Marceline Leiman 🔜 Indie Games Night Market @ PaxU
@marcelineleiman.bsky.social
🏳️⚧️
Published Game Designer, Developer, Educator.
MFA graduate from NYU Game Center.
https://www.marcelineleiman.com/
http://bio.link/marcelineleiman
Published Game Designer, Developer, Educator.
MFA graduate from NYU Game Center.
https://www.marcelineleiman.com/
http://bio.link/marcelineleiman
Pinned
Hello! Since I have a new job working as a Lead Designer at a new studio under Unstable Games—it’s time to make a new pinned post!
My name is Marceline, a full-time game designer and adjunct professor at NYU Game Center.
You may know my work from High Tide, Oceans, Trekking the World 2e, Organism!
My name is Marceline, a full-time game designer and adjunct professor at NYU Game Center.
You may know my work from High Tide, Oceans, Trekking the World 2e, Organism!
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Goofy pic, but man this has been fun~
#tomorrownight~
@vawcer.bsky.social @aveknots.bsky.social @marcelineleiman.bsky.social @macaroobanzai.bsky.social @xoe.gay @ericdittmore.bsky.social @cardboardedison.com @tedmannschaller.bsky.social @chrisinhm.bsky.social & so many more I don’t have room~
#tomorrownight~
@vawcer.bsky.social @aveknots.bsky.social @marcelineleiman.bsky.social @macaroobanzai.bsky.social @xoe.gay @ericdittmore.bsky.social @cardboardedison.com @tedmannschaller.bsky.social @chrisinhm.bsky.social & so many more I don’t have room~
November 14, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Goofy pic, but man this has been fun~
#tomorrownight~
@vawcer.bsky.social @aveknots.bsky.social @marcelineleiman.bsky.social @macaroobanzai.bsky.social @xoe.gay @ericdittmore.bsky.social @cardboardedison.com @tedmannschaller.bsky.social @chrisinhm.bsky.social & so many more I don’t have room~
#tomorrownight~
@vawcer.bsky.social @aveknots.bsky.social @marcelineleiman.bsky.social @macaroobanzai.bsky.social @xoe.gay @ericdittmore.bsky.social @cardboardedison.com @tedmannschaller.bsky.social @chrisinhm.bsky.social & so many more I don’t have room~
Brother, if you need permission to take a break you’re already starting in the wrong place.
If you’re finding yourself more bored or stressed than enjoying your current situation with games, stop and take a deep breath.
Nothing is worth losing the spark of love and enthusiasm for life inside you.
If you’re finding yourself more bored or stressed than enjoying your current situation with games, stop and take a deep breath.
Nothing is worth losing the spark of love and enthusiasm for life inside you.
Jaded - with Tom Vasel
YouTube video by The Dice Tower
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Brother, if you need permission to take a break you’re already starting in the wrong place.
If you’re finding yourself more bored or stressed than enjoying your current situation with games, stop and take a deep breath.
Nothing is worth losing the spark of love and enthusiasm for life inside you.
If you’re finding yourself more bored or stressed than enjoying your current situation with games, stop and take a deep breath.
Nothing is worth losing the spark of love and enthusiasm for life inside you.
Just like that, 50 copies of Heavenly Bodies are fully hand-assembled and ready for Indie Games Night Market!! 🐙
If you’re going to Pax Unplugged, come check out all the awesome games in the Queue Hall—just outside the Expo Hall—on Saturday 7PM!
You won’t want to miss these limited-run games! 🎲✂️
If you’re going to Pax Unplugged, come check out all the awesome games in the Queue Hall—just outside the Expo Hall—on Saturday 7PM!
You won’t want to miss these limited-run games! 🎲✂️
November 14, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Just like that, 50 copies of Heavenly Bodies are fully hand-assembled and ready for Indie Games Night Market!! 🐙
If you’re going to Pax Unplugged, come check out all the awesome games in the Queue Hall—just outside the Expo Hall—on Saturday 7PM!
You won’t want to miss these limited-run games! 🎲✂️
If you’re going to Pax Unplugged, come check out all the awesome games in the Queue Hall—just outside the Expo Hall—on Saturday 7PM!
You won’t want to miss these limited-run games! 🎲✂️
Can confirm: there will be Phantasmic at Pax Unplugged!! 🧙♀️✨
Eeeeee ✨ @buttonshy.bsky.social finally has copies of Phantasmic in hand!!!!!! 🙌
It’s soooo close to release! Black Friday here we come!!!
It’s soooo close to release! Black Friday here we come!!!
