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A Blue Skye Larsen

@skye3.bsky.social
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He/Him. Makes games (tabletop and digital). Writes words. Likes plants and cats and sometimes people. Freelancer who does a lot of work with Fowers Games.

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Eric Lang @ericlang.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Boosting not because they need the help, but because Queen's Gambit was a genuinely great game and this looks AWESOME Great pick for Restoration. Love it
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The Lord of the Rings™: The King’s Gambit
The final, fateful battle in the war for Middle-earth plays out across four epic fields of battle.
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Marceline Leiman is Racing Dinos @marcelineleiman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
ITS LIVE!!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ele...
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ORGANISM
ORGANISM is a board game of growth, exploration, survival, and reproduction! with simple rules and boundless potential
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A Blue Skye Larsen @skye3.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
A great thread about some of the pros and cons of being full time in board game design.
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Sen-Foong Lim @senfoonglim.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
This is from a comic artist, but much of it can apply to tabletop game designers
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Wargamer @wargamer.com · 27/08/2026
It’s been a good year for chaotic racing games that make you shout ‘What the hell was that?! Let's play again immediately.’ www.wargamer.com/dino-racer/b... #BoardGames #TabletopGaming #Tabletop
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Dino Racer is the hottest board game you haven't played, and it deserves the hype
It's been a good year for chaotic racing board games that make you shout 'What the hell was that?! Let's play again immediately.'
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merely rachel @merelyrachel.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
23yo is settling into her new place. We paid a visit and played a co-op #boardgame: Burgle Bros Blackjack
Me, hubby, 23yo and 19yo sitting at a round dining table in an apartment with a card game in progress
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gita “the formalist” jackson @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
if you are a person of color and want to pitch to aftermath, i encourage you to do so. if you haven't pitched before or want to talk through an idea before you send it to the pitch email, give me a shout via email gita @ aftermath.site
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Marceline Leiman is Racing Dinos @marcelineleiman.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
OKAY THIS IS NOT A DRILL ✨ Dino Racer is now #2 on the BGG Hotness!!! 🏁 🦕 🦖 When High Tide peaked at #12, I felt so lucky. I didn’t think it would be possible to reach a higher level with all the other great games that come out every year Now that Dino Racer is at #2… LETS GO FOR #1 BABY!!!! 🏁 🏁
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THE HOTNESS
Top 50 trending games today
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Dino Racer
2 - Dino Racer
A wild racing card game of prehistoric proportions.
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A Blue Skye Larsen @skye3.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I have no idea how this plays but I was immediately intrigued. Gonna check this out.
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A Blue Skye Larsen @skye3.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I’ve done a little work on this little spatial puzzle game and it’s pretty cool! I’m really bad at it though, haha.
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Marceline Leiman is Racing Dinos @marcelineleiman.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Well that really snuck up on me! 🕷️ My game based on the Netflix tv show Wednesday is releasing this week!!! You can get it earliest preorder now from various online retailers—landing in stores soon afterwards! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/743376...
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Wednesday: Friend or Woe by MGM Studios: 9780593796849 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Step into the shadowy halls of Nevermore Academy to save the school from assured destruction in this officially licensed social deduction game for 4–8 players ages 10+, based on the hit show Wednesday...
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Marceline Leiman is Racing Dinos @marcelineleiman.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Dino Racer is officially open for preorder! 🏁 GO! GO! GO! 🦖 🦕 🍌 Dino Racer will be available at Gen Con this year, followed shortly by a retail release (go poke your FLGS about it!)!! Please share with others if you’re so willing!! 🎲✂️
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Dino Racer (pre-order)
Dino Racer is a fast-paced game of bold bets and big upsets. Flip cards to send dinos charging down the track, draft the racers you think will place, and score big when your favorites cross the finish...
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A Blue Skye Larsen @skye3.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
A great thread about game preservation and how games can become interwoven into our lives.
