#tabletopgames — Public Fediverse posts

I decided to freeze the action phase changes for iteration 3.5.

The structure is cleaner now: unified locations, fewer exceptions, and up to 3 actions per move.

I’m currently solo-testing it as five players, while shifting design work to the entertainment phase.
Goal: more tactical competition for characters, more player interaction, and better tempo.

#BoardGameDesign #GameDesign #TabletopGames #HistoricalGames #WIP

Tiny Onion's Exquisite Corpses: The Game Comes to Kickstarter #tabletopgames

https://graphicpolicy.com/2026/05/14/tiny-onions-exquisite-corpses-the-game-comes-to-kickstarter/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

After 11 years, Bloomsbury are selling off Osprey Games board and card division to refocus on books, wargames and RPGs. No buyer named, no timeline given. The Undaunted series, Wayfarers of the South Tigris and the rest are looking for a new publisher.
#OspreyGames #BoardGames #TabletopGames #CardGames #BoardGameNews
https://www.tabletopsentinel.com/news/hobby/osprey-games-up-for-sale

Twenty Judges Choice winners now face the gauntlet at UKGE 2026. Splendor Kids versus Call of Cthulhu, Battle of Hoth versus Luthier, all scrapping for four trophies decided by public vote. NEC Birmingham, 29-31 May. Survivors crowned 3pm Sunday.
#UKGE #UKGamesExpo2026 #Birmingham #TabletopGames #GameAwards
https://www.tabletopsentinel.com/news/hobby/uk-games-expo-2026-judges-choice-award-winners-announced

Twenty Judges Choice winners now face the gauntlet at UKGE 2026. Splendor Kids versus Call of Cthulhu, Battle of Hoth versus Luthier, all scrapping for four trophies decided by public vote. NEC Birmingham, 29-31 May. Survivors crowned 3pm Sunday.
#UKGE #UKGamesExpo2026 #Birmingham #TabletopGames #GameAwards
https://www.tabletopsentinel.com/news/hobby/uk-games-expo-2026-judges-choice-award-winners-announced

Twenty Judges Choice winners now face the gauntlet at UKGE 2026. Splendor Kids versus Call of Cthulhu, Battle of Hoth versus Luthier, all scrapping for four trophies decided by public vote. NEC Birmingham, 29-31 May. Survivors crowned 3pm Sunday.
#UKGE #UKGamesExpo2026 #Birmingham #TabletopGames #GameAwards
https://www.tabletopsentinel.com/news/hobby/uk-games-expo-2026-judges-choice-award-winners-announced

Twenty Judges Choice winners now face the gauntlet at UKGE 2026. Splendor Kids versus Call of Cthulhu, Battle of Hoth versus Luthier, all scrapping for four trophies decided by public vote. NEC Birmingham, 29-31 May. Survivors crowned 3pm Sunday.
#UKGE #UKGamesExpo2026 #Birmingham #TabletopGames #GameAwards
https://www.tabletopsentinel.com/news/hobby/uk-games-expo-2026-judges-choice-award-winners-announced

The world's largest board game convention returns to Messe Essen 22-25 October. Seven halls, 948 exhibitors, 220,000 visitors from 80 nations - and a service that ships your purchases home. #spielessen2026 #boardgames #essen #boardgames #essen2026 #gamingconvention #tabletopgames
https://www.tabletopsentinel.com/events/spiel-essen-germany-22-25-october-2026

Come explore a large random selection of forever open source #TTRPG resources, from games to SRDs to art and more!

https://thoughtpunks.com/open-source-ttrpg-resources/

#OpenSource #TabletopGames #IndieGames

After a CCG, RPG and a cancelled TV show, Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time gets a board game. Dire Wolf bring War of the Dragon, a two-player area control game depicting the Battle of the Two Rivers in The Shadow Rising through the Last Battle
#TheWheelOfTime #BoardGames #DireWolfDigital #TabletopGames
https://www.tabletopsentinel.com/news/fantasy/dire-wolf-digital-announce-the-wheel-of-time-board-game

