Katz 🔜 PAXU
@amanpossessed.bsky.social
One middle-aged man's nascent and naive journey through #boardgames and #gamedesign. 🎲✂️
Sole Proprietor of:
https://www.seahorseandhummingbird.com
Humble Custodian of:
The Cardboard Commons Discord server
https://discord.gg/TjAjhjSYan
Sole Proprietor of:
https://www.seahorseandhummingbird.com
Humble Custodian of:
The Cardboard Commons Discord server
https://discord.gg/TjAjhjSYan
I often get fussed and annoyed because I feel like things in my #boardgames and #gamedesign 🎲✂️ and game publishing lanes aren't moving "fast enough". Everything takes forever. But I know in my bones that if things were moving 2% faster, I'd be overwhelmed.
November 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I often get fussed and annoyed because I feel like things in my #boardgames and #gamedesign 🎲✂️ and game publishing lanes aren't moving "fast enough". Everything takes forever. But I know in my bones that if things were moving 2% faster, I'd be overwhelmed.
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24 Hours remain! Don't miss your chance to catch these unique experiences!
Games of harsh votes and reluctant concessions.
Divisions and misdirection.
Flashy duels of action, resource, & goal management.
Introspective hunts for evils among friends.
Silly competitions of pushing your luck and toots.
Games of harsh votes and reluctant concessions.
Divisions and misdirection.
Flashy duels of action, resource, & goal management.
Introspective hunts for evils among friends.
Silly competitions of pushing your luck and toots.
November 10, 2025 at 5:23 AM
24 Hours remain! Don't miss your chance to catch these unique experiences!
Games of harsh votes and reluctant concessions.
Divisions and misdirection.
Flashy duels of action, resource, & goal management.
Introspective hunts for evils among friends.
Silly competitions of pushing your luck and toots.
Games of harsh votes and reluctant concessions.
Divisions and misdirection.
Flashy duels of action, resource, & goal management.
Introspective hunts for evils among friends.
Silly competitions of pushing your luck and toots.
Okay, I did a quick solo playtest of Forged!. It's difficult to test solo, really, because the main drive of the game is brinksmanship. But it works. It might be too fiddly, but it works. I think. Unless it doesn't. Time to get it to the table.
#boardgames 🎲✂️
#boardgames 🎲✂️
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Okay, I did a quick solo playtest of Forged!. It's difficult to test solo, really, because the main drive of the game is brinksmanship. But it works. It might be too fiddly, but it works. I think. Unless it doesn't. Time to get it to the table.
#boardgames 🎲✂️
#boardgames 🎲✂️
Heyyo! If you're going to be at #PAXUnplugged, come find me on the exhibition floor at the Origami Whale Games booth where I'll be demonstrating my game, Match Hatchery!
#boardgames 🎲✂️ #paxu
#boardgames 🎲✂️ #paxu
November 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Heyyo! If you're going to be at #PAXUnplugged, come find me on the exhibition floor at the Origami Whale Games booth where I'll be demonstrating my game, Match Hatchery!
#boardgames 🎲✂️ #paxu
#boardgames 🎲✂️ #paxu
How come animals are *on* the farm but *at* the zoo?
November 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
How come animals are *on* the farm but *at* the zoo?
Whether you need to stuff a turkey or a stocking, any and all of these #boardgames would make great additions to holiday gatherings, either in the form of gifts or as a way to bring people together. For sale this weekend only!
The Midnight Market by @lunarpunk.games is now open and you can buy some awesome indie games! Check the comments for an outline of each game available.
#boardgames #indie
#boardgames #indie
Lunarpunk Games | Midnight Market
Coming midnight of November 7th with. . .
Tootin' & Hollerin'
Pyrotechnic
What if I'm the Devil?
Duck, Duck, Choose & What Does My Rival Desire?
the night is for indie games . . .
A boutique-style...
www.lunarpunk.games
November 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Whether you need to stuff a turkey or a stocking, any and all of these #boardgames would make great additions to holiday gatherings, either in the form of gifts or as a way to bring people together. For sale this weekend only!
November 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Somebody post something interesting. I’m bored.
November 7, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Somebody post something interesting. I’m bored.
“That’s not a game, it’s an activity.”
“That’s not a cat, it’s an animal.”
“That’s not a sound, it’s a noise.”
“That’s not a branch, it’s a limb.”
“That’s not a dinner, it’s a meal.”
“That’s not a knife… THIS is a knife.”
“Ceci n'est pas une pipe, c'est un tableau.”
#boardgames 🎲✂️
🤷
“That’s not a cat, it’s an animal.”
“That’s not a sound, it’s a noise.”
