Alara ✨
@lavendergames.bsky.social
🏳️⚧️ ✨ 🧚♀️
Trans femme, board game designer and developer. Most recent game: Clans of Midgard.
Trans femme, board game designer and developer. Most recent game: Clans of Midgard.
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What this does to those of us with even the thickest of skins is pretty traumatic at the best of times. It wears you down and out.
a stat i always cite is the number of anti-trans articles in the press went from 60 in a year, to 7,500
February 13, 2026 at 3:37 PM
What this does to those of us with even the thickest of skins is pretty traumatic at the best of times. It wears you down and out.
Schedule is up! I have a few demos for upcoming (Grendel) and new (Lupin III) on the schedule 💖
Plus a panel on diversity 🌈
Plus a panel on diversity 🌈
The Event Schedule is LIVE! Sign up now! Remember you need to create a separate "Sched" account to sign up for any of our amazing events!
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#Breakoutcon #tabletopgames #tabletopgaming #boardgames #rpg #ttrpg #TTRPGcommunity #boardgamecommunity #rpgcommunity
Visit breakoutcon.com/event-schedule
#Breakoutcon #tabletopgames #tabletopgaming #boardgames #rpg #ttrpg #TTRPGcommunity #boardgamecommunity #rpgcommunity
February 13, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Schedule is up! I have a few demos for upcoming (Grendel) and new (Lupin III) on the schedule 💖
Plus a panel on diversity 🌈
Plus a panel on diversity 🌈
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The Event Schedule is LIVE! Sign up now! Remember you need to create a separate "Sched" account to sign up for any of our amazing events!
Visit breakoutcon.com/event-schedule
#Breakoutcon #tabletopgames #tabletopgaming #boardgames #rpg #ttrpg #TTRPGcommunity #boardgamecommunity #rpgcommunity
Visit breakoutcon.com/event-schedule
#Breakoutcon #tabletopgames #tabletopgaming #boardgames #rpg #ttrpg #TTRPGcommunity #boardgamecommunity #rpgcommunity
February 12, 2026 at 11:02 PM
The Event Schedule is LIVE! Sign up now! Remember you need to create a separate "Sched" account to sign up for any of our amazing events!
Visit breakoutcon.com/event-schedule
#Breakoutcon #tabletopgames #tabletopgaming #boardgames #rpg #ttrpg #TTRPGcommunity #boardgamecommunity #rpgcommunity
Visit breakoutcon.com/event-schedule
#Breakoutcon #tabletopgames #tabletopgaming #boardgames #rpg #ttrpg #TTRPGcommunity #boardgamecommunity #rpgcommunity
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Alara @lavendergames.bsky.social is a board game designer and developer, who often works with intellectual properties & strives to provide players the opportunity to explore & experience their favourite worlds.
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#breakoutcon #tabletopgames #tabletopgaming #boardgames
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#breakoutcon #tabletopgames #tabletopgaming #boardgames
January 11, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Alara @lavendergames.bsky.social is a board game designer and developer, who often works with intellectual properties & strives to provide players the opportunity to explore & experience their favourite worlds.
breakoutcon.com/articles/202...
#breakoutcon #tabletopgames #tabletopgaming #boardgames
breakoutcon.com/articles/202...
#breakoutcon #tabletopgames #tabletopgaming #boardgames
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currently trying to play as many unplayed and lesser played board games of mine and broke out the legend of korra pro bending arena by @senfoonglim.bsky.social and @lavendergames.bsky.social
incredible dueling game, forgot how good this is. fast, intense, cinematic.
incredible dueling game, forgot how good this is. fast, intense, cinematic.
December 27, 2025 at 7:23 PM
currently trying to play as many unplayed and lesser played board games of mine and broke out the legend of korra pro bending arena by @senfoonglim.bsky.social and @lavendergames.bsky.social
incredible dueling game, forgot how good this is. fast, intense, cinematic.
incredible dueling game, forgot how good this is. fast, intense, cinematic.
Last push on this one :) A few more hours!
Thanks to everyone whose backed and supported, and to everyone who shares (or has shared) links about this one.
Proud of both all the asymmetry we put into it, and the work I've done specifically on making that asymmetry shine through in the solo mode.
Thanks to everyone whose backed and supported, and to everyone who shares (or has shared) links about this one.
Proud of both all the asymmetry we put into it, and the work I've done specifically on making that asymmetry shine through in the solo mode.
Only a few hours left to get in on the ground floor!
Thanks to everyone who’s back @lavendergames.bsky.social @offthepagegames.bsky.social @mattwagnercomics.bsky.social and me in this endeavour!
Please continue to share this link if you can!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/min...
Thanks to everyone who’s back @lavendergames.bsky.social @offthepagegames.bsky.social @mattwagnercomics.bsky.social and me in this endeavour!
Please continue to share this link if you can!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/min...
July 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Last push on this one :) A few more hours!
Thanks to everyone whose backed and supported, and to everyone who shares (or has shared) links about this one.
