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Hollis makes games @hollis.computer · 06/09/2026

DAGnabbit! at the PNW Tabletop Game Market: postmortem time! I sold 28 copies of the game, just under 60% of what I brought to the market. That’s 28 people who were as excited to play my weird little math game as I was to make it!

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Joseph Z Chen 🔜 PAX Unplugged @fanfactories.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The PNW Tabletop Game Market at PAX West last night was crazy! The line to get in was so long but it seemed to be moving quickly. Thank you to everyone who showed up and checked out the games!

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Always Awake Games (Connor) 🔜 PaxU @connor.alwaysawake.games · 24/08/2026

Shout out to @tedmannschaller.bsky.social for designing the one trick taker in the collection. Trick takers are my nemesis but I know they fit perfectly with “the hand you’re dealt” so he helped fill that gap with a great little trick taker.

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Always Awake Games (Connor) 🔜 PaxU @connor.alwaysawake.games · 10/08/2026

“It just felt like magic” “One of the games I played of this was probably my top 10 board game experiences of all time” @kovray.bsky.social I’m so glad you enjoyed it! Always love hearing people’s stories. youtu.be/Vc3-9x6vBNs?... Follow on KS: www.kickstarter.com/projects/alw...

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Our Top 10 Games of Gen Con 2026 | Highlights, Haul & More!

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Always Awake Games (Connor) 🔜 PaxU @connor.alwaysawake.games · 15/07/2026

Excited to announce the games for the PNW Tabletop Game Market at PaxWest! There’s a lot of really exciting stuff this year. The market opens at 7pm on 9/5. Hope to see you there! www.alwaysawake.games/pnw-tabletop...

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Ted Mann Schaller @tedmannschaller.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

So so good! The micro management expansion is a delight. (Not as horrifying as the reality of real life micro management…) www.kickstarter.com/projects/alw...

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Coming soon: Out of Sorts - 2nd Edition

Work together to sort the strange books in an alien's library before time runs out!

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Dan Thurot @danthurot.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Now that's a week! What did you get to the table?

board games: Wingspan Pocket, Scribbly Gum, Blorp!, The Guerrilla Generation, Playthings, Formosa Formosa, Out of Sorts, Revolutions, Realm of Reckoning, Star Trek Captain's Chair, Dawn of the Zeds

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Taylor Reiner @tricktaking.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

And we're live!! The Game Market Indianapolis page is now up, and highlighting loads of amazing indie designers who have their works at this Gen Con market!🙌😁🎉 sites.google.com/view/gmindy/...

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Game Market Indianapolis at JW Mariott: 3rd Floor Foyer August 1st at 7pm

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Ted Mann Schaller @tedmannschaller.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Run don’t walk to the OOS Kickstarter! It’s 🔥🔥🔥🔥

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Always Awake Games (Connor) 🔜 PaxU @connor.alwaysawake.games · 01/07/2026

Working on getting some glamour shots before the decks arrive next week ✨ (Game design continues to be an amasing excuse to keep picking up new hobbies)

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Plaid Hat Games @plaidhatgames.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

We're live, baby! The Monolith has officially launched on Kickstarter. Live play in 30 minutes! www.kickstarter.com/projects/pla...

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The Monolith

Warring shamans battle for the right to be mouthpieces for an alien stone. Slaughter your foes and offer their hearts to the Monolith!

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BoardGame Animal 🐕 @boardgameanimal.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Counterpoint is wrapping up in its final hours!! Watch our review & check out this lovely game from @tedmannschaller.bsky.social! youtu.be/KPYIZg6QlOQ?...

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Counterpoint Review (New Kickstarter!)

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Ted Mann Schaller @tedmannschaller.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Last day to back Counterpoint on Kickstarter and get your own copy of this new and exciting cooperative trick- taking game! 🎶💛🎻 www.kickstarter.com/projects/squ... #boardgames #tricktaking #classicalmusic

A glam shot of the Counterpoint box floating above a grid of playing cards and the text: “Only 24 hours left! Kickstarter”

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Phil Gross @mistergross.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I’m just a boy Who loves trick taking games Reminding you Again Counterpoint is superb www.kickstarter.com/projects/squ...

