Hinokodo
@hinokodo.com
"high-no-koh-doh" | Fermentation Wizard | Creator of MIRU | Cofounder of Mimic Publishing: mimicpublishing.com | Link in bio: Hinokodo.com
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Hinokodo
@hinokodo.com
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Hinokodo.com - H I N O K O D O
Designer of MIRU, PONDUS, and GLITCH TCG | A Fermentation Wizard | Facilitator of Simulations From Elsewhere at Mimic Publishing
hinokodo.com
Hey! If I have something new or you're discovering me for the first time, this is the link to check out: hinokodo.com Everything me in one convenient spot.
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If you are going to be at PaxU you can snag physical copies of Liminal Horror Investigators alongside the phenomenal boxset Liminal Grimoire by @mallenhall.com
He‘ll be at booth 4303! Peak the start of setup!
He‘ll be at booth 4303! Peak the start of setup!
November 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
If you are going to be at PaxU you can snag physical copies of Liminal Horror Investigators alongside the phenomenal boxset Liminal Grimoire by @mallenhall.com
He‘ll be at booth 4303! Peak the start of setup!
He‘ll be at booth 4303! Peak the start of setup!
MIRU 1&2 will be at the booth! Check out the new horizontal 2025 editions if you haven't yet.
We'll be in #Booth3701 at #PaxUnplugged2025 this weekend in Philadelphia.
Here's a list of the 238 games from 119 member-publishers we'll have:
www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/PAX-Un...
Here's a list of the 238 games from 119 member-publishers we'll have:
www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/PAX-Un...
November 19, 2025 at 1:48 PM
MIRU 1&2 will be at the booth! Check out the new horizontal 2025 editions if you haven't yet.
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I'm responsible for the artwork of many of the new games being sold at Tokyo Game Market this weekend.
November 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I'm responsible for the artwork of many of the new games being sold at Tokyo Game Market this weekend.
Ok here's the pitch. It's a visual podcast. The hosts are small toys that live in a boardgame shelf. Animation is very minimal and choppy but cute. They record their owners chatting about the games they play and use the audio as they put on a little show. Low poly/res 3D. Monthly.
November 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Ok here's the pitch. It's a visual podcast. The hosts are small toys that live in a boardgame shelf. Animation is very minimal and choppy but cute. They record their owners chatting about the games they play and use the audio as they put on a little show. Low poly/res 3D. Monthly.
hell yeah. thank you megan! May Alora be with you!
If you have any questions, feel free to swing by the discord (link in bio) we have a channel dedicated to miru where folks share their maps and ask questions and such. Good luck!
If you have any questions, feel free to swing by the discord (link in bio) we have a channel dedicated to miru where folks share their maps and ask questions and such. Good luck!
It's always a pleasure to swing by @shop.peregrinecoast.press whenever they are at a convention. I showed exceptional restraint and picked up one thing this time, but oh ye gods, it's nearly Dragonmeet so...
Anyway, I grabbed a copy of Miru by @hinokodo.com as I keep hearing great things!
Anyway, I grabbed a copy of Miru by @hinokodo.com as I keep hearing great things!
November 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
hell yeah. thank you megan! May Alora be with you!
If you have any questions, feel free to swing by the discord (link in bio) we have a channel dedicated to miru where folks share their maps and ask questions and such. Good luck!
If you have any questions, feel free to swing by the discord (link in bio) we have a channel dedicated to miru where folks share their maps and ask questions and such. Good luck!
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Wyrmspan and Apiary designer Connie Vogelmann has taken the plunge into full-time board game design following the huge success of her first two creations - and the destruction she says is being caused by Donald Trump in her former career as a grants law attorney:
boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
November 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Wyrmspan and Apiary designer Connie Vogelmann has taken the plunge into full-time board game design following the huge success of her first two creations - and the destruction she says is being caused by Donald Trump in her former career as a grants law attorney:
boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
Yikes! Our tendencies to consolidate must be pushed against.
lmao nearly every major tabletop platform or website hosts on Cloudflare, which is currently shitting the metaphorical bed.
Kickstarter, Backerkit, and Gamefound. But also itch, Roll20, DTRPG. Effectively the whole online RPG market is offline.
Kickstarter, Backerkit, and Gamefound. But also itch, Roll20, DTRPG. Effectively the whole online RPG market is offline.
November 18, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Yikes! Our tendencies to consolidate must be pushed against.
