Tabletop Game Designers Association
@ttgda.bsky.social
Official account of the Tabletop Game Designers Association. More information at ttgda.org
In Memoriam 2025
Designers build on the creativity and hard work of those who came before. TTGDA would like to recognize those in the tabletop industry who we lost last year. We are deeply grateful for their contributions, and are diminished by their loss.
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Designers build on the creativity and hard work of those who came before. TTGDA would like to recognize those in the tabletop industry who we lost last year. We are deeply grateful for their contributions, and are diminished by their loss.
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January 25, 2026 at 5:30 PM
In Memoriam 2025
Designers build on the creativity and hard work of those who came before. TTGDA would like to recognize those in the tabletop industry who we lost last year. We are deeply grateful for their contributions, and are diminished by their loss.
irp.cdn-website.com/2b6905d0/fil...
Designers build on the creativity and hard work of those who came before. TTGDA would like to recognize those in the tabletop industry who we lost last year. We are deeply grateful for their contributions, and are diminished by their loss.
irp.cdn-website.com/2b6905d0/fil...
Upper Deck has announced that they have acquired the Harry Potter license for a series of trading cards. They have not yet said that they will be using this license for games, and we urge them to refrain from doing so, to help keep gaming a welcoming environment.
The leadership of the Tabletop Game Designers Association was disappointed to see the publisher CGE touting Codenames: Back to Hogwarts, a new Harry Potter-themed version of Codenames.
January 18, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Upper Deck has announced that they have acquired the Harry Potter license for a series of trading cards. They have not yet said that they will be using this license for games, and we urge them to refrain from doing so, to help keep gaming a welcoming environment.
Super Team by TTGDA member @amirsalamati.bsky.social is
a fast and exciting tactical football game where players take control of unique teams managing offense and defense using a deck filled with powerful abilities.
It's currently funding at
gamefound.com/en/projects/...
a fast and exciting tactical football game where players take control of unique teams managing offense and defense using a deck filled with powerful abilities.
It's currently funding at
gamefound.com/en/projects/...
Super Team Tactical Football Board Game by Roomiz Games - Gamefound
Control unique teams and captains, using powerful cards and strategic resource management in this fast-paced, tactical football game!
gamefound.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Super Team by TTGDA member @amirsalamati.bsky.social is
a fast and exciting tactical football game where players take control of unique teams managing offense and defense using a deck filled with powerful abilities.
It's currently funding at
gamefound.com/en/projects/...
a fast and exciting tactical football game where players take control of unique teams managing offense and defense using a deck filled with powerful abilities.
It's currently funding at
gamefound.com/en/projects/...
Pyrotechnics by TTGDA member @backwardscapgames.bsky.social is a 2 player head-to-head card game that's quick and easy with just the right spark of strategy.
It's currently available for pre-sale with delivery expected before the end of January 2026!
www.seahorseandhummingbird.com/shop/pyrotec...
It's currently available for pre-sale with delivery expected before the end of January 2026!
www.seahorseandhummingbird.com/shop/pyrotec...
Pyrotechnics - The Seahorse and The Hummingbird
Pyrotechnics is a fast, two-player card duel packed with strategy and sparks—easy to learn, quick to play, and endlessly replayable.
www.seahorseandhummingbird.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Pyrotechnics by TTGDA member @backwardscapgames.bsky.social is a 2 player head-to-head card game that's quick and easy with just the right spark of strategy.
It's currently available for pre-sale with delivery expected before the end of January 2026!
www.seahorseandhummingbird.com/shop/pyrotec...
It's currently available for pre-sale with delivery expected before the end of January 2026!
www.seahorseandhummingbird.com/shop/pyrotec...
Are you looking for a last minute gift for a game designer in your life?
We asked TTGDA members for their favorite tools they would recommend as gifts.
They've been collected into our first ever TTGDA Gift Guide!
tinyurl.com/3z3u9umh
We asked TTGDA members for their favorite tools they would recommend as gifts.
They've been collected into our first ever TTGDA Gift Guide!
tinyurl.com/3z3u9umh
tinyurl.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Are you looking for a last minute gift for a game designer in your life?
We asked TTGDA members for their favorite tools they would recommend as gifts.
They've been collected into our first ever TTGDA Gift Guide!
tinyurl.com/3z3u9umh
We asked TTGDA members for their favorite tools they would recommend as gifts.
They've been collected into our first ever TTGDA Gift Guide!
tinyurl.com/3z3u9umh
Texas: Card Games Inspired By The Lone Star State is currently funding on @kickstarter.com This anthology of six games includes Roadrunner, a climbing/shedding card game designed by TTGDA member @jonahkagan.bsky.social
www.kickstarter.com/projects/gam...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/gam...
