@dissentgames.bsky.social
Games about protest, games on birthday cards, and games co-created with schools. Based in Reading, UK. I’m Jess. (*waves*) I might also post about books, UK politics, and Quakers. www.dissentgames.com
A tower of folded playing cards with pictures of sweets on them balancing on the back of a board game box on a carpeted floor
Strong start in the 'must play more games' game with Gingerbread Towers by @dissentgames.bsky.social
27.12.2025 15:13 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0The US state or the country?
26.11.2025 14:43 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Packing up copies of The Smugglers’ Secret. It’s a story-based, text-heavy, cold case adventure puzzle in an envelope.
Basically, imagine a whodunit and an escape room had a baby.
So much fun to design! 🎲✂️
Rule 101 of small print run game design: do not design things which take FOREVER to assemble.
On the plus side, it looks fabulous.
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As policymakers meet at #COP30 in Brazil, #cleansteel must move up the agenda. We propose a new approach: diplomacy focused on market creation.
Report: Making Clean Steel Competitive in International Trade
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We are thrilled to have been selected as a partner of the EEIST Project to have our video shown at the UK Pavilion throughout COP!
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New game design 🎲✂️ just gone on Kickstarter! This is my super quick no-frills Christmas KS. I have a puzzle treasure hunt kit for kids, and a story-based cold case puzzle for teenagers/adults. The puzzle hunt can also come as PDFs only!
Delivered in the UK by 1 December. Yes, really.
Here’s what the packed up ones look like!
05.11.2025 14:32 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
I’ve finally got my puzzle packs online! (I’m also putting them all together today. Much stuffing of envelopes.)
05.11.2025 14:11 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1
Do you like puzzle games? Would you like to be the backer who pushes this Kickstarter across the line? www.kickstarter.com/projects/min...
29.10.2025 20:06 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I’m sure the Sea Serpent Inn would supply all the necessary provisions for a jolly good High Tea!
16.10.2025 10:58 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0No, but I think a South Downs mystery could be called for, and that would have more furze/gorse than you can shake a stick at.
16.10.2025 08:37 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I have this glorious map of (fictional) Raspel! It’s all a bit Famous Five round here right now.
15.10.2025 20:35 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 1
Cover of our report: First build, then break.
The energy transition can seem like a daunting challenge: how can we transform the polluting machines in so many parts of our economy in such short order?
Today we’re launching our report "First build, then break: a policy framework for accelerating zero-carbon transitions".
Unsurprisingly, it was an interesting experience. A week later and I’m not sure my eardrums have fully recovered. (Another reason why I am not a teacher.)
12.10.2025 10:35 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I got to make it AND test it in 30 minutes!
12.10.2025 10:33 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0It’s all about the spare 30 minutes!
12.10.2025 10:32 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
Some very rough green and blue bits of paper with crosses and wiggles on them. One says “most iced”.
This is my “I have 10 minutes and some paper” prototype. 🎲✂️
12.10.2025 10:13 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Today I’ve been mainly writing a front page for a fictional local newspaper. This is part of my escape room style puzzle!
10.10.2025 16:27 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A photo of Matteo Menapace speaking into a microphone at Playfest London. A copy of his board game Daybreak is on a table beside him.
“Winning is getting to a point where Daybreak feels possible”
We were honoured to have Matteo Menapace as our special guest at Playfest London this year, giving a talk on co-designing Daybreak and answering questions on his experiences. 1/3
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🦚 It's live!! 🦚
Grab both a copy of Fetching Feathers & D.O.T for only £25 (save £4) and the option to pick up for free from UKGE26!
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This is one of my all time favourite stories. It’s absolutely brilliant.
09.10.2025 09:11 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0More like “How Can I Use This Object Which Is Not A Hat”…
30.09.2025 13:47 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A white bed sheet (flat, not fitted) with different colour squares hand painted. Very messy and rough.
This week in 🎲✂️ I’ve been making a very large board.
Tomorrow I’ll be using this board with 60 children. It’s going to be an interesting experience…
Excellent! That is a good start!
To be fair, I want sure what the actual puzzle bit was going to be until I drew it…
Puzzle adventure game (for ages 9-12) is in the final stages of design. Big playtest on Sunday. Actually, this will be the first playtest of all the pieces together.
25.09.2025 13:00 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0It’s coming! Slowly, but still…
24.09.2025 13:26 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Puzzles! Here’s two parts of the puzzle I’m creating.
24.09.2025 13:07 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1
