Sean Fletcher, Maker of Games
@gamemakerfletch.bsky.social
Senior game designer. Husband, dad, full-time nerd.
Been a bit since I’ve updated the blog. Fixing that with some news about all the stuff that’s happened in that gap.
Some lows, some highs, and some motivation to move forward with.
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Some lows, some highs, and some motivation to move forward with.
discocandybar.com/2026/09/14/l...
September 15, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Been a bit since I’ve updated the blog. Fixing that with some news about all the stuff that’s happened in that gap.
Some lows, some highs, and some motivation to move forward with.
discocandybar.com/2026/09/14/l...
Some lows, some highs, and some motivation to move forward with.
discocandybar.com/2026/09/14/l...
We’re almost halfway through Cozy StickerVille, and this has been one of the most fun family “game” activities we’ve ever played. Sessions are about 40-60 minutes each, and there are 10 “years” to play through in a story.
HIGHLY recommend, even for families less deep into hobby-style board games.
HIGHLY recommend, even for families less deep into hobby-style board games.
September 13, 2026 at 12:21 AM
We’re almost halfway through Cozy StickerVille, and this has been one of the most fun family “game” activities we’ve ever played. Sessions are about 40-60 minutes each, and there are 10 “years” to play through in a story.
HIGHLY recommend, even for families less deep into hobby-style board games.
HIGHLY recommend, even for families less deep into hobby-style board games.
I don’t often have legitimate nightmares when I sleep.
Last night they seem to have all just decided to push their way through the bottleneck all at once. Like, truly, deeply emotional X gore horror movie shit, completely unattached from any reality-driven circumstances.
Last night they seem to have all just decided to push their way through the bottleneck all at once. Like, truly, deeply emotional X gore horror movie shit, completely unattached from any reality-driven circumstances.
September 8, 2026 at 1:20 PM
I don’t often have legitimate nightmares when I sleep.
Last night they seem to have all just decided to push their way through the bottleneck all at once. Like, truly, deeply emotional X gore horror movie shit, completely unattached from any reality-driven circumstances.
Last night they seem to have all just decided to push their way through the bottleneck all at once. Like, truly, deeply emotional X gore horror movie shit, completely unattached from any reality-driven circumstances.
Received a request to connect on LinkedIn this morning from a guy who builds and sells “services” that scrape TTRPG sourcebooks to generate AI Role Playing Game narratives and rules engines.
September 5, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Received a request to connect on LinkedIn this morning from a guy who builds and sells “services” that scrape TTRPG sourcebooks to generate AI Role Playing Game narratives and rules engines.
They’re the same picture.
September 1, 2026 at 3:34 PM
They’re the same picture.
Payton Tolle is the Major League Baseball equivalent of Big Bird. It’s impossible not to love that guy.
September 1, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Payton Tolle is the Major League Baseball equivalent of Big Bird. It’s impossible not to love that guy.
Dear Lord, may 2028 (2026?) come with a big f*ing undo button for all the maps.
August 27, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Dear Lord, may 2028 (2026?) come with a big f*ing undo button for all the maps.
Yeah, I know the kid’s back in school, so arguably summer is over, but it’s still August, dammit.
August 27, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Yeah, I know the kid’s back in school, so arguably summer is over, but it’s still August, dammit.
When I was in school, they taught us that you could remember the names of the Great Lakes with the acronym “H.O.M.E.S.”.
Trump is fully committed to restructuring it into “S.H.A.M.E.”.
Trump is fully committed to restructuring it into “S.H.A.M.E.”.
Trump on Canada: "We're taking them on ... you saw the Lake Ontario. People though I was kidding, but maybe I wasn't. Because the last one you saw was the Gulf of Mexico. It's Gulf of America. So now we have a gulf and a lake. It's very simple ... it's time to teach Canada you can't do this anymore"
August 26, 2026 at 4:03 PM
When I was in school, they taught us that you could remember the names of the Great Lakes with the acronym “H.O.M.E.S.”.
Trump is fully committed to restructuring it into “S.H.A.M.E.”.
Trump is fully committed to restructuring it into “S.H.A.M.E.”.
Just realized I was unintentionally double-representing a single city today.
August 25, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Just realized I was unintentionally double-representing a single city today.
This morning, after two months working with Warren James and their emerging Tabletop Games team, I tendered my resignation.
Sometimes it’s just not the right match.
I’m currently available for contracts and part-time work designing and developing tabletop board games and trading card games.
Sometimes it’s just not the right match.
I’m currently available for contracts and part-time work designing and developing tabletop board games and trading card games.
August 24, 2026 at 4:38 PM
This morning, after two months working with Warren James and their emerging Tabletop Games team, I tendered my resignation.
Sometimes it’s just not the right match.
I’m currently available for contracts and part-time work designing and developing tabletop board games and trading card games.
Sometimes it’s just not the right match.
I’m currently available for contracts and part-time work designing and developing tabletop board games and trading card games.
Opened the Notes app on my phone this morning and discovered this sapling of a thought from last month. No idea what it was about.
August 23, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Opened the Notes app on my phone this morning and discovered this sapling of a thought from last month. No idea what it was about.
