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Runaway Parade Games
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Runaway Parade is an indie games company and the makers of Fire Tower, Smug Owls, and Punch Bowl.
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marydevries.bsky.social
Fire Tower is my new favorite board game. It has the perfect blend of strategy, luck, and fast moving game play paired with pleasing graphics and well designed pieces. You can be losing by a mile then the wind shifts and everything changes.
board game set up with little flames on squares and stacks of cards
October 2, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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imamagnet.bsky.social
I have been waiting 4 (or 5?) years for this game and it’s here! The folks at @runawayparade.bsky.social games are fantastic and I’d highly recommend checking this one out 🍒 🍋 🍊
ourfamplaysgames.bsky.social Our Family Plays Games @ourfamplaysgames.bsky.social · 25d
Time for a swig!

Check out our preview video of Punch Bowl by @runawayparade.bsky.social! They just funded over on Kickstarter, so check this #boardgames video out if you're interested in seeing how it plays.

WATCH: youtu.be/KnHxEtd0oI4
October 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
runawayparade.bsky.social
Punch Bowl is live on Kickstarter!!!! And this preview is great!
ourfamplaysgames.bsky.social Our Family Plays Games @ourfamplaysgames.bsky.social · 25d
Time for a swig!

Check out our preview video of Punch Bowl by @runawayparade.bsky.social! They just funded over on Kickstarter, so check this #boardgames video out if you're interested in seeing how it plays.

WATCH: youtu.be/KnHxEtd0oI4
October 29, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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orangerful.bsky.social
I have been waiting for the Kickstarter for @runawayparade.bsky.social game "Punch Bowl" to come out since I demo'd the game at PAXU 2022! The little fruit bits were delightful to collect and there was a nice mix of strategy and randomness. KS page: www.kickstarter.com/projects/run...
tiny cup with tiny bits of (fake) fruit game components inside and little ice cubes. Score it, don't drink it. Table full of game components, images of a punch bowl and fresh fruit because it's a game about making delicious drinks! Tiny empty cups on the table as we had not started playing yet Close up of the player board featuring cards and gameplay basics and also tiny fruit components.
October 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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tabletopbellhop.com
Review on the Blog:

Smug Owls from @runawayparade.bsky.social

This is a very clever, riddle based, party game that works great with groups big or small.

It's been a hit with our family and local gamers, and you don't have to be 'good at riddles' to enjoy it.

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Smug Owls Review, A riddle-making party game | Tabletop Bellhop
Do you love riddles? How about coming up with your own answers to riddles? If you said yes to either of these you need to check out Smug Owls, a riddle based party game.
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August 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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tabletopgaymers.bsky.social
The next 3 stops on our Gaymer Quest scavenger hunt feature an LGBTQIA+ designer from Featherstone Games, LGBTQIA+ owned @LooneyLabs.bsky.social‬, and an LGBTQIA+ designer from @RunawayParade.bsky.social‬!
On a background of spooky trees are the logos for Tabletop Gaymers and Gaymer Quest: A Queer Coven Scavenger Hunt. Below them are the logo for Featherstone Games, an outline of a witch, a button reading "LGBTQIA+ Designers" and the text "Featherstone Games was born out of a desire to get people playing more complicated games more quickly. They do this with “level up” games that layer together mechanics and theme in a way that makes more complicated gameplay approachable. They are proud to present Dinositters! a cozy spatial puzzle worker placement game designed by queer designer, Maxwell Freud. Maxwell is an award winning filmmaker, game designer, and publisher of the queer board game podcast Hatched This Way. " On a background of spooky trees are the logos for Tabletop Gaymers and Gaymer Quest: A Queer Coven Scavenger Hunt. Below them are the logo for Looney Labs, an outline of a witch, a button reading "LGBTQIA+ Owned" and the text "Looney Labs is owned by queer-identified Kristin Looney (she/her/sir) and her supportive ally husband Andrew Looney (he/him) and employs several queer-identified staff. The Looneys have spent the last 30 years not just publishing fun games but creating inviting spaces that welcome Gaymers to play games and build lifelong friendships. " On a background of spooky trees are the logos for Tabletop Gaymers and Gaymer Quest: A Queer Coven Scavenger Hunt. Below them are the logo for Runaway Parade Games, an outline of a witch, a button reading "LGBTQIA+ Designers" and the text "With extensive professional experience in storytelling and visual design and a mutual love of board games, founders Sam and Gwen hope to bring something new to the table with Runaway Parade Games. Sam and Gwen’s co-designs include Fire Tower, Punch Bowl, Desert Pack (Button Shy Games), an upcoming Monty Python game (Dynamite Entertainment) and the riddle-solving party game Smug Owls that was co-designed by the nonbinary, ace, and panromantic triple threat that is Grace Kendall (they/them)."
July 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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tabletopgaymers.bsky.social
Our stops: @9thlevelgames.bsky.social, @blackoakworkshop.bsky.social, @brightbard.bsky.social, Featherstone Games, @looneylabs.bsky.social, @runawayparade.bsky.social, @smokingglueguns.bsky.social, @snowbrightstudio.bsky.social, @storysquadcast.bsky.social, and @wetinkgames.bsky.social
July 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
runawayparade.bsky.social
What a thoughtful, in-depth review from @tabletopbellhop.com !
June 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
runawayparade.bsky.social
Woohoo!!!! Go Fire Tower go!!
tthq.bsky.social PAX Tabletop @tthq.bsky.social · May 13
Another PAX East with 5,000+ checkouts in the Tabletop Library. As is tradition, our "Top 20", sorted two ways.

