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The Seahorse & The Hummingbird 🔜 PAXU
@thinkdeepplaylight.bsky.social
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The Seahorse & The Hummingbird is a creator and curator of small- to medium-sized indie board games that challenge the mind and lighten the heart.
#boardgames #gamedesign 🎲✂️

https://www.seahorseandhummingbird.com/
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Behold! This ain't yer granny's sliding-puzzle trick-taking game. What was once known as Triptych (the Cardboard Edison Award Finalist by @rollplusfun.bsky.social) is now:
•:| THREED |:•

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The word THREED in 3D lettering with a color gradient and a soft gel type of texture. A rendering of poker-sized playing cards forming three-panel geometric images. A rendering of poker-sized playing cards for the game Threed. A 4 and a 9 of suits indicated by 3D geometry.
October 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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A production sample of Pyrotechnics from the manufacturer, BangWee. It’s happening! I’m extremely excited to get the final product into my hands.
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A sample copy of the board game Pyrotechnics, splayed out, on a desk at the manufacturer.
October 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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How many exactly-stupid-enough movies does it take to assemble one-hundred copies of Pyrotechnics?
• The Fall Guy
• Heads of State
• Tremors

I tried to watch The Super Mario Bros. Movie, but… oy.

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A stack of one-hundred punch token sheets, punched (mostly).
October 18, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Avengers… assemble!
#boardgames 🎲✂️
A stack of board game tuck boxes for the game Pyrotechnics. In front of the stack is a pile of rulebooks and a stack of unpunced token boards. Each box needs a rulebook, a reference guide and 36 tokens.
October 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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October 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
thinkdeepplaylight.bsky.social
Hello! I am looking for #gamereviewers to review the #boardgame Pyrotechnics! What's a good hashtag to get the attention of reviewers? Post in the comments, please.

Here's a video with a little more detail on the game:
youtu.be/ouyu-EuYEcw

/puts pinky-thumb phone to head and mouths, "Call me!"
A 3D rendered layout of the board game Pyrotechnics.
October 10, 2025 at 1:21 AM
thinkdeepplaylight.bsky.social
I am a happy person.
#boardgames
100 copies of the board game Pyrotechnics, laid out like brickwork.
October 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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It begins. It begins very small, but it begins.
#boardgames #gamepublishing
A screenshot of a Launch Tabletop order confirmation. "Projects in Order Pyrotechnics (copy 2025-08-07 / 04:28:49) Number of Units 100"
September 21, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Hello! I am pleased to announce the fourth product in the catalog of The Seahorse & The Hummingbird, Enemy Lines by @palanion.bsky.social!

I'm booked up to capacity now, so expect to see a version of enemy lines somewhere around Q4 '26 or Q1 '27.
#boardgames #gamepublishing
🧵 1 of 2
A screenshot of the Screentop prototype of the board game Enemy Lines.
September 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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👀
Copies of The Book of Wandering at a booth for Goosepoop Games. https://www.seahorseandhummingbird.com/shop/the-book-of-wandering-traveling-journal/
September 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
thinkdeepplaylight.bsky.social
You have to look very closely, but...
@beziergames.bsky.social, how did you know? The game's not even out yet. I'm flattered, I tell you. Flattered.
#boardgames #notActuallyRealOrTrue
The box cover for the board game The Game Makers by Bezier Games. It has a magenta box overlaid to focus the eye. The next image is a zoomed in version of that magenta box. A very zoomed in portion of the box cover for the board game The Game Makers by Bezier Games. A copy of Pyrotechnics is resting atop the S of the game title, leaning on Food Chain Magnate. (This is not real, I made it up.)
September 5, 2025 at 12:32 AM
thinkdeepplaylight.bsky.social
More and more, it is becoming.
#boardgames
A finished game of Rune Rite.
September 1, 2025 at 6:42 PM
thinkdeepplaylight.bsky.social
It just dawned on me that one of the beauties of Rune Rite is that after it’s been played, it’s mostly packed up and ready to go back in the box.
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August 28, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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I've finished building out the 3D assets for Rune Rite. The scene is a little messy on the uneven rocky surface, and the lighting needs some work. Lots of tweaks to tweak. But I think this is going to make a bangin' animation.
#wip #boardgames #gamepublishing 🎲✂️
A 3D rendered scene of the board game Rune Rite set up on a rocky surface and surrounded by glowing crystals.
August 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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It's here, it's here! The first proper prototype of Pyrotechnics, from Launch Tabletop. Seeing it in the shrink wrap is magical. I don't even want to open it.

(Sign up for launch notifications here!
www.seahorseandhummingbird.com/shop/pyrotec...)

#boardgames #gamepublishing 🎲✂️
A photo of me holding a prototype tuckbox of the game Pyrotechnics. A photo of me holding a prototype tuckbox of the game Pyrotechnics, angled so you can see the reflection of light on the shrink wrap.
August 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Let’s get some testing done!
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Six prototype copies of the board game Pyrotechnics, ready to be sent out for unguided testing.
August 14, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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I’m a CNC machine!
Cuttin’ ‘n’ Clippin’.

I’m grateful to have gathered so many unguided playtesters for Pyrotechnics, but now I gotta deliver the goods. You should see my one forearm.

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Six plastic deck boxes, each with a full compliment of tokens for the board game Pyrotechnics. Behind them is a pair of scissors resting on a large pile of cuttings.
August 12, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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It is *thrilling* to see photos of Pyrotechnics out in the world, being played unguided, being enjoyed. For the most part, people seem to be having the experience we set out to provide. I'm really over the moon about this small handful of photos and stories.
#boardgames #gamepublishing
Two people playing a prototype of the Pyrotechnics board game at a game convention. Two people playing a prototype of the Pyrotechnics board game. Two people playing a prototype of the Pyrotechnics board game.
August 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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I was able to charm my way into a bigger, cheaper, ground-level space by complaining like a proper gentleman.

Welcome to The Seahorse & The Hummingbird's Board Game Emporium! Where all* your dreams come true.

*all of your dreams pertaining to these particular #boardgames, while supplies last
A much larger and nicer storage unit with a shelf of games nestled inside. A lovely shelf of many board games in a storage unit.
August 2, 2025 at 1:20 AM
thinkdeepplaylight.bsky.social
Next step: Storage Space.
I rented some space via their website and I'm glad I went empty-handed to scope it out. I didn't expect it to be four feet off the ground. 😅
A photo of a storage locker. It is four feet off the ground. How am I supposed to get in there?
August 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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I am pleased, excited and tripping over myself to announce that The Cardboard Edison Award finalist Triptych by @rollplusfun.bsky.social has found a home with The Seahorse & The Hummingbird! Look for its release around Q2 of 2026.

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A layout of the art cards from the board game Triptych.
July 28, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Pyrotechnics! It has been a long time and a lot of work. Lots of details for the fussing. But the game gets ever-closer to ready! This last round of edits has me feeling really good about the state of the game. Soon, everybody. Soon!
#boardgames #gamedesign #gamepublishing 🎲✂️
18 cards from the upcoming board game Pyrotechnics.
July 24, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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"Make fun games and make making fun games fun."
"Make fun games and make making fun games fun."
"Make fun games and make making fun games fun."
"Make fun games and ... "
🎲✂️ #boardgames #gamedesign #gamepublishing
A man having a panic attack and breathing into a paper bag. Or huffing paint, I can't be sure.
July 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Ready to demo!
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The table stand for Pyrotechnics. Pyrotechnics ready to be played.
July 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Ready to demo!
#boardgames #gamedesign 🎲✂️
A Rune Rite standee on a demo table. The components of Rune Rite ready for play.
July 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM