Button Shy Games
@buttonshy.bsky.social
Small board game publisher (Sprawlopolis, Tussie Mussie, Skulls of Sedlec, Food Chain Island and 100+ other wallet games).
http://www.buttonshygames.com
http://www.buttonshygames.com
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Converge from @buttonshy.bsky.social is a masterful spot of 2 player #boardgame design. It plays fast and evokes plenty of agonising sounds from its players, as they navigate the deceptively simple, yet agonising, decision space. More thoughts on the blog.
boardgamegeek.com/blog/12040/b...
boardgamegeek.com/blog/12040/b...
A Converging Conversation. | GrahamS Games
boardgamegeek.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Converge from @buttonshy.bsky.social is a masterful spot of 2 player #boardgame design. It plays fast and evokes plenty of agonising sounds from its players, as they navigate the deceptively simple, yet agonising, decision space. More thoughts on the blog.
boardgamegeek.com/blog/12040/b...
boardgamegeek.com/blog/12040/b...
Banned Books - our 2018 solo game about literary characters taking down the powers-that-be and unbanning their books - has been unlocked in our Gamefound reprint campaign. If you've been looking for this one (plus the 5 others we're reprinting, come on by: gamefound.com/en/projects/...
November 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Banned Books - our 2018 solo game about literary characters taking down the powers-that-be and unbanning their books - has been unlocked in our Gamefound reprint campaign. If you've been looking for this one (plus the 5 others we're reprinting, come on by: gamefound.com/en/projects/...
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Want a copy of my 18 card worker placement game, Cortiça?
You're in luck!
✂️🎲
You're in luck!
✂️🎲
We're bringing back some old favorites (and something all new as well!) at Gamefound in the Button Shy 2025 Reprint Campaign. Join us if you've been looking for some of these long lost games. (I know you all missed out on Cortiça's small initial print run) gamefound.com/en/projects/...
Button Shy Reprint Campaign - Late 2025 by Button Shy Games - Gamefound
Reprinting some out of print games and bringing back old favorites. Additional games added via backer votes.
gamefound.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Want a copy of my 18 card worker placement game, Cortiça?
You're in luck!
✂️🎲
You're in luck!
✂️🎲
Now that we’re up and running we’re starting to ask which game is next to reprint. The first poll of many is here. You can only pick one! gamefound.com/en/projects/...
November 4, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Now that we’re up and running we’re starting to ask which game is next to reprint. The first poll of many is here. You can only pick one! gamefound.com/en/projects/...
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Crystal’s fav two-player trick takers are being reprinted (Why I Otter and An Otter Won) AND there’s an-otter Otter game in the series now—Otter Chaos! @buttonshy.bsky.social
Happy election day. Elect to back all 3 of my Otter games from @buttonshy.bsky.social today. If you do (and if I'm elected Otter Chieftain) I will guarantee that you will pay NO NEW TAXES!
gamefound.com/en/projects/...
gamefound.com/en/projects/...
Button Shy Reprint Campaign - Late 2025 by Button Shy Games - Gamefound
Reprinting some out of print games and bringing back old favorites. Additional games added via backer votes.
gamefound.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Crystal’s fav two-player trick takers are being reprinted (Why I Otter and An Otter Won) AND there’s an-otter Otter game in the series now—Otter Chaos! @buttonshy.bsky.social
Otterly ridiculous.
Happy election day. Elect to back all 3 of my Otter games from @buttonshy.bsky.social today. If you do (and if I'm elected Otter Chieftain) I will guarantee that you will pay NO NEW TAXES!
gamefound.com/en/projects/...
gamefound.com/en/projects/...
Button Shy Reprint Campaign - Late 2025 by Button Shy Games - Gamefound
Reprinting some out of print games and bringing back old favorites. Additional games added via backer votes.
gamefound.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Otterly ridiculous.
We're bringing back some old favorites (and something all new as well!) at Gamefound in the Button Shy 2025 Reprint Campaign. Join us if you've been looking for some of these long lost games. (I know you all missed out on Cortiça's small initial print run) gamefound.com/en/projects/...
