Welp, that's a wrap. Buried Giant Studios has just finished its #GenCon2026 debut. What a wild ride it was. I hardly had time to post during the show, but I wanted to jot something down now. 🧵
Wehrlegig Games
@wehrlegig.games
Publishing beautiful history board games. Pax Pamir ✧ John Company ✧ Molly House linktr.ee/wehrlegig
COME THROUGH! Having a little party and showing off all of our wild prototypes and spinning some records. 6-9pm. Room 126. If you don't have a ticket, don't worry! We won't turn anyone away. Feel free to swing by!! The full crew at Buried Giant and Eerie Idol will be here AND WE HAVE SURPRISES!
Managed to sneak into the @wehrlegig.games John Company mega game! Played Julia Benyon who ended up as a part of the court of directors the whole game. With a combo of some clutch blackmail and a lot of wheeling and dealing the Benyon family managed to come out on top of a very competitive game!
We are pumped!! We are all set up for Gen Con with @theoldkingscrown.bsky.social so find us at the giant mouth! Room 126. Booth 1555.
My BlueSky exists for - long 18th century (1660-1835) nerds - analog game nerds As usual my Honorary Aca-Sib* is playing right in the weird center of that Venn Diagram, & made a vicious game I thoroughly enjoyed cursing at. YMMV. *we almost were in the same PhD program as we discovered this year
Cole Wehrle@colewehrle.bsky.social · 2w agoToday we’re posting the prelaunch page for our next game: the second edition of An Infamous Traffic. There is so much to say about this game, and we’ll be talking about it quite a bit in the coming months, but I wanted to provide a little background here. 🧵 www.kickstarter.com/projects/col...
Played this one at a con last weekend and I cannot wait to get a copy because my group will love it. We dig nasty economic shit.
Cole Wehrle@colewehrle.bsky.social · 2w agoToday we’re posting the prelaunch page for our next game: the second edition of An Infamous Traffic. There is so much to say about this game, and we’ll be talking about it quite a bit in the coming months, but I wanted to provide a little background here. 🧵 www.kickstarter.com/projects/col...
I'm very intrigued (as I'm sure many are) to see how this new edition changes An Infamous Traffic. Will this one be as dramatic a change as Pax Pamir or JoCo 2nd Editions? I'm signed up for notifications! @wehrlegig.games
I've long been a fan of AIT, and was lucky enough to watch a playtest of the 2nd edition late last year at SDHistCon. I liked what I saw and know that @colewehrle.bsky.social didn't stop there! Give the campaign a follow if you're curious! @wehrlegig.games www.kickstarter.com/projects/col...
Coming soon: An Infamous Traffic: Second Edition
A new edition of the acclaimed game of cutthroat capitalism in the nineteenth century opium trade.
kickstarter.com
If you’ve ever been a little scared of how long it takes to play John Company or have been waiting for me to return to a game of Pamirs weight and style, this one is for you. We’ll see you in October. www.kickstarter.com/projects/col...
Coming soon: An Infamous Traffic: Second Edition
A new edition of the acclaimed game of cutthroat capitalism in the nineteenth century opium trade.
kickstarter.com
Today we’re posting the prelaunch page for our next game: the second edition of An Infamous Traffic. There is so much to say about this game, and we’ll be talking about it quite a bit in the coming months, but I wanted to provide a little background here. 🧵 www.kickstarter.com/projects/col...
Coming soon: An Infamous Traffic: Second Edition
A new edition of the acclaimed game of cutthroat capitalism in the nineteenth century opium trade.
kickstarter.com
SEVEN-PART PACT, my fantastical ornate TTRPG about powerful wizards, asymmetrical board games, and the pressures of masculinity is now launching on kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/sjg...
Seven-Part Pact
A fantastical, ornate TTRPG from Possum Creek about the might and folly of powerful wizards bound by a venerable Pact.
kickstarter.com
I'll be at Games for Change Festival in NY next week, where Molly House has been nominated for an award!
Wehrlegig Games@wehrlegig.games · last mo.Honored to announce that Molly House has been nominated for Best Tabletop Game for Impact at this year's @gamesforchange.bsky.social Games for Change Festival! Huge congrats to all the other finalists and excited to share that Jo will be attending the festival this July in NYC too. 🎉🎉
I can't believe we ran a 25 player John Company mega game using the 1813 deregulation scenario AND mess of demos for An Infamous Traffic. Thank you @sdhistcon.bsky.social for organizing an incredible weekend of gaming here St. Paul. Until next time!
