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Announcing Walkable City - a 2-4 player coop game published by Fowers Games and designed by me!
Build out public infrastructure as different modes of transit - Waling, Biking, Bus & Light Rail - get denizens where they want to go. Follow the project below!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/fow...
Thanks, it sounds like we'll keep the old one then but suggest others the new one. π
20.02.2026 19:30 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0We love the classic one, we heard the new one has some streamlining but luckily the same art. π
20.02.2026 08:01 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Is this the new AllPlay version or the classic one?
20.02.2026 07:59 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0DO π NOT π TRIGGER π ENDGAME π WHILE π IβM π STILL π BUILDING π MY π ENGINE
Iβm so sick of the toxic players in this hobby. I only needed like eight more turns.
Today I want to share that Ryan Dancey and AEG have parted ways.
This is not an easy post to write. Ryan has been a significant part of AEGβs story, and I am personally grateful for the years of work, passion, and intensity he brought to the company. We have built a lot together.
AEG would not exist without the creativity and hard work of designers.
18.02.2026 12:57 β π 126 π 28 π¬ 2 π 1
I studied a bunch of icons from various published board games while preparing a rule book for Cardboard Edison, with a particular focus on Ian O'Toole.
For those who come after, this article captures what I learned π²βοΈ
rossongames.com/icons
#BoardGameDesign
Tiberpunk - a game I designed with @chrisbacke.bsky.social - is on Kickstarter and kicking ass. Be a hacker in ancient Rome - bio-augment yourself and run from the fuzz! It's the biggest game I've ever designed. Go have a look! www.kickstarter.com/projects/idv...
17.02.2026 17:11 β π 10 π 3 π¬ 3 π 2They're making a Ticket to Ride movie, the famous train game about *checks rulebook*
Wait...
There is an actual plot about a million dollar wager?
How do you play four rounds in once night? π²
Gaslands always take several hours when we play, so we're love some tips how to speed it up.
It's live!! The game I designed, Honeypot, just launched on Kickstarter!
Two years of loving work. Would be grateful if you checked it out & considered backing!
It's an "I stack, you choose" game where you play as secret agent bears setting and avoding traps!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/fla...
Rachel is looking at the back of the βThe Wolvesβ game box and notices that the lid is oriented opposite from the bottom of the box. Smiling with satisfaction, she lifts the lid and rotates it so it aligns perfectly with the bottom half. Somebody says "Oh, excuse me." and a hand grasps the box. A lady opens up the box and rotates the rulebook so it faces the same direction as the bottom of the box and the lid. She presses everything down neatly. She looks very pleased and Rachel stares in awe at this surpassing behaviour of making sure the lid and bottom are correctly aligned.
New comic! Be honestβ¦ are you the one who rotates just the box lid or also makes sure the rulebook is rotated correctly? π
π You can read this week's blog post at:
www.semicoop.com/comic/best-orientation/ #boardgames
π² Games in this video:
- Middara
- Pensterdam
- Let's Go! To Japan (by @alderaceg.bsky.social)
- Agricola (by @lookoutgames.bsky.social)
- KutnΓ‘ Hora (by @czechgames.com)
Weekly Recap! πΌ A week during which we visited Middara, shoved around Amsterdam's houses, went to Japan, did some farming and were busy in the City of Silver. π
15.02.2026 19:44 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 1That sounds more plausible indewd, or maybe they'll revisited their Hellboy Dungeon Crawler which we heard was excellent.
15.02.2026 16:21 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0live look into the rachel/heinze home
15.02.2026 15:43 β π 38 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0If this game lets me ghost hack my opponents into thinking they scored VP while not scoring a thing, I'm on board. π
15.02.2026 11:57 β π 9 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Hey tabletop gamers, if you bought or were considering buying this bundle but got overwhelmed by the number of games to sort through, have I got the spreadsheet for you!!
All 1,074 games tagged as "physical" sorted by play style, with language, engine, and genre notated to the best of my ability:
Because of your group's post about Socery I've been trying to figure if I should take the plunge.
Pretty much the only thing stopping me is that it's barely available in Europe. π
Happy Valentineβs Day!
Here is an oldie as a reminder to how much love there is in our community!
youtu.be/O-o1knHftuc?...
It's such an eye catcher!
14.02.2026 21:31 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The KutnΓ‘ Hora economy tracker showing the increased price of wood...
Valentine's Day in our house took a dark turn when one of us manipulated the price of wood in the (until then) peaceful city of KutnΓ‘ Hora... π¬
14.02.2026 21:03 β π 39 π 1 π¬ 2 π 1I'm excited and a little scared what game three going be like. π
14.02.2026 15:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Wow I just assumed Pact was going to be another smallish card game, now I need to investigate more. π²
14.02.2026 08:20 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0That would've been perfect π
13.02.2026 21:53 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The Agricola Rebel card showing a farmers cosplaying Luke Skywalker
My farmer suddenly went all: "But I was going into Tosche Station to pick up some power converters!" π«
(Playing Agricola with the X deck)
An adorable valentine with a photo of Liz Davidson. Text reads: Would you be our creative director? To Liz, from Leder Games.
Y'all, SHE SAID YES!
Happy-almost-Valentine's-Day to our new Creative Director: Liz Davidson!
This incredible video by @amabel.bsky.social has only been watched 5000 times which is a shame!
Not only is it a wonderful look into the game/toy industry that Amabel did a lot of research for, @nopunincluded.com also did a voice over that made me laugh very loudly.
youtu.be/dTepZ7qM24Q?...