Button Shy Reprint Campaign - Late 2025 by Button Shy Games - Gamefound
Reprinting some out of print games and bringing back old favorites. Additional games added via backer votes.
gamefound.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
We're bringing back some old favorites (and something all new as well!) at Gamefound in the Button Shy 2025 Reprint Campaign. Join us if you've been looking for some of these long lost games. (I know you all missed out on Cortiça's small initial print run) gamefound.com/en/projects/...
Battlecrest is back on Kickstarter with a monster campaign featuring Overlord (an all new co-op boss mode by @bluedevilduke.bsky.social), Deadrock (new map and heroes), and so much more for both new and longtime players. It might be our biggest campaign yet. www.kickstarter.com/projects/239...
Battlecrest: Overlord (New Co-Op Game) & Deadrock Base Game
Introducing an all new co-op boss battle against the overlord Eterna, new heroes and the harsh wastelands of Deadrock. 1-4 players.
www.kickstarter.com
October 7, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Battlecrest is back on Kickstarter with a monster campaign featuring Overlord (an all new co-op boss mode by @bluedevilduke.bsky.social), Deadrock (new map and heroes), and so much more for both new and longtime players. It might be our biggest campaign yet. www.kickstarter.com/projects/239...
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What I love about Phantasmic is how it’s a knockout AND a king of the hill game. The king is in both a seat of power and of vulnerability.
Tension is abundant, as you can find yourself as close to winning as you are to losing!
Tension is abundant, as you can find yourself as close to winning as you are to losing!
The preview/signup page for my upcoming bluffing game Phantasmic 🃏🔮 is up on the @buttonshy.bsky.social website!
If you want to be updated when the game goes live—go sign up to be notified!! ✨
If you want to be updated when the game goes live—go sign up to be notified!! ✨
October 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
What I love about Phantasmic is how it’s a knockout AND a king of the hill game. The king is in both a seat of power and of vulnerability.
Tension is abundant, as you can find yourself as close to winning as you are to losing!
Tension is abundant, as you can find yourself as close to winning as you are to losing!
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It's official. 🦦♥️🔥 The third and final* game in the 2 player trick-taking OTTERVERSE series: Otter Chaos has been announced! Along with reprints of the long sold-out Why I Otter and An Otter Won. @buttonshy.bsky.social Follow the campaign to get notified at launch: gamefound.com/en/projects/...
October 6, 2025 at 10:44 PM
It's official. 🦦♥️🔥 The third and final* game in the 2 player trick-taking OTTERVERSE series: Otter Chaos has been announced! Along with reprints of the long sold-out Why I Otter and An Otter Won. @buttonshy.bsky.social Follow the campaign to get notified at launch: gamefound.com/en/projects/...
BATTLECREST returns on Tuesday with an all-new boss fight co-op mode, Overlord. Follow along for notifications (and maybe pre-launch updates?) here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/239...
Coming soon: Battlecrest: Year Three plus the all new Overlord co-op game
Fight to survive both the rigors of combat and the harsh wasteland of Deadrock. 1-4 players.
www.kickstarter.com
October 1, 2025 at 5:37 PM
BATTLECREST returns on Tuesday with an all-new boss fight co-op mode, Overlord. Follow along for notifications (and maybe pre-launch updates?) here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/239...
Just in time for Halloween is our new game, Cuckoo Shuffle: Frankensteins & Draculas. (race to order your masked cuckoos and grab the trophy before your opponents) It's limited to 250 copies and we have about 70 left in stock. buttonshygames.com/products/cuc...
September 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Just in time for Halloween is our new game, Cuckoo Shuffle: Frankensteins & Draculas. (race to order your masked cuckoos and grab the trophy before your opponents) It's limited to 250 copies and we have about 70 left in stock. buttonshygames.com/products/cuc...
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Shallow Regrets by @tettix.bsky.social is the Game of the Week! Published by @buttonshy.bsky.social , fish for the biggest, flashiest, or creepiest creatures in the sea. Don't get stuck with the most foul catches, or else lose your mind (and nose)!
September 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Shallow Regrets by @tettix.bsky.social is the Game of the Week! Published by @buttonshy.bsky.social , fish for the biggest, flashiest, or creepiest creatures in the sea. Don't get stuck with the most foul catches, or else lose your mind (and nose)!
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Two new reviews up on @meeplemountain.com today. The first is Embers, from @buttonshy.bsky.social, which is on crowdfunding now. As I mentioned yesterday and mention in this review, Embers is a good game and a great design, showing how much 18 cards can evoke.
www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/embe...
www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/embe...
