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Josephine Baird
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Such an honour and pleasure to open and keynote Sweden Game Conference 2025!

Photo by @swedengamearena.bsky.social
Photograph of a crowd watching a speaker on a stage lit by colourful stage lights
October 23, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Will write more about the delights of this week's Gotland Game Conference soon, but in the meantime, so glad to get to talk about trans and non-binary representation in games, and specifically looking at Dragon Age: The Veilguard, this morning at the Transformative Play Initiative Seminar 2025
A PowerPoint slide of a screenshot from the game Dragon Age: The Veilguard featuring a tall character leaning over a shorter character.
June 13, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Working on something for next week. Been a long time since i have drawn like this. It feels good to.
A black and white illustration of cloud from Final Fantasy VII on a dress wielding a large sword
June 5, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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Very happy to be a co-author on a new article just released, "Designing Transformative Analog Role-playing Games," written by Sarah Lynne Bowman, Josefin Westborg, Kjell Hedgard Hugaas, Elektra Diakolambrianou, and myself. The article is free to access here: www.gamejournal.it/designing-tr...
A colourful diagram featuring different figures surrounding and inside a bowl shape in order to demonstrate the transformational container of play
May 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Giving a paper tomorrow at the entirely online Mythological Game Studies Conference talking about my love of Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical. mythgamescon.wordpress.com
PowerPoint slide of a book and screenshots from the game "Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical"
May 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Impromptu fashion shoot at @nordicgame.com. Very happy to be here and meeting so many amazing people and getting to speak on "More Than Representation: Designing Compelling Trans Narratives for Games" (photos to follow).
Woman in red dress poses in front of sign which reads "Nordic Game" Woman in red dress poses in front of sign which reads "Nordic Game"
May 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Arrangement by our little one who was trying to decide "why the cat looked that way" and thought perhaps it might be coffee related. Either that or Herbert has found a save point. @shaunaitcheson.bsky.social @cloakanddaggerg.bsky.social
A photograph of a purple plush cat (from the game The Excavation of Hob's Barrow) with a particularly intense expression sat next to a "n Oh Deer Diner coffee thermos (from the game Alan Wake 2)
May 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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She really is 😭💜. If/whenever you might like to come over, would love to introduce you to her!
April 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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I really did. Oh yes, absolutely! 💜💖. We don't have a piano but she is often on my keyboard when writing or recording podcasts 🥰
A fluffy white cat sitting next to a computer keyboard
April 17, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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Oh Ambition: A Minuet of Power is fascinating. I hope you enjoy it!
A photograph of a book and a CD featuring illustrations of aristocratic characters from the game Ambition, Minuet of Power.
January 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Very excited to have contributed to this new (and FREE to read) textbook on how to design role-playing games for transformative impact. Please give it a look (FREE).

This was a huge effort, and special appreciation to the editors who worked incredibly hard on this 💜.

books.uu.se/uup/catalog/...
An illustrated cover for the book "Transformative Role-playing Game Design" featuring two figures against a colourful background.
January 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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When the day has been particularly challenging, games really can help.
A photograph from the video game, Ladykiller in a Bind in which the player is presented with options for where they would like to spend the afternoon.
January 19, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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This was how I celebrated my birthday this year...
A photograph of a large table covered in a very large board game featuring many different stacks of cards, figures, and tokens.
January 19, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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'Twas the night before Christmas and a jolly good dragon time was had. And a jolly beverage with it. 🎄🥂🎲
A photograph of a table with a board game set out on it.
December 25, 2024 at 12:25 AM
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Our kitty in her natural state.
A black and white illustration of a cat sleeping
December 15, 2024 at 8:47 AM
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I haven't drawn much this year and shared less of it. Would like to do much more of both in the new year. #artvsartist2024
A selection of illustrations surround a photograph of a woman with a dog.
December 13, 2024 at 6:46 PM
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The local boardgame store restocked their random dice bin.... they have many less dice now. And I have many more.
A photograph of a number of different very colourful and sparkly dice
December 11, 2024 at 3:44 PM
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Today turned out to be quite special as I got a lovely acceptance letter from a university that will hopefully be the place I finally get some funny new letters to my name AND perhaps most crucially, insists I carry a sword to graduation.

I am of course getting ready in the only way I know how...
A very colourful image of the face of a woman with very big hair wielding a sword, cropped from the movie poster of the film Dyke Hard.
December 5, 2024 at 5:49 PM
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It's been a "bit of a week," but now it is Saturday and gathering inspiration for the new week to come. This inspiration inspired by Allan Wake II from @remedygames.com
An illustration of Alex Casey from the game Allen Wake II holding a cup of coffee. The caption reads "You're not in a dark place, you are the dark place."
November 30, 2024 at 11:09 AM
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If you are in Southern California this month, may I recommend seeing my dear friend, collaborator, and amazing artist, Suzanne Shifflett for a flash tattoo fundraiser in aid of the LGBTQ Center, Long Beach.
A photo of a person arms tattooing another person's leg. The text reads Flash Tattoo Fundraiser Nov 27 - Dec 25
November 28, 2024 at 8:55 AM
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This year I loved playing This Bed We Made by @lowbirthgames.bsky.social. In the summer I drew this for an art contest they ran and with the steam gift card I was lucky enough to win I bought Loco Motive and Sorry, We're Closed. Tried both briefly and already think they are so worth a look!
The cover for This Bed We Made video game, a collage of a maid mopping up red liquid and the same woman looking around a curtain An illustration of two women on the beach in 1950s period bathing suits. One lays out a towel carefully whilst the other comments "Sophie, my darling, we're not at the hotel, you don't have to give the towel hospital corners" The cover of Loco Motive video game featuring a cartoon style image of train and several figures seeming swept up in its wake. The cover of Sorry, We're Closer video game, featuring the portraits of two figures in very colourful clothing.
November 27, 2024 at 7:08 PM
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Caption redacted because it was just.... very heavy sigh.
Sketch of a woman holding her head in her hands whilst on the phone
November 26, 2024 at 7:28 PM
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Late night sketching.
Black and white illustration of a profile of a face in rain
November 22, 2024 at 3:19 AM
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For a few years I have found it hard to find the right words on Trans Day of Remembrance. I have been marking this day for a very long time. I am grateful to be here to be able to. I will continue to remember those very dear ones who aren't.
An illustration of a lit candle in a candleholder.
November 20, 2024 at 5:29 PM
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10 years ago to the day, we premiered "Dyke Hard" at Stockholm Film Festival, I was here again to pitch a new film, "Paradise." Will post pictures of the pitch when I have them. But for now, thrilled but exhausted.
A photograph of a woman in a shiny gold dress, giant hair, and holding a fan on the red carpet of a film premiere. A photograph of a film catalogue turned to a page for the film Paradise.
November 13, 2024 at 6:51 PM