DVC Games + Jasper Beatrix
@dvcgames.bsky.social
games that come alive at dvc.games | queer fem + enby game design collective & publisher | tabletop, rpg, digital, immersive, intersectional, accessible | account co-run by jono & sometimes ben and jess
This has been an amazing year. I am still not sure how to process so much of the love we have seen, except to make ten new games, of course.
Thank you for the space, Dan!
Thank you for the space, Dan!
For this, the third day of Best Week 2025, we're doing something peculiar by celebrating the best titles from a single publisher / design collective. That's right, it's DVC Games and Jasper Beatrix! Read the full list here: spacebiff.com/2025/12/28/b...
Best Week 2025! Beatrixmania!
I don’t believe I’ve ever seen a publisher have more of a bottle rocket year than DVC Games. Home to the design collective Jasper Beatrix — which thankfully avoids the pitfalls of the n…
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December 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This has been an amazing year. I am still not sure how to process so much of the love we have seen, except to make ten new games, of course.
Thank you for the space, Dan!
Thank you for the space, Dan!
I have enjoyed settling down with Andrew’s reviews this past year- someone we got to know because of posts like this one, and now I try to keep up with each new one. I recommend you do the same!
Signal, from @dvcgames.bsky.social, was one of two games that started out as simple distractions and came to feel like profound statements:
www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/sign...
www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/sign...
Signal Game Review – Meeple Mountain
Signal is a terrific puzzle game that also serves as a mediation on the nature of communication. Read more in this Meeple Mountain review.
www.meeplemountain.com
December 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I have enjoyed settling down with Andrew’s reviews this past year- someone we got to know because of posts like this one, and now I try to keep up with each new one. I recommend you do the same!
Some Christmas Day games with pagan creatures.
Happy Merry everyone!
Happy Merry everyone!
December 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Some Christmas Day games with pagan creatures.
Happy Merry everyone!
Happy Merry everyone!
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10. Here Lies
I played a ton of games by @dvcgames.bsky.social (they had a staggering number of bangers released) and this is the best one! A murder mystery game where you actually feel like Sherlock Holmes! A game mastered experience where all players get to feel creative. Soooo cool.
I played a ton of games by @dvcgames.bsky.social (they had a staggering number of bangers released) and this is the best one! A murder mystery game where you actually feel like Sherlock Holmes! A game mastered experience where all players get to feel creative. Soooo cool.
December 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
10. Here Lies
I played a ton of games by @dvcgames.bsky.social (they had a staggering number of bangers released) and this is the best one! A murder mystery game where you actually feel like Sherlock Holmes! A game mastered experience where all players get to feel creative. Soooo cool.
I played a ton of games by @dvcgames.bsky.social (they had a staggering number of bangers released) and this is the best one! A murder mystery game where you actually feel like Sherlock Holmes! A game mastered experience where all players get to feel creative. Soooo cool.
Pacts is here! Or, rather, at the warehouse.
Currently getting all pre-orders fulfilled before letting any other orders through the system.
Enjoy, folks!
Currently getting all pre-orders fulfilled before letting any other orders through the system.
Enjoy, folks!
December 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Pacts is here! Or, rather, at the warehouse.
Currently getting all pre-orders fulfilled before letting any other orders through the system.
Enjoy, folks!
Currently getting all pre-orders fulfilled before letting any other orders through the system.
Enjoy, folks!
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@dvcgames.bsky.social Did @littlebigthumbs.bsky.social just add one of your games to their 2025 stocking filler video?
youtu.be/WFDQekgsMN4
youtu.be/WFDQekgsMN4
Stocking Stuffers! | Little Big Gift Guide 2025
YouTube video by Little Big Thumbs
youtu.be
December 17, 2025 at 5:15 AM
@dvcgames.bsky.social Did @littlebigthumbs.bsky.social just add one of your games to their 2025 stocking filler video?
youtu.be/WFDQekgsMN4
youtu.be/WFDQekgsMN4
🎲✂️ I am in a bit of a rut so I am processing what is getting me stuck on games being 'not finished'. So I typed up those thoughts, for what they are worth. Which is not necessarily much.
Here is how we hope to make games that Hook, Flow, and Twist:
dvc.games/blogs/news/g...
Here is how we hope to make games that Hook, Flow, and Twist:
dvc.games/blogs/news/g...
Game Design Question: The Three Goals
This is an entry in a series about game design, and what tools we as a design collective use when assessing and deciding what to create, develop and publish. I am having a bit of a day, and sometimes ...
dvc.games
December 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
🎲✂️ I am in a bit of a rut so I am processing what is getting me stuck on games being 'not finished'. So I typed up those thoughts, for what they are worth. Which is not necessarily much.
Here is how we hope to make games that Hook, Flow, and Twist:
dvc.games/blogs/news/g...
