Karl Lange
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Karl Lange
@thearkangell.bsky.social
Board game designer / developer / engineer / dad based in Melbourne Australia.
Winner of 2021 Cardboard Edison Award. He/him.
3 games in 3 days! I'll be demoing Fragged Cosmos at @paxaus #Collaboratory Friday arvo and Sunday morning! I have been working on this one for close to 3 years and we're nearing completion with crowdfunding by Fragged Empire RPG planned for 2026 #boardgames #prototype #design
October 8, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Another day another #prototype ! One more game I am showing at #DevCon on Thursday - Salmon Run.
Using programmed movement, players move salmon up the river, and position their bears to hopefully eat them before others get to them!
#boardgames #design
October 7, 2025 at 10:32 AM
First time in a few months to actually make a physical prototype - this one is: A Walk on the Beach - for the @buttonshy.bsky.social Cosy Game contest.
I will be testing it at #DevCon by #TGDA in the lead up to @paxaus.bsky.social
#boardgames #design #prototype
October 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
My shelf is growing - 6 of my released and upcoming games!
October 3, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Day 4 of GenCon is about to begin! Crazy couple of days so far pitching, playing & buying games, and meeting lovely people!
August 3, 2025 at 12:28 PM
One project that I have been committing a substantial amount of time to over the last 3 years is Fragged Cosmos - a non-destructive legacy sandbox game based on the Fragged Empire RPG universe.
We are coming to the pointy end of the project with a crowdfunding hopefully toward the end of 2025
March 14, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Great day meeting people, networking and demoing Octocube at the Melbourne Toy Fair. I even found a copy of my upcoming game Mythic Baths at the Good Games booth (coming Q3 2025) 😃
March 2, 2025 at 11:43 AM
At the Australian Toy Fair today!
Always interesting to check out new products and latest trends in the retail space.
I'll be demoing my latest game Octocube at the VR Distribution booth later today too - if you're here come say hi!
March 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
First game of Harmonies (that I was gifted for Christmas) great little thinky game. I just cracked 100 points. Very satisfying token arranging and lots of competing objectives.
It's interesting it gets compared to Cascadia as it is completely different in play and feel.
February 13, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Have had a great few days at cancon, playing games and testing prototypes.
Favourite game so far has been Cascadia, and some great feedback on 5 prototypes so far :D
January 26, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Another great game of Diatoms by @sabrinac.bsky.social cracked 300 points!
January 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Currently planning out all the story branches for all story cards (this is the branches for all the crew cards) I've plotted out about half of the cards in the base game and expect about the same again for the second half, putting the game with over 500 cards (about 200 actually made so far)
November 20, 2024 at 9:48 AM
Supply missions have been scrapped and replaced with co-op missions (missions you must co-operate with others to complete) that require you to have specific traits or classes and provide specific resources.
November 20, 2024 at 9:48 AM
Going to try to be a bit more active here posting updates on my games as I progress on them. Fragged Cosmos has been my big project the last few months...🧵
November 20, 2024 at 9:48 AM
Fantastic first public playtest of Fragged Cosmos with @fraggedempire.bsky.social and some of his discord community.
I was a little nervous how well it would be received but it was a resounding "This is great! can't wait until it's actually complete!" Very reassuring, time to get designing!
June 7, 2024 at 12:44 PM
Had a fantastic day at OzBunnyCon with friends! 6 new (to me) games played, really enjoyed Cat in the Box and Bonsai, would be interested to try Next Stop again too
April 1, 2024 at 9:04 AM
If your coming to #paxaus tomorrow, I'll be demoing The Bath House in Collabratory all day!
October 6, 2023 at 12:01 PM
And so the PAX Aus journey begins once more! Set up day followed by DevCon!
October 4, 2023 at 11:16 PM