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Matthew Dunstan @matthewdunstan.bsky.social · 11h

Thank you Marceline :)

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Matthew Dunstan @matthewdunstan.bsky.social · 12h

Sorry to hear that Robin, hope a calmer Essen will be good for you :)

Matthew Dunstan @matthewdunstan.bsky.social · 22h

That’s really kind of you Erik - and yes I will be there!

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Matthew Dunstan @matthewdunstan.bsky.social · 23h

Thanks for the kind words - and definitely good advice. Trying to find ways to regain that balance, lets see how they go!

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Matthew Dunstan @matthewdunstan.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks Uli! See you soon.

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Matthew Dunstan @matthewdunstan.bsky.social · 1d

I know a lot of other designers who are struggling with burnout as well, and my hope is just to help start and continue conversations about mental health in our industry, and steps that can be taken to improve it for everyone working in it.

Thanks for watching (and watching any of my other videos).

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Matthew Dunstan @matthewdunstan.bsky.social · 1d

Today's video was a hard one for me to make - I wanted to talk about my experiences going through burnout in the last year or so as a game designer, and aspects of the wider tabletop industry that contribute to that.

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The reality of being a full time game designer

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Matthew Dunstan @matthewdunstan.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you so much for the support Suz!!!

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Postmark Games @postmarkgames.bsky.social · 3d

Waypoints Map 5 is here, and we’re off to the North Alpine Foothills! Fill your whisky flask, venture into the great lochs, and grab your bike to make use of one of the many biking trails.

A graphic of an OS style map depicting icons, contour lines and geographical features. Text reads 'Waypoints' 'The North Alpine Foothills' 'Out Now'

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Rory Muldoon @rorymuldoon.bsky.social · 3d

New Waypoints map!

Waypoints is maybe the game I’m most proud of. I genuinely believe it does something different in the roll & write space and love making new stuff for it.

If you like the sound of free form route planning then you should probably check it out.

Postmark Games @postmarkgames.bsky.social · 3d

Waypoints Map 5 is here, and we’re off to the North Alpine Foothills! Fill your whisky flask, venture into the great lochs, and grab your bike to make use of one of the many biking trails.

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Daniel Solis @danielsolis.bsky.social · 4d

Welcome to Saturday! You made it! It's time for this week's #connections #puzzle. It was a rather busy few days, so I didn't get a chance to do the early testing I usually do. I hope it's acceptable!
connectionsplus.io/game/uy9Igs

Blah Blah, Ad Nauseum, Bona Fide, Woo Woo, Yada Yada, Hocus Pocus, Ciao Ciao, So On, Status Quo, Later Gator, So Forth, Claptrap, Alma Mater, Bye Bye, Tah Tah, Flimflam

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Crownfell preorder: Nov 18 @weheart.games · 5d

The crowd sale for #Crownfell has been approved for November 18! Add-ons include a neoprene playmat and a solo expansion.

This 2-player asymmetric chess-like has 17 cards unique movement and abilities.

Sign up to be notified here (shares appreciated!) 🧡 www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/cr...

The Crownfell base game box, standing beside the playmat, with some cards on the mat, mid-game.

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Daniel Newman // New Mill Industries @dnlnwmn.bsky.social · 5d

my wife keeps telling me that if i want to sell more games i should “do marketing” but like…i don’t want to…

so, like, tell your friends and stuff that i’ve got games to sell, yeah?

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New Mill Industries

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Matthew Dunstan @matthewdunstan.bsky.social · 5d

In today's video I go over things I learnt from designing 3 different narrative game systems in my design career, and how other designers can think about approaching new narrative games!

Props to Dave Neale and @philwh.bsky.social for being awesome co-designers :)

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What I learned from selling millions of narrative games

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Rory Muldoon @rorymuldoon.bsky.social · 7d

Still noodling away at this 18 card space combat game. It’s a slow side project that I tinker with every now and then but I’m kind of ok with that.

Prototype cards on a cutting mat. The card nearest the camera is in portrait orientation and shows a line drawing of a spaceship. The cards above it are in landscape orientation and show abstracted space locations.

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Dan Thurot @danthurot.bsky.social · 8d

For today's article, I'm just griping about why "fun" is a bad word for critics. spacebiff.com/2025/09/30/a...

Anti-Fun

There’s one word I try to never use when writing about board games. The F-word. No, not that one. “Fun.” There it is. My critical curse word. Today I want to talk about why “fun” isn’t an especiall…

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Daniel Solis @danielsolis.bsky.social · 7d

Hoo boy. I'm anticipating listening to this one. 😂 Economics podcast @planetmoney.bsky.social visits Gen Con and tries to make a board game. Start of a series on the production and business of tabletop games. www.npr.org/2025/10/01/n...
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We make a board game : Planet Money

We want to make a board game. It must, of course, teach the world about economics. It must be fun. It’d be nice if it sold lots of copies! How hard could that be!? (Monopoly and Catan are hugely popul...

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Elizabeth Hargrave @elizhargrave.bsky.social · 10d

I just noticed this list is up to 988 games. Who wants to find the missing 12 that will get us to 1000?
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Games by Women & People of Marginalized Genders

There are several other geeklists that limit themselves in some way (one game per designer, noteworthy games). What if we tried to make a list that has all the games we know of that have at least one ...

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Matthew Dunstan @matthewdunstan.bsky.social · 12d

Thanks Jackson :)

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Matthew Dunstan @matthewdunstan.bsky.social · 12d

In today's video I go over my approach in designing print and play games for Postmark games, the lessons we've learnt and what we aim to do for all our future releases. Also useful ideas if you want to design your own roll and write games!

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How to design a print and play game, the Postmark way

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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen 2025 @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 13d

“There’s no shortage of creativity in Vietnam. What we lack are bridges”: Vietnam’s blossoming board game design scene goes global via first Road to Essen competition:

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A man in a red t-shirt stands on a stage with a woman wearing a long black dress and grey jacket. The man holds a large black and red certificate with a yellow star on, and a small golden trophy. The man is Thinh LeHuu, winner of the inaugural Road to Essen competition for best Vietnamese board game design.

Long green and red cardboard tokens showing stylised cartoon versions of Vietnamese dishes, with their names printed in the centre of the card. A wooden die showing a 5 on top is visible in the top right.

A brown cardboard player board for the board game Au Lac, with red, blue and green wooden cubes and meeples on. The board has spaces which show various resources such as wheat and wood. In front of the board a hand holds up five cards with Vietnamese writing at the top, each showing resources. The front card also has a picture of a boat. Standing behind the player board is the box for the game, beige with Au Lac written in gold and orange, and an image of an old city underneath.

Head and shoulders of a woman with brown hair to her chin, parted in the centre, smiles at the camera. She is wearing a pink sleeveless top with what appears to be a yellow flower design on, and wears pink/red lipstick. Global Everjoy co-founder and CEO Ionah Nguyen.

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Matthew Dunstan @matthewdunstan.bsky.social · 14d

I know! Although the pandemic compresses time somehow.

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Matthew Dunstan @matthewdunstan.bsky.social · 14d

Yes, all went smoothly! :)

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Matthew Dunstan @matthewdunstan.bsky.social · 14d

Reminds me of how lucky I am to work with Rory - one of the best graphic designers/illustrators in the industry.

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Matthew Dunstan @matthewdunstan.bsky.social · 14d

Had a lovely few days with @rorymuldoon.bsky.social for the annual @postmarkgames.bsky.social AGM! 4 years on and we’re still going strong, and excited to share our new game with everyone later this year!

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