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Danielle Reynolds 🏳️‍🌈 🔜 UNPUB Festival & GAMA Expo @tokengaymer.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

This project was such a fun design challenge. Creating a complete escape room experience in just 18 cards pushed me to think creatively on how to fit multiple different puzzle types tied into a story using LGBTQIA+ history as the clues, answers and Easter eggs. My love letter to the community! ❤️🏳️‍🌈

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Danielle Reynolds 🏳️‍🌈 🔜 UNPUB Festival & GAMA Expo @tokengaymer.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Today my Designer Diary for Perfectly Imperfect was published on BGG. If you’re curious about the story behind it, I’d love for you to give it a read. ❤️🎲 boardgamegeek.com/blog/1/blogp...

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Designer Diary: Perfectly Imperfect | BoardGameGeek Blog

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The Gaming Librarian @thelibgamer.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Calling all game designers. We need your help: @stickydoodler.bsky.social @almostbedtime.bsky.social @ttrpgkids.com @tokengaymer.bsky.social @senfoonglim.bsky.social @exeunt.press

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Danielle Reynolds 🏳️‍🌈 🔜 UNPUB Festival & GAMA Expo @tokengaymer.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Inspired by Nova knocking over my poor baby Christmas tree “Piney”, Scott Brady and I have designed a Christmas game about decorating your tree while your cats mess with the decorations. I’m excited to say we signed the game with Wacky Wizard 🎄

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Danielle Reynolds 🏳️‍🌈 🔜 UNPUB Festival & GAMA Expo @tokengaymer.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Spent hours worth of flying updating my podcast’s new social media banners. Managed to get most of them done minus the ones I needed internet to download the pictures. I can’t wait for the day when WiFi is free on all flights 🤞🏻

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Danielle Reynolds 🏳️‍🌈 🔜 UNPUB Festival & GAMA Expo @tokengaymer.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Please follow on Instagram www.instagram.com/gamedesignunboxed and TikTok www.tiktok.com/@gamedesignunbox for awesome tips and behind the scenes stories of your favorite games!

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Danielle Reynolds 🏳️‍🌈 🔜 UNPUB Festival & GAMA Expo @tokengaymer.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

With the help of @tamatplay.bsky.social, @arivamonsta.bsky.social and other industry professionals we will be providing weekly videos giving game design tips and behind the scenes information on your favorite games on top of promoting the podcast on Instagram @gamedesignunboxed and TikTok!

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Danielle Reynolds 🏳️‍🌈 🔜 UNPUB Festival & GAMA Expo @tokengaymer.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

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Danielle Reynolds 🏳️‍🌈 🔜 UNPUB Festival & GAMA Expo @tokengaymer.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

It was an honor to be asked onto the Community and Collaboration panel in London at the Play Creator Conference. Being able to open the Conference talking about what I’m most passionate about was amazing. Let’s continue to share resources and collaborate with other designers/publishers!

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Danielle Reynolds 🏳️‍🌈 🔜 UNPUB Festival & GAMA Expo @tokengaymer.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

@thedarkimp.bsky.social did a great job interviewing me about the art of pitching tabletop games. I talk about my process, the essential skills designers need, and how to approach pitching materials. Enjoy! thegamedesignroundtable.com/episode/btc-...

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Danielle Reynolds 🏳️‍🌈 🔜 UNPUB Festival & GAMA Expo @tokengaymer.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

I’m so excited for our adorable necromancer pin to be released at Origins. The first of the many Queer Coven pins! Also, this animation is 🔥🔥🔥

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Elizabeth Hargrave @elizhargrave.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Pride Month is around the corner. Do you want to be on this list of LGBTQ+ creators with me? Please only add yourself but help spread the word so we can collect a great list!

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Danielle Reynolds 🏳️‍🌈 🔜 UNPUB Festival & GAMA Expo @tokengaymer.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Another cute pin I designed is at PAX East in the PAX Together Intersection with Tabletop Gaymers! 🧙‍♂️🏳️‍🌈

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Danielle Reynolds 🏳️‍🌈 🔜 UNPUB Festival & GAMA Expo @tokengaymer.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Inspired by @elizhargrave.bsky.social’s “Designers who are Women & People of Marginalized Genders” BGG GeekList, I have created 7 GeekLists for LGBTQIA+ representation in tabletop games. Please add to it and share it as we get closer to Pride Month! 🥳🏳️‍🌈 boardgamegeek.com/geeklists?do...

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Elizabeth Hargrave @elizhargrave.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Hey look @stonemaiergames.com was on CNN (illustrated by some boardgames you might recognize): "If we shipped all the games to the US that we started making in January, it would amount to around $1.5 million in tariffs."

