Phil Gross
@mistergross.bsky.social
Game design, rulebook editing. Past lives: improv, writing
Husband & father
He/him
Husband & father
He/him
Pyrotechnics is as tightly wound as a classic abstract. Excellent trade offs and tension. Feels like a beefier game than its smol size. Great work by @backwardscapgames.bsky.social and @thinkdeepplaylight.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Pyrotechnics is as tightly wound as a classic abstract. Excellent trade offs and tension. Feels like a beefier game than its smol size. Great work by @backwardscapgames.bsky.social and @thinkdeepplaylight.bsky.social
Everyone had fun playing Canvas Critters, including the 5yo. Here is my praying mantis!
November 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Everyone had fun playing Canvas Critters, including the 5yo. Here is my praying mantis!
Family gaming, this one’s a hit
November 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Family gaming, this one’s a hit
November 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
This is my friend @gabegodoi.bsky.social ‘s game Pondcala. It is perfect.
November 21, 2025 at 4:38 AM
This is my friend @gabegodoi.bsky.social ‘s game Pondcala. It is perfect.
My two main projects could not be more radically different. I’m also bringing this to Unpub. From 3-8 players to…one.
Honored to be working on this with @yutingxiang.bsky.social
Honored to be working on this with @yutingxiang.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
My two main projects could not be more radically different. I’m also bringing this to Unpub. From 3-8 players to…one.
Honored to be working on this with @yutingxiang.bsky.social
Honored to be working on this with @yutingxiang.bsky.social
I feel really good about the Dumpster Heist iteration that me and @stickydoodler.bsky.social are bringing to PAX Unpub. Hope to see you there.
November 19, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I feel really good about the Dumpster Heist iteration that me and @stickydoodler.bsky.social are bringing to PAX Unpub. Hope to see you there.
Happy birthday @peersylvester.bsky.social 😇
November 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Happy birthday @peersylvester.bsky.social 😇
This prototype has been through A LOT. Hard to believe in 2 weeks it’s time for her glow-up.
IGNM @ PAXU
IGNM @ PAXU
November 8, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This prototype has been through A LOT. Hard to believe in 2 weeks it’s time for her glow-up.
IGNM @ PAXU
IGNM @ PAXU
Playing my buddy Dave’s very silly breakfast pitching party game Corporate Breakfast 😁🥰
I made Fruitable Grandma Hearts And Fish 🐟
You can sign up for the KS www.kickstarter.com/projects/tas...
@tastefullydone.bsky.social
I made Fruitable Grandma Hearts And Fish 🐟
You can sign up for the KS www.kickstarter.com/projects/tas...
@tastefullydone.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Playing my buddy Dave’s very silly breakfast pitching party game Corporate Breakfast 😁🥰
I made Fruitable Grandma Hearts And Fish 🐟
You can sign up for the KS www.kickstarter.com/projects/tas...
@tastefullydone.bsky.social
I made Fruitable Grandma Hearts And Fish 🐟
You can sign up for the KS www.kickstarter.com/projects/tas...
@tastefullydone.bsky.social
Super excited to be bringing The Dumpster Heist RPG to Unpub at PAXU.
Join us as raccoons in a trenchcoat to rob a casino…or raid the dumpster 😁
1/4
Join us as raccoons in a trenchcoat to rob a casino…or raid the dumpster 😁
1/4
November 7, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Super excited to be bringing The Dumpster Heist RPG to Unpub at PAXU.
Join us as raccoons in a trenchcoat to rob a casino…or raid the dumpster 😁
1/4
Join us as raccoons in a trenchcoat to rob a casino…or raid the dumpster 😁
1/4
@jeffgrisenthwaite.bsky.social spotted in Barnes and Noble!
November 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM
@jeffgrisenthwaite.bsky.social spotted in Barnes and Noble!
Testing the second level in a game I’m working on with @yutingxiang.bsky.social
The difficulty needs some tweaking lol
The difficulty needs some tweaking lol
November 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Testing the second level in a game I’m working on with @yutingxiang.bsky.social
The difficulty needs some tweaking lol
The difficulty needs some tweaking lol
We have Hades 2 at home
October 21, 2025 at 11:37 PM
We have Hades 2 at home
Yeah I really like this game
October 18, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Yeah I really like this game
We are blessed to have cool publishers in Syracuse! My shipment of @galens-games.bsky.social mint tins arrived. Yes that is six copies of Verdant Arizona by @robindavid.bsky.social
Keep your eye out for his next KS. The next batch is 💯
Keep your eye out for his next KS. The next batch is 💯
October 17, 2025 at 12:44 PM
We are blessed to have cool publishers in Syracuse! My shipment of @galens-games.bsky.social mint tins arrived. Yes that is six copies of Verdant Arizona by @robindavid.bsky.social
Keep your eye out for his next KS. The next batch is 💯
Keep your eye out for his next KS. The next batch is 💯
Finally played Crisps! by @shreesh.bsky.social and art by @saibep.bsky.social. A real treat at the end of the week. “A cute little game” says Rachel.
October 11, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Finally played Crisps! by @shreesh.bsky.social and art by @saibep.bsky.social. A real treat at the end of the week. “A cute little game” says Rachel.
Almost ready for Indie Game Night Market at PAXU! This is Medusa’s Garden, a party game that thrives on convention energy
w/ @dvcgames.bsky.social
w/ @dvcgames.bsky.social
October 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Almost ready for Indie Game Night Market at PAXU! This is Medusa’s Garden, a party game that thrives on convention energy
w/ @dvcgames.bsky.social
w/ @dvcgames.bsky.social
WOW I loved this so much
October 1, 2025 at 2:33 AM
WOW I loved this so much
Clark Reservation - our favorite local family hike, and the first time with 5yo
September 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Clark Reservation - our favorite local family hike, and the first time with 5yo
They say ‘touch grass’, and I would add to that ‘see water.’
September 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
They say ‘touch grass’, and I would add to that ‘see water.’
We ran playtesting at a local library for the first time, and they made some sweet posters!
September 13, 2025 at 8:08 PM
We ran playtesting at a local library for the first time, and they made some sweet posters!
Had a good old time playing Rex Regnat by @nomadotto.bsky.social A very cool historical/political game of mixed incentives, and an ambitious project to self-publish
It was humbling to run into a few bits in the rulebook that I could have edited better. Live and learn.
It was humbling to run into a few bits in the rulebook that I could have edited better. Live and learn.
September 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Had a good old time playing Rex Regnat by @nomadotto.bsky.social A very cool historical/political game of mixed incentives, and an ambitious project to self-publish
It was humbling to run into a few bits in the rulebook that I could have edited better. Live and learn.
It was humbling to run into a few bits in the rulebook that I could have edited better. Live and learn.
Introducing the 11yo to deckbuilding.
September 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Introducing the 11yo to deckbuilding.
Today we had the good pleasure of hosting @vickilanger.dev at the playtesting guild. They hitchhiked all the way north to play with us! Vicki brought a very funny party game about rebuilding society with the dumbest laws currently on the books. ✂️🎲
September 1, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Today we had the good pleasure of hosting @vickilanger.dev at the playtesting guild. They hitchhiked all the way north to play with us! Vicki brought a very funny party game about rebuilding society with the dumbest laws currently on the books. ✂️🎲