John Brieger
@johnbrieger.bsky.social
Studio Head & Board Game Developer at Brieger Creative. BizDev at Solis Games Studio.
https://briegercreative.com
https://briegercreative.com
I want an animation this good for everyone one of the board games I work on from here on out. Can't wait to show everyone what we've been cooking with Quality Beast and Allplay on Towers of the Sun. www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5-2...
Towers of the Sun - Release Announcement
YouTube video by Quality Beast
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:24 AM
I want an animation this good for everyone one of the board games I work on from here on out. Can't wait to show everyone what we've been cooking with Quality Beast and Allplay on Towers of the Sun. www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5-2...
Returned from Germany last night exhausted but reinvigorated. It is nice to be reminded that there is joy and enthusiasm in games.
October 29, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Returned from Germany last night exhausted but reinvigorated. It is nice to be reminded that there is joy and enthusiasm in games.
Come say hi at Essen (and/or do business)!
We're at Spiel Essen this week, meeting with international partners. We're also giving away some Massive-Verse Starter Packs and showing off upcoming titles Treat Please and Six-Sided Seas. Stop by at 5L115 if you are here!
October 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Come say hi at Essen (and/or do business)!
Reposted by John Brieger
I'm doing some dev work on Flintlock!, the new game in the Blitzkrieg series of 20-minute 2-player wargames. I'm coordinating some digital playtesting that's happening over the next few weeks. Any mutuals interested in helping out for the promise of a free copy of the game when it's released?
September 29, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I'm doing some dev work on Flintlock!, the new game in the Blitzkrieg series of 20-minute 2-player wargames. I'm coordinating some digital playtesting that's happening over the next few weeks. Any mutuals interested in helping out for the promise of a free copy of the game when it's released?
Reposted by John Brieger
This is the best product listing copy I’ve ever read
August 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This is the best product listing copy I’ve ever read
Hey indie publisher friends: this is your reminder that GAMA fellowship applications close JULY 31 for the 2026 Horizons fellowship www.gama.org/page/Horizons
It comes with travel & lodging for GAMA trade show, $1000 grant, and more!
It comes with travel & lodging for GAMA trade show, $1000 grant, and more!
GAMA: THE GAME MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION
The Game Manufacturers Association (GAMA) is the non-profit trade organization dedicated to serving the hobby games industry.
www.gama.org
July 24, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Hey indie publisher friends: this is your reminder that GAMA fellowship applications close JULY 31 for the 2026 Horizons fellowship www.gama.org/page/Horizons
It comes with travel & lodging for GAMA trade show, $1000 grant, and more!
It comes with travel & lodging for GAMA trade show, $1000 grant, and more!
Reposted by John Brieger
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Tonight at 9PM EDT (UTC -5), @senfoonglim.bsky.social and @drayerink.bsky.social talk to @gamesbymondo.bsky.social and @johnbrieger.bsky.social in a Developer Round Table, looking at freelance and in house roles!
Join us live in the chat at facebook.com/MeepleSyrup or youtube.com/MeepleSyrup!
Tonight at 9PM EDT (UTC -5), @senfoonglim.bsky.social and @drayerink.bsky.social talk to @gamesbymondo.bsky.social and @johnbrieger.bsky.social in a Developer Round Table, looking at freelance and in house roles!
Join us live in the chat at facebook.com/MeepleSyrup or youtube.com/MeepleSyrup!
July 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM
🎲✂️
Tonight at 9PM EDT (UTC -5), @senfoonglim.bsky.social and @drayerink.bsky.social talk to @gamesbymondo.bsky.social and @johnbrieger.bsky.social in a Developer Round Table, looking at freelance and in house roles!
Join us live in the chat at facebook.com/MeepleSyrup or youtube.com/MeepleSyrup!
Tonight at 9PM EDT (UTC -5), @senfoonglim.bsky.social and @drayerink.bsky.social talk to @gamesbymondo.bsky.social and @johnbrieger.bsky.social in a Developer Round Table, looking at freelance and in house roles!
Join us live in the chat at facebook.com/MeepleSyrup or youtube.com/MeepleSyrup!