Even without bringing a gajillion copies as we've been doing in recent years, Fire Tower from Runaway Parade continues to rule PAX.
A table of board game checkouts from PAX East 2025, sorted by checkouts per copy A table of board game checkouts from PAX East 2025, sorted by total checkouts
May 16, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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tthq.bsky.social
Another PAX East with 5,000+ checkouts in the Tabletop Library. As is tradition, our "Top 20", sorted two ways.

Even without bringing a gajillion copies as we've been doing in recent years, Fire Tower from Runaway Parade continues to rule PAX.
A table of board game checkouts from PAX East 2025, sorted by checkouts per copy A table of board game checkouts from PAX East 2025, sorted by total checkouts
May 13, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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alannamodeling.bsky.social
Got this on the recommendation of @davidleavitt.bsky.social because he knows all the games! 🎲 @runawaypress.bsky.social

#games #cardgame #gaming
May 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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davidleavitt.bsky.social
One of my favorite games from last year, Smug Owls 🦉 🦉 from @runawayparade.bsky.social now has expansions!

#paxeast
May 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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imamagnet.bsky.social
There were many great moments at @unpub.bsky.social this year, but I’m particularly fond of this photo of me mentally debating how far I can push my luck in @runawayparade.bsky.social’s “Old Kings”, a game about diseased monarchs who refuse to give up the ghost.

📸: @shadowobsessed.bsky.social
A photo of me sitting at a table with a set of cards in front of me. My hands are clasped behind my head and I have a look of concentration on my face.
March 31, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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kevgames.bsky.social
Check out my #QuickPeaks review of Smug Owls 🦉 from @runawayparade.bsky.social! @meeplemountain.com #boardgames #partygames #owls #tabletop www.meeplemountain.com/articles/qui...
Quick Peaks – Cargo Empire, Sinoda, Vadoran Gardens, Attika, Smug...
In Quick Peaks we offer hot takes on games that are new to us. This week we have Cargo Empire, Sinoda, Concept, Vadoran Gardens, Attika, Smug Owls
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March 14, 2025 at 6:11 PM
runawayparade.bsky.social
Shadow victories are the best victories 🔥
imamagnet.bsky.social Magnet @imamagnet.bsky.social · Mar 9
@runawayparade.bsky.social finally accomplished my goal of taking out both opposing players after becoming Shadow of the Wood 🔥
A finished game of the board game Fire Tower
March 9, 2025 at 6:19 AM
runawayparade.bsky.social
Happy Superb Owl Sunday!!
Smug Owls
February 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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danarndtwrites.bsky.social
I remember squeezing into the @runawayparade.bsky.social booth at GenCon with some friends and demo'ing Fire Tower. I was hooked immediately and I never go camping without it.
January 28, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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shadowobsessed.bsky.social
Happy New Year!!! 🥳 🎆 @imamagnet.bsky.social and I rang ours in with our first game of 2025, Fire Tower (shout-outs to Runaway Parade Games!) -- and some delicious Chandon Garden Spritz from my sister!

I hope you all have a bright and merry start to your New Year. 🎊
January 1, 2025 at 5:32 AM
runawayparade.bsky.social
Yahoo!!! Fire Tower was the most checked out game at PAXU AGAIN!!!!!!
tthq.bsky.social PAX Tabletop @tthq.bsky.social · Dec 14
Our "Top 20" continues to be dominated by lighter games that can quickly come in/out of the library.

Some publishers are also exceedingly generous in their support - a risky gambit, as we won't hold onto excess copies when they're seeing fewer than 7 checkouts/copy.
Chart of the Top 20 game checkouts at PAX Unplugged 2024
December 19, 2024 at 9:05 PM
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czamboni.bsky.social
Pax U loot, day 2 - with lovely games from @allplay.bsky.social , @capstone-games.bsky.social , and @runawayparade.bsky.social - I can't wait to hack "Smug Owl's"!

It was a board game day 😁

#paxunplugged
December 12, 2024 at 4:31 PM
runawayparade.bsky.social
Hello hello! Excited to be here and be a part of @bsky.app ! We are Gwen and Sam of Runaway Parade Games, the creators and publishers of Fire Tower and the upcoming Punch Bowl, and the publisher of Smug Owls!
November 22, 2024 at 10:21 AM