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Protospiel Online 🔜 Jan 16-18 @protospielo.bsky.social · 1d

Our lead organizer, Heather Newton, will be a guest on Meeple Syrup this week.

Come say hi in chat and share your tips about playing and testing tabletop games online! 🎲✂️

Meeple Syrup Show @meeplesyrupshow.bsky.social · 1d

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Weds Oct 8 at 9PM EDT (UTC-5) @senfoonglim.bsky.social and @drayerink.bsky.social talk with Heather Newton of @protospielo.bsky.social about playing and testing games in different ways without face-to-face connections.

Join us live at facebook.com/MeepleSyrup or youtube.com/MeepleSyrup

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Protospiel Online 🔜 Jan 16-18 @protospielo.bsky.social · 2d

The 1pm US Eastern Minigame Monday stream starts in 30 min! 🎲✂

Let's solve this week's jigsaw featuring titles from our website's prototype listing for the May 2025 convention session!

CHILL & CHAT WITH A PUZZLE MON @ 1PM ET

Click the ▶️ to follow us on Twitch, and start your week off with a look back at prototypes from past Protospiel Online conventions--in puzzle form!

hello.protospiel.online

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Protospiel Online 🔜 Jan 16-18 @protospielo.bsky.social · 4d

Maybe focus or refocus?

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Protospiel Online 🔜 Jan 16-18 @protospielo.bsky.social · 4d

Hasbro’s 3rd annual Women Innovators of Play virtual event is this Thurs Oct 9, kicking off this year’s design challenge!

They’re accepting submissions for the next woman-led mass market toy or game Oct 9-Nov 13 2025

Top 3 will receive cash prizes & mentorship🎲✂️

spark.hasbro.com/womeninnovat...

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Protospiel Online 🔜 Jan 16-18 @protospielo.bsky.social · 5d

Follow us on Twitch to get notified when we go live to solve the weekly puzzle and chat with viewers each Monday at 1pm US Eastern!
twitch.tv/protospielo

Or watch the replay on YouTube at protospiel.online/mgmonday-you...

Prototype Titles Word Search
(Not So) Cozy Kitchen
It's 2 Complicated
Farmers Market
Prophecy Quest
Welcome to Susberg
Intrusion Confusion
Gifts for the Dragon
Nylon EqurestriaKnights
Auntie Mander's Redistricting Board Game
Draconian
Homunculi
Zoo-ography
Duck Duck Wall
King's Palace
Scry vs Scry
Sylvan Tactics
Games Playtested at Protospiel Online May 2025

Protospiel Online 🔜 Jan 16-18 @protospielo.bsky.social · 5d

Here's this week's Minigame Monday puzzle featuring prototype titles playtested during our May 2025 convention weekend protospiel.online/wordsearch-m...

Can you spot a game you know?
#wordsearch #minigamemondaystream 🎲✂️

Play this Word Search - May 2025 LFG Word Search Part 2

May 2025 LFG Word Search Part 2

protospiel.online

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Protospiel Online 🔜 Jan 16-18 @protospielo.bsky.social · 7d

We'll be live on Twitch Thurs Oct 2 at 8:30pm EDT playing House of Danger CYOA with the game's lead designer Aaron Donogh!

Join us to play along and ask your questions on the game's creation 🎲✂️

As a sneak peek, here's some shenanigans from last time, Ch4 with Trevor Muller-Hegel (SPOILERS!)

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Protospiel Online 🔜 Jan 16-18 @protospielo.bsky.social · 9d

The 1pm US Eastern Minigame Monday stream starts in 30 min! 🎲✂

Let's solve this week's word search featuring prototype titles shared to looking-for-a-game in Discord and playtested during our May 2025 convention session!

CHILL & CHAT WITH A PUZZLE MON @ 1PM ET

Click the ▶️ to follow us on Twitch, and start your week off with a look back at prototypes from past Protospiel Online conventions--in puzzle form!

hello.protospiel.online

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Protospiel Online 🔜 Jan 16-18 @protospielo.bsky.social · 12d

Follow us on Twitch to get notified when we go live to solve the weekly puzzle and chat with viewers each Monday at 1pm US Eastern!
twitch.tv/protospielo

Or watch the replay on YouTube at protospiel.online/mgmonday-you...

