Rosco Schock 🔜 Origins 🔜 PAXU
@roscoschock.bsky.social
💪 Introspection is a superpower! 💪 He/Him No Hate Allowed: #BLM #StopAsianHate #Inclusion #Diversity .. Check out all my card and board game designs here: http://shockrock.games
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Here's this week's Minigame Monday puzzle featuring prototype titles playtested during our May 2025 convention weekend protospiel.online/wordsearch-m...
Can you spot a game you know?
#wordsearch #minigamemondaystream 🎲✂️
Can you spot a game you know?
#wordsearch #minigamemondaystream 🎲✂️
November 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Here's this week's Minigame Monday puzzle featuring prototype titles playtested during our May 2025 convention weekend protospiel.online/wordsearch-m...
Can you spot a game you know?
#wordsearch #minigamemondaystream 🎲✂️
Can you spot a game you know?
#wordsearch #minigamemondaystream 🎲✂️
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Here's this week's Minigame Monday puzzle featuring Bingo-browsable titles in our website's prototype listing for May 2025 protospiel.online/crossword-ma...
Can you spot a game you know?
#crosswordpuzzle #minigamemondaystream 🎲✂️
Can you spot a game you know?
#crosswordpuzzle #minigamemondaystream 🎲✂️
November 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Here's this week's Minigame Monday puzzle featuring Bingo-browsable titles in our website's prototype listing for May 2025 protospiel.online/crossword-ma...
Can you spot a game you know?
#crosswordpuzzle #minigamemondaystream 🎲✂️
Can you spot a game you know?
#crosswordpuzzle #minigamemondaystream 🎲✂️
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2 days left to shop indie games in Lunarpunk’s pop-up online market!
The 2025 lineup:
🫘 Tootin’ & Hollerin’
🎆 Pyrotechnics
🦆 Duck, Duck, Choose + What Does My Rival Desire?
💌 What if I’m the Devil?
Only 50 copies available for each, and they’re going fast! 🎲✂️
The 2025 lineup:
🫘 Tootin’ & Hollerin’
🎆 Pyrotechnics
🦆 Duck, Duck, Choose + What Does My Rival Desire?
💌 What if I’m the Devil?
Only 50 copies available for each, and they’re going fast! 🎲✂️
November 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
2 days left to shop indie games in Lunarpunk’s pop-up online market!
The 2025 lineup:
🫘 Tootin’ & Hollerin’
🎆 Pyrotechnics
🦆 Duck, Duck, Choose + What Does My Rival Desire?
💌 What if I’m the Devil?
Only 50 copies available for each, and they’re going fast! 🎲✂️
The 2025 lineup:
🫘 Tootin’ & Hollerin’
🎆 Pyrotechnics
🦆 Duck, Duck, Choose + What Does My Rival Desire?
💌 What if I’m the Devil?
Only 50 copies available for each, and they’re going fast! 🎲✂️
At Battlefront: Dayton for the first public demos of The Golden Blade .. Surreal to see your game design now available as swag 😀
November 7, 2025 at 11:30 PM
At Battlefront: Dayton for the first public demos of The Golden Blade .. Surreal to see your game design now available as swag 😀
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📣 It’s announcement time! 📣
The pre-launch page for Counterpoint is up on Kickstarter! All the cool kids are saving it! You should too! 🎻🎶
www.kickstarter.com/projects/squ...
The pre-launch page for Counterpoint is up on Kickstarter! All the cool kids are saving it! You should too! 🎻🎶
www.kickstarter.com/projects/squ...
Coming soon: Counterpoint: a Co-op Trick-Taking Classical Music Card Game
Counterpoint is a cooperative trick-taking game for 3-5 players where the challenges are based on different pieces of classical music.
www.kickstarter.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:20 AM
📣 It’s announcement time! 📣
The pre-launch page for Counterpoint is up on Kickstarter! All the cool kids are saving it! You should too! 🎻🎶
www.kickstarter.com/projects/squ...
