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Erik AS 🔜 Spiel Essen @eanderssonsunden.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Today, it’s a battle of the designers! We’ll be playing both Where is That? and Flip 7. Both games are nominated for the Swedish Family Game of the Year award, Årets Spel, so naturally we had to get together and play each other’s games!

Promotional graphic for a “Battle of the Designers” livestream featuring board game designers Erik Andersson Sundén and Magnus Karlsson, designers of Where is That?, and Eric Olsen, designer of Flip 7, hosted by Amanda Panda. The graphic shows portraits of all four participants alongside the covers of Where is That? and Flip 7. The livestream is Thursday, September 24, 2026, at 12 PM PST / 3 PM EST / 8 PM UTC, on Twitch and YouTube at Panda8ngel.

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Tor Viktorsson @torviktorsson.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The cards for Bones & Banners have been streamlined to reduce the amount of text on them.

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Erik AS 🔜 Spiel Essen @eanderssonsunden.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Where is That: Europe is nominated to the best family game award of Sweden. It’s an honour to stand next to these two competitors!

Dingo Disc, Flip 7, and Where is That are all nominated to the best family game award of Sweden.

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The Misplay @themisplay.com · 01/08/2026

Hey #GenCon help us out on our quest to 100 followers! We’re indie, we’re podcasting our journey, and our two-player game “cooks” (they say). Help us be seen with a repost, a heart, or a mention to a friend. 🎲✂️

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Coming soon: Under One Sky

A race to uncover your constellation in a shifting night sky. Place tiles, shift stars, and discover your hidden pattern.

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Simon Hintermann @aurumek.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Today is my birthday (turning 30), which is the only time each year when I ask you for a repost should you like my art. Have a good day! 🦦🌿✨️ - Simon

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Jackson Pope // Eurydice Games @jacksonpope.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

We make FlickFleet on a laser-cutter in Paul’s garage. And we’ve been doing so for 8 years! It’s got an average of 7.9 on BGG and is ‘Must-Play’ according to Tabletop Gaming Magazine 🎉 eurydicegames.co.uk/games/flickf...

Picture of the FlickFleet box on a starry background with the Tabletop Gaming Magazine Must-Play badge. There’s a quote at the bottom from Tabletop Gaming magazine: “FlickFleet is brilliant, Must-Play”

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MÖRK BORG @morkborg.com · 03/06/2026

RIP John Blanche

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Tor Viktorsson @torviktorsson.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Sharp Eye #1 by Daniel M. Bensen, Artyom Trakhanov, Jason Wordie and Simon Roy. A graphic poem drawn by @vor-bokor.bsky.social . So good.

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Meeple Syrup Show @meeplesyrupshow.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

🎲✂️ Tonight at 9PM ET (UTC-5), @senfoonglim.bsky.social and Hafiz speak with Katherine Boils of www.kbdesignwork about graphic design and her role in taking a game from idea to the tabletop, including accessability. Come join in the chat youtube.com/MeepleSyrup or facebook.com/MeepleSyrup!

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Tor Viktorsson @torviktorsson.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Georgian police unlocks psalm 7:7.

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Tor Viktorsson @torviktorsson.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Writing board game rules is hard work. 🎲✂️ Writing future proof rules for a living card game feels near impossible. If I don't want to reprint the whole rulebook, what do I do? Has any game managed to add rules via an appendix? Adding rules on stickers is cool but needs to be planned ahead of time.

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Tor Viktorsson @torviktorsson.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

My daughter Moa and I will attend #LinCon again this year hanging out in the #gamedesigner room and helping out with the #SAGA Swedish Annual Game Design Awards. I'll bring the latest Bones & Banners prototype, hopefully in a nice printing.

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Corey ✦ Lewis @reyyystation.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

General update on Comix / Art / the Card Game I'm working on! 🔥 patreon.com/posts/154323...

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Daniel Solis @danielsolis.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

I started trying to explain how to outline a rulebook, but the metaphor ran away from me.

An inverted curve diagram titled the players journey through the rulebook. Above the horizontal line is an outline of a rulebook structure, describing the content that would go on each page. Below the line is labeled the mood at the table. It begins with the peak of hope then the slope of interest than the pit of nuance than the wall of confusion and finally the rise of insight.