Proud of both all the asymmetry we put into it, and the work I've done specifically on making that asymmetry shine through in the solo mode.
Thanks to everyone whose backed and supported, and to everyone who shares (or has shared) links about this one.
Proud of both all the asymmetry we put into it, and the work I've done specifically on making that asymmetry shine through in the solo mode.
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Presenting the BRAND-NEW season - @dimension20.bsky.social On a Bus! 🚌
DM'd by Katie Marovitch, and as players: Aabria Iyengar, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Jasmine Bhullar, and Mark Mercer!
DM'd by Katie Marovitch, and as players: Aabria Iyengar, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Jasmine Bhullar, and Mark Mercer!
July 14, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Presenting the BRAND-NEW season - @dimension20.bsky.social On a Bus! 🚌
DM'd by Katie Marovitch, and as players: Aabria Iyengar, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Jasmine Bhullar, and Mark Mercer!
DM'd by Katie Marovitch, and as players: Aabria Iyengar, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Jasmine Bhullar, and Mark Mercer!
Did a Q&A today and talked about how Grendel came to be.
I've really missed doing promotional stuff for my games 💖 gotta remember that I enjoy podcasts and talking design and development!
I've really missed doing promotional stuff for my games 💖 gotta remember that I enjoy podcasts and talking design and development!
@lavendergames.bsky.social and I will be doing a LIVE Q&A with @offthepagegames.bsky.social about our latest co-design, Grendel: A Game of Crime and Mayhem
Live on KS now: www.kickstarter.com/projects/min...
Come chat at youtube.com/live/ddvjBJ4...
Live on KS now: www.kickstarter.com/projects/min...
Come chat at youtube.com/live/ddvjBJ4...
LIVE Q&A with the Co-designers of Grendel: A Game of Crime & Mayhem
YouTube video by Off The Page Games
youtube.com
July 10, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Did a Q&A today and talked about how Grendel came to be.
I've really missed doing promotional stuff for my games 💖 gotta remember that I enjoy podcasts and talking design and development!
I've really missed doing promotional stuff for my games 💖 gotta remember that I enjoy podcasts and talking design and development!
Something worth smiling about 💖
July 4, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Something worth smiling about 💖
It's live!!
Really excited for this one. It's been a labour love for a few years and it's finally coming to life -- give it a look if you're into Grendel, asymmetry, and/or very aggressive board games 🔥
www.kickstarter.com/projects/min...
Really excited for this one. It's been a labour love for a few years and it's finally coming to life -- give it a look if you're into Grendel, asymmetry, and/or very aggressive board games 🔥
www.kickstarter.com/projects/min...
Grendel: The Game of Crime and Mayhem
Highly approachable and asymmetric gameplay
www.kickstarter.com
July 1, 2025 at 2:04 PM
It's live!!
Really excited for this one. It's been a labour love for a few years and it's finally coming to life -- give it a look if you're into Grendel, asymmetry, and/or very aggressive board games 🔥
www.kickstarter.com/projects/min...
Really excited for this one. It's been a labour love for a few years and it's finally coming to life -- give it a look if you're into Grendel, asymmetry, and/or very aggressive board games 🔥
www.kickstarter.com/projects/min...
Grendel, being demo'd at Origins 💖
I'm SO excited to see what y'all think of this one
I'm SO excited to see what y'all think of this one
🎲✂️
I’m not at Origins Game Fair, but a few games I co-designed are:
Grendel, co-designed by @lavendergames.bsky.social and me, comes to Kickstarter this July from @offthepagegames.bsky.social!
Corps of Discovery and MINDMGMT (both co-designed by Jay Cormier and me) are also being demoed!
I’m not at Origins Game Fair, but a few games I co-designed are:
Grendel, co-designed by @lavendergames.bsky.social and me, comes to Kickstarter this July from @offthepagegames.bsky.social!
Corps of Discovery and MINDMGMT (both co-designed by Jay Cormier and me) are also being demoed!
June 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Grendel, being demo'd at Origins 💖
I'm SO excited to see what y'all think of this one
I'm SO excited to see what y'all think of this one
Things I helped make, in the wild!!
🎲✂️
Apparently, more of my co-designs with @lavendergames.bsky.social are being shown at @originsgamefair.bsky.social 2025!
M“Lupin III: The Italian Adventure” from @japanimegames.bsky.social puts you in the shoes of Monkey Punch’s loveable bunch of backstabbing thieves.
Apparently, more of my co-designs with @lavendergames.bsky.social are being shown at @originsgamefair.bsky.social 2025!
M“Lupin III: The Italian Adventure” from @japanimegames.bsky.social puts you in the shoes of Monkey Punch’s loveable bunch of backstabbing thieves.
June 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Things I helped make, in the wild!!
This goes for game designers too ✨
Good morning #scriptsky!
Let this be the motivation you need to write today :)
Let this be the motivation you need to write today :)
June 6, 2025 at 1:11 PM
This goes for game designers too ✨
Transition is life 💖
transition isn't about gender and it's not about bodies. it's about breath, slowly exhaled in the middle of the night, crystallizing in the cool air, as you look out the window at the dimly-lit street below, at peace for the first time in your life. it's about knowing that peace is yours now.
