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Break My Game @breakmygame.com · 19h

BMG is hosting a game jam! Make a game using 3 unique mechanics, one of which is voted on by the community. Be sure to join the Discord to vote on which mechanic you wanna see! 🎃

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Nomadotto @nomadotto.bsky.social · 18d

Had a great meetup at Guardian Games for the @breakmygame.com PDX meetup! We even had visitors from Seattle and Minnesota. Had a solid playtest of Hench, looks like there's still more to do. Also played an amazing galactic twister game from @boardgameghee.bsky.social and Sasha's great card battler!

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James Barnhart ➡️ UnPub25 @jakekbarnhart.bsky.social · 24d

Game Designers! We will be hosting our monthly in person playtest w/ @breakmygame.com at Redcaps Corner tonight at 6:30pm. Designers! Sign up with the link below!

www.eventbrite.com/e/break-my-g...

Testers! Come support your local design community!

Break My Game Playtesting - Philadelphia, PA - Redcap's Corner

Come playtest board games designed by local independent game designers!

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James Barnhart ➡️ UnPub25 @jakekbarnhart.bsky.social · Aug 18

Hey y’all! Reminder that we will be hosting in person playtesting at Redcap’s Corner tonight at 6:30 pm with @breakmygame.com 🎲✂️

Designers - Sign up using this link

www.eventbrite.com/e/break-my-g...

Break My Game Playtesting - Philadelphia, PA - Redcap's Corner

Come playtest board games designed by local independent game designers!

www.eventbrite.com

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Sticky Doodler @stickydoodler.bsky.social · Aug 14

Playtest tomorrow's games, today:

Break My Game
Game Kastle, College Park, MD
Sun, Aug 17
3-7pm
@breakmygame.com / @gamekastlecp.bsky.social

Tickets still available!
www.eventbrite.com/e/break-my-g...

Break My Game Playtesting - College Park, MD - Game Kastle

Come playtest board games designed by local independent game designers!

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Joseph - Ludamus Games @ludamusgames.bsky.social · Aug 10

Getting to meet up with designers from the @breakmygame.com community was one of my highlights of #GenCon2025 🎲✂️

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Sticky Doodler @stickydoodler.bsky.social · Jul 19

♦️🎲 Game Design events in the DMV 🎲♦️

✂️ Break My Game playtesting
📅 TOMORROW, Sun, Jul 20
🏰 Game Kastle, College Park MD

(Sorry that I forgot to post today's event in Frederick 😿)

@breakmygame.com / @gamekastlecp.bsky.social

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Break My Game Playtesting - College Park, MD - Game Kastle

Come playtest board games designed by local independent game designers!

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Sticky Doodler @stickydoodler.bsky.social · Jul 13

♦️🎲 DMV Game Design Event ♦️🎲
Break My Game playtesting in Manassas VA
TODAY (Sunday, July 13)
Crossroads Tabletop Tavern
3-6pm

@breakmygame.com

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Break My Game Playtesting - Manassas, VA - Crossroads Tabletop Tavern

Playtest board games designed by local game designers at The Crossroads - A Tabletop Tavern! Hosted the second Sunday of each month, 3-6 PM

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Break My Game @breakmygame.com · Jun 30

Oh hey, I recognize that one logo!

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James Barnhart ➡️ UnPub25 @jakekbarnhart.bsky.social · Jun 29

If y’all are at TooManyGames Con today, I’ll be on the panel “From The Ground Up: Building a Thriving Game Development Industry in Your City” talking about @breakmygame.com and PGMG how we have formed designer communities in Philly. Come check it out! 🎲✂️

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James Barnhart ➡️ UnPub25 @jakekbarnhart.bsky.social · May 19

Philly Game Designers! Tonight we will be hosting our monthly in person playtest w/ @breakmygame.com at Redcap’s Corner, 6:30pm to 9:30pm. Designers sign up with the link below! Testers can just walk in and support their local design community! 🎲✂️

www.eventbrite.com/e/break-my-g...

Break My Game Playtesting - Philadelphia, PA - Redcap's Corner

Come playtest board games designed by local independent game designers!

www.eventbrite.com

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Break My Game @breakmygame.com · May 9

Hey designers and playtesters! We're hosting monthly in-person playtesting events on the second Tuesday of each month at Camp Meade in Middlesex, VT! The next event is May 13th at 6pm. Sign up here:

www.eventbrite.com/e/break-my-g...

Hope to see you there!

Break My Game Playtesting - Middlesex, VT - Camp Meade

Come playtest board games designed by local independent game designers!

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Break My Game @breakmygame.com · May 1

Did you know BMG hosts around 750 playtesting events a year (in-person and online combined)?

That's a lotta playtesting! Since our events are generally 3 hours, that's about 2,250 hours of playtesting every year!

