Luke Evison
@lukeevison.bsky.social
Board Game Developer/Muppet at @OspreyGames.bsky.social. Co-designer of "Hell-Raisers in Kanawha County" coming soon from @wehrlegig.games. Big Phoenicia Fan. Ace. He/Him. Poorly updated portfolio at www.paidiaic.com
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Luke Evison
@lukeevison.bsky.social
· Dec 3
It's official: Wehrlegig's next major project will be Hell Raisers in Kanawha County, a brilliant asymmetric Pax-style game designed by Matilda Simonsson and Luke Evison developed by Joe Schmidt and Drew Wehrle. www.kickstarter.com/projects/124...
I'm so delighted this is now Fully Offical; Drew, Joe, and Cole have already been doing so much awesome work, Matilda and I couldn't ask for a finer team!
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For those curious about the design 🎲✂️ process, you can now pop over to BGG and read the design diary from @flopiano.bsky.social and me for our newly released game, Ayar: Children of the Sun.
boardgamegeek.com/blog/1/blogp...
boardgamegeek.com/blog/1/blogp...
Designer Diary: Ayar: Children of The Sun | BoardGameGeek News
boardgamegeek.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:47 AM
For those curious about the design 🎲✂️ process, you can now pop over to BGG and read the design diary from @flopiano.bsky.social and me for our newly released game, Ayar: Children of the Sun.
boardgamegeek.com/blog/1/blogp...
boardgamegeek.com/blog/1/blogp...
It's a pretty great feeling when a game you are this excited for turns up looking oh so sharp. Congrats to @yoyoni.bsky.social, @joedewhurst.bsky.social , @thedietzfoundation.bsky.social etc al!
Im going to have to call an emergency pre-Essen call of the grogs.
Im going to have to call an emergency pre-Essen call of the grogs.
October 16, 2025 at 5:41 PM
It's a pretty great feeling when a game you are this excited for turns up looking oh so sharp. Congrats to @yoyoni.bsky.social, @joedewhurst.bsky.social , @thedietzfoundation.bsky.social etc al!
Im going to have to call an emergency pre-Essen call of the grogs.
Im going to have to call an emergency pre-Essen call of the grogs.
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📢📢 NEW BOARD GAMES IN 2026...
Threaded 🧵 a crafty worker placement game: https://bit.ly/4nOJ9iz
Rattlesnake 🤠 a riotous wild west shootout: https://bit.ly/3J8NKwH
Find out more on @boardgamegeek.com or our website blog. Get an exclusive preview at SPIEL Essen Stand 3.M600!
Threaded 🧵 a crafty worker placement game: https://bit.ly/4nOJ9iz
Rattlesnake 🤠 a riotous wild west shootout: https://bit.ly/3J8NKwH
Find out more on @boardgamegeek.com or our website blog. Get an exclusive preview at SPIEL Essen Stand 3.M600!
October 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
📢📢 NEW BOARD GAMES IN 2026...
Threaded 🧵 a crafty worker placement game: https://bit.ly/4nOJ9iz
Rattlesnake 🤠 a riotous wild west shootout: https://bit.ly/3J8NKwH
Find out more on @boardgamegeek.com or our website blog. Get an exclusive preview at SPIEL Essen Stand 3.M600!
Threaded 🧵 a crafty worker placement game: https://bit.ly/4nOJ9iz
Rattlesnake 🤠 a riotous wild west shootout: https://bit.ly/3J8NKwH
Find out more on @boardgamegeek.com or our website blog. Get an exclusive preview at SPIEL Essen Stand 3.M600!
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My weekend deep dive in which I blame your nan for the state of the country (not really).
Nan’s Not Bankrupting Britain (But Politicians Might Be)
Pensions, productivity, and the myth of the migrant “drain.”
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
September 6, 2025 at 8:51 AM
My weekend deep dive in which I blame your nan for the state of the country (not really).
I'm confident that anyone who's enjoyed Littoral Commander will get a lot of out of Battlegroup Clash: Baltics.
If you want smart, concise, hobby-informed design on this kind of topic, then James is your man. (Plus, you can support a new, independent, wargame publisher!)
If you want smart, concise, hobby-informed design on this kind of topic, then James is your man. (Plus, you can support a new, independent, wargame publisher!)
Pre-orders now open for Battlegroup Clash: Baltics www.sapperstudio.com/battlegr
This tactical land combat game covers a Russian invasion of Estonia in the present day. It is unique: a game for professionals, but also designed to be accessible to, and played by, hobby gamers.