The fateful final moment in last nights John Company mega game where my Larkin Family’s private firm was robbed of victory by the public perception of East India Company’s failure that we orchestrated masterfully! @sdhistcon.bsky.social @wehrlegig.games @colewehrle.bsky.social
This is a great watch. Stop thinking about games. Start thinking about play. 🧵
Quinns@itsquinns.bsky.social · 4w agoNew video! Last month I was invited to Spain's Guadalindie game convention to do a talk of my choice. I ended up giving an angry polemic about how the culture of games is failing designers left and right, because there is no games industry. There's just "play" www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4Xm...
Honored to announce that Molly House has been nominated for Best Tabletop Game for Impact at this year's @gamesforchange.bsky.social Games for Change Festival! Huge congrats to all the other finalists and excited to share that Jo will be attending the festival this July in NYC too. 🎉🎉
Our good friends are opening a non-profit, arthouse microcinema in Bloomington,IN after nearly a decade of running pop-up movie screenings in town. We're thrilled they are nearly funded, so you can rest assured there will be a theater chair labeled Wehrlegig Games there.
Cicada Cinema - Bloomington's New Movie Theater | Patronicity
Help build Indiana's next great non-profit, community arthouse cinema.
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New Cephalofair CEO Price Johnson, anti-ICE board game retailer Mischief Toy Store and Jo Kelly and Cole Wehrle's Molly House are among nominees for this year Diana Jones Award, tabletop gaming’s most eclectic prize: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
• Rob Wieland, a game designer and journalist • Trench Crusade, a miniatures game by Mike Franchina, James Sherriff, and Tuomas Pirinen, from Factory Fortress
• Mischief Toy Store, a games store St. Paul, MN • Molly House, a board game by Jo Kelly with Cole Wehrle & Ricky Royal, from Wehrlegig Games • Price Johnson, a game company executive with Cephalofair Games
The Diana Jones Award committee is pleased to announce the finalists for its 2026 award. In alphabetical order, they are:
I'm still catching up on all of the post-UKGE work, but I had some time today to crack into a new Arcs fate and played around with some layout concepts for An Infamous Traffic. I'm happy to report that I am fully back on my bullshit. That bullshit: putting Becky Sharp into more games.
One of my favorite things about working in board games is how years of work often collapse into a little pile of paper that you can easily hold in your hand. It's a lot like writing, but then you have to spend a couple hours with scissors and glue to get it into shape.
I had a lovely chat with Pete recently about Buried Giant and playtesting and the nature of the games we make. You can find it here:
Pete@petewiss.bsky.social · 3mo agoPodcast achievement unlocked: interview your favorite designer. It was a dream to chat with @colewehrle.bsky.social about storytelling, agency, and fun in games. Check out the new @decisionspace.bsky.social ! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
I'll be at #UKGE2026! If you're in Birmingham in a couple of weeks and want to play a game of Oath or the new edition of An Infamous Traffic, watch this space. I'll be hosting little pop-up games throughout the convention.
WE CANNOT WAIT!! What an honour to be sharing a space with these folks. They really are such an inspiring group of designers and artists. If you're attending this year, drop by if you're able! There is an absolutely packed calendar of events, playtests and sneak peeks lined up! HERE WE GO!
Buried Giant Studios@buriedgiantstudios.bsky.social · 3mo agoGoing to GenCon? Come join us and our friends, @theoldkingscrown.bsky.social! That's right, we're sharing our booth and room with The Old King's Crown crew for their US debut! Stop by for gameplay demos or to finally buy your copy of TOKC! Find all of our events: www.gencon.com/event_finder...
This year Buried Giant and Eerie Idol will be sharing a booth and room at GenCon. We started working on this collab back when it was just going to be a split with Wehrlegig, and I'm so happy that we'll be able to do something really big. Keep an eye out for the event sign-ups this Sunday!
Buried Giant Studios@buriedgiantstudios.bsky.social · 3mo agoGoing to GenCon? Come join us and our friends, @theoldkingscrown.bsky.social! That's right, we're sharing our booth and room with The Old King's Crown crew for their US debut! Stop by for gameplay demos or to finally buy your copy of TOKC! Find all of our events: www.gencon.com/event_finder...
"Swords Against - Beginner's Box" is in some ways in conversation with some recent video games that take the form of documents, databases, or other bits of archival objects - a narrative mystery. But its analogue format and commitment to verisimilitude posed a couple unique interlocking problems. 🧵
After 11 fantastic years, Bloomsbury Publishing, the owner of Osprey Games, has made the difficult decision to sell the board and card game line. This was not a decision taken lightly and reflects a strategic refocusing on book publishing. (1/7)
🏆🙌🏻📣 We are honoured that The Old King’s Crown has won Best Artwork & Presentation at the Golden Geek Awards this year! So many beautiful games were nominated, so it means a lot. Congratulations to all the winners and nominees across the board! 👏🏻