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Geoff Engelstein - The Universe Explained with Cookie out now! @gengelstein.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

I've been working on a free, open source (FOSS) virtual tabletop program aimed at designers (using Godot). Over the last few months I've been focusing on component creation. I'm looking for feedback and collaborators - please consider joining the team! youtu.be/f3gy7jlzHdk?...

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Lizzie Component Creation

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Tor Viktorsson @torviktorsson.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

The rulebook has yet again been updated for a new round of play testing. www.bonesandbanners.com/BonesAndBann...

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Tor Viktorsson @torviktorsson.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Working on a digital version of Bones & Banners.

Table with cards and dice. A shortcut legend to the right.

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Scott - Minerva 🦉 @minervatabletop.co.uk · 28/12/2025

It’s exciting to see the first videos for Crumbs! coming out now the game is released, @danicha.bsky.social has just uploaded an excellent video covering the setup and first few rounds of play. Check it out! youtu.be/vdWXUdLux50?...

A screenshot of the YouTube video Crumbs! The Sandwich Filler Game How To Play Overview by DaniCha

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Erik AS 🔜 Spiel Essen @eanderssonsunden.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

SAGA 2026 is a Swedish board game design competition with regional qualifiers early in the year and an online submission period in February. 🎲✂️ youtu.be/srQWLx_Eljg?...

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SAGA Session - SAGA 2026 with Daniel Olai

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Tor Viktorsson @torviktorsson.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Warden (undead) - 1 banner guard army unit - Activated with Sword or Shield - Defend your village. Gains two flags when Protected. Undead units do not Retreat.

Warden (undead) - 1 banner guard unit - Activated by Sword or Shield - Defend your village. Gains two flags when Protected. Undead units do not Retreat.

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Erik AS 🔜 Spiel Essen @eanderssonsunden.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

I will moderate a panel discussion with fellow Game designer friends. The topic for the discussion is "How to approach publishers". Live session on Tuesday if this sounds interesting! If you can't attend: the discussion and the following Q&A will be made available afterwards. fb.me/e/386Ikv0wm

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Tor Viktorsson @torviktorsson.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

I'm trying to make the rulebooklet for Bones & Banners quicker to read but also easier to reference: www.bonesandbanners.com/BonesAndBann... 🎲✂️ When reading, does it take too long to get what the game is about? Who do you think the target audience is?

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Tor Viktorsson @torviktorsson.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Is there a european discord for self-publishing board games? 🎲✂️

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Tor Viktorsson @torviktorsson.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Writing a rulebook is insanely difficult. But I think the page on the right is easier to read than the page on the left, while still containing at least as much information.

Two versions of the Army Unit page in the rulebook. A section about Villages that is redundant is deleted and the layout is changed from three columns to two columns with a bigger example card image.

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millenomi ✾ @millenomi.name · 29/09/2025

🎲✂️ Every time I see 'balanced' I feel it's assigned a meaning that keeps boiling down to 'no people ahead' and, of course that's not a good game >_< IMO: a game is balanced if players have a fair shot at winning, at reading when/why they may be behind, & at knowing where recovery points could be.

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Tor Viktorsson @torviktorsson.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Addressing feedback I have done some rulebook editing and restricted the use of the word "Activate". Now it's more obvious that you Activate Dice to Play Cards and Effects get Triggered either on reveal or because of a condition.

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Tor Viktorsson @torviktorsson.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Getting closer to having skeletons in Bones & Banners so now I can soon retcon why the game is called Bones & Banners in the first place.

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ABOOnchio👻 BOOlchetti👻 @vor-bokor.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

After FIVE YEARS of waiting, SHARP EYE #1, our follow-up to FIRST KNIFE, just hit Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/sha... Check out our creepy full trailer, and then also all the info on the project following the link above, and please consider sharing and supporting our beautiful child!

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Tor Viktorsson @torviktorsson.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Trying to lock down a design language for future Undead unit cards.

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Stephanie Smith @biffybeans.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

I am begging board game designers/publishers to PLEASE stop putting background images behind text on cards, in rulebooks, & on player aids. There are SO MANY neurodivergent people & people with vision issues whose brains have great difficulty trying to process this type of visual content.