Here is how we hope to make games that Hook, Flow, and Twist:
dvc.games/blogs/news/g...
The incredibly wacky bonus faction, the Fomorians. Likely first of two bonus factions to tackle onto other game orders or get from our event booths.
These should be here in a few months.
These should be here in a few months.
December 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The incredibly wacky bonus faction, the Fomorians. Likely first of two bonus factions to tackle onto other game orders or get from our event booths.
These should be here in a few months.
These should be here in a few months.
😳
I'm laying the groundwork for Best Week 2025, and it's going to be hard to avoid having a "Best Jasper Beatrix Games" list. Wowza.
December 14, 2025 at 1:55 AM
😳
Lots of digital playtesting today.
December 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Lots of digital playtesting today.
Playing IGNM games today by @drawnonward.bsky.social and @ericdittmore.bsky.social !
Adulting + Fold and Fly!
Adulting + Fold and Fly!
December 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Playing IGNM games today by @drawnonward.bsky.social and @ericdittmore.bsky.social !
Adulting + Fold and Fly!
Adulting + Fold and Fly!
I could shed a tear at simply what Dan says about my favorite faction (the Banshees), but for the time and kindness to love what we loved about @enzyshade.bsky.social ‘s lovely design?
An ocean.
An ocean.
Pacts is another excellent title from @dvcgames.bsky.social. That was to be expected. The surprise is that this is perhaps the best divide-and-choose game I've ever played. My review: spacebiff.com/2025/12/08/p...
Cutting the Cottage Pie
At this point, I don’t believe the fine folks at DVC Games have it in them to publish a bad game. Pacts, for example, is not only a fantastic divide-and-choose game, it’s probably the b…
spacebiff.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I could shed a tear at simply what Dan says about my favorite faction (the Banshees), but for the time and kindness to love what we loved about @enzyshade.bsky.social ‘s lovely design?
An ocean.
An ocean.
Sometimes something new will hit you like a ton of bricks.
Need to figure out a sixth dexterity/physical movement concept though.
Need to figure out a sixth dexterity/physical movement concept though.
December 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Sometimes something new will hit you like a ton of bricks.
Need to figure out a sixth dexterity/physical movement concept though.
Need to figure out a sixth dexterity/physical movement concept though.
I am so glad we finally got to meet in person, and of course happy to see Pacts continuing to have the impact it is having. It is a special project and it deserves all the love.
December 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I am so glad we finally got to meet in person, and of course happy to see Pacts continuing to have the impact it is having. It is a special project and it deserves all the love.
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PAX Unplugged 2025 wrap-up posted!
Safely back from PAXU and recovered, it's time to share some thoughts and highlights from this year's tabletop gaming convention in Philadelphia. Spoiler: It was awesome!
omnes.exeunt.press/p/paxu-2025-...
#PAXU #PAXUnplugged #PAX2025
Safely back from PAXU and recovered, it's time to share some thoughts and highlights from this year's tabletop gaming convention in Philadelphia. Spoiler: It was awesome!
omnes.exeunt.press/p/paxu-2025-...
#PAXU #PAXUnplugged #PAX2025
PAX Unplugged 2025 wrap-up
Safely back from PAXU and recovered, it's time to share some thoughts and highlights from this year's tabletop gaming convention in Philadelphia. Spoiler: It was awesome!
omnes.exeunt.press
December 3, 2025 at 1:18 PM
PAX Unplugged 2025 wrap-up posted!
Safely back from PAXU and recovered, it's time to share some thoughts and highlights from this year's tabletop gaming convention in Philadelphia. Spoiler: It was awesome!
omnes.exeunt.press/p/paxu-2025-...
#PAXU #PAXUnplugged #PAX2025
Safely back from PAXU and recovered, it's time to share some thoughts and highlights from this year's tabletop gaming convention in Philadelphia. Spoiler: It was awesome!
omnes.exeunt.press/p/paxu-2025-...
#PAXU #PAXUnplugged #PAX2025
The designer of Pacts, @enzyshade.bsky.social, just followed me!
Also follow him and help welcome him to Bsky and such. If he makes a prototype we should publish feel free to bug us about it.
Also follow him and help welcome him to Bsky and such. If he makes a prototype we should publish feel free to bug us about it.
December 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The designer of Pacts, @enzyshade.bsky.social, just followed me!
Also follow him and help welcome him to Bsky and such. If he makes a prototype we should publish feel free to bug us about it.
Also follow him and help welcome him to Bsky and such. If he makes a prototype we should publish feel free to bug us about it.
Time to play Inkwell twenty times to be sure nothing in it is annoying us.
December 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Time to play Inkwell twenty times to be sure nothing in it is annoying us.
Playing Inkwell after losing Shasn Azadi lol
November 29, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Playing Inkwell after losing Shasn Azadi lol
Good time today iterating on Distress Call. One player is the on-board computer helping the other players survive a random creature on a space station.
