Several colourful, wooden animal tokens in front of a banana for scale, in front of a box that has the words "Grab Bag Jungle"

Self-promotion...
It's been a little over a year since my first commercially published game, Grab Bag Jungle (co-designed with @mikeharrisonwood.bsky.social), was launched. If you have bought it or played it, please would you do us a favour and rate/review on BGG or wherever you bought it. Thanks ❤️

This would look sick on a pin badge.

the human made icon

I want to be a better steward for the Human Made icon. If you have any ideas on how I can get the word out for it more please let me know. Do you think game retailers would be interested in stickers they could pass out? folks interested in pins? What can I do to support you using this icon? a zine?

A collage of photos and graphics showing various sea creatures in a symbolic, geometric style

Hey #portfolioday

I’m Rory, a graphic designer making games. Here’s some work from an old game of mine called Skora.

I guess that’s better than having fond memories of him 😬

Poster; Come out at Easter, by Frederick Charles Herrick, 1922 | London Transport Museum poster

Happy National Coming Out Day*

*According to the London Underground in 1922

www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/...

Oof. Sometimes it’s easy to forget that his crimes aren’t as widely known internationally.

The 18 Card Challenge: No Shuffling Ever have a game where you won – or lost – because a key card came up at the exact right time? Maybe it was dealt to you at setup or the luck of the draw landed in your favor at the moment of victory....

Button Shy Games’ 18 Card Challenge: No Shuffling is for games with no shuffling either during the game or setup. The winner receives $100. All entries may be considered for publication. Submissions due by May 31.

“NO KINGS.” Three panels in punky bright colors with some grungy textures. The first panel shows a chessboard with all pieces except the kings. In the second, a hand of playing cards forms a royal flush but the king's card is blank. The third panel shows the board game box of The King Is Dead.

New comic! No kings, please.

📜 You can read this week's blog post at:
www.semicoop.com/comic/decrow...

Do you ever think about all the people you know and just get overwhelmed by their talents and awesomeness? IDK, man. Y'all are just super rad.

Mandelaaa!

ALERT: Mattel has been pushing game designers to submit pitches using their My Mattel Ideas portal, even if designers are in discussions with Mattel people directly.

The portal forces you to commit to a royalty cap of 1.5% plus a 10% deduction to net sales - effectively 1.35%.

Public domain art resources Using public domain art in tabletop game design

No budget? No problem!

Free art from dead people for your games: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/public-dom...

#ttrpg #boardgames #gamedesign #publicdomain #freeart #art

Three papers lie on a white table: a typed set of rules for the game Railway Rivals; a sheaf a paper blank apart from a grid of hexagons; and a description of how to draw a map of central Scotland onto the hex-paper.

Can you believe this game won the biggest tabletop award in the world?

Railway Rivals by David Watts (2nd edition, 1978), the first crayon-rail game, where you draw tracks directly on the board. Doesn't look like much, but it's one of only two British games to ever win the Spiel des Jahres (...)

‘Beefs - Real and Imagined’

No ‘Controversies’ section?

Consistency 😂

Explosions In The Sky do great instrumental rock.

I wanted to follow up this bigger thread by celebrating YouTubers that are doing it right:

Making games with trial and error, showing their mistakes and earning credibility.

What channels (big or small!) do you love and want to shout out?

Do you design or publish board games? Do you want to protect the planet?

Earlier this month, the Green Games Guide team updated the website and the Guide to include more info to help you make more eco-friendly games. Please check it out and share!

greengamesguide.com

(or a game)

Walkable City - the Urban Planning Boardgame Asymmetric Cooperative boardgame about building a city without cars.

Walkable City, my latest co-op game about building walking, cycling & public transit infrastructure - is now LIVE on Kickstarter! 🚶🚴‍♀️🚌🚈 Build out the walkable city of your dreams!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/fow...

Thank you very much! I’ll check them out, and anything owl-based will go down well with both of us 😀

On the other hand, pre-made terrain for miniature wargames!

I played my first board games with my daughter recently, she’s three years old.

Proud parent moment adding her as a player to log our plays in @bgstatsapp.bsky.social 😂

I’ve been feeling really low with this weeks dreary weather and the state of the world being… all bad.

What are you feeling joy about lately?

Q for boardgame publishing folks: What's your estimate of volume and/or % for each of these in your company, per year?

A. How many pitch requests get to pitch?
B. How many pitches result in you taking a prototype for review?
C. How many prototypes under review get a contract?

🎲✂️

March 2026 Welcome to the Indie Tabletop Newsletter, hear from independent tabletop games designers about their current and upcoming projects. Take a look at the games we've already self-published and our upcomi...

Check out this month's #IndieTabletopNewsletter with wonderful content from: @atikingames.bsky.social @jacksonpope.bsky.social @postcurious.bsky.social Red Cannon Games, @benny275.bsky.social @unfringedthings.bsky.social

www.atikingames.com/newsletter/m...

Ah, the Family Guy rule of comedy.

The prototype board for Ticket To Ride: United Kingdom was not well-received by playtesters.