Order now for 30% off!
This tactical land combat game covers a Russian invasion of Estonia in the present day. It is unique: a game for professionals, but also designed to be accessible to, and played by, hobby gamers.
Order now for 30% off!
August 1, 2025 at 11:30 AM
I'm confident that anyone who's enjoyed Littoral Commander will get a lot of out of Battlegroup Clash: Baltics.
If you want smart, concise, hobby-informed design on this kind of topic, then James is your man. (Plus, you can support a new, independent, wargame publisher!)
If you want smart, concise, hobby-informed design on this kind of topic, then James is your man. (Plus, you can support a new, independent, wargame publisher!)
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Turning negatives into positives...
Take a look at CGE's block list and see who you want to follow.💚
Trans rights are human rights!
clearsky.app/codenamesgam...
#Brettspiel #Boardgames
Take a look at CGE's block list and see who you want to follow.💚
Trans rights are human rights!
clearsky.app/codenamesgam...
#Brettspiel #Boardgames
July 27, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Turning negatives into positives...
Take a look at CGE's block list and see who you want to follow.💚
Trans rights are human rights!
clearsky.app/codenamesgam...
#Brettspiel #Boardgames
Take a look at CGE's block list and see who you want to follow.💚
Trans rights are human rights!
clearsky.app/codenamesgam...
#Brettspiel #Boardgames
Tornado Splash is a hoot, A+ table presence, as long as your table is big enough!
July 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Tornado Splash is a hoot, A+ table presence, as long as your table is big enough!
If "Zachtonics Solitaire x The Roottrees Are Dead" isn't gobbldeygook to you, then you already know I'm telling you Occlude is great.
For everyone else: if you want calm deduction with spooky vibes wrapped in a classic card game shawl- then OCCLUDE from @tributarygames.bsky.social is great.
For everyone else: if you want calm deduction with spooky vibes wrapped in a classic card game shawl- then OCCLUDE from @tributarygames.bsky.social is great.
July 12, 2025 at 10:04 AM
If "Zachtonics Solitaire x The Roottrees Are Dead" isn't gobbldeygook to you, then you already know I'm telling you Occlude is great.
For everyone else: if you want calm deduction with spooky vibes wrapped in a classic card game shawl- then OCCLUDE from @tributarygames.bsky.social is great.
For everyone else: if you want calm deduction with spooky vibes wrapped in a classic card game shawl- then OCCLUDE from @tributarygames.bsky.social is great.
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💡💡 DESIGN DIARY
Did you miss co-designer @djackthompson.bsky.social diving into the process behind the scenes that went into creating our new deckbuilding lane battler Line of Fire: Burnt Moon?
Find it on @boardgamegeek.com or read it on our blog now: bit.ly/4n2hPx0
// OUT NOW //
Did you miss co-designer @djackthompson.bsky.social diving into the process behind the scenes that went into creating our new deckbuilding lane battler Line of Fire: Burnt Moon?
Find it on @boardgamegeek.com or read it on our blog now: bit.ly/4n2hPx0
// OUT NOW //
June 17, 2025 at 9:40 AM
💡💡 DESIGN DIARY
Did you miss co-designer @djackthompson.bsky.social diving into the process behind the scenes that went into creating our new deckbuilding lane battler Line of Fire: Burnt Moon?
Find it on @boardgamegeek.com or read it on our blog now: bit.ly/4n2hPx0
// OUT NOW //
Did you miss co-designer @djackthompson.bsky.social diving into the process behind the scenes that went into creating our new deckbuilding lane battler Line of Fire: Burnt Moon?
Find it on @boardgamegeek.com or read it on our blog now: bit.ly/4n2hPx0
// OUT NOW //
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Want a overview of what PunchedCON is like? Thinking about going next year? Read this fantastic review:
eboracon.co.uk/2025/05/13/p...
eboracon.co.uk/2025/05/13/p...
PunchedCon 2025 – Eboracon
eboracon.co.uk
May 14, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Want a overview of what PunchedCON is like? Thinking about going next year? Read this fantastic review:
eboracon.co.uk/2025/05/13/p...
eboracon.co.uk/2025/05/13/p...
Who knew that the niche board game reviewing needed was muppets? I love it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKF5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKF5...
SAIL Review | Pirate's Life for Me...Please?
YouTube video by analog arnie
www.youtube.com
March 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Who knew that the niche board game reviewing needed was muppets? I love it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKF5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKF5...