November 13, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Can confirm: there will be Phantasmic at Pax Unplugged!! 🧙♀️✨
Persuasion ⭐️ !!!
I’m so excited to finally get my hands on this game! @xoe.gay games get my brain firing with its innovative ideas about design and interaction.
I’m also looking forward for picking up City of Six Moons ⭐️ and The Field of the Cloth of Gold ⭐️
Maybe some Dual Gauge expansions too? 🤔
I’m so excited to finally get my hands on this game! @xoe.gay games get my brain firing with its innovative ideas about design and interaction.
I’m also looking forward for picking up City of Six Moons ⭐️ and The Field of the Cloth of Gold ⭐️
Maybe some Dual Gauge expansions too? 🤔
November 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Persuasion ⭐️ !!!
I’m so excited to finally get my hands on this game! @xoe.gay games get my brain firing with its innovative ideas about design and interaction.
I’m also looking forward for picking up City of Six Moons ⭐️ and The Field of the Cloth of Gold ⭐️
Maybe some Dual Gauge expansions too? 🤔
I’m so excited to finally get my hands on this game! @xoe.gay games get my brain firing with its innovative ideas about design and interaction.
I’m also looking forward for picking up City of Six Moons ⭐️ and The Field of the Cloth of Gold ⭐️
Maybe some Dual Gauge expansions too? 🤔
It’s amazing that I’m so drawn to play the newest, weirdest, and the most complex games out there…
Yet ultimately I receive the purest joy from sharing a table and good conversation over simple classics like Connect-4!
Yet ultimately I receive the purest joy from sharing a table and good conversation over simple classics like Connect-4!
November 13, 2025 at 4:20 AM
It’s amazing that I’m so drawn to play the newest, weirdest, and the most complex games out there…
Yet ultimately I receive the purest joy from sharing a table and good conversation over simple classics like Connect-4!
Yet ultimately I receive the purest joy from sharing a table and good conversation over simple classics like Connect-4!
The more I think about it, I consider this a publisher’s mishandling of design process.
From a product POV bad feelings make a bad product. Who wants to buy a banana filled with razor blades?
Games are weird because if they don’t bind us or challenge us in some way, they aren’t doing good games.
From a product POV bad feelings make a bad product. Who wants to buy a banana filled with razor blades?
Games are weird because if they don’t bind us or challenge us in some way, they aren’t doing good games.
“Players shouldn’t have bad turns”
Is some of the most useless, privileged, nonsense game design reductionism I’ve ever heard.
Ewwwwww 🤮
Is some of the most useless, privileged, nonsense game design reductionism I’ve ever heard.
Ewwwwww 🤮
November 13, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The more I think about it, I consider this a publisher’s mishandling of design process.
From a product POV bad feelings make a bad product. Who wants to buy a banana filled with razor blades?
Games are weird because if they don’t bind us or challenge us in some way, they aren’t doing good games.
From a product POV bad feelings make a bad product. Who wants to buy a banana filled with razor blades?
Games are weird because if they don’t bind us or challenge us in some way, they aren’t doing good games.
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If you’re attending Indie Games Night Market at Pax Unplugged this year:
You can be the winner of a painting supporting @boardgameanimal.bsky.social pay medical bills!!
I’ll be selling $5 raffle tickets and announcing the winner at 9:30 PM! All proceeds will go to Justin for support.
Come thru!!
You can be the winner of a painting supporting @boardgameanimal.bsky.social pay medical bills!!
I’ll be selling $5 raffle tickets and announcing the winner at 9:30 PM! All proceeds will go to Justin for support.
Come thru!!
Hey Folks!
For @marcelineleiman.bsky.social’s IGNM release Heavenly Bodies I did
an abstract-ish take on the hourglass nebula!
Stop by the Indie Games Night Market at Pax & the painting could be yours!
Huge thanks to Marceline for the commission, the support is incredibly appreciated~
For @marcelineleiman.bsky.social’s IGNM release Heavenly Bodies I did
an abstract-ish take on the hourglass nebula!
Stop by the Indie Games Night Market at Pax & the painting could be yours!
Huge thanks to Marceline for the commission, the support is incredibly appreciated~
November 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
If you’re attending Indie Games Night Market at Pax Unplugged this year:
You can be the winner of a painting supporting @boardgameanimal.bsky.social pay medical bills!!
I’ll be selling $5 raffle tickets and announcing the winner at 9:30 PM! All proceeds will go to Justin for support.
Come thru!!
You can be the winner of a painting supporting @boardgameanimal.bsky.social pay medical bills!!
I’ll be selling $5 raffle tickets and announcing the winner at 9:30 PM! All proceeds will go to Justin for support.