The pre-launch page for Counterpoint is up on Kickstarter! All the cool kids are saving it! You should too! 🎻🎶
www.kickstarter.com/projects/squ...
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I added a "game design resources" section to my site: www.petermcpherson.com/game-design-...
This is a collection of mostly free online tools I use regularly, as well as links to excellent podcasts, blogs, and YouTube channels. I hope people find something helpful here! 🎲✂️
This is a collection of mostly free online tools I use regularly, as well as links to excellent podcasts, blogs, and YouTube channels. I hope people find something helpful here! 🎲✂️
Peter McPherson - Game design resources
Here’s a collection of online tools I’ve used over the years. This isn’t meant to be an exhaustive list, but I hope new and experienced designers can find useful tools to help their designs at all sta...
www.petermcpherson.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I added a "game design resources" section to my site: www.petermcpherson.com/game-design-...
This is a collection of mostly free online tools I use regularly, as well as links to excellent podcasts, blogs, and YouTube channels. I hope people find something helpful here! 🎲✂️
This is a collection of mostly free online tools I use regularly, as well as links to excellent podcasts, blogs, and YouTube channels. I hope people find something helpful here! 🎲✂️
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Here's this week's Minigame Monday puzzle featuring prototype titles playtested during our May 2025 convention weekend protospiel.online/wordsearch-m...
Can you spot a game you know?
#wordsearch #minigamemondaystream 🎲✂️
Can you spot a game you know?
#wordsearch #minigamemondaystream 🎲✂️
October 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Here's this week's Minigame Monday puzzle featuring prototype titles playtested during our May 2025 convention weekend protospiel.online/wordsearch-m...
Can you spot a game you know?
#wordsearch #minigamemondaystream 🎲✂️
Can you spot a game you know?
#wordsearch #minigamemondaystream 🎲✂️
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Is there a european discord for self-publishing board games?
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October 19, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Is there a european discord for self-publishing board games?
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Here's this week's Minigame Monday puzzle featuring titles in our website's prototype listing for May 2025 protospiel.online/jigsaw-may-2...
Can you spot a game you know?
#jigsawpuzzle #minigamemondaystream 🎲✂️
Can you spot a game you know?
#jigsawpuzzle #minigamemondaystream 🎲✂️
Play this Jigsaw - May 2025 Prototype Listing Part 2
May 2025 Prototype Listing Part 2
protospiel.online
October 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Here's this week's Minigame Monday puzzle featuring titles in our website's prototype listing for May 2025 protospiel.online/jigsaw-may-2...
Can you spot a game you know?
#jigsawpuzzle #minigamemondaystream 🎲✂️
Can you spot a game you know?
#jigsawpuzzle #minigamemondaystream 🎲✂️
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Game Market West was such a great experience. So amazing seeing spicy little indie games represented in such a exciting environment.
Big thanks to @gamemarketwest.bsky.social for making this happen. Excited to see it continue to grow! 🦆✂️🎲🦆
🎥: Board Game Casual (www.youtube.com/@BoardGameCa...)
Big thanks to @gamemarketwest.bsky.social for making this happen. Excited to see it continue to grow! 🦆✂️🎲🦆
🎥: Board Game Casual (www.youtube.com/@BoardGameCa...)
Game Market West Fall 2025 - Indie board games, designer interviews, and more!
YouTube video by Board Game Casual
www.youtube.com
October 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Game Market West was such a great experience. So amazing seeing spicy little indie games represented in such a exciting environment.
Big thanks to @gamemarketwest.bsky.social for making this happen. Excited to see it continue to grow! 🦆✂️🎲🦆
🎥: Board Game Casual (www.youtube.com/@BoardGameCa...)
Big thanks to @gamemarketwest.bsky.social for making this happen. Excited to see it continue to grow! 🦆✂️🎲🦆
🎥: Board Game Casual (www.youtube.com/@BoardGameCa...)
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Weds Oct 8 at 9PM EDT (UTC-5) @senfoonglim.bsky.social and @drayerink.bsky.social talk with Heather Newton of @protospielo.bsky.social about playing and testing games in different ways without face-to-face connections.
