eTcFgTevCu

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Alice (Roc Nest Games) @rocnestgames.bsky.social · 23/09/2023

It's an area control/worker placement hybrid, with comically evil factions trying to steal the heart of the continent 🙂 It's set in a fantasy world, in the same universe as our card game that's coming out next year (Chroma Arcana)!

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Alice (Roc Nest Games) @rocnestgames.bsky.social · 23/09/2023

Trying out double-layer game board for Devour the Heart.

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Alice (Roc Nest Games) @rocnestgames.bsky.social · 13/08/2023

I wish there were more boardgames based on old videogames. Got a real hankering to play a Jade Cocoon-style boardgame.

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Alice (Roc Nest Games) @rocnestgames.bsky.social · 05/08/2023

Playtesting Devour the Heart, our new territory control/worker placement hybrid.

People playing an unreleased boardgame where players have troops on a circular board

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Alice (Roc Nest Games) @rocnestgames.bsky.social · 29/07/2023

ND people, I was recently introduced to goblin.tools, now I'm passing it onto you. It breaks down your task list into manageable subtasks, as well as other handy tools for spicy brains.

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Magic ToDo - GoblinTools

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Alice (Roc Nest Games) @rocnestgames.bsky.social · 19/07/2023

Art by Ver Fadul for competitive card game Chroma Arcana.

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BitterOldPunk @bitteroldpunk.bsky.social · 16/07/2023

King in Yellow He says “hello!” “Won’t you come read my play, you fine fellow?” And as the twin suns sink behind the lake, you think to yourself “this might be a mistake” You want it You got it You want it (hey, just a bust a move)

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Alice (Roc Nest Games) @rocnestgames.bsky.social · 07/07/2023

New article written about our new game, Chroma Arcana, from the people over at Card Gamer! cardgamer.com/news/new-card-game-ch…

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Alice (Roc Nest Games) @rocnestgames.bsky.social · 04/07/2023

Interested where my display pic is from? It's from our card game, Chroma Arcana! chromaarcana.rocnest.uk (art by Ver Fadul and Nadine Jakubowski)

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Alice (Roc Nest Games) @rocnestgames.bsky.social · 07/06/2023

Intro post! Hi, I'm Alice, and I make boardgames!

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