How important is box size for you? We're gonna stick with 2 sizes; "large" and "small" (9x9" and 5x9") as both of these sizes fit in my backpack and I know that games that are portable get taken to places and are more often played. (More chances anyways)
Is there too small? Too large of a box?
Is there too small? Too large of a box?
November 17, 2025 at 2:44 AM
How important is box size for you? We're gonna stick with 2 sizes; "large" and "small" (9x9" and 5x9") as both of these sizes fit in my backpack and I know that games that are portable get taken to places and are more often played. (More chances anyways)
Is there too small? Too large of a box?
Is there too small? Too large of a box?
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Department Store „Central” in Łódź, Poland r/brutalism
November 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Department Store „Central” in Łódź, Poland r/brutalism
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A few of us designers have been privileged to follow along while @stoutstoat.co.uk chipped away at this project for the last few years.
It's something new. An interactive history book like the kind you'd maybe read as a kid, but with the combined powers of archaeology and game design.
It's something new. An interactive history book like the kind you'd maybe read as a kid, but with the combined powers of archaeology and game design.
Game designers bring to life to Scotland's mysterious Picts
Writers and archaeologists also worked on a new guide to a lost early medieval Scottish society.
www.bbc.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
A few of us designers have been privileged to follow along while @stoutstoat.co.uk chipped away at this project for the last few years.
It's something new. An interactive history book like the kind you'd maybe read as a kid, but with the combined powers of archaeology and game design.
It's something new. An interactive history book like the kind you'd maybe read as a kid, but with the combined powers of archaeology and game design.
top 10? kind of order.
1. Ostia
2. LOTR Duel
3. Ahoy
4. Rebirth
5. Harvest
6. LOTR TTG
7. Dune Imperium (uprising)
8. Vinhos
9. Spot It!
10. Conservas
1. Ostia
2. LOTR Duel
3. Ahoy
4. Rebirth
5. Harvest
6. LOTR TTG
7. Dune Imperium (uprising)
8. Vinhos
9. Spot It!
10. Conservas
board game enthusiasts of bluesky, what are your top 10 board games of all time
November 15, 2025 at 7:42 PM
top 10? kind of order.
1. Ostia
2. LOTR Duel
3. Ahoy
4. Rebirth
5. Harvest
6. LOTR TTG
7. Dune Imperium (uprising)
8. Vinhos
9. Spot It!
10. Conservas
1. Ostia
2. LOTR Duel
3. Ahoy
4. Rebirth
5. Harvest
6. LOTR TTG
7. Dune Imperium (uprising)
8. Vinhos
9. Spot It!
10. Conservas
The eyes have seen you. Scroll faster, but you can not hide. For you are caught within a blink.
November 15, 2025 at 3:47 AM
The eyes have seen you. Scroll faster, but you can not hide. For you are caught within a blink.
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Reshare: "Plenty of solo RPGs currently sit, half-started and mostly forgotten, but I’ve only finished one: MIRU, by Hinokodo. And I owe its mental stickiness to some damn good graphic design. "
www.rascal.news/i-killed-god...
www.rascal.news/i-killed-god...
I killed God with the power of good graphic design
MIRU’s information layout saved it from disuse at my own hands.
www.rascal.news
November 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Reshare: "Plenty of solo RPGs currently sit, half-started and mostly forgotten, but I’ve only finished one: MIRU, by Hinokodo. And I owe its mental stickiness to some damn good graphic design. "
www.rascal.news/i-killed-god...
www.rascal.news/i-killed-god...
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Carved in Stone is officially out!
In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.
In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.
November 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Carved in Stone is officially out!
In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.
In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.
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The Picts were always more than their blue-painted, bloodthirsty depictions. Carved in Stone, a new setting guide from @stoutstoat.co.uk and archaeologist Heather Christie, invites players to explore their incomplete but beautiful history.
Carved in Stone is both a history book and an eye-catching RPG
Publisher Brian Tyrrell and archeologist Heather Christie paint a pretty Pict-ure.
www.rascal.news
November 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The Picts were always more than their blue-painted, bloodthirsty depictions. Carved in Stone, a new setting guide from @stoutstoat.co.uk and archaeologist Heather Christie, invites players to explore their incomplete but beautiful history.
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seeing the process is very cool!
How the art is created for 52 Duels. Follow the game now on Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/pos...
November 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
seeing the process is very cool!
