Button Shy Games
@buttonshy.bsky.social
Small board game publisher (Sprawlopolis, Tussie Mussie, Skulls of Sedlec, Food Chain Island and 100+ other wallet games). http://www.buttonshygames.com
Gen Con has not been a show I typically play many games at, but this year I was going to make more opportunities to. Before the halls opened on the first day, Adam (from Rolling Solo) and I kicked the gaming off with Circle The Wagons by @buttonshy.bsky.social - a friggin clever game. I lost.
DIE Ball is our first modular game here at Button Shy. It's a weird departure from our wallets. You get all of this for $10 shipped. Well except the dice and cubes, you need to provide your own. Check it out at: www.kickstarter.com/projects/239...
What? @buttonshy.bsky.social is evolving! Congratulations! Your WALLETS evolved into BOXES! (but you can still get wallets 🥰) Excited to see the new KS campaign, look at that gorgeous box art for amazing games! Check it out and support small game publishers! www.kickstarter.com/projects/239...
Read all about one of our most challenging days and how we are breaking all of our own rules. substack.com/home/post/p-...
Working Out Some Games: A Challenging Day That Ends With Us Breaking All Of Our Rules
Testing… can you hear me?
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Today is a big day for Button Shy. We just launched our Spring Collection on Kickstarter. It's our first boxed campaign with 4 great games. Astro ROVE, The Rise Of A Jarl, Everything Machine, and Shaper. Join us at: www.kickstarter.com/projects/239...
Button Shy Micro Games: Spring 2026 (Astro ROVE, Jarl)
Choose from Astro ROVE, Jarl, Everything Machine, and Shaper, or grab them all for one low price. We also have a few featured reprints!
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The Button Shy Game of the Week is Forest Sky! Available at our Etsy store for just $9 this week (40% off retail price). We also added Naturopolis to the Etsy store if you've been looking for it! www.etsy.com/listing/4469...
Solo wallet card games will fix me! @imamagnet.bsky.social and I finally got to visit the @buttonshy.bsky.social store and had a lovely time! We've been collecting Button Shy games for years now :)
Time to report on…. The Daily Weather! From @buttonshy.bsky.social !! If you were curious on this one, check out our thoughts! youtu.be/DBxShqzIaV4?...
We're bringing back the Game Of The Week! Super Slopes is on sale for $9 (save $6!) at Etsy this week. It's 1-3 players, a different style of tile laying, and has a super cool draft. www.etsy.com/listing/4455...
A six-point win today in @buttonshy.bsky.social’s The Daily Weather! You can back it now on Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/239...
New post: Let's talk about the weather - A deeper look at what's so cool about The Daily Weather. open.substack.com/pub/buttonsh...
Let's talk about the weather
Hello everyone!
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I’ve been slightly obsessed with @buttonshy.bsky.social’s stuff lately. I played an early print-and-play version of The Daily Weather digitally and have had a lot of fun with it. I’m eager to get a final, physical copy in my hands and work it into my routine of spending more time with analog games.
Button Shy Games@buttonshy.bsky.social · 6mo agoThe Daily Weather is live on Kickstarter! A tiny little puzzle game that you play every day, with setup and scoring goals based on the day/month/season, etc. It's super fast, and everyone compares it to their Wordle-like morning routine. Save $5 at Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/239...
The Daily Weather is live on Kickstarter! A tiny little puzzle game that you play every day, with setup and scoring goals based on the day/month/season, etc. It's super fast, and everyone compares it to their Wordle-like morning routine. Save $5 at Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/239...
The Daily Weather
Challenge yourself daily to create the perfect forecast using each day’s unique conditions in this pocket-sized game. Only $10!
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One play in of The Daily Weather by @buttonshy.bsky.social and I can already tell this may be a daily play for me (even though my first score was lousy). An extremely quick, delightful puzzle that changes based on the day and time of year you're playing it. Looking forward to more tomorrow!
New video up on the channel! Today I took a preview look at the upcoming solo only spatial puzzler from @buttonshy.bsky.social , The Daily Weather, that offers up a unique puzzle every day! youtu.be/Op2nQNbYroQ?...