Come thru!!
Mac’s game he’ll be bringing to IGNM (This Is Not A Game About A Pipe) is as clever as it is funny—go check out this limited release game!!
It’s like Baba Is You: the trick taker
It’s like Baba Is You: the trick taker
This is Winning! And you can be winning too by checking out the work of amazing designers at the Indie Games Night Market at Pax Unplugged!
#IGNM
#PaxUnplugged
#ThisIsNotaGameAboutaPipe
#IGNM
#PaxUnplugged
#ThisIsNotaGameAboutaPipe
November 12, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Mac’s game he’ll be bringing to IGNM (This Is Not A Game About A Pipe) is as clever as it is funny—go check out this limited release game!!
It’s like Baba Is You: the trick taker
It’s like Baba Is You: the trick taker
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ICYMI, I'll be selling Grunt Work & Flip Stack Burger Shack next week at the Indie Games Night Market @ PAXU. Making indie games really is a labor of love. I dyed all the wooden discs myself for the burger game and wrote a blog post about it: fantastic-factories.medium.com/prototyping-...
Prototyping: Coloring wooden discs using dye
I’m currently working on a game about building burgers and it uses wooden discs that represent ingredients that are drawn randomly from a…
fantastic-factories.medium.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
ICYMI, I'll be selling Grunt Work & Flip Stack Burger Shack next week at the Indie Games Night Market @ PAXU. Making indie games really is a labor of love. I dyed all the wooden discs myself for the burger game and wrote a blog post about it: fantastic-factories.medium.com/prototyping-...
End of the work day means… time to finish 30 more sets of Heavenly Bodies!! 💪
I spent my night cutting, folding, and packing my first 20 sets of Heavenly Bodies!! 🪐✨ the card game I’ll have for sale at Indie Games Night Market during Pax Unplugged this year!
After this, I’ll only have 30 more sets to go!!
Here’s a thread of my process! 🎲✂️
After this, I’ll only have 30 more sets to go!!
Here’s a thread of my process! 🎲✂️
November 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
End of the work day means… time to finish 30 more sets of Heavenly Bodies!! 💪
Reposted by Marceline Leiman 🔜 Indie Games Night Market @ PaxU
Here's a reminder of the many board games designed by "women & people of marginalized genders." It's a great list and it's updated pretty regularly. #boardgames
November 11, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Here's a reminder of the many board games designed by "women & people of marginalized genders." It's a great list and it's updated pretty regularly. #boardgames
Another day, another man who only lists his top designers as other men.
I kinda wanna challenge men to name their top 10 female designers… it’ll be like that “name a woman” meme…
People just don’t think very deeply about the preferential bias we have toward our own gender and race.
I kinda wanna challenge men to name their top 10 female designers… it’ll be like that “name a woman” meme…
People just don’t think very deeply about the preferential bias we have toward our own gender and race.
November 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Another day, another man who only lists his top designers as other men.
I kinda wanna challenge men to name their top 10 female designers… it’ll be like that “name a woman” meme…
People just don’t think very deeply about the preferential bias we have toward our own gender and race.
I kinda wanna challenge men to name their top 10 female designers… it’ll be like that “name a woman” meme…
People just don’t think very deeply about the preferential bias we have toward our own gender and race.
It's time for Schumer to step down from his post as minority leader and allow for new leadership to emerge—someone who is willing to consistently fight for the American people. sign.moveon.org/petitions/sc...
Schumer: Step Down as Minority Leader!
It's time for Schumer to step down from his post as minority leader and allow for new leadership to emerge—someone who is willing to consistently fight for the American people.
sign.moveon.org
November 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
It's time for Schumer to step down from his post as minority leader and allow for new leadership to emerge—someone who is willing to consistently fight for the American people. sign.moveon.org/petitions/sc...
If you’re attending Indie Games Night Market at Pax Unplugged this year:
You can be the winner of a painting supporting @boardgameanimal.bsky.social pay medical bills!!
I’ll be selling $5 raffle tickets and announcing the winner at 9:30 PM! All proceeds will go to Justin for support.
Come thru!!
You can be the winner of a painting supporting @boardgameanimal.bsky.social pay medical bills!!
I’ll be selling $5 raffle tickets and announcing the winner at 9:30 PM! All proceeds will go to Justin for support.
Come thru!!
Hey Folks!
For @marcelineleiman.bsky.social’s IGNM release Heavenly Bodies I did
an abstract-ish take on the hourglass nebula!
Stop by the Indie Games Night Market at Pax & the painting could be yours!
