A Blue Skye Larsen
@skye3.bsky.social
He/Him. Makes games (tabletop and digital). Writes words. Likes plants and cats and sometimes people. Freelancer who does a lot of work with Fowers Games.
Always appreciate Dan's thoughts, and this time those thoughts are about a thing I thought a lot about. Because I made it.
If you want to know more about my latest game, check out Dan's review.
If you want to know more about my latest game, check out Dan's review.
Burgle Bros 3: Future Flip continues the series tradition of sending cartoon burglars into high-security facilities. This outing adds disguises, better security, and social hacking to create a multilayered space, but doesn't entirely escape its familiarity. My review: spacebiff.com/2026/02/11/b...
Back to the Burgle
Have these bros had enough burgling? Apparently not. After two full Burgle Bros, not to mention at least three other wacky stealth games, I think it’s fair to confess to some fatigue. Burgle …
spacebiff.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Always appreciate Dan's thoughts, and this time those thoughts are about a thing I thought a lot about. Because I made it.
If you want to know more about my latest game, check out Dan's review.
If you want to know more about my latest game, check out Dan's review.
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I wanted to know who designed an old board game I loved. I found out he made over fifty games he was never credited for, in a career spanning more than three decades.
youtu.be/dTepZ7qM24Q
youtu.be/dTepZ7qM24Q
GRAVITY IS FREE: the games of René Soriano
YouTube video by Hollandspiele
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January 23, 2026 at 6:51 PM
I wanted to know who designed an old board game I loved. I found out he made over fifty games he was never credited for, in a career spanning more than three decades.
youtu.be/dTepZ7qM24Q
youtu.be/dTepZ7qM24Q
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For those who can, here are links to donate directly to local efforts on the ground resisting ICE's terrorizing of Minneapolis. Let me know what you donated to where, and I'll match it until I get a panicked call from my bank!
linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid
linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid
@mplsmutualaid | Linktree
Clearinghouse of mutual aid for our neighbors
linktr.ee
January 24, 2026 at 11:48 PM
For those who can, here are links to donate directly to local efforts on the ground resisting ICE's terrorizing of Minneapolis. Let me know what you donated to where, and I'll match it until I get a panicked call from my bank!
linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid
linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid
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Instead of watching an execution, you can:
Give money to people in Minnesota doing the work: www.standwithminnesota.com
Give $ to people in YOUR AREA doing the work, for me it's a group like CASA: wearecasa.org
Organize or join a candlelight vigil.
Give to a foodbank.
Talk to your neighbors.
Give money to people in Minnesota doing the work: www.standwithminnesota.com
Give $ to people in YOUR AREA doing the work, for me it's a group like CASA: wearecasa.org
Organize or join a candlelight vigil.
Give to a foodbank.
Talk to your neighbors.
Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Instead of watching an execution, you can:
Give money to people in Minnesota doing the work: www.standwithminnesota.com
Give $ to people in YOUR AREA doing the work, for me it's a group like CASA: wearecasa.org
Organize or join a candlelight vigil.
Give to a foodbank.
Talk to your neighbors.
Give money to people in Minnesota doing the work: www.standwithminnesota.com
Give $ to people in YOUR AREA doing the work, for me it's a group like CASA: wearecasa.org
Organize or join a candlelight vigil.
Give to a foodbank.
Talk to your neighbors.
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A game store in St Paul is being targeted for exercising their free speech.
Keep them in mind when shopping!
Keep them in mind when shopping!
Mischief Toy Store in St. Paul has until Wednesday to turn over employment records to the Department of Homeland Security as part of a surprise audit launched Friday, just hours after one of the shop's owners criticized ICE agents during a television interview. bit.ly/4r5AFol
January 21, 2026 at 3:21 PM
A game store in St Paul is being targeted for exercising their free speech.
Keep them in mind when shopping!
Keep them in mind when shopping!
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YIKES.
Upper Deck (Marvel Legendary) just announced a CCG using the Harry Potter license.
Fans of UD are rallying against this decision. Like the CGE situation last year, I’m asking for your help.
Join us. Share your disgust and frustration, and help us push UD to retract their awful decision. 🎲✂️
Upper Deck (Marvel Legendary) just announced a CCG using the Harry Potter license.
Fans of UD are rallying against this decision. Like the CGE situation last year, I’m asking for your help.
Join us. Share your disgust and frustration, and help us push UD to retract their awful decision. 🎲✂️
UPPER DECK ANNOUNCES COVETED HARRY POTTER LICENSE, UPCOMING PRODUCT COLLECTION - Upper Deck
Carlsbad, CA (Jan. 7, 2026) – Upper Deck, the global leader in sports and entertainment collectibles, is adding another iconic license to its extensive portfolio – announcing a deal to create collecti...
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January 14, 2026 at 2:35 PM
YIKES.
Upper Deck (Marvel Legendary) just announced a CCG using the Harry Potter license.
Fans of UD are rallying against this decision. Like the CGE situation last year, I’m asking for your help.
