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Spaceship 47

@spaceship47.bsky.social
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He/Him Credits Dwarven Beerfest (push-your-luck card and dice game) Perilous Places: The King's Mercy (5E) www.dmsguild.com/product/202439/Per… Defenders of Midgard, Bonus Bestiary, Midgard Bestiary (all 4E)

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Spaceship 47 @spaceship47.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Play tested Symphonies last night. I feel like to is finally ready to pitch to publishers. Any body got any links to good articles about what makes a good sell sheet?
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Rob Harper @harperrob.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Any boardgame (current or future) friends who are in, or fancy a trip to South Wales in October? Here's a nice, chilled, play-focused convention I'll be going to. You can buy day tickets or residential self-catering. cwestcon.wordpress.com
Poster image for "Cwestcon 2026", Llanelli tabletop games convention. 15 to 18 October. www.cwestcon.wordpress.com
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Spaceship 47 @spaceship47.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Reading through what I've written so far for my novel. Three times different characters are asked if they would like a drink. Three times the answer is "Just a water, thanks"
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Board Game Addict UK @boardgameaddictuk.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Thinking about attending Tabletop Scotland this year? Have a look at a short overview from mine and the little ones visit in 2025! Suffice to say it’s the convention we look forward too most youtu.be/TJP0PjTK_Kk?...
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Tabletop Scotland 2025 - Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh - Snapshot! #boardgames #convention #game
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Cardboard Edison @cardboardedison.com · 19/06/2026
Playtest Parlor is a new way to playtest your games online, built by the people behind @thegamecrafter.bsky.social. We’ve added it to our list of virtual tabletops: cardboardedison.com/virtual-tabl...
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Playtest Parlor
Your game. Their table. Zero friction. A virtual tabletop for prototyping board and card games.
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Spaceship 47 @spaceship47.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
"Their answer was that it was great, but they weren't looking for feedback because the game was done" Was this the game I playtested and I was telling you about?
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Scott M | Haunted Edition 🎃 @voxparlour.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Which social media is the next to get a film?
X movie posterBlue Sky movie posterThreads movie poster
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Spaceship 47 @spaceship47.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
I attended one seminar at UKGE and thought it was quite poor. I won't name names though as it could be that my expectation was always going to be different to what it was.
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Spaceship 47 @spaceship47.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
I had an awesome time at UK Games Expo. Caught up with a *lot* of friends that I haven't seen for ages. Played a game with one of the members of my local board games club for the first time this year 🤣. Didn't spend too much money and only gained 1lb over the weekend! Definitely well worth it.
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Spaceship 47 @spaceship47.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Booked a Playtest slot for 3pm this afternoon for Symphonies.
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Spaceship 47 @spaceship47.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Glad I didn't let this wobble stop me from going to Expo. Had an awesome 1.5 days already.
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Spaceship 47 @spaceship47.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
I love the fact that the Hilton bar is littered with signs saying "NO GAMING ALLOWED" #UKGamesExpo
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Spaceship 47 @spaceship47.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
On my way to Expo. Forgot to bring dice with me and I am playing Daggerheart first thing tomorrow morning. So no time to buy dice from a stand before game starts. 😯
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Spaceship 47 @spaceship47.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
It's too hot to really do anything useful today. So I thought I'd revisit one of my old board game ideas. It's too hot to turn my computer on, so I'm going old school with pen and paper and using bits of the old version.
An a4 sheet of paper with a hex grid representing a spaceship drawn on it. The spaceship is separated into different sections. Doors between sections are coloured red, blue or green. In the top right corner is a section titled doors which shows which colour doors are open. At the bottom of the a4 sheet are four words: metal, plasma, pulse and laser. Tucked under each word is a card telling the players what effect that type of weapon has on the Alien that is hunting the players aboard the spaceship. The Alien is not pictured.
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Marx S— @phophos.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
if you're trans and in the UK then please know that i see you and i respect and support and cherish you. it's a tiny, tiny cadre of stupid, bigoted, and closed-minded cis shitheels who are behind this, not "the silent majority". as a middle-aged cis white guy i will stick up for you, publicly.
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Spaceship 47 @spaceship47.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Who is going to UK Games Expo this year?
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Spaceship 47 @spaceship47.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Just play tested The Artifact with @harperrob.bsky.social Definitely ready for UK Games Expo :)
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Spaceship 47 @spaceship47.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
For those going to UK Games Expo this year, is there anything in particular you are looking forward to?
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Spaceship 47 @spaceship47.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Just play tested Symphonies. The latest tweaks seem to have fixed the minor issue from last time. Will have it with me at UK Games Expo.
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Spaceship 47 @spaceship47.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Thanks. I'm also bad at bluesky (hence lateness of reply).i will definitely come and hang out at the play test zone at some point.
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Spaceship 47 @spaceship47.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
It's nice that the government have finally decided that Star Wars Day should be a Bank Holiday.
