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David Spalinski @vawcer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Lots of great games in this list! Torchlit is featured too. 😃

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David Spalinski @vawcer.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Thanks for covering Torchlit a second time Dan! I’m glad you’re still enjoying it!

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Stu Teacher @stuteacher.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I did not realize how hard the production for Dickory went. The cards are gorgeous, and the clock actually turns on the box! @seandavidross.bsky.social

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Marceline Leiman is Racing Dinos @marcelineleiman.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

My AllPlay game Wildberries has been revealed! Expect more soon!! 🥣

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David Spalinski @vawcer.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Was excited to see Chasing Shadows featured in the latest from Amy & Maggie on Thinker Themer. So glad they have been enjoying the game! youtu.be/S1KWK-4CpXs?...

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Something Old, Something New: Stick 'Em & Chasing Shadows

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Johnny Chin @gamemarketwest.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Game Market West is back! I'm proud to announce the tabletop games made by indie designers for the upcoming GMW Spring 2026, on March 22 at San Jose Guildhouse, are now available: www.gamemarketwest.com/spring-2026-... #boardgamesky

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Spring 2026 Games

Directory (Games Below)

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Daniel Newman // New Mill Industries @dnlnwmn.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Oh hey! New games are up for preorder at www.newmillindustries.com! The Fluffy Rite is an oddball trick taker in which there are no ranks on the cards - you play two suited cards together to form teddy bears (illustrated by my 16 year old son) and you're aiming to win the second-most tricks.

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New Mill Industries

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Carol LaGrow @indigopotter.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

"The Six of VIII" is discussed on Episode 86 of The BGG Podcast with Daniel Newman and Amanda Panda. One of the few games to get a reprint within New Mill, and now it is getting a new edition from @25thcentury.games boardgamegeek.com/blog/12153/b... @dnlnwmn.bsky.social #boardgames

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Episode 86: Daniel Newman - Indie Game Markets, Trick Takers that stood out to us and connecting with the younger generation | The BoardGameGeek Podcast

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Chris Prime @chrisinhm.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

I don't know how he manages to play so many games and then write such engaging reviews about them all, but I thank @danthurot.bsky.social for spending a slice of that time with my first little indie game Venusian Vegas and for all his support of the Indie Games Night Market this year! ❤️

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David Spalinski @vawcer.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

This was a nice surprise to see both Chasing Shadows and Torchlit on Kovray today! Very happy to hear both games went down well.

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Sean Ross @seandavidross.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

WIP box cover art for "Trifle", for a TGM Spring 2026 release. Designed by me. Art by @saibep.bsky.social. This will be a limited release, available in Japan via BOOTH (more details when they become available).

Work in progress box cover for the card game called Trifle. Designed by Sean Ross. Art by Sai Beppu. Published by Sai Beppu.

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Marceline Leiman is Racing Dinos @marcelineleiman.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

HUGE news update for me!!!!!! High Tide, the game I handmade for Indie Games Night Market 2024 and licensed to Underdog Games in 2025… ✨ Will be releasing at BARNES & NOBLE around March 2026!!! ✨ This marks my first design to reach big box retail stores!!!!! More details as they become available!

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Dan Thurot @danthurot.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

In Mac McAnally's This Is Not a Game About a Pipe, players must craft studiously sensical statements about their cards. This one is a strange but enjoyable trick-taker. My review: spacebiff.com/2025/11/25/t...

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This Is Not a Review of a Pipe

All I play anymore is trick-takers. And while some of them are challenging, others risk disappearing down their own pipe-hole in a semantic puff of tobacco smoke. That isn’t a bad thing. This…

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Emily Hancock @emilyhancock.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Threw together a quick poster / flyer for the event this Saturday. Come check out some cool indie games! #paxunplugged #pax #indiegamesnightmarket

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Daniel Newman // New Mill Industries @dnlnwmn.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

lovely review of Folia Folio! Thanks Wade!

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BoardGame Animal 🐕 @boardgameanimal.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

We’re thrilled to share our Special Presentation; Indie Games Night Market Preview! It was a privilege to be part of this & share these games with you all~ youtu.be/HA_u8oxU0kc?... See the games that will be at the IGNM in exactly 1 week at #PAXunplugged! #boardgames #ignm #cardgames #indiegames

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David Spalinski @vawcer.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

In one week from today I'll be releasing Chasing Shadows at the Indie Games Night Market alongside lots of other games from indie designers. If you're at PAXU next Saturday, please come check out the night market starting at 7pm. Here's a look at the box and cards from Chasing Shadows.

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David Spalinski @vawcer.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Big big thanks to @tricktaking.bsky.social for covering Chasing Shadows in a Indie Game Night Market feature video. There are a bunch of awesome looking games that will be releasing at IGNM this year. I can't wait! www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rIM...

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IGNM: Chasing Shadows, Glass Half Full, & Slot Machine Millionaire ~ Taylor's Trick-Taking Table

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梟老堂 @fukuroudou.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

At last, the EN rule of "集まれ！ワニワニ団" aka "Gather Up! Wani-Wani Gang" is available! The dice & card game with casual rule but a moderate amount of strategy. Please check it up at TGM 2025 autumn! forms.gle/5DEqxTiPfuPn... #ゲームマーケット2025秋

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Nicole Maynard she/her @nicolemaynard.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Almost ready for you! Hope to see you at the Indie Games Night Market on Nov. 22nd in Philly! #FrogFaire #Bloomline #PAXUnplugged2025 #IGNM #boardgames #tabletopgames #boardgamedesign unplugged.paxsite.com/en-us/schedu...