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Rosco Schock @ GenCon 🔜 GrandCon 🔜 Battlefront Dayton 🔜 PAXU @roscoschock.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

If you like trick taking, this is a auto back! Go check it out before it is too late!

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Ted Mann Schaller @tedmannschaller.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Only 48 hours left to back Counterpoint and help make this game a reality! Come explore this whimsical world of classical chamber music and trick-taking! 💛🎻🎶 Link in bio! #boardgames #cardgames #chambermusic 🎲✂️

A glam shot of the Counterpoint box and the text: “Only 48 hours left! Kickstarter”

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Always Awake Games (Connor) 🔜 PaxU @connor.alwaysawake.games · 20/06/2026

December feels like so long ago…but now I’ve got the final approval copy from the factory! No matter how much it tried to kill my hand, I loved working on this project. Make sure to follow or sign up for my newsletter to get a copy when they go live! always-awake-games.kit.com/6e660f3e7a

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CodeMarvelous @codemarvelous.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

My life now I guess

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Kyle Cushman @goatgruff.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Oh hey, I was on a board game podcast talking about my one of my games about community resilience and collective action. Incredibly exciting to talk about two of my favorite things!

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Episode 733: Fighting Unchecked Corruption Keeps Institutions Compassionately Equitable – Building the Game

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Always Awake Games (Connor) 🔜 PaxU @connor.alwaysawake.games · 08/06/2026

Just did a photoshoot swap for Out of Sorts 2e and I think I got some good ones. Shoutout to @tedmannschaller.bsky.social and Becky Young for being great models (and Becky for organising)!

Ted looking confused as he stares at what the other players are doing over his hand of cards

Ted looking concerned as the other players excitedly compare cards they've just found

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A close up of the cards Ted is holding showing strange symbols on them.

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Cardboard Time @cardboardtime.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Yes, it was an incredible honor to be featured on the @boardgamegeek.com Podcast, but it was even more fun just to chat with my friend @panda8ngel.bsky.social about some of my favorite food-themed games and color vision accessibility! Check it out here: boardgamegeek.com/blog/12153/b...

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Episode 96: Arwen Kathke - Vision Accessibility in Board Games - Top 5 Food-Themed Board Games - Hanging out with loved ones and friends | The BoardGameGeek Podcast

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BoardGame Animal 🐕 @boardgameanimal.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

In case you missed it, check out our review of Counterpoint! You don’t want to let this one pass you by~ Now on Kickstarter! youtu.be/KPYIZg6QlOQ?...

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Counterpoint Review (New Kickstarter!)

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Ted Mann Schaller @tedmannschaller.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Do you love classical music?! Me too! 🎻 Do you love card games?! Me too! ♣️ Do you love cute animals?! Me too! 🐷 Wow! Look at everything we have in common! 💖 Counterpoint is live on Kickstarter right now. Go back it! www.kickstarter.com/projects/squ...

The game box for Counterpoint, surrounded by sheet music, a violin, and a copy of Johann Joseph Fux's The Study of Counterpoint

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DVC Games 🔜 PAXU @dvcgames.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

A game after our own hearts. Check it out! Absolutely!

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Ted Mann Schaller @tedmannschaller.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Easy snap buy. Not only do I love Mondrian AND art in gaming, but @roscoschock.bsky.social is pretty cool too! Excited for this one! 🎨

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Rosco Schock @ GenCon 🔜 GrandCon 🔜 Battlefront Dayton 🔜 PAXU @roscoschock.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

You can now pre-order FlipDraw: Mondrian for only $15 as part of the Concrete Canvas Backerkit! concrete-canvas.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...

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Ted Mann Schaller @tedmannschaller.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Big thanks to Jason and @emilykeepskitties.bsky.social for having me on Building the Game Podcast this week to talk about Art as theme in tabletop games. I'm super passionate about this topic, and excited for folks to check it out: www.buildingthegamepodcast.com/episode-731-...

