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Cole Wehrle
@colewehrle.bsky.social
Game designer focusing on strategy games with strong emergent narratives. Half of Wehrlegig Games. Formerly Creative Director at Leder Games. Now Creative Director at Buried Giant Studios. Voracious reader of just about anything I can get my hands on.
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If you want to find out about our next campaign for Arcs, you can sign up below. We'll have a lot more to share about the campaign soon!
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Coming soon: Arcs: Beyond the Reach
Return to the world of Arcs with a set of expansions brimming with new strategic options and devious characters.
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While I think this is often true, it also elides another critical point: professional designers often don't realize how smart and capable people are, espeically people who don't play games. 🧵
It cannot be overstated how much hobby gamers underestimate how unintuitive and difficult hobby games are to non-gamers.

This is perhaps even more true of professional game designers, publishers and reviewers/pundits, broadly speaking.
February 13, 2026 at 3:03 PM
We've got a massive update for you all about Oath New Foundations. Normally I don't get sentimental about KS updates, but this was the first update we've released since getting all of our staff on board and each and every person on staff contributed to this thing, and I'm just so proud of the team.
Update 22: Covers, Storage Box Detail, and Pledge Manager Info! · Oath: New Foundations
Dear Backers,We have an exciting update for y’all! Over the past month, we have been busy here at Buried Giant. Though we’ve all worked together for a long time, a new company means setting up a lot o...
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February 12, 2026 at 10:05 PM
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Hourly comics! Let's get to it

#HourlyComicDay
February 8, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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LIVE NOW on Twitch: @colewehrle.bsky.social joins us for our Top 10 Most Anticipated Games! It's the R&R Show! #boardgames

Watch: www.twitch.tv/rahdorunsthr...
RahdoRunsThrough - Twitch
Hey everybody! If you're looking for LIVE Rahdo boardgame stuff, this is the place!
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February 10, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Keen Bean's new game, Almighty, is now up on Kickstarter, and it's worth a look if you love really thematic and playful designs. I've been a huge fan of Mal's work since I first played Roll Camera. www.kickstarter.com/projects/mal...
Almighty ⚡️ The Godliest God Game
You are a powerful and moody ancient god! Create, manipulate, and smite puny mortals to earn their belief and glory
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February 10, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Join Drew and I today at noon (central US) for Wehrlegig's annual Year Ahead stream. We'll be talking about joining Buried Giant Studios, the status of our current projects, and what we are working on next.
www.twitch.tv/wehrlegiggames
February 5, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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Most people know Zach Barth as the founder of Zachtronics. But we are not most people. Today on the Space-Cast!, Zach talks about his analog designs, including The Lucky Seven, Chemistry Set, and the scratch-off puzzle pack Zach Attack! Listen here: spacebiff.com/2026/02/04/s...
Space-Cast! #53. Scratch & Listen
Most people know Zach Barth as the founder of Zachtronics, purveyor of digital playthings such as SpaceChem, Opus Magnum, and EXAPUNKS. But we are not most people. Instead, we’re here to spea…
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February 4, 2026 at 11:10 PM
I had one of those rare weekends where some friends came in town for a birthday and we just played a whole pile of games, including, among other things, three Wallace games! (Discworld: Ankh-Morpork, Aeterna, and Automobile).
February 2, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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The time has come to present the Top#1 Boardgames Chronicle Post of 2025. Review for one of my all-time favorite titles - Arcs: Conflict & Collapse in the Reach. Enjoy that material!
Link: theboardgameschronicle.com/2025/07/13/r...
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January 30, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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I don't like being this vulnerable in public but I also felt like I had to say something. youtu.be/1qlEn8ob2ns
Thoughts from a Minnesota Gamer
YouTube video by Beyond Solitaire
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January 27, 2026 at 4:09 PM
My oldest just crafted Favor of the Foxes against my Eyrie on t4 as the Corvids. My position is devastated, and I'm brimming with pride.
January 25, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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2 days until Stellar Ventures is live! Follow the project here:
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We love Arcs from @colewehrle.bsky.social and @buriedgiantstudios.bsky.social. Constant interaction, shifting incentives/alliances, big moments, room for clever play, and beautiful components.
January 25, 2026 at 4:39 PM
January 25, 2026 at 12:56 AM
A letter from Saint Paul to those last few friends and family who have somehow become indifferent to ongoing campaign of terror in the Twin Cities:
January 24, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today
January 24, 2026 at 12:38 AM
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I wanted to know who designed an old board game I loved. I found out he made over fifty games he was never credited for, in a career spanning more than three decades.

youtu.be/dTepZ7qM24Q
GRAVITY IS FREE: the games of René Soriano
YouTube video by Hollandspiele
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January 23, 2026 at 6:51 PM
I went to a boardgame night this evening at a pretty large brewery in Saint Paul. It's usually pretty quiet on Thursdays but I could barely find parking. When I got there I found out why. The place was packed with folks making protest signs for tomorrow. The atmosphere was infectious and joyful.
January 23, 2026 at 4:14 AM
It's here! Perfect Tides was one of my favorite games I played last year and I cannot wait to see what's next.
January 22, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Hitting the bricks as The Community in game 4 of Cross Bronx Expressway.
January 21, 2026 at 2:34 AM
The past several weeks have been dominated by the work of setting up Buried Giant and completing our existing projects (Oath: NF and the WGG reprints). But, we've got an incredible team and I can already feel the schedule relaxing. Heck, I even spent a big portion of this morning working on Arcs!
January 20, 2026 at 4:34 PM
I have an important announcement. Kyle and I are going to be leaving Leder Games to start a new venture. It has been an honor to spend the past eight years working with them. We wish them all the best of luck, and cannot wait to show you what we are working on next.

ledergames.com/blogs/news/a...
A Letter from Cole Wehrle
Eight years ago I walked through the doors of a converted warehouse on the edge of Saint Paul and made my way through a back staircase to the still unfinished second floor. I wandered around a bit bef...
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January 13, 2026 at 9:06 PM
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It is time for the Championship of the Blighted Reach Arcs Tournament!
Come join us all day to see the top four players duke it out!
www.twitch.tv/spacecatspea...
SpaceCatsPeaceTurtles - Twitch
Romp: Arcs Tournament Final game!
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January 11, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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First 'true' play at #Arcs : 3 old people on shrooms playing briscola in an osteria while having lucid dreams of spaces interceptors and weird men with fly eyes holding blasters. Thnx @colewehrle.bsky.social and @leder.games this Is awesome!
January 10, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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I played Molly House by @miasmacorp.bsky.social and @colewehrle.bsky.social tonight with some queer friends. From very early on, we played essentially completely cooperatively, as we struggled to bring our community joy. 1/3
January 9, 2026 at 4:39 AM
My favorite convention is coming to my favorite cities. Come join us this summer!
We have exciting news of our 2026 convention dates, including the all-new SDHistNorth in the Twin Cities July 11-12!

Jan. 31: SDHist Winter Quarters 2026
June 27: SDHist AmRevCon 2026
July 11-12: SDHistCon North 2026
November 6-9: SDHistCon Summit 2026

Details: sdhist.com/save-the-dat...
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January 9, 2026 at 12:32 AM