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David Spalinski @vawcer.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

I'll be releasing a new card game called Chasing Shadows at the Indie Games Night Market at PAX Unplugged on Nov 22. It's been a fun project and I can't wait for people to try it out! Check out the game's BGG page or watch this how-to-play video by Cards Unbarred youtu.be/wlG3DocoZog

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Chasing Shadows - How to Play

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Mac McAnally @macaroobanzai.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

If you find your Halloween is not surreal enough, you can improve your chances for Thanksgiving by picking up a copy of This Is Not a Game About a Pipe at the Indie Games Night Market at Pax Unplugged on Saturday, November 22nd. boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/45... #PaxUnplugged

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This Is Not a Game About a Pipe

Delve into René Magritte's surrealist theme. Is that a Pipe? Is that a Card?

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Jonathan Cox @gettinggames.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

I designed a card game! This is Haunted Mouse and you can join me in this tutorial to see how it plays :) youtu.be/jeYycf5aqZc

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Haunted Mouse - Learn While Playing

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Shreesh @shreesh.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Released the rules for a new 3p climber! It’s a main‑course offering, and it isn’t for everyone. boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/45...

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Fool's Errand

Climbing-card game for three players. With contracts and early talon access!

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Dan Thurot @danthurot.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Chasing Shadows is David Spalinski's follow-up to last year's Torchlit. This is an uncommon trick-taker that uses its setting as more than spackle — and it's one of the best examples of the genre I've played in years. My review: spacebiff.com/2025/10/21/c...

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Tricker Taker Soldier Spy

It’s that time of year again. The days are getting shorter. The air is starting to nip. And the Indie Games Night Market at PAX Unplugged is only a month away. After the success of last year&…

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Marceline Leiman is Racing Dinos @marcelineleiman.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Visit the New Mill website @dnlnwmn.bsky.social for more information on Indie Games Night Market, when and where the event will be, and the awesome indie self-published games available for purchase there. www.newmillindustries.com/ignm

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Indie Games Night Market — New Mill Industries

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Daniel Newman // New Mill Industries @dnlnwmn.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

New preorders from New Mill coming on Wednesday, October 1! I've gone into some detail about the four new games over the last 4 days, and this is the final one! Yonkai no Yokai is a climbing/shedding game I designed, with art by the amazing @saibep.bsky.social.

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Daniel Newman // New Mill Industries @dnlnwmn.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

New preorders from New Mill coming on Wednesday, October 1! I'll go into a little detail about one each day for the next 4 days! First up (in alphabetical order) is Fright Factor, by @nickferris.bsky.social with art by @asmeesh.bsky.social

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Daniel Newman // New Mill Industries @dnlnwmn.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

I've decided to go ahead and put my newest design, Folia Folio, up for preorder (along with the 4 others I planned). They all go live on July 1 at www.newmillindustries.com Cover and card images are up at BGG, rulebook hopefully getting approved there soon. boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/44...

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Folia Folio

Trick-take your way to a lovely leaf collection.

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Daniel Newman // New Mill Industries @dnlnwmn.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Torchlit by @vawcer.bsky.social is now officially out of stock at New Mill Industries but we have 10 other games that are available and 4 more still in preorder that should be arriving in the next couple weeks!

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Johnny Chin @gamemarketwest.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

ANNOUNCEMENT: 2025 games are now available! I'm so proud of the designers and their hard work to make these games come to life. www.gamemarketwest.com/2025-games #boardgames

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David Spalinski @vawcer.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

The latest Thinker Themer video features some new card games (including my own game Torchlit). I'm so pleased Amy & Maggie enjoyed it! Check out their channel here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOMy...

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✨3 Brilliant New Card Games for Every Occasion!✨

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Dan Thurot @danthurot.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

For the final day of Best Week 2024, we're looking at the best board games about uncomfortable alliances, strange bedfellows, and partners of convenience. spacebiff.com/2024/12/30/b...

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Best Week 2024! Better Together?

Yesterday we talked about the best board games that embodied our hobby’s unique sense of togetherness. Today, we must invert the concept. These are the best board games of 2024 that are also …

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Dan Thurot @danthurot.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Torchlit by @vawcer.bsky.social is another title from this past weekend's Indie Games Night Market, a lovely very-nearly-a-hybrid trick-taker about plundering a dungeon and messing with your co-adventurers. My review: spacebiff.com/2024/12/10/t...

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Journeys in the Dark

All I play anymore is trick-taking games. Now and then, fortunately, one of them catches my fancy. This month’s example is David Spalinski’s Torchlit. A self-published production, and s…

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Tony Tran 🔜 Home @tonytran.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

I'll be there with my very first self published game. I'll have about 20 copies available.

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Chris Lawrence 🔜 PAXU @chris.eternalstudios.com · 27/11/2024

Here it is, the first copy of Propaganda.* Propaganda's the game I'm going to be bringing to the Indie Games Night Market at PAX Unplugged. In it players take photos at creative angles to try and convice a judge that they're the one who most needs help. * Okay, I am still tinkering with the cover.

A board game named Propaganda. In the background are piles of bagged dice and bagged cards.

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Dan Thurot @danthurot.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

I truly wish I could attend the Indie Games Night Market hosted by @dnlnwmn.bsky.social next weekend. I'm always on the lookout for small creators and titles to cover, and writing about High Tide and Out of Sorts was a delight. Seriously, if you can attend, please do. www.newmillindustries.com/ignm

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Indie Games Night Market — New Mill Industries

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David Spalinski @vawcer.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

I'll be releasing a trick-taking game called Torchlit at PAX Unplugged as part of the Indie Game Night Market (IGNM) on Saturday at 7pm hosted by @dnlnwmn.bsky.social. There will be lots of other featured games from talented designers as well! More Torchlit info here: linktr.ee/TorchlitTrick

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