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Aftergame @aftergame.app · 4d

PAX AUS is nearly here and we're so excited to jump into the fray! Two of us will be there in our Aftergame shirts; come say hi, maybe play a game, and let us know what you think of our work!

#PAXAustralia #tabletopgaming

Aftergame @aftergame.app · 9d

UPDATE HIGHLIGHTS
With this release, you can set notification preferences per group, control who can join your games or events, schedule when your events will go public, and much more!

Full update list on Discord: discord.gg/uM3ugdDNFA

#tabletopgaming #tabletopevents

A banner announcing a new product update from Aftergame.

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Aftergame @aftergame.app · 11d

I'm a little late to the Tacta party but really glad I was invited! It looked sort of messy but was still completely legible. It was like we were collectively creating a Jackson Pollock. 🎨

Did anything surprise you this month?

#monthofboardgames #playmoreboardgames

A 4x4 grid of my played games for September. From top left to bottom right: Monza, For Sale, CuBirds, Viticulture, The Isle of Cats, The Castles of Burgundy, Terraforming Mars, Tacta, Schotten Totten, Potion Explosion, Patchwork, Odin, The Lost Ruins of Arnak, Heat: Pedal to the Metal, Forest Shuffle: Dartmoor, Farkle.

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Aftergame @aftergame.app · 23d

UPDATE HIGHLIGHTS
This release brings support for official publisher groups and their catalog of games, as well as giving admins more options and control.

Full list on Discord: discord.gg/uM3ugdDNFA

#boardgamepublishers #tabletopevents

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Aftergame @aftergame.app · 25d

UPDATE HIGHLIGHTS
We now support events having multiple rooms and you can decide if attendees can bring an unnamed guest. We've improved RSVPs and waitlists, too, in the latest release!

Full list on Discord: discord.gg/uM3ugdDNFA

#tabletopevents #boardgameevents

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Aftergame @aftergame.app · Sep 4

UPDATE HIGHLIGHTS
Tag people in posts and comments, leaderboards get a big upgrade, and our initial launch of the group stats page are all included in today's release!

Full list on Discord: discord.gg/uM3ugdDNFA

#boardgamestats #boardgamecommunity

Image announcing a new release on Aftergame. It says you can now tag people, check out leaderboards in your groups, and there are some group stats available now and much more!

Aftergame @aftergame.app · Sep 1

A stand-out for me this month was Crusaders: Thy Will Be Done! It was so smooth, quick to get into, and by gum, I love a gosh darn mancala situation.

What are your August game highlights?

#boardgames #tabletopgames

A 5x5 grid showing the board games I played this month (from top left to bottom right): Tiny Towns, Red Dust Rebellion, Odin, Viticulture, The Guild of Merchant Explorers, The Gruffalo, Terraforming Mars, Space Base, Seas Salt and Paper, Revive, New York Zoo, Kingdomino, Imhotep, Forest Shuffle, Eternetium, Earth, Dorfromantik, Daybreak, CuBirds, Crusaders: Thy Will Be Done, Century: Spice Road, Cartographers, Black Angel, Beyond the Sun, and Astra.

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Aftergame @aftergame.app · Aug 28

We're psyched to see people using embeddable game lists and schedules!
🎲Game list example: www.villagemeeple.com/games-list
📆 Event calendar example: www.rage.quest#events

Grab your embeddable link when you're ready!
Let us know if you need help getting started.♥️
#boardgamelibrary #tabletopevents

A screenshot of RAGE's website showing a list of their upcoming events embedded from Aftergame, plus a few points on why you might choose to use Aftergame and a big button to RSVP.

Aftergame @aftergame.app · Aug 20

🎺 Hear ye, hear ye! 🎺
You can now make an Aftergame account using just your email address! Tell your friends!

If you've made an account using one of the other services, you can switch to using your email address by adding a password: Profile > ☰ > Account > Password.
#tabletopgames #boardgames

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Aftergame @aftergame.app · Aug 8

UPDATE HIGHLIGHTS
📨Email sign up is now supported, embed event and game lists into your website, and plan to play a game from the group collection.
Full list on Discord: discord.gg/uM3ugdDNFA

#boardgamenews #tabletopgames

Aftergame banner announcing a product update.