Prototype Titles Kriss Kross
Hench
Adulting
Gibbon Take
Tiny Castle
Arcana Clash
Rex Regnat
Sylvan Tactics
Negative Pickup
Witches' Revel
One Man's Trash
Tiers of the Gods
Shovels & Scallywags
Sell Sheets Shared for Feedback During May 2025

Protospiel Online 🔜 Jan 16-18 @protospielo.bsky.social · 12d

Here's this week's Minigame Monday puzzle featuring prototype titles submitted for sell sheet feedback during our May 2025 convention session protospiel.online/krisskross-m...

Can you spot a game you know?
#krisskrosspuzzle #minigamemondaystream 🎲✂️

Play this Kriss Kross - May 2025 Sell Sheets

May 2025 Sell Sheets

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Protospiel Online 🔜 Jan 16-18 @protospielo.bsky.social · 14d

Community Newsletter Issue 52
Read the full issue hello.protospiel.online/posts/lunarp... 🎲✂️

Want the next issue as soon as it drops?
Join the newsletter and get your Digital Prototyping Tools Comparison Guide as a sign up gift! 🎁🤓🎁 hello.protospiel.online

Lunarpunk's Midnight Market Approaches -- Community Newsletter Issue 52

Hey Reader!

hello.protospiel.online

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Protospiel Online 🔜 Jan 16-18 @protospielo.bsky.social · 14d

Join our Giveaway Results stream @ 9:30pm EDT tonight to close our Aug 2025 convention session!

We'll play chat games with @tableflipsyou.bsky.social for viewer prizes, spin the Wheel of Names with @crystaldax.bsky.social, and interview past PO attendees. 🥳

www.twitch.tv/protospielo 🎲✂️

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Protospiel Online 🔜 Jan 16-18 @protospielo.bsky.social · 16d

The 1pm US Eastern Minigame Monday stream starts in 30 min! 🎲✂

Let's solve this week's kriss kross featuring prototype titles requesting sell sheet feedback during our May 2025 convention session!

CHILL & CHAT WITH A PUZZLE MON @ 1PM ET

Click the ▶️ to follow us on Twitch, and start your week off with a look back at prototypes from past Protospiel Online conventions--in puzzle form!

hello.protospiel.online

Protospiel Online 🔜 Jan 16-18 @protospielo.bsky.social · 19d

Follow us on Twitch to get notified when we go live to solve the weekly puzzle and chat with viewers each Monday at 1pm US Eastern!
twitch.tv/protospielo

"Prototype Titles Jigsaw Puzzle
Parry
King's Palace
Arcana Clash
Bodega Cats
Napoleonic Whist
Twiggly Wood
Prophecy Quest
Xenoconfluence
A Taste for the King
Hat Burglars
Rex Regnat
Camping Trip
Good Kitties
Gibbon Take
Let Us Cook!
Homunculi
Underboss
Tiers of the Gods
From Protospiel Online's May 2025 Website Listing"

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Protospiel Online 🔜 Jan 16-18 @protospielo.bsky.social · 19d

Here's this week's Minigame Monday puzzle featuring titles in our website's prototype listing for May 2025 protospiel.online/jigsaw-may-2...

Can you spot a game you know?
#jigsawpuzzle #minigamemondaystream 🎲✂️

Play this Jigsaw - May 2025 Prototype Listing Part 1

May 2025 Prototype Listing Part 1

protospiel.online

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Protospiel Online 🔜 Jan 16-18 @protospielo.bsky.social · 20d

...or watch along on Twitch to see how many times we die
😜🪦👻

twitch.tv/protospielo

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Protospiel Online 🔜 Jan 16-18 @protospielo.bsky.social · 20d

Tonight at 8:30pm EDT, Heather & Robert are playing House of Danger CYOA Board Game Ch4 with special guest Trevor Muller-Hegel, co-host of The Tabletop Takeaway Podcast!
🎲✂️

Join our Discord to play along with us in our Live Event Stage channel protospiel.online/community

Game Night Hangout House of Danger ch4 Choose Your Own Adventure Board Game with The Tabletop Takeaway's Trevor Muller-Hegel -- shown from left to right headshots of Trevor Muller-Hegel, Robert Cole, and Heather Newton plus a view of the House of Danger box cover

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Protospiel Online 🔜 Jan 16-18 @protospielo.bsky.social · 23d

The 1pm US Eastern Minigame Monday stream starts in 30 min! 🎲✂

Let's solve this week's jigsaw featuring titles from our website's prototype listing for the May 2025 convention session!