Huge thanks to Marceline for the commission, the support is incredibly appreciated~
For @marcelineleiman.bsky.social’s IGNM release Heavenly Bodies I did
an abstract-ish take on the hourglass nebula!
Stop by the Indie Games Night Market at Pax & the painting could be yours!
Huge thanks to Marceline for the commission, the support is incredibly appreciated~
November 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
If you’re attending Indie Games Night Market at Pax Unplugged this year:
You can be the winner of a painting supporting @boardgameanimal.bsky.social pay medical bills!!
I’ll be selling $5 raffle tickets and announcing the winner at 9:30 PM! All proceeds will go to Justin for support.
Come thru!!
You can be the winner of a painting supporting @boardgameanimal.bsky.social pay medical bills!!
I’ll be selling $5 raffle tickets and announcing the winner at 9:30 PM! All proceeds will go to Justin for support.
Come thru!!
Reposted by Marceline Leiman 🔜 Indie Games Night Market @ PaxU
HUGE Announcement!!
I’m thrilled to reveal we’re starting a podcast:
BATS!
The “BoardGame-Animal-Talk-Show”
With special guests:
Reiner Knizia
@dnlnwmn.bsky.social
Ammon Anderson
@asmeesh.bsky.social
@ithayla.bsky.social
& MORE to reveal!!~
Coming late December, stay tuned!!
#boardgames
I’m thrilled to reveal we’re starting a podcast:
BATS!
The “BoardGame-Animal-Talk-Show”
With special guests:
Reiner Knizia
@dnlnwmn.bsky.social
Ammon Anderson
@asmeesh.bsky.social
@ithayla.bsky.social
& MORE to reveal!!~
Coming late December, stay tuned!!
#boardgames
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
HUGE Announcement!!
I’m thrilled to reveal we’re starting a podcast:
BATS!
The “BoardGame-Animal-Talk-Show”
With special guests:
Reiner Knizia
@dnlnwmn.bsky.social
Ammon Anderson
@asmeesh.bsky.social
@ithayla.bsky.social
& MORE to reveal!!~
Coming late December, stay tuned!!
#boardgames
I’m thrilled to reveal we’re starting a podcast:
BATS!
The “BoardGame-Animal-Talk-Show”
With special guests:
Reiner Knizia
@dnlnwmn.bsky.social
Ammon Anderson
@asmeesh.bsky.social
@ithayla.bsky.social
& MORE to reveal!!~
Coming late December, stay tuned!!
#boardgames
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Friday 11/14 6PM ESTour Indie Games Night Market Special Preview goes up~
I’ll be active on here & on YouTube so feel free to ask any questions; I’d love to engage & chat about it~
Huge thanks to all of the lovely folks who contributed to make this happen~
(tagged below)
@officialpax.bsky.social
I’ll be active on here & on YouTube so feel free to ask any questions; I’d love to engage & chat about it~
Huge thanks to all of the lovely folks who contributed to make this happen~
(tagged below)
@officialpax.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Friday 11/14 6PM ESTour Indie Games Night Market Special Preview goes up~
I’ll be active on here & on YouTube so feel free to ask any questions; I’d love to engage & chat about it~
Huge thanks to all of the lovely folks who contributed to make this happen~
(tagged below)
@officialpax.bsky.social
I’ll be active on here & on YouTube so feel free to ask any questions; I’d love to engage & chat about it~
Huge thanks to all of the lovely folks who contributed to make this happen~
(tagged below)
@officialpax.bsky.social
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a peek behind the curtain of indie game assembly!
I spent my night cutting, folding, and packing my first 20 sets of Heavenly Bodies!! 🪐✨ the card game I’ll have for sale at Indie Games Night Market during Pax Unplugged this year!
After this, I’ll only have 30 more sets to go!!
Here’s a thread of my process! 🎲✂️
After this, I’ll only have 30 more sets to go!!
Here’s a thread of my process! 🎲✂️
November 11, 2025 at 4:42 AM
a peek behind the curtain of indie game assembly!
I spent my night cutting, folding, and packing my first 20 sets of Heavenly Bodies!! 🪐✨ the card game I’ll have for sale at Indie Games Night Market during Pax Unplugged this year!
After this, I’ll only have 30 more sets to go!!
Here’s a thread of my process! 🎲✂️
After this, I’ll only have 30 more sets to go!!
Here’s a thread of my process! 🎲✂️
November 11, 2025 at 4:39 AM
I spent my night cutting, folding, and packing my first 20 sets of Heavenly Bodies!! 🪐✨ the card game I’ll have for sale at Indie Games Night Market during Pax Unplugged this year!
