Absurdist Productions ➡️ 🎆 PAX UNPLUGGED 🎇
@absurdistprod.bsky.social
We are a small independent game development studio out of Oklahoma City, consisting of two guys with a dream and an eye for the absurd.
https://www.absurdistproductions.com/
https://www.absurdistproductions.com/
In one week, we Absurdists will start our annual road trip to Philly for PAX Unplugged. If you are attending the Con you will be able to find us in Booth 4305, sort of tucked away in the lower corner of the Convention hall. #paxunplugged
November 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
In one week, we Absurdists will start our annual road trip to Philly for PAX Unplugged. If you are attending the Con you will be able to find us in Booth 4305, sort of tucked away in the lower corner of the Convention hall. #paxunplugged
We are attending a small, local Indigenous convention called SkasdiCon this weekend. And then in just a few weeks, we will be at PAXU. Gonna be a very busy and fun November.
skasdicon.com
skasdicon.com
SkasdiCon
Welcome to SkasdiCon, a showcase of Indigenous influence on pop culture.While there’s no word quite like “Skasdi” in English, it conveys pride, impressiveness, awesomeness, fierceness and feistiness.
skasdicon.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:16 PM
We are attending a small, local Indigenous convention called SkasdiCon this weekend. And then in just a few weeks, we will be at PAXU. Gonna be a very busy and fun November.
skasdicon.com
skasdicon.com
Happy Halloween to all who celebrate, and a happy birthday week to our own @willmthompson.bsky.social. Watch out for ghouls, ghosts, and the occasional flying egg.
October 31, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Happy Halloween to all who celebrate, and a happy birthday week to our own @willmthompson.bsky.social. Watch out for ghouls, ghosts, and the occasional flying egg.
Getting our playtest on with Mirror Agents at LexiCon in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
October 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Getting our playtest on with Mirror Agents at LexiCon in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
We will be at PAX Unplugged in a few weeks, and we are looking for any reviewers who plan to be at the Con and would like to take a look at Mirror Agents. If you are a reviewer and interested, please contact us, and we can set up some demo time.
October 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
We will be at PAX Unplugged in a few weeks, and we are looking for any reviewers who plan to be at the Con and would like to take a look at Mirror Agents. If you are a reviewer and interested, please contact us, and we can set up some demo time.
Revealing The Courier art for Mirror Agents today. This asset helps you move Intel around the board. Love the sense of movement here as they look over their shoulder and their jacket blows in the wind. We also love the nondescript box strapped to the back of the bike.
October 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Revealing The Courier art for Mirror Agents today. This asset helps you move Intel around the board. Love the sense of movement here as they look over their shoulder and their jacket blows in the wind. We also love the nondescript box strapped to the back of the bike.
Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day! We want to acknowledge all those who work to keep Indigenous cultures alive and growing.
In honor of this day, Winter Rabbit is on sale today only. This truly Indigenous board game incorporates authentic art, design, stories, and cultural concepts. #indigenousart
In honor of this day, Winter Rabbit is on sale today only. This truly Indigenous board game incorporates authentic art, design, stories, and cultural concepts. #indigenousart
Winter Rabbit – Absurdist Productions
Winter Rabbit is a semi-cooperative, hidden worker placement game set in the world of Cherokee animal stories. Winter Rabbit is available for pre-order now.
www.absurdistproductions.com
October 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day! We want to acknowledge all those who work to keep Indigenous cultures alive and growing.
In honor of this day, Winter Rabbit is on sale today only. This truly Indigenous board game incorporates authentic art, design, stories, and cultural concepts. #indigenousart
In honor of this day, Winter Rabbit is on sale today only. This truly Indigenous board game incorporates authentic art, design, stories, and cultural concepts. #indigenousart
Forgotten Labyrinth, one of our local game stores, does 3d printing. And they were kind enough to print us a bunch of test meeples for Mirror Agent Prototypes as we are working deciding on the final design for the Guard Tokens. Which one is your favorite (mini agent meeple for scale).
October 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Forgotten Labyrinth, one of our local game stores, does 3d printing. And they were kind enough to print us a bunch of test meeples for Mirror Agent Prototypes as we are working deciding on the final design for the Guard Tokens. Which one is your favorite (mini agent meeple for scale).
Showing off a new piece of Mirror Agents art. This time, we have The Decoy. We have a strong Marlene Dietrich vibe going.
October 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Showing off a new piece of Mirror Agents art. This time, we have The Decoy. We have a strong Marlene Dietrich vibe going.
David conducted a workshop on Thematic Game Design at a local board game. We decided he should type up his notes into a blog post to share as well.
www.absurdistproductions.com/thematic-con...
www.absurdistproductions.com/thematic-con...
Thematic Considerations in Game Design
David discusses a recent game design workshop he facilitated and thematic design for tabletop games in general.
www.absurdistproductions.com
September 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
David conducted a workshop on Thematic Game Design at a local board game. We decided he should type up his notes into a blog post to share as well.
www.absurdistproductions.com/thematic-con...
www.absurdistproductions.com/thematic-con...
A new illustration for Mirror Agents. I give you The Saboteur. Really love the way the lighting was done on this one, and if you can see a little grin on their face.
September 30, 2025 at 1:22 PM
A new illustration for Mirror Agents. I give you The Saboteur. Really love the way the lighting was done on this one, and if you can see a little grin on their face.
Thanks to #solosept, we have sold enough of our books this month that we've had to place a new print order. Thank you to everyone who has purchased one of them. We hope you enjoy them. We love to read the stories players come up with.
September 23, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Thanks to #solosept, we have sold enough of our books this month that we've had to place a new print order. Thank you to everyone who has purchased one of them. We hope you enjoy them. We love to read the stories players come up with.
