Peter McPherson ⏭️ PAX Unplugged

Aw, thanks Josh—you and Leslie are creating something wild!

Here's a glimpse at what Leslie Herman is cooking up for Lodge with @pickpocketgames.bsky.social !

I'm so, so sorry to hear that, Devin 🫂

A screenshot of CGE’s instagram page: “With the above in mind, and after many heartfelt and vital discussions both internally and with members of the affected community, we have decided to donate 100% of the profit from this game to appropriate charitable organizations. We will ensure that an amount equal to our greater than the fee paid to license this product will go directly to organizations that provide support for the trans community. We evaluate profits and make charitable-giving decisions each December, and we will continue using this annual process to direct the games profits. We will listen to recommendations from the community to help guide our choices of organizations that provide support for the trans community. Or goal is to select those that offer direct, practical help to people in need — for example, services similar to the emergency hotline that was recently discontinued.”

I’m doing victory laps in my kitchen right now!!!! 💃🏼

CGE just announced they are going to be giving away 100% of the profit from their Harry Potter game to pro-trans charities!!

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Thanks, Ross!

A banner image of the Tiny Towns logo and box art above a news article on Boardgamearena.com titled "Big Dreams, Small Grid: TINY TOWNS!"

Tiny Towns is officially out on BGA today! Right now you can play with the base game cards in Master Builder, Town Hall, or Solo modes, but the expansions are on their way as well!

The leadership of the Tabletop Game Designers Association was disappointed to see the publisher CGE touting Codenames: Back to Hogwarts, a new Harry Potter-themed version of Codenames.

The complaint was why are you supporting somebody who is pouring her money into crushing trans people. CGE's reply is we are changing the world with the magic of every codenames version we make. Can't you be respectful. That's because they don't care because this is all about money.

start of "rules" What is Flip 7? Flip 7 is a fun, quick-to-play card game where players aim to avoid being the one to “flip” the dreaded 7 card.

OMG... Flip 7 is so complicated, Asmodee UK decided to let AI take a crack at the rules...
(the screenshot is only the start of this.. this... this.) #Boardgames

AI will screw us all

www.asmodee.co.uk/blogs/news/h...

A game map with various colored zones on it. There are several colors of game pieces on the map making routes throughout the map.

A zoomed in picture of the same map with colored paths on them. The paths are 3d printed.

👀 Shiny updated prototype ✨

DMing you my address, I'll pay for shipping.

Underground is a microexpansion with "underground" buildings that can share a square with a resource. @sirjoshwood.bsky.social and I had a ton of fun creating this little set!

The cover art for Tiny Towns underground, featuring a mouse and a bat walking in a tunnel. The bat is walking on the ceiling.

In case you missed the news from @alderaceg.bsky.social, Tiny Towns: Underground is coming to Kickstarter this August, along with a bunch of other expansions for AEG games!

In 2020, Josh Wood had to cancel his Japan trip, and while the world was locked down, we all got to travel with him through Let’s Go to Japan.

Today, we found out where he’s taking us next.

Get your passports ready.
#boardgames #AEG30 #LetsGoToJapan #LetsGoSeries

HEY!! YOU!! Yeah, YOU!!

You think you’re not a “real” designer? That BULLSHIT 🐄

Indie Games Night Market is the perfect place for making and/or selling games for the first time!

Take it from me—my game High Tide sold there last year, got signed, and is releasing at Gen Con!!

Give it a shot!! 🎲✂️

Senet's Shelf of Shame page, in the Summer 25 issue.

ICYMI: Issue 19 is out now! In which @beneetakaur.bsky.social reveals what’s been sitting on her Shelf of Shame... And plays it! Go to senetmagazine.com to order a copy or subscribe. #boardgamesarebeautiful

That's a huge milestone—congrats, Emma!

🚨 Programming alert: Tiny Towns (designed by @peterlmcpherson.bsky.social) is now in beta on Board Game Arena 🚨

Hi friends—I'm starting a playtesting server for my games! I have a handful of projects I'm actively testing, and any feedback is always appreciated. Come play some games, or feel free to just join to see what I'm working on!

discord.gg/hvSuTk3XJF

What's more helpful: watching players make similarly optimal choices to reach the game's defined goals; or watching people play to be weird, helpful, chaotic, or however they prefer to play? I think most game nights look more like the second situation.

Be your amazing self, Taylor 😁

Sometimes designers in our group will ask playtesters to strive toward a specific goal or playstyle, and I think that's a reasonable ask. But in a regular playtest—just like at a regular game night—people will play how they want and that is fine and produces a different kind of "normal" play.

I know some people want playtesters to always try to win/cooperate/whatever is the default for their game to produce "normal" play but I try to let people play however they like. I don't believe in the unspoken contract that says players *must* try to win for a competitive game to function.

Ugh, I hope it's not a tick bite. I've had Lyme several times—hope the antibiotics work their science!

Just wait until you get a drafting chair tall enough to let you sit comfortably at your standing desk 😂

Agricola Special Edition by Awaken Realms Brings the farming classic to life with new art, refined usability, and expansions.

Unusual to sell an art book without listing a single artist on your page. gamefound.com/en/projects/...

Review: City of Six Moons - Shut Up & Sit Down This is probably one of the most unique games that Shut Up & Sit Down has ever covered. It’s a bundle of components crammed into a box with an accompanying rulebook written entirely in an alien langua...

City of Six Moons is a board game with a rulebook entirely written in an alien language… and it is FASCINATING.

Tom lost his mind a bit, playing this one, and you can watch the results right here:

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Brick... brick... brick... brick...

Aw, of course!

Thanks! There's also solo mode if you don't feel like waiting for opponents.

I've logged over 150 games—it definitely does!