Jos se sopii meidän printtilevylle, niin mehän printataan 👍

#miniatures #miniatyyrit #miniaturegaming #3dprinting #3dprinttaus #anycubic #slaprinting #miniatyyripelit #uvresin #resinprinting #stlprinting #tabletopgames #printingservice #3dtulostus #digitalhandicraft #digitaalinenkäsityö #miniaturepainting #acrylicpainting #brokenworldtabletop #thebotzz #webshop #webstore #workshop #workshopforgames #stl #3dsuunnittelu #3ddesign #samppi #titans #largescalemodels #verkkokauppa

Jos se sopii meidän printtilevylle, niin mehän printataan 👍

#miniatures #miniatyyrit #miniaturegaming #3dprinting #3dprinttaus #anycubic #slaprinting #miniatyyripelit #uvresin #resinprinting #stlprinting #tabletopgames #printingservice #3dtulostus #digitalhandicraft #digitaalinenkäsityö #miniaturepainting #acrylicpainting #brokenworldtabletop #thebotzz #webshop #webstore #workshop #workshopforgames #stl #3dsuunnittelu #3ddesign #samppi #titans #largescalemodels #verkkokauppa

One thing I learned from more experienced board game designers that I really wish I knew sooner:

You can — and probably should — work on multiple games at the same time. Apparently most designers do. 😅
Sometimes the best way to fix a mechanic is to stop staring at it for two weeks and work on something completely different.

#BoardGames #BoardGameDesign #GameDev #TabletopGames #IndieDev

Come explore a large random selection of forever open source #TTRPG resources, from games to SRDs to art and more!

https://thoughtpunks.com/open-source-ttrpg-resources/

#OpenSource #TabletopGames #IndieGames

https://penancerpg.com/shows/m/AbyssalArchive16.mp3

How best to blend the Wyrm Writhings into your own version of the Abyss? Hear how Nikoli planned our version...

Link to Abyss episode: https://www.penancerpg.com/shows/m/abyss16Final.mp3

#TTPRG #myconid #OCart #FantasyArt #RPG #IndieGames #AudioDrama #TableTop #RolePlay #podcast #HomeBrew #ActualPlay #gaming #fantasy #Comedy #DnD #DnD5e #abyss #StoryTelling #IndieRPG #TableTopGames #HorrorStories #TableTop

https://penancerpg.com/shows/m/AbyssalArchive16.mp3

How best to blend the Wyrm Writhings into your own version of the Abyss? Hear how Nikoli planned our version...

Link to Abyss episode: https://www.penancerpg.com/shows/m/abyss16Final.mp3

#TTPRG #myconid #OCart #FantasyArt #RPG #IndieGames #AudioDrama #TableTop #RolePlay #podcast #HomeBrew #ActualPlay #gaming #fantasy #Comedy #DnD #DnD5e #abyss #StoryTelling #IndieRPG #TableTopGames #HorrorStories #TableTop

https://penancerpg.com/shows/m/AbyssalArchive16.mp3

How best to blend the Wyrm Writhings into your own version of the Abyss? Hear how Nikoli planned our version...

Link to Abyss episode: https://www.penancerpg.com/shows/m/abyss16Final.mp3

#TTPRG #myconid #OCart #FantasyArt #RPG #IndieGames #AudioDrama #TableTop #RolePlay #podcast #HomeBrew #ActualPlay #gaming #fantasy #Comedy #DnD #DnD5e #abyss #StoryTelling #IndieRPG #TableTopGames #HorrorStories #TableTop

https://penancerpg.com/shows/m/AbyssalArchive16.mp3

How best to blend the Wyrm Writhings into your own version of the Abyss? Hear how Nikoli planned our version...