Did some testing with our first full art prototype of Mirror Agents this weekend. Graphic design needs some fine tuning, but it's looking and playing great.
September 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Did some testing with our first full art prototype of Mirror Agents this weekend. Graphic design needs some fine tuning, but it's looking and playing great.
We are currently in talks with several human artists for upcoming projects. We've made a statement about AI before, but want to reaffirm that we are dedicated to not using AI in any capacity. We believe in supporting artists because each of them brings something unique of themselves to our projects.
September 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
We are currently in talks with several human artists for upcoming projects. We've made a statement about AI before, but want to reaffirm that we are dedicated to not using AI in any capacity. We believe in supporting artists because each of them brings something unique of themselves to our projects.
A flashback to 2017, when we were first promoting Churrascaria before our very first Kickstarter. Showing it off at our favorite local game cafe, which is sadly no more. Dave also still had hair back then. We've come a long way since then.
September 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
A flashback to 2017, when we were first promoting Churrascaria before our very first Kickstarter. Showing it off at our favorite local game cafe, which is sadly no more. Dave also still had hair back then. We've come a long way since then.
We came across a post from someone playing through Transformation and wanted to reach out to anyone else who has created their own story with one of our books. We'd love for you to share. What dark, tragic, or terrifying tales have you crafted with Transformation or Seven Murders Til Midnight?
September 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
We came across a post from someone playing through Transformation and wanted to reach out to anyone else who has created their own story with one of our books. We'd love for you to share. What dark, tragic, or terrifying tales have you crafted with Transformation or Seven Murders Til Midnight?
Wanted to show off a teaser image for Mirror Agents that will show up as part of one of the player screens.
The game is inspired by noir spy fiction. Do you have a favorite spy movie or novel?
The game is inspired by noir spy fiction. Do you have a favorite spy movie or novel?
September 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Wanted to show off a teaser image for Mirror Agents that will show up as part of one of the player screens.
The game is inspired by noir spy fiction. Do you have a favorite spy movie or novel?
The game is inspired by noir spy fiction. Do you have a favorite spy movie or novel?
We received the final version of The Analyst, and I thought I'd create another progress video to show how it evolved from the initial thumbnail to the final art. This one had very little in the way of changes from the refined greyscale. Love how the lighting worked out in the final version.
September 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
We received the final version of The Analyst, and I thought I'd create another progress video to show how it evolved from the initial thumbnail to the final art. This one had very little in the way of changes from the refined greyscale. Love how the lighting worked out in the final version.
Our artist continues work on the characters for Mirror Agent. Here is The Analyst, from the rough thumbnail to this gorgeous grayscale. This sort of progress and refinement is why we will always prefer working with actual artists. We should have colors soon.
August 19, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Our artist continues work on the characters for Mirror Agent. Here is The Analyst, from the rough thumbnail to this gorgeous grayscale. This sort of progress and refinement is why we will always prefer working with actual artists. We should have colors soon.
A friend of ours at GenCon found out game, Transformation, being sold at the @ipr.bsky.social booth. They have lots of other great games as well, but if you are looking for a little body horror you should pick up a copy.
August 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
A friend of ours at GenCon found out game, Transformation, being sold at the @ipr.bsky.social booth. They have lots of other great games as well, but if you are looking for a little body horror you should pick up a copy.
We've gotten some more initial sketchess in from our illustrator for the asset cards in Mirror Agents. None of these are final, of course, but they are heading in the right direction.
July 29, 2025 at 6:13 PM
We've gotten some more initial sketchess in from our illustrator for the asset cards in Mirror Agents. None of these are final, of course, but they are heading in the right direction.
We are out playtesting today, and showing off the graphic design in progress for Mirror Agents. Really happy with the art deco vibe we are going with.
July 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
We are out playtesting today, and showing off the graphic design in progress for Mirror Agents. Really happy with the art deco vibe we are going with.
We just found this video that was posted back in February. The creator discusses solo RPGs as a means to enhance your writing. He shouts out some great solo RPGs, including ours! If you liked Transformation or Seven Murders, you may also enjoy some of these other games.
youtu.be/yHpy7lBsBCk?...
youtu.be/yHpy7lBsBCk?...
Solo journaling rpgs, writing, and YOU! They're awesome!
YouTube video by Michael Regina
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June 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
We just found this video that was posted back in February. The creator discusses solo RPGs as a means to enhance your writing. He shouts out some great solo RPGs, including ours! If you liked Transformation or Seven Murders, you may also enjoy some of these other games.
youtu.be/yHpy7lBsBCk?...
youtu.be/yHpy7lBsBCk?...
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If you've never designed a game but are keen to try - perhaps this article will help. Today I've been writing about "First steps in board game design".
I'd also love it if experienced designers have other tips for people who'd like to get started.
www.thedarkimp.com/blog/2025/06...
I'd also love it if experienced designers have other tips for people who'd like to get started.
www.thedarkimp.com/blog/2025/06...
First steps in game design - The Dark Imp
www.thedarkimp.com
June 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
If you've never designed a game but are keen to try - perhaps this article will help. Today I've been writing about "First steps in board game design".
I'd also love it if experienced designers have other tips for people who'd like to get started.
www.thedarkimp.com/blog/2025/06...
I'd also love it if experienced designers have other tips for people who'd like to get started.
www.thedarkimp.com/blog/2025/06...
Will discusses the semi-cooperative aspects of Winter Rabbit in this thread. It's a good read.
I came across a BGG thread where people were debating the semi-cooperative aspect of my game, Winter Rabbit. It's fun to read. Throughout the development process, I had a few people ask why anyone would cooperate on a shared goal if they knew they'd lose the competitive game. Well...
June 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Will discusses the semi-cooperative aspects of Winter Rabbit in this thread. It's a good read.