CON Quest - Coming H1 2026!

An homage to 1993's Jurrasic Park, this is a riff on the shaving cream can used to sneak dino DNA out of the park.

With Jurassic Park Rebirth coming out soon, I figured this was a good time to share another Merch item you can collect in CON Quest, this one being a throwback homage to the OG 1993 Jurassic Park. Recognize it?

#boardgames #tabletopgames #jurassicpark #gamedesign

It's been a hot minute, but progress continues! This is an awesome draft/proof of the player boards from my graphic designer, @pushespixels.bsky.social ! (Ignore the majority of the text as most of it is simply placeholder). A few spots still to fill in, but I really love the first go!

Can you name the pop culture reference in this piece of Merch art for CON Quest? Thanks to one of my artists, Morgan for this! (www.instagram.com/morganksawyer/) #gamedesign #boardgaming #boardgames

Got some more character art from my artist Julia Stark (www.instagram.com/stark.ju) : The Avid Reader and The Cinephile! #boardgames #gameart #gamedesign

Had a great time last weekend at @unpub.bsky.social! Went to some great panels, met some great folks, and played the hell out of CON Quest! Most playthroughs went very well (like with this group here) and I got some great feedback! Time to make the game even better!

#boardgames #gamedesign #unpub

Hey @dextrous-is-fun.bsky.social you guys just got a shoutout at @unpub.bsky.social Unpub 25 in a panel about Prototyping tips!

T-minus 24 hours until @unpub.bsky.social 2025. Make sure to come by my table (L6) Saturday from 12-4pm to try out CON Quest or just to say hi! I'll also be set up at the @breakmygame.com table Friday 8-10pm.

#boardgames #boardgaming #gamedesign

Another successful playtest at @breakmygame.com at @labyrinthdc.bsky.social! Still ever-massaging a few things here and there but overall got a great response from my testers! Now on to @unpub.bsky.social Prime next weekend 😬 #boardgames #gamedesign

One week until I playtest CON Quest at @unpub.bsky.social '25! In the next 7 days I have to:
- Do one more playtest Sunday with @breakmygame.com
- Tweak/polish some rules/cards
- Setup a Linktree page
- Create a rough/basic sell sheet
- Reprint a fresh set of cards
#boardgames #gamedesign

Another piece of Merch art by Beth Varni (instagram.com/doshidania)! This one is a playful take, turning 'Call of Duty' into 'Brawl of Cutie' #boardgaming #gamedesign

An email just went out to everyone who already has their Unpub Festival 2025 badge!
You can read it here!

www.unpub.org/news/unpub-f...

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Ill be there playtesting my game, CON Quest!

Love it when one of your favorite songs comes on that your music library hasn't played for you in a LONG time and you get goosebumps as it builds to that LOUD climax and you want to absolutely rock the F out and then remember you're in a coffee shop with headphones and that isn't socially acceptable

You should absolutely check out and back @emilykeepskitties.bsky.social's awesome looking Pirates of the High Teas, launched this morning! Not only does the game look fun, but Emily is just a super cool and helpful person, helping me out a bit on my own game-making journey!

Got a final revision to the line art for The Cosplayer character in CON Quest from instagram.com/stark.ju! Absolutely love it. Next up: coloring! #boardgames #gamedesign #tabletopgames

When it came to making prototype cards for CON Quest, I'm not sure what I would've done without Dextrous (www.dextrous.com.au).

I'm no graphic designer, but Dextrous let me whip up layouts for cards in no time, connect a Google Sheet and boom! I instantly had a hundred cards ready to print!

Here is the first of 100+ "merch" items to collect in 'CON Quest'! All merch items are little homages to classic franchises from the 80s to today. This merch item is a reference to the class computer game Myst. Check out the artist Beth Varni! instagram.com/doshidania #boardgames #gamedesign #myst

Pirates of the High Teas [Preview] Serve the greatest snacks and tea pairings to become a wealthy buccaneer in Pirates of the High Teas, a cozy game of placement, hand management, and resource collection. 7.25 / 10

Pirates of the High Teas will be launching on Kickstarter 1 WEEK from today!!! As a little warm up, check out this excellent preview from @whatsericplaying.bsky.social. Cozy pirates forever! 🏴‍☠️🧁☕️

whatsericplaying.com/2025/03/10/p...

Love my new @bambulabglobal.bsky.social P1S 3D printer. Super easy and fun to create tokens, trays, and other pieces for CON Quest. Makes my prototype feel that much more real and ALMOST professional. #boardgames #gamedesign #3dprinting

A couple highlights from the first two nights in Yellowknife. I cannot convey what it was like (both the temperature and the most vivid aurora Ive seen with my eyes yet!

Taking a break for a few days to shoot the Northern Lights in Yellowknife, NT in Canada. Here are a couple of crappy iPhone pics from night 1 since I haven’t processed the GOOD photos from my Sony yet. #aurora

Would love to be on here as well! :)

Got an outline sketch from my box art guy! Love the direction it's headed. Really helps convey the energy and playful sensory overload that occurs at a pop culture con (and yes, any overly familiar looking cosplayers will be different in the final art!). #boardgames #gamedev

Always gotta love when you find a typo in one of your own posts. Just take out the word "referenced" 😆

Super excited to have referenced line art of two more of my characters from one of my artists! Meet The Cosplayer and The Artist! #boardgames #gamedev

Be still my heart!

Loving this piece of character art for CON Quest from one of my artists, Julia Stark, aka stark.ju. Check her out at www.instagram.com/stark.ju/

Had another great and successful playtest at a @breakmygame.com event yesterday! CON Quest is coming along nicely. Still needs some polish (and lots of art!) but everyone genuinely seemed to enjoy it and two players even dared to call it (and I quote) "fun!"

Saw Captain America last night. I just wasn’t feeling it but part of that may have been caused by the screwed up Atmos mix at Look Cinema. Surround sound speakers were off and entire music mix was in the front right speaker 🤬😆 thought an angry nerd would complain but realized I was the angry nerd 🤣

Nick Furry was not pleased with the stuff falling from the sky. #cats #catsofbluesky