Keith DeViere Donaldson
kddgames.bsky.social
Keith DeViere Donaldson
@kddgames.bsky.social
Board game designer from Boston, Massachusetts
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Black Ruth of Dogtown is a procedural oracle system driven by a circular mancala drafting mechanism, where players construct a three-by-three grid to optimize set collection and speculative scoring in service of a final narrative divination resolution.

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Black Ruth of Dogtown Overview
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Casino Gaunlet is a speculative wagering game driven by hand management and market manipulation, where the calculated race to deplete one's hand is disrupted by a push-your-luck event system that introduces high-variance volatility into the lane rankings.

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Casino Gauntlet
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January 30, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Unbreaking News is a timeline game, where a bell curve scoring system creates a push-your-luck dynamic by linking the value of specific placement slots to point deductions for failure, transforming recall into informational confidence and timing-based risk management.

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Unbreaking News Overview
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January 30, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Castellum Aquae is a tight two-player area enclosure game with a shared-pawn and hand management, where players must weigh efficiency against the strategic cost of inadvertently fueling their opponent’s card economy through shared wall contributions.

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Castellum Aquae Overview
YouTube video by Keith Donaldson
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January 30, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Black Ruth of Dogtown is a procedural oracle system driven by a circular mancala drafting mechanism, where players construct a three-by-three grid to optimize set collection and speculative scoring in service of a final narrative divination resolution.

linktr.ee/kddgames
Black Ruth of Dogtown Overview
YouTube video by Keith Donaldson
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January 30, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Would love your feedback on this daily puzzle app I developed playunbreakingdaily.news to accompany my news trivia game, Unbreaking News.
Unbreaking Daily News: A News Trivia Puzzle
playunbreakingdaily.news
December 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
It was a pleasure to learn Jason Schneider's barking and game-teaching techniques at the PAX East @happycampergames.bsky.social booth.
May 19, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Look at those triple-layered player boards!!! It's super cool to see folks playing my game, Bearden. I'm looking forward to the feedback.
Finalist judging for this year's Cardboard Edison Award is just about wrapped up! We'll be crunching the numbers soon, but in the meantime here are some pics from our NJ judging event!

Chainbreakers, Ice Hotel, Bearden, Wildcrafters...

1/6 cardboardedison.com/award
May 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I'd like to thank @cardboardedison.com for the motivation to keep playtesting. 💪
March 3, 2025 at 1:27 AM