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Zach Sockol

@zesock.bsky.social
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Board game designer, currently making wearable games. Always discussing board games and my current designs at: discord.gg/eUqpux7CsQ

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Zach Sockol @zesock.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Just backed my copy, you should pick it up! 12 bucks for hours of fun? Easiest 12 bucks I've ever spent!
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Zach Sockol @zesock.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Color Jam is amazing, I've never had so much fun coloring!
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Chris | Junk Food Games @junkfoodgames.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Hey y'all, some members from our ttrpg community some help. Beth and Angel Make Games are amazing designers and constantly lift others up. They've put together an Unhoused Fundraising Bundle. Please share and support if you can! itch.io/b/3855/unhou...
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Unhoused Fundraising Bundle by Beth and Angel Make Games, ✨ Beth
Unhoused Fundraising Bundle: 44 items for $0.00
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Unpub @unpub.org · 07/07/2026
📣 Calling Tabletop Game Designers 📣 Are you heading to Gen Con later this month? We have three (3!) speed pitch opportunities for underrepresented groups to get their games in front of publishers! More info at f.mtr.cool/dgjijlevjs #gencon #gamedesign 🎲✂️
Tabletop Game Designers Speed Pitch at Gen Con, apply: Unpub.org/GenCon; publishers: SpeedPitch@Unpub.org
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Zach Sockol @zesock.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Ive played it a few times, ColorJam is amazing and you should pick it up.
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Zach Sockol @zesock.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
This is one of the worst posts I will ever have to share May 6th of this year, my dad was diagnosed with ALS Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.. The devices he’ll need to function day to day and his appointments are expensive. www.gofundme.com/f/help-jimmy...
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Donate to Help Jimmy’s Family Through ALS Challenges, organized by Ilona Sockol
We’re raising funds for Jimmy Sockol, a beloved husband, father, and friend wh… Ilona Sockol needs your support for Help Jimmy’s Family Through ALS Challenges
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Lunarpunk Games @lunarpunk.games · 27/04/2026
We are accepting submissions for this year's Midnight Market, an annual event where we host a curated library of small-print run games available for purchase for a limited time. If you would like to submit your game, please click here: forms.gle/tJcB22LQe4aM... The night is for indie games. 🌙
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Mega Crit - Slay the Spire 2 Out Now! ⚔️ @megacrit.com · 19/02/2026
The Spire awakens once more in Steam Early Access on March 5, 2026! ⚔️ New characters, enemies, environments & more await you in Slay the Spire 2, the sequel to the iconic roguelike deckbuilder. Will you attempt the climb alone... or enlist the aid of your fellow adventurers?
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Zach Sockol @zesock.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
I had a great time discussing balancing multivictor games with my friends at Lunarpunk.
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Chris | Junk Food Games @junkfoodgames.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
I'm excited to chat with Xoe and Matt on Wednesday night! Join us over on discord!
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Lunarpunk Games @lunarpunk.games · 08/11/2025
The Midnight Market is live. The night is for indie games. 🌖 lunarpunk.games/midnightmarket
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Always Awake Games (Connor) 🔜 PaxU @connor.alwaysawake.games · 14/10/2025
Its alive! Checkout Club Spooky & That's the Spirit on KS now! www.kickstarter.com/projects/alw...
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Club Spooky & That's the Spirit
Assemble the coolest group of ghouls in Club Spooky and find the culprit of your accidental death in That's the Spirit
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Break My Game @breakmygame.com · 09/10/2025
BMG is hosting a game jam! Make a game using 3 unique mechanics, one of which is voted on by the community. Be sure to join the Discord to vote on which mechanic you wanna see! 🎃 www.eventbrite.com/e/break-my-g...
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Mike Berg, We 🧡 Games @weheart.games · 03/10/2025
The crowd sale for #Crownfell has been approved for November 18! Add-ons include a neoprene playmat and a solo expansion. This 2-player asymmetric chess-like has 17 cards unique movement and abilities. Sign up to be notified here (shares appreciated!) 🧡 www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/cr...
The Crownfell base game box, standing beside the playmat, with some cards on the mat, mid-game.
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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · 06/09/2025
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars. OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
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Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
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Lunarpunk Games @lunarpunk.games · 04/09/2025
The Midnight Market shall offer games from worlds unknown, starting on November 7th, at 11:59 pm EST. It will feature f̴i̴v̴e̴ four amazing games made by indie creators. After that, who knows if you'll be able to discover these games again . . . Follow along here: www.lunarpunk.games/midnightmarket
Midnight Market logo. Midnight Market launches November 7th at 11:59 PM EST at lunarpunk.games/midnightmarket
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Xo3 (it/its) 🐰🔪 @xoe.gay · 10/07/2025
In about 2 hours, I'll be talking with Jamie, and Tanner about digital prototyping for @protospielo.bsky.social 's Panelspiel! If you've been on the fence about playtesting online, or you're not sure where to start, check it out! Join us and ask us questions in chat! www.twitch.tv/protospielo 🎲✂️
Panelspiel Online July 2025

