Erica
@ericabouyouris.bsky.social
Basement Dweller, Geek, Game Designer (Design Lead) at Spin Master Games, Co-host of the Ludology Podcast. I ❤️ board games and video games.
Beat the Parents "Let's Roll" is hitting shelves in North America and Europe! The learning experience designing this device was intense but incredible. We had to design everything from the games, appearance, timing, sound effects and even the voice lines for this cube-shaped gaming compendium.
July 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Beat the Parents "Let's Roll" is hitting shelves in North America and Europe! The learning experience designing this device was intense but incredible. We had to design everything from the games, appearance, timing, sound effects and even the voice lines for this cube-shaped gaming compendium.
I'm putting back on my teaching cap as part of the GenCon's Game Design Academy on Wednesday, July 30th in Indianapolis. I'll be running a session called "Thinking of Your Game as a Product". Tickets are FREE! but limited so please sign up soon if interested.
July 15, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I'm putting back on my teaching cap as part of the GenCon's Game Design Academy on Wednesday, July 30th in Indianapolis. I'll be running a session called "Thinking of Your Game as a Product". Tickets are FREE! but limited so please sign up soon if interested.
An incredibly cool gift arrived at my house this week! Not only was it a complete surprise, but this is my first Sideshow Collectibles piece and it's a childhood fav. The detailing on this thing is INSANE and the box is shaped like a VHS sleeve. Again, incredible. And very grateful, thank you💕
June 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
An incredibly cool gift arrived at my house this week! Not only was it a complete surprise, but this is my first Sideshow Collectibles piece and it's a childhood fav. The detailing on this thing is INSANE and the box is shaped like a VHS sleeve. Again, incredible. And very grateful, thank you💕
Got some pretty fun news today. I'm a finalist for Game Designer of the Year for IP/License, along with some other awesome friends of mine.
April 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Got some pretty fun news today. I'm a finalist for Game Designer of the Year for IP/License, along with some other awesome friends of mine.
NYTF is in less than 2 weeks and will be my first time travelling in 2025. Who else will be at New York Toy Fair this year?
February 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
NYTF is in less than 2 weeks and will be my first time travelling in 2025. Who else will be at New York Toy Fair this year?
This one came out so fun! I got to work on the Arizona Iced Tea game and it comes in an Arizona Iced Tea can. Excited that it's starting to hit shelves.
a.co/d/2EVKmvf
a.co/d/2EVKmvf
January 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
This one came out so fun! I got to work on the Arizona Iced Tea game and it comes in an Arizona Iced Tea can. Excited that it's starting to hit shelves.
a.co/d/2EVKmvf
a.co/d/2EVKmvf
It’s also great to see how Dumb Ways to Die is still finding its audience. It’s a silly game designed to be a silly game. It’s wonderful to see people just having a good time with it still.
December 15, 2024 at 4:36 PM
It’s also great to see how Dumb Ways to Die is still finding its audience. It’s a silly game designed to be a silly game. It’s wonderful to see people just having a good time with it still.
I had 4 family games come out this year. I don’t often post about my games more than once, just that they released, but I wanted to share how honoured I often feel that I get to make games that are usually someone’s ‘first’ - their first co-op, set collection, pick-up-and-deliver, drafting, etc.
December 15, 2024 at 4:36 PM
I had 4 family games come out this year. I don’t often post about my games more than once, just that they released, but I wanted to share how honoured I often feel that I get to make games that are usually someone’s ‘first’ - their first co-op, set collection, pick-up-and-deliver, drafting, etc.
My last new game release of 2024 comes out in just a few days. I had so much fun getting to work on a Bluey Beat the Parents game. Every card is based on some kind of imaginative, creative, or silly thing from the show.
December 15, 2024 at 4:36 PM
My last new game release of 2024 comes out in just a few days. I had so much fun getting to work on a Bluey Beat the Parents game. Every card is based on some kind of imaginative, creative, or silly thing from the show.
Got to see the Wicked movie in NYC at the Angelika Theatre, such the perfect place to go see it. Very fun movie, exactly what you’d expect if you saw the play.
December 5, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Got to see the Wicked movie in NYC at the Angelika Theatre, such the perfect place to go see it. Very fun movie, exactly what you’d expect if you saw the play.
6K copies sold on Amazon?!?! In the past month?!? I’m so incredibly blown away with how well this game has been received by families and Wicked fans. Thank you everyone who gave it a chance so far 💕
December 1, 2024 at 7:51 PM
6K copies sold on Amazon?!?! In the past month?!? I’m so incredibly blown away with how well this game has been received by families and Wicked fans. Thank you everyone who gave it a chance so far 💕
Hi everyone, I'm Erica.
🎲🍁I'm a full-time game designer out of Canada.
🛍️I work in both the Mass Market & Hobby games space.
🎞️I make stuff for movies, shows, comics & brands.
🧸I also sometimes work on toys.
🎧I co-host a pretty cool podcast called The Ludology
Podcast
Nice to meet you!
🎲🍁I'm a full-time game designer out of Canada.
🛍️I work in both the Mass Market & Hobby games space.
🎞️I make stuff for movies, shows, comics & brands.
🧸I also sometimes work on toys.
🎧I co-host a pretty cool podcast called The Ludology
Podcast
Nice to meet you!
November 25, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Hi everyone, I'm Erica.
🎲🍁I'm a full-time game designer out of Canada.