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New ep
Ryan sits down with Clayton Notestine of @explorersdesign.bsky.social to follow up his recent article on How to Promote Your Work with our take on Self-Promotion, including the Do's and Don'ts of reaching out to bloggers and podcasters.
Ryan sits down with Clayton Notestine of @explorersdesign.bsky.social to follow up his recent article on How to Promote Your Work with our take on Self-Promotion, including the Do's and Don'ts of reaching out to bloggers and podcasters.
EP 291 | We Talk SELF-PROMO with Clayton Notestine
YouTube video by The Weekly Scroll
www.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:22 PM
New ep
Ryan sits down with Clayton Notestine of @explorersdesign.bsky.social to follow up his recent article on How to Promote Your Work with our take on Self-Promotion, including the Do's and Don'ts of reaching out to bloggers and podcasters.
Ryan sits down with Clayton Notestine of @explorersdesign.bsky.social to follow up his recent article on How to Promote Your Work with our take on Self-Promotion, including the Do's and Don'ts of reaching out to bloggers and podcasters.
some early saturday design work. Expanding on this mancala train idea I had some time ago. What if something like Ostia and 18xx had a baby. (Elseware Express vol2?) Idea is on your turn, you pick an action, train tokens on it are X. 'buy x, build x, etc' then you mancala them around the track.
November 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
some early saturday design work. Expanding on this mancala train idea I had some time ago. What if something like Ostia and 18xx had a baby. (Elseware Express vol2?) Idea is on your turn, you pick an action, train tokens on it are X. 'buy x, build x, etc' then you mancala them around the track.
Through DLC, @bgstatsapp.bsky.social lets you see your cost per play for #boardgames. This hobby is cheaper than going to the movies, but only if you play a game 2+ times. 😜
Do you aim for a certain cost per play? Is this too much detail and eyes should be averted?
What's your best bang for buck?
Do you aim for a certain cost per play? Is this too much detail and eyes should be averted?
What's your best bang for buck?
November 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Through DLC, @bgstatsapp.bsky.social lets you see your cost per play for #boardgames. This hobby is cheaper than going to the movies, but only if you play a game 2+ times. 😜
Do you aim for a certain cost per play? Is this too much detail and eyes should be averted?
What's your best bang for buck?
Do you aim for a certain cost per play? Is this too much detail and eyes should be averted?
What's your best bang for buck?
Life is just a blink. We get a handful of years and it's gone. Our time here is so fleeting on this floating speck in space. We must promise our limited corpses a few pleasures while we're conscious to enjoy them.
Get a slice of Baja Blast tropical lime pie. You're alive. You earned it.
Get a slice of Baja Blast tropical lime pie. You're alive. You earned it.
November 7, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Life is just a blink. We get a handful of years and it's gone. Our time here is so fleeting on this floating speck in space. We must promise our limited corpses a few pleasures while we're conscious to enjoy them.
Get a slice of Baja Blast tropical lime pie. You're alive. You earned it.
Get a slice of Baja Blast tropical lime pie. You're alive. You earned it.
uh. so today's small business lesson. If you run a discord server, the @everyone tag still works for you, the owner, even tho you have it turned off for all the roles.
It was nice seeing everyone i guess. ha!
Just another day in Atopia.
how many servers do you lurk in?
It was nice seeing everyone i guess. ha!
Just another day in Atopia.
how many servers do you lurk in?
November 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
uh. so today's small business lesson. If you run a discord server, the @everyone tag still works for you, the owner, even tho you have it turned off for all the roles.
It was nice seeing everyone i guess. ha!
Just another day in Atopia.
how many servers do you lurk in?
It was nice seeing everyone i guess. ha!
Just another day in Atopia.
how many servers do you lurk in?
@ways-unseen.bsky.social (aka Lone Adventurer on YouTube) recently posted their video on 50 recommended solo games! (And MIRU made the list! What an honor!!) Also lots of cool projects were on this video as well! Check it out!
youtu.be/aN8RK2EK73A?...
youtu.be/aN8RK2EK73A?...
50 solo table games - Something for everyone! (Part 2)
YouTube video by Lone Adventurer
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 12:12 AM
@ways-unseen.bsky.social (aka Lone Adventurer on YouTube) recently posted their video on 50 recommended solo games! (And MIRU made the list! What an honor!!) Also lots of cool projects were on this video as well! Check it out!
youtu.be/aN8RK2EK73A?...
youtu.be/aN8RK2EK73A?...