Matt Leacock
@mattleacock.bsky.social
Game Designer known for cooperative games including Pandemic, Forbidden Island, and Daybreak
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Please take the time to read what the children detained in Dilley wrote me in their own words: www.propublica.org/article/ice-... 10/
“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...
www.propublica.org
February 9, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Please take the time to read what the children detained in Dilley wrote me in their own words: www.propublica.org/article/ice-... 10/
Congratulations. You're an inspriation!
February 1, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Congratulations. You're an inspriation!
So sorry to hear that you've been so sick! A few years back I binged a big batch of short stories from by Ted Chiang and George Saunders. If you haven't read them, Exhalation, Stories of Your Life, Liberation Day, and Tenth of December area all great.
February 1, 2026 at 5:35 PM
So sorry to hear that you've been so sick! A few years back I binged a big batch of short stories from by Ted Chiang and George Saunders. If you haven't read them, Exhalation, Stories of Your Life, Liberation Day, and Tenth of December area all great.
Awesome! Good luck!
December 24, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Awesome! Good luck!
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Rhado calls The Four Doors "A miracle of design." @mattleacock.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Rhado calls The Four Doors "A miracle of design." @mattleacock.bsky.social
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Leacock’s Lab: Animal Rescue Team Now Available, Trip Report, and More
Plus: Spiel Essen and DAU Report, Animal Rescue Team Design Journal, Daybreak Returns to Public Radio, and more
mattleacock.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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when I worked on This Guilty Land, and immersed myself in antebellum primary documents, the thing that really struck me is how incrementalism today is just the same shit it was then, responding to the same kind of bad faith arguments by evil fuckers, & treating real change as impossible & infantile.
September 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
when I worked on This Guilty Land, and immersed myself in antebellum primary documents, the thing that really struck me is how incrementalism today is just the same shit it was then, responding to the same kind of bad faith arguments by evil fuckers, & treating real change as impossible & infantile.
Outside/In from New Hampshire Public Radio aired a wonderful episode about Daybreak yesterday.
Not going to spoil whether they won or not!
Not going to spoil whether they won or not!
How to solve the climate crisis in 60-90 minutes — Outside/In
Can a board game about the climate crisis really make for a good Friday night with your friends?
outsideinradio.org
September 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Outside/In from New Hampshire Public Radio aired a wonderful episode about Daybreak yesterday.
Not going to spoil whether they won or not!
Not going to spoil whether they won or not!
We were happy to join the first Sun Day day of action at San Jose City Hall today. Hope and expect this day to become bigger and bigger each year.
Beautiful day to celebrate @sundayofaction.bsky.social outside City Hall w/ generous folks at First Unitarian Church of San Jose, council member David Cohen, @mothersoutfrontsv.bsky.social, @350sv.bsky.social, @planetacterra.bsky.social, @indivisible.org Silicon Valley, & so many more #solar #energy
September 22, 2025 at 12:18 AM
We were happy to join the first Sun Day day of action at San Jose City Hall today. Hope and expect this day to become bigger and bigger each year.
You must have been less than 10 feet away from us!
September 22, 2025 at 12:15 AM
You must have been less than 10 feet away from us!
OMG, you were there? Sorry we missed you!
September 22, 2025 at 12:14 AM
OMG, you were there? Sorry we missed you!
Got your email—I'll be in touch!
September 4, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Got your email—I'll be in touch!
My September update is up! New and upcoming release info, appearances, trivia results, our trip to Middle Earth, and more. This is also a great time to subscribe if you haven't yet.
Leacock’s Lab: September 2025 Update
Upcoming releases and appearances, trivia results, our trip to Middle Earth, and more
mattleacock.substack.com
September 4, 2025 at 6:41 PM
My September update is up! New and upcoming release info, appearances, trivia results, our trip to Middle Earth, and more. This is also a great time to subscribe if you haven't yet.
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I try to keep my feed mostly positive, but this is worth a read.
My plea to you is to get involved locally, not just in yelling into the void but in building community. Human connection is (hopefully) one way through. We are so much better than all of this.
My plea to you is to get involved locally, not just in yelling into the void but in building community. Human connection is (hopefully) one way through. We are so much better than all of this.
The precise moment when and where in recent weeks America crossed that invisible line from democracy into authoritarianism can and will be debated by future historians, but it’s clear that the line itself has been crossed. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-ti...
America Tips Into Fascism
Today is different than before.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
August 26, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I try to keep my feed mostly positive, but this is worth a read.
My plea to you is to get involved locally, not just in yelling into the void but in building community. Human connection is (hopefully) one way through. We are so much better than all of this.
My plea to you is to get involved locally, not just in yelling into the void but in building community. Human connection is (hopefully) one way through. We are so much better than all of this.
Great to hear. Yes, very happy! Thanks!
August 24, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Great to hear. Yes, very happy! Thanks!
It's only been 21 minutes! (Try again?)
August 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
It's only been 21 minutes! (Try again?)
Good luck with the game. Wish I could join you! And thanks again for playtesting.
August 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Good luck with the game. Wish I could join you! And thanks again for playtesting.
Impressive. Off the top of my head, you might consider multiplying the costs for global projects and crisis mitigation by 1.5x the 4-player game cost. I'm not sure how you'd encode that simply in your set, though.
August 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Impressive. Off the top of my head, you might consider multiplying the costs for global projects and crisis mitigation by 1.5x the 4-player game cost. I'm not sure how you'd encode that simply in your set, though.
Love it. Glad you enjoyed the game!
August 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Love it. Glad you enjoyed the game!
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My daughter and I played The Four Doors designed by @mattleacock.bsky.social and published by @happycampergames.bsky.social. The first was phenomenally good. I can’t wait to play more.
August 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
My daughter and I played The Four Doors designed by @mattleacock.bsky.social and published by @happycampergames.bsky.social. The first was phenomenally good. I can’t wait to play more.