Emily Vincent 🔜 Gen Con
LightNews LightNews
banner
emilykeepskitties.bsky.social
Emily Vincent 🔜 Gen Con
@emilykeepskitties.bsky.social
800 followers 360 following 190 posts
Cat loving, circus performing, game designer, game publisher, she/her

Check out Pirates of the High Teas! https://pirates.pinkhawkgames.com/

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pinkhawkgames/pirates-of-the-high-teas
Posts Replies Media Videos
emilykeepskitties.bsky.social
May 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
emilykeepskitties.bsky.social
I matched with Jamey Stegmaier and Uwe Rosenberg as a tie at 39%, then with 11% match to you! But I'm just gonna leave all these zeroes here 🤣
April 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
emilykeepskitties.bsky.social
I'm excited to share that Pirates of the High Teas won Best Hobby Game at the Boston Festival of Indie Games back in December! A huge thank you to all of the volunteers in @bostonfig.bsky.social, all the attendees, and all the awesome local designers who brought their games!
January 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM
emilykeepskitties.bsky.social
I got prototypes today! Getting ready to send these to fabulous content creators and reviewers!
January 14, 2025 at 9:36 PM
emilykeepskitties.bsky.social
November 25, 2024 at 4:39 PM
emilykeepskitties.bsky.social
Join me, @panda8ngel.bsky.social, and @bookofnerds.bsky.social today in a live play of Knitting Circle! Don't forget that this awesome @flatoutgames.bsky.social game is live in Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/fla...
October 17, 2024 at 1:51 PM
emilykeepskitties.bsky.social
Pirates of the High Teas now has pirate meeples (or whatever we're calling them now...)! This is one of the ways that I'm aiming to make the game accessible, through dual encoding for colorblind players. Also, they're just fun. Can you tell what they're holding?
4 pirate meeples holding different items: a parrot, a cupcake, a yeacup, and a sword.
September 20, 2024 at 1:46 PM
emilykeepskitties.bsky.social
Hey friends, I'm headed to Gen Con! Come find me in booth #403 with @flatoutgames.bsky.social! I'm all in and knit a scarf to go with Knitting Circle
July 31, 2024 at 10:15 AM
emilykeepskitties.bsky.social
Calico + calico + quilt + knitting
A calico cat sleeping on a quilt in front of the board game Calico and a knitted scarf
June 10, 2024 at 5:34 PM
emilykeepskitties.bsky.social
I'm excited to share that Knitting Circle is coming out with @flatoutgames.bsky.social! We'll be demoing it at GenCon, so if you're there please stop by and check it out! And if you're excited, take a moment to give it a thumbs up on bgg for the GenCon preview 😻 boardgamegeek.com/geekpreview/...
A board game box cover showing an orange cat sleeping in a basket of yarn. Title: Knitting Circle, a Calico Game. Designed by Emily Vincent, Illustration by Beth Sobel
June 5, 2024 at 12:57 PM
emilykeepskitties.bsky.social
It's happening! Swing by the Pink Hawk Games both at GAMA! #756
March 5, 2024 at 7:34 PM
emilykeepskitties.bsky.social
I'm so excited to be attending GAMA this year as a Horizon Fellow! My booth materials are starting to arrive as well as my new prototypes from @thegamecrafter.bsky.social. I can't wait to see folks there and share Pirates of the High Teas with you! Pinkies up me hearties, yo ho!
A tall poster with Pirates of the High Teas, a game of piracy and pastries. Emily, a woman with light skin and pink hair is peeking out from behind the poster with an excited grin on her face. A standing height table with a custom wrap showing Pirates of the High Teas and a treasure map. On the table is a board game prototype with cards and a central board A table showing a colorful game prototype. There is a central board with a ship on it, two decks of cards, and four player mats
February 6, 2024 at 1:40 AM
emilykeepskitties.bsky.social
So excited to be heading to PAXU! If you're going to be there, come say hi! I'll be spending a lot of time in the @unpub.bsky.social room. Come play Pirates of the High Teas on Friday 2-5 pm, Good Kitties Saturday 2-5 pm, or Cross Stitch after hours. Can't wait to play games with you!
A backpack full of board games packed in colorful drawstring bags A board game of colorful X's on a rectangular board with 3 bobbins of mixed tiles and one empty bobbin A board game with a colorful house overlaid with prototype cards. Before it are 3 cat player boards showing Tough Cat, Zoomie Cat, and Strong Car. Prototype board game with a printed board containing a ship and two meeples. Cards showing afternoon tea dishes during the board and a big pile of coins sits below the board.
