Michael O’Connell ➡️ PAX Unplugged
@anarchytabletop.bsky.social
Anarchy Game Studio is a Seattle-based father-son team that makes tabletop boardgames that spark conversation and inspire creativity:
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I am Michael. Co-designer of Finspan. Once wrote and published comics. Adoptee. Neurodivergent.
anarchygamestudio.com
I am Michael. Co-designer of Finspan. Once wrote and published comics. Adoptee. Neurodivergent.
After a long break, we finally got Arydia back to the table. Skellies had a bone to pick. The painted minis in this game are lights out.
November 3, 2025 at 4:43 AM
After a long break, we finally got Arydia back to the table. Skellies had a bone to pick. The painted minis in this game are lights out.
I am not at Essen, but Flossenschlag (Finspan) is apparently being well received.
October 26, 2025 at 4:03 AM
I am not at Essen, but Flossenschlag (Finspan) is apparently being well received.
Stonemaier Design Day. The game boards for my prototype of Primal Dawn are 20% broader in both dimensions than they should be - all so I could use D&D figures as the minis. I did not consider (until it was too late) how I would never be able to fit it on a reasonably sized table.
October 13, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Stonemaier Design Day. The game boards for my prototype of Primal Dawn are 20% broader in both dimensions than they should be - all so I could use D&D figures as the minis. I did not consider (until it was too late) how I would never be able to fit it on a reasonably sized table.
We took the lightrail to the airport, and it was packed to the gills with people going to the Ms game. When we hit St. Louis, there was one bar open in the airport, and people were standing around watching the game. It was the bottom of the 15th.
October 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
We took the lightrail to the airport, and it was packed to the gills with people going to the Ms game. When we hit St. Louis, there was one bar open in the airport, and people were standing around watching the game. It was the bottom of the 15th.
I signed a copy of Finspan for a friend while out at lunch yesterday. I guess this is just a thing I do now.
October 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I signed a copy of Finspan for a friend while out at lunch yesterday. I guess this is just a thing I do now.
Playing Vantage by @stonemaiergames.com with friends.
September 30, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Playing Vantage by @stonemaiergames.com with friends.
7-player Twilight Imperium, 4th Edition. The little girl was kind of a shark. 🦈
September 22, 2025 at 3:36 AM
7-player Twilight Imperium, 4th Edition. The little girl was kind of a shark. 🦈
J will be demoing Ocean of Fire at PAX West. (DM me if you'd like to playtest it.) I plan to seek publication with this one, which is rare for me (but, hopefully, going to get less so).
August 23, 2025 at 10:58 PM
J will be demoing Ocean of Fire at PAX West. (DM me if you'd like to playtest it.) I plan to seek publication with this one, which is rare for me (but, hopefully, going to get less so).
I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would (I type as I lay here recovering from whatever disease I picked up there). I’ve had terrible anxiety since the pandemic, but I think having a booth to work as a home base helped a lot. I’ve been attending other cons to prepare, and that helped, too.
August 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would (I type as I lay here recovering from whatever disease I picked up there). I’ve had terrible anxiety since the pandemic, but I think having a booth to work as a home base helped a lot. I’ve been attending other cons to prepare, and that helped, too.
Oh, we were there.
August 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Oh, we were there.
I don’t often fanboy out, but my sons and I (and one of their friends) have played several hundred hours Gloomhaven in “the pug room” (before they left me for D&D). And when I met @cephalofair.bsky.social at the MvM after party at Gen Con, I kind of babbled for a bit.
August 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I don’t often fanboy out, but my sons and I (and one of their friends) have played several hundred hours Gloomhaven in “the pug room” (before they left me for D&D). And when I met @cephalofair.bsky.social at the MvM after party at Gen Con, I kind of babbled for a bit.
Goodbye, Gen Con!
August 4, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Goodbye, Gen Con!
No one ever saves me a spot.
August 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
No one ever saves me a spot.
They enclosed a handwritten note, too.
August 2, 2025 at 6:41 PM
They enclosed a handwritten note, too.
David Gordon and I with the Astra Award for Toy Retailers’ “Geek Game of the Year” (for Finspan).
August 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
David Gordon and I with the Astra Award for Toy Retailers’ “Geek Game of the Year” (for Finspan).
I have never seen @stonemaiergames.com and @elizhargrave.bsky.social in the same place at the same time…until today! #GenCon
August 2, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I have never seen @stonemaiergames.com and @elizhargrave.bsky.social in the same place at the same time…until today! #GenCon
David, Lily and I demoing and talking about Finspan at Gen Con.
July 31, 2025 at 7:55 PM
David, Lily and I demoing and talking about Finspan at Gen Con.
So cool to see all the Finspan materials set up around Gen Con. I’ll be at the Stonemaier booth each day, starting tomorrow. Drop by and say “hi!”
July 31, 2025 at 12:34 AM
So cool to see all the Finspan materials set up around Gen Con. I’ll be at the Stonemaier booth each day, starting tomorrow. Drop by and say “hi!”
Taking a break at Origins Game Fair.
June 19, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Taking a break at Origins Game Fair.
I look like the one on the right.
June 18, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I look like the one on the right.
0-0-0 and BT-1 dropped into Imperial Assault this week. But, alas, no Doctor Aphra.
@kierongillen.bsky.social @fantasyflightgames.bsky.social
@kierongillen.bsky.social @fantasyflightgames.bsky.social
June 10, 2025 at 4:12 AM
0-0-0 and BT-1 dropped into Imperial Assault this week. But, alas, no Doctor Aphra.
@kierongillen.bsky.social @fantasyflightgames.bsky.social
@kierongillen.bsky.social @fantasyflightgames.bsky.social
…and at last there was peace.
June 5, 2025 at 10:48 PM
…and at last there was peace.
Hadn't seen this image. It's very cool.
June 4, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Hadn't seen this image. It's very cool.
Apparently, Morningstar has awards for toys and games, and Finspan won one - for “Geek Games.”
www.morningstar.com/news/globe-n...
www.morningstar.com/news/globe-n...
June 3, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Apparently, Morningstar has awards for toys and games, and Finspan won one - for “Geek Games.”
www.morningstar.com/news/globe-n...
www.morningstar.com/news/globe-n...