Thomas Cardwell
@gameswell.shop
🎲 Indie board game designer ♦️ I run gameswell.shop with my amazing wife 🏔️ Original PNW and Texas games for playing cards
PAX West 2026 is in the books! Thanks to some lovely friends for keeping Kelly and me rolling at the show. Rayne, Andrew, Davi and Sarah—y’all are the best. (Bonus points to Sarah taking pics at the booth)
🌈Sarah Pauling@sarahpauling.bsky.social · 6d agoYooo the booth looks so good
Do you love classical music?! Me too! 🎻 Do you love card games?! Me too! ♣️ Do you love cute animals?! Me too! 🐷 Wow! Look at everything we have in common! 💖 Counterpoint is live on Kickstarter right now. Go back it! www.kickstarter.com/projects/squ...
Now that the ks is officially fulfilled, Club Spooky and That’s the Spirit are now available! www.alwaysawake.games I’ve also got a few review copies set aside, so if you do reviews and are interested, send me a DM!
Reminder that applications for the indie tabletop market at PaxWest close on the 19th!
Always Awake Games (Connor) 🔜 PaxU@connor.alwaysawake.games · 6mo agoThe PNW Tabletop Market at Pax West is happening again and applications are open through 4/19! If you’ve got a scrappy/quirky/weird/home made game you want to make and sell 20-50 copies of this is your chance! Excited to see what you’ve got : ) www.alwaysawake.games/pnw-tabletop...
Launching a KS tomorrow. I'm not panicking, you're panicking! (because you haven't hit the follow button yet, right??) www.kickstarter.com/projects/urb...
Almost exactly 3 years ago I started working on a game about public transit & reducing car dependency. And on Wednesday the Kickstarter campaign for the game goes live! Link to our page - www.kickstarter.com/projects/fow...
Coming soon: Walkable City - the Urban Planning Boardgame
Asymmetric Cooperative boardgame about building a city without cars.
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You may have heard by now that we did have a break-in at the tea house this morning. There are three major inconveniences we're dealing with because of this:
It's live!! The game I designed, Honeypot, just launched on Kickstarter! Two years of loving work. Would be grateful if you checked it out & considered backing! It's an "I stack, you choose" game where you play as secret agent bears setting and avoding traps! www.kickstarter.com/projects/fla...
Forage + Honeypot
A pair of fast and fun games for everyone, from the team that brought you the smash hits Point Salad, Calico, and Cascadia!
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Board Game Beat is officially launched & loaded with content...with more to come as I report on Spielwarenmesse! If you're into independent board game journalism—articles, videos, interviews, news, reviews & more—please check it out and share. www.wericmartin.com #boardgame #spielwarenmesse
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Tabletop and board game journalism with deep-dive news, reviews, interviews, videos, and essays, plus rulebook writing and editing services.
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After a long hiatus the game I designed, Honeypot, is finally coming to Kickstarter next month! Play as secret agent bears setting traps & avoiding traps in this "I stack, you choose" card game. Would mean a lot to me if you checked it out! Reposts welcomed. www.kickstarter.com/projects/fla...
Coming soon: Forage + Honeypot
A pair of fast and fun games for everyone, from the team that brought you the smash hits Point Salad, Calico, and Cascadia!
kickstarter.com
💼 I’m looking for work as a board game designer. 🌎 I’m open to in-person, hybrid or remote work. ⭐ I’ve previously worked at the Uzzle and made Abandon All Artichokes, Starry Night Sky, and other board games.
Chicken. 🐔 Fried. 👏 Dice. 🎲 Q1 2026 🎉
🚨 Chicken Fried Dice LIVE ON Kickstarter! 🚨@boardgameghee.bsky.social · 9mo agoThis game may not be for everyone, but you can't fake the joy that I see from literally everyone that plays this game. It's a testament to the work that @coinflip.games & I have done over the years, breaking the mold of what games can accomplish! Q1, 2026 on KS y'all. Check us out⤵️⤵️ bit.ly/3XXLWdU
Okay, I’ve put them up in the shop! I must stress that these are veeeeeery unlikely to get to y’all in time for Christmas. I’m actually still assembling these sets so consider this a sort of preorder. thecreepingmoon.store/products/fan...
