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Rob Cramer
@robcramer.bsky.social
530 followers 1.1K following 1K posts
Board game designer (The Grand Carnival, Turbo Drift, Zebra) in SLC, UT.
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that neck
A pen doodle of a yellow lab with the wrinkliest neck ever
January 23, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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If Wishes Were Fishes is the Game of the Week! The fish market is abuzz, ready to purchase talking fishes by the boat. Who cares if they can speak, or even grant wishes? Gotta get that sweet, sweet cash!
A collage of images of the game If Wishes Were Fishes, designed by Peter Sarrett and Michael Adams, published by Rio Grand Games: a sticky note doodle of 4 different fish speaking the 4 words of the title; a monkfish and clownfish card, each depicted as literal interpretations of "monk" or "clown"; a kingfish in a player's boat; a swordfish market with some wooden fish and meeples; the garbage heap filled with wooden fish; three giant purple rubber worms (some of which look like caterpillars); the box cover.
January 20, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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Yes, I watched all of the Final Destination movies and then Serenity. No, I'm not doing great.

#LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday
Screenshot of the posters of the last 4 movies I logged in Letterboxd: Serenity (2019): ⭐⭐ Final Destination: Bloodlines: ⭐⭐⭐ Final Destination 5: ⭐⭐⭐ Final Destination 4: ⭐ half star
January 16, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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Burgle Bros 3: Future Flip is the Game of the Week! A TNT mishap has exploded the Burgle Bunch into the future. Yes, that's the setup. Chase down and destroy AI to rid the world of their evil. I like the sound of that!
A collage of images of the game Burgle Bros 3: Future Flip, designed by Tim Fowers and Skye Larsen, published by Fowers Games: the Geared side of The Hammer, a buff mustached character in futuristic gear; the box for the game, featuring the crew outside a building with many glass windows; a tile with an Omega Protocol SysOps pawn; the SysOps that are chasing you during the game; the Hammer in fancy dress clothes on a tile with a die; the AI card called DwAIN, showing a shadowy face peering out from a monitor; the Hawk on a tile with a die and a worker pawn; a sticky note doodle with the title of the game; two gear cards from the game, each so futuristic that they have antennas poking out from the top.
January 12, 2026 at 9:25 PM
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Oooooooooooooooo
The boxes for Burgle Bros Blackjack and Burgle Bros 3: Future Flip (designed by Tim Fowers and Skye Larsen)
January 9, 2026 at 6:56 PM
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And squares can even turn into hex grids! Hexes wish they could be so versatile.
A grid of squares with the rows offset, where each square touches 6 squares.
January 8, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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Dice Miner is the Game of the Week! Delve deep into the mountains, digging out treasure and tunnels, all the while dodging cave-ins and dragons. Want to roll 20 dice at a time? This is the game for you!
A collage of images of the game Dice Miner by Joshua Debonis and Nikola Risteski, published by Atlas Games: the box cover showing a giant carving of a dwarf slaying a dragon. The dragon's mouth is an entrance to a cave in the mountains; a variety of dice in different colors stacked in the cardboard mountain board; a teal sticky note with a doodle of the title of the game and some gold and teal embellishments around it; the Dragon Slayer dwarf with his trove of dice.
January 5, 2026 at 6:23 PM
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This lemon was already in rough shape with that giant scar on the back, but this pig is ready for 2026.
A luck pig made out of a lemon, 4 toothpicks for legs, peppercorns for eyes, holding a gold coin in its mouth. The battle scar on the back of the pig, as well as his curly aluminum tail.
January 1, 2026 at 6:47 PM
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Kariba is the Game of the Week! These blocky buddies are crowding around the watering hole, chasing each other away with larger numbers. 64 cards, 8 each of numbers 1-8. Super simple, but timing is a jungle!
A collage of images of Kariba: a rainbow of animal cards gathering at a cardboard watering hole ring with a deck of cards in the center; the box for Kariba featuring an elephant and mouse in very bloxy illustration; a sticky note doodle of a rhino on a rainbow backdrop; a blocky leopard appears on the light blue 6 card.
December 16, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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A very satisfying display of plushies at DI today.
An aisle of stuffed animals arranged chromatically, left to right: white, brown, pink, red, orange, yellow, green, teal, blue, purple, grey, black
December 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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It's a S'mores Toastie and I got it from a cookbook. So it's actually cool and normal for me to eat.
Two slices of whole wheat bread, one topped with toasted mini marshmallows, the other with pieces of milk chocolate The assembled sandwich
December 11, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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Used the large format printer at the library to make this amazing board for Northern Pacific by @amabel.bsky.social