Link to Abyss episode: https://www.penancerpg.com/shows/m/abyss16Final.mp3

#TTPRG #myconid #OCart #FantasyArt #RPG #IndieGames #AudioDrama #TableTop #RolePlay #podcast #HomeBrew #ActualPlay #gaming #fantasy #Comedy #DnD #DnD5e #abyss #StoryTelling #IndieRPG #TableTopGames #HorrorStories #TableTop

https://penancerpg.com/shows/m/AbyssalArchive16.mp3

How best to blend the Wyrm Writhings into your own version of the Abyss? Hear how Nikoli planned our version...

Link to Abyss episode: https://www.penancerpg.com/shows/m/abyss16Final.mp3

#TTPRG #myconid #OCart #FantasyArt #RPG #IndieGames #AudioDrama #TableTop #RolePlay #podcast #HomeBrew #ActualPlay #gaming #fantasy #Comedy #DnD #DnD5e #abyss #StoryTelling #IndieRPG #TableTopGames #HorrorStories #TableTop

And I just finished testing the new pipeline for action phases.

I define them in a spreadsheet, export to CSV, then one Python script turns it into YAML for the automatic action phase tester, and another turns it into JSON for the game logger.

This is what happens when a programmer becomes a board game designer.

#BoardGameDesign #GameDesign #IndieGameDev #Python #TabletopGames

ICYMI: Clank! Master Thief Edition Announced, To Be Previewed At Gen Con https://popgeeks.com/clank-master-thief-edition-announced-to-be-previewed-at-gen-con/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #ClankMasterThief #GenCon #TabletopGames #BoardGames #GamingNews

3 games. 3 moods. ZERO normalcy.

My 91st newsletter somehow spiraled into:
🐼 adorable red pandas causing tabletop mayhem
🪦 tomb-mapping with a mummy close behind
👽 humans hiding among aliens!

Link: https://pnptime.beehiiv.com/p/of-pandas-mummies-and-aliens

#printandplay #indiegames #tabletopgames #boardgamegeek

Come explore a large random selection of forever open source #TTRPG resources, from games to SRDs to art and more!

https://thoughtpunks.com/open-source-ttrpg-resources/

#OpenSource #TabletopGames #IndieGames

Are you the kind of player that turns up in a cape? Refuses to step out of character at the corner shop? Then The BoardGame Zone has finger circles for you! DieRing II hides a full polyhedral set inside hinged brass on tat-starter now
#Tat #Dice #Rings #RingDice #Kickstarter #FantasyGaming #TabletopGames
https://www.tabletopsentinel.com/news/fantasy/not-sauron-approved-kickstarter-rings-hide-mini-dice-instead-of-dark-magic

Are you the kind of player that turns up in a cape? Refuses to step out of character at the corner shop? Then The BoardGame Zone has finger circles for you! DieRing II hides a full polyhedral set inside hinged brass on tat-starter now
#Tat #Dice #Rings #RingDice #Kickstarter #FantasyGaming #TabletopGames
https://www.tabletopsentinel.com/news/fantasy/not-sauron-approved-kickstarter-rings-hide-mini-dice-instead-of-dark-magic

Are you the kind of player that turns up in a cape? Refuses to step out of character at the corner shop? Then The BoardGame Zone has finger circles for you! DieRing II hides a full polyhedral set inside hinged brass on tat-starter now
#Tat #Dice #Rings #RingDice #Kickstarter #FantasyGaming #TabletopGames
https://www.tabletopsentinel.com/news/fantasy/not-sauron-approved-kickstarter-rings-hide-mini-dice-instead-of-dark-magic

Are you the kind of player that turns up in a cape? Refuses to step out of character at the corner shop? Then The BoardGame Zone has finger circles for you! DieRing II hides a full polyhedral set inside hinged brass on tat-starter now
#Tat #Dice #Rings #RingDice #Kickstarter #FantasyGaming #TabletopGames
https://www.tabletopsentinel.com/news/fantasy/not-sauron-approved-kickstarter-rings-hide-mini-dice-instead-of-dark-magic