Join us live at facebook.com/MeepleSyrup or youtube.com/MeepleSyrup
Weds Oct 8 at 9PM EDT (UTC-5) @senfoonglim.bsky.social and @drayerink.bsky.social talk with Heather Newton of @protospielo.bsky.social about playing and testing games in different ways without face-to-face connections.
Join us live at facebook.com/MeepleSyrup or youtube.com/MeepleSyrup
October 7, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Weds Oct 8 at 9PM EDT (UTC-5) @senfoonglim.bsky.social and @drayerink.bsky.social talk with Heather Newton of @protospielo.bsky.social about playing and testing games in different ways without face-to-face connections.
Join us live at facebook.com/MeepleSyrup or youtube.com/MeepleSyrup
Weds Oct 8 at 9PM EDT (UTC-5) @senfoonglim.bsky.social and @drayerink.bsky.social talk with Heather Newton of @protospielo.bsky.social about playing and testing games in different ways without face-to-face connections.
Join us live at facebook.com/MeepleSyrup or youtube.com/MeepleSyrup
Excited to share that my first published game design has been officially announced!!
Diplomacy: The Golden Blade card game is a new twist on the classic. Plays 2-7 and ~15 minutes per player but keeps a lot of the backstabbing fun!!
renegadegamestudios.com/diplomacy-th...
Diplomacy: The Golden Blade card game is a new twist on the classic. Plays 2-7 and ~15 minutes per player but keeps a lot of the backstabbing fun!!
renegadegamestudios.com/diplomacy-th...
Diplomacy: The Golden Blade PRE-ORDER
Renegade Games Online Store
renegadegamestudios.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Excited to share that my first published game design has been officially announced!!
Diplomacy: The Golden Blade card game is a new twist on the classic. Plays 2-7 and ~15 minutes per player but keeps a lot of the backstabbing fun!!
renegadegamestudios.com/diplomacy-th...
Diplomacy: The Golden Blade card game is a new twist on the classic. Plays 2-7 and ~15 minutes per player but keeps a lot of the backstabbing fun!!
renegadegamestudios.com/diplomacy-th...
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I finally finished @stickydoodler.bsky.social’s Bonsai Diary. Truly a mind-expanding experience to think forward six generations, especially in this moment that is so steeped in despair.
October 3, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I finally finished @stickydoodler.bsky.social’s Bonsai Diary. Truly a mind-expanding experience to think forward six generations, especially in this moment that is so steeped in despair.
At an awesome design retreat this weekend and got to test 2 new designs:
Pickup Artist: a small box cards only pick up and deliver game where you deliver art to museums
Magnificent 7: A super gamer roll n write with an approachable Yahtzee inspired base 🎲✂️
Pickup Artist: a small box cards only pick up and deliver game where you deliver art to museums
Magnificent 7: A super gamer roll n write with an approachable Yahtzee inspired base 🎲✂️
October 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM
At an awesome design retreat this weekend and got to test 2 new designs:
Pickup Artist: a small box cards only pick up and deliver game where you deliver art to museums
Magnificent 7: A super gamer roll n write with an approachable Yahtzee inspired base 🎲✂️
Pickup Artist: a small box cards only pick up and deliver game where you deliver art to museums
Magnificent 7: A super gamer roll n write with an approachable Yahtzee inspired base 🎲✂️
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Hasbro’s 3rd annual Women Innovators of Play virtual event is this Thurs Oct 9, kicking off this year’s design challenge!
They’re accepting submissions for the next woman-led mass market toy or game Oct 9-Nov 13 2025
Top 3 will receive cash prizes & mentorship🎲✂️
spark.hasbro.com/womeninnovat...
They’re accepting submissions for the next woman-led mass market toy or game Oct 9-Nov 13 2025
Top 3 will receive cash prizes & mentorship🎲✂️
spark.hasbro.com/womeninnovat...