You can find our event schedule to join right on our website at breakmygame.com

Community | Break My Game

Break My Game provides a variety of playtesting opportunities in person and virtually on a monthly basis ranging in games in the early prototype phase all the way to games ready-for-market. Our large ...

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Nomadotto @nomadotto.bsky.social · Apr 21

Had a great time at the @breakmygame.com Portland Playtest event. Standouts include-
A heavy-weight time-travel game,
a 3-d word game,
a "The Batchelor" themed party game,
and Terraforming Mars, but Napoleon in Egypt.

I also got to test a new timing mechanism for Rex Regnat, which went well.

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James Barnhart ➡️ UnPub25 @jakekbarnhart.bsky.social · Apr 21

Philly Game Designers! Tonight is our monthly in person Playtest event with @breakmygame.com , 6:30 PM, at Redcap’s Corner. Designers, sign up with the link below! Testers, no need to register - just come out and support! 🎲✂️

www.eventbrite.com/e/break-my-g...

Break My Game Playtesting - Philadelphia, PA - Redcap's Corner

Come playtest board games designed by local independent game designers!

www.eventbrite.com

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Cardboard Edison @cardboardedison.com · Apr 14

Good morning, game designers. In case you missed it last night, we just released a new industry report about how publishers are reacting to President Trump’s tariffs. Lots of info for designers here: bsky.app/profile/card...

Cardboard Edison @cardboardedison.com · Apr 14

What will high U.S. tariffs on China mean for the tabletop industry? What are publishers doing in response? And what will it all mean for board game designers? We reached out to U.S. publishers, and we've compiled their responses into a new industry report: cardboardedison.com/tariffs

The Cost of Cardboard: How Tariffs Will Impact Board Game Publishers and Designers

A special report from Cardboard Edison, April 2025

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Cardboard Edison @cardboardedison.com · Apr 9

All the Cardboard Edison Award finalist games got to the table this past weekend, and wow, it's an especially strong batch this year! Pics in 🧵 below...

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Break My Game @breakmygame.com · Apr 8

General reminder for designers out there that we're proud of you and the journey you've been on! Making things isn't always easy, but it's awesome that you're doing it. Thanks for bringing such coolness, joy, and intrigue into the world.

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Manda Shafer @mandashafer.bsky.social · Apr 7

Had an awesome time with Break My Games at Mepacon this weekend! Have so much work for my prototype now.

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Unpub @unpub.bsky.social · Mar 31

Unpub Mentorship Program 🎲✂️
Applications are open 🎉

www.unpub.org/mentorship

Unpub Mentorship Program
Applications open now
It's free to participate
Session Info at unpub.org/mentorship

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Jeff Grisenthwaite @jeffgrisenthwaite.bsky.social · Mar 20

🎲✂️ Learn my secrets to get your game signed with a publisher (without spending $$$ to go to a Con) in this @breakmygame.com webinar recording! www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ew5...

Pitch Online and Get Signed - with Jeff Grisenthwaite

YouTube video by BMG

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Sticky Doodler @stickydoodler.bsky.social · Mar 20

In the news: Our monthly @breakmygame.com event in Frederick, MD!
🔶🎲 DMV Games
www.fredericknewspost.com/news/lifesty...

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James Barnhart ➡️ UnPub25 @jakekbarnhart.bsky.social · Mar 17

Philly Game Designers! Tonight is our last monthly in person Playtest event with @breakmygame.com before @unpub.bsky.social, 6:30 PM, at Redcap’s Corner. Designers, sign up with the link below! Testers, no need to register - just come out and support! 🎲✂️

www.eventbrite.com/e/break-my-g...

Break My Game Playtesting - Philadelphia, PA - Redcap's Corner

Come playtest board games designed by local independent game designers!

www.eventbrite.com

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Break My Game @breakmygame.com · Mar 2

We host 10 online playtesting events each week at discord.gg/breakmygame 🎲✂️

Schedule:

Mon - (8:30pm-11:30pm) ET
Tue - (9:30pm-12:30am) ET
Wed - (7pm-10pm) ET
Wed - (12pm-3pm) ET
Thu - (12pm-3pm) ET
Fri - (1pm-4pm) ET
Fri - (9pm-12am) ET
Sat - (12pm-3pm) ET
Sun - (1pm-4pm) ET
Sun - (9pm-12am) ET

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Joseph - Ludamus Games @ludamusgames.bsky.social · Feb 19

🎲✂️ I've had several folks ask me about the In-person Print N' Playtest Notes template that I mentioned in yesterday's post. You can find both the virtual and in-person templates on the #BreakMyGame resource page. www.breakmygame.com/designer-res...
@breakmygame.com #GameDesign #playtest

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