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The Seahorse & The Hummingbird
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The Seahorse & The Hummingbird is a creator and curator of small- to medium-sized indie board games that challenge the mind and lighten the heart. #boardgames #gamedesign 🎲✂️ https://www.seahorseandhummingbird.com/
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The Seahorse & The Hummingbird @thinkdeepplaylight.bsky.social · Jun 2
Meet Pyrotechnics! COMING SOON, the first offering from The Seahorse & The Hummingbird, a fast-paced, two-player, lightly-strategic card game by @backwardscapgames.bsky.social. Follow the link below for more information.
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Pyrotechnics - The Seahorse & The Hummingbird
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The Seahorse & The Hummingbird @thinkdeepplaylight.bsky.social · 15h
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Pyrotechnics Board Game - The Seahorse and The Hummingbird
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The Seahorse & The Hummingbird @thinkdeepplaylight.bsky.social · 15h
🎆 Pyrotechnics is on the water RIGHT MEOW! 🤩

Pyrotechnics is a wee head-to-head card game. Quick and light but with enough strategic depth to stir the neurons. A perfect travel or filler game.

Sign up for updates in the comments or keep your eyes on this feed to buy one when it drops.

#boardgames
Pyrotechnics Board Game
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Jon Perry @perryjon.bsky.social · 14d
I need some print & play testers for a new card game! I can't say too much publicly, but basics:

* 2 players
* 15 min
* Requires printing ~63 cards
* Non-violent theme
* Has drafting
* Has a weird/ambitious hook

Email [email protected]

Thanks!
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The Seahorse & The Hummingbird @thinkdeepplaylight.bsky.social · 14d
Today, the first #boardgame by The Seahorse & The Hummingbird is born. No more tweaking. No more editing. No more testing. No more feedback.

Pyrotechnics *is*. 🎆

To celebrate, I'll share the Pyrotechnics design diary by @backwardscapgames.bsky.social. It's a good read. Have a look.

#gamedesign 🎲✂️
Pyrotechnics: Design Diary - The Seahorse and The Hummingbird
The following design diary was written by the designer of Pyrotechnics, Michael Byron Sprague. Hi, I’m Mike, and I’m the designer of the two-player resource-management dueling card game, Pyrotechnics....
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Protospiel Online 🔜 Jan 16-18 @protospielo.bsky.social · 14d
Community Newsletter Issue 52
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Lunarpunk's Midnight Market Approaches -- Community Newsletter Issue 52
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Katz @amanpossessed.bsky.social · 15d
Okay! This is it. This is *it*! One Pyrotechnics ruleset.
If you have the bandwidth, I'm looking for extra eyes on to hunt for typos. I'm not worried about comprehension or grammar, just typos. Let me know if you find any. Thanks!
#boardgames 🎲✂️
pyrotechnics__rules-folio__edit-004.pdf
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The Seahorse & The Hummingbird @thinkdeepplaylight.bsky.social · 17d
It begins. It begins very small, but it begins.
#boardgames #gamepublishing
A screenshot of a Launch Tabletop order confirmation. "Projects in Order Pyrotechnics (copy 2025-08-07 / 04:28:49) Number of Units 100"
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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen 2025 @boardgamewire.bsky.social · Aug 4
“We felt like we’d made a profit. But we hadn’t. Not really”: Chroma Arcana creator Mo Shawwa on the financial wrinkles behind even a target-smashing crowdfund, and what tariffs mean for his next project Smallfolk:

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A man with grey, short wavy hair and brown/grey beard,left, sits next to a woman with long blond/brown hair. Both smile at the camera, and are wearing identical black t shirts with ROCNEST GAMES printed on in white. An outline of a bird spreading its wings hatching from an egg is above the t shirt text. Between them sits a copy of board game Chroma Arcana. Multiple hobby board games are stacked horizontally behind them. Mo Shawwa and Alice Armstrong from Roc Nest Games. Cards with beautifully illustrated people and animal characters sit on a yellow board. Components from the board game Chroma Arcana.
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The Seahorse & The Hummingbird @thinkdeepplaylight.bsky.social · 19d
A wonderful transcription of the Pyrotechnics segment of The Breakup Gaming Society's (@natewarren.bsky.social) 100th episode posted to Board Game Geek. Give it a read!
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Pyrotechnics: The Pretty Little Card Game That Goes Boom | Pyrotechnics
This is adapted from the script of Breakup Gaming Society Episode 100: [url=https://www.breakupgamingsociety.com/episodes/pyrotechnics-card-game-review-burnout-reaper-digital-angel-indie-ttrpg]“Pyrote...
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Katz @amanpossessed.bsky.social · 20d
I had a delightful time with a quick game of Drawing Dungeon by @msoucy.gay. Recommended!

I probably should have explored more to get a Heroic Victory of 25 points, but I felt ready to take down the boss and I was eager.

Get your own copy via the link in the comments.

#boardgames #pnp
A photograph of a finished game of Drawing Dungeon. It is a 7x7 grid map in which the player draws the dungeon along the way with prompts supplied by dice rolls. https://soucygames.itch.io/drawing-dungeon
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TheLordChiefRockaNumberOne @natewarren.bsky.social · 21d
Episode 100 features:

• Review of the brisk and charming Fireworks 2p card game from @thinkdeepplaylight.bsky.social

• Interview with @liberludorum.com about two wild #indie #ttrpgs from @sandroad.moe: Burnout Reaper and Digital Angel

Hear it all with link in comments 👇
Photo of components from the two-player card game, Fireworks. Rules and reference booklets at top, fireworks cards in middle, ringed by piles of cardboard Spark tokens in primary colors.
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The Seahorse & The Hummingbird @thinkdeepplaylight.bsky.social · 22d
Listen to the whole thing for a great time, but pay special attention to the 11:20 mark for some Pyrotechnics love.
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Pyrotechnics Review + Two Wild Dystopian Indie TTRPGs — Breakup Gaming Society
A delightful two-player card game about fireworks, then two lushly realized trips to a roleplaying hell that's kind of already here.
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The Seahorse & The Hummingbird @thinkdeepplaylight.bsky.social · 22d
As soon as I can arrange it...
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The Seahorse & The Hummingbird @thinkdeepplaylight.bsky.social · 22d
The TSH&THB line-up is currently:
* Pyrotechnics
* Triptych
* Rune Rite
* Enemy Lines (working title)

Keep your eyes glued here for updates on all these great games!
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The Seahorse & The Hummingbird @thinkdeepplaylight.bsky.social · 22d
Hello! I am pleased to announce the fourth product in the catalog of The Seahorse & The Hummingbird, Enemy Lines by @palanion.bsky.social!

I'm booked up to capacity now, so expect to see a version of enemy lines somewhere around Q4 '26 or Q1 '27.
#boardgames #gamepublishing
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A screenshot of the Screentop prototype of the board game Enemy Lines.
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The Seahorse & The Hummingbird @thinkdeepplaylight.bsky.social · Sep 6
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Copies of The Book of Wandering at a booth for Goosepoop Games. https://www.seahorseandhummingbird.com/shop/the-book-of-wandering-traveling-journal/
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The Seahorse & The Hummingbird @thinkdeepplaylight.bsky.social · Sep 5
You have to look very closely, but...
@beziergames.bsky.social, how did you know? The game's not even out yet. I'm flattered, I tell you. Flattered.
#boardgames #notActuallyRealOrTrue
The box cover for the board game The Game Makers by Bezier Games. It has a magenta box overlaid to focus the eye. The next image is a zoomed in version of that magenta box. A very zoomed in portion of the box cover for the board game The Game Makers by Bezier Games. A copy of Pyrotechnics is resting atop the S of the game title, leaning on Food Chain Magnate. (This is not real, I made it up.)
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Michael Sprague 🎲✂️ @backwardscapgames.bsky.social · Sep 4
First opportunity to buy a copy of my first game! Come support Indy game design!
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Lunarpunk Games @lunarpunk.games · Sep 4
The Midnight Market shall offer games from worlds unknown, starting on November 7th, at 11:59 pm EST.

It will feature f̴i̴v̴e̴ four amazing games made by indie creators. After that, who knows if you'll be able to discover these games again . . .

Follow along here: www.lunarpunk.games/midnightmarket
Midnight Market logo. Midnight Market launches November 7th at 11:59 PM EST at lunarpunk.games/midnightmarket
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Erik A-S 🔜 Spiel 2025 @eanderssonsunden.bsky.social · Sep 3
Tell me about a game design that you have been a part of and that you are proud of! And please tell me why! And where I can read more. ❤️

🎲✂️
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The Seahorse & The Hummingbird @thinkdeepplaylight.bsky.social · Sep 3
More pride!
Pyrotechnics Board Game
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The Seahorse & The Hummingbird @thinkdeepplaylight.bsky.social · Sep 3
Oh, you asked for it. Pyrotechnics! The design is by @backwardscapgames.bsky.social but I've had lots of fun developing and producing it. Playtesting has also been a joy, watching folks enjoy the game. I'm proud of Michael for the game, and proud of the whole team for the work that's been done.
Pyrotechnics Board Game - The Seahorse and The Hummingbird
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The Seahorse & The Hummingbird @thinkdeepplaylight.bsky.social · Sep 1
More and more, it is becoming.
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A finished game of Rune Rite.
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Gabriel Toschi 🎲🃏 @gabtoschi.com · Sep 1
Loved it! A lot of cool decisions and emergent strategies from a small pool of rules and icons. Gonna look forward to the final PnP to add it on my collection

(If you have any questions or want more feedback, feel free to DM!)
A starting game of Pyrotechnics, with 5 cards in the hand, 5 at the table and coloured tokens
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The Seahorse & The Hummingbird @thinkdeepplaylight.bsky.social · Aug 28
It just dawned on me that one of the beauties of Rune Rite is that after it’s been played, it’s mostly packed up and ready to go back in the box.
#boardgames 🎲✂️
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The Seahorse & The Hummingbird @thinkdeepplaylight.bsky.social · Aug 27
If you're interested in receiving email notifications about when Rune Rite will be ready for pledge or purchase, you can read more information and sign up here:
Rune Rite Flip-and-Write Game - The Seahorse and The Hummingbird
Rune Rite is a mystical 1–5 player flip-and-write: arrange rune polyominoes to conjure Glyphs, earn Fey Power, and enjoy fast, replayable solo & group play.
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