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Bryan Bornmueller @bbornmueller.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Very proud to have sourced and developed one of my favorite games for Office Dog and to help bring it to more people! www.officedoggames.com/game/schaden...
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Schadenfreude
[ˈSHä-dᵊn-ˌfrȯi-də] nounSatisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else’s misfortune. Welcome to Schadenfreude, where you’re rooting for your opponents to gain too many points and lose! Win tricks by co...
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Elizabeth Hargrave @elizhargrave.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
A flyer with a picture of Elizabeth Hargrave and her games Wingspan and Sanibel. Text says: 
The Board and Brew presents Elizabeth Hargrave. July 14, 7 pm, Board and Brew College Park. Free entry. Live conversation and game signing.
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Dan Thurot @danthurot.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Want to read a big old stonking essay about how Biblical criticism informs board game reviews? No? Eh, get outta here then. For the cool kids, I've got the goods right here: spacebiff.com/2026/06/10/t...
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Talking About Games: Death & Preservation
Every so often, I’ll write something that receives a weird amount of hostility. The most emblematic example is Foucault in the Woodland, my series examining Cole Wehrle’s Root through the lens of M…
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Jordan DeVries 🔜 NYCC @jordandevries.com · 03/06/2026
just announced: new star wars zero company trailer this friday during summer game fest ...!
cover art for star wars zero company, with portraits of the main primary cast flanked by a starship and futuristic, radar-inspired graphics
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Marceline Leiman is Racing Dinos @marcelineleiman.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Reminder for NYC and nearby folks! I’ll be demoing my game High Tide at my favorite FLGS @20sidedstore.bsky.social!! Come say hello, support a local gem of a game store, learn and play High Tide, and hang out with us!! twentysidedstore.com/collections/...
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Tagline: Bringing people together since 2011.

BOARD GAME SOCIAL
$12.00
Session: High Tide - SAT 6/6/2026 @ 12:15p-3:30p
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Andy Larsen @andyblarsen.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
We officially dropped the paywall last week. The Salt Lake Tribune is now free. It's a pretty rare move for a newspaper in 2026, but the support of the community made it possible. More info here: www.sltrib.com/news/2026/05/15/why-…
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The Salt Lake Tribune just removed its paywall, making its journalism free to everyone
Getting the journalism of The Salt Lake Tribune has always cost something to readers. Not anymore, as The Tribune is making its daily work free to anyone. Here’s what to know about accessing Utah’s nonprofit news.
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Marceline Leiman is Racing Dinos @marcelineleiman.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Eee! ✨ the official How To Play video for Dino Racer just dropped!!! Go check it out and share it around!! 🙏 🦖 🦕 🍌 youtu.be/IOYmsuv9iOo?...
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How to Play - Dino Racer
YouTube video by Underdog Games
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A Blue Skye Larsen @skye3.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Went to a board game store grand opening and saw @marcelineleiman.bsky.social ‘s game High Tide prominently featured!
Man with a goofy face and long beard (me) poses in front of several copies of the board game High Tide.A faux menu that gives options for various different board game appetites.
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Charles Harte @chuckduck365.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
I interviewed Sam Reich! He's obviously very funny, but I've been wanting to ask him about his thoughts on game design for years – he does a lot more of it than your average game show host! I'm really happy with how this turned out
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A Blue Skye Larsen @skye3.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Slightly diminish a book: The Two-Body Problem
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jo kelly @miasmacorp.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
The WENDYBUXXX Kickstarter is now live!! I've also posted a designer diary at BGG: boardgamegeek.com/thread/37003...
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WENDYBUXXX
A straight-to-VHS game of lifestyle influencers forced to shill a necrocurrency for followers, complete with a full album soundtrack!
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Dan Thurot @danthurot.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Wendybuxxx is a... well, it's a few things. A sharp satire about self-satirizing lifestyle influencers. Board game content with unusual cardplay. A dim reflection of a dim culture. In all cases, it's quite the thing to behold. My review: spacebiff.com/2026/04/27/w...