Embers Game Review – Meeple Mountain
Just when Andrew had counted Button Shy out, they dragged him back in. Read more in this Meeple Mountain review of Embers.
www.meeplemountain.com
September 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Two new reviews up on @meeplemountain.com today. The first is Embers, from @buttonshy.bsky.social, which is on crowdfunding now. As I mentioned yesterday and mention in this review, Embers is a good game and a great design, showing how much 18 cards can evoke.
www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/embe...
www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/embe...
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My review of this will go up tomorrow, but I can tell you that anyone interested in the evocative possibilities of small card games should take a look at Embers. It's a good game, I really enjoyed it as a player, but it's something everyone interested in design should take a look at.
Our newest wallet game Embers is live on Kickstarter! Designed by Steven Aramini with art by Steven De Waele, it's a solo-only game of survival. Use your heroes to defend against waves of encroaching monsters and keep your campfire lit. Check it out at www.kickstarter.com/projects/239...
Embers by Steven Aramini and Button Shy Games
Defend your dwindling campfire against vicious monsters encroaching from the shadows. Solo only. $12 with free expansion.
www.kickstarter.com
September 2, 2025 at 1:38 PM
My review of this will go up tomorrow, but I can tell you that anyone interested in the evocative possibilities of small card games should take a look at Embers. It's a good game, I really enjoyed it as a player, but it's something everyone interested in design should take a look at.
Our newest wallet game Embers is live on Kickstarter! Designed by Steven Aramini with art by Steven De Waele, it's a solo-only game of survival. Use your heroes to defend against waves of encroaching monsters and keep your campfire lit. Check it out at www.kickstarter.com/projects/239...
Embers by Steven Aramini and Button Shy Games
Defend your dwindling campfire against vicious monsters encroaching from the shadows. Solo only. $12 with free expansion.
www.kickstarter.com
September 2, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Our newest wallet game Embers is live on Kickstarter! Designed by Steven Aramini with art by Steven De Waele, it's a solo-only game of survival. Use your heroes to defend against waves of encroaching monsters and keep your campfire lit. Check it out at www.kickstarter.com/projects/239...
Phantasmic is coming to our wallet line on Black Friday! A 2-3 player magical bluffing / dueling game by @marcelineleiman.bsky.social, with illustrations by Federico McNeil. It’s our first time working with both and the whole experience has been extremely charming.
August 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Phantasmic is coming to our wallet line on Black Friday! A 2-3 player magical bluffing / dueling game by @marcelineleiman.bsky.social, with illustrations by Federico McNeil. It’s our first time working with both and the whole experience has been extremely charming.
Dustbiters: Pocket Edition is coming to buttonshygames.com on Black Friday. A streamlined, 18-card wallet version of one of our favorite tiny games, in partnership with creators @squidcor.bsky.social, @jwaaaap.com, @terriv.bsky.social.
buttonshygames.com/pages/dustbi...
buttonshygames.com/pages/dustbi...
August 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Dustbiters: Pocket Edition is coming to buttonshygames.com on Black Friday. A streamlined, 18-card wallet version of one of our favorite tiny games, in partnership with creators @squidcor.bsky.social, @jwaaaap.com, @terriv.bsky.social.
buttonshygames.com/pages/dustbi...
buttonshygames.com/pages/dustbi...
Dustbiters: Pocket Edition is coming to buttonshygames.com on Black Friday. A streamlined, 18-card wallet version of one of our favorite tiny games, in partnership with creators Robbie Fraser, Jan Willem Nijman (@jwaaaap.com), and Terri Vellmann.
buttonshygames.com/pages/dustbi...
buttonshygames.com/pages/dustbi...
August 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Dustbiters: Pocket Edition is coming to buttonshygames.com on Black Friday. A streamlined, 18-card wallet version of one of our favorite tiny games, in partnership with creators Robbie Fraser, Jan Willem Nijman (@jwaaaap.com), and Terri Vellmann.
buttonshygames.com/pages/dustbi...
buttonshygames.com/pages/dustbi...
As of today all 12 Mysticana games are available on PNP Arcade. There's a bit of everything in there for all player counts and play styles. Oracle's Sight the most unique of them all - a tool for guided mindfulness, using the Mysticana deck to provide insight into personal questions and experiences.
