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Sam at True Territory Games
@trueterritory.bsky.social
Independent game designer. Designing games that are quick to set up and learn and offer a fun immersive experience. Most are here: https://www.thegamecrafter.com/designers/true-territory-games
Playing the Exploding Kittens Board Game with my Exploding Kittens Superfan (13yo). Really impressed with the pop up / flippable board. Had a fun time over three games and it’s was very easy to learn. Looking forward to trying it with more players. Thanks! @explodingkittens.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
September 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
About to play Vantage with 6 players! Wish us happy travels @stonemaiergames.com!
September 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Reminds me of my high school Humanities class. We ready the Story of Philosophy and it begins with this prelude to remind readers that a good life is a life where you have good and interesting things to think about…
September 2, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Today is the last day of the Dog Star Tripper crowd sale! It’s your best opportunity to get the mint tin solo game at a discount. Blast your way through the System earning credits, fighting hostiles, seizing cargo, and visiting bases! #crowdsale www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/do...
August 27, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Just a day or so more until the Dog Star Tripper crowd sale ends! We’ve passed 30 sales so this is the best time to buy. Take a quick jaunt into the Dog Star System with this pocket-friendly mint tin game! Only $11.24! #crowdsale #boardgames #spacesim www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/do...
August 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
One thing I love about creating games is when somebody I don’t know totally gets what I was trying to do. It was for Privateer fans all along! This post is about Dog Star Shippers—also on the crowd sale! #wingcommander #gamedesign
#spacesim
#boardgames

www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/do...
August 23, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The Dog Star Tripper crowd sale has been on for about a week and it’s my fastest growing sale EVER! At this rate it might reach 60 sales with a total discount of 30% off. Take a trip in the Dog Star System! www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/do...

#gamedesign #boardgames
#indygames
#spacesim
August 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
It’s here… #vantage
August 15, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Dog Star Tripper is ON SALE now! This your best chance to get a discount on the game. Right now it’s only $11.99, but it could go as low as $9.99 with enough buyers. Check out the fast paced space action! Solo game in under 10 mins! www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/do...

#spacesim
#boardgames
August 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
10/10 After a ton of fun playtests, Dog Star Tripper came together beautifully! Crowd Sale starts 8/12. Go to the link below. Check out a video and set up a reminder! Thanks for your interest! www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/do...

#designdiary
#thegamecrafter #gamedesign #minttingame
#boardgames
July 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
9/10 After more designing, I felt confident enough to print a prototype and put the new game to the test. I also settled on Dog Star Tripper as the name. You’re on a one-way trip back to the Ship Title Office! Hope you earn some $$!

#designdiary
#thegamecrafter #gamedesign #minttingame
#boardgames
July 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
8/10 Then came the fun part… Notecards! Tape! Stickers! Playtesting a mint tin game in the Dog Star System. I settled on a 5-10 min solo game—like Cursed!?. Then tested multiple iterations to find the perfect fit for the little tin.

#designdiary
#thegamecrafter #gamedesign #minttingame
#boardgames
July 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
7/10 I’ve gotten a lot of enjoyment out of the mint tin games on TGC. Here are a few that I particularly like. Most are solo or have a solo mode and they all set up quickly and play in less than an hour, Cursed!? in under 10 mins.

#designdiary
#thegamecrafter #gamedesign #minttingame
#boardgames
July 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
5/10 The trouble with making a tutorial expansion is that it’d only be played once and (even though it’d be fun) it probably wouldn’t be worth paying extra for a one time tutorial. So I dove back into my ideas book!
#fieldnotes!

#designdiary
#thegamecrafter #gamedesign #minttingame
#boardgames
July 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
2/10 I was thinking about the in-game space sims of old dos games - #xwing #wingcommander. They’re fun thematically and help add realism to games. So I wondered if something similar could be added to Dog Star Shippers.

#designdiary
#crowdsale #thegamecrafter #gamedesign #minttingame
#boardgames
July 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
1/10 I want to share a new game that I’m developing. Over the next 10 days I’ll post a mini #designdiary. I’ll end with info about a #crowdsale on #thegamecrafter. In the meantime, what’s that crouched behind the that mushroom? Looks like it’s ready to pounce! #gamedesign #minttingame
#boardgames
July 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
This picture/gag is in honor of the first sale of Dog Star Shippers to Australia! Hope they enjoy it! So fun so see where these games go. Thanks @thegamecrafter.bsky.social for making POD games international! #australia #boardgames #scifi #gamedesign
July 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
At scout camp with Dog Star Shippers! Helping with the meet a game designer requirement for the Game Design badge… Teaching the scouts to branch away from roll and move and candyland-style progression. Everyone’s first game design! #gamedesign #scouts #meritbadge
June 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Dog Star Shippers Lone Shipper Unboxing! Just got the order in from @thegamecrafter.bsky.social! Looks terrific! Thanks to all who supported the crowd sale! #boardgames #gamedesign #spacesim #sologames
May 12, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Just mailed the corrected cards for Special Oops. Huge coincidence… the nice lady at the post office suggested 3 oz stamps & sold me stamps featuring Ursula K Le Guin! Beautiful! A concept she invented is likely to appear in a DSS expansion in the near future. #scifi #gamedesign #boardgames #stamps
April 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Dog Star Shippers - Special Oops is underway! I’ve got the cards from @thegamecrafter.bsky.social. They look beautiful! I’m sorting and addressing envelopes. These will be in the mail shortly. Looking forward to sending these out! #boardgames #gamedesign www.thegamecrafter.com/games/dog-st...
April 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Just a few more hours until the end of the crowd sale! Thanks for enduring all of these updates. 🚀😁🪐 Just one more sale will make this a total of 30 expansion copies sold! Check it out! #gamedesign #boardgames #crowdsale #sologame #thegamecrafter #spacesim www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/do...
April 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Just a little over a day to go in the Lone Shipper Crowd Sale. With a couple more sales it could be over 35%! Core game and the other expansion are discounted as well. Ever want to own your own Space Ship and make your own way in the void? Now’s the time! #spacesim #gamedesign #thegamecrafter
April 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM