@ianotoole.bsky.social
Board game graphic designer and illustrator. Lisboa, The Gallerist, On Mars, Galactic Cruise, Nemo’s War, Voidfall, Carnegie and more. www.ianotoole.com for prints. He/Him.
A photo of the boxes for the board games Merv, Sankoré and Ayar, all with art by Ian O'Toole in a matching style but different colour schemes, depicting various historical cities and landscapes.
☺️ We're so happy to see both Merv & Ayar in The Board Game Garden's top 5 games for January!
Watch here: https://bit.ly/4bQGJwE
Explore our eurogame series from a creative team including @flopiano.bsky.social, @ianotoole.bsky.social & @mandelafg.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/4bKKL9M
Glad you’re enjoying it!
29.01.2026 03:19 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A photo of A train game with a colorful design and full of hex goodness.
Playing some Railway Boom tonight! Finally getting to play it since getting it in Essen. Very interesting auctions and @ianotoole.bsky.social crushed the Design. It is perfectly intuitive.
My favorite Cover of 25. Hands down.
Roku has enjoyed playing his first heavy strategy board game of the year, it’s Carnegie from @pegasusspiele.bsky.social, the cover art by @ianotoole.bsky.social is so cool.
Roku has enjoyed playing his first heavy strategy board game of the year, it’s Carnegie from @pegasusspiele.bsky.social, and the cover art by @ianotoole.bsky.social is so cool.
What good games have you played so far this year?
On fête notre retour en stream dimanche et pas de n'importe quelle manière puisqu'on sonne la 🚨 Lacerdalarme 🚨.
On vous présente Speakeasy, le dernier né du GOAT @vitallacerda.bsky.social , superbement illustré par @ianotoole.bsky.social dès demain, 14h30 sur Twitch !
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Looking to get Speakeasy to the table this week. Latest game by @vitallacerda.bsky.social with beautiful art and graphic design by the legendary @ianotoole.bsky.social and published by @eaglegryphon.bsky.social!! #boardgames #chompingatthebit
23.12.2025 16:11 — 👍 94 🔁 7 💬 6 📌 0
Very nice and chill Sunday afternoon spent playing Kanban EV. 🤗🚙🚗 #boardgames #boardgamesky @ianotoole.bsky.social @eaglegryphon.bsky.social
08.12.2025 12:46 — 👍 21 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
I was lucky enough to get a copy of Railway Boom for me from Essen. I love it, and introduce it to anyone and everyone I can. I wrote a few words about what makes it so special for me, which you can read here - punchboard.co.uk/railway-boom... @okazubrand.bsky.social @ianotoole.bsky.social
04.12.2025 16:49 — 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 7 📌 0
Where are all the 2-player gaming fans? We got something for y'all tonight!
2-player The Great Library tonight at 1800 EST.
The latest, upcoming release from @vitallacerda.bsky.social @eaglegryphon.bsky.social @ianotoole.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/live/cGT7Wvn...
Hope to see y'all tonight!
We enjoy Rococo every time we play it, never disappoints. it’s elegant, clever, and so visually beautiful. Behind all the lace and silk, though, is a sharp strategy game. It’s competitive, but in this classy, subtle way. 👗🎩
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I've been playing lots of Ayar from @ospreygames.bsky.social @flopiano.bsky.social @mandelafg.bsky.social & @ianotoole.bsky.social . I've really enjoyed it, and written a full review which you can read right now. Head over and see what makes it tick - punchboard.co.uk/ayar-childre...
27.11.2025 23:19 — 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0Thanks!
21.11.2025 04:43 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thank you!
21.11.2025 01:56 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Great Library, the newest game by @vitallacerda.bsky.social and @eaglegryphon.bsky.social , is on Kickstarter now! >> www.kickstarter.com/projects/eag...
21.11.2025 01:03 — 👍 14 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
Oh we are sooooooooo back!
Join us tonight at 1900 EST for a big'un: #TheGreatLibrary from Vital, Ian, & EGG!
Can. Not. Wait!
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the box for Ayar
the player board with a multitude of components on it
the male and female Ayar tokens fit together perfectly
Ayar by @flopiano.bsky.social and @mandelafg.bsky.social from @ospreygames.bsky.social with art by @ianotoole.bsky.social is a real point salad. You can’t do everything and need to keep two score tracks in balance all at the same time. I’m quite enjoying it. 🙂👍 #boardgames
09.11.2025 15:00 — 👍 15 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
A two-handed learning game of Ayar from @ospreygames.bsky.social @flopiano.bsky.social @mandelafg.bsky.social & @ianotoole.bsky.social in the books. First impressions are great, I want to play again right away and do better sun scoring! Touches of Merv, Sankoré and others all over it.
09.11.2025 10:20 — 👍 20 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Got the latest version of the rulebook printed. Ready to play this tonight! #TheGreatLibrary
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A prototype of Vital Lacerda’s The Great Library!
Happy Mail Day here at #HCHQ!
Very excited for the annual @vitallacerda.bsky.social design & @ianotoole.bsky.social art/graphic design!
Thank you, @eaglegryphon.bsky.social
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Hi, I hate doing self promo so I'll just say that this indie board game coverage channel that could is about to hit a milestone of sorts.
There is no skeet that can summarize who we are or what we do, but we do cool work and you should check us out. www.youtube.com/@NoPunIncluded
Both great!
05.11.2025 13:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Possession is a trip. Great to see it on the big screen for the first time.
05.11.2025 13:24 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Nice! I’ve been meaning to see that for a while, huge Bogey fan.
05.11.2025 13:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
October watches! Had a BLAST binging the Universal Monster universe this year. What was your favourite spooky movie that you watched in October?
04.11.2025 10:24 — 👍 12 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0A Message from the President of the Fabio Lopiano Appreciation Society
Subject: Ayar: The Children of the Sun
Designed by @flopiano.bsky.social & @mandelafg.bsky.scoial
Art: @ianotoole.bsky.social
Published by: @ospreygames.bsky.social
Facebook is showing me images from 6 years ago when I was messing 🎲✂️ around with this design.
Exciting to see it come to wide release very soon and with, I have to concede, improved art & graphic design thanks to @ianotoole.bsky.social, and much better gameplay thanks to @flopiano.bsky.social.
This is very flattering, thank you :)
10.10.2025 16:19 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
In today’s #boardgame blog I take a look at those in my collection featuring the wonderful art of @ianotoole.bsky.social. Be it through characterful illustration, or intuitive graphic design, it never fails to add positively to my board game playing experience.
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The on mars box on the table in front of the sun.
The prettiest board in boardgaming
The whole game fills up my kitchen table. It's pretty big.
Big solo game challenge. Recently got On Mars and tried it out. What a brain melter. Love a lot about this one. The ai put up a fight. What a beautiful game too! @ianotoole.bsky.social knocked it out of the park on this one. (He always does) Fun challenge. K gotta recover now.
10.10.2025 03:42 — 👍 19 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