October 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Hasbro’s 3rd annual Women Innovators of Play virtual event is this Thurs Oct 9, kicking off this year’s design challenge!
They’re accepting submissions for the next woman-led mass market toy or game Oct 9-Nov 13 2025
Top 3 will receive cash prizes & mentorship🎲✂️
spark.hasbro.com/womeninnovat...
They’re accepting submissions for the next woman-led mass market toy or game Oct 9-Nov 13 2025
Top 3 will receive cash prizes & mentorship🎲✂️
spark.hasbro.com/womeninnovat...
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Here's this week's Minigame Monday puzzle featuring prototype titles playtested during our May 2025 convention weekend protospiel.online/wordsearch-m...
Can you spot a game you know?
#wordsearch #minigamemondaystream 🎲✂️
Can you spot a game you know?
#wordsearch #minigamemondaystream 🎲✂️
Play this Word Search - May 2025 LFG Word Search Part 2
May 2025 LFG Word Search Part 2
protospiel.online
October 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Here's this week's Minigame Monday puzzle featuring prototype titles playtested during our May 2025 convention weekend protospiel.online/wordsearch-m...
Can you spot a game you know?
#wordsearch #minigamemondaystream 🎲✂️
Can you spot a game you know?
#wordsearch #minigamemondaystream 🎲✂️
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⏰ Reminder!
Unpub Festival 2026 badges and reserved tables open for purchase TOMORROW, October 1st at 12pm ET
🎲✂️ 🐎 💙
#playtesting #tabletop
Unpub Festival 2026 badges and reserved tables open for purchase TOMORROW, October 1st at 12pm ET
🎲✂️ 🐎 💙
#playtesting #tabletop
🫨 We announced it in our September newsletter:
Unpub Festival Badge sales and reserved tables will open on October 1st at 12pm ET!
More info:
https://www.unpub.org/upcoming-events/unpub-festival-2026
Unpub Festival Badge sales and reserved tables will open on October 1st at 12pm ET!
More info:
https://www.unpub.org/upcoming-events/unpub-festival-2026
September 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
⏰ Reminder!
Unpub Festival 2026 badges and reserved tables open for purchase TOMORROW, October 1st at 12pm ET
🎲✂️ 🐎 💙
#playtesting #tabletop
Unpub Festival 2026 badges and reserved tables open for purchase TOMORROW, October 1st at 12pm ET
🎲✂️ 🐎 💙
#playtesting #tabletop
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Here's this week's Minigame Monday puzzle featuring prototype titles submitted for sell sheet feedback during our May 2025 convention session protospiel.online/krisskross-m...
Can you spot a game you know?
#krisskrosspuzzle #minigamemondaystream 🎲✂️
Can you spot a game you know?
#krisskrosspuzzle #minigamemondaystream 🎲✂️
Play this Kriss Kross - May 2025 Sell Sheets
May 2025 Sell Sheets
protospiel.online
September 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Here's this week's Minigame Monday puzzle featuring prototype titles submitted for sell sheet feedback during our May 2025 convention session protospiel.online/krisskross-m...
Can you spot a game you know?
#krisskrosspuzzle #minigamemondaystream 🎲✂️
Can you spot a game you know?
#krisskrosspuzzle #minigamemondaystream 🎲✂️
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Community Newsletter Issue 52
Read the full issue hello.protospiel.online/posts/lunarp... 🎲✂️
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Lunarpunk's Midnight Market Approaches -- Community Newsletter Issue 52
Hey Reader!
hello.protospiel.online
September 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Community Newsletter Issue 52
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A question from a fellow designer from Brazil that doesn't know much about European board game design market 🎲✂️
Around Essen time, is there any good time to send publishers your online pitches? When is better to pitch from now to the end of the year?
(Is there a answer for this? haha)
Around Essen time, is there any good time to send publishers your online pitches? When is better to pitch from now to the end of the year?
(Is there a answer for this? haha)
September 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A question from a fellow designer from Brazil that doesn't know much about European board game design market 🎲✂️
Around Essen time, is there any good time to send publishers your online pitches? When is better to pitch from now to the end of the year?