Got a figure out how to flatten it out, but I'm very excited to play and ask "Cube or train?"
A board for Northern Pacific, a map of the North West area of the United States and a possible rail network through it. A closeup of the board Credits for Northern Pacific: "The game 'Northern Pacific's is ©2013 Winsome Games Game Design - Amabel Holland Graphic Design - Heiko Günther
December 8, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Here's to 400 more of these!
A collage of sticky note doodles in different colors, all featuring a different board game
December 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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And it makes me very happy to see how much I've improved on these little drawings over the years, from scenes and surrounding details and general script tightness. Older on the left, newer on the right.
A side-by-side comparison of sticky note doodles showing improvements in scenes, surrounding details, and script work
December 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Another go-to are just lines or trails:
A collage of sticky note doodles that each feature a line, trail, or path in some way
December 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Looking over the 400 different doodles I've made, there are some things that keep popping up, like tentacles:
A collection of sticky note doodles that all have a tentacle somewhere on them
December 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Pairs is the Game of the Week! One pear, two peaches, all the way up to 10 onions, this game is so immediately engaging. Push your luck and don't catch any pairs!

But this is significant cuz this is the 400th Game of the Week!
A collage of images of the game Pairs by James Ernest: the box for the Deluxe Edition of Pairs showing the cards with fruits and vegetables on them; two lemon cards with the number 8 on them; a purple sticky note with a doodle of a pear on it; a pyramid of cards, headed by the 1 pear card.
December 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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When I accidentally turn on the wrong light in the bathroom in the middle of the night
A brown cavapoo cradled gently with a very sweet expression on their face; the next photo has him screaming (yawning) as the flash from the camera blasts his face
December 7, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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So it looks like I'm getting the rights for The Grand Carnival and the On the Road expansion back. Anybody want to publish them? Rüdiger Dorn sure likes it!
A screenshot of Rüdiger Dorn (designer of Las Vegas, Istanbul, and many others) rating The Grand Carnival: On the Road a 10 out of 10
December 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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The Game: Face to Face is the Game of the Week! Only one of you is getting out of here alive, but you need to help your opponent in order to help yourself. What a cool twist on The Game! Now it just needs a clown mannequin posed as my dead father in my driveway and we're set!
A collage of images of The Game: Face to Face: a sticky note doodle of the title; a hand of grey number cards splayed on a table; the box; the game set up with decks of cards across from each other.
December 1, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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George hates rain, but he hates his raincoat even more.
A small brown cavapoo staring outside at a rainy porch. He does not want to go out. A brown cavapoo standing on a stone patio wearing a very small yellow rain jacket. He is not happy.
November 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Played a bunch of games with family last night, ended with Dohdles. Behold: a toaster, capybara, and snowboard.
A lump of purple clay meant to be a toaster Two lumps of orange clay, one is rodent shaped (capybara) and the other is long and flat (snowboard)
November 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Dohdles is the Game of the Week! How's your sculpting? Trust me, it's good enough for Dohdles. If you're TOO good at rendering reality in clay, you're not gonna win.
A collage of images of the game Dohdles designed by Klaus Tauber: a doodle of a red lump in the style of the box art; a string of curled grey clay, with a lumpy inner end; an array of clay sculptures on the board; a question board; the box with a red sculpture and questions being lobbed at it; the central guessing mechanism where cubes are tossed in; a green and orange sculpture.
November 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Sweater weather, baybeee.
A rusty brown poodle mix wearing a knit Dak green sweater and plaid bowtie collar stares off into the distance while sitting on a couch.
November 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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My actual favorite part are all of these alive butterflies and moths! Those leading wings are perpendicular to their body in flight. Bluesky could take lessons from you, with their dead logo.
Detail on the butterfly garden board from Gazebo: butterflies in flight with their leading wings perpendicular to their body, accurately reflecting real butterflies. The Bluesky logo with the leading wings pulled way up. Dead butterflies are displayed this way.
November 18, 2025 at 2:38 AM