After this, I’ll only have 30 more sets to go!!
Here’s a thread of my process! 🎲✂️
After this, I’ll only have 30 more sets to go!!
Here’s a thread of my process! 🎲✂️
Reposted by Marceline Leiman 🔜 Indie Games Night Market @ PaxU
Reposted by Marceline Leiman 🔜 Indie Games Night Market @ PaxU
In just a few more hours, we'll be closing the Midnight Market for the evening. It's been fantastic helping the games featured this year find new homes, and we're looking forward to hosting this again next year.
The night is, and always will be, for indie games. 🌖
lunarpunk.games/midnightmarket
The night is, and always will be, for indie games. 🌖
lunarpunk.games/midnightmarket
Lunarpunk Games | Midnight Market
Coming midnight of November 7th with. . .
Tootin' & Hollerin'
Pyrotechnic
What if I'm the Devil?
Duck, Duck, Choose & What Does My Rival Desire?
the night is for indie games . . .
A boutique-style...
lunarpunk.games
November 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
In just a few more hours, we'll be closing the Midnight Market for the evening. It's been fantastic helping the games featured this year find new homes, and we're looking forward to hosting this again next year.
The night is, and always will be, for indie games. 🌖
lunarpunk.games/midnightmarket
The night is, and always will be, for indie games. 🌖
lunarpunk.games/midnightmarket
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Heavenly Bodies is a 2p card game inspired by Gin Rummy and Koi-Koi.
Each turn is simple: draw cards and discard cards—but you have to be careful. Do you take this card now? Will it still be there next turn?
Players *must* balance their choices against reading their opponent’s goals.
Each turn is simple: draw cards and discard cards—but you have to be careful. Do you take this card now? Will it still be there next turn?
Players *must* balance their choices against reading their opponent’s goals.
November 4, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Heavenly Bodies is a 2p card game inspired by Gin Rummy and Koi-Koi.
Each turn is simple: draw cards and discard cards—but you have to be careful. Do you take this card now? Will it still be there next turn?
Players *must* balance their choices against reading their opponent’s goals.
Each turn is simple: draw cards and discard cards—but you have to be careful. Do you take this card now? Will it still be there next turn?
Players *must* balance their choices against reading their opponent’s goals.
Reminder: I’ll be selling this game Crownfell and its upgrade neoprene mat *in person* at Pax Unplugged during the Indie Games Night Market in addition to my own games!!
Mike put a lot of effort to make this edition of metal cards special for the market—and I have no doubt it’ll sell out fast!
Mike put a lot of effort to make this edition of metal cards special for the market—and I have no doubt it’ll sell out fast!
Updated launch trailer for #Crownfell!
Includes a sneak peak at the solo expansion.
Launching next week...! Sign up to be notified here: www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/cr...
Includes a sneak peak at the solo expansion.
Launching next week...! Sign up to be notified here: www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/cr...
Crownfell Launch Trailer
YouTube video by Mike Berg
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Reminder: I’ll be selling this game Crownfell and its upgrade neoprene mat *in person* at Pax Unplugged during the Indie Games Night Market in addition to my own games!!
Mike put a lot of effort to make this edition of metal cards special for the market—and I have no doubt it’ll sell out fast!
Mike put a lot of effort to make this edition of metal cards special for the market—and I have no doubt it’ll sell out fast!
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Ahhh I can’t wait for this one!!!
There’s so many great indie games coming soon to Indie Games Night Market at Pax Unplugged!!!
There’s so many great indie games coming soon to Indie Games Night Market at Pax Unplugged!!!
Get excited; our Indie Games Night Market video is coming SOON~
Stay Tuned!!
@marcelineleiman.bsky.social @vawcer.bsky.social @chrisinhm.bsky.social @ericdittmore.bsky.social
@dnlnwmn.bsky.social @macaroobanzai.bsky.social @aveknots.bsky.social
@tedmannschaller.bsky.social & more~
💜
Stay Tuned!!
@marcelineleiman.bsky.social @vawcer.bsky.social @chrisinhm.bsky.social @ericdittmore.bsky.social
@dnlnwmn.bsky.social @macaroobanzai.bsky.social @aveknots.bsky.social
@tedmannschaller.bsky.social & more~
💜
November 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Ahhh I can’t wait for this one!!!
There’s so many great indie games coming soon to Indie Games Night Market at Pax Unplugged!!!
There’s so many great indie games coming soon to Indie Games Night Market at Pax Unplugged!!!
Reposted by Marceline Leiman 🔜 Indie Games Night Market @ PaxU
Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Tonight was a very bad night.