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'Devastating': US board game industry begs Trump 'don't punish us'

YouTube video by Daniel Hampton

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Danielle Reynolds 🏳️‍🌈 🔜 UNPUB Festival & GAMA Expo @tokengaymer.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Scott and I are up for designers of the year for our party game Caution Signs at the Play Creator Awards! I played the game all week at the Gathering and I never tire of the laughs and memories it brings. Congrats to all my friends that also got nominated! www.mojo-nation.com/play-creator...

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Play Creators Awards 2025 finalists revealed | Mojo Nation

Winners will be revealed at this year’s Play Creators Awards on Tuesday, June 24th at London’s Under the Bridge.

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Cardboard Time @cardboardtime.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

It's Cardboard Time! Episode 110 is now live (spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/PypUolEBzSb). On today's episode, I review Diatoms (@ludoliminal.bsky.social , @sabrinac.bsky.social , @25thcentury.games) and have a chat with Danielle Reynolds (@tokengaymer.bsky.social )

Cardboard Time Podcast Episode 110, a review of Diatoms, featuring an interview with Danielle Reynolds

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Danielle Reynolds 🏳️‍🌈 🔜 UNPUB Festival & GAMA Expo @tokengaymer.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

It was great to talk about what’s happening in the game industry and how it’s personally causing me to lose game contracts as well as published games. Hopefully people enjoy the ramblings on my career and how it’s drastically changed over the past month with these increasing tariffs on China ❤️‍🩹

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Danielle Reynolds 🏳️‍🌈 🔜 UNPUB Festival & GAMA Expo @tokengaymer.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Such a fun episode to record. @thebomberbug.bsky.social and I talk about their TTRPG where Power Rangers meets Jane Austen as the inspiration!

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Danielle Reynolds 🏳️‍🌈 🔜 UNPUB Festival & GAMA Expo @tokengaymer.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Get your votes in for the Golden Geek Awards! Consider voting “Caution Signs” in for your favorite Party Game and either “Game Design Unboxed: Inspiration to Publication” or “Proud to Gayme” for the Podcast category! This is due April 13 so get your votes in soon ❤️

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19th Annual Golden Geek Awards - Nominations Open! | BGG

I am excited to announce the 19th annual Golden Geek nominations for the Best Games of 2024 are now open! The [geekurl=/award/8314/golden-geek-awards]Golden Geek Award[/geekurl] is given annually to ...

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Danielle Reynolds 🏳️‍🌈 🔜 UNPUB Festival & GAMA Expo @tokengaymer.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

So exciting! Finished the last episode of the first season of my queer-themed podcast Proud to Gayme! 🥳🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Danielle Reynolds 🏳️‍🌈 🔜 UNPUB Festival & GAMA Expo @tokengaymer.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

@unpub.bsky.social has helped me find and playtest all these amazing designs that have come out and/or are coming out from Wacky Wizard Games. I look forward to the future of this Wise Wizard imprint!

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Danielle Reynolds 🏳️‍🌈 🔜 UNPUB Festival & GAMA Expo @tokengaymer.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

UNPUB is my favorite convention as a designer. I get to network, playtest, pitch to publishers and help work the show! Plus, I get quality time with @wunfatkid.bsky.social ❤️

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Danielle Reynolds 🏳️‍🌈 🔜 UNPUB Festival & GAMA Expo @tokengaymer.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Update: I added "Content Creators" as an option due to popular demand!

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Danielle Reynolds 🏳️‍🌈 🔜 UNPUB Festival & GAMA Expo @tokengaymer.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Attention LGBTQIA+ board game industry folks! I am creating a GeekList for LGBTQIA+ Publishers, Designers, Artists, and more. If you fall into one or more of these please consider filling out this form by 4/27/25 (for yourself, no outing anyone please). Thank you! 🥰 forms.gle/iaH5Z9giYyDi...

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LGBTQIA+ GeekList Questionnaire

Thank you for adding yourself to this BoardGameGeek LGBTQIA+ GeekList! I want to celebrate your work in the industry as a publisher, designer, developer, artist, writer and any other GeekTag BoardGame...

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Danielle Reynolds 🏳️‍🌈 🔜 UNPUB Festival & GAMA Expo @tokengaymer.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Ahhhhh! Scott and I’s game Caution Signs published by Wacky Wizard is up for Party Game of the Year for the GAMA Origins Awards! This game continues to be a blast for me to play! I’m so proud of what we made together 🥰 www.polygon.com/tabletop-gam...