Took Endeavor: Deep Sea for a spin for the first time today. First few rounds were a bit of a slog of checking and rechecking the rule book (“wait, how do I do X again?), but I feel like by mid-game, I was mostly understanding the flow.
August 22, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Took Endeavor: Deep Sea for a spin for the first time today. First few rounds were a bit of a slog of checking and rechecking the rule book (“wait, how do I do X again?), but I feel like by mid-game, I was mostly understanding the flow.
Lego Eeyore is my inner beast.
August 22, 2026 at 5:23 AM
Lego Eeyore is my inner beast.
Seeking experienced TCG playtesters!
For the last 9 months or so, Dave Freeman and I have been working with author Ryan Cahill to create a trading card game for his novels, The Bound and The Broken. We’re currently testing 4 demo decks. We’d love your help!
Apply here:
forms.gle/4hAUNfQVrCzF...
For the last 9 months or so, Dave Freeman and I have been working with author Ryan Cahill to create a trading card game for his novels, The Bound and The Broken. We’re currently testing 4 demo decks. We’d love your help!
Apply here:
forms.gle/4hAUNfQVrCzF...
August 12, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Seeking experienced TCG playtesters!
For the last 9 months or so, Dave Freeman and I have been working with author Ryan Cahill to create a trading card game for his novels, The Bound and The Broken. We’re currently testing 4 demo decks. We’d love your help!
Apply here:
forms.gle/4hAUNfQVrCzF...
For the last 9 months or so, Dave Freeman and I have been working with author Ryan Cahill to create a trading card game for his novels, The Bound and The Broken. We’re currently testing 4 demo decks. We’d love your help!
Apply here:
forms.gle/4hAUNfQVrCzF...
I played in a 40-player Magic prerelease event yesterday.
Did okay.
Did okay.
August 9, 2026 at 3:23 AM
I played in a 40-player Magic prerelease event yesterday.
Did okay.
Did okay.
Huh. Never noticed it before, but there’s chorizo in my coffee.
August 8, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Huh. Never noticed it before, but there’s chorizo in my coffee.
Wooot Wooot! Who’s got six thumbs and is going to the Oogie Boogie Bash this year?
And what do you suppose our costumes are going to be?
(Last time we went as Gravity Falls!)
And what do you suppose our costumes are going to be?
(Last time we went as Gravity Falls!)
August 5, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Wooot Wooot! Who’s got six thumbs and is going to the Oogie Boogie Bash this year?
And what do you suppose our costumes are going to be?
(Last time we went as Gravity Falls!)
And what do you suppose our costumes are going to be?
(Last time we went as Gravity Falls!)
The peanut bag says Mariners. The TV says Red Sox.
Go Boston!
Go Boston!
August 5, 2026 at 12:31 AM
The peanut bag says Mariners. The TV says Red Sox.
Go Boston!
Go Boston!
Come hell or high water, Gen Con next year.
On second though, maybe not the high water part. We’ve seen how that turned out.
On second though, maybe not the high water part. We’ve seen how that turned out.
August 2, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Come hell or high water, Gen Con next year.
On second though, maybe not the high water part. We’ve seen how that turned out.
On second though, maybe not the high water part. We’ve seen how that turned out.
While I may not be at Gen Con in person this year, there’s (media preview) demos of one of the games I’ve recently worked on at the Cephalofair Games booth! Mercenaries Wanted, a drafting game set in the Gloomhaven universe, is coming soon!
July 31, 2026 at 5:27 PM
While I may not be at Gen Con in person this year, there’s (media preview) demos of one of the games I’ve recently worked on at the Cephalofair Games booth! Mercenaries Wanted, a drafting game set in the Gloomhaven universe, is coming soon!
You can’t /WHAT/?!
Scalise: "For God's sake -- you can't get pasta at Olive Garden without a picture ID! Why not be able to show a picture ID to vote?"
July 21, 2026 at 2:16 PM
You can’t /WHAT/?!
Current pet situation.
They are both farting.
They are both farting.
July 3, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Current pet situation.
They are both farting.
They are both farting.
BUT WHO IS HEATHER?!?
Today's #mtgtrivia question:
Which Shadowmoor creature had the design name of Heather's Chipmunk?
#WotCStaff
Which Shadowmoor creature had the design name of Heather's Chipmunk?
#WotCStaff
June 21, 2026 at 2:05 AM
BUT WHO IS HEATHER?!?
Watching Back to the Future with Smalls for like the 20th time. My god, the writing in this movie is phenomenal.
Kind of freaked out though that if the movie was remade today, Marty would be jumping to 1996, and Heather and I would be a year too old to go to the Enchantment Under the Sea dance.
Kind of freaked out though that if the movie was remade today, Marty would be jumping to 1996, and Heather and I would be a year too old to go to the Enchantment Under the Sea dance.
June 17, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Watching Back to the Future with Smalls for like the 20th time. My god, the writing in this movie is phenomenal.
Kind of freaked out though that if the movie was remade today, Marty would be jumping to 1996, and Heather and I would be a year too old to go to the Enchantment Under the Sea dance.
Kind of freaked out though that if the movie was remade today, Marty would be jumping to 1996, and Heather and I would be a year too old to go to the Enchantment Under the Sea dance.