Thanks Mary!!!

board game set up with little flames on squares and stacks of cards

Fire Tower is my new favorite board game. It has the perfect blend of strategy, luck, and fast moving game play paired with pleasing graphics and well designed pieces. You can be losing by a mile then the wind shifts and everything changes.

Thank you so much!!!

I have been waiting 4 (or 5?) years for this game and it’s here! The folks at @runawayparade.bsky.social games are fantastic and I’d highly recommend checking this one out 🍒 🍋 🍊

Punch Bowl is live on Kickstarter!!!! And this preview is great!

tiny cup with tiny bits of (fake) fruit game components inside and little ice cubes. Score it, don't drink it.

Table full of game components, images of a punch bowl and fresh fruit because it's a game about making delicious drinks! Tiny empty cups on the table as we had not started playing yet

Close up of the player board featuring cards and gameplay basics and also tiny fruit components.

I have been waiting for the Kickstarter for @runawayparade.bsky.social game "Punch Bowl" to come out since I demo'd the game at PAXU 2022! The little fruit bits were delightful to collect and there was a nice mix of strategy and randomness. KS page: www.kickstarter.com/projects/run...

Thanks so much!!!

Smug Owls Review, A riddle-making party game | Tabletop Bellhop Do you love riddles? How about coming up with your own answers to riddles? If you said yes to either of these you need to check out Smug Owls, a riddle based party game.

Review on the Blog:

Smug Owls from @runawayparade.bsky.social

This is a very clever, riddle based, party game that works great with groups big or small.

It's been a hit with our family and local gamers, and you don't have to be 'good at riddles' to enjoy it.

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On a background of spooky trees are the logos for Tabletop Gaymers and Gaymer Quest: A Queer Coven Scavenger Hunt. Below them are the logo for Featherstone Games, an outline of a witch, a button reading "LGBTQIA+ Designers" and the text "Featherstone Games was born out of a desire to get people playing more complicated games more quickly. They do this with “level up” games that layer together mechanics and theme in a way that makes more complicated gameplay approachable. They are proud to present Dinositters! a cozy spatial puzzle worker placement game designed by queer designer, Maxwell Freud. Maxwell is an award winning filmmaker, game designer, and publisher of the queer board game podcast Hatched This Way. "

On a background of spooky trees are the logos for Tabletop Gaymers and Gaymer Quest: A Queer Coven Scavenger Hunt. Below them are the logo for Looney Labs, an outline of a witch, a button reading "LGBTQIA+ Owned" and the text "Looney Labs is owned by queer-identified Kristin Looney (she/her/sir) and her supportive ally husband Andrew Looney (he/him) and employs several queer-identified staff. The Looneys have spent the last 30 years not just publishing fun games but creating inviting spaces that welcome Gaymers to play games and build lifelong friendships. "

On a background of spooky trees are the logos for Tabletop Gaymers and Gaymer Quest: A Queer Coven Scavenger Hunt. Below them are the logo for Runaway Parade Games, an outline of a witch, a button reading "LGBTQIA+ Designers" and the text "With extensive professional experience in storytelling and visual design and a mutual love of board games, founders Sam and Gwen hope to bring something new to the table with Runaway Parade Games. Sam and Gwen’s co-designs include Fire Tower, Punch Bowl, Desert Pack (Button Shy Games), an upcoming Monty Python game (Dynamite Entertainment) and the riddle-solving party game Smug Owls that was co-designed by the nonbinary, ace, and panromantic triple threat that is Grace Kendall (they/them)."

The next 3 stops on our Gaymer Quest scavenger hunt feature an LGBTQIA+ designer from Featherstone Games, LGBTQIA+ owned @LooneyLabs.bsky.social‬, and an LGBTQIA+ designer from @RunawayParade.bsky.social‬!

Our stops: @9thlevelgames.bsky.social, @blackoakworkshop.bsky.social, @brightbard.bsky.social, Featherstone Games, @looneylabs.bsky.social, @runawayparade.bsky.social, @smokingglueguns.bsky.social, @snowbrightstudio.bsky.social, @storysquadcast.bsky.social, and @wetinkgames.bsky.social

What a thoughtful, in-depth review from @tabletopbellhop.com !

One of our all time favorites!

That’s great to hear, thank you!!

Woohoo!!

Woohoo!!!! Go Fire Tower go!!

A table of board game checkouts from PAX East 2025, sorted by checkouts per copy

A table of board game checkouts from PAX East 2025, sorted by total checkouts

Another PAX East with 5,000+ checkouts in the Tabletop Library. As is tradition, our "Top 20", sorted two ways.

Even without bringing a gajillion copies as we've been doing in recent years, Fire Tower from Runaway Parade continues to rule PAX.

Got this on the recommendation of @davidleavitt.bsky.social because he knows all the games! 🎲 @runawaypress.bsky.social

#games #cardgame #gaming

One of my favorite games from last year, Smug Owls 🦉 🦉 from @runawayparade.bsky.social now has expansions!

#paxeast

Thanks for the shoutout @davidleavitt.bsky.social !

Same

Love this so much!!!!

A photo of me sitting at a table with a set of cards in front of me. My hands are clasped behind my head and I have a look of concentration on my face.

There were many great moments at @unpub.bsky.social this year, but I’m particularly fond of this photo of me mentally debating how far I can push my luck in @runawayparade.bsky.social’s “Old Kings”, a game about diseased monarchs who refuse to give up the ghost.

📸: @shadowobsessed.bsky.social

Quick Peaks – Cargo Empire, Sinoda, Vadoran Gardens, Attika, Smug... In Quick Peaks we offer hot takes on games that are new to us. This week we have Cargo Empire, Sinoda, Concept, Vadoran Gardens, Attika, Smug Owls

Check out my #QuickPeaks review of Smug Owls 🦉 from @runawayparade.bsky.social! @meeplemountain.com #boardgames #partygames #owls #tabletop www.meeplemountain.com/articles/qui...

Amazing! Especially impressive in a 3 player game!

Shadow victories are the best victories 🔥

Love Diatoms!

Smug Owls

Happy Superb Owl Sunday!!

I remember squeezing into the @runawayparade.bsky.social booth at GenCon with some friends and demo'ing Fire Tower. I was hooked immediately and I never go camping without it.

We would love to be added to publishers!

Thanks for this! We would love to be added as well!