Waterbear Workshop

Cheeky Dingo pairs tongue-in-cheek fun with a range of styles, difficulties, and flavors. From casual adult-themed games of luck to medium-weight worker placement games that ask the question "How many people does it take to feed an army of angels?"

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What better way to pair selling our cozy two-player abstract strategy game with promoting our horror-themed social deduction game?

Nothing pairs comfy and creepy quite like a Krampus Christmas Market!

#indiegames #indieboardgames #boardgamedesigners #denvergamers

Castle Rock's own 789 Games makes games that are playful, broadly appealing, and just plain fun. Their debut title will be available for sale at Waterbear's first annual #IndieGame Bazaar this coming Sunday!

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#partygames #familygames #uniquegifts

Being swaddled in die resin while I determine the fates of tabletop gamers is a life goal and low key retirement plan.

That depends. How many games are we limited to in a single gift. 20? or just 10? And how can we guarantee we end up with our own gift at the end? There are so many variables.

This vibe is our jam.

Get a sneak peak at Rock Face Studio's Amnesis and Fibonacci's Harmony at Watebear's first annual #IndieGame Bazaar. While they promote their up and coming releases, they'll also be featuring their artist, Shannon Miguela, whose prints will be for sale! #gameart

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Party games, peppers, and poets, oh my!

Colorado welcomes The Good Game Company, with partner Rudiger relocating to the Greater Denver Area! This grassroots #gamepublisher has been making memorable #partygames and #familygames for nearly a decade.

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Plaay Games has been making games for #Denvergamers for over two decades. Now this sports loving mainstay is joining our lineup of indie game designers and publishers for our first annual #IndieGame Bazaar.

#Shoplocal. Play local.

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Love Tokaido. Such an elegant game!

What do heroes, sports, and cats have in common? They feature in engaging, colorful, and competitive #cardgames by Denver's own Studio Sp1cy!

Find unique local gifts for gamers in your life at our first annual #IndieGame Bazaar.

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Spike Jones and Andy Kaufman take on Slaughterhouse Five or Sirens of Titan.

That or an office-style comedy about faculty at a Hogwarts-coded school of magic.

This is How You Lose the Time War is such a beautiful book...

Play variations of your favorite #cardgames with NimNog LLC's Deck of Shields, a five suit variant home grown in #Colorado.

NimNog will be selling Deck of Shields at our first annual Indie Game Bazaar on December 14th. Check out the Facebook event to learn more!

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Dripping with jealousy. Must go to Pax U next year...

Came here to say I remember first edition and loved it - until I looked up first edition...I was thinking second edition. It's amazing how games evolve.

First edition for anyone curious:

Fantastic lead up

If anyone is in the Denver area and looking for an opportunity to support local game designers, artists, and other businesses, then come to The Indie Game Bazaar at Zymos Brewing next month!

Please share with anyone that might be interested, and let's show these Denver designers some love!

University kids playtest a social deduction game where they are trying to find out which one of them is possessed. They are pointing fingers, smiling, and concentrating.

Big thank you to Professor David Riche and his students for inviting Waterbear Workshop's Shadoe Konicek to speak with his @uofdenver.bsky.social students about playtesting and rulebook design, many of whom have games in the works themselves!

#boardgamedesign

Belated Happy Halloween to all those who aren't quite ready to let go of spooky season. We're keeping it going as we prepare for our next publication: Sinister.

#happyhalloween #horrorgames #boardgamesky

Excited to double announce our upcoming publication, a social intrigue game about demonic possession in the early to mid 20th century, AND our presence at the Zymos Halloween Market in Littleton, CO!

Come experience the game, find out what sin plagues you, and learn what else we've got in store.

YouTube video by Games Played Badly Game Creators Share BEST Tips for Self-Publishing Success

We did a podcast! Huge thank you to Mike at @gamesplayedbadly.bsky.social for hosting us.

We chat about the crazy experiment that was self-funding our first project and the importance for brands that otherwise live online to grow roots in their local communities.

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It's an interesting question: What do you get from playing a game if you don't or won't likely win? And what does that tell you about yourself?

I like to make my own satisfying micro-challenges. I play to win with my own little victories along the way. This tells I have ADHD.

Honest and relatable perspective. Appreciate you putting it out there.

That's a brilliant idea and the artwork is fantastic.

And now for a report from the hellish, war-zone that is Portland

Iterative playtesting of a new abstract strategy game and a flight of Belgian beers for date night? Yes please. Happy belated anniversary post to Shadoe, my partner in life and in business. ❤️

Now I want to buy this game just so I can put little covers on the books!

Monopoly punishment? If you were going to write about my childhood, you could have at least interviewed me first...

I will play anything with the word "cat" in it.