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Lifestyle Content XXX
Certain words set my teeth on edge. “Content” is the worst offender. If you want to tell me you don’t care about something, call it content. The other is “influencer.”…
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Marceline Leiman is Racing Dinos @marcelineleiman.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
It really hits something different when you can see and feel your game in a store! ✨ I never imagined I’d hit this point—now with many more games on the way! Never expected my “unpublishable” abstract game would soar this far. You never know who else will fall in love with a simple idea! 🌊
Me standing in Barnes & Noble with a copy of my game “High Tide” in my hands!
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A Blue Skye Larsen @skye3.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Excited about this one!
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A Blue Skye Larsen @skye3.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Dance off! Repost a dance.
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a man in a red shirt is dancing in front of a sign that says world of good
Alt: Fik-Shun in a red shirt is dancing pop and lock on stage
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Dan Thurot @danthurot.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Great deal here. I'll link my reviews below.
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A Blue Skye Larsen @skye3.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
On a cross country road trip for a move, and stopped at @gamesunl.bsky.social in Pittsburgh on the way. Always fun (and a bit surreal) to see one of my games on a store shelf. Game is Burgle Bros 3, co-designed with Tim Fowers.
Designer Skye Larsen with a big beard, blue shirt, and glasses. He’s holding a copy of Burgle Bros 3 at a game store with other board games on shelves in the background.
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Jonathan H. Liu @jonathanhliu.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Got a chance to try out a prototype of Walkable City from @drawnonward.bsky.social. The prototype and draft rules I had weren't finished yet so there were questions here and there, but I really loved working with other players to build out transit options for the residents. 🧵
Photo of Walkable City prototype, showing a grid-based map with various colored zones and icons like houses and archery targets and washing machines; colored plastic pieces mark out routes across the city, and small wooden cylinders stand on some of the locations.
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Taylor Shuss @drawnonward.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Walkable City has under 3 days remaining on Kickstarter! We've just about smashed our existing stretch goals to make the city more gorgeous and add some fancy destination meeples - Take a look at the campaign below! www.kickstarter.com/projects/fow...
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Walkable City - the Urban Planning Boardgame
Asymmetric Cooperative boardgame about building a city without cars.
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A Blue Skye Larsen @skye3.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Played this one with Dan and had a good time with it. I really loved how the simultaneous dice “chucking and plucking” worked. Really well crafted.
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Always Awake Games (Connor) 🔜 PaxU @connor.alwaysawake.games · 23/03/2026
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about how so much game design advice that’s available is really just business/product advice. It’s got a lot of survivorship bias and as a result, it’s homogenising and dissuading a lot of what’s possible. So…I’m making a little vlog series about it!
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Multiple Win Conditions: Welcome!
YouTube video by Always Awake Games
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Craig Cassar @craigcassar.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
It was a pleasant surprise to discover this in my feed! A board game about building a walkable city; two of my favourite things! I backed the project and am looking forward to it coming to life! Check it out! @drawnonward.bsky.social @nerd4cities.bsky.social www.kickstarter.com/projects/fow...
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Walkable City - the Urban Planning Boardgame
Asymmetric Cooperative boardgame about building a city without cars.
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Taylor Shuss @drawnonward.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Walkable City, my latest co-op game about building walking, cycling & public transit infrastructure - is now LIVE on Kickstarter! 🚶🚴‍♀️🚌🚈 Build out the walkable city of your dreams! www.kickstarter.com/projects/fow...
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Walkable City - the Urban Planning Boardgame
Asymmetric Cooperative boardgame about building a city without cars.
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Randy Flynn 🔜 PAX Unplugged @rf-seattle.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
I just backed Walkable City - the Urban Planning Boardgame on @kickstarter.com. Designed by the inimitable @drawnonward.bsky.social! I playtested a version of this a couple years back at Gen Con and it was wonderful. www.kickstarter.com/projects/fow...