Digital playtesting
How it works and why we love it, with Jamie Sabriel, Tanner Simmons, and Xoe Allred.
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Daniel Wynter @boardgamefeast.bsky.social · 11/04/2024
Awaken Realms forgot to hide their AI again. They boast how many artists they have on staff then just force them to pump out generative nonsense in the name of efficiency above all else. Yet won't even own up to it when pressed. There's no art in it, just content. Another publisher on my blacklist.
Card art from Awaken Realms' Dragon Eclipse latest update. A big cat has teeth lining the side of it's tongue
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Yorugami @artofyorugami.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Guess we gotta keep up the sentiment that GenAI sucks so that more companies start to feel it.
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༺🕯 𝐉𝐨𝐞𝐲 🕯༻ @jds-1988.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
TRANS PEOPLE DESERVE TO EXIST 🏳️‍⚧️ PASS IT THE FUCK ON!!! 🩵🩵🩷🩷🤍🤍🩷🩷🩵🩵 🩵🩵🩷🩷🤍🤍🩷🩷🩵🩵 🩵🩵🩷🩷🤍🤍🩷🩷🩵🩵 🩵🩵🩷🩷🤍🤍🩷🩷🩵🩵 🩵🩵🩷🩷🤍🤍🩷🩷🩵🩵
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Lunarpunk Games @lunarpunk.games · 20/05/2025
For those outside the US, or for the arts and crafters, we've made the print and play for Vibes available. Included is the option to print cards with blank pages so you can personalize your copy with your own artwork! www.lunarpunk.games/vibes 🎲✂️
The Vibes logo and the text, "Print and Play available now"

There is a spread of cards, one with trans pride colors, the "be gay do crime" meme, the "trans drake" meme, a drawing of the "autism creature" meme, and a cheeky little cat sketch with the words "Goofball" and "cinnamon".

