A clowder of cats has arrived! I chose the colors based on my cats, Denali and Ginger. But in #Popoki 🐈 these cats are feral and living in an abandoned subdivision. Therefore, this would be a destruction of cats. Available at @gamemarketwest.bsky.social on Su 9/27: www.haoleboygames.com/popoki

Board game designers: Our 2026 reports on publishing contracts are out! Industry standards to know before signing: 💵 Part 1: advances, credit, creative control 🎲 Part 2: royalties, designer copies, promotion 🌏 Part 3: co-publishing, extra royalties, rights reversion cardboardedison.com/reports

ANNOUNCEMENT: Fall 2026 games are now available! I'm proud of the designers and their hard work to make these games come to life. www.gamemarketwest.com/fall-2026-ga... #boardgamesky #ttrpg

Full Tokyo Game Market haul. I’m excited for Storm in a Teacup, Silent Guardians, and Jusayo! #boardgamesky

Many Stories Mansion, CMYK Tricks, 3 Tricky Pigs, and Festival of Thousand Cats MSM is a great balance of climbing and polyominos, my favorite game of @jupitersclub.bsky.social! #boardgamesky #tgm

My May Newsletter is out. Giant Pandemics, upcoming releases, and more!

Leacock’s Lab: Giant Pandemics and More

Plus: Updates on Forbidden Legacy and Flickering Stars, Remembering Ken Tidwell

mattleacock.substack.com

Tokyo Game Market mini haul, have more games in the way!

May trick-taking newsletter is up, previewing Tokyo Game Market and remembering Ken Tidwell. boardgamegeek.com/thread/37085... #boardgamesky #ttrpg

May 2026 Trick-taking Newsletter | The Trick-Taking Guild

This newsletter is in memory of Ken Tidwell, who I was fortunate enough to know and play trick-takers together on a regular basis. Ken was a board game pioneer, creating the first ever website for b...

boardgamegeek.com

Mahalo to RJ at Board Game Casual for letting me plug #SpielMas ⛄️ during @gamemarketwest.bsky.social in San Jose CA. #boardgames 🤙🏼 Scrubbing to 14:16!

Checking out Game Market West - Spring 2026!

YouTube video by Board Game Casual

youtube.com

It's always fun when you can get this many indie designers to showcase their games. We had a huge variety from collaborative storytelling to complex strategy. Shout out to Anthony, Patrick, Charlie, and Ajda for releasing their first game! Next event: luma.com/6d5nmzxb #boardgamesky #ttrpg

Mom I'm on the news! We had over 400 attendees and 35+ tabletop game designers/vendors at Game Market West Spring 2026. Thank you for coming out and supporting indie designers! #boardgamesky #ttrpg

At the Guildhall in San Jose CA, a cameraman for ABC 7 captured the indie game design scene at @gamemarketwest.bsky.social Source: abc7news.com/videoClip/18... 🎲✂️

Prepping for @gamemarketwest.bsky.social tomorrow with @emilyhancock.bsky.social! Hand stickered, assembled, and QA'd boxes aplenty. This is ~true game publishing~ This might be the last indie print run of @florafiora.bsky.social for a while now that PrintPlay Games is dead...

Game Market West Spring 2026 Countdown: What's Your Choice by Gini Graham Scott Players make a choice of three options and score for explaining why that’s the best choice. Or players take turns making choices while other players try to guess the choice that player has made and why. #boardgamesky

Getting everything ready to table at @gamemarketwest.bsky.social. We can't wait to see everyone there!

GMW Spring 2026 Countdown: Treat, Please! by @solisgamestudio.bsky.social From learning tricks to demanding treats, Treat, Please! captures all the hilarious, heartwarming moments that dog lovers know and adore. Who will become the ultimate good boy (or girl)? #boardgamesky #art #cute

GMW Spring 2026 Countdown: Spellcrafter by @malimodigames.bsky.social Use familiars and other forms of sorcery to craft “spells” in this word building game. Draft cards from a shared pool then use the letters and special powers collected to craft the most valuable word! #boardgamesky #art

Game Market West Spring 2026 Countdown: Pale Dot by @devindecibel.bsky.social A collaborative improvisational story game about non-human cosmonauts embarking on a whimsical, surreal, and existential journey through their solar system to unravel a cosmic mystery. #ttrpg #boardgamesky #art

Excited to welcome our special guests for Game Market West Spring 2026, a tabletop game market where independent designers showcase/sell their newest games: @mattleacock.bsky.social @dodecadonuts.bsky.social @themisplay.com SumLilThings #boardgamesky #ttrpg #cute

Game Market West Spring 2026 Countdown: Otter and Capybara Crush by @dylancoyle.bsky.social Otter: Race to play all your cards first by putting adorable critters on otter tummies. Capybara Crush: Help critters escape the flooding river with your herd of of capybaras. #art #cute #boardgamesky

Game Market West Spring 2026 Countdown: Oishii - Food Stall Clash by Lyric Liu Oishii is a delightful card-based tabletop game that each player runs their own food stall, create tasty menu sets and serve big orders to earn money. #boardgamesky #art #cute

Game Market West Spring 2026 Countdown: OFMOS Essential (99 Prototypes Edition) by Cristian Mitreanu OFMOS Essential captures the fundamental dynamics shaping our lives through a simple-yet-powerful model that works at every scale. Be the CEO of your circumstances. #boardgamesky

Game Market West Spring 2026 Countdown: My Jewels! by @velgus.bsky.social with simple rules and an unique tug of war style scoring mechanic. This game of stealing jewels also comes in its own compact jewelry box where you pick the color and the first player ring/pendant! #boardgamesky

Game Market West Spring 2026 Countdown: MUSCLE WIZARD by Alex Pravdin MUSCLE WIZARD is a ridiculous high-fantasy TTRPG where you play as MUSCLE WIZARDs. Each letter in MUSCLE WIZARD is an acronym for an ability you get to name and create. You also get to use exploding dice! #boardgamesky #ttrpg

Game Market West Spring 2026 Countdown: Movies, Money, Mayhem! by Jessica Tse The movie-making game with a side of sabotage! Here, you're a studio executive who's interested in making and boosting your own movie whilst sabotaging or thwarting your rivals in the industry. #boardgamesky

Game Market West Spring 2026 Countdown: Micro Mycelium by Floyd Lu is a compact, streamlined mushroom strategy game that blends light market selection with tile-placement. It's all end game scoring so opponent blocks hit fast and mid-game pivots are essential. #boardgamesky

Game Market West Spring 2026 Countdown: Matcha by Yves Bouvier Strategy and probabilities infused onto a memory game. Players need to collect 6 unique or 3 identical chips to win the game. #boardgamesky @playmatcha.bsky.social

Game Market West Spring 2026 Countdown: Light Up The Night by Andrew DiLullo A single player puzzle game that sees you running through the firefly laden fields to chase as many fireflies as you can, while trying to form specific types of stars that tighten your movement choices. #boardgamesky

GMW Spring 2026 Countdown: Hophazard by Michael Ott You have lived as frogs in a stagnant puddle your whole life. In the distance is the safety of Fly Pond. But there are six lanes of dangerous freeway traffic between you and the good life. 2 player dice game. #boardgamesky

GMW Spring 2026 Countdown: @heartbeastsgame.bsky.social by Charlie Huggins & Ajda Gokcen is a collaborative TTRPG filled with magical creatures and episodic, fast-paced gameplay. Its flexible, unique system draws from "tabletalk" RPG favorites to weave strategy with storytelling. #boardgamesky