Clarence Simpson 🔜 PAXU

Nooooo... So much less fun! ☹️

Mad genius @boardgameghee.bsky.social showing us his strings-and-magnets dexterity game prototype at #paxunplugged

Finally sharing my sizzle reel! If you're in need of video production work (or pretty much anything creative), hit me up, esp. at #PAXU!

I don't ask for this much, but if you're in the #boardgames industry and like what I do, consider sharing this! I'm looking to book up 2026!

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It's almost time for #paxunplugged! Here's where and when you can find me and my games this weekend, including some signing sessions for Squirrel Away and VNTYPL8S. If any mutuals are going and want to meetup sometime, reach out, or just stop by one of these spots!

It's almost Pax Unplugged time!

Our schedule of Designer Demos/Signings:

VNTYPL8S - Clarence Simpson: 12-2 Sat & 1-2 Sun.
Bullseye - Grace Kendall & Mike Belsole: 11:30-1:30 Fri & 10-11 Sun.
Red Letter Yellow Letter - Nathan Thornton: 2-3pm Fri Sat & Sun.
Big Sur - Mondo Davis: 2-3 Fri.

I've struggled to get into every RPG Actual Play I've ever tried, and never lasted more than one episode. Until Tales from Woodcreek. It's so creative, well-paced, and watchable. DAW is a treasure.

Humble Board Game Bundle: Board Game All Stars by Renegade Game Studios Pay what you want for the ultimate collection of board game all stars by Renegade Games—packed up tight and shipped directly to your front door!

Whoa! A Humble Bundle of PHYSICAL board games?!

www.humblebundle.com/games/board-...

Did you meet any knights in the city? Or thieves on the road?

Sometimes, like today, game design is wondering what the plural of "platypus" is

Squirrel Away design diary complete! 😮‍💨
I always super-underestimate how long it takes me to write these. Somebody teach me to be less verbose!

Had such a fun time at another stellar Lawrence concert tonight

Come get nuts with us at Spiel Essen 2025, Hall 3 3P200

We are live! And we funded in 15 minutes! Amazing! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud...

Lies and falsehoods

heyyyyyy did you know i like doing podcasts? have me on! i can talk to you about designing trick takers, or publishing small batch games, or indie games night market, or going to japan for tokyo game market, or learning japanese, or seeing 2-4 movies in the theater a week, or nerds gummy clusters...

SPIEL Essen 25 Preview Hundreds of new games will be introduced at SPIEL Essen 25. This preview covers games debuting at that show or recently released or (for smaller publishers) released since 2024.

Just realized that there will be 6(!) of my games on the floor at Essen - Beasts, Squirrel Away, the German editions of the Merchants of Magick expansions, and the German editions of Chomp and the Flyers and Scavengers expansion. boardgamegeek.com/geekpreview/...

"I think Beasts offers some interesting flexibility and strategic play that is wholly unique from The Game, but perfectly reasonably compared to it. For one thing, Beasts has infinitely better SEO than The Game” 🤣

Eric gets it! And I will never get how "The Game" got approved as an actual title.

I cannot make my brain pronounce "ichor" the way it's supposed to be pronounced

This used to drive me crazy with e-mail pitches to publishers. I eventually started using the automatic tracking feature in HubSpot that lets me know if anyone actually opened the e-mail or not.

Wizard Community College A hilarious 20 minute roleplaying card game of magic and mistakes

I just backed Wizard Community College on Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/161...

How have I never heard of this?!

I'm doing some dev work on Flintlock!, the new game in the Blitzkrieg series of 20-minute 2-player wargames. I'm coordinating some digital playtesting that's happening over the next few weeks. Any mutuals interested in helping out for the promise of a free copy of the game when it's released?

3D rendered booth with teal floor tiles, 2 big banners showing Chicken Fried Dice and Urban Professional Games. There are 2 black tables and a tall banner also of Chicken Fried Dice. There's a big spiral of Trickadee copies on the side of the booth.

Convention planning via 3D modeling is pretty fun. I think we'll be doing up a booth something like this at PAX Unplugged

Thanks for doing this! I took a quick pass and left some comments. I generally don't know about the current status of open submissions on these, but I can at least point out pubs that I have pitched to in the past.

Pax Unplugged Publisher List 2025

Hey board game designers I made a list of Pax Unplugged publishers: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

"Would need to ask", means website and maybe contact, but their site doesn't mention submissions.

Leave a comment if I need to fix something up.

This hurricane forecast is art

I'm looking for anyone interested in interviewing me about my upcoming game Twisted Trumpets which is being published by Play to Z Games and will be available to purchase at Essen and in retail shortly thereafter.

YouTube video by Board All the Time Reviews: Squirrel Away

"It was insane how such simple mechanics could lead to, just a hysterical time"

Audio-only, but first full review I've seen for Squirrel Away!

youtu.be/pOnrt8sKDE8

Sun Tropics is the brand if you wanna look for them