Beside it is the text "Draw your own cards!   if you wanna"
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Lunarpunk Games @lunarpunk.games · 15/05/2025
Our interview with @rollplusfun.bsky.social is now on Youtube! We chat about Brook's experience designing unranked games in the historical space, and how games dance with reality. youtu.be/2_F_fxCEffA Make sure to check out his unranked game Sykes-Picot! hollandspiele.com/products/syk... 🎲✂️
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Breaching the Veil - Dialogues at Dusk
YouTube video by Lunarpunk Games
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Lunarpunk Games @lunarpunk.games · 13/05/2025
This is tonight. See you there! 🌑🌘🌗🌖🌕🌔🌓🌒🌑
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Break My Game @breakmygame.com · 01/05/2025
Did you know BMG hosts around 750 playtesting events a year (in-person and online combined)? That's a lotta playtesting! Since our events are generally 3 hours, that's about 2,250 hours of playtesting every year! You can find our event schedule to join right on our website at breakmygame.com
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Community | Break My Game
Break My Game provides a variety of playtesting opportunities in person and virtually on a monthly basis ranging in games in the early prototype phase all the way to games ready-for-market. Our large ...
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Zach Sockol @zesock.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Decided to retheme my multivictor game to be about feeding friendly faeries fuji apples and frankfurters.
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Zach Sockol @zesock.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
If you could have one wearable accessory double as a board game, that is playable while worn. Which accessory would you choose? ( necklaces, rings, watches, etc) I'll say for arguments sake rings can go up to 4, and earings can go up to whatever the average is ( I don't know how many is average)
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Jeff Grisenthwaite @jeffgrisenthwaite.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
🎲✂️ I created 3 sell sheet templates in Google Slides for anyone to copy and make their own. This is based on providing very similar feedback repeatedly when helping fellow designers improve their sell sheets: bigger images + fewer words + focus on hooks. docs.google.com/presentation...
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Sell Sheet Templates
Title of Game 20’ 1-5 8+ Components Component 1 Component 2 Component 3 Component 4 Component 5 Full Name (Email) [Image of Game] [Image of Game] 4-9 word hook 4-9 word hook Tagline or Attributes or C...
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Chris | Junk Food Games @junkfoodgames.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Hey folks! Did you know I released a new solo game earlier this week?? I'm very proud of it and you should check it out.
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Chris | Junk Food Games @junkfoodgames.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Moon Rings is out now! This is a solo journaling game made for the Below a Bad Moon Jam. Venture into the underground labyrinth, find the hidden Moon Rings, and cast a ritual to change the cursed blood moon! Sharing is greatly appreciated! junkfoodgames.itch.io/moon-rings
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Moon Rings by Junk Food Games
a solo journaling game about a casting a ritual on the cursed blood moon
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Lunarpunk Games @lunarpunk.games · 09/03/2025
We have these guides we've written up! For a reader friendly version you can find a PDF here. drive.google.com/file/d/15gyV... This multivictor guide goes into much more detail if you're interested! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
A multivictor guide (See pdf link for reader friendly version)A victorless guide (See pdf link for reader friendly version)
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Xo3 (it/its) 🐰🔪 @xoe.gay · 28/02/2025
I did a small printrun of Vibes, a game about helping art students find a group they vibe with, and I'm looking to see who I ought to send review copies too. I've never sought out reviewers before and I don't want to go on Facebook which is where everyone tells me to go. youtu.be/hbL-UC327rQ 🎲✂️
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Vibes: Help your students find a group they vibe with!
YouTube video by Knife Bunny
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Xo3 (it/its) 🐰🔪 @xoe.gay · 23/02/2025
I've been working on a publishing venture with @coo.games and Maia, specifically for unranked games called Lunarpunk Games! Follow along for game updates, as well as tips, tricks, and insights for making your own unranked games! What are unranked games? Check out this thread.
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Jeff Grisenthwaite @jeffgrisenthwaite.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Pssst! Want to learn all my pitching secrets? 🎲✂️
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Matthew Hocker @coo.games · 19/01/2025
I wanna see weirder tabletop games that cost more money with "worse" art and fewer compromises for marketability that defy and challenge conventional game design wisdom. It feels like the industry has been trying to min/max making games for commercial success and it's exhausting!
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Zach Sockol @zesock.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
LGBTQA+ friends, the gender you identify as is valid. Your choice in partner(s) is valid. YOU are vaild.
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Zach Sockol @zesock.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Does anyone have recommendations of folks who can design stl files and 3-d print said designed thing. I need custom rings made for Ring Fighterz ( this is, of course, a paid project).
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Sticky Doodler 🖍️ Color Jam @stickydoodler.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
I'm hosting this year's final @breakmygame.com playtest in the ♦️🎲 DMV: Sat, Dec 21 12-3pm C. Burr Artz Public Library Frederick, MD A library is a great place to get your game played by just regular folx! Sign up or, to play, just show up: www.eventbrite.com/e/break-my-g...
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Break My Game Playtesting - Frederick, MD - C. Burr Artz Public Library
Playtest board games designed by local game designers at the C. Burr Artz Public Library! Hosted the third Saturday of each month, 12-3 PM.
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Zach Sockol @zesock.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
A fantastic starter pack if you're looking for designers to follow in the Bay Area .
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Hollandspiele @hollandspiele.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
We are excited to announce that next year we will be publishing PERSUASION, Xoe Allred's game of courtship, catfishing, and matrimony.
Cover art for Persuasion. A letter folded according to techniques used in the early 19th century has been closed with red wax seal and sits on a wooden table. The title is overlaid along with the subtitle "the game of courtship in the regency era".
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Zach Sockol @zesock.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Updated physical prototype for Ring Fighterz. I've changed abilities on the rings and decided I should make the symbols match their effects. I'm also working on a solo mode now and potentially a 4 player mode 👀
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Chris | Junk Food Games @junkfoodgames.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Everyone, go make the @ipr.bsky.social booth sell out of Necromancer Heretic (and all the other games there) at PAXU for my birthday
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Zach Sockol @zesock.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Next digital prototype for Ring Fighterz is ready. There are now 3 games to play in Ring Fighterz. From the first to last image, they get more difficult. The third mode has variable setup and players place their rings secretly as both have been heavily requested. I haven't tested the 3rd one yet.
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Ross 💙🎲 MoreGamesPlease @moregamesplease.com · 21/11/2024
Oh hello. I've created LISTS, packed with #boardgame humans. Find some new folks to follow! Publishers: bsky.app/profile/more... Designers & Developers: bsky.app/profile/more... Artists: bsky.app/profile/more... Other Industry Roles: bsky.app/profile/more... Press: bsky.app/profile/more...
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Zach Sockol @zesock.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Puzzle by Number by Joe Kell and @stickydoodler.bsky.social is a fantastic time. I got the dog and the zero, but failed to get the backround( I was super close).
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Zach Sockol @zesock.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Kublacon was amazing. Met some awesome folks, played a ton of cool games, and received amazing feedback on Ring Fighterz.
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✨Sam.Kay✨ @theautisticowl.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
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Zach Sockol @zesock.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
Rings for my wearable game Ring Fighterz. These are the only components required to play.
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Zach Sockol @zesock.bsky.social · 03/11/2024
If you're designing a wearable game, I highly recommend avoiding silicon if you plan on gluing anything to it. While affordable and comfortable, it is very hard to glue/bond anything to it and requires special bonding agents.
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Zach Sockol @zesock.bsky.social · 29/10/2024
Treat, Please! Is a fantastic game and you should pick it up
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Zach Sockol @zesock.bsky.social · 25/10/2024
Finally finished making a Wearable Games guide. What are they? Why should you make one? How do you make one? It's all covered below: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Wearable Games
Wearable Games Intro This guide is intended to define wearable games and how to make them. By the end of this document you will: Understand what defines a wearable game Learn how to create a test a...
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