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Spaceship 47 @spaceship47.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Did my weekly weigh-in this morning. I'm under 90kg now. 🙂 I was over 102kg at start of year. The good thing about keeping track of my weight in both kg and stones & pounds is that a new milestone is never far away 😂
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Spaceship 47 @spaceship47.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
I'll give it a few more weeks before cancelling my hotel and expo tickets in case my mood changes. Though given how miserable and stressed work is making me, I don't see that happening. (5/5)
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Spaceship 47 @spaceship47.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
3) I could buy a bunch of games that aren't much better than the games that I currently have and won't see much table time. I might as well save the money and use the week I've got booked off of work to write more of my novel. I guess I'm not in a good head space at the moment. ☹️ (4/5)
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Spaceship 47 @spaceship47.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
2) Another point of Expo is socialising. I've been doing that a *lot* lately and it doesn't change the loneliness of going back to an empty house after you're done. I doubt being out of the house for more days will be any different. (3/5)
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Spaceship 47 @spaceship47.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
1) Symphonies probably won't be ready in time for the show - even if it was, I doubt I'd pitch it to publishers, so what's the point? I was extremely lucky with Dwarven Beerfest as I had @davidjmortimer.bsky.social pitching it on my behalf. I'm not someone who has pitching in my skillset. (2/5)
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Spaceship 47 @spaceship47.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
I think I missed the deadline for volunteering at the play test zone for UK Games Expo. I'm wondering whether to actually go to UK Games Expo now. (1/5)
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Eurydice Games @eurydicegames.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
We make FlickFleet on a laser-cutter in Paul’s garage. And we’ve been doing so for 7 years! It’s got an average of 8.0 on BGG and is ‘Must-Play’ according to Tabletop Gaming Magazine 🎉 eurydicegames.co.uk/games/flickf...
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Standard FlickFleet Game - Eurydice Games
FlickFleet is a 2 player space combat dexterity game where you flick your ships into position and then flick dice at your opponent's ships to damage them. With an average rating of 8.1 on BoardGameGeek it's highly rated and a blast to play. The standard version features unetched ships.
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Spaceship 47 @spaceship47.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Went shoe shopping today. 🙁 Rewarded myself afterwards with Project Hail Mary. 🙂
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Spaceship 47 @spaceship47.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
I really enjoyed this game. It's coming along really well. I can see my gaming groups enjoying this.
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Matthew Dunstan @matthewdunstan.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
In this week's video, I explore some of the different techniques I use to reliably generate new ideas for board game design! youtu.be/uo-MAq_7YxI 🎲✂️
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How can you reliably come up with good game ideas?
YouTube video by Matthew Dunstan
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Spaceship 47 @spaceship47.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Off to my monthly Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective game.
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Spaceship 47 @spaceship47.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
I wish they'd ban smoking at bus stops.
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Spaceship 47 @spaceship47.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Tonight the writing group I've joined were going through how to set up your amazon account to sell your books. I've completed first draft of chapter 1, so I think it'll be a while before I need to use that but was interesting 🙂
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Cardboard Edison @cardboardedison.com · 18/03/2026
This set of game icons is free to use for tabletop game projects drive.google.com/drive/folder...
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Spaceship 47 @spaceship47.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
I really wish there was a Babylon 5 board game.
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Eric Lang @ericlang.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
It cannot be overstated how much hobby gamers underestimate how unintuitive and difficult hobby games are to non-gamers. This is perhaps even more true of professional game designers, publishers and reviewers/pundits, broadly speaking.
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Spaceship 47 @spaceship47.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
I don't get this whole "McSweeny masterminded Labour's election victory in 2024" . Labour LOST 560,335 votes from 2019 to 2024. You might say that McSweeny managed to target votes more efficiently, but I think it's more to do with the fact that the Tories LOST over 7 MILLION votes from 2019 to 2024
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Spaceship 47 @spaceship47.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Yesterday, I attended a follow on course from the how to write a novel course I attended 6-7 years ago. Gonna try and finish writing my novel this year. It was also great just to meet new people. There were 12 of us all at different stages of writing their books.
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Cardboard Edison @cardboardedison.com · 22/01/2026
The Fur, Feathers & Fun Game Design Contest on @thegamecrafter.bsky.social for animal-themed games is open through April 13. Prizes include $250 of TGC shop credit. www.thegamecrafter.com/contests/fur...
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Spaceship 47 @spaceship47.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Doing chores while I'm single. I was always the one who did the cleaning in the house so that hasn't changed. I am starting to actually like cooking for myself, so that's good. But changing the duvet cover on my own. Blimey, I don't know whether I'm an idiot but it takes me far too long to do it. 😕
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Spaceship 47 @spaceship47.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
I've only ever played it once (UK Games Expo a few years back) and had an absolute blast. I've run it several times (1st edition). The group I ran it for really enjoyed it. I enjoyed running it but wish there'd been better advice about icon rolls.
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Spaceship 47 @spaceship47.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Booked my hotel, time off work and tickets for UK Games Expo. Let's do this! (in 138 days time)
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Cardboard Edison @cardboardedison.com · 01/01/2026
It’s time! SUBMISSIONS FOR THE 2026 CARDBOARD EDISON AWARD ARE OPEN! Board game designers, show us what you’ve been working on! Deadline is January 31: cardboardedison.com/award
Logo for the 2026 Cardboard Edison Award
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Spaceship 47 @spaceship47.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Earlier this year I started reading Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy. I vowed to finish reading them before the end of the year. I finished them about 10 minutes ago. Didn't think it would be such a close run thing. 🤣 Guess the cancer got in the way a bit.
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Spaceship 47 @spaceship47.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
First test: We lost in 2 days Second test: We lost in 4 days Third test: We will lose in 5 days. We're getting better! #Cricket
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Spaceship 47 @spaceship47.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Yep. Slipcase books, massive escalation die and cloth map.
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Spaceship 47 @spaceship47.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Ooooooh. I got an e mail from royal mail saying I've got a parcel due to be delivered today. I couldn't figure out what it was. Must be this.
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Spaceship 47 @spaceship47.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Decided to end my chemo treatment early. Risk from the side effects were out weighing the benefits at the moment.
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Spaceship 47 @spaceship47.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
At the hospital for another appointment. Only two places I've spent more time at this year, my house and work. 🙄
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