“That’s not a branch, it’s a limb.”
“That’s not a dinner, it’s a meal.”
“That’s not a knife… THIS is a knife.”
“Ceci n'est pas une pipe, c'est un tableau.”
#boardgames 🎲✂️
🤷
November 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
“That’s not a game, it’s an activity.”
“That’s not a cat, it’s an animal.”
“That’s not a sound, it’s a noise.”
“That’s not a branch, it’s a limb.”
“That’s not a dinner, it’s a meal.”
“That’s not a knife… THIS is a knife.”
“Ceci n'est pas une pipe, c'est un tableau.”
#boardgames 🎲✂️
🤷
“That’s not a cat, it’s an animal.”
“That’s not a sound, it’s a noise.”
“That’s not a branch, it’s a limb.”
“That’s not a dinner, it’s a meal.”
“That’s not a knife… THIS is a knife.”
“Ceci n'est pas une pipe, c'est un tableau.”
#boardgames 🎲✂️
🤷
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Hey, everybody! Twelve hours from now marks the launch of @lunarpunk.games's Midnight Market where you can pick up a limited run of five (six?) #boardgames by indie creators!
I mention it because Pyrotechnics will be available, alongside some other GREAT games! Check it out! 11:59 p.m EST!
I mention it because Pyrotechnics will be available, alongside some other GREAT games! Check it out! 11:59 p.m EST!
Lunarpunk Games | Midnight Market
Coming midnight of November 7th with. . .
Tootin' & Hollerin'
Pyrotechnic
What if I'm the Devil?
Duck, Duck, Choose & What Does My Rival Desire?
the night is for indie games . . .
A boutique-style...
www.lunarpunk.games
November 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Hey, everybody! Twelve hours from now marks the launch of @lunarpunk.games's Midnight Market where you can pick up a limited run of five (six?) #boardgames by indie creators!
I mention it because Pyrotechnics will be available, alongside some other GREAT games! Check it out! 11:59 p.m EST!
I mention it because Pyrotechnics will be available, alongside some other GREAT games! Check it out! 11:59 p.m EST!
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Well look what I just found @amanpossessed.bsky.social
Guess I'll need to read the rulebook for content this time.
Guess I'll need to read the rulebook for content this time.
November 7, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Well look what I just found @amanpossessed.bsky.social
Guess I'll need to read the rulebook for content this time.
Guess I'll need to read the rulebook for content this time.
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Adulting is another forthcoming Indie Games Night Market title, this time tackling the stresses and self-care of an ordinary weekend. It is warm, inviting, and does the multi-victor thing without feeling like a cop-out. My review: spacebiff.com/2025/11/06/a...
Joy in the Burnout
Eric Dittmore’s Adulting is not Johnny O’Neal’s Adulthood, although it’s inevitable I’ll mix up the two titles somewhere in the text of this review. In fact, I already…
spacebiff.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Adulting is another forthcoming Indie Games Night Market title, this time tackling the stresses and self-care of an ordinary weekend. It is warm, inviting, and does the multi-victor thing without feeling like a cop-out. My review: spacebiff.com/2025/11/06/a...
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🔴Live now! @coo.games and @xoe.gay join me to talk about Midnight Market from @lunarpunk.games What is is and what games will be sold! Come ask your questions and get ready for the sale! #SupportIndie #boardgames
📺 www.twitch.tv/panda8...
📺 www.youtube.com/@Pan...
www.lunarpunk.games/...
📺 www.twitch.tv/panda8...
📺 www.youtube.com/@Pan...
www.lunarpunk.games/...
November 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🔴Live now! @coo.games and @xoe.gay join me to talk about Midnight Market from @lunarpunk.games What is is and what games will be sold! Come ask your questions and get ready for the sale! #SupportIndie #boardgames
📺 www.twitch.tv/panda8...
📺 www.youtube.com/@Pan...
www.lunarpunk.games/...
📺 www.twitch.tv/panda8...
📺 www.youtube.com/@Pan...
www.lunarpunk.games/...
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Midnight Market is close
November 6, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Midnight Market is close
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Duck, Duck, Choose! and What Does My Rival Desire? by Zach Morris are a 2-for-1 set of hand-assembled games where you distribute and sort trinkets between ducks or divey up trinkets based on your secret identity.
Snag it at the Midnight Market this November:
www.lunarpunk.games/midnightmarket 🌙
Snag it at the Midnight Market this November:
www.lunarpunk.games/midnightmarket 🌙
October 21, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Duck, Duck, Choose! and What Does My Rival Desire? by Zach Morris are a 2-for-1 set of hand-assembled games where you distribute and sort trinkets between ducks or divey up trinkets based on your secret identity.