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Episode 731: Dancers on a Hex Grid – Building the Game

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Daniel Newman // New Mill Industries @dnlnwmn.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

The application to be a vendor at the Indie Games Night Market at PAX Unplugged in December is now live! www.newmillindustries.com/ignm-app

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IGNM App — New Mill Industries

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Eric Dittmore @ericdittmore.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

In my humble opinion, the indie market scene is the most exciting thing happening in the board game space right now. Come join the movement to make small batch games that can be as weird and special as you can imagine!

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BoardGame Animal 🐕 @boardgameanimal.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Episode 3 of BATS is here! Join @tricktaking.bsky.social & I as we fall down the rabbit hole of design deconstruction, dominoes, theme in games, and the importance of just having fun~ Available wherever you get your Podcasts, today~ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

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BoardGame Animal 🐕 @boardgameanimal.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

If you love tricktaking games, don’t miss out on Counterpoint! Check out our review here: youtu.be/KPYIZg6QlOQ?...

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Counterpoint Review (New Kickstarter!)

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Ted Mann Schaller @tedmannschaller.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Awesome and extensive post all about cooperative trick-taking games from @matthew-montgomery.com! Lots of amazing titles here for every different type of player! #tricktaking #cardgames www.donteatthemeeples.com/great-cooper...

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Great cooperative trick-taking games

It's not just about The Crew — but in a sense, it is, isn't it?

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Ted Mann Schaller @tedmannschaller.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Thanks for your support both in playtesting AND in backing!! 💛🎻🎶

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Ted Mann Schaller @tedmannschaller.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

See this lil beauty? They need a name! And I want you to help me come up with the perfect name. 😍 Back Counterpoint on Kickstarter today to help me come up with the perfect name for this perfect lil pianist! 🎹 www.kickstarter.com/projects/squ...

A close up of an illustration of a yellow armadillo with a cute little scarf standing on a stool playing an ornately decorated piano.

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Tony Tran 🔜 Home @tonytran.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

A musical trick taker? Yes please!

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jbuergel @fiverandomsongs.com · 26/05/2026

This looks really neat, super easy back for me!

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Ted Mann Schaller @tedmannschaller.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Shoutout and thanks to @jonathanhliu.bsky.social for the awesome write up on GeekDad. I really love how you were able to relate back to your childhood playing music. This is exactly the type of feeling I wanted to bring to folks! 💛🎻🎶 geekdad.com/2026/05/kick...

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Kickstarter Tabletop Alert: 'Counterpoint'

Work in concert with your fellow performers in this musical trick-taking game!What Is Counterpoint?Counterpoint is a cooperative trick-taking game for 3 to 5 players, ages 14 and up, and takes about 1...

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The Omnigamers' Club Podcast @omnigamers.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

We had a chance to check this out at TCTC (though sadly not enough time to play it) and it's clear so much love has gone into the details and clever touches of thematic implementation

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Cardboard Time @cardboardtime.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

This has literally (Go ask @peppermintfox.bsky.social if you don't believe me) been in my go bag for game nights ever since I got it. I like cooperative trick taking, and I absolutely love this.

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Ted Mann Schaller @tedmannschaller.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

AHHH, Phil! I'm totally blushing! 🙈 I'm definitely looking forward to LOTRTROTKTTTG cause @bbornmueller.bsky.social always brings it! In this world we deserve BOTH adorable classical music animals and adventuring little hobbits in our trick-taking! 💛

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Joseph Z Chen 🔜 PAX Unplugged @fanfactories.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Ted's KS is live now! This is a wonderful cooperative trick taker. I've played a couple times, and it's very well executed and the thematic ties are very apt.

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Jacob @jdilladog.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

The kickstarter is now live! Go back it!

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Ted Mann Schaller @tedmannschaller.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Counterpoint is live on Kickstarter! 2 years ago I had a silly idea to mix two of my favorite things (classical music and games) and here we are after countless hours of prototyping, testing, simplifying, and reworking. Excited to hear your music! 💛🎻🎶 www.kickstarter.com/projects/squ...

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Counterpoint: a Co-op Classical Music Trick-Taking Game

Counterpoint is a cooperative trick-taking game for 3-5 players where the challenges are based on different pieces of classical music.

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