(Is there a answer for this? haha)
Around Essen time, is there any good time to send publishers your online pitches? When is better to pitch from now to the end of the year?
(Is there a answer for this? haha)
Reposted by Rosco Schock 🔜 Origins 🔜 PAXU
Here's this week's Minigame Monday puzzle featuring titles in our website's prototype listing for May 2025 protospiel.online/jigsaw-may-2...
Can you spot a game you know?
#jigsawpuzzle #minigamemondaystream 🎲✂️
Can you spot a game you know?
#jigsawpuzzle #minigamemondaystream 🎲✂️
Play this Jigsaw - May 2025 Prototype Listing Part 1
May 2025 Prototype Listing Part 1
protospiel.online
September 19, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Here's this week's Minigame Monday puzzle featuring titles in our website's prototype listing for May 2025 protospiel.online/jigsaw-may-2...
Can you spot a game you know?
#jigsawpuzzle #minigamemondaystream 🎲✂️
Can you spot a game you know?
#jigsawpuzzle #minigamemondaystream 🎲✂️
Reposted by Rosco Schock 🔜 Origins 🔜 PAXU
Here's this week's Minigame Monday puzzle featuring prototype titles playtested during our May 2025 convention weekend protospiel.online/wordsearch-m...
Can you spot a game you know?
#wordsearch #minigamemondaystream 🎲✂️
Can you spot a game you know?
#wordsearch #minigamemondaystream 🎲✂️
Play this Word Search - May 2025 LFG Word Search Part 1
May 2025 LFG Word Search Part 1
protospiel.online
September 15, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Here's this week's Minigame Monday puzzle featuring prototype titles playtested during our May 2025 convention weekend protospiel.online/wordsearch-m...
Can you spot a game you know?
#wordsearch #minigamemondaystream 🎲✂️
Can you spot a game you know?
#wordsearch #minigamemondaystream 🎲✂️
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New design challenge from @buttonshy.bsky.social …! Make an 18-card cozy game!
Join us, all you 🎲✂️ folks:
Join us, all you 🎲✂️ folks:
The 18-Card Challenge: Cozy Games
We play games for many reasons: to challenge our brains, to entertain ourselves, or to socialize with loved ones. One of the biggest reasons, of course, is to relax. Amid the chaos of our busy day-to-...
buttonshygames.com
September 1, 2025 at 10:46 PM
New design challenge from @buttonshy.bsky.social …! Make an 18-card cozy game!
Join us, all you 🎲✂️ folks:
Join us, all you 🎲✂️ folks:
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From first prototype to production ✂️🎲✂️
The evolution of Uh Oh, Dino!- our cute and chaotic dinosaur co-op!
The photos obviously show how the art has evolved. More subtly reflected in these images is how much gameplay iteration happened during development.
The photos obviously show how the art has evolved. More subtly reflected in these images is how much gameplay iteration happened during development.
August 27, 2025 at 1:07 PM
From first prototype to production ✂️🎲✂️
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The Hippodice Competition has gone live for 2026!
I had a game come second place in 2018 and it was immediately signed with a publisher, so it's worth checking out! 🎲✂️
hippodice-competition.net/en/info-part...
I had a game come second place in 2018 and it was immediately signed with a publisher, so it's worth checking out! 🎲✂️
hippodice-competition.net/en/info-part...
Dates and short info | Hippodice Competition
Dates & Announcements regarding the next competition are also available in our Newsletter and on Facebook and Instagram. Application Phase (Submission of documents as PDF): Start: August 17…
hippodice-competition.net
August 23, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The Hippodice Competition has gone live for 2026!
I had a game come second place in 2018 and it was immediately signed with a publisher, so it's worth checking out! 🎲✂️
hippodice-competition.net/en/info-part...
I had a game come second place in 2018 and it was immediately signed with a publisher, so it's worth checking out! 🎲✂️
hippodice-competition.net/en/info-part...