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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Rascal News@rascal.news · 2d agoState of the Rascal: August 2026 www.rascal.news/state-of-the...
Play is intrinsically connected to hope, community, and identity. Games are a function of that play that we need in times of darkness. Games ARE political, and have been used as tools of propaganda by colonizers for nearly our entire modern understanding.
BoardGameWire@boardgamewire.bsky.social · 2d agoThe Ukrainian publisher of board games including Catan and Exploding Kittens is fighting for its existence after a Russian missile strike destroyed its warehouse, wiping out its entire stock of about 200,000 games: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
In this week's video I reflect on the last 5 years of being a full time game designer, how I made the decision to go full time, and the various pros and cons of that career choice! youtu.be/1G_jXgo7CKQ Thanks to @eanderssonsunden.bsky.social and @connievdc.bsky.social for inspiration :) 🎲✂️
Reflections on 5 years of being a full time game designer
YouTube video by Matthew Dunstan
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Earlier this month I had the opportunity to work with Elsi, this beautiful red-sailed ship. It looked so tiny in between the massive icebergs of Greenland.
There is so much lasting joy to be had in learning a skill in which you are interested. AI is out there stealing all that joy.
awards shmawards, keep making weird stuff
Justin Gary, Christopher Burdett, Brian Lewis, Steve Hobbs, Elizabeth Hargrave are on stage. Brian Lewis, chair of Gen Con and managing partner of Azora Law, is giving the opening statement: AI is bigger than the Internet; it's at the magnitude of a meteor strike...
You wouldn't know it from how some people talk, but it is incredibly easy to not use AI for anything.
What are your favorite accessible co-op games? I'm looking for games that could work well as an introduction to the hobby, in a friendly setting where the group is working together. 🎲✂️
Can confirm. I love using this game as an example for my students, for how efficiently it creates a tonne of varied decision-making. Simple rules, stated so concisely they fit on the envelope / a couple lines per card, powering an explosion of emergent permutations. 🤩 Ace indeed — very nice work!
“Ace” is the shortest review I’ve ever gotten… I’ll take it. 😍
Senet magazine@senetmagazine.bsky.social · 6d ago…and battling for the throne in the ace chess-with-cards game Crownfell.
So glad you're enjoying it! This is a tricky layout... whose turn is it...? 🤔 If black, I know what I'd do.....
Senet magazine@senetmagazine.bsky.social · 6d ago…and battling for the throne in the ace chess-with-cards game Crownfell.
We bought a 20’ x 40’ event tent for our upcoming festival. Related: I’m one critical step closer to being able to host a board game design retreat weekend on the farm... Make and play board games by day, campfire and stargazing by night. 🧡
Did you know my wife and I run a festival/conference/summer camp on our farm? If you’re in #Manitoba and want to come hang out and learn some endangered skills in small hands-on workshops, have good food, and listen to Burnstick and Two Crows for Comfort LIVE…
Take Root Festival MB Aug 7-9
Homesteading workshops, music, camping | Manitoba | Take Root Festival August 7-9 2026
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the fact that helicopter is not heli+copter but helico+pter (spiral wing) will always gnaw at me inside.
I was a 911 dispatcher for a decade. To really understand how terrible an idea it is to have AI answer 911 calls, I'll present you with a single real-life call: Upon answer, the caller calmly began ordering a pizza. Large, pepperoni. Side order of chicken wings. To be delivered promptly.
Alex Hanna@alexhanna.bsky.social · 2w agoAI has no place in 911 calls. From Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000’s latest episode “State of Emergency”. (with @emilymbender.bsky.social)
Today I discuss three paper games: one about origami, another with coins, and a third that's all about coloring by numbers. Read about them here: spacebiff.com/2026/07/24/o...
Playing with Cellulose Fiber
Paper! Despite the meddling of the internet, it’s still everywhere. There’s a good chance you have some in your very own home. In fact, it’s probably within arm’s reach righ…
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More to what I was talking about re: proper attribution. The @ttgda.bsky.social is working to reduce instances where publishers, media outlets, and content creators fail to acknowledge the creatives behind the games. irp.cdn-website.com/2b6905d0/fil...
Making myself a tshirt to wear that says “teaching children that hobbies only exist to be monetized is robbing them of a life of joy”
Just saw a local place holding a workshop for children on how to monetize their hobby with a business plan and I hate it so much.
Our latest release for Postmark Games, Master of Coin, is now live on Kickstarter! Rory and I had a lot of fun making the game, as did I going several times to my local bank to get a lot of 5 cent coins :p Come by and take a look, and thank you everyone for your support!
Postmark Games@postmarkgames.bsky.social · 2w agoMaster of Coin is live on Kickstarter! Flip coins to build and manage your fledgling fantasy kingdom in this brand new print at home game from the designers of Voyages. youtu.be/JBABZvlvRgM
I just backed Master of Coin by @postmarkgames.bsky.social (Anything by Postmark is an easy in, for me 🧡)
Master of Coin
Flip coins to manage the fortunes of a fledgling fantasy kingdom. Can you balance the books and be crowned Master of Coin?
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Fire, smoke, and other climate disasters sure do reinforce the fact that international borders are imaginary lines.
Geek Native did a nice post about my 10 tips for solo journaling games and asked me if I had an 11th tip... which I did! #solojournalinggame #rpg #ttrpgs
Solo roleplaying games offer design gateway according to Black Armada's Becky Annison
Poole-based Black Armada Games introduces a pair of prompt-driven calendars for solo players, alongside an exclusive game design tip from Becky Annison.
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We are finally revealing ✨BANDWAGON✨! I'm very excited to have y'all explore the fantastic musical world we've been making at Bippinbits in the last year!🎶 Sign up for the playtest to play an early version soon, or wishlist it for later!
Bandwagon@bandwagongame.bsky.social · 3w agoIntroducing Bandwagon! An open-world survivors-lite adventure about building a band and restoring joy to a grumpy world. Sign up for our playtest on Steam now!🎺
Over 800 wildfires are burning across Canada right now. Canada also holds more than a quarter of the world's boreal forest and is warming at twice the global average rate. The smoke is the part getting attention. Here is everything else. 🧵