Snag it at the Midnight Market this November:
www.lunarpunk.games/midnightmarket 🌙
Snag it at the Midnight Market this November:
www.lunarpunk.games/midnightmarket 🌙
Work in progress. This isn't exactly the vibe I'm going for overall, but it's shaping up. Lots of tweaks and nips and tucks will get it there eventually.
#boardgames 🎲✂️
#boardgames 🎲✂️
November 6, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Work in progress. This isn't exactly the vibe I'm going for overall, but it's shaping up. Lots of tweaks and nips and tucks will get it there eventually.
#boardgames 🎲✂️
#boardgames 🎲✂️
November 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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What If I'm the Devil? by Jamie Sabriel is a tense, unsettling social deduction game where you and your community must plumb the depths of darkness to eliminate the Devil while it corrupts and forces your community to do its bidding.
It's our 4th Midnight Market game, available this weekend.
It's our 4th Midnight Market game, available this weekend.
November 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
What If I'm the Devil? by Jamie Sabriel is a tense, unsettling social deduction game where you and your community must plumb the depths of darkness to eliminate the Devil while it corrupts and forces your community to do its bidding.
It's our 4th Midnight Market game, available this weekend.
It's our 4th Midnight Market game, available this weekend.
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It was a slower week round these parts, but hardly a bad one.
What did you get to the table?
What did you get to the table?
November 3, 2025 at 10:48 PM
It was a slower week round these parts, but hardly a bad one.
What did you get to the table?
What did you get to the table?
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I talk about my finances each year (most recent is here: matthewdunstan.substack.com/p/finances-o...), and will hopefully soon do a video about 2025, and a separate video about my whole career.
Finances of a Game Designer, 2024 edition
Another year is in the books, which means its time again to review what my finances were like as a full time game designer for 2024!
matthewdunstan.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I talk about my finances each year (most recent is here: matthewdunstan.substack.com/p/finances-o...), and will hopefully soon do a video about 2025, and a separate video about my whole career.
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Only two days left to back Club Spooky and That's the Spirit!, two indie games by @connor.alwaysawake.games.
November 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Only two days left to back Club Spooky and That's the Spirit!, two indie games by @connor.alwaysawake.games.
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Hey all, you can read Unsettling Catan: Detached Design in Eurogames free online right now!
Stay tuned because instead of my typical monthly blog post, I'll be doing an AMA on BGG in a week or two.
#boardgames #NewBook @pbooth81.bsky.social @aarontram.bsky.social @uofmpress.bsky.social
Stay tuned because instead of my typical monthly blog post, I'll be doing an AMA on BGG in a week or two.
#boardgames #NewBook @pbooth81.bsky.social @aarontram.bsky.social @uofmpress.bsky.social
Unsettling Catan
Read Online Buy Paperback* Buy Audiobook Description Coverage *30% off with code UMWEB30 Audiobook Preview Description Most revolutions don’t start with nineteen cardboard hexagons, but Klaus Teube…
lookingglance.com
November 2, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Hey all, you can read Unsettling Catan: Detached Design in Eurogames free online right now!
Stay tuned because instead of my typical monthly blog post, I'll be doing an AMA on BGG in a week or two.
#boardgames #NewBook @pbooth81.bsky.social @aarontram.bsky.social @uofmpress.bsky.social
Stay tuned because instead of my typical monthly blog post, I'll be doing an AMA on BGG in a week or two.
#boardgames #NewBook @pbooth81.bsky.social @aarontram.bsky.social @uofmpress.bsky.social
I haven't felt this good about a new design in a little while. Here's hopin'.
In Forged!, you play as an unscrupulous reprobate of a blacksmith. You sell mundane "treasures," passing them off as magical. How much money can you grift before the heat gets too hot?
#boardgames #gamedesign 🎲✂️
In Forged!, you play as an unscrupulous reprobate of a blacksmith. You sell mundane "treasures," passing them off as magical. How much money can you grift before the heat gets too hot?
#boardgames #gamedesign 🎲✂️
November 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I haven't felt this good about a new design in a little while. Here's hopin'.
In Forged!, you play as an unscrupulous reprobate of a blacksmith. You sell mundane "treasures," passing them off as magical. How much money can you grift before the heat gets too hot?
#boardgames #gamedesign 🎲✂️
In Forged!, you play as an unscrupulous reprobate of a blacksmith. You sell mundane "treasures," passing them off as magical. How much money can you grift before the heat gets too hot?
#boardgames #gamedesign 🎲✂️
A wonderful October for #boardgames.
November 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
A wonderful October for #boardgames.