This week’s lineup is here—and it’s packed with adventure, mystery, and a dash of danger. We're featuring new releases from Mythfield Games, Jack Neal Jr, Nightbird Games, Ganesha Games, Heiko Jacobs, @buttonshy.bsky.social, and PNP Arcade Publishing.
www.pnparcade.com/collections/...
www.pnparcade.com/collections/...
August 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
As of today all 12 Mysticana games are available on PNP Arcade. There's a bit of everything in there for all player counts and play styles. Oracle's Sight the most unique of them all - a tool for guided mindfulness, using the Mysticana deck to provide insight into personal questions and experiences.
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At Gen Con, I was lucky to snag a prototype of Lands of Amazement from @buttonshy.bsky.social. I enjoy this kind of spatial puzzle and I really like the layers this @scottalmes.bsky.social design adds in terms of how you carry over cards, gain bonuses, and target the final park. #SoloGaming
August 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
At Gen Con, I was lucky to snag a prototype of Lands of Amazement from @buttonshy.bsky.social. I enjoy this kind of spatial puzzle and I really like the layers this @scottalmes.bsky.social design adds in terms of how you carry over cards, gain bonuses, and target the final park. #SoloGaming
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New video up on the channel! This week I took a preview look at Lands of Amazement, the newest game in the Simply Solo line from @scottalmes.bsky.social and @buttonshy.bsky.social , on Kickstarter now!
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Purple Moose Plays...Lands of Amazement - Kickstarter Preview
YouTube video by Purple Moose Plays
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August 10, 2025 at 2:56 AM
New video up on the channel! This week I took a preview look at Lands of Amazement, the newest game in the Simply Solo line from @scottalmes.bsky.social and @buttonshy.bsky.social , on Kickstarter now!
youtu.be/OCCNeDLrvss?...
youtu.be/OCCNeDLrvss?...
Our newest Simply Solo game by @scottalmes.bsky.social is live on Kickstarter! Lands of Amazement has you designing a series of polyomino style amusement parks, building your way up to the grandest one yet. Plus two brand new Hyperstar Run expansions! www.kickstarter.com/projects/239...
Lands Of Amazement - A Scott Almes Simply Solo Game
Design a series of amusement parks, building your way up to the grandest one yet. Only $12 with free expansion!
www.kickstarter.com
August 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Our newest Simply Solo game by @scottalmes.bsky.social is live on Kickstarter! Lands of Amazement has you designing a series of polyomino style amusement parks, building your way up to the grandest one yet. Plus two brand new Hyperstar Run expansions! www.kickstarter.com/projects/239...
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Didn’t realize that Button Shy would have a presence at #gencon2025, but here they are at the Weird Giraffe Games booth. (Wednesday is my “what did I miss” stage of the show.)
BGG publisher page: boardgamegeek.com/boardgamepub... —WEM
BGG publisher page: boardgamegeek.com/boardgamepub... —WEM
July 30, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Didn’t realize that Button Shy would have a presence at #gencon2025, but here they are at the Weird Giraffe Games booth. (Wednesday is my “what did I miss” stage of the show.)
BGG publisher page: boardgamegeek.com/boardgamepub... —WEM
BGG publisher page: boardgamegeek.com/boardgamepub... —WEM
Our first Gen Con as a vendor, thanks to Weird Giraffe Games for bringing us into their space. Looking forward to hanging together for the next 4 days! 🙌
🎉 We’ve got the GEN CON booth covered! 🎉
We’re thrilled to announce that we’re teaming up with @buttonshy.bsky.social at booth #2609! 🙌 Come see BOTH of us just through the Hall F Main entrance doors.
👉 weirdgiraffegames.com/gencon
#BoardGames #GenCon #GenCon2025 #ToTheStarsAndBeyond
We’re thrilled to announce that we’re teaming up with @buttonshy.bsky.social at booth #2609! 🙌 Come see BOTH of us just through the Hall F Main entrance doors.
👉 weirdgiraffegames.com/gencon
#BoardGames #GenCon #GenCon2025 #ToTheStarsAndBeyond
July 31, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Our first Gen Con as a vendor, thanks to Weird Giraffe Games for bringing us into their space. Looking forward to hanging together for the next 4 days! 🙌