Jeffrey D. Allers
@jeffreydallers.bsky.social
Award-winning Game Designer
Former Architect
🇺🇸 living in 🇩🇪 since '94
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Former Architect
🇺🇸 living in 🇩🇪 since '94
Instagram/TikTok jeffreyallers_gamedesign
yucata.de: DesignerJeff
Wholeheartedly agree.
Wolfgang Kramer is probably my most influential designer overall.
So many of today’s board game building blocks were invented by this man—and in many cases, still unsurpassed.
… nothing happened, btw! I just felt like fanboying
So many of today’s board game building blocks were invented by this man—and in many cases, still unsurpassed.
… nothing happened, btw! I just felt like fanboying
September 11, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Wholeheartedly agree.
Marshmallow Test on a pizza box while tailgating before a football game. My parents enjoyed this trick-taker by Reiner Knizia. When you win 4 tricks, you're out and score for OPPONENTS' tricks at that point. Go out later to score more, but failing to go out scores 0!
September 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Marshmallow Test on a pizza box while tailgating before a football game. My parents enjoyed this trick-taker by Reiner Knizia. When you win 4 tricks, you're out and score for OPPONENTS' tricks at that point. Go out later to score more, but failing to go out scores 0!
I went to my first Iowa State football game since 1999. Such a fun experience with my Mom and Dad. I grew up going to the games, and later went to college here. So fun to be back, even for a short time! And my team won 55-7 on a beautiful day.
September 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I went to my first Iowa State football game since 1999. Such a fun experience with my Mom and Dad. I grew up going to the games, and later went to college here. So fun to be back, even for a short time! And my team won 55-7 on a beautiful day.
My son in his happy place...🤘❤️
August 22, 2025 at 11:36 PM
My son in his happy place...🤘❤️
My wife isn’t really a gamer—at least, not as much as I am—but I was immediately attracted to her spontaneity and playful spirit. We found this arcade while waiting for our table at a restaurant.
August 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
My wife isn’t really a gamer—at least, not as much as I am—but I was immediately attracted to her spontaneity and playful spirit. We found this arcade while waiting for our table at a restaurant.
Some of the art and components for my upcoming game with DLP Games, Reef Gardens!
August 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Some of the art and components for my upcoming game with DLP Games, Reef Gardens!
Yay, Donut Shop!
Fun morning with donuts and games with the niece and nephew. They only wanted to play 25th games so we did Donut Shop and Cloud Control. And of course get a photo with their two favorite employees Daisy and Oliver.
August 12, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Yay, Donut Shop!
Kareem, if you lived closer, I’d love to start a gaming group with you!
My modern hobby board games rant:
- non existent player interaction
- too many elements,
- low tolerance for a player upsetting another player through (totally legal) board game actions
- too many weird post apocalyptic/ecofuturist and anthropomorphic animal themes
- non existent player interaction
- too many elements,
- low tolerance for a player upsetting another player through (totally legal) board game actions
- too many weird post apocalyptic/ecofuturist and anthropomorphic animal themes
old man yells at cloud is written on a newspaper
ALT: old man yells at cloud is written on a newspaper
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August 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Kareem, if you lived closer, I’d love to start a gaming group with you!
Sunset on Folly Beach was gorgeous.
August 10, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Sunset on Folly Beach was gorgeous.
Playing Link City with Suzanne at a farm house-turned-B&B in the Smokey Mountains. This communication game (in the Codenames genre), designed by Émilien Alquier, was a fun party game to play as we celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary.
August 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Playing Link City with Suzanne at a farm house-turned-B&B in the Smokey Mountains. This communication game (in the Codenames genre), designed by Émilien Alquier, was a fun party game to play as we celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary.
You can now play my trick-taking card game, Pala, against AI opponents on the Trickster's Table app: boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/226...
August 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
You can now play my trick-taking card game, Pala, against AI opponents on the Trickster's Table app: boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/226...
A perfectly legal mini-golf putt.
July 26, 2025 at 2:45 AM
A perfectly legal mini-golf putt.
Listening to my son play guitar with the ocean waves and wind through the palm branches is my favorite way to relax this week.
July 24, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Listening to my son play guitar with the ocean waves and wind through the palm branches is my favorite way to relax this week.
I’ve been updating Citrus for a new release: boardgamegeek.com/image/900001...
Reef Gardens
Reef Gardens, dlp games, 2025 — non-final front cover (image provided by the publisher)
boardgamegeek.com
July 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I’ve been updating Citrus for a new release: boardgamegeek.com/image/900001...
Drinking my morning coffee on a rocking chair on the front porch with a view. Summer in the Blue Ridge Mountains is beautiful.
July 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Drinking my morning coffee on a rocking chair on the front porch with a view. Summer in the Blue Ridge Mountains is beautiful.
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Excited to announce that Donut Shop was awarded a 2025 Recommended for Play by Mensa. Congratulations @jeffreydallers.bsky.social. Such a fun and clever tile game.
To celebrate we have all 5 of our Mensa recognized games on sale in our web store:
www.25thcenturygames.com/store?catego...
To celebrate we have all 5 of our Mensa recognized games on sale in our web store:
www.25thcenturygames.com/store?catego...
July 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Excited to announce that Donut Shop was awarded a 2025 Recommended for Play by Mensa. Congratulations @jeffreydallers.bsky.social. Such a fun and clever tile game.
To celebrate we have all 5 of our Mensa recognized games on sale in our web store:
www.25thcenturygames.com/store?catego...
To celebrate we have all 5 of our Mensa recognized games on sale in our web store:
www.25thcenturygames.com/store?catego...
Airport reading: Play Anything: The Pleasures of Limits, the Uses of Boredom, and the Secret of Games by Ian Bogost.
June 27, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Airport reading: Play Anything: The Pleasures of Limits, the Uses of Boredom, and the Secret of Games by Ian Bogost.
I tried face-painting today for the first time at our weeklong children's festival in an area of Germany with many immigrant and refugee families. I have done acrylic and water color before, but a moving child's face is a new challenge!
June 20, 2025 at 8:08 AM
I tried face-painting today for the first time at our weeklong children's festival in an area of Germany with many immigrant and refugee families. I have done acrylic and water color before, but a moving child's face is a new challenge!
Several weeks ago at a gaming retreat, a friend and I watched a livestream of our sons doing their music recitals while playing 7 Wonders Architects (I had seen my son perform live already before I left for the retreat)
June 17, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Several weeks ago at a gaming retreat, a friend and I watched a livestream of our sons doing their music recitals while playing 7 Wonders Architects (I had seen my son perform live already before I left for the retreat)
Finally got the unique 2-player card game, Tether, by Mark McGee, to the table. I really like the concept and the buildup, but the end was just drawing the right card. It was late at a weekend retreat, so I'd like to try it a few more times.
June 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Finally got the unique 2-player card game, Tether, by Mark McGee, to the table. I really like the concept and the buildup, but the end was just drawing the right card. It was late at a weekend retreat, so I'd like to try it a few more times.
Can't Stop by Sid Sackson is a push-your-luck masterpiece. It's also fun to play with this vintage-looking mat and wooden pieces from an early Franjos publication.
June 7, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Can't Stop by Sid Sackson is a push-your-luck masterpiece. It's also fun to play with this vintage-looking mat and wooden pieces from an early Franjos publication.
Party Game evening with teenagers: Werewords by Ted Alspach, and Just One by Ludovic Roudy & Bruno Sautter.
June 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Party Game evening with teenagers: Werewords by Ted Alspach, and Just One by Ludovic Roudy & Bruno Sautter.
I found a beat-up copy of this game on eBay for cheap, and got it to the table. Caesar!: Sieze Rome in 20 Minutes! by Paolo Mori is an excellent 2-player game with simple rules but lots to think about!
June 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I found a beat-up copy of this game on eBay for cheap, and got it to the table. Caesar!: Sieze Rome in 20 Minutes! by Paolo Mori is an excellent 2-player game with simple rules but lots to think about!
Las Vegas by Rüdiger Dorn is still a favorite dice-rolling "party" game for larger groups.
May 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Las Vegas by Rüdiger Dorn is still a favorite dice-rolling "party" game for larger groups.