Texas: Six New Card Games + Playing Cards
Texas playing cards and a book of new card games by San Antonio high-school sweethearts.
www.kickstarter.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Texas: Card Games Inspired By The Lone Star State is currently funding on @kickstarter.com This anthology of six games includes Roadrunner, a climbing/shedding card game designed by TTGDA member @jonahkagan.bsky.social
www.kickstarter.com/projects/gam...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/gam...
Phantasmic by TTGDA Member @marcelineleiman.bsky.social is releasing at Pax Unplugged from Button Shy Games!
Members of the elite Phantasmic Dueling Squad test their skills against each other. Employ your knowledge of counterhexes to prove that you’re the best!
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/43...
Members of the elite Phantasmic Dueling Squad test their skills against each other. Employ your knowledge of counterhexes to prove that you’re the best!
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/43...
Phantasmic
Feint, bluff, and challenge correctly to become an elite magical duelist.
boardgamegeek.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Phantasmic by TTGDA Member @marcelineleiman.bsky.social is releasing at Pax Unplugged from Button Shy Games!
Members of the elite Phantasmic Dueling Squad test their skills against each other. Employ your knowledge of counterhexes to prove that you’re the best!
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/43...
Members of the elite Phantasmic Dueling Squad test their skills against each other. Employ your knowledge of counterhexes to prove that you’re the best!
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/43...
Heavenly Bodies by TTGDA member @marcelineleiman.bsky.social will be available Saturday at Indie Games Night Market during Pax Unplugged
Inspired by Gin Rummy and Koi-Koi, players collect melds of 3 or more cards to pass thresholds for each suit to score points
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/45...
Inspired by Gin Rummy and Koi-Koi, players collect melds of 3 or more cards to pass thresholds for each suit to score points
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/45...
Heavenly Bodies
Unite the power of the cosmos to form new stars using sets of cards.
boardgamegeek.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Heavenly Bodies by TTGDA member @marcelineleiman.bsky.social will be available Saturday at Indie Games Night Market during Pax Unplugged
Inspired by Gin Rummy and Koi-Koi, players collect melds of 3 or more cards to pass thresholds for each suit to score points
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/45...
Inspired by Gin Rummy and Koi-Koi, players collect melds of 3 or more cards to pass thresholds for each suit to score points
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/45...
Check out Adulting, a 'cozy, engine-building card game about the mundane struggles of adulthood' from TTGDA member @ericdittmore.bsky.social during PAX Unplugged's Indie Night Market this Saturday night!
Build a healthy balance of chores and self-care.
Find more information at DittmoreDesigns.com
Build a healthy balance of chores and self-care.
Find more information at DittmoreDesigns.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Check out Adulting, a 'cozy, engine-building card game about the mundane struggles of adulthood' from TTGDA member @ericdittmore.bsky.social during PAX Unplugged's Indie Night Market this Saturday night!
Build a healthy balance of chores and self-care.
Find more information at DittmoreDesigns.com
Build a healthy balance of chores and self-care.
Find more information at DittmoreDesigns.com
Nayakas by TTGDA member andydgames.bsky.social is a worker placement game for 2–4 players and works to capture the spirit of India’s feudal kingdoms after the fall of the Vijayanagara Empire through simple yet strategic gameplay.
Find out more information here: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/44...
Find out more information here: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/44...
Andy D (@andydgames.bsky.social)
Aspiring to be a good board game designer
andydgames.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Nayakas by TTGDA member andydgames.bsky.social is a worker placement game for 2–4 players and works to capture the spirit of India’s feudal kingdoms after the fall of the Vijayanagara Empire through simple yet strategic gameplay.
Find out more information here: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/44...
Find out more information here: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/44...
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Got a specific game design problem you're trying to crack? We'd love to give our input in Missing Pieces, a board game design advice column in @ttgda.bsky.social's newsletter!
You can submit questions here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1hc3...
You can submit questions here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1hc3...
Missing Pieces: a Game Design Advice Column
Send us whatever game design quandary you're facing and someone from our team of designers, developers, and publishers will do our best to solve it!
We cannot respond to all questions, but if we ans...
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October 24, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Got a specific game design problem you're trying to crack? We'd love to give our input in Missing Pieces, a board game design advice column in @ttgda.bsky.social's newsletter!
You can submit questions here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1hc3...
You can submit questions here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1hc3...
