Blaž Urban Gracar (Letibus Design)

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AmicableAnimal - Twitch Award-winning solo developer of SOLAS 128 – a synthwave-infused rhythmic puzzle game. Now working on CRT7 (bit.ly/CRT7Game) – an escape room music-puzzle game about power, obsession, and regret. Here ...

Two hours to go before we stream for the first time in 2026, the first time with a physical game, and the first time I've looked at the new game by @letibus.bsky.social, Herd.

With so many firsts what could go wrong?

Tune in at 14:00 UK Time today to find out:

www.twitch.tv/amicableanimal

Really looking forward to this today :)

Went hiking today

A capture of a video still of the board game Herd. It shows a spiral bound book on a wood-effect desk. On the book are grid-based puzzles, with some plastic pieces in black and white. Below the book are some dry erase markers. Above the book is a nano-block Tails!

You know what? It's been *a while* since I've done a stream, so how about we try something... complicated? Like recording me playing some of Herd by @letibus.bsky.social!

Sleepy Sunday Stream #45 - Herd: Shepherding My Brain Back Into Gear.

14:00 UK Time, 1st of March: www.twitch.tv/amicableanimal

:O

Richard Garfield's been explaining how luck & skill are not opposites for well over a decade, but I still encounter designers & players who haven't internalized this lesson. I suspect it's the number one reason people tend to underrate the amount of strategy in lighter games.

Thinky Dailies Now everyone can play! thinkygames.com/dailies The image shows all our thinky characters with puzzles floating over their heads.

Thinky Dailies is now available for everyone to play — no sign-in needed!

🧩 Every day, a new handcrafted puzzle with different rules.

📖 Catch up on the adventure so far before season 2 begins next week!

thinkygames.com/dail...

If it means anything, I often think about what you’d say about certain aspects of my games while I’m developing them. I think it’s cool that part of my gamedesign superego is a Dan Thurot - I’d be sad if you’d stop

Daily Herd photo

YouTube video by Letibus Design ALL IS BOMB 2E - Prototype Playthrough (Core Set & Titan Expansion Pack)

ALL IS BOMB 2E - Prototype Playthrough (Core Set & Titan Expansion Pack)

YouTube video by Letibus Design ALL IS BOMB 2E - Prototype Playthrough (Core Set & Titan Expansion Pack)

ALL IS BOMB 2E - Prototype Playthrough (Core Set & Titan Expansion Pack)

For those who want to just dip their toes into the core set, I’m simply wondering if the gameplay loop is satisfying / if the rules are clear. But I’d love for people to also dive into the expansions. For those, I have much more specific questions :)

A play session of the newly printed AIB cards

I had a bit of a breakthrough with the second edition of my solo card game All Is Bomb. Printed out a new batch of cards and trying new expansion. I'm very excited about finishing the game :)

If you want to blow your own card-bombs, DM me for playtesting kit. Cheers!

i've been working with Michael on this for a year and a half and it's really good and it would mean a lot to me if you tried it out and told me about your experience!!! or even posted a video or something if you want!!

Yeah, each illustration should be solvable, but please note that this is VERY vibey and also, that it expects music theory knowledge from the solvers. I apologise for the high entry cost, I just made something small and personal. Also, haven't played Death Howl, so nope :)

YouTube video by Roddy Ricch Roddy Ricch - The Box [Official Audio]

youtu.be/uLHqpjW3aDs?...

I was eagerly waiting for Dan's thoughts on Herd for more than 2 months and I'm extremely happy with the review :) You can check out what the sharpest tabletop critic wrote about my puzzle board game here: spacebiff.com/2026/02/17/h...

New Game : Aukeratu Turkiarra (HTML5)

games.increpare.com/Aukeratu_Tur...

A puzzle/illustration depicting a broom

A puzzle/illustration depicting a white circle

Pages 5 and 6

A puzzle/illustration depicting a piano roll

A puzzle/illustration depicting a crosswalk

A puzzle/illustration depicting a cat

A puzzle/illustration depicting a head

Another meditation
(4 pages out of 6 - check the reply)

Yer All Sheeps For my money — or, all right, for my attention — Blaž Gracar is one of the finest puzzle-makers of this generation. Between All Is Bomb and LOK, I’ve spent countless hours fiddling my way thr…

Herd is a puzzle book and board game by @letibus.bsky.social, this time with lovely plastic shepherds and sheep that must be ushered past obstacles and over holes. Less meta than some of Gracar's efforts, this one is a lovely surprise from start to finish. My review: spacebiff.com/2026/02/17/h...

I was eagerly waiting for Dan's thoughts on Herd for more than 2 months and I'm extremely happy with the review :) You can check out what the sharpest tabletop critic wrote about my puzzle board game here: spacebiff.com/2026/02/17/h...

Daily Herd photo

The Brooklyn Strategist sadly doesn't ship the games, you can only buy them in person in their store

board games: Herd, Shasn: Azadi, The Vibe, Flip Pick Towers, Flip Stack Burger Shack, Rhine & Rhone, Return to Dark Tower, Imps, Phantasmic, Dustbiters: Pocket Edition, Ancient Realm

It was a lovely week! Highlights included finishing Herd, reviewing Azadi, and my 12yo hosting a pizza and Dark Tower party.

What did you play this week?

Herd in the store, with a paper slip saying: "Herd, the most recent puzzle game from Slovenian designer Blaž Gracar, is tactile and confounding. It is cute as all get out, but don't mistake that to mean it's easy. Herd is fiendishly difficult."

Puzzle books in the store, with a paper slip saying: "Slovenian puzzle designer Blaž Gracar is on a roll. Abdec, LOK, and Workworkwork offer challenging puzzles that teach you gow to solve them as you go along."

All of my puzzle games are now directly available in NYC! You can get Herd, Workworkwork, LOK and Abdec in The Brooklyn Strategist store, at 148 Pierrepont St. in Brooklyn :)

YouTube video by Sir Thecos Showcase | Herd

Sir Thecos made a showcase video for Herd! 🙂
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4fy...

YouTube video by Sir Thecos Showcase | Herd

Sir Thecos made a showcase video for Herd! 🙂
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4fy...

Herd in the store, with a paper slip saying: "Herd, the most recent puzzle game from Slovenian designer Blaž Gracar, is tactile and confounding. It is cute as all get out, but don't mistake that to mean it's easy. Herd is fiendishly difficult."

Puzzle books in the store, with a paper slip saying: "Slovenian puzzle designer Blaž Gracar is on a roll. Abdec, LOK, and Workworkwork offer challenging puzzles that teach you gow to solve them as you go along."

All of my puzzle games are now directly available in NYC! You can get Herd, Workworkwork, LOK and Abdec in The Brooklyn Strategist store, at 148 Pierrepont St. in Brooklyn :)