Sean Ross
@seandavidross.bsky.social
I make the card games I wish had always existed. (he/him) https://www.patreon.com/seandavidross
I know many folks (myself included) are feeling GREAT this morning. Want another reason? The new @decisionspace.bsky.social is a chat with @flantz.bsky.social about games as an aesthetic form, the meaning of depth, and what it means to enter the "donkey space"! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
What Makes Games Beautiful? A Conversation with Frank Lantz
Podcast Episode · Decision Space · November 4 · 1h 19m
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youtu.be/Yj8Aj0guz2E?... Here is a full playthrough of my favorite game I’ve ever designed: Tumbles! I was a bit on-brand goofy wise, but I’m pretty sure you can hear my absolute discomfort at recording my voice. I *loathe* hearing it played back so… I didn’t listen to it! One take, babey!
Tumbles Playthrough
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Exciting news - our online store is live! In case you missed the Kickstarter, or know anyone who did, you can order Stellar Ventures from us now! Please share! shop.tabletapasgames.com
Very excited to share that BoardGame Animal will be covering the Midnight Market!~ There are some great games here you are 100% going to want to check out! Stay tuned!
Lunarpunk Games@lunarpunk.games · 3d agoOur page for this year's Midnight Market is now available! Here you can find summaries for each game, how to play them, and bios on the incredible designers who made them. designers. www.lunarpunk.games/midnightmarket
Halloween may be over, but Trickage is a treat. My game for November, Trickage, mashes up trick-taking with Cribbage. A 4p partnership (or 2p) game where each trick is scored like a Cribbage hand. Rules: cappallo.ca/games/tricka... Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yN8...
The fine fella at www.newmillindustries.com is having a sale! Dino Trix contains Hold My Beer, quite possibly my favorite trick taker ever. Get it now!
if you’re not on the new mill mailing list (what are you doing with your life?) i just announced a pretty massive clearance sale! go get you some! newmillindustries.com
New Mill Industries
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HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT!! My debut published design: Dealing Damage will be out early 2027 from Little Dog (New Mill @dnlnwmn.bsky.social) boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/48... 2p head-to-head, kaiju battling climbing/shedding game with health bars made of cards! And…there’s no passing 👀 🃏🥊
Placing Orders is a standard deck climber where you get 12 cards and can request up to 5 more, but you wanna shed out first. It is 3p only. Messing with adapting to 4p or even more. Simply using 2 decks changes meld odds, but still kinda works. Simplest option. cappallo.ca/games/placin...
Placing Orders
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It brings me *immense* joy that my favorite trick taker of all time is now readily available for folks. Six of VIII is out from @indigopotter.bsky.social & @25thcentury.games Please check it out, it’s on Amazon, put it on your PAXU haul list…it’s SO good~
My game 5 of a Kind is now up on Kickstarter! Check it out if you love deckbuilding and climbing/shedding! Also there's some cool stuff on the campaign by some guy named Reiner. Seems like a real up and comer in the industry. www.kickstarter.com/projects/boa...
Through the Mountains, Through the Desert Deluxe + MORE!
The classic Knizia gets a sequel and Deluxe Edition. + Triskel (luxurious abstract game) and 5 of a Kind (shedding deckbuilder).
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It was an absolute dream to have my friend @tricktaking.bsky.social do development on 5 of a Kind. It's also a dream to have my favorite channel cover my game (also Taylor). Check out his dev diary at the end of a video and see why he was the perfect guy for the job! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrmR...
5 of a Kind & Hearts Extreme ~ Taylor's Trick-Taking Table
YouTube video by Taylor's Trick-Taking Table
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Stepping Stones & Speed Run have a week left on Kickstarter! I had a bit of a hand in Stepping Stones' development and if you're interested in "compendium" style trick taking games but have never played one, it's a good starting point! www.kickstarter.com/projects/pol...
Stepping Stones & Speed Run
Compendium Trick-Taking card game duo, plus enamel pin and art extras!
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A dream of mine is that people play a game I made. And enjoy it. And recommend it to others. And they play it. And they enjoy it. And then someone tags me in a post about them enjoying a game I made.
I am so happy to share my new game, Miai, with the world! boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/48... Miai is my long-anguished climber using @seandavidross.bsky.social’s Trifle deck. I’ve wanted to make one for a long time, and it took a lot of iterating to get to a game I’m really proud of. 🧵
Miai
Strike a balance between winning tricks, passing to score, and shedding.
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Now that 5 of a Kind is on BGG, I posted my design diary about the game. The game is my love letter to deckbuilding roguelites and traditional climbing/shedding games. It's a weird and wild game and I'm so excited for people to check it out. boardgamegeek.com/thread/37824...
Deckbuilding Bombs: A 5 of a Kind Design Diary | 5 of a Kind
The Deal Game design is an iterative process. Tugging on the thread of an initial idea will sometimes take you down a path you could never have seen coming when inspiration first struck. For me, it...
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Pretty fun to get a marketing email for your own game! I'll post more about the design soon but for now check out the cover:
Check out Stepping Stones & Speed Run by Ryan Campbell on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/pol...
Stepping Stones & Speed Run
Compendium Trick-Taking card game duo, plus enamel pin and art extras!
kickstarter.com
artist submission is pending, but Woodwork is now up on BGG! boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/48...
Woodwork
Acquire the finest woodworking tools and make something beautiful.
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Better Card Games 2 The Best Climbing & Shedding Games Ever! Is here~ youtu.be/RKBzvAIkYkQ?... Ft games from @25thcentury.games @allplay.bsky.social @dnlnwmn.bsky.social @shreesh.bsky.social @seandavidross.bsky.social @tricktaking.bsky.social @gameswell.shop @paulsalomon27.bsky.social @cmyk.games
Realized this morning that I had never yet tried 3p Pitch and also realized that trickstercards.com lets you play it with several variations to tweak. I've tried several combinations so far, and this seems to work okay (the listing doesn't show "stick the dealer"). 6-A might be good (not an option).
Looks like my weird ladder climbing deck builder (5 of a Kind) is sharing a campaign with some good looking games! www.kickstarter.com/projects/boa...
Coming soon: Through the Mountains, Through the Desert Deluxe + MORE!
The classic Knizia gets a sequel and Deluxe Edition. + Triskel (luxurious abstract game) and 5 of a Kind (shedding deckbuilder).
kickstarter.com
Thanks to *everyone* for their patience with this. The week has been very unforgiving. Final edits done today. Buffering buffering. See you tomorrow~
Wrote up a bit of a retrospective for the Fivedeck and its design: Check it out if you're interested :) boardgamegeek.com/blog/11828/b...
Fivedeck Design Diary | Thinking Out Loud about Game Design
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I fear we’re ignoring the reality that there are people who think it’s a fine idea to throw our rulebooks into an LLM and have it spit out a vibe-coded version of our games Players will take advantage of opportunities to “try the game” and form their opinions based on these… things
We have learned of a website (which we are not linking to) that is charging people to pay to play knockoffs of popular board games like Catan, Wingspan, Agricola and more - different names, crappy art, same mechanics.