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Ian O’Toole

@ianotoole.bsky.social

Board game graphic designer and illustrator. Lisboa, The Gallerist, On Mars, Galactic Cruise, Nemo’s War, Voidfall, Carnegie and more. www.ianotoole.com for prints. He/Him.

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Ian O’Toole@ianotoole.bsky.social · 4mo ago

In the latest update to the Voidfall: Resurgence campaign, I've posted an artist's diary about the process of creating the graphic design and world building for the largest game I've ever worked on. Check it out! www.kickstarter.com/projects/min...

Update 9: The World of Voidfall – Ian O’Toole’s Art Diary & House Praxian Spotlight · Voidfall: Resurgence Expansion and Galactic Box reprint

We’ve entered the final 48 hours of the campaign with almost 8000 backers and incredible momentum. We are not far from dethroning the original Voidfall campaign as the highest-funded campaign in our h...

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Adam Richards - Punchboard@punchboard.co.uk · 8mo ago

I was lucky enough to get a copy of Railway Boom for me from Essen. I love it, and introduce it to anyone and everyone I can. I wrote a few words about what makes it so special for me, which you can read here - punchboard.co.uk/railway-boom... @okazubrand.bsky.social @ianotoole.bsky.social

Railway Boom Review - Choo choose a great new game

Railway Boom's hook, its something special, its little bit of ooh-la-la, is the bidding mechanism that underpins nearly everything that happens.

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Adam Richards - Punchboard@punchboard.co.uk · 9mo ago

I've been playing lots of Ayar from @ospreygames.bsky.social @flopiano.bsky.social @mandelafg.bsky.social & @ianotoole.bsky.social . I've really enjoyed it, and written a full review which you can read right now. Head over and see what makes it tick - punchboard.co.uk/ayar-childre...

Ayar: Children of the Sun Review - I have an Inca-ling it's going to be good

Ayar does things differently from its predecessors, but still retains the feel and atmosphere of them while offering something wholly different. I think it might be the best of the bunch.

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Mandela F-G@mandelafg.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Facebook is showing me images from 6 years ago when I was messing 🎲✂️ around with this design. Exciting to see it come to wide release very soon and with, I have to concede, improved art & graphic design thanks to @ianotoole.bsky.social, and much better gameplay thanks to @flopiano.bsky.social.

A paper gameboard map drawn with Microsoft paint and a hodgepodge of different components scattered across it.Cubes on a personal player board with a wealth of confusing, but very Euro, iconography. Quipu shown in the background.
Osprey Games 🎲@ospreygames.bsky.social · 10mo ago

📢 Ayar – from @flopiano.bsky.social, @mandelafg.bsky.social & @ianotoole.bsky.social – is out 1 week today: https://bit.ly/4oFvT0y 🌽 Compete for area majority farming maize ⚱️ Collect sets crafting pottery 🧵 Build your pattern weaving carpets 🛶 Traverse the lake board learning reed bundling

An image with the Osprey Games logo and the title of the board game Ayar framing various interlocking slices filled with close-up photos of the game board: differently coloured wooden meeple moving along various paths, other wooden pieces placed behind them, cardboard tokens arranged around a board depicting a lake, and a player board with various resources and scoring conditions.
Hinokodo@hinokodo.com · 10mo ago

Big solo game challenge. Recently got On Mars and tried it out. What a brain melter. Love a lot about this one. The ai put up a fight. What a beautiful game too! @ianotoole.bsky.social knocked it out of the park on this one. (He always does) Fun challenge. K gotta recover now.

The on mars box on the table in front of the sun. The prettiest board in boardgaming The whole game fills up my kitchen table. It's pretty big.