November 28, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Good time today iterating on Distress Call. One player is the on-board computer helping the other players survive a random creature on a space station.
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Post-Pax-Plays Persist:
Piñatas!
Pacts!
@allplay.bsky.social
@dvcgames.bsky.social
(No really tho why is Pacts so freaking amazing….)
Piñatas!
Pacts!
@allplay.bsky.social
@dvcgames.bsky.social
(No really tho why is Pacts so freaking amazing….)
November 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Post-Pax-Plays Persist:
Piñatas!
Pacts!
@allplay.bsky.social
@dvcgames.bsky.social
(No really tho why is Pacts so freaking amazing….)
Piñatas!
Pacts!
@allplay.bsky.social
@dvcgames.bsky.social
(No really tho why is Pacts so freaking amazing….)
When we played an earlier version of Pacts (then called Spirit Split), we felt like we were being tricked into an ancient fae-like deal by Rumplestiltskin. That is how the game got its name as well as its theme.
This is a rad write-up about the mechanism. Please give it a read.
This is a rad write-up about the mechanism. Please give it a read.
Fair (and fairy) cake-cutting in Pacts! 🧚
Exploring how the divide and choose ("I cut. You choose.") mechanism in Pacts from @dvcgames.bsky.social combines with area control to create tough choices and meaningful decisions: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/pacts-cut-...
#boardgames #gamedesign 🎲✂️
Exploring how the divide and choose ("I cut. You choose.") mechanism in Pacts from @dvcgames.bsky.social combines with area control to create tough choices and meaningful decisions: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/pacts-cut-...
#boardgames #gamedesign 🎲✂️
Fair (and fairy) cake-cutting in Pacts
Exploring how the divide and choose ("I cut. You choose.") mechanism in Pacts from DVC combines with area control to create tough choices and meaningful decisions.
www.skeletoncodemachine.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
When we played an earlier version of Pacts (then called Spirit Split), we felt like we were being tricked into an ancient fae-like deal by Rumplestiltskin. That is how the game got its name as well as its theme.
This is a rad write-up about the mechanism. Please give it a read.
This is a rad write-up about the mechanism. Please give it a read.
This is highly specific, but I think my favorite moment of the con was when Rob taught Corvids to a group that was primarily ASL, and I watched as the interpreter suddenly made a bunch of violent pecking motions with their hand and everyone nodded and I thought "Ah yes that is the vibe of the game."
November 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
This is highly specific, but I think my favorite moment of the con was when Rob taught Corvids to a group that was primarily ASL, and I watched as the interpreter suddenly made a bunch of violent pecking motions with their hand and everyone nodded and I thought "Ah yes that is the vibe of the game."
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Every Pax U, I like to name my Game Of The Con™️!
This year easily goes to Pacts by Ben Brin @dvcgames.bsky.social
Pacts is elegant, wickedly fast, and filled to the brim with tortuous decisions!
If you like the sound of Tussie Mussie-meets-The King Is Dead—this one is for you!
This year easily goes to Pacts by Ben Brin @dvcgames.bsky.social
Pacts is elegant, wickedly fast, and filled to the brim with tortuous decisions!
If you like the sound of Tussie Mussie-meets-The King Is Dead—this one is for you!
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Every Pax U, I like to name my Game Of The Con™️!
This year easily goes to Pacts by Ben Brin @dvcgames.bsky.social
Pacts is elegant, wickedly fast, and filled to the brim with tortuous decisions!
If you like the sound of Tussie Mussie-meets-The King Is Dead—this one is for you!
This year easily goes to Pacts by Ben Brin @dvcgames.bsky.social
Pacts is elegant, wickedly fast, and filled to the brim with tortuous decisions!
If you like the sound of Tussie Mussie-meets-The King Is Dead—this one is for you!
Y’all that was amazing. Good PAXU. Good friends. Everything went super well.
So tired. Must lay on floor.
So tired. Must lay on floor.
November 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Y’all that was amazing. Good PAXU. Good friends. Everything went super well.
So tired. Must lay on floor.
So tired. Must lay on floor.
INDIE GAME NIGHT MARKET
We already sold over half of the copies of Medusa’s Garden designed by @mistergross.bsky.social and Jono from Team Jasper! Super exciting!
We already sold over half of the copies of Medusa’s Garden designed by @mistergross.bsky.social and Jono from Team Jasper! Super exciting!
November 23, 2025 at 1:04 AM
INDIE GAME NIGHT MARKET
We already sold over half of the copies of Medusa’s Garden designed by @mistergross.bsky.social and Jono from Team Jasper! Super exciting!
We already sold over half of the copies of Medusa’s Garden designed by @mistergross.bsky.social and Jono from Team Jasper! Super exciting!