🛍️I work in both the Mass Market & Hobby games space.
🎞️I make stuff for movies, shows, comics & brands.
🧸I also sometimes work on toys.
🎧I co-host a pretty cool podcast called The Ludology
Podcast
Nice to meet you!
🎲🍁I'm a full-time game designer out of Canada.
🛍️I work in both the Mass Market & Hobby games space.
🎞️I make stuff for movies, shows, comics & brands.
🧸I also sometimes work on toys.
🎧I co-host a pretty cool podcast called The Ludology
Podcast
Nice to meet you!
I don't think I shared this picture here yet! My Wicked game is on shelves and it's in a whole Wicked section AND it's on the end cap! AND it's next to Cynthia Erivo!
I can't wait to go see this movie when it's out🍿
I can't wait to go see this movie when it's out🍿
November 18, 2024 at 8:35 PM
I don't think I shared this picture here yet! My Wicked game is on shelves and it's in a whole Wicked section AND it's on the end cap! AND it's next to Cynthia Erivo!
I can't wait to go see this movie when it's out🍿
I can't wait to go see this movie when it's out🍿
Who would you love to see write a book about board game design?
November 18, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Who would you love to see write a book about board game design?
It's so exciting to see this for pre-order. We have been working on this one for a while! I have many stories about what this license was like to work on lol, but the end product is absolutely gorgeous and I am hoping families and fans truly enjoy it. Can't wait until October 🫧
September 10, 2024 at 1:39 PM
It's so exciting to see this for pre-order. We have been working on this one for a while! I have many stories about what this license was like to work on lol, but the end product is absolutely gorgeous and I am hoping families and fans truly enjoy it. Can't wait until October 🫧
I didn't think this was coming out until Fall but it's already up on Amazon. Wednesday is a clever (if I do say so myself) and simple bluffing game. First review is up and it's 5/5! This game came out so beautiful💕
July 16, 2024 at 2:42 PM
I didn't think this was coming out until Fall but it's already up on Amazon. Wednesday is a clever (if I do say so myself) and simple bluffing game. First review is up and it's 5/5! This game came out so beautiful💕
Jumanji Stampede is starting to hit shelves. I just got a copy and it’s so amazing to see this become real. This is the type of game that would have had a commercial back in the day. Fingers crossed this one does really well. We worked so hard on it. #jumanji
July 16, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Jumanji Stampede is starting to hit shelves. I just got a copy and it’s so amazing to see this become real. This is the type of game that would have had a commercial back in the day. Fingers crossed this one does really well. We worked so hard on it. #jumanji
How cool! I just found out that I am featured in the Mojo Nation 100: 2024 Edition. I also saw some awesome friends featured as well!
January 22, 2024 at 9:41 PM
How cool! I just found out that I am featured in the Mojo Nation 100: 2024 Edition. I also saw some awesome friends featured as well!
Always fun finding my games in the wild. This one found at GameStop.
December 19, 2023 at 4:24 PM
Always fun finding my games in the wild. This one found at GameStop.
This seems like the perfect day to get to post about this - I got to work on a Goosebumps game! To align with the books used on the new Disney series, take on the monsters from Say Cheese and Die, The Haunted Mask, The Girl Who Cried Monster, Cuckoo Clock of Doom and Go Eat Worms. Coming soon ☠️
October 31, 2023 at 4:41 PM
This seems like the perfect day to get to post about this - I got to work on a Goosebumps game! To align with the books used on the new Disney series, take on the monsters from Say Cheese and Die, The Haunted Mask, The Girl Who Cried Monster, Cuckoo Clock of Doom and Go Eat Worms. Coming soon ☠️
I got a pretty cool email this morning from Mojo - I'm in a thing! I'm one of the 100 people featured in the BRANDS UNTAPPED 100: 2023 book, for my work on licensed games.
October 4, 2023 at 3:44 PM
I got a pretty cool email this morning from Mojo - I'm in a thing! I'm one of the 100 people featured in the BRANDS UNTAPPED 100: 2023 book, for my work on licensed games.
WHHHAATTTT?!??! Dumb Ways to Die is a Finalist for Toy of the Year!!!! It's up for Best Grown-Up Toy of the Year 2023. This is so exciting!
August 21, 2023 at 2:59 PM
WHHHAATTTT?!??! Dumb Ways to Die is a Finalist for Toy of the Year!!!! It's up for Best Grown-Up Toy of the Year 2023. This is so exciting!
"Harry Potter Hogwarts Magical Mayhem" is up on Amazon now and should be hitting shelves by next week! Took a lot to make this game a reality✨ I’m so happy with how it turned out.
August 17, 2023 at 9:33 PM
"Harry Potter Hogwarts Magical Mayhem" is up on Amazon now and should be hitting shelves by next week! Took a lot to make this game a reality✨ I’m so happy with how it turned out.
I was lucky enough to get to retheme CMON’s amazing Sheriff of Nottingham to Disney’s Sheriff of Nottingham! Be the hero and use your lying and stealing for a good cause, to save the poor villagers! Coming out next week. Just saw the first review already posted to Amazon 💕
August 1, 2023 at 1:56 PM
I was lucky enough to get to retheme CMON’s amazing Sheriff of Nottingham to Disney’s Sheriff of Nottingham! Be the hero and use your lying and stealing for a good cause, to save the poor villagers! Coming out next week. Just saw the first review already posted to Amazon 💕