November 29, 2023 at 11:59 AM
emilykeepskitties.bsky.social
Got in two playtests of Cross Stitch today after having it on the backburner for a few months. Really excited about the new objectives that make the board look more like a cross stitch! 🎲 ✂️
A 4x4 grid of squares, covered in colorful X tiles. A player board from the prototype game Cross Stitch.
October 14, 2023 at 9:53 PM
emilykeepskitties.bsky.social
Got some gaming in on a long weekend! Fit to Print by Flat Out is a great tile placement game that moves along at a good clip bc the rounds are timed. I managed to clean up on our first play through but got too ambitious with the amount of tiles I took the second time through 😅
The board game Fit to Print laid out on a table. Multiple tiles are scattered across the table and two newspaper boards are laid out with face up tiles.
October 11, 2023 at 8:06 PM
emilykeepskitties.bsky.social
Tesseract arrived just in time for game night! Really awesome coop puzzle game from Smirk & Dagger with some excellent dice manipulation and a sweet cube/stack of dice. We managed to save the world from alien annihilation! Looking forward to playing again on hard mode 😈
A board game box with the title Tesseract and artwork showing a hand holding a glowing blue cube The board game Tesseract in its end state. Four colors of dice stacked on a stand in the middle of the table, surrounded by smaller player mats with additional dice
September 23, 2023 at 1:56 AM
emilykeepskitties.bsky.social
Coming in late on Talk Like a Pirate day, I got some in person playtesting done last week on Pirates of the High Teas. Pinkies up me hearties, yo ho!
A game board with a ship and pirate meeples, surrounded by playing cards with pirates and desserts Three people sitting around a table and playing Pirates of the High Teas, a board game
September 20, 2023 at 2:22 AM
emilykeepskitties.bsky.social
Started the morning strong with an 8AM playtest of Good Kitties at GenCon!
A colorful board game that shows the top down view of a house and five player boards of different cats Four people playing the board game Good Kitties
August 4, 2023 at 2:35 PM
emilykeepskitties.bsky.social
Here we go! First playtest of Pirates at GenCon!
A game of cards set up on a black table cloth, with a central board that looks like a ship and player boards that look like smaller ships. And a pile of coins
August 3, 2023 at 2:05 PM
emilykeepskitties.bsky.social
I'm headed to GenCon! Come see me at First Exposure Playtest Hall (thanks @tonytran.bsky.social for the pic!). I'm currently at the airport and my living room is no longer a disaster of prep!
A TV screen in front of the Double Exposure sign with and promotional sign about a game called Good Kitties A living room floor with a large pile of paper scraps, scissors, a paper cutter and three boxes of prototyping supplies The inside of a game box with colorful pieces in small storage compartments
August 2, 2023 at 7:28 PM
emilykeepskitties.bsky.social
Cross Stitch: a tile placement game of stitches and knots. This game is very new, it's barely even a game! But I'll have it with me at GenCon and hope to get it to the table once or twice.
Two game boards with colorful tiles representing embroidery thread and forming Xs. Some tiles are stacked on boards that look like spools, with a max of 5 tiles per spool. There are 3 piles of 5 tiles each in the center of the play area.
July 28, 2023 at 2:44 AM
emilykeepskitties.bsky.social
Pirates of the High Teas: a set collection game of baking and sabotage on the high seas. This will also be playtesting at GenCon in the First Exposure Playtest Hall. I'm currently working on the end-game scoring and ensuring that the "pirate actions" fit smoothly into the gameplay.
A board game with a pirate ship in the center of the playing area. Each player also has a small pirate ship board as well as a variable number of cards showing baked goods.
July 28, 2023 at 2:35 AM
emilykeepskitties.bsky.social
Good Kitties: a cooperative strategy game of house cats taking over the world. I'll be playtesting this at the First Exposure Playtest Hall at GenCon, currently working on some changes to enhance player interaction and minimize player downtime.
A colorful board game showing a top-down view of a house. There are 4 cat pawns, 1 dog, and 6 mice.
July 28, 2023 at 2:31 AM
emilykeepskitties.bsky.social
Hello!
Close up of a tuxedo cat's face
July 26, 2023 at 11:17 AM
emilykeepskitties.bsky.social
TIL I couldn't post all 5 pictures! Here's the barrel...
Two people photoshopped into a barrel going obey Niagara Falls. One person is a woman with pink hair who looks concerned. The other is a man with a long beard who looks like he's having fun
July 26, 2023 at 2:29 AM