Kara C-D🎃
@chyphend.bsky.social
Board game witch and bad jokes. She/her. Designer for Mansions of Madness 2nd, LotR: Journeys in Middle-earth, Descent: Legends of the Dark & now Sunderfolk! Opinions are my own.
Subscribing to and reading Racket is like a cheat code to meeting cool people in the Twin Cities and finding cool things to do. If you are new to the area, or are in a moment of transition in your life, truly can't recommend it enough.
Racket@racketmn.com · 2mo agoONE WEEK TO GO. Will we hit 300 new members? racketmn.com/racket-sprin...
named after legendary animator Ichirō Itano, the itano circus, or macross missile massacre, a "large swarm of guided missiles with meticulously animated spiraling smoke trails and erratic trajectories and its target is repeatedly dodging those missiles at a high speed."
Anime Spaceship Battle: Lasers & Explosions
Alt: as above
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Alan Au@alanau.bsky.social · 2mo agoToday, I have chosen to divide the world into 2 categories: 1. people who know what an Itano Circus is, and 2. people who don't
The campaign for my latest design is live! If you have ever been interested in Earthborne Rangers, but wanted an experience that was easier to get to the table, you might want to check this out.
Earthborne Games@earthbornegames.bsky.social · 2mo agoEarthborne Trailblazer is now live on Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ear...
Spoke at length about much the previous Earthborne game absolutely wowed me a few months ago (here: sidestory.show/the-2025-mai...), so you know I'm hyped for this!
Side Story: The 2025 Main Story Awards 01: The Clockwork World Award
Welcome to the inaugural Main Story Awards, a week long showcase where we make up awards to give the games and topics that really took center stage for us this year, and which we felt like deserved a ...
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Earthborne Games@earthbornegames.bsky.social · 2mo agoEarthborne Trailblazer is now live on Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ear...
So, a crazy thing happened a while ago. I consulted for this fun little show called Game Changer...
And.... The WINNER of the 2026 Cardboard Edison Award is: ASTROLABE by Yasaman Farazan! 2nd Place: Limelight by Cameron Fleming 3rd Place: Braggin' Wranglers by Luke Wolyncewicz 4th Place: Hatchlings by Alan Leduc Congrats to all the designers! Find out more at cardboardedison.com/award
I had a lot of fun chatting with @panda8ngel.bsky.social on this podcast! Give it a listen to hear us talk about gaming changes with life changes and some of our favorite children’s games!
BoardGameGeek@boardgamegeek.com · 3mo agoBGG Podcast #94: Ambie Valdés joins Amanda Panda to chat about How Life Changes affect Board Games - Top 5 Kids Games, sort of - Loving on Family and Friends boardgamegeek.com/blog/12153/b...
I last played Earthborne Rangers almost exactly a year ago. Today I started over using the premade ranger decks provided on the publisher's page. I don't remember much of my first play, but I know these decks were better made and I had a better time for it. boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/34...
Earthborne Rangers
Explore the wilderness of the far future as rangers of a wondrous mountain valley.
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I got my designer copies of Nebular Colors in from Playte!!! 🌌 Nebular Colors will be launching at UKGE 🇬🇧 and TGM Spring 🇯🇵 this year!! It will then be available internationally on Playte’s various webstores! If you’re a FLGS interested in carrying the game—please reach out to Playte directly!
As a designer of a big "wife game" (seriously, the number of times fans of Mansions announce to me "even MY WIFE will play this!"...) this article touches on a lot of important details. My opinion is unchanged, that EVERY game is a gateway game for someone.
Wargamer@wargamer.com · 3mo agoBoard games are bigger and more welcoming than ever, but women still face an uphill battle for the right kind of representation. www.wargamer.com/board-games/... #BoardGames #Wingspan #Tabletop
This article really hit me. Years ago, my partner and I bought Descent 2e because there was a fully armored woman on the box. Later, when I applied to Fantasy Flight, I used Descent 2e content as my skill test. My road to being a tabletop designer traces directly back to that warrior on the cover.
Wargamer@wargamer.com · 3mo agoBoard games are bigger and more welcoming than ever, but women still face an uphill battle for the right kind of representation. www.wargamer.com/board-games/... #BoardGames #Wingspan #Tabletop
It's been a while since I shared a long read! I spent several months looking at gender representation in the world of board games. Hugely grateful for the time of the designers who shared their stories with me.
Wargamer@wargamer.com · 3mo agoBoard games are bigger and more welcoming than ever, but women still face an uphill battle for the right kind of representation. www.wargamer.com/board-games/... #BoardGames #Wingspan #Tabletop
I doubt I'm going to hit the majority of the audience that really needs to hear this on this page, but you should read it anyways. Great points from great minds in the industry. www.wargamer.com/board-games/...
Tabletop sexism, hidden women, and the myth of the 'wife board game'
Board games are bigger and more welcoming than ever, but women still face an uphill battle for the right kind of representation.
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Another Monday, a new comic! So... what games do you still want to play? Let's hear your "infinite" lists! 😄 ➡️ semicoop.com/comic/some-ideas/
Minneapolis celebrates spring with a parade of giant handmade socialist puppets and a festival where people row the sun across the lake. This year's Mayday festival was today, and I'm going to try to share some photos and videos (many taken by others) to try to explain it for my non-local friends.
Austin Walker is one of the coolest people in games and I felt so joyful getting to listen to this interview, where he dug into one of my games and put it in dialogue with one of his own. ✨
Sam D@diceexploder.com · 4mo agoThis week on Dice Exploder I've got @austinwalker.bsky.social on to talk Dream Askew / Dream Apart's weak, strong, and regular moves and how they influenced Realis. Diceless games are good! Randomness is overrated! Precise word choice is good game design!
Good morning, friends! Yes, we had some midnight excitement, but beyond that we're excited to announce this year's American Tabletop Award winners! Let's get right to it.
As always, play great games! We'll see you around the table and we'll be back with more in 2027.
The art of game design: the spark of creation, to find play between the confines of rules and the expression of agency, to marry the beauty of systems and aesthetic expression, The discipline of game design: fucking finish the thing
Also i'm not especially online these days but its my BIRTHDAY so i logged into socials 💀
I left FFG years ago, but I just wanted to say: thank you to everyone who played/plays Legends of the Dark! At the end of the day, I got to make a game I'm proud of with people I adore, and I'm so lucky for that.
Fantasy Flight Games@fantasyflightgames.bsky.social · 4mo agoIt is with heavy hearts that we must announce the discontinuation of Descent: Legends of the Dark. The article on our website will provide some key points about this announcement: www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2026...
REALIS IS LIVE! After 5 years of development, countless hours of playtesting, and invaluable ashcan feedback, the hardcover edition of @austinwalker.bsky.social's debut TTRPG Realis is now funding on Kickstarter April 1-30. Learn more & back the campaign today at www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...!
Realis
A new tabletop roleplaying game by Austin Walker
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