A Molly House (from @wehrlegig.games) double header (with Condotierre as a filler). First game 5p, Community Infiltration, but a loss even for the hated informant (me). Second game, community survival and joy at 3p, thanks to a gin-soaked violin-fuelled final festivity at the last!
March 16, 2025 at 9:29 AM
A Molly House (from @wehrlegig.games) double header (with Condotierre as a filler). First game 5p, Community Infiltration, but a loss even for the hated informant (me). Second game, community survival and joy at 3p, thanks to a gin-soaked violin-fuelled final festivity at the last!
Saturday of Vanguard is kicking off with Weimar. I feel I may have drawn the short straw as Zentrum, but we have narrowly surived turn 1. Twice being at 6 DR and rolling for a potential 7. But München is lovely this time of year?
March 15, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Saturday of Vanguard is kicking off with Weimar. I feel I may have drawn the short straw as Zentrum, but we have narrowly surived turn 1. Twice being at 6 DR and rolling for a potential 7. But München is lovely this time of year?
The warm-up evening of board games at Vanguard, was excellent: BIG Plantagenet, 1960, Burning Banners, No Peace Without Spain, Arrancourt and more!
March 15, 2025 at 8:06 AM
The warm-up evening of board games at Vanguard, was excellent: BIG Plantagenet, 1960, Burning Banners, No Peace Without Spain, Arrancourt and more!
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In an hour, @lukeevison.bsky.social and I will be playing Battalion from @ospreygames.bsky.social live, and it will be fun:
youtube.com/live/TV4_TnW...
youtube.com/live/TV4_TnW...
Battalion: War of the Ancients – Teach & Play with Developer Luke Evison
YouTube video by Homo Ludens
youtube.com
March 2, 2025 at 6:55 PM
In an hour, @lukeevison.bsky.social and I will be playing Battalion from @ospreygames.bsky.social live, and it will be fun:
youtube.com/live/TV4_TnW...
youtube.com/live/TV4_TnW...
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🐻🌊 Katmai, our board game of cards, area control, and very hungry bears, is out today!
Order your copy now, and head over to the launch blog on our website to check out a tutorial, playthrough, review & more: https://bit.ly/4b9eOW5
Available now: https://bit.ly/4fmhUY3
Order your copy now, and head over to the launch blog on our website to check out a tutorial, playthrough, review & more: https://bit.ly/4b9eOW5
Available now: https://bit.ly/4fmhUY3
February 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
🐻🌊 Katmai, our board game of cards, area control, and very hungry bears, is out today!
Order your copy now, and head over to the launch blog on our website to check out a tutorial, playthrough, review & more: https://bit.ly/4b9eOW5
Available now: https://bit.ly/4fmhUY3
Order your copy now, and head over to the launch blog on our website to check out a tutorial, playthrough, review & more: https://bit.ly/4b9eOW5
Available now: https://bit.ly/4fmhUY3
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I think every designer should write a love letter to a font at least once in their lifetime.
This is mine: A 150-year-old font you have likely never heard of, and one you probably saw earlier today.
aresluna.org/the-hardest-...
This is mine: A 150-year-old font you have likely never heard of, and one you probably saw earlier today.
aresluna.org/the-hardest-...
The hardest working font in Manhattan
A story of a 150-year-old font you have never heard of – and one you probably saw earlier today.
aresluna.org
February 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I think every designer should write a love letter to a font at least once in their lifetime.
This is mine: A 150-year-old font you have likely never heard of, and one you probably saw earlier today.
aresluna.org/the-hardest-...
This is mine: A 150-year-old font you have likely never heard of, and one you probably saw earlier today.
aresluna.org/the-hardest-...
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🐻🐻 The official tutorial for Katmai is here!
Join Becca Scott @goodtimesociety.com and learn to play our board game of cards, area control, and very hungry bears: bit.ly/3CKPGZh
Out Feb 25th US / Feb 27th UK
Join Becca Scott @goodtimesociety.com and learn to play our board game of cards, area control, and very hungry bears: bit.ly/3CKPGZh
Out Feb 25th US / Feb 27th UK
February 13, 2025 at 10:05 AM
🐻🐻 The official tutorial for Katmai is here!