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GAMA Origins Awards celebrate excellence in tabletop

Plus a chat with GAMA executive director John Stacy

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Danielle Reynolds 🏳️‍🌈 🔜 UNPUB Festival & GAMA Expo @tokengaymer.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

I'm so excited to be on my first GAMA panels next week! Besides these I'll be working the Wise Wizard Games booth and pitching 17 of my game designs at GAMA & New York Toy Fair! So if you're interested in scheduling a meeting with me at either show to see what games I've been working on let me know!

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Danielle Reynolds 🏳️‍🌈 🔜 UNPUB Festival & GAMA Expo @tokengaymer.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

I recorded the last episode of the first season of Proud to Gayme last night and it blows my mind that it’s already been a year of recording the @tabletopgaymers.bsky.social podcast! I loved closing out the season talking about the @transrightsbundle.bsky.social ❤️🏳️‍🌈

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Danielle Reynolds 🏳️‍🌈 🔜 UNPUB Festival & GAMA Expo @tokengaymer.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

@connievdc.bsky.social came on GDU to talk about Apiary! We also discuss blind playtesting, filtering playtester feedback, the impact of online feedback after publishing, and the lessons she’s learned about rapid prototyping! Listen on Spotify, Apple or at knowdirectionpodcast.com/2025/02/gdu1...

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Danielle Reynolds 🏳️‍🌈 🔜 UNPUB Festival & GAMA Expo @tokengaymer.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

I've been working with @robertataylor.bsky.social on a new game and her newest design just went on Kickstarter so I had to back it! She's told me so many cool things about Vineyard that it was an instant back. Check it out! www.kickstarter.com/projects/eba...

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Vineyard: A Winemaking Game

🍇🍷 A delightful pairing of shared worker placement and action selection for 1-4 players!

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Danielle Reynolds 🏳️‍🌈 🔜 UNPUB Festival & GAMA Expo @tokengaymer.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Super excited to get this game! I have so many friends that I feel like it was designed for that I need to play it with ❤️ www.kickstarter.com/projects/smi...

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A Place for All My Books

A cozy board game about collecting good books & the joy of organizing them.

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Danielle Reynolds 🏳️‍🌈 🔜 UNPUB Festival & GAMA Expo @tokengaymer.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Whoo! I can finally say I’ve played Castles of Burgundy. Granted I did the funniest mistake, forgot about the castle tiles 😅 I have no clue how I didn’t lose by more points 😂

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Danielle Reynolds 🏳️‍🌈 🔜 UNPUB Festival & GAMA Expo @tokengaymer.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

It was so sweet to be included in the @boardgamegeek.com Hall of Fame video for Dominion (4:59)! Watch the video and you’ll see why this game holds a big spot in my heart and made a mark on my design journey 🥰 youtu.be/Lh-xRxWNYdc?...

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Dominion: 2025 BoardGameGeek Hall of Fame Inductee

YouTube video by BoardGameGeek

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Danielle Reynolds 🏳️‍🌈 🔜 UNPUB Festival & GAMA Expo @tokengaymer.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Who else is going to the LevelUp Retreat next weekend!? I have a few scheduled events but besides that I plan to playtest and play published games! levelupevents.us

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Danielle Reynolds 🏳️‍🌈 🔜 UNPUB Festival & GAMA Expo @tokengaymer.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Okay, the thing I love most about @th3rdworld.bsky.social game Charcuterie is that people immediately start showing pics of the most impressive charcuterie boards they’ve either made or eaten from and this one gets the gold star of excellence! Anyone else have any yummy charcuterie boards to share?!

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Danielle Reynolds 🏳️‍🌈 🔜 UNPUB Festival & GAMA Expo @tokengaymer.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

I think what I found to be the most amusing part of @brotherwisegames.bsky.social Adulthood was getting a model as a girlfriend who then ghosted me due to not putting a 💍 on it so my group laughed until my new relationship was with a celebrity. I may have lost the game but I got the girl 💁‍♀️

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Danielle Reynolds 🏳️‍🌈 🔜 UNPUB Festival & GAMA Expo @tokengaymer.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

I'm so excited and humbled to be apart of this year's Mojo Nation 100 for the Design Champion category! The Mojo Nation 100 celebrates the 100 most influential figures working in toy and game design but the category I was placed in is for people helping to make the industry a better place 🥰

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Danielle Reynolds 🏳️‍🌈 🔜 UNPUB Festival & GAMA Expo @tokengaymer.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Going back to my roots and doing art styles I used to love. This includes scratch boards! Love me a queen or two! ❤️🏳️‍🌈♠️👑

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Danielle Reynolds 🏳️‍🌈 🔜 UNPUB Festival & GAMA Expo @tokengaymer.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

So my cat Nova claimed the Big Potato Games plushy as her favorite toy that isn’t bottle caps. Does anyone else’s pets use your game merch as their own?

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