CHILL & CHAT WITH A PUZZLE MON @ 1PM ET

Click the ▶️ to follow us on Twitch, and start your week off with a look back at prototypes from past Protospiel Online conventions--in puzzle form!

hello.protospiel.online

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Protospiel Online 🔜 Jan 16-18 @protospielo.bsky.social · 23d

Follow us on Twitch to get notified when we go live to solve the weekly puzzle and chat with viewers each Monday at 1pm US Eastern!
twitch.tv/protospielo

Prototype Titles Word Search
Gardener & Groundhog
Stand Out
Mendicant
Ratatoskr
Cursed VHS
Rex Regnat
Arcana Clash
Bear In Mind
Camping Trip
Climbing Vines
Dive to Revive
Domino City
Big Worm Hunterz
Duck Duck Choose
Kindred Critters
A Taste for the King
Games Playtested at Protospiel Online May 2025

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Protospiel Online 🔜 Jan 16-18 @protospielo.bsky.social · 23d

Here's this week's Minigame Monday puzzle featuring prototype titles playtested during our May 2025 convention weekend protospiel.online/wordsearch-m...

Can you spot a game you know?
#wordsearch #minigamemondaystream 🎲✂️

Play this Word Search - May 2025 LFG Word Search Part 1

May 2025 LFG Word Search Part 1

protospiel.online

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Protospiel Online 🔜 Jan 16-18 @protospielo.bsky.social · Sep 8

The 1pm US Eastern Minigame Monday stream starts in 30 min! 🎲✂

Let's solve this week's word search featuring prototype titles shared to looking-for-a-game in Discord and playtested during our May 2025 convention session!

CHILL & CHAT WITH A PUZZLE MON @ 1PM ET

Click the ▶️ to follow us on Twitch, and start your week off with a look back at prototypes from past Protospiel Online conventions--in puzzle form!

hello.protospiel.online

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Protospiel Online 🔜 Jan 16-18 @protospielo.bsky.social · Aug 27

Just finished adding new accounts from our Aug 2025 convention session to our Starter Pack for PO Alumni!

Use it to find 🎲✂️ accounts for friends you met at Protospiel Online.

go.bsky.app/FpqaBJ2

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Protospiel Online 🔜 Jan 16-18 @protospielo.bsky.social · Aug 25

The 1pm US Eastern Minigame Monday stream starts in 30 min! 🎲✂

Let's solve this week's word search featuring prototype titles shared to looking-for-a-game in Discord and playtested during our May 2025 convention session!

hello.protospiel.online/mgmonday

CHILL & CHAT WITH A PUZZLE MON @ 1PM ET

Click the ▶️ to follow us on Twitch, and start your week off with a look back at prototypes from past Protospiel Online conventions--in puzzle form!

hello.protospiel.online

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Protospiel Online 🔜 Jan 16-18 @protospielo.bsky.social · Aug 22

Follow us on Twitch to get notified when we go live to solve the weekly puzzle and chat with viewers each Monday at 1pm US Eastern!
twitch.tv/protospielo

Or watch the replay on YouTube at protospiel.online/mgmonday-you...

Prototype Titles Jigsaw Puzzle
Club Spooky
Hollow
Hold'em Havoc
Scrapbots
Community Park
Angry Axolotl
Fight Sequence
Aeterna - Clash of Elements
What If I'm The Devl
Witches' Quarrel
Elemystic
Cropaganda
Moon Rush
That's the Spirit
Influence
Last Stand
Survive the Bomb
Feeble Beetle
Toymakers
Antipathy
High Plains Grifter
From Protospiel Online's Jan 2025 Website Listing"

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Protospiel Online 🔜 Jan 16-18 @protospielo.bsky.social · Aug 22

Here's this week's Minigame Monday puzzle featuring titles in our website's prototype listing for Jan 2025 protospiel.online/jigsaw-jan-2...

Can you spot a game you know?
#jigsawpuzzle #minigamemondaystream 🎲✂️

Play this Jigsaw - January 2025 Prototype Listing Part 5

January 2025 Prototype Listing Part 5

protospiel.online

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