Michael Sprague 🎲✂️
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Michael Sprague 🎲✂️
@backwardscapgames.bsky.social
He/him. Hobby Board Game Player and Designer. Member of GMG Boston. Collaborator at SoME Game Design.

Current pipeline:
🎆 PYROTECHNICS (out Q4 '25)
🐝 Beeline (pitching)
👽 Interstellar Influence (co-designing)
🧱 Level Playingfield (designing)
My boardgame heart is filled with joy and gratitude this weekend. My co-design w/ @muse-and-mettle.bsky.social was tabled for the 1st time with the pull print. Production copy of @thinkdeepplaylight.bsky.social's 1st release #pyrotechnics hit the table. And I picked up 4 sweet newish to me games.
October 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Very happy to share, that barring unforeseen circumstances, my card game #pyrotechnics will receive it's full release on 12/31/2025 courtesy of @thinkdeepplaylight.bsky.social

Just got my designer production copies today, and oh boy does it look great! 🎲 ✂️
October 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
#sneakpeak at my current 🎲✂️ project "Level Playingfield". An asymmetric 2-player only game where one player is the hero, using deck building to traverse a level and the other player is the level master, using tile-laying to try and stop them.

#boardgames
September 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🎲 ✂️ The next iteration of Interstellar Influence ( co-design w/ @muse-and-mettle.bsky.social ) is ready to be broken, accused of not being a game and require too much math. Hoping to capture the imagination of #ancientalien enthusiasts sometime soon. #boardgames #gamedesign
August 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
🎲✂️in preparation for tonights meet up at Jetpack in Rochester, NH I am actually hand making a new prototype. Excited for this one.
July 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Makes me feel like a real 🎲 ✂️ to hang a poster in my office with the cover art for my first published game.
July 26, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Please consider helping my buddy @muse-and-mettle.bsky.social and do the thumbs up thing on BGG! Twisted Trumpets is debuting at Essen! boardgamegeek.com/geekpreview/...
July 15, 2025 at 1:51 AM
What are your thoughts on this one? Thanks!
May 28, 2025 at 8:14 PM
#Unpub was the public debut of SOME (Southern Maine) Games, a design collective consisting of me and Gavin Pouliot. Several people who stopped by were inquisitive as to what it was all about. Its dead simple. Friends helping friends. 🎲✂️
April 1, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Endgame state of the last Beeline test @unpub.bsky.social

Had 3 great testers really engage with the system and dig into it. Had a lot of fun watching.
March 31, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Alright my fellow board game designers 🎲✂️

Which game idea intrigues you most? Vote with the emoji or comment!
February 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I need to get better at using this platform. Here is a prototype box for a party game I am working on called Red String Theory which uses actual red string to make word association clues.
November 22, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Looking to expand my play testing circle with my current project, Beeline! Shout out to @amanpossessed.bsky.social for the logo.

If a puzzly, multi-path tableau builder where the tile drafting has major ramifications on your turn sounds interesting, hmu! Willing to trade Playtests.
July 30, 2024 at 5:41 PM
New board game idea today. Spend "time" to move the shapes around, trying to match your pattern given on a random card. When the day ends, player closest to matching wins. Idk if there is really anything here but let's play around with it for a bit and see if anything clicks.
October 28, 2023 at 9:26 PM