Uh Oh, Dino! from TTGDA member @ludoliminal.bsky.social is a cute & chaotic cooperative dinosaur game with a shifting board, adorable dinos, and a drawbag of danger that's currently funding on @kickstarter.com through October 30.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud...
Uh Oh, Dino! - Cute & Chaotic Co-op for 2-4 Players
Shifting board, adorable dinos, and a drawbag of danger ☄️&🦖 Meteors & Meat-Eaters expansion ✨Limited 2025 Holiday Shipping Available!
www.kickstarter.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Uh Oh, Dino! from TTGDA member @ludoliminal.bsky.social is a cute & chaotic cooperative dinosaur game with a shifting board, adorable dinos, and a drawbag of danger that's currently funding on @kickstarter.com through October 30.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud...
We were pleased to hear that @cmyk.games will include the designer on their packaging in the future.
Their box artwork, while striking, was ultimately a disappointment for hiding the contribution of the designer and other creatives that worked on the game.
Thanks to all that voiced your concern.
Their box artwork, while striking, was ultimately a disappointment for hiding the contribution of the designer and other creatives that worked on the game.
Thanks to all that voiced your concern.
October 20, 2025 at 12:28 AM
We were pleased to hear that @cmyk.games will include the designer on their packaging in the future.
Their box artwork, while striking, was ultimately a disappointment for hiding the contribution of the designer and other creatives that worked on the game.
Thanks to all that voiced your concern.
Their box artwork, while striking, was ultimately a disappointment for hiding the contribution of the designer and other creatives that worked on the game.
Thanks to all that voiced your concern.
3 Witches designed by TTGDA member @coreyyoung.bsky.social from @allplay.bsky.social will be available at Spiel Essen.
Check out this unique trick-taking game that does a lot with only 18 cards and asymmetric play.
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/44...
Check out this unique trick-taking game that does a lot with only 18 cards and asymmetric play.
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/44...
3 Witches
The three witches can’t agree—every trick is a 2 vs 1 battle for the cauldron!
boardgamegeek.com
October 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
3 Witches designed by TTGDA member @coreyyoung.bsky.social from @allplay.bsky.social will be available at Spiel Essen.
Check out this unique trick-taking game that does a lot with only 18 cards and asymmetric play.
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/44...
Check out this unique trick-taking game that does a lot with only 18 cards and asymmetric play.
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/44...
We were recently contacted by one of our members about a publisher missing a series of royalty payments on a popular game. We reached out to the publisher on behalf of the designer and were able to get them paid within a few days.
Learn more about the benefits of membership at ttgda.org
Learn more about the benefits of membership at ttgda.org
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October 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM
We were recently contacted by one of our members about a publisher missing a series of royalty payments on a popular game. We reached out to the publisher on behalf of the designer and were able to get them paid within a few days.
Learn more about the benefits of membership at ttgda.org
Learn more about the benefits of membership at ttgda.org
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The deadline for submissions to Ion Award 2026 is December 1
- SaltCON
The Ion Award 2026 Opens on October 1 Ion Award Rules and Entry The Ion Award competition at SaltCON is the premier competition for game designers to meet publishers. Rule Summary: Deadline for submis...
saltcon.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The deadline for submissions to Ion Award 2026 is December 1
Epipocalypse: Bug Detectives is a new game by TTGDA member @pharmageddon.bsky.social currently funding on @kickstarter.com through October 30.
Learn the clues to infectious disease diagnoses using a game that tests your knowledge beyond basic trivia questions.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pha...
Learn the clues to infectious disease diagnoses using a game that tests your knowledge beyond basic trivia questions.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pha...
Epipocalypse: Bug Detectives, A Medical Card Game
Learn infectious diseases by playing cards. Symptoms, transmission, reservoirs, and more!
www.kickstarter.com
September 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Epipocalypse: Bug Detectives is a new game by TTGDA member @pharmageddon.bsky.social currently funding on @kickstarter.com through October 30.
Learn the clues to infectious disease diagnoses using a game that tests your knowledge beyond basic trivia questions.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pha...
Learn the clues to infectious disease diagnoses using a game that tests your knowledge beyond basic trivia questions.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pha...
Academia: A Game of Administrative Bloat is an engine-building, action-management game about running a university.
Designed by TTGDA member Ian Pytlarz and published by The Dietz Foundation, this game is currently funding on @kickstarter.com through October 16.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/die...
Designed by TTGDA member Ian Pytlarz and published by The Dietz Foundation, this game is currently funding on @kickstarter.com through October 16.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/die...
Academia: A Game of Administrative Bloat
A Love Letter to American Universities
www.kickstarter.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Academia: A Game of Administrative Bloat is an engine-building, action-management game about running a university.
Designed by TTGDA member Ian Pytlarz and published by The Dietz Foundation, this game is currently funding on @kickstarter.com through October 16.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/die...
Designed by TTGDA member Ian Pytlarz and published by The Dietz Foundation, this game is currently funding on @kickstarter.com through October 16.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/die...
Step into the shadowy world of 1930's private detectives in Stakeout by completing investigations and closing cases.
This game by TTGDA member @esisgm.bsky.social and Lamplight Games currently funding on @kickstarter.com through October 16.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pla...
This game by TTGDA member @esisgm.bsky.social and Lamplight Games currently funding on @kickstarter.com through October 16.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pla...
Stakeout: A 1930s Detective Dice Game
Embark on a thrilling investigation in this competitive 1-4 player game of stakeouts, wiretaps, and case-solving action.
www.kickstarter.com
September 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Step into the shadowy world of 1930's private detectives in Stakeout by completing investigations and closing cases.
This game by TTGDA member @esisgm.bsky.social and Lamplight Games currently funding on @kickstarter.com through October 16.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pla...
This game by TTGDA member @esisgm.bsky.social and Lamplight Games currently funding on @kickstarter.com through October 16.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pla...
Check out The Game Makers, a new game from TTGDA member Ben Rosset and @beziergames.bsky.social for a game about manufacturing boardgames currently funding on @kickstarter.com through October 2!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ted...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ted...
The Game Makers - An Epic Board Game About Making Games
Craft and Market 300 Real Board Games in this Strategy Game. 1–6 Players. Simultaneous Play.
www.kickstarter.com
September 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Check out The Game Makers, a new game from TTGDA member Ben Rosset and @beziergames.bsky.social for a game about manufacturing boardgames currently funding on @kickstarter.com through October 2!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ted...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ted...
Thanks to Devir for acting swiftly to recognize and correct this issue.
boardgamegeek.com/thread/35556...
boardgamegeek.com/thread/35556...
August 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Thanks to Devir for acting swiftly to recognize and correct this issue.
boardgamegeek.com/thread/35556...
boardgamegeek.com/thread/35556...
TTGDA statement about sensitivity around art depictions in games.
August 8, 2025 at 2:47 AM
TTGDA statement about sensitivity around art depictions in games.
12 Parsecs is a Roll & Write Space Race microgame designed by TTGDA Member Andy Desa that's currently funding as part of a @kickstarter.com campaign that was launched today by Powercell Games!
Check it out.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pow...
Check it out.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pow...
12 Parsecs / Songs of the Smokewater
A Kickstarter DOUBLE FEATURE! A space race microgame and an RPG supplement for tavern encounters!
www.kickstarter.com
August 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM
12 Parsecs is a Roll & Write Space Race microgame designed by TTGDA Member Andy Desa that's currently funding as part of a @kickstarter.com campaign that was launched today by Powercell Games!
Check it out.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pow...
Check it out.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pow...
VNTYPL8S is a new party game from TTGDA member @stoichamster.bsky.social about creating vanity license plates and then racing to decipher the plates and match them to their owners. @25thcentury.games is releasing it at Gen Con and everywhere else soon after!
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/42...
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/42...
VNTYPL8S
If you can read the title, you're already playing the game.
boardgamegeek.com
July 31, 2025 at 2:35 AM
VNTYPL8S is a new party game from TTGDA member @stoichamster.bsky.social about creating vanity license plates and then racing to decipher the plates and match them to their owners. @25thcentury.games is releasing it at Gen Con and everywhere else soon after!
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/42...
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/42...
If you're looking for a light bluffing gabe about stealing acorns using sleight of hand, Squirrel Away from TTGDA member @stoichamster.bsky.social published by @floodgategames.bsky.social is releasing at Gen Con this week and will be available everywhere soon after!
floodgate.games/products/squ...
floodgate.games/products/squ...
Squirrel Away
You and your ragtag crew of squirrely thieves just pulled off the biggest heist of your bushy-tailed lives. You’re sitting on a whole winter’s worth of acorns, stolen back from the clutches of a greed...
floodgate.games
July 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
If you're looking for a light bluffing gabe about stealing acorns using sleight of hand, Squirrel Away from TTGDA member @stoichamster.bsky.social published by @floodgategames.bsky.social is releasing at Gen Con this week and will be available everywhere soon after!
floodgate.games/products/squ...
floodgate.games/products/squ...