Join us. Share your disgust and frustration, and help us push UD to retract their awful decision. 🎲✂️
Upper Deck (Marvel Legendary) just announced a CCG using the Harry Potter license.
Fans of UD are rallying against this decision. Like the CGE situation last year, I’m asking for your help.
Join us. Share your disgust and frustration, and help us push UD to retract their awful decision. 🎲✂️
I was able to play this one with Dan, and—sharing a similar background with my faith—a lot of Dan’s thoughts resonate with mine here. Overall, Keep the Faith provided me with a fun intellectual exercise and thoughtful experience that kept me pondering well after we put the game away.
Keep the Faith is a hybrid tabletop/roleplaying game by @gregisonthego.bsky.social that explores a religion in transition. As if there were any other kind! My review: spacebiff.com/2026/01/13/k...
Faith in Crisis/Transition/Expansion
It’s hard, maybe impossible, to not put yourself into Keep the Faith, the latest board game by Greg Loring-Albright. Going in, I always tell myself the same thing. This time, I say, the relig…
spacebiff.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:08 PM
I was able to play this one with Dan, and—sharing a similar background with my faith—a lot of Dan’s thoughts resonate with mine here. Overall, Keep the Faith provided me with a fun intellectual exercise and thoughtful experience that kept me pondering well after we put the game away.
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I am really excited for Cole and Kyle to be branching out this way. I have nothing but admiration for the skill and craft they bring to the field. I believe this change will best serve the audience of Oath and Arcs. I am excited to see what both organizations can accomplish. Good luck Cole and Kyle.
I have an important announcement. Kyle and I are going to be leaving Leder Games to start a new venture. It has been an honor to spend the past eight years working with them. We wish them all the best of luck, and cannot wait to show you what we are working on next.
ledergames.com/blogs/news/a...
ledergames.com/blogs/news/a...
A Letter from Cole Wehrle
Eight years ago I walked through the doors of a converted warehouse on the edge of Saint Paul and made my way through a back staircase to the still unfinished second floor. I wandered around a bit bef...
ledergames.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:40 PM
I am really excited for Cole and Kyle to be branching out this way. I have nothing but admiration for the skill and craft they bring to the field. I believe this change will best serve the audience of Oath and Arcs. I am excited to see what both organizations can accomplish. Good luck Cole and Kyle.
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Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"
January 7, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"
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This Langston Hughes poem is relevant af.
January 5, 2026 at 4:27 PM
This Langston Hughes poem is relevant af.
Some lovely friends (@robcramer.bsky.social and his wife) introduced me to the idea of a theme for the year, instead of resolutions. As I’ve been thinking about this next year, what I want to accomplish, and where I want my mind to be, I’ve settled on “Hello Human” as my 2026 theme (1/2)
January 4, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Some lovely friends (@robcramer.bsky.social and his wife) introduced me to the idea of a theme for the year, instead of resolutions. As I’ve been thinking about this next year, what I want to accomplish, and where I want my mind to be, I’ve settled on “Hello Human” as my 2026 theme (1/2)
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Today @stonemaiergames.com did an unprecedented livestream where Jamey announced everything they will release in 2026. I am so excited to be able to talk about my two 2026 SM releases -- Wingspan Americas (with special hummingbird cards!) in Q1, and a small-box, standalone Wingspan game in Q3!
2026 Stonemaier Games Preview (December 31 2025 Livecast)
YouTube video by Stonemaier Games
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December 31, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Today @stonemaiergames.com did an unprecedented livestream where Jamey announced everything they will release in 2026. I am so excited to be able to talk about my two 2026 SM releases -- Wingspan Americas (with special hummingbird cards!) in Q1, and a small-box, standalone Wingspan game in Q3!
Seriously, @dvcgames.bsky.social has been releasing some great stuff, y’all.
For this, the third day of Best Week 2025, we're doing something peculiar by celebrating the best titles from a single publisher / design collective. That's right, it's DVC Games and Jasper Beatrix! Read the full list here: spacebiff.com/2025/12/28/b...
Best Week 2025! Beatrixmania!
I don’t believe I’ve ever seen a publisher have more of a bottle rocket year than DVC Games. Home to the design collective Jasper Beatrix — which thankfully avoids the pitfalls of the n…
spacebiff.com
December 29, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Seriously, @dvcgames.bsky.social has been releasing some great stuff, y’all.
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Today is the fifth day of Best Week! Did you know that 2025 contained an unusually high number of games about human relationships? An unusually high number of *good* games about human relationships? Now you do! Read about them here: spacebiff.com/2025/12/29/b...
Best Week 2025! The D.T.R.!
Do people still D.T.R.? When I was a youngling, the acronym stood for Define The Relationship, that belly-clenching moment when two people would sit across from one another, lock eyes, and hold a s…
spacebiff.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Today is the fifth day of Best Week! Did you know that 2025 contained an unusually high number of games about human relationships? An unusually high number of *good* games about human relationships? Now you do! Read about them here: spacebiff.com/2025/12/29/b...
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i survived, bitch
Quote this with what you have accomplished in 2025, no matter how big or small
Reading & writing has kept me alive this year.