Reposted by John Brieger
New York Based Game Designers:
You have a week left to apply for a $60,000 artist grant with the NYS artist fellowship. At least one of these grants would be great for a TTRPG
You have a week left to apply for a $60,000 artist grant with the NYS artist fellowship. At least one of these grants would be great for a TTRPG
State of the Arts Fellowship | NYSCA
Announced by Governor Hochul in June 2025, the NYS State of the Arts Fellowship will bring artists and state government together to foster community connection, enhance public spaces, and amplify vita...
arts.ny.gov
June 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
New York Based Game Designers:
You have a week left to apply for a $60,000 artist grant with the NYS artist fellowship. At least one of these grants would be great for a TTRPG
You have a week left to apply for a $60,000 artist grant with the NYS artist fellowship. At least one of these grants would be great for a TTRPG
Board Game Media friends – @solisgamestudio.bsky.social is getting ready to send out some copies of our summer release: a complete 2 player game in a booster pack! Super-powered duels in just 5 minutes. If you're interested, fill this out: forms.gle/eDoJ9L9nJc8g...
June 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Board Game Media friends – @solisgamestudio.bsky.social is getting ready to send out some copies of our summer release: a complete 2 player game in a booster pack! Super-powered duels in just 5 minutes. If you're interested, fill this out: forms.gle/eDoJ9L9nJc8g...
If you're looking to get into a new RPG show, can't recommend Chaos Protocol enough. Tonight is a great time to jump into it!
🌸 RERUN TONIGHT 🌸
The day the Chosen One dies
a world made of leaves
erupts into flame,
and the fire climbs so high
it scorches the stars black.
❌
Join the cast TONIGHT (6/18) at 8pm ET for a RERUN of Arc 1, Episode 1 of The Chaos Protocol! It’s time to return to the start of our Journey.
The day the Chosen One dies
a world made of leaves
erupts into flame,
and the fire climbs so high
it scorches the stars black.
❌
Join the cast TONIGHT (6/18) at 8pm ET for a RERUN of Arc 1, Episode 1 of The Chaos Protocol! It’s time to return to the start of our Journey.
June 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
If you're looking to get into a new RPG show, can't recommend Chaos Protocol enough. Tonight is a great time to jump into it!
I’m at KublaCon this weekend, splitting time between the @solisgamestudio.bsky.social booth and the Protospiel room. Come say hi!
May 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I’m at KublaCon this weekend, splitting time between the @solisgamestudio.bsky.social booth and the Protospiel room. Come say hi!
Just saw @fertessa.bsky.social and @rf-seattle.bsky.social were nominated for a KinderSpiel des Jahres! Congratulations! www.spiel-des-jahres.de/aktuelle-pre...
Aktuelle Preisträger 2025
Nominiert für die Wahl zum Spiel des Jahres 2025 Bomb Busters von Hisashi Hayashi Pegasus Spiele Illustration: Dominique Ferland Kooperatives Bombenentschärfen mit Köpfchen für 2 bis 5 Personen ab 10 ...
www.spiel-des-jahres.de
May 21, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Just saw @fertessa.bsky.social and @rf-seattle.bsky.social were nominated for a KinderSpiel des Jahres! Congratulations! www.spiel-des-jahres.de/aktuelle-pre...
Deep in the con preparation hole this week but feeling really productive! Trying to clear my backlog, export some fresh prototypes, and go into KublaCon with a fresh slate of things to try
May 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Deep in the con preparation hole this week but feeling really productive! Trying to clear my backlog, export some fresh prototypes, and go into KublaCon with a fresh slate of things to try
Reposted by John Brieger
it's time for another reminder that if you're working on a game, want to talk about the process of game dev, or teaching game design, I'm always looking for guests for my podcast series, as we can spend hours talking about design forms.gle/59Ji39m9Md8u... #indiegamedev
Perceptive Podcast Sign up Form
For anyone in game dev who is interested in coming on my podcast series on youtube.com/c/game-wisdom to talk about their works or game design in general. These casts can be done live or recorded. I wi...
forms.gle
May 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM
it's time for another reminder that if you're working on a game, want to talk about the process of game dev, or teaching game design, I'm always looking for guests for my podcast series, as we can spend hours talking about design forms.gle/59Ji39m9Md8u... #indiegamedev
Tariffs on China are temporarily lowered to 30% for 90 days, which is still a huge increase from our previous costs, though not an existential threat in the same way. It's still a devastating blow to the board game industry. I worry about the effect this pause in supply chains will have on shipping.
May 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Tariffs on China are temporarily lowered to 30% for 90 days, which is still a huge increase from our previous costs, though not an existential threat in the same way. It's still a devastating blow to the board game industry. I worry about the effect this pause in supply chains will have on shipping.
Please meet “Bong Sedlus”, our new road trip mascot, most known for his catchphrase “outside bad”
May 12, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Please meet “Bong Sedlus”, our new road trip mascot, most known for his catchphrase “outside bad”
Today at 10am pacific, I’ll be joining @kqedforum.bsky.social to discuss the impact of tariffs on hobbies in America. My board game publishing business @solisgamestudio.bsky.social has 8500 games on the water, due to the port of LA May 15th. We’re expecting a devastating 145% tariff bill.