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Walkable City - the Urban Planning Boardgame
Asymmetric Cooperative boardgame about building a city without cars.
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Marceline Leiman is Racing Dinos @marcelineleiman.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Backer #5! Go support Taylor and play Walkable City!!!
Manage your pledge
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Marceline Leiman
Backer #5
As of March 18, 2026
If the project reaches its funding goal, you will be charged on April 1, 2026.
Estimated delivery January 2027
Estimated Shipping About $12
Remember that delivery dates are not guaranteed. Delays or changes are possible.
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Buy Mass Effect The Board Game! @ithayla.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
happy slay the spire 2 day to all who celebrate
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Parlor Room @parlorroom.dropout.tv · 05/03/2026
Parlor Room season 2 premieres March 19th on @dropout.tv — and you have to watch it! 🫵 Get ready for tons of games, tons of guests, tons of snacks, and tons of absolute chaos in this all-new 13 episode season 🎲
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Brother Ming 🔜 ANYC Booth 1951 @brotherminggames.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Re;MATCH is NOW LIVE ON KICKSTARTER!!!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bro... This game has been in the works for over 7 years now, and I am VERY VERY EXCITED that it's finally live! You can play it RIGHT NOW on tabletop simulator, I promise you're gonna love it ❤️💛💙
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Re;MATCH - The Puzzle Fighter Board Game
Clear marbles to input your attacks in this 1 v 1 arcade themed puzzle fighter board game!
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Geoff Engelstein - The Universe Explained with Cookie out now! @gengelstein.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Very excited to announce my next game - Lord of the Rings: Circle of Conflict! Co-designed with @podfathergaming.bsky.social ! You play the forces of light and darkness simultaneously, in a unique game experience. Can’t wait to share more! www.officedoggames.com/game/circle-...
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Circle of Conflict
It is the Third Age of Middle-earth and a great war between the many nations is unfolding. Will you recruit iconic characters for The Free Peoples or perhaps muster the troops of Mordor to fight for S...
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Daniel Wynter @boardgamefeast.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Steam Next Fest is back, and I'm once again trying to sift through the weeds to find hidden gems. I'm currently battling server errors and waves of AI slop, but in the mean time, check out Titanium Court! store.steampowered.com/app/2364580/...
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Titanium Court on Steam
A surreal strategy game for clowns and criminals.
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The Diana Jones Award @dianajonesaward.org · 24/02/2026
The nomination period for the Diana Jones Award Emerging Designer Program is open! See our website for details. You can nominate yourself or any worthy tabletop game designers in their first three years of publishing. Nominations close March 16. Spread the word! Thanks! www.dianajonesaward.org
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The Diana Jones Award
For Excellence in Gaming
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A Blue Skye Larsen @skye3.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Would not take me long to get a bingo 😅
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Taylor Shuss @drawnonward.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Announcing Walkable City - a 2-4 player coop game published by Fowers Games and designed by me! Build out public infrastructure as different modes of transit - Waling, Biking, Bus & Light Rail - get denizens where they want to go. Follow the project below! www.kickstarter.com/projects/fow...
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Coming soon: Walkable City - the Urban Planning Boardgame
Asymmetric Cooperative boardgame about building a city without cars.
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A Blue Skye Larsen @skye3.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Co-op! Which was likely partially inspired by the board game’s success with co-op, which was a board game based off of the original video game, which was a video game inspired by board games (deck builders).
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A Blue Skye Larsen @skye3.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
I think this looks super cool!
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Dan Thurot @danthurot.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
This seems like a good time to reiterate my stance on board games that contain AI art. From 2023: spacebiff.com/2023/12/12/a...
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What’s All This About a Chair, Anyway?
You might have heard that a fairly large board game publisher recently crowdfunded an entry in a well-loved series using AI-generative illustrations. Now, here at Space-Biff!, it’s my policy to pas…
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A Blue Skye Larsen @skye3.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Love what Peter says here and I feel the same way.
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