Join Becca Scott @goodtimesociety.com and learn to play our board game of cards, area control, and very hungry bears: bit.ly/3CKPGZh
Out Feb 25th US / Feb 27th UK
Join Becca Scott @goodtimesociety.com and learn to play our board game of cards, area control, and very hungry bears: bit.ly/3CKPGZh
Out Feb 25th US / Feb 27th UK
Fancy various chats, both game and historical tomorrow? Tune into some of the SDHistCon Winter Quarters events!
Some great game previews and speakers, but if that isn't your jam, there'll also be Hell-Raisers content:
Design and Dev chat [1600 GMT]
Teach and Play [2100 GMT]
tinyurl.com/yhw4k68x
Some great game previews and speakers, but if that isn't your jam, there'll also be Hell-Raisers content:
Design and Dev chat [1600 GMT]
Teach and Play [2100 GMT]
tinyurl.com/yhw4k68x
Hell Raisers in Kanawha County Design and Development Talk
tabletop.events
February 7, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Fancy various chats, both game and historical tomorrow? Tune into some of the SDHistCon Winter Quarters events!
Some great game previews and speakers, but if that isn't your jam, there'll also be Hell-Raisers content:
Design and Dev chat [1600 GMT]
Teach and Play [2100 GMT]
tinyurl.com/yhw4k68x
Some great game previews and speakers, but if that isn't your jam, there'll also be Hell-Raisers content:
Design and Dev chat [1600 GMT]
Teach and Play [2100 GMT]
tinyurl.com/yhw4k68x
Age of Steam is great, but the tweaks for Denmark are 👨🍳🤌
February 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Age of Steam is great, but the tweaks for Denmark are 👨🍳🤌
We have a role opening up, specifically on the Osprey Games marketing team!
It ain't just board games, and it ain't only historical games; we are doing so many awesome titles (you can peak at some of the first titles you'd be working on at: boardgamegeek.com/blog/1/blogp...)
It ain't just board games, and it ain't only historical games; we are doing so many awesome titles (you can peak at some of the first titles you'd be working on at: boardgamegeek.com/blog/1/blogp...)
📢 Osprey Games, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, is looking for a Senior Marketing Executive to work across our well-established range of tabletop games, including board and card games, wargames and roleplaying games.
📌 Apply by 12 February 2025:
bit.ly/40msOqI
📌 Apply by 12 February 2025:
bit.ly/40msOqI
January 24, 2025 at 11:05 AM
We have a role opening up, specifically on the Osprey Games marketing team!
It ain't just board games, and it ain't only historical games; we are doing so many awesome titles (you can peak at some of the first titles you'd be working on at: boardgamegeek.com/blog/1/blogp...)
It ain't just board games, and it ain't only historical games; we are doing so many awesome titles (you can peak at some of the first titles you'd be working on at: boardgamegeek.com/blog/1/blogp...)
A fab summary of a successful pitch approach. My only addition would be around 'how to react to responses', most of it is a no-brainer: listen, take the response in stride, follow up (which is included) etc. But also, always ask, "What do you look for?" it's very helpful as a hook to future pitches!
I've experienced most parts of the board game industry to varying degrees, but pitching game designs was a new experience for me at this past PAX Unplugged. Here's my writeup of my experience pitching for the first time!
fantastic-factories.medium.com/pitching-you...
fantastic-factories.medium.com/pitching-you...
Pitching your board game design to publishers
I’ve been fortunate to have experienced most parts of the board game industry. For Fantastic Factories I co-designed the game, made the…
fantastic-factories.medium.com
January 13, 2025 at 7:34 AM
A fab summary of a successful pitch approach. My only addition would be around 'how to react to responses', most of it is a no-brainer: listen, take the response in stride, follow up (which is included) etc. But also, always ask, "What do you look for?" it's very helpful as a hook to future pitches!
PROOF ALERT, APHRODITE PROOF ALERT
January 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
PROOF ALERT, APHRODITE PROOF ALERT
The fastest I've ever had a project arrive from crowdfunding AND in time for a clear weekend to read? TYVM @nutspublishing.bsky.social and editors!
January 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The fastest I've ever had a project arrive from crowdfunding AND in time for a clear weekend to read? TYVM @nutspublishing.bsky.social and editors!
NYE is always a major time for remembering, so Finn humoured me with a trip to 'Memento park' on the foggy and freezing outskirts of Budapest. Who says we don't know how to have fun?
December 31, 2024 at 5:04 PM
NYE is always a major time for remembering, so Finn humoured me with a trip to 'Memento park' on the foggy and freezing outskirts of Budapest. Who says we don't know how to have fun?