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Mike Berg, We 🧡 Games

@weheart.games

A multi-contest-winning board game designer in rural Manitoba. I designed Tides (Button Shy), #ExoBase, and #Crownfell which you can buy here: https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/crownfell More links: https://weheartgames.kit.com/

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Ian Howard@leafydragongames.bsky.social · 2d ago

I'm very fortunate to call Matt a friend and to have had a front-row seat as he's developed this game. It is a passion project in the best possible way: a game that comes from Matt's deep commitment to guiding the next generation of STEM enthusiasts. Definitely worth following for when it launches!

Soucy Games@soucy.games · 2d ago

Today feels like a good day to announce it! I'm preparing for my first crowd funding campaign! Bot Builders is an engine building game about robots and the people who make them, inspired by real life robotics competitions.

Mike Berg, We 🧡 Games@weheart.games · 3d ago

Yep. Anyone that thinks board game designers are "raking it in" have no concept of how little game designers make.

Marceline Leiman@marcelineleiman.bsky.social · 3d ago

It’s kinda wild that people think that just because I’ve published a lot of games I must be raking in it In reality, aside from advances, it takes years of work before a designer gets any money In 6 years of active pitching and designing, I should be receiving my first royalty check this week 😊

Tabletop Bookshelf@tabletopbookshelf.com · 4d ago

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Mike Berg, We 🧡 Games@weheart.games · 6d ago

It's been a slow year for me, for a number of reasons, but I managed to get a prototype of this made & played yesterday...! It works! 2-player version of my cyberpunk game run/hack, using cards and dice only. Lots more playtesting and development ahead! 🎲✂️

First playtest; start of game setup. Paper cards are spread across the floor; 8 locations in the middle of the table. A 3x3 action grid to one side, and each player has a hand of Program cards and dice mod cards. There are some red, white, and black dice involved.After the last turn; Player One has hacked through the three layers of ice at Player Two's last remaining location. Ice cards have certain dice configurations on them that are required to hack them; all three ice cards are full of dice. One of the "+/- 1" mod cards is rotated a bit, indicating that it was used during the hack. Player two is left hanging, with one of P1's locations still holding out.
Mike Berg, We 🧡 Games@weheart.games · 11mo ago

A "cards and dice only" version of my biggest unpublished game, run/hack, is coalescing in my mind... This will be a two player cyberpunk game with lots of cards and dice. 🎲✂️ (the original game can be found here: weheartgames.itch.io/runhack)

Draft layout of a card version of run/hack
Katie Slivensky@kslivensky.bsky.social · 6d ago

Ways to raise readers: 1. Read to them. A lot. 2. Let them find you reading, as often as possible. 3. Read books they recommend to you. Value their tastes! 4. Let them choose their own books! 5. Yes, audiobooks count. Graphic novels count. 6. Talk to them about the issues of book banning. 7. Read!

Mike Berg, We 🧡 Games@weheart.games · 6d ago

It's been a slow year for me, for a number of reasons, but I managed to get a prototype of this made & played yesterday...! It works! 2-player version of my cyberpunk game run/hack, using cards and dice only. Lots more playtesting and development ahead! 🎲✂️

First playtest; start of game setup. Paper cards are spread across the floor; 8 locations in the middle of the table. A 3x3 action grid to one side, and each player has a hand of Program cards and dice mod cards. There are some red, white, and black dice involved.After the last turn; Player One has hacked through the three layers of ice at Player Two's last remaining location. Ice cards have certain dice configurations on them that are required to hack them; all three ice cards are full of dice. One of the "+/- 1" mod cards is rotated a bit, indicating that it was used during the hack. Player two is left hanging, with one of P1's locations still holding out.
Mike Berg, We 🧡 Games@weheart.games · 11mo ago

A "cards and dice only" version of my biggest unpublished game, run/hack, is coalescing in my mind... This will be a two player cyberpunk game with lots of cards and dice. 🎲✂️ (the original game can be found here: weheartgames.itch.io/runhack)

Draft layout of a card version of run/hack
Dan Thurot@danthurot.bsky.social · 7d ago

For today's Space-Cast!, I chat with Connor Wake @connor.alwaysawake.games about the ups and downs of both mainstream and indie publishing, some jerk's nasty review, and the wonderful world of Out of Sorts. Listen: spacebiff.com/2026/08/28/s...

Space-Cast! #59. Mostly Awake

For today’s Space-Cast!, we’re revisiting some jerk’s nasty review from five years ago, investigating some excellent indie games, and discussing the ups and downs (but mostly ups)…

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Sen-Foong Lim@senfoonglim.bsky.social · last wk.

Games are a form of art. Travis poured his heart into those 100 copies. No creative should feel obligated to make more of something just because someone else wants it. Boundaries should be respected. And no, I don’t necessarily want more money it it’s going to cost me in other ways.

Travis D. Hill, Ph.D. ☕️@travisdhill.bsky.social · last wk.

Back in 2021, I was demeaned by a large content creator because I crowdfunded a game of only 100 physical copies, citing my inexperience, grad school, life, covid, etc. And they questioned my boundaries, across the whole internet. We only have the time given to us. Capitalism has ruined it all.

Travis D. Hill, Ph.D. ☕️@travisdhill.bsky.social · last wk.

Back in 2021, I was demeaned by a large content creator because I crowdfunded a game of only 100 physical copies, citing my inexperience, grad school, life, covid, etc. And they questioned my boundaries, across the whole internet. We only have the time given to us. Capitalism has ruined it all.

shing yin khor@shing.bsky.social · last wk.

I see a lot of crowdfunding that ignores both self-creative+physical labor as a cost and your own 24hrs is literally the one thing that you cannot expand, and every single thing that increases friction is going to cost you bad when a KS does beyond expectation, even moderately.

Sticky Doodler@stickydoodler.bsky.social · 2w ago

Sen asks if your FLGS has a shelf dedicated to local designers. This doesn't have to be a passive research project. Ask your FLGS to create one. Tell them how highlighting local designers also underlines why you should shop local. Assemble a list of local designers to make it easier for them.

Sen-Foong Lim@senfoonglim.bsky.social · 2w ago

✂️🎲 Designers! Please share your area’s #FLGS - let me know where the storefront is located and tag ‘em / drop their website. Tell me why I should go visit them if I’m in the area. Bonus points if they support local design efforts with a prototype night or featured shelf, etc.

Jonaya Kemper@violetriotgames.bsky.social · 2w ago

This Winter I'll be teaching an Experimental TTRPG course and I'll be focusing on solo journaling games. If you have a game you think I should read, or you have a game you really love, please plug it and tell me about it. ✨ Also please share widely. I want some non US perspectives.

Rami Ismail (رامي)@ramiismail.com · 2w ago

Every dollar billionaire JK Rowling makes is a dollar she will spend on destroying the lives of trans people - a scapegoating driven by Epstein-class billionaires to distract us from the ultra-rich draining our wealth, killing our planet, sabotaging social cohesion, and destroying dissent.

Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 2w ago

I've never seen such an effort to censor a document as I have the Amnesty International report on gender critical groups because of JK Rowling. They removed the report from the Wayback Machine and now I got a DMCA strike on my Google Drive for having it. It was deleted and removed from my account.

A screenshot of an email viewed in dark mode with the subject line "Google DMCA Violation." The email from Google informs the recipient that they have received a notification under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) that some of their materials allegedly infringe on copyrights. It explains the removal process, mentions that notice details will be posted on Lumen, warns against repeated violations, and lists one affected Google Drive URL at the bottom
Chris | Junk Food Games@junkfoodgames.bsky.social · 2w ago

Our solo game, Moon Rings, is played with a standard deck of cards. BUT! We also made a custom playing card deck. I just think it's neat! You can get one through the itch page if you're interested.

Chris | Junk Food Games@junkfoodgames.bsky.social · 12mo ago

BIG NEWS! Moon Rings playing card decks are available now! Edition of 100, standard 52-card deck. Can be used for playing Moon Rings or for any reason you'd use a card deck. Get them from the game's itch page. Shipping to the U.S. only atm Please share! junkfoodgames.itch.io/moon-rings

Photo of a deck of cards for Moon Rings laid out in a grid. There is a yellow meeple on one of the cards and red 12-sided dice in the background.
Sticky Doodler@stickydoodler.bsky.social · 2w ago

If you do hire an attorney to help you with a publishing contract, you can save a lot of time* by starting from a model contract. TTGDA offers the best one out there for designers: www.ttgda.org/contract-bas... * and as everyone knows, time = legal fees

Contract basics for game designers

Contract basics for board, card, and RPG games from the Tabletop Game Designers Association

ttgda.org

Sticky Doodler@stickydoodler.bsky.social · 4w ago

I know ppl don't love lawyers but hear me out. 🎲✂️ I've hired Odin Law & Media twice to review licensing contracts, and I found it worthwhile. Personally, I'm guarding against two things: catastrophic failure and catastrophic success. That means: 1. I don't want to be personally liable...

Kevin Dong, myself, and Ryan Fairchild. Kevin and Ryan are both attorneys with Odin Law
Sen@dresdencodak.com · 3w ago

Art tip: don't share everything you draw. Draw things you never intend to show anyone. Your brain needs time to just exist in a state that's not about performing for strangers. This used to be the normal way to exist before social media poisoned us.