Megan Wyreweden@thecreepingmoon.bsky.social · 9mo agoI’m still waiting for one more box to show up, but look what arrived at my doorstep today 🥹
New free game download! Roadrunner is a climbing/card-shedding game for 3-5 players from our Texas book of new card games that is live on Kickstarter right now. Use speed tokens to boost card values, and aim to empty your hand of cards each round! gameswell.itch.io/roadrunner
Booked my travel to OrcaCon! Excited to be going as an attendee this year for more games and such.
Took a true sick day today. Video games played: - Slay the Spire - Hades - Super Mario Strikers - Silksong
New video just in time for Thanksgiving! youtu.be/rwC62BjX0os?...
8 Great Games for 8+ Players
YouTube video by RollingReggie
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We funded this weekend at PAX Unplugged! It was awesome to see a bunch of folks there! I had a great time demoing our games new and old, sneaking in games with folks after the expo hall closed, and chatting with designers at the Indie Games Night Market.
It's almost time!!! #PAXUnplugged2025
Urban Professional Games@urbanprogames.bsky.social · 10mo agoWe're going to PAX Unplugged! Stop by to demo Chicken Fried Dice or pick up a copy of Trickadee! Also... check out our pre-launch page and reserve your copy of the Critter Critics mini expansion for Chicken Fried Dice: get.chickenfrieddice.com
We'll be at @officialpax.bsky.social in Philadelphia this weekend at Booth 4309—we are launching our Texas Kickstarter and showing off our PNW games! Come say hi if you'll be at the show! #paxunplugged
If you will be at PAX Unplugged, come say hi and play our new card games! You can add us to your list of things to see here: boardgamegeek.com/geekpreview/...
Boomhauer: Dang ol’ New York dang ol’ Times dang ol’ infographics man
📣 It’s announcement time! 📣 The pre-launch page for Counterpoint is up on Kickstarter! All the cool kids are saving it! You should too! 🎻🎶 www.kickstarter.com/projects/squ...
Coming soon: Counterpoint: a Co-op Trick-Taking Classical Music Card Game
Counterpoint is a cooperative trick-taking game for 3-5 players where the challenges are based on different pieces of classical music.
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Just one week left to back Club Spooky and That’s the Spirit! If you back now, you can get both games for $35 (they’ll be $25 each after the campaign). And of course, these games will only exist with your support. Thank you everyone’s who’s backed so far!
Always Awake Games (Connor) 🔜 PaxU@connor.alwaysawake.games · 11mo agoIts alive! Checkout Club Spooky & That's the Spirit on KS now! www.kickstarter.com/projects/alw...
My wife Kelly and I met in high school in San Antonio. Fifteen years later, those nerdy kids are writing a Texas-themed book of card games together! Play as a meticulous cactus wren, a speedy roadrunner, and more. We launch next month on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/gam...
Coming soon: Texas: Six New Card Games + Playing Cards
Texas nature playing cards and a book of new card games written by San Antonio high-school sweethearts.
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Its alive! Checkout Club Spooky & That's the Spirit on KS now! www.kickstarter.com/projects/alw...
Club Spooky & That's the Spirit
Assemble the coolest group of ghouls in Club Spooky and find the culprit of your accidental death in That's the Spirit
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Excited to announce that Club Spooky and That’s the Spirit are finally launching on Kickstarter next week, October 14th! Assemble the coolest group of ghouls at Club Spooky and find the culprit of your accidental death in Thats the Spirit! Preview page here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/alw...
@campaignspotlight.bsky.social chatted with us at Dragonflight a few weeks ago! Check out their podcast version of the merchant hall at the con: share.transistor.fm/s/750eca69#t...
Onsite at Dragonflight [S4T8] | Campaign Spotlight | Episode 14
This week, we're on location at the Dragonflight GameCon in Bellevue, WA! We hear about carefully engineered dice, the unsustainability of grimdark campaigns, and orange cats that are not burdened by ...
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