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The Misplay @themisplay.com · 13/08/2025

A beautiful day! Received a copy of Bones & Banners to playtest—all the way from Sweden. @torviktorsson.bsky.social

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Tor Viktorsson @torviktorsson.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

youtu.be/TbMWN7gHcVs?... Welcome to SAGA Sessions, a discussion on game design! This time, we have invited Anne-Laure Janssen to talk about how to make a game accessible for a wider audience. Anne-Laure is a game designer with a special focus on making accessible board games.

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Saga Session - Anne Laure Janssen - Accessibility in Game Design

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Erik AS 🔜 Spiel Essen @eanderssonsunden.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Welcome to SAGA Sessions – game design talks twice a month! Anne-Laure Janssen on accessibility in board games. Big print? Braille? Color choices? Shapes? Let’s bust some myths and make games better for everyone. #GameDesign #BoardGames #Accessibility #SAGA calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0...

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SAGA Sessions - Anne-Laure Janssen - Accessibility in Board Games — Invitation via Google Calendar

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Erik AS 🔜 Spiel Essen @eanderssonsunden.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

The talks by the Swedish Annual Game design Awards (SAGA) are now public on YouTube. We started giving them in English once we realised that there was a bigger interest than we originally thought. youtube.com/@saga_game_d...

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Swedish Annual Game-design Awards

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Tor Viktorsson @torviktorsson.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

I need some 🎲✂️ sell sheet help. I've created a card game that uses drafted dice for players to play cards with. With lots of cards and an irregular turn structure it's kind of hard to write a sell sheet that captures the essence of the game. Got any pointers?

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Tor Viktorsson @torviktorsson.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Upgrades to three cards that didn't feel strong enough to be worth playing before. All three feature dice manipulation to help with dice mitigation.

Three cards that have received upgrades to become stronger. Blacksmith, Barracks and Game Hunter. All three cards now does stronger dice manipulation actions.

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Tor Viktorsson @torviktorsson.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Can you spot the updates? Old cards on the left, new layouts on the right.

Card layout improvements. Symbols moved to the left side of the card.

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Tor Viktorsson @torviktorsson.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

#LinCon was a blast. Played a lot of games and got a bunch of tests of Bones & Banners. Looking at all the photos I wish the game had better table presence so I'm looking into designing prettier village cards and army unit card backs.

A card duelling game is being played. Cards are played face down with dice on them targeting either loyal or rival villages or other army unit cards on the table.

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Tor Viktorsson @torviktorsson.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Trust fellow game designers to give feedback you've already thought about but were too lazy to address and now you know you need to do it! 😅

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Tor Viktorsson @torviktorsson.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Bones & Banners got a bunch of playtests at #LinCon so far. Getting useful feedback on where the game can be improved to meet expectations faster.

A two player card duel being played. A tableu of cards at one end of the table. A battle field of cards i the middle of the table. A rulebook with a rules summary on the back cover.

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Tor Viktorsson @torviktorsson.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Having so much fun at #LinCon playing a wide variation of prototypes of every conceivable style of game play. Excited to hear which games will win the Swedish Annual Game design Awards #SAGA this evening. saga.boardgamedesign.se

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Matthew Dunstan @matthewdunstan.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Today's video talks about some ways I think the publisher-designer relationship can be improved, from communication, to development and contracts. youtu.be/YXGdfWkgcGI 🎲✂️

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5 Ways Publishers Can Treat Game Designers Better

YouTube video by Matthew Dunstan

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Tor Viktorsson @torviktorsson.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Adding four buildable Machine card prototypes to the next live play-testing event at #Lincon next week. See you at the boardgame designer room (Rum T1 i C-huset).

Four machine cards. Battle Wagon, Steamroller, Fog Machine and Bone Harvester.

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Corey ✦ Lewis @reyyystation.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Played and beat my game today!! Last time I played I died 😅 I take both as good signs. #ZombieSlayer

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Tor Viktorsson @torviktorsson.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Currently working on Machines trying to find the design space between Buildings and Army Units. The idea is that they are built like Buildings but that they operate closer to how infantry Army Units target different villages and your opponent will be able to attack them.

Machine card - Battle Wagon - Target a village. All your units are Bolstered at target village.

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