Michael O’Connell - Finspan Guy
@anarchytabletop.bsky.social
Anarchy Game Studio is a Seattle-based father-son team that makes tabletop boardgames that spark conversation and inspire creativity: anarchygamestudio.com I am Michael. Co-designer of Finspan. Once wrote and published comics. Adoptee. Neurodivergent.
Did you check out our latest episode with Deco-stop on deep-sea-inspired #boardgames? @anarchytabletop.bsky.social, the co-designer of #Finspan, shares how the game developed such a #deepsea focus. Listen to the whole episode here: www.deepseapod.com/episodes/dec...
J beat me with the tie-goes-to-the-attacker rule in our first game of Duel of Meloch. I did manage to win one game of Wingspan Pocket, though. (We played a few.) #stonemaiergames #duelofmeloch #wingspanpocket
We have a game in here. Hope to see you there!
Always Awake Games (Connor) 🔜 Pax West@connor.alwaysawake.games · 3w agoExcited to announce the games for the PNW Tabletop Game Market at PaxWest! There’s a lot of really exciting stuff this year. The market opens at 7pm on 9/5. Hope to see you there! www.alwaysawake.games/pnw-tabletop...
The promo video for this looks super cool. store.steampowered.com/app/3339080/...
Wyrmspan on Steam
Wyrmspan is an engine-building, card-driven strategy game for 1 to 5 players. Play as an amateur dracologist discovering a world of dragons. Excavate caves and explore your sanctuary. Entice dragons a...
store.steampowered.com
I’m finally going to have a game at an indie night market. My son, Jason, and I designed Red Spiral, and we’re printing a few dozen copies of it to sell at PAX West. www.alwaysawake.games/pnw-tabletop...
It's #CraftWednesday! Do you have a game-related crafting project in progress? It could be a prototype, print and play, upgrading the components of a favourite game, making an accessory or even something larger like a table or games room. Share a picture and join in! Please RP!
Wingspan Pocket! This smaller, swifter, and streamlined version of Wingspan gives each player a single row of cards to create and activate every turn. There’s also a new type of power, green (ongoing) benefits. Join me at 10:00 Central on YouTube to chat about it: www.youtube.com/live/6JCCSCG...
Yendor ONLY teaches solo rules. He won’t let you play multiplayer.
Going live in less than 10 minutes!
Our Family Plays Games@ourfamplaysgames.bsky.social · last mo.To the great region of the Pacific Northwest! Today we're talking to Randy Flynn (@rf-seattle.bsky.social), designer of the games Cascadia, Tabriz, Frenzy Falls, and more! With questions from us and those in the chat, we're gonna get a behind the scenes take! WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=93hS...
www.npr.org/2026/06/26/n... NOAA information has been invaluable in the development of Finspan.
Ex-NOAA employees re-create a valuable climate data site shut down by Trump
Former NOAA staffers have launched a new website that provides climate information. It replaces a government site that was shut down when the Trump administration took office.
npr.org
Finspan: Sharks & Reefs Brings Coral Reefs and Sharks #BoardGames #Finspan #Wingspan #Stonemaier #BackseatGamer
Finspan: Sharks & Reefs Brings Coral Reefs and Sharks
Finspan, the underwater spin-off from the Wingspan team, gets its first expansion: Sharks & Reefs adds coral habitats, fearsome sharks and 75 new fish cards.
backseatgamer.com
www.bigbossbattle.com/sharks-and-r...
Sharks and Reefs expands upon Finspan's simple, approachable gameplay – Big Boss Battle (B3)
Finspan: Sharks and Reefs is a “no bloat” expansion that feels pretty clear in what it wants to offer: a richer, more varied version of the base game built around a single new mechanism that integrat...
bigbossbattle.com
www.whatboardgame.com/post/finspan...
Finspan: Sharks & Reefs Board Game Expansion Review
Finspan: Sharks & ReefsWBG Score: 9Player Count: 1-5You’ll like this if you like: Wingspan, Everdell, FinspanPublished by: Stonemaier GamesDesigned by: Michael O'Connell (II)This is a review copy. See...
whatboardgame.com
This touches on some of the problems with AI that I find most troubling. Similar problems exist in how we anthropomorphize corporations and social media platforms. Decades of pretending that aggregate representations of thought ARE thought have conditioned us to believe nonsense.
Elizabeth Hargrave@elizhargrave.bsky.social · 2mo agoThis is so good. Please read.
World Ocean Day, marked globally on 8 June, is a reminder that the ocean is a living system, full of movement, beauty, danger and delicate balance. It’s also, rather wonderfully, the setting for one of the most elegant nature-inspired boardgames on the table right now: Finspan. Finspan casts…
Celebrate World Ocean Day With Finspan
World Ocean Day, marked globally on 8 June, is a reminder that the ocean is a living system, full of movement, beauty, danger and delicate balance. It’s also, rather wonderfully, the setting for one of the most elegant nature-inspired boardgames on the table right now: Finspan. Finspan casts players as marine researchers exploring the Sunlight, …
mypr.co.za
Counterpoint is live on Kickstarter! 2 years ago I had a silly idea to mix two of my favorite things (classical music and games) and here we are after countless hours of prototyping, testing, simplifying, and reworking. Excited to hear your music! 💛🎻🎶 www.kickstarter.com/projects/squ...
Counterpoint: a Co-op Classical Music Trick-Taking Game
Counterpoint is a cooperative trick-taking game for 3-5 players where the challenges are based on different pieces of classical music.
kickstarter.com
Here are some photos about how to organize Euphoria Essential and the Finspan expansion. Please note that the Finspan expansion tray fits in the game box next to the original tray—keep both so the box can hold the maximum number of cards! There's extra space in the Euphoria box for sleeved cards.
Ordered the Finspan: Sharks & Reefs expansion on Wednesday and it arrived today 😍 Already played it three times. Great job @stonemaiergames.com and @anarchytabletop.bsky.social! Loving the new sharks and coral mechanics.
Launch day is here for Finspan: Sharks & Reefs and Euphoria Essential Edition! Our fulfillment centers are ready to start shipping these products early next week. store.stonemaiergames.com
🌊🐟 A new adventure is making waves in Color-A-Cube! To celebrate the arrival of Finspan: Sharks & Reefs, we’re bringing 4 FREE Finspan-inspired models to Color-A-Cube, a relaxing voxel coloring game available on Meta Quest (VR), PICO (VR), and Steam (PC). @stonemaiergames.com
I talk with Jamey Stegmaier about the first Finspansion: www.youtube.com/live/esxYCwM...
Finspan Expansion Reveal! (April 15 2026 Livecast)
YouTube video by Stonemaier Games
youtube.com
So glad this is becoming available.
Stonemaier Games@stonemaiergames.com · 4mo agoI'm so excited to finally reveal the first expansion to Finspan, Sharks & Reefs! In addition to 80 new fish cards, this expansion includes 90 fancy coral tokens so you can build your reefs (for points and to improve the abilities of many fish). stonemaiergames.com/games/finspa...
@anarchytabletop.bsky.social We're discussing Finspan on the Outside is Overrated podcast tomorrow! The episode will drop May 1.
