Christopher Chan-BLM
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Christopher Chan-BLM
@xopherchan.bsky.social
Art director by day and board game designer by any other time (Stalk Exchange, The Night Cage, Portents), let’s talk design and make our hobbies better, he/him, BLM
When you make your own garden veggie cream cheese you can put as many garden veggies into it as you want
May 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Late w/my @unpub.bsky.social 2025 recap, but in the darkest timeline a little light is always relevant.

Spending 4 days with this roving village of game designers is one of the most joyous events of the year for me. I’d trade all the spring/summer holidays for more. And it only works b/c of you.🎲✂️
April 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Hey Unpub goers! I’m set up at K6 with Threading the Needle (my mahjong garment worker game). I’ll be here until 6:30. Stop by! 🎲✂️
March 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Had my first meet up with a new playtest group in Toronto last night and got to try out a new investment game I’ve had in a drawer (yes, another one). I’m tentatively calling this one Witch Way. It’s loosely inspired by Trax and is basically a train game for people who don’t like trains or math.
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March 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I was cleaning out a folder and found this old board for Stalk Exchange and got all nostalgic. That game branched at least 4 times as I was figuring it out thanks to the most regular and frequent playtest schedule I’ve ever had. Community like that is truly special. Don’t take it for granted. 🎲✂️
March 1, 2025 at 5:46 PM
My first sighting of Stalk Exchange at Barnes & Noble! (It’s even right next to The Night Cage!)
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February 19, 2025 at 11:33 PM
A bit of obligatory self-promotion. Stop by and see me at GAMA next week if you want to learn a bit about pitch videos!
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February 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Best mail I’ve gotten in a while! I’m so excited to dig into this one @amabel.bsky.social
February 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
As someone who mostly takes notes on a phone, I’ve forced myself to keep my design journal for the garment workers game purely physical and to use cursive when I write in it. I don’t know if this is helping or hurting the process, but it is making it feel more personal and specific. 🎲✂️
January 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
It’s 4am, my alarm isn’t supposed to go off for another hour and I can’t wait. I’m on the road to PAXU. See you there, friends!
December 5, 2024 at 9:04 AM
I stopped by Millennium Games to do some Xmas shopping and was surprised to see them displaying Stalk Exchange! Seeing your game out in the wild never gets old!
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December 1, 2024 at 4:55 AM
Sometimes a game comes out almost fully formed, sometimes you do a lot of iteration. This pile might just be from August. But I’m feeling good about the progress this historical garment worker Mahjong variant has made in just under 6 months.
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November 20, 2024 at 4:21 AM
I need to get a proper cooling rack for the next time I stress bake.
November 6, 2024 at 4:09 AM
Ok, that’s pretty neat.
September 18, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Ok! That’s 148 mahjong tiles stickered and ready for playtesting CuseCon in a few days.
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September 17, 2024 at 4:22 AM
@sumfatkid.bsky.social the snack commission should be aware of these. They’re preeetttyyy good.
July 5, 2024 at 10:45 PM
Another night of playtesting at Opal Grove. Got Unseelie Uprising to the table and have clear steps forward to the next iteration. Also got in a good 4p test of Ryan’s game, Opening Night.
June 27, 2024 at 2:29 AM
In each of these boxes and bags, there is a prototype that I’m bringing to Origins. Let’s see how many of them I can playtest this week! 🎲✂️
June 18, 2024 at 11:21 PM
Hope the next person to use this wants a mocha, because this certainly tasted like it had coffee grounds in it.
June 7, 2024 at 7:44 PM
Punching a new game is exciting. Punching an advance copy of your own game is magic.
May 30, 2024 at 2:23 AM
Gonna be up late shooting a little pitch video.
May 21, 2024 at 3:34 AM
Guess what I'm making a rulebook for?
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May 14, 2024 at 1:48 AM
Announcement day! My game, Stalk Exchange, will be released at GenCon with the Op. I'm bursting with excitement for this one and so excited to talk about it more.

A whole bunch of videos dropped with the announcement too! I'll follow with them below.

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April 22, 2024 at 10:10 PM
Almost every book/souvenir store in the Zürich airport had board games. I’m going to miss Europe.
April 13, 2024 at 8:51 AM
April 12, 2024 at 8:10 PM