May 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Today at 10am pacific, I’ll be joining @kqedforum.bsky.social to discuss the impact of tariffs on hobbies in America. My board game publishing business @solisgamestudio.bsky.social has 8500 games on the water, due to the port of LA May 15th. We’re expecting a devastating 145% tariff bill.
Reposted by John Brieger
FRI at 10AM:
@theatlantic.com staff writer Tyler Austin Harper, KQED's Jasmine Garnett and board game developer @johnbrieger.bsky.social join to talk about what we lose when we can no longer afford our hobbies.
❓ Is there a hobby that you’ve struggled to maintain due to rising costs?
@theatlantic.com staff writer Tyler Austin Harper, KQED's Jasmine Garnett and board game developer @johnbrieger.bsky.social join to talk about what we lose when we can no longer afford our hobbies.
❓ Is there a hobby that you’ve struggled to maintain due to rising costs?
What We Lose When We’re Priced Out of Our Hobbies
For a lot of people, it’s getting too expensive to knit or fish.
www.theatlantic.com
May 9, 2025 at 1:30 AM
FRI at 10AM:
@theatlantic.com staff writer Tyler Austin Harper, KQED's Jasmine Garnett and board game developer @johnbrieger.bsky.social join to talk about what we lose when we can no longer afford our hobbies.
❓ Is there a hobby that you’ve struggled to maintain due to rising costs?
@theatlantic.com staff writer Tyler Austin Harper, KQED's Jasmine Garnett and board game developer @johnbrieger.bsky.social join to talk about what we lose when we can no longer afford our hobbies.
❓ Is there a hobby that you’ve struggled to maintain due to rising costs?
High Tide walk midday. Getting a lot done on moving projects forward.
April 29, 2025 at 6:42 PM
High Tide walk midday. Getting a lot done on moving projects forward.
Days since a new boardgame publisher decides to publish the world's most asinine take on world history: 0.
Like "Colonize: the New World" is so ridiculous of a title that part of me wonders if it's intentional trolling effort.
Like "Colonize: the New World" is so ridiculous of a title that part of me wonders if it's intentional trolling effort.
April 26, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Days since a new boardgame publisher decides to publish the world's most asinine take on world history: 0.
Like "Colonize: the New World" is so ridiculous of a title that part of me wonders if it's intentional trolling effort.
Like "Colonize: the New World" is so ridiculous of a title that part of me wonders if it's intentional trolling effort.
Nothing like running a blind test of a game's rules and seeing that the "really clean" text you thought you had has holes you could drive a truck through.
This is why you test though!
This is why you test though!
April 23, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Nothing like running a blind test of a game's rules and seeing that the "really clean" text you thought you had has holes you could drive a truck through.
This is why you test though!
This is why you test though!
Trying my best to be proactive about things I can control.
Still going to be making games this year. Still even going to be releasing a few where margins work under tariffs.
But there’s definitely just an overwhelming sense of dread.
Still going to be making games this year. Still even going to be releasing a few where margins work under tariffs.
But there’s definitely just an overwhelming sense of dread.
April 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Trying my best to be proactive about things I can control.
Still going to be making games this year. Still even going to be releasing a few where margins work under tariffs.
But there’s definitely just an overwhelming sense of dread.
Still going to be making games this year. Still even going to be releasing a few where margins work under tariffs.
But there’s definitely just an overwhelming sense of dread.
How can anyone see mass deportations and foreign incarcerations without due process as anything but a fundamental threat to liberty in our nation? Auschwitz wasn't inside the borders of Germany. Making people stateless to facilitate denial of their rights is repugnant. #neveragain
April 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
How can anyone see mass deportations and foreign incarcerations without due process as anything but a fundamental threat to liberty in our nation? Auschwitz wasn't inside the borders of Germany. Making people stateless to facilitate denial of their rights is repugnant. #neveragain
Oh cool the Trump Administration is openly defying orders from the Supreme Court now, not just lesser courts. Good thing our country has a system of checks and balances…
April 14, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Oh cool the Trump Administration is openly defying orders from the Supreme Court now, not just lesser courts. Good thing our country has a system of checks and balances…
Reposted by John Brieger
In related news, nearly 1 in 4 board game publishers say they won't be very soon.
Trump tariffs could shrink board game publishing by nearly 25%
Local game stores likely won’t have as many board games to put on their shelves
www.polygon.com
April 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
In related news, nearly 1 in 4 board game publishers say they won't be very soon.