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Sen-Foong Lim
@senfoonglim.bsky.social
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I learn. I create. I teach. He/Him.
Game Designer / Developer / Writer
https://linktr.ee/senfoonglim

Co-host of the Meeple Syrup Show and the Ludology Podcast
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*New Episode!*

@ericabouyouris.bsky.social and @senfoonglim.bsky.social discuss holiday-centric game and product design with Jordan Goddard from the Indy Toy Lab.

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Ludology: Ludology 349 Reindeer Games
Erica and Sen welcome Jordan Goddard of Indy Game Lab to talk about his company's newest product - family games that are packaged inside of Christmas ornaments. Currently on Kickstarter, Jordan discus...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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A game about dance, friends!
This looks great <3

Thanks @senfoonglim.bsky.social for the recommendation!
Raas: A Dance of Love by Arcane Wonders - Gamefound
Step into Raas: A Dance of Love, where color, rhythm, and tradition come to life in this new game from Arcane Wonders, designers Mihir Shah & Shaleen Harlalka and part of the Dice Tower Essentials lin...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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czamboni.bsky.social
Heading to Metatopia tomorrow.
Looking to connect with people who are writing games on oppression and resistance in any form for a new podcast project with @senfoonglim.bsky.social releasing in 2026.

Send me a message or find me at the Lobbycon at the hotel on Saturday night!

#metatopia2025
November 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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meeplesyrupshow.bsky.social
Howdy meeps! No show tonight as @senfoonglim.bsky.social recovers from midterms and @drayerink.bsky.social packs for the Big Move! Sen will be back next week after a trip to Montreal for LudiCon!
November 5, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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*New Episode!*

@senfoonglim.bsky.social speaks with the team at Zed9 Mystery Jubensha Club (zed9jubensha.com) about Chinese murder script games and their effort to bring them to English-speaking gamers in British Columbia, Canada.

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Ludology: Ludology 348 Only Murders in the Script
This episode, Sen welcomes Pete, Felix, and Daniel from Zed9 Mystery Club (www.zed9jubensha.com) in Richmond, BC to talk all about Jubensha (a.k.a. Murder Script Games). Originally developed in Chines...
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November 3, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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Tonight at 9PM EDT (UTC-4), @senfoonglim.bsky.social and @drayerink.bsky.social talk to @spenserstarke.bsky.social about Alice is Missing as we continue to explore how people game when not together IRL.

Join them in the chat at youtube.com/MeepleSyrup or facebook.com/MeepleSyrup
Beige, brown, and yellow title card with the text: Playing (NOT) Around the Table w/ Spenser Starke on Wednesday Oct 29 PM EDT with accompanying links: facebook.com/MeepleSyrup and youtube.com/MeepleSyrup. There are yellow and brown pill-shaped graphic elements in the top left and bottom right corners. The centre has the pancake shaped logo for the Meeple Syrup Show surrounded by hexagonally framed pictures of the 2 hosts and their guest.
October 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Tonight at 9PM EDT (UTC-4), @senfoonglim.bsky.social and @drayerink.bsky.social talk to @singlestepgaming.bsky.social and @silvermedaltavern.bsky.social about streaming as we explore how people game together apart.

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Beige, brown, and yellow title card with the text: Playing (NOT) Around the Table w/ W. Adam Clark and Matt Capocci on Wednesday Oct 15 PM EDT with accompanying links: facebook.com/MeepleSyrup and youtube.com/MeepleSyrup. There are yellow and brown pill-shaped graphic elements in the top left and bottom right corners. The centre has the pancake shaped logo for the Meeple Syrup Show surrounded by hexagonally framed pictures of the 2 hosts and their w guests.
October 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Here's the new cover for the next Astra Fauna book. It's solo ttrpg - Choose you own adventure book with some cards and dice rolling.
The story is written and about to be handed off for editing. Most of the mechanics are worked out too! A bunch of art is made. 🙂
Hoping to KS it in 2026.
Please share
Choose Your Own Sci-fi, Mangrove Swamp ADventure. Something has gone very wrong on Soubos, a world filled with massive mangrove swamps, space pirates, and alien creatures. You are an Emissary of Inquiry - an explorer and researcher on a mission to learn what happened.In this solo tabletop role-playing game, you’ll create your own character, and choose your own path through abandoned cities, tangled roots, brackish lagoons, and hidden outposts.  This book includes: A complete solo tabletop adventure Step-by-step character creation All the rules you need to play All you’ll need to play is a deck of cards, some six-sided dice, and a notebook to record your discoveries.
October 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Some closeups for the cover I just posted
giant glowing robot insect face bird/dog hybrid creature jumping away while saving a grub creature full cover for the book. Choose Your Own Sci-fi, Mangrove Swamp ADventure. Something has gone very wrong on Soubos, a world filled with massive mangrove swamps, space pirates, and alien creatures. You are an Emissary of Inquiry - an explorer and researcher on a mission to learn what happened.In this solo tabletop role-playing game, you’ll create your own character, and choose your own path through abandoned cities, tangled roots, brackish lagoons, and hidden outposts.  This book includes: A complete solo tabletop adventure Step-by-step character creation All the rules you need to play All you’ll need to play is a deck of cards, some six-sided dice, and a notebook to record your discoveries.
October 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Rally and the Grub will be recruitable.
...because we're here for that.

See the full book cover in the posts from earlier.
October 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Howdy! @czamboni.bsky.social and I are looking to connect with TTRPG / LARP creators from outside of North America creating games that address oppression and resistance from a cultural perspective. We're putting together a list for potential guests for our podcast-in-progress!