Purple Moose Plays...The Daily Weather - Kickstarter preview
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Yay @buttonshy.bsky.social it's game time! First impressions: Beautiful artwork, instantly accessible, brilliantly balanced and unique mechanics. Rove is a proper little brain twister 👌 It's astonishing how much you can pack into a small pack of cards 👏
Looking for some harder to find wallet games? Saturday, January 31 @ 10:00 AM Eastern is our Button Shy / Etsy Kickoff Sale The site is live, but we'll kick things off tomorrow morning with a selection of older / harder to find games as a one time sale. (1/4) LINK: www.etsy.com/shop/ButtonS...
Love Letter is so fitting too as it inspired this entire line of wallet games. Anyone else have this issue? 😂
merely rachel@merelyrachel.bsky.social · 6mo agoMy recent @buttonshy.bsky.social dilemma… I picked up Adventurous from PAXUnplugged but haven’t played it yet because I “tucked it somewhere safe.” We finally found it in Love Letter this morning. I know what I’m doing tonight! In which “safe place” have you misplaced your buttonshy #boardgame?
With this incoming storm, we have a FREE game to keep you busy! The Daily Weather is a little solo game about aligning the weather with a new puzzle each day. We released the PNP / PCIO files at our Kickstarter preview page and the response has been wild. www.kickstarter.com/projects/239...
Coming soon: The Daily Weather
Challenge yourself to create the perfect forecast using each day’s unique conditions. Play every day!
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This boardgamegeek poll about Button Shy Games is really fascinating to watch. There aren't a ton of submissions yet, so we wanted to spread the word so we can continue to follow along with the results. boardgamegeek.com/thread/36401...
Another Scientific* Ranking of the Button Shy Solo Wallet Games | 1 Player guild
In 2021 I created a thread to OBJECTIVELY* and SCIENTIFICALLY* rate all the Button Shy solo games. Well, if you hadn't noticed, time has passed, and it is - in fact - no longer 2021. Time for an updat...
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A Dragon's Gift is live on Kickstarter! Transport goods between villagers to build a lovely gift for the resident dragon in our 10th Simply Solo wallet game by @scottalmes.bsky.social. With amazing art by @manonmergnat.bsky.social. www.kickstarter.com/projects/239...
A Dragon's Gift
Transport goods between villagers to build a lovely gift for the resident dragon in this Scott Almes solo game. Pocket sized, only $12!
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Our biggest announcement of every year is live! Check it out at the link below. 12 new games, 9 new additional wallets and a little new line of games, all announced here, with lots of images and descriptions too. www.patreon.com/posts/2026-b...
Button Shy Black Friday is live! 8 new products (Dustbiters, Downtown Las Palmas, Phantasmic, and more!) , a bunch of $10 bundles. Use coupon code toomuchturkey for just about everything else. buttonshygames.com/collections/...
Black Friday is TOMORROW! Here we come full circle to Union Station! It was on the train home that Downtown Las Palmas was first sparked. This Thanksgiving I'm very grateful to Jason Tagmire and the @buttonshy.bsky.social crew for taking a chance on a first-time card game designer. Happy playing!
Converge from @buttonshy.bsky.social is a masterful spot of 2 player #boardgame design. It plays fast and evokes plenty of agonising sounds from its players, as they navigate the deceptively simple, yet agonising, decision space. More thoughts on the blog. boardgamegeek.com/blog/12040/b...
A Converging Conversation. | GrahamS Games
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Banned Books - our 2018 solo game about literary characters taking down the powers-that-be and unbanning their books - has been unlocked in our Gamefound reprint campaign. If you've been looking for this one (plus the 5 others we're reprinting, come on by: gamefound.com/en/projects/...
Want a copy of my 18 card worker placement game, Cortiça? You're in luck! ✂️🎲
Button Shy Games@buttonshy.bsky.social · 9mo agoWe're bringing back some old favorites (and something all new as well!) at Gamefound in the Button Shy 2025 Reprint Campaign. Join us if you've been looking for some of these long lost games. (I know you all missed out on Cortiça's small initial print run) gamefound.com/en/projects/...
Now that we’re up and running we’re starting to ask which game is next to reprint. The first poll of many is here. You can only pick one! gamefound.com/en/projects/...
Crystal’s fav two-player trick takers are being reprinted (Why I Otter and An Otter Won) AND there’s an-otter Otter game in the series now—Otter Chaos! @buttonshy.bsky.social
Internets Magic@internetsmagic.bsky.social · 9mo agoHappy election day. Elect to back all 3 of my Otter games from @buttonshy.bsky.social today. If you do (and if I'm elected Otter Chieftain) I will guarantee that you will pay NO NEW TAXES! gamefound.com/en/projects/...