Sammy @salkind.bsky.social · 24/05/2026I work at a game store and someone came in a couple years back and they were like "PLEASE take this off my hands, I can't bear to own it any more" and it was Carcassonne The Catapult 011 0
Sammy @salkind.bsky.social · 23/03/2026attempting Myst for (basically) the first time. So far I've played for 45 minutes and I've found about 8 million places to input codes and zero clues about what those codes might be 020 0
Sammy @salkind.bsky.social · 17/03/2026You're telling me I can chuck AND pluck in ONE game??? I couldn't back fast enough!!!!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/urb...kickstarter.comChicken Fried DiceRun your own food truck in a fast-paced, dice chucking and plucking roll-n-write for 1-5 chefs 041 0
Reposted by SammyRob Newton | Coin Flip Games @coinflip.games · 16/03/2026Launching a KS tomorrow. I'm not panicking, you're panicking! (because you haven't hit the follow button yet, right??) www.kickstarter.com/projects/urb... 24420 0
Reposted by SammyDan Thurot @danthurot.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Actually, I want to quote this again, because I think some of us are making the misstep of allowing this conversation to proceed on Dancey's terms. He insists he was only talking about *ideas*, not finished products. What goofballs we are! Except... 410932 0
Reposted by Sammy🥧 suzanne 🥧 @425suzanne.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Reposting with ALT because this kind of phenomenal disdain and disrespect from within the industry literally against two of their own titles and the designer who made them is important to recognize. 58515151 0
Reposted by SammyMarceline is Racing Dinos @marcelineleiman.bsky.social · 14/01/2026YIKES. Upper Deck (Marvel Legendary) just announced a CCG using the Harry Potter license. Fans of UD are rallying against this decision. Like the CGE situation last year, I’m asking for your help. Join us. Share your disgust and frustration, and help us push UD to retract their awful decision. 🎲✂️upperdeck.comUPPER DECK ANNOUNCES COVETED HARRY POTTER LICENSE, UPCOMING PRODUCT COLLECTION - Upper DeckCarlsbad, CA (Jan. 7, 2026) – Upper Deck, the global leader in sports and entertainment collectibles, is adding another iconic license to its extensive portfolio – announcing a deal to create collecti... 8257182 0
Sammy @salkind.bsky.social · 01/01/2026Cardboard Edison interviewed me for their 2026 Best Practices handbook, check it out for some of my thoughts on submitting your game to a contest! I'm also looking forward to helping judge the first-round submissions this year. It should be lots of fun!! 021 0
Reposted by SammyAlways Awake Games (Connor) 🔜 PaxU @connor.alwaysawake.games · 14/10/2025Its alive! Checkout Club Spooky & That's the Spirit on KS now! www.kickstarter.com/projects/alw...kickstarter.comClub Spooky & That's the SpiritAssemble the coolest group of ghouls in Club Spooky and find the culprit of your accidental death in That's the Spirit 03121 0
Reposted by SammyUrban Professional Games @urbanprogames.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Chicken Fried Dice has been simmering for a while and I think we're almost ready for plating! Learn more at get.chickenfrieddice.com 23315 0
Sammy @salkind.bsky.social · 14/09/2025An observation on randomness: in many games, as the game gets closer to ending and opportunities to get closer to achieving your goal lose flexibility, moments of input randomness often start to *feel* like output randomness. 132 0
Reposted by SammyJoseph Z Chen 🔜 PAX Unplugged @fanfactories.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Turnout yesterday for our local game design meetup was crazy! I think we had 14+ folks. It's amazing to see our community grow. 1281 0
Sammy @salkind.bsky.social · 22/08/2025I'm really excited to go to the PNW Tabletop Game Market at PAX in a couple weeks! There's some really exceptional designers there, selling some of the most unique games I've seen in a while - there's lots of cool stuff happening in indie board games :) 082 0
Reposted by SammyAlways Awake Games (Connor) 🔜 PaxU @connor.alwaysawake.games · 20/08/2025So in October I’ll be launching my first ks! It’s a bundle of two spooky card games: Club Spooky and That’s the Spirit. I’ve talked about them before, but I wanted to finally do a proper introduction and talk about my goal for all this. 🧵1/6 www.kickstarter.com/projects/alw...kickstarter.comComing soon: Club Spooky & That's the SpiritThe Ghost Party Bundle: A bundle of 2 spooky card games 13113 0
Sammy @salkind.bsky.social · 21/05/2025I can't believe that Dot Com won the Cardboard Edison Award, it's a huge honor!! Massive thanks to the judging team for all their hard work and feedback, and to everyone who playtested the game. I hope to play all the finalists' games at some point, they all look super fun :) 4346 0
Sammy @salkind.bsky.social · 20/05/2025had a crazy week so I’m finally checking out the new 2 Line extension. shout out to trains fr 020 0
Sammy @salkind.bsky.social · 23/04/2025I'm late to this bc I haven't been on social media for a bit, but I'm beyond honored that Dot Com is a finalist for the Cardboard Edison Award! All the entries look crazy fun and I hope I can play them someday, best of luck to everyone! 391 0
Reposted by SammyCardboard Edison @cardboardedison.com · 09/04/2025Burning through cash in real time in Dot Com by Sammy Salkind. Finalist details at cardboardedison.com/award 1102 0
Sammy @salkind.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Hi Bluesky! I'm Sammy, a board game designer from the Seattle area. I plan to mostly post about game design along with other various life things on here :) Two of my fav in-dev games: Spy Moles, a roll-and-write played with invisible ink pens, and Dot Com, a frantic real-time economic strategy game 1121 0