Aftergame @aftergame.app · Jul 31

I don't know what I was expecting but Revive surprised me in a great way! I'm enjoying the flow of the game and ready to dive into the campaign. Also, can't believe it took me this long to play Keyflower 😅

Did anything surprise you this month?
#monthofboardgames #playmoreboardgames

A five-by-five grid of board games representing my month in board games: Terraforming Mars, Daybreak, Space Base, Revive, Knarr, Tiny Towns, The Guild of Merchant Explorers, Super Mega Lucky Box, Smallworld, Sea Salt & Paper, Robinson Crusoe, Railroad Ink, Photosynthesis, Patchwork, Paper World, Odin, Now Boarding, Next Staion Tokyo, New York Zoo, My First Stone Age, Lost Cities, Kingdomino, Keyflower, Hanabi, and Hadrian's Wall.

Aftergame @aftergame.app · Jul 24

FEATURE HIGHLIGHT: Start Player Chooser

From the log play screen, if you tap "Start player", you'll get this randomizer. Make sure you add all your players before spinning!

You can still manually set the start player by tapping the pencil instead.

#boardgametool #playmoreboardgames

Screenshot showing what the start player chooser on Aftergame looks like. Chosen player is in the middle with buttons underneath to spin again or confirm the current choice.

Aftergame @aftergame.app · Jul 18

UPDATE HIGHLIGHTS
The wait for waitlists is over! Let players join a waitlist once games fill up. Also connect guest players via QR code and easily see who created each guest, plus more scheduling options for repeat events!
Full list on Discord: discord.gg/uM3ugdDNFA
#boardgameevents #tabletopgames

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Aftergame @aftergame.app · Jul 9

We're excited to be working with Play Con once again! They put on an amazing convention. This year, there's over 400 official and attendee-planned games and demos, plus a Play to Win!
Everyone's in for a good time this weekend🥳

#boardgames #tabletopconvention #boardgameconvention

Square image with hex borders showing the logos of Aftergame and Play Con.

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Aftergame @aftergame.app · Jul 3

Enjoy many quality of life goodies for events and invitations in this update!

HIGHLIGHTS
Game invites don't have to equal claimed seats, minimum required players shown in planned games, and you can add a note when RSVPing.
Full list on Discord: discord.gg/uM3ugdDNFA
#boardgameevents #tabletopevents

Banner announcing a new product update.

Full update:

FEATURES
• You can now browse group members or limit your search to just friends when inviting people to games and events.
• Invited people no longer automatically fill a seat. Instead, you are given the choice to invite or secure a seat when inviting players to a game.
• Add a note when responding to an invite or attending games and events.
• The minimum needed players are now shown in a planned game's player list.
• Creating events has been simplified and the distinction between a "Meetup" and "Convention" removed.
• Aftergame+ subscribers now have the ability to create events with 100 attendees.
• View your total games, plays, and hours played for a given filter in the play stats screen.
• We now confirm if you want to exit the screen when trying to leave an event, play log, group, or game creation screens.
• Event hosts can now manage attendees from the attendees screen.
• You can now search for group members or event attendees when viewing the full list.
• Recent group events now show up in the group feed with a prompt to add photos.
• You can now dismiss group invites.
• The play log score input keyboard now has a dismiss button.

FIXES
• Fixed some app crashes particularly affecting iOS devices.
• Fixed a crash when validating ticket links during event creation.
• Fixed a handful of bugs when submitting Play to Win entries.
• Various other fixes and performance improvements.

Aftergame @aftergame.app · Jul 1

So far, I've only played Monza with a 3-year-old but I'm really excited to put the pedal to the metal and play for keeps sometime! 💪😄

Well, I'm off to stroll through the soothing fields and forests of Dorfromantik again. What have you been playing?
#monthofboardgames #boardgames

A 5x5 grid showing the games I played this month: Bathysphere, The Guild of Merchants Explorers, Spirit Island, Wingspan, Onitama, Flip 7, Cartographers, The Castles of Burgundy, Terraforming Mars, Tapestry, Point Salad, Patchwork, Paper World, Next Station London, New York Zoo, Monza, Libraria, Knarr, Forest Shuffle, Faraway, Draftosaurus, Dorfromantik, CuBirds, Can't Stop, and Arcs.

