A lot of the women of color creatives a MAGFest were on Bluesky. That made it more of a highlight for me! Networking with the socially aware.

Some MAGFest 2026 highlights: $200 of free con merch, free Chinese & Japanese Pokémon cards, trinket trade, women of color creatives meetup, playing Wyrmspan, & leather bracer crafting workshop. #magfest #games

It was harder to sneak into the indie game section at #MAGFest for playtesting this year, and we only ran one playtest and a few demos of the Chinese zodiac prototype. But good to see some familiar designers from Break My Game and others. Liked the indie table setup better this year@lunarpunk.games

Working on a brand new prototype! Second playtest happened today. This one teaches #Mandarin #Chinese.

#games #cardgames #languages #educational

Bluesky doesn't offer a Norwegian interface yet, so now using the Danish! Danish and Norwegian are written so similarly, it's pretty easy to understand for a semi-fluent Norwegian-speaker. Get a copy of Twisty Tealz to start learning either of these languages!

Most entertaining game playtested at UnPub over the weekend (not including ours): Period Party. Très drôle ! #unpub #games #cardgames

Had a fabulous time at UnPub this weekend playtesting a brand new game! It’s a French sentence-building game that is political-themed. Vive la révolution ! Vive la démocratie ! Also sold a couple prototypes of Twisty Tealz (Mandarin). Merci beaucoup to our playtesters for all the fantastic feedback!

Want to make learning #Chinese fun and easy? Learn #Mandarin with friends by playing this colorful card game! Available now via The Game Crafter.

#languages #rainbow #linguistics #games #cardgame #pedogogy #educational #play #cards #tabletop

www.thegamecrafter.com/games/twisty...

Since we’re on both Mastodon and Bluesky, we’re trying out this app called Openvibe that allows you to crosspost to both of them at once.
Seems nice so far!

Here’s a snapshot of the Mandarin version of Twisty Tealz coming soon to appease the language gods (shénmíng 神明).

Decided on one final little rule change before publishing: you’ll no longer have to make sure that a teal is not the last thing you play! For a longer game you can always add that rule in, but it tends to increase the length of the game by 25-100%.

The final prototype is in! Expect this to be available for purchase by early February!!

Oh, wow! MAGFest is actually trending on Bluesky right now. Incredible. #magfest #games #tabletop #indiegames #cardgames

The new prototype is in! In time for MAGFest. Accidentally printed the wrong backs, so also ordered a fixed prototype. Maybe players will appreciate having the pronunciation guide on the back of every card… 😂