Are you the kind of player that turns up in a cape? Refuses to step out of character at the corner shop? Then The BoardGame Zone has finger circles for you! DieRing II hides a full polyhedral set inside hinged brass on tat-starter now
#Tat #Dice #Rings #RingDice #Kickstarter #FantasyGaming #TabletopGames
https://www.tabletopsentinel.com/news/fantasy/not-sauron-approved-kickstarter-rings-hide-mini-dice-instead-of-dark-magic

Preparing for DCC — Dungeon Crawl Classics

In two weeks, most of the villagers of Farlenkeep will be dead... unless they can find their courage and band together to take on an ancient evil.

https://chasingdings.com/2026/05/08/preparing-for-dcc-dungeon-crawl-classic/

#DungeonCrawlClassics #TabletopGames #dcc #SailorsOnTheStarlessSea

Clank! Master Thief Edition Announced, To Be Previewed At Gen Con https://popgeeks.com/clank-master-thief-edition-announced-to-be-previewed-at-gen-con/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Clank #MasterThiefEdition #GenCon2023 #TabletopGames #BoardGameNight

38 years of Gaelcon, a Diana Jones Award on the mantelpiece and no signs of slowing down. Ireland's oldest independent gaming convention hits year 38 at Crowne Plaza Dublin Airport, 23-26 October.
#RPG #boardgames #wargames #BattleTech #Gaelcon #Dublin #GamingConvention #TabletopGames #LARP
https://www.tabletopsentinel.com/events/gaelcon

38 years of Gaelcon, a Diana Jones Award on the mantelpiece and no signs of slowing down. Ireland's oldest independent gaming convention hits year 38 at Crowne Plaza Dublin Airport, 23-26 October.
#RPG #boardgames #wargames #BattleTech #Gaelcon #Dublin #GamingConvention #TabletopGames #LARP
https://www.tabletopsentinel.com/events/gaelcon

38 years of Gaelcon, a Diana Jones Award on the mantelpiece and no signs of slowing down. Ireland's oldest independent gaming convention hits year 38 at Crowne Plaza Dublin Airport, 23-26 October.
#RPG #boardgames #wargames #BattleTech #Gaelcon #Dublin #GamingConvention #TabletopGames #LARP
https://www.tabletopsentinel.com/events/gaelcon

38 years of Gaelcon, a Diana Jones Award on the mantelpiece and no signs of slowing down. Ireland's oldest independent gaming convention hits year 38 at Crowne Plaza Dublin Airport, 23-26 October.
#RPG #boardgames #wargames #BattleTech #Gaelcon #Dublin #GamingConvention #TabletopGames #LARP
https://www.tabletopsentinel.com/events/gaelcon

The Fodden, awoken from his decades-long nap to see off some noisome intruders. #Shivershield #thewoodsminiatures #fantasygames #fantasyminiatures #folkhorror #oldhammer #froud #troll #trolls #warhammer #aos #theweald #frostgrave #miniwargames #miniaturewargames #tabletopgames #ttrpg #dnd #wfb #tow

The Fodden, awoken from his decades-long nap to see off some noisome intruders. #Shivershield #thewoodsminiatures #fantasygames #fantasyminiatures #folkhorror #oldhammer #froud #troll #trolls #warhammer #aos #theweald #frostgrave #miniwargames #miniaturewargames #tabletopgames #ttrpg #dnd #wfb #tow

The Fodden, awoken from his decades-long nap to see off some noisome intruders. #Shivershield #thewoodsminiatures #fantasygames #fantasyminiatures #folkhorror #oldhammer #froud #troll #trolls #warhammer #aos #theweald #frostgrave #miniwargames #miniaturewargames #tabletopgames #ttrpg #dnd #wfb #tow

The Fodden, awoken from his decades-long nap to see off some noisome intruders. #Shivershield #thewoodsminiatures #fantasygames #fantasyminiatures #folkhorror #oldhammer #froud #troll #trolls #warhammer #aos #theweald #frostgrave #miniwargames #miniaturewargames #tabletopgames #ttrpg #dnd #wfb #tow