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Aftergame @aftergame.app · Jun 25

We had a great time at Wellycon over the weekend running our first major Play to Win through Aftergame. We had 8,600+ entries for over 300 games! (Maybe the largest Play to Win globally? Shout out if you know of a bigger one!)

#PlayToWin #boardgameconvention

Screenshot of a Play to Win competition for Wellycon 2025. It shows the date and time the draw happened, the total number of entries, which was 8609, and all the games that were available as prizes with the number of entries for each. Since the draw is in the past, it also shows who got to take the games home.

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Aftergame @aftergame.app · Jun 25

Glad you're liking our app. We had the same experience when starting to catalog our collection, a surprisingly long list!

Be sure to join our Discord server if you have any feedback: discord.gg/XMYxvJ3ge2

Join the Aftergame Discord Server!

Gather your group, find events, plan epic game nights, create shared play logs, and easily manage your collection on Aftergame. | 203 members

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Aftergame @aftergame.app · Jun 20

Lesser Known Feature:
On your group page, you can see the combined lists of all group members under Collection.

Check out the Want to Play list and sort from most to least to see what has the best chance of filling up at your next game day.
#tabletopgames #playmoreboardgames #boardgamecollection

Screenshot of a combined Want to play collection showing that the games people in this group most want to play are Root, Twilight Imperium, Gaia Project, Terraforming Mars, Brass: Birmingham, Mage Knight, Gloomhaven, Underwater Cities, Sleeping Gods, Sky Team, Lost Ruins of Arnak, Grand Austria Hotel, Caverna, Arcs, War of the Ring, Spirit Island, Hegemony, and more.

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Aftergame @aftergame.app · Jun 13

Did you know that you and your fellow players can comment on playlogs?

This is super useful for playtesting. If I play your game and two days later realize why I felt the way I did, I can go back and add my comment so you don’t miss out on valuable insights.
#playtesting #tabletopgames #boardgames

Screenshot of the Aftergame app showing a playlog of two-player game of Terraforming Mars with comments underneath.
CAS: It took soooo long to get the heat moving!
Chalene: But then it went so fast (laughing emoji)

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Aftergame @aftergame.app · Jun 5

This update has some major changes under the hood to take us to the next level!

Highlights: The Aftergame web app is out of early access, improved collection management, and sharing to people without the Aftergame app is much better.
Full list on Discord: discord.gg/uM3ugdDNFA

#tabletopgames

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Aftergame @aftergame.app · Jun 1

Got in a good mix of new games and old this month and I learned I still love Spirit Island and I'm still horrible at Space Base!😂 Too interested in the money engine to get the points engine rolling.

Anyone else have a game they've always been a rubbish at but still like to play?
#monthofboardgames

A grid image showing the games I played this month: Spirit Island, Three Sisters, Coup, Welcome to the Moon, Too Many Monkeys, Ticket to Ride, Terraforming Mars, Space Base, Snake Oil, El Paso, Golem Natura, Flip 7, Castle Combo, Bottle Imp, Backgammon, and Apothebakery.

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Aftergame @aftergame.app · May 20

We woke up to a very exciting message in our Discord (discord.gg/uM3ugdDNFA) this morning.

Thanks very much for the instantly effective shout out, @spacecatspod.bsky.social!

#twilightimperium

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Aftergame @aftergame.app · May 18

We're excited to be partnering with Tabletopcon again this year. The exhibitors look really cool and we already know the people are great. 😉 With so many fantastic games planned, it's going to be a wild weekend!

Chalene will be there in her Aftergame shirt; come say hi!
#ttcon #tabletopconvention

Aftergame @aftergame.app · May 15

Oh that's awesome! We know a couple of people going there. The best we have on hand is logos and QR codes which can be found here: aftergame.notion.site/e42c7c0fd1a0...

Would really appreciate sitting the word, particularly to event organizers! 🙏

Brand assets | Notion

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