Mike Mihealsick
@mihealsick.bsky.social
Board game developer-slash-designer, and not the other way around. Director of games at Game Trayz Lab. Work in progress; aspiring human.
The single most clear economic indicator of a recession is when the Money Tree is on sale for more than 50% off.
(But seriously though y’all hold on to your butts).
(But seriously though y’all hold on to your butts).
April 8, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The single most clear economic indicator of a recession is when the Money Tree is on sale for more than 50% off.
(But seriously though y’all hold on to your butts).
(But seriously though y’all hold on to your butts).
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Anyone want a copy of Dune?
April 7, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Anyone want a copy of Dune?
New episode of #WheelofTime comes on at 3am eastern US time. Who's with me? #WoTonPrime
March 26, 2025 at 11:06 PM
New episode of #WheelofTime comes on at 3am eastern US time. Who's with me? #WoTonPrime
I caught the early live streaming of #TheWheelofTime S3E1 and loved it. The editing and storytelling feel like they've leveled up, and the performances and visuals are as stunning as always. Can't wait to see more on Thursday!
#WotSkies
#WotSkies
March 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I caught the early live streaming of #TheWheelofTime S3E1 and loved it. The editing and storytelling feel like they've leveled up, and the performances and visuals are as stunning as always. Can't wait to see more on Thursday!
#WotSkies
#WotSkies
These boycotts are coming along at a good time because I sure don’t need to be buyin anything 👀
March 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
These boycotts are coming along at a good time because I sure don’t need to be buyin anything 👀
I’ve talked to a lot of people this week that really need to hear this game-making advice:
If you don’t understand how a certain game has sold so well, it means that game (or product) has a lesson to teach you.
You won’t be able to learn that lesson unless you’re willing to reinvent what you know.
If you don’t understand how a certain game has sold so well, it means that game (or product) has a lesson to teach you.
You won’t be able to learn that lesson unless you’re willing to reinvent what you know.
February 27, 2025 at 5:38 AM
I’ve talked to a lot of people this week that really need to hear this game-making advice:
If you don’t understand how a certain game has sold so well, it means that game (or product) has a lesson to teach you.
You won’t be able to learn that lesson unless you’re willing to reinvent what you know.
If you don’t understand how a certain game has sold so well, it means that game (or product) has a lesson to teach you.
You won’t be able to learn that lesson unless you’re willing to reinvent what you know.
Biblically accurate Chess. Black to move, mate in 2.
February 22, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Biblically accurate Chess. Black to move, mate in 2.
<3 Friday nights
February 22, 2025 at 3:31 AM
<3 Friday nights
Yessssssssss.
Time to raise hell in heaven!
Monster Train 2 from our friends @shinyshoegames.bsky.social and @bigfangames.com is coming, and there's a demo available now on Steam!
🔥🚂🔥
Monster Train 2 from our friends @shinyshoegames.bsky.social and @bigfangames.com is coming, and there's a demo available now on Steam!
🔥🚂🔥
February 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Yessssssssss.
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@mihealsick.bsky.social and I make bibimbap for valentines every year since our first valentines day in 2016, and this is our first as a married couple 🥰
... we may be married but I am not sharing my grape soju
... we may be married but I am not sharing my grape soju
February 16, 2025 at 12:55 AM
@mihealsick.bsky.social and I make bibimbap for valentines every year since our first valentines day in 2016, and this is our first as a married couple 🥰
... we may be married but I am not sharing my grape soju
... we may be married but I am not sharing my grape soju
Let's goooooooo #wheeloftime #wot
THE WHEEL OF TIME | Season 3 Official Trailer (2025)
YouTube video by JoBlo Movie Network
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February 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Let's goooooooo #wheeloftime #wot
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me: [playing the sims legacy] our sims had a party and now my sim is depressed
mike: wow so realistic
mike: wow so realistic
February 10, 2025 at 1:12 AM
me: [playing the sims legacy] our sims had a party and now my sim is depressed
mike: wow so realistic
mike: wow so realistic
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🍖 HAPPY 🥩 MEAT 🥩 DAY 🍖
🥩 FOR THOSE WHO CELEBRATE 🥩
🥩 FOR THOSE WHO CELEBRATE 🥩
@br00taldan.bsky.social
This seems relevant to your interests. Happy meat day! 😂
This seems relevant to your interests. Happy meat day! 😂
February 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
🍖 HAPPY 🥩 MEAT 🥩 DAY 🍖
🥩 FOR THOSE WHO CELEBRATE 🥩
🥩 FOR THOSE WHO CELEBRATE 🥩
A big part of why I want to see more diversity in game design—and really in any creative field—is because different people create differently.
The more new ideas exist in a space, the more I can absorb and evolve my own craft.
Games were worse when almost all the people making them looked like me.
The more new ideas exist in a space, the more I can absorb and evolve my own craft.
Games were worse when almost all the people making them looked like me.
February 9, 2025 at 9:38 PM
A big part of why I want to see more diversity in game design—and really in any creative field—is because different people create differently.
The more new ideas exist in a space, the more I can absorb and evolve my own craft.
Games were worse when almost all the people making them looked like me.
The more new ideas exist in a space, the more I can absorb and evolve my own craft.
Games were worse when almost all the people making them looked like me.
A Place For All My Books was definitely the smoothest project I've ever worked on. It went from concept to contract in 5 months, then from contract to launch in less than a year.
If you're curious about what that journey was like, check it out in this new designer diary!
If you're curious about what that journey was like, check it out in this new designer diary!
"A Place For All My Books" Designer Diary! | A Place for All My Books
url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/smirkanddagger/a-place-for-all-my-books]A Place for All my Books[/url] launched this week on Kickstarter, marking my very first project with Smirk & Dagger Gam...
boardgamegeek.com
January 31, 2025 at 7:57 PM
A Place For All My Books was definitely the smoothest project I've ever worked on. It went from concept to contract in 5 months, then from contract to launch in less than a year.
If you're curious about what that journey was like, check it out in this new designer diary!
If you're curious about what that journey was like, check it out in this new designer diary!
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Hey, come join Alex Cutler and I as we talk to Curt Covert at Smirk & Dagger Games to talk about our new game, A Place For All My Books!
www.twitch.tv/smirkanddagger
www.twitch.tv/smirkanddagger
Twitch
Twitch is the world
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January 31, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Hey, come join Alex Cutler and I as we talk to Curt Covert at Smirk & Dagger Games to talk about our new game, A Place For All My Books!
www.twitch.tv/smirkanddagger
www.twitch.tv/smirkanddagger
Friedemann Friese's new(ish) trick-taker is a weird case study that's making me rethink some of my long-standing predispositions in design. When I play Fishing, I have no idea how I'm doing, and I don't know whether I should be winning or losing tricks... but it's still COMPELLING #gamedesign
January 30, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Friedemann Friese's new(ish) trick-taker is a weird case study that's making me rethink some of my long-standing predispositions in design. When I play Fishing, I have no idea how I'm doing, and I don't know whether I should be winning or losing tricks... but it's still COMPELLING #gamedesign
This should work, right?
January 29, 2025 at 10:41 PM
This should work, right?
Hey y’all, my new codesign with @alexcutler.bsky.social launched on Kickstarter today and it’s a love letter to introverts everywhere. This is a fun game from a fantastic team and I think it’s going to worm its way onto a lot of shelves ❤️
A Place for All My Books
A cozy board game about collecting good books & the joy of organizing them.
www.kickstarter.com
January 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Hey y’all, my new codesign with @alexcutler.bsky.social launched on Kickstarter today and it’s a love letter to introverts everywhere. This is a fun game from a fantastic team and I think it’s going to worm its way onto a lot of shelves ❤️
This one popped up in my feed again, and I’m always happy to share it because it makes me look a lot cooler than I actually am 👀
January 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM
This one popped up in my feed again, and I’m always happy to share it because it makes me look a lot cooler than I actually am 👀
Someone took a picture of me throwing one half of a peace sign, and now you get to see that picture. Cheers! #trantrumcon
January 26, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Someone took a picture of me throwing one half of a peace sign, and now you get to see that picture. Cheers! #trantrumcon
I keep trying to get myself to use Bluesky. It turns out, all it takes is… (gestures to everything)
January 26, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I keep trying to get myself to use Bluesky. It turns out, all it takes is… (gestures to everything)
Hey can we get some white noise in the theater when this screen shows during previews? I’m trying to loudly eat my snacks, and I refuse to play your game of red-light-green-light.
September 30, 2023 at 11:22 PM
Hey can we get some white noise in the theater when this screen shows during previews? I’m trying to loudly eat my snacks, and I refuse to play your game of red-light-green-light.