The Fodden, awoken from his decades-long nap to see off some noisome intruders. #Shivershield #thewoodsminiatures #fantasygames #fantasyminiatures #folkhorror #oldhammer #froud #troll #trolls #warhammer #aos #theweald #frostgrave #miniwargames #miniaturewargames #tabletopgames #ttrpg #dnd #wfb #tow

Come explore a large random selection of forever open source #TTRPG resources, from games to SRDs to art and more!

https://thoughtpunks.com/open-source-ttrpg-resources/

#OpenSource #TabletopGames #IndieGames

for those of you for whom cutting down trees is just beyond the pale, Wyrd Science 8 is now available of DriveThruRPG

Dolmenwood, Blades in the Dark, Doomsong, Bunnies & Burrows, Trench Crusade, RPG Zines, anarchic comics, pagan festivals, it's all in there...

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/566381/wyrd-science-vol-1-issue-8

and if you want to catch up there's also a new bundle of issues 1-7 available

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/566833/wyrd-science-issues-1-7-bundle?

#TTRpg #tabletopgames

Frosthaven #105: Ruins of the Equinox

More elemental shenanigans as the Drifter joins the group and Bone Shaper and Banner Spear leave.

https://chasingdings.com/2026/05/05/frosthaven-105-ruins-of-the-equinox/

#Frosthaven #TabletopGames #RuinsOfTheEquinox

Want to embrace a bit of folk horror in your WoodFolk band? The Ghillie Dhu is the spirit of the forest awakened. He walks unseen, sometimes benign, sometimes malicious, always watching. #Shivershield #thewoodsminiatures #folkhorror #fantasyminiatures #fantasygames #tabletopgames #indiegames #games

Come explore a large random selection of forever open source #TTRPG resources, from games to SRDs to art and more!

https://thoughtpunks.com/open-source-ttrpg-resources/

#OpenSource #TabletopGames #IndieGames

https://penancerpg.com/shows/m/DT64.mp3

A huge ship with possible refugees from Orlais makes both a tempting prospect and a dangerous destination for our party - trading for goods when you have 2 mages is a risky business!

And as ever, worse dangers may be hidden...

#IndieGames #AudioDrama #TableTop #RolePlay #DragonAge #podcast #podcasting #HomeBrew #ActualPlay #gaming #fantasy #Comedy #indieRPGs #StoryTelling #humorous #TabletopGames #horror #TTRPG #RPG #RPGs #GamersOfInsta

Come explore a large random selection of forever open source #TTRPG resources, from games to SRDs to art and more!

https://thoughtpunks.com/open-source-ttrpg-resources/

#OpenSource #TabletopGames #IndieGames

HeroQuest First Light: The Might of the Synchroform

For the final First Light campaign quest, Qwindrak is going to throw everything he has at us, one last time.

https://chasingdings.com/2026/05/03/heroquest-first-light-the-might-of-the-synchroform/

#GameNight #HeroQuest #TabletopGames #FirstLight

HeroQuest First Light: The Might of the Synchroform

For the final First Light campaign quest, Qwindrak is going to throw everything he has at us, one last time.

https://chasingdings.com/2026/05/03/heroquest-first-light-the-might-of-the-synchroform/

#GameNight #HeroQuest #TabletopGames #FirstLight

HeroQuest First Light: The Might of the Synchroform

For the final First Light campaign quest, Qwindrak is going to throw everything he has at us, one last time.

https://chasingdings.com/2026/05/03/heroquest-first-light-the-might-of-the-synchroform/

#GameNight #HeroQuest #TabletopGames #FirstLight

HeroQuest First Light: The Might of the Synchroform

For the final First Light campaign quest, Qwindrak is going to throw everything he has at us, one last time.

https://chasingdings.com/2026/05/03/heroquest-first-light-the-might-of-the-synchroform/

#GameNight #HeroQuest #TabletopGames #FirstLight