May 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Transition is life 💖
@ithayla.bsky.social
The propeganda finally worked !!
(My amazing girlfriend got it for me for my birthday 🎂)
Can't wait to dive in!
The propeganda finally worked !!
(My amazing girlfriend got it for me for my birthday 🎂)
Can't wait to dive in!
April 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
@ithayla.bsky.social
The propeganda finally worked !!
(My amazing girlfriend got it for me for my birthday 🎂)
Can't wait to dive in!
The propeganda finally worked !!
(My amazing girlfriend got it for me for my birthday 🎂)
Can't wait to dive in!
It's announced! And soon to be alive!!!! ⚡
Our next game.....Grendel!!!!
Designed by Sen-Foong Lim and Alara Cameron with art from Matt Wagner and graphic design by Sebastian Koziner
Designed by Sen-Foong Lim and Alara Cameron with art from Matt Wagner and graphic design by Sebastian Koziner
February 27, 2025 at 11:09 AM
It's announced! And soon to be alive!!!! ⚡
Something's happening! 👀 ☺️
(A thing I made is being announced soon!)
(A thing I made is being announced soon!)
Excited to tease the announcement of our next game! Any guesses which comic it might be based on???
February 19, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Something's happening! 👀 ☺️
(A thing I made is being announced soon!)
(A thing I made is being announced soon!)
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I wrote about trans community suicide prevention, including a 4-step guide to peer interventions with links to further resources, for Xtra: xtramagazine.com/health/we-mu...
February 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I wrote about trans community suicide prevention, including a 4-step guide to peer interventions with links to further resources, for Xtra: xtramagazine.com/health/we-mu...
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“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
February 3, 2025 at 5:57 AM
“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
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Hey y'all, remember when @deuxdel.bsky.social, @airy.bsky.social and I created a fun, powerful trans superhero in GALAXY: THE PRETTIEST STAR? And it was the first time a trans character from the Big Two was a title character? And she had a awesome girlfriend?
That was cool.
That was cool.
January 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Hey y'all, remember when @deuxdel.bsky.social, @airy.bsky.social and I created a fun, powerful trans superhero in GALAXY: THE PRETTIEST STAR? And it was the first time a trans character from the Big Two was a title character? And she had a awesome girlfriend?
That was cool.
That was cool.
After almost 5yrs away from academia, the urge to deep dive resurfaces:
January 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
After almost 5yrs away from academia, the urge to deep dive resurfaces:
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🎲✂️ @lavendergames.bsky.social and I have a new game release from @japanimegames.bsky.social and it’s pretty cool that it’s being sold on Crunchyroll!
store.crunchyroll.com/products/lup...
store.crunchyroll.com/products/lup...
Lupin the 3rd: The Italian Adventure Board Game
Experience the pulse-pounding thrill of outsmarting Inspector Zenigato and rival thieves in 'Lupin III: The Italian Adventure,' where high-stakes heists, unique character abilities, and strategic game...
store.crunchyroll.com
January 17, 2025 at 10:20 PM
🎲✂️ @lavendergames.bsky.social and I have a new game release from @japanimegames.bsky.social and it’s pretty cool that it’s being sold on Crunchyroll!
store.crunchyroll.com/products/lup...
store.crunchyroll.com/products/lup...
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Ursula K. LeGuin: "American science fiction has assumed a permanent hierarchy of superiors and inferiors, with rich, ambitious, aggressive males at the top, then a great gap, and then at the bottom the poor, the uneducated, the faceless masses, and all the women."
January 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Ursula K. LeGuin: "American science fiction has assumed a permanent hierarchy of superiors and inferiors, with rich, ambitious, aggressive males at the top, then a great gap, and then at the bottom the poor, the uneducated, the faceless masses, and all the women."
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Please read this by @morganmpage.bsky.social on trans death
"Reframing our very real proximity to death as a fit of manipulative hysteria is one way to inure the public to our pain and ultimately make our destruction seem not only possible but necessary."
"Reframing our very real proximity to death as a fit of manipulative hysteria is one way to inure the public to our pain and ultimately make our destruction seem not only possible but necessary."
Shroud Waving
On trans death, callousness, ancestors
open.substack.com
December 16, 2024 at 5:58 PM
Please read this by @morganmpage.bsky.social on trans death
"Reframing our very real proximity to death as a fit of manipulative hysteria is one way to inure the public to our pain and ultimately make our destruction seem not only possible but necessary."
"Reframing our very real proximity to death as a fit of manipulative hysteria is one way to inure the public to our pain and ultimately make our destruction seem not only possible but necessary."
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LET TRANS PEOPLE LIVE. STOP WITH INSIDIOUS CONCERN. Holy fucking HELL.
December 11, 2024 at 2:52 PM
LET TRANS PEOPLE LIVE. STOP WITH INSIDIOUS CONCERN. Holy fucking HELL.