Somehow, it’s been my most productive year as an author.
Here’s a guide to what I’ve published in 2025, in case you’ve lost track.
Individual links below but it’s all on itch: danifinn.itch.io
And elsewhere: books2read.com/ap/nAApPp/Da...
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Somehow, it’s been my most productive year as an author.
Here’s a guide to what I’ve published in 2025, in case you’ve lost track.
Individual links below but it’s all on itch: danifinn.itch.io
And elsewhere: books2read.com/ap/nAApPp/Da...
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December 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
i survived, bitch
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Whenever I'm planning to visit family, they often ask "oh, can you bring that bank robbing game?".
Burgle Bros. Sticks in people's minds as a great experience
#boardgames
Burgle Bros. Sticks in people's minds as a great experience
#boardgames
December 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Whenever I'm planning to visit family, they often ask "oh, can you bring that bank robbing game?".
Burgle Bros. Sticks in people's minds as a great experience
#boardgames
Burgle Bros. Sticks in people's minds as a great experience
#boardgames
Forgot to take a pic while we were playing (always happens), but last night we had a great time playing Flip Stack Burger Shack, the indie night market game by Joseph Z Chen (@fanfactories.bsky.social)
December 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Forgot to take a pic while we were playing (always happens), but last night we had a great time playing Flip Stack Burger Shack, the indie night market game by Joseph Z Chen (@fanfactories.bsky.social)
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Game designers who "can't draw" but want art for prototypes... beyond the wealth of public domain stuff available (there's lots) there are artists who make stuff that's VERY affordable and Itch has a ton on sale right now. #NoGenAI
itch.io/game-assets/...
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December 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Game designers who "can't draw" but want art for prototypes... beyond the wealth of public domain stuff available (there's lots) there are artists who make stuff that's VERY affordable and Itch has a ton on sale right now. #NoGenAI
itch.io/game-assets/...
itch.io/game-assets/...
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Just updated my Betrayal fan project, "You Better Watch Out." If you play it over the holidays, let me know how it went! #🎲✂️ #BoardGames #BetrayalAtHouseOnTheHill
gregisonthego.itch.io/you-better-w...
gregisonthego.itch.io/you-better-w...
December 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Just updated my Betrayal fan project, "You Better Watch Out." If you play it over the holidays, let me know how it went! #🎲✂️ #BoardGames #BetrayalAtHouseOnTheHill
gregisonthego.itch.io/you-better-w...
gregisonthego.itch.io/you-better-w...
Didn’t notice that @danthurot.bsky.social captured my petty revenge for not receiving any letters/suitors in a round of Persuasion.
December 18, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Didn’t notice that @danthurot.bsky.social captured my petty revenge for not receiving any letters/suitors in a round of Persuasion.
Loved hearing Daniel’s thoughts on Paperback Adventures, and it was a fun podcast overall. I loved the variety of the topics covered.
Our latest episode has landed to help get you through the holidays.
Mark wards spells in the cozy action RPG Silent Hope and Daniel spells words in the deck-builder Paperback Adventures. Plus Phantasy Star IV, the latest game announcements, demos and more.
Mark wards spells in the cozy action RPG Silent Hope and Daniel spells words in the deck-builder Paperback Adventures. Plus Phantasy Star IV, the latest game announcements, demos and more.
130 - Phantasy Star IV, Silent Hope, Paperback Adventures
Mark wards spells in the cozy action RPG Silent Hope and Daniel spells words in the deck-builder Paperback Adventures. Plus Phantasy Star IV.
www.omnigamers.club
December 18, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Loved hearing Daniel’s thoughts on Paperback Adventures, and it was a fun podcast overall. I loved the variety of the topics covered.
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We're Hiring!
Are you our next Executive Director of Operations? Check the listing and see. ledergames.com/pages/careers
Are you our next Executive Director of Operations? Check the listing and see. ledergames.com/pages/careers
Careers
Leder Games is a medium-sized studio based in St. Paul, MN that designs and produces innovative board games. We market our titles to become the owner’s new favorite game, games that will require…
ledergames.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
We're Hiring!
Are you our next Executive Director of Operations? Check the listing and see. ledergames.com/pages/careers
Are you our next Executive Director of Operations? Check the listing and see. ledergames.com/pages/careers
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I'm laying the groundwork for Best Week 2025, and it's going to be hard to avoid having a "Best Jasper Beatrix Games" list. Wowza.
December 13, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I'm laying the groundwork for Best Week 2025, and it's going to be hard to avoid having a "Best Jasper Beatrix Games" list. Wowza.
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my buddy @sousourocket.bsky.social's new game ENSHRINED: SWORD OF FATES is out now on Steam, i voice hot blue man Jun, one of the three romance options, if you wanna romance three hot guys, you better run over to Steam store.steampowered.com/app/3835610/...
December 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM
my buddy @sousourocket.bsky.social's new game ENSHRINED: SWORD OF FATES is out now on Steam, i voice hot blue man Jun, one of the three romance options, if you wanna romance three hot guys, you better run over to Steam store.steampowered.com/app/3835610/...