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Pete

@petewiss.bsky.social

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Midwesterner, teacher, gamer, and designer in St. Louis, MO. Also a host on the Decision Space podcast!

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Pete @petewiss.bsky.social · 7d

Secret is finally out!!!

Stonemaier Games @stonemaiergames.com · 7d

I'm incredibly excited to announce Origin Story, a 1-5 player competitive engine-building, trick-taking game co-designed by me (Jamey) and Pete Wissinger. Your inner superhero will emerge one chapter at a time in a comic-book style tableau in this 45-minute game. stonemaiergames.com/games/origin...

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Pete @petewiss.bsky.social · 17h

It was an absolute privilege to have @perryjon.bsky.social on @decisionspace.bsky.social to discuss tabletop game design. Check it out!

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Chunky Decisions and Other Design Lessons with Jon Perry

Podcast Episode · Decision Space · 10/08/2025 · 1h 14m

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Pete @petewiss.bsky.social · 1d

I did guess that word first.

Pete @petewiss.bsky.social · 1d

Origin story gets the Jamey "My Favorite Mechanism" treatment!

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Origin Story: My Favorite Mechanism

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Pete @petewiss.bsky.social · 2d

I'm excited for my first game of Old King's Crown tonight!

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Pete @petewiss.bsky.social · 3d

I’m pretty proud of the 2 player mode we landed on for Origin Story. Player count scaling can be difficult for trick-taking games, especially one where going nil is baked into the incentive structure!

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October 5: Playtesting, Events, and Two-Player Games | Origin Story

Digging Deeper (Pete) Playtesting was already going quite well within a few weeks of us working on the game. One thing that needed some work was to try to work on the flow of the game. Some playtest...

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Pete @petewiss.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you so much! Congrats on this beauty finally making its way onto tables!

Pete @petewiss.bsky.social · 4d

It’s a big part of it, but the theme and mechanisms are also right up my alley.

Pete @petewiss.bsky.social · 4d

This just arrived and I don’t think I’ve ever fallen so deeply in love with a game before actually playing it.

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Pete @petewiss.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks for listening!!!

Pete @petewiss.bsky.social · 4d

I’ll be at the Stonemaier booth!

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Pete @petewiss.bsky.social · 4d

Also I love that Jamey figured out how to make the vp dials two sided for alignment declaration!

Pete @petewiss.bsky.social · 4d

In today’s design diary I ramble about two of the games core systems: stamina and villainy!

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October 4: Early Testing, Stamina, and Alignment Bid Choice | Origin Story

Early Trials (Pete) The engine building tableau was the first thing we had to figure out in our playtests. We wanted players to gain new powers every hand, but the idea of managing eight to nine dif...

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Pete @petewiss.bsky.social · 5d

Next design diary for Origin Story is about how the theme and mechanisms came together. It was a cool process because the art was already there before I came on as co-designer!

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October 3: Brainstorming, Story Cards, and 3 Quick Turns | Origin Story

October 3: Brainstorming, Story Cards, and 3 Quick Turns One of my favorite parts of the game design process is the brainstorming stage, as anything is possible at that point. We'll delve into that t...

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Pete @petewiss.bsky.social · 5d

Hey I love what you're doing.

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Pete @petewiss.bsky.social · 6d

Jamey will be posting design diaries for Origin Story on BGG in the days leading up to its October 15th launch. We started work on the game years ago so it was fun to reflect on the process and contribute to these. The first one just went live:

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October 2: The Origin Story of Origin Story | Origin Story

The true origin of Origin Story dates back to 2018, perhaps even earlier. I stumbled upon Clementine Campardou’s watercolor illustrations of iconic superheroes. They were so distinctive and different ...

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Pete @petewiss.bsky.social · 7d

Yes it will!

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Pete @petewiss.bsky.social · 7d

This was such a fun podcast to record!

intertextual experience @intertextuality.bsky.social · 7d

Back to school with @petewiss.bsky.social

We put in some standardized test prep here.

All that work is paying off, as Pete's been making some awesome stuff—designing, developing, and podcasting.

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#40 - Pete Wissinger—Crit(ical Thinking Skill)s and Trick(y question)s—A Back to School Special

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Pete @petewiss.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks Bryan!

Pete @petewiss.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks bud!!!

Pete @petewiss.bsky.social · 7d

Secret is finally out!!!

Stonemaier Games @stonemaiergames.com · 7d

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Daniel Newman // New Mill Industries @dnlnwmn.bsky.social · 7d

Oh hey! Preorders are up at www.newmillindustries.com

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Pete @petewiss.bsky.social · 7d

The new episode of @decisionspace.bsky.social is a love letter to Dominion and an exploration of one of my favorite mechanisms in tabletop (and digital) gaming: deckbuilding!

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Deckbuilding 101 and Dominion

Podcast Episode · Decision Space · 10/01/2025 · 1h 17m

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Pete @petewiss.bsky.social · 9d

A bit of a secret for now... announcement coming this week I believe!

Pete @petewiss.bsky.social · 9d

Tag Team is pretty great! This week I played Magical Athlete at two different game nights and intend to do so again tonight! I also played my designer copy an upcoming game of my own with my regular game group!

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Pete @petewiss.bsky.social · 10d

This looks so freaking good. Excited to see where the design ended up after that playtest a while back!

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