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Official account of the Tabletop Game Designers Association. More information at ttgda.org
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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!

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Phantasmic
Feint, bluff, and challenge correctly to become an elite magical duelist.
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November 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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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

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Heavenly Bodies
Unite the power of the cosmos to form new stars using sets of cards.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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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
A copy of the game Adulting showing cards laid out on a table.
November 16, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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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...
Andy D (@andydgames.bsky.social)
Aspiring to be a good board game designer
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October 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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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...
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
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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...
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
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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.
October 20, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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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.

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3 Witches
The three witches can’t agree—every trick is a 2 vs 1 battle for the cauldron!
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October 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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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
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October 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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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...
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October 8, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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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...
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
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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.

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Academia: A Game of Administrative Bloat
A Love Letter to American Universities
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September 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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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...
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
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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...
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
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Thanks to Devir for acting swiftly to recognize and correct this issue.

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August 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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TTGDA statement about sensitivity around art depictions in games.
Recently the leadership of the Tabletop Game Designers Association became aware that the new game from Devir, Ace of Spades, contains offensive and disturbing artwork of minority groups in the American West. While the industry as a whole has made progress in being more inclusive and sensitive in depictions of people, this demonstrates that there is still much work to be done. We urge all publishers to use cultural consultants to review artwork, language, and other aspects of games to help guard against these issues and protect against the blind spots that all of us have in certain areas. Also, generally, it is fraught when slavery and other serious issues are used as ‘window dressing’ or stereotypes. These issues are worthy of inclusion and exploration in games, but need to be engaged with in a thoughtful way for a reason, not just for period seasoning. TTGDA will also now strongly recommend that all contracts contain a clause that gives designers the right to review art prior to publication, and remove their name and likeness from a game if they have issues with the artwork, theme, or mechanics changes implemented by a publisher. This will be part of our standard review template going forward. As an industry we need to continue to strive to do better.
August 8, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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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...
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
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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!

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VNTYPL8S
If you can read the title, you're already playing the game.
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July 31, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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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!

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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...
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July 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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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.
July 29, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Beasts from TTGDA member @stoichamster.bsky.social published by @pandasaurusgames.com is releasing this week at Gen Con and currently up for pre-order on their website.

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Check out this co-op 'Cards with Numbers' game today!
Beasts
Releasing in September. If purchased with other items, your entire order will not ship until all items are in stock. Beasts is a cooperative card game where players work together to build an ever-clim...
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July 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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The GameMaster’s Apprentice 2e: Post Apocalypse Deck from TTGDA member @larcenousdesigns.bsky.social is currently live and funding on @kickstarter.com through August 14.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/lar...
The GameMaster's Apprentice 2e: Post-Apocalypse Deck
RPG Toolkit for Instant Post-Apoc-Themed Characters, Encounters, and Solo/GM-free Gameplay!
www.kickstarter.com
July 19, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Grendel: The Game of Crime and Mayhem from TTGDA member @senfoonglim.bsky.social is currently funding on @kickstarter.com through July 24.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/min...
Grendel: The Game of Crime and Mayhem
Highly approachable and asymmetric gameplay
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July 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Earlier today I posted about the Hill visits that I did with @gamaofficial.bsky.social and @ttgda.bsky.social this week. I want to share more about how to reach out to your members of Congress about this if you live in the US (and not in DC).

Step 1: Find your members:

1/ 🧵
www.congress.gov
June 13, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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Pet Names: A Game of Endearments by @pinktigergames.com is currently funding on @kickstarter.com

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ami...
Pet Names: A Game of Endearments 🦊
A fast, fun game where you compete to make the best nicknames for friends and family, featuring 400 mini cards in a furry fox plush.
www.kickstarter.com
June 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM