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Tabletop Game Designers Association @ttgda.bsky.social · 14h

We were recently contacted by one of our members about a publisher missing a series of royalty payments on a popular game. We reached out to the publisher on behalf of the designer and were able to get them paid within a few days.

Learn more about the benefits of membership at ttgda.org

Tabletop Game Designers Association

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Cardboard Edison @cardboardedison.com · 15h

The deadline for submissions to Ion Award 2026 is December 1

- SaltCON

The Ion Award 2026 Opens on October 1 Ion Award Rules and Entry The Ion Award competition at SaltCON is the premier competition for game designers to meet publishers. Rule Summary: Deadline for submis...

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Tabletop Game Designers Association @ttgda.bsky.social · 8d

Epipocalypse: Bug Detectives is a new game by TTGDA member @pharmageddon.bsky.social currently funding on @kickstarter.com through October 30.

Learn the clues to infectious disease diagnoses using a game that tests your knowledge beyond basic trivia questions.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/pha...

Epipocalypse: Bug Detectives, A Medical Card Game

Learn infectious diseases by playing cards. Symptoms, transmission, reservoirs, and more!

www.kickstarter.com

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Tabletop Game Designers Association @ttgda.bsky.social · 20d

Academia: A Game of Administrative Bloat is an engine-building, action-management game about running a university.

Designed by TTGDA member Ian Pytlarz and published by The Dietz Foundation, this game is currently funding on @kickstarter.com through October 16.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/die...

Academia: A Game of Administrative Bloat

A Love Letter to American Universities

www.kickstarter.com

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Tabletop Game Designers Association @ttgda.bsky.social · 22d

Step into the shadowy world of 1930's private detectives in Stakeout by completing investigations and closing cases.

This game by TTGDA member @esisgm.bsky.social and Lamplight Games currently funding on @kickstarter.com through October 16.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/pla...

Stakeout: A 1930s Detective Dice Game

Embark on a thrilling investigation in this competitive 1-4 player game of stakeouts, wiretaps, and case-solving action.

www.kickstarter.com

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Tabletop Game Designers Association @ttgda.bsky.social · Sep 3

Check out The Game Makers, a new game from TTGDA member Ben Rosset and @beziergames.bsky.social for a game about manufacturing boardgames currently funding on @kickstarter.com through October 2!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ted...

The Game Makers - An Epic Board Game About Making Games

Craft and Market 300 Real Board Games in this Strategy Game. 1–6 Players. Simultaneous Play.

www.kickstarter.com

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Tabletop Game Designers Association @ttgda.bsky.social · Aug 8

Thanks to Devir for acting swiftly to recognize and correct this issue.

boardgamegeek.com/thread/35556...

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Tabletop Game Designers Association @ttgda.bsky.social · Aug 8

TTGDA statement about sensitivity around art depictions in games.

Recently the leadership of the Tabletop Game Designers Association became aware that the new game from Devir, Ace of Spades, contains offensive and disturbing artwork of minority groups in the American West. While the industry as a whole has made progress in being more inclusive and sensitive in depictions of people, this demonstrates that there is still much work to be done.

We urge all publishers to use cultural consultants to review artwork, language, and other aspects of games to help guard against these issues and protect against the blind spots that all of us have in certain areas.

Also, generally, it is fraught when slavery and other serious issues are used as ‘window dressing’ or stereotypes. These issues are worthy of inclusion and exploration in games, but need to be engaged with in a thoughtful way for a reason, not just for period seasoning.

TTGDA will also now strongly recommend that all contracts contain a clause that gives designers the right to review art prior to publication, and remove their name and likeness from a game if they have issues with the artwork, theme, or mechanics changes implemented by a publisher. This will be part of our standard review template going forward.

As an industry we need to continue to strive to do better.

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Tabletop Game Designers Association @ttgda.bsky.social · Aug 4

12 Parsecs is a Roll & Write Space Race microgame designed by TTGDA Member Andy Desa that's currently funding as part of a @kickstarter.com campaign that was launched today by Powercell Games!

Check it out.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/pow...

12 Parsecs / Songs of the Smokewater

A Kickstarter DOUBLE FEATURE! A space race microgame and an RPG supplement for tavern encounters!

www.kickstarter.com

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Tabletop Game Designers Association @ttgda.bsky.social · Jul 31

VNTYPL8S is a new party game from TTGDA member @stoichamster.bsky.social about creating vanity license plates and then racing to decipher the plates and match them to their owners. @25thcentury.games is releasing it at Gen Con and everywhere else soon after!

boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/42...

VNTYPL8S

If you can read the title, you're already playing the game.

boardgamegeek.com

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Tabletop Game Designers Association @ttgda.bsky.social · Jul 29

If you're looking for a light bluffing gabe about stealing acorns using sleight of hand, Squirrel Away from TTGDA member @stoichamster.bsky.social published by @floodgategames.bsky.social is releasing at Gen Con this week and will be available everywhere soon after!

floodgate.games/products/squ...

Squirrel Away

You and your ragtag crew of squirrely thieves just pulled off the biggest heist of your bushy-tailed lives. You’re sitting on a whole winter’s worth of acorns, stolen back from the clutches of a greed...

floodgate.games

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Tabletop Game Designers Association @ttgda.bsky.social · Jul 29

We urge CGE to reconsider their plans to release Codenames: Back to Hogwarts, or at least dedicate a portion of the proceeds to organizations such as The Trevor Project to offset licensing fees that flow back to Rowling.

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Tabletop Game Designers Association @ttgda.bsky.social · Jul 29

This is particularly true as antitrans rhetoric and action has been increasing in many countries around the world, including the United Kingdom and United States.

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Tabletop Game Designers Association @ttgda.bsky.social · Jul 29

TTGDA is dedicated to fostering diversity in designers and diversity in viewpoints. However we do not accept intolerance and demonization of a specific group as an acceptable viewpoint.

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Tabletop Game Designers Association @ttgda.bsky.social · Jul 29

CGE released a statement about the controversy around their decision, but it fell far short of anything meaningful.

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Tabletop Game Designers Association @ttgda.bsky.social · Jul 29

Author J.K. Rowling’s extreme anti-trans rhetoric has caused physical and emotional harm to a particularly vulnerable group, and the licensing fees she receives from the game will be used to support these attacks.

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Tabletop Game Designers Association @ttgda.bsky.social · Jul 29

The leadership of the Tabletop Game Designers Association was disappointed to see the publisher CGE touting Codenames: Back to Hogwarts, a new Harry Potter-themed version of Codenames.

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Tabletop Game Designers Association @ttgda.bsky.social · Jul 28

Beasts from TTGDA member @stoichamster.bsky.social published by @pandasaurusgames.com is releasing this week at Gen Con and currently up for pre-order on their website.

pandasaurusgames.com/products/bea...

Check out this co-op 'Cards with Numbers' game today!

Beasts

Releasing in September. If purchased with other items, your entire order will not ship until all items are in stock. Beasts is a cooperative card game where players work together to build an ever-clim...

pandasaurusgames.com

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Tabletop Game Designers Association @ttgda.bsky.social · Jul 19

The GameMaster’s Apprentice 2e: Post Apocalypse Deck from TTGDA member @larcenousdesigns.bsky.social is currently live and funding on @kickstarter.com through August 14.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/lar...

The GameMaster's Apprentice 2e: Post-Apocalypse Deck

RPG Toolkit for Instant Post-Apoc-Themed Characters, Encounters, and Solo/GM-free Gameplay!

www.kickstarter.com

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Tabletop Game Designers Association @ttgda.bsky.social · Jul 4

Grendel: The Game of Crime and Mayhem from TTGDA member @senfoonglim.bsky.social is currently funding on @kickstarter.com through July 24.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/min...

Grendel: The Game of Crime and Mayhem

Highly approachable and asymmetric gameplay

www.kickstarter.com

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Elizabeth Hargrave @elizhargrave.bsky.social · Jun 13

Earlier today I posted about the Hill visits that I did with @gamaofficial.bsky.social and @ttgda.bsky.social this week. I want to share more about how to reach out to your members of Congress about this if you live in the US (and not in DC).

Step 1: Find your members:

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www.congress.gov

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Tabletop Game Designers Association @ttgda.bsky.social · Jun 10

Pet Names: A Game of Endearments by @pinktigergames.com is currently funding on @kickstarter.com

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ami...

Pet Names: A Game of Endearments 🦊

A fast, fun game where you compete to make the best nicknames for friends and family, featuring 400 mini cards in a furry fox plush.

www.kickstarter.com

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Elizabeth Hargrave @elizhargrave.bsky.social · Jun 9

Tomorrow I'll be representing @ttgda.bsky.social and @gamaofficial.bsky.social on a lobby day on tariffs. Feel free to share your stories with me about how you've been affected by tariffs on games.

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Tabletop Game Designers Association @ttgda.bsky.social · Jun 3

May I Enter: A Vampire Game by TTGDA member @highlevelgames.bsky.social is currently live and funding on @kickstarter.com

www.kickstarter.com/projects/hig...

www.kickstarter.com

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Tabletop Game Designers Association @ttgda.bsky.social · May 29

Thanks to Mensa for adding designers to their list of the 2025 Mensa Select Games! TTGDA and Mensa had a productive conversation leading to this update and future collaboration opportunities.

www.mensamindgames.com/about/winnin...

Mensa Select® Games

Explore nearly 30 years of Mensa Select winners, including information about each game, its manufacturer and where to purchase.

www.mensamindgames.com

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