#TTRPG #LARP
October 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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ludologypod.bsky.social
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*New Episode!*

@ericabouyouris.bsky.social and @senfoonglim.bsky.social welcome @qarl.bsky.social, Jarratt Gray, @burntislandgames.bsky.social and @grandgamersguild.bsky.social to discuss the past, present, and future of SdJ Winner, Endeavor: Deep Sea.

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Ludology: Ludology 347 Sail Away
Erica and Sen welcome designers of the award-winning Endeavor: Deep Sea, Carl de Visser and Jarratt Gray, along with their publishers, Helaina and Josh Cappel (Burnt Island) and Marc Specter (Grand Ga...
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October 19, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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*New Episode!*

@senfoonglim.bsky.social and @ericabouyouris.bsky.social welcome Sarah Shipp. In this episode of Thinking Beyond Mechanisms, she discusses how games give permission for players to break social conventions within the so-called "Magic Circle".

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Ludology: Thinking BEyond Mechanisms Ep 23
Sen and Erica welcome Sarah Shipp as she hosts her Thinking Beyond Mechanism series. In this episode, she discusses the permissions that games and their rules give us to break social conventions withi...
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October 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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This sounds amazing. I’ll need to reach out.
October 17, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Tonight at 9PM EDT (UTC-4), @senfoonglim.bsky.social and @drayerink.bsky.social talk to @tozieer.bsky.social about his work (adventurebymail.itch.io) as we continue to explore how people game when not together IRL.

Join them in the chat at youtube.com/MeepleSyrup or facebook.com/MeepleSyrup
Beige, brown, and yellow title card with the text: Playing (NOT) Around the Table w/ Daniel Tozier (adventurebymail.itch.io) on Wednesday Oct 15 PM EDT with accompanying links: facebook.com/MeepleSyrup and youtube.com/MeepleSyrup. There are yellow and brown pill-shaped graphic elements in the top left and bottom right corners. The centre has the pancake shaped logo for the Meeple Syrup Show surrounded by hexagonally framed pictures of the 2 hosts and their guest.
October 15, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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@beardedrogue.bsky.social did you see this yet?

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October 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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@romanmars.bsky.social - loving the video game series you’re currently doing with Ben Brock Johnson! Can you share this with him? The anime series Hi-Score Girl might really hit home for him with his core memories being of Japanese arcades in the early years!
October 11, 2025 at 11:19 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.

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Beige, brown, and yellow title card with the text: Playing (NOT) Around the Table w/ Heather Newton (ProtospielOnline) on Wednesday Oct 8 PM EDT with accompanying links: facebook.com/MeepleSyrup and youtube.com/MeepleSyrup. There are yellow and brown pill-shaped graphic elements in the top left and bottom right corners. The centre has the pancake shaped logo for the Meeple Syrup Show surrounded by hexagonally framed pictures of the 2 hosts and their guest.
October 7, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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I talk with Eric Dewey about some of the things Boardgames can learn from TTRPGs and vice versa!

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On Board Games: OBG 573: RPG to BG
On this episode of On Board Games, Erik talks with Sen-Foong Lim about games (and other things) they've played including: Fate of the Fellowship Happy Salmon Flip 7 Hot Streak Camel Up Truckin' 76 ...
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October 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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@senfoonglim.bsky.social and @drayerink.bsky.social discuss player psychographics and how they pertain to making good design decisions this Weds at 9 PM EDT (UTC-5).

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Beige, brown, and yellow title card with the text: Player Psychographics with George and Sen on Wednesday Oct 1 at 9 PM EDT with accompanying links: facebook.com/MeepleSyrup and youtube.com/MeepleSyrup. There are yellow and brown pill-shaped graphic elements in the top left and bottom right corners. The centre has the pancake shaped logo for the Meeple Syrup Show surrounded by hexagonally framed pictures of the 2 hosts.
October 2, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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If you like deduction games, check out Corps of Discovery. It looks like a survival game, but it's really about using logic and deduction to maximize your chances of succeeding.
Played 4 games this weekend, big hit with my wife.

Great design by @senfoonglim.bsky.social and Jay Cormier. 😍
September 30, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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@offthepagegames.bsky.social is in Spain for a con and he got to see the new version of one of our long out-of-print games - Junk Art Revolution published by LudoNova Games!
September 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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“Incense and Grandpas” is the name for my next ska band.
September 26, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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@senfoonglim.bsky.social and @drayerink.bsky.social talk with Dave Olsen, designer of Flip 7 to discuss finding the fun in seemingly simple games where most designers crave complexity - this Weds at 9 PM EDT (UTC-5).

Join us live at www.facebook.com/MeepleSyrup or www.youtube.com/MeepleSyrup
Beige, brown, and yellow title card with the text: Finding the Fun with Eric Olson (Flip 7) on Wednesday Sep 24 at 9 PM EDT with accompanying links: facebook.com/MeepleSyrup and youtube.com/MeepleSyrup. There are yellow and brown pill-shaped graphic elements in the top left and bottom right corners. The centre has the pancake shaped logo for the Meeple Syrup Show surrounded by hexagonally framed pictures of the 2 hosts and their guest.
September 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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@senfoonglim.bsky.social helped me distill the whole thesis of my documentary into a 35 second sound bite. So, thanks, Sen! And thank you, @ludologypod.bsky.social for this wonderful chat!
September 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM