Z
@dxdydz.northsky.social
I make tabletop games. I live in BC.
I post whatever I want to, I’m sorry.
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I post whatever I want to, I’m sorry.
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@dxdydz.northsky.social
· Jul 13
I don't only post shit on the internet, sometimes I make games too!
...which I then post on the internet.
Anyway! Here's a 🧵 about some games I've made. Most of these use standard components or are pnp, so you might already own them and not realize it!
...which I then post on the internet.
Anyway! Here's a 🧵 about some games I've made. Most of these use standard components or are pnp, so you might already own them and not realize it!
20 year old me was, like all 20 year olds everywhere, completely insufferable. I do not care what she would think.
September 17, 2026 at 6:10 PM
20 year old me was, like all 20 year olds everywhere, completely insufferable. I do not care what she would think.
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every time i come onto this got dang web site i gotta learn about some new type of shitty guy
September 17, 2026 at 1:30 PM
every time i come onto this got dang web site i gotta learn about some new type of shitty guy
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I will be at Essen SPIEL this October looking at prototypes.
I will be taking pitches for original board games and card games designed with the hobby game market in mind for some of the tabletop studios at Asmodee.
I will be taking pitches for original board games and card games designed with the hobby game market in mind for some of the tabletop studios at Asmodee.
September 17, 2026 at 2:17 PM
I will be at Essen SPIEL this October looking at prototypes.
I will be taking pitches for original board games and card games designed with the hobby game market in mind for some of the tabletop studios at Asmodee.
I will be taking pitches for original board games and card games designed with the hobby game market in mind for some of the tabletop studios at Asmodee.
Money is de facto power and we use it to reward and elevate exactly the sort of people I would prefer don’t get power
September 17, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Money is de facto power and we use it to reward and elevate exactly the sort of people I would prefer don’t get power
Kids are great at “yes and”
September 17, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Kids are great at “yes and”
Hiding little post it notes with generic answers on them in my hat so I can pull a real corny, “well, off the top of my head…” gag
September 17, 2026 at 6:11 AM
Hiding little post it notes with generic answers on them in my hat so I can pull a real corny, “well, off the top of my head…” gag
almost that time of year where I interrupt my regular diet of low budget rom coms with low budget horror movies
September 17, 2026 at 3:40 AM
almost that time of year where I interrupt my regular diet of low budget rom coms with low budget horror movies
“do you want your skin?”
…
“I’m trying to get my skin… on.”
…
“I got my skin on!”
…
“I’m trying to get my skin… on.”
…
“I got my skin on!”
September 17, 2026 at 1:28 AM
“do you want your skin?”
…
“I’m trying to get my skin… on.”
…
“I got my skin on!”
…
“I’m trying to get my skin… on.”
…
“I got my skin on!”
[Montage of beautiful happy people doing things]
Can do
Can fly
Can send
Can go for seconds
Can laugh
Can NOT miss
Canada
…Canadian tourist agency you’re welcome, I’ll take my money as an e-transfer thanks.
Can do
Can fly
Can send
Can go for seconds
Can laugh
Can NOT miss
Canada
…Canadian tourist agency you’re welcome, I’ll take my money as an e-transfer thanks.
September 17, 2026 at 1:02 AM
[Montage of beautiful happy people doing things]
Can do
Can fly
Can send
Can go for seconds
Can laugh
Can NOT miss
Canada
…Canadian tourist agency you’re welcome, I’ll take my money as an e-transfer thanks.
Can do
Can fly
Can send
Can go for seconds
Can laugh
Can NOT miss
Canada
…Canadian tourist agency you’re welcome, I’ll take my money as an e-transfer thanks.
I really need to get rid of some games. Like, two shelves’ worth. Got a lot of games coming this autumn: AllPlay sale stuff, Stuglandet, Snowp kickstarter, Tarock decks…
September 16, 2026 at 8:11 PM
I really need to get rid of some games. Like, two shelves’ worth. Got a lot of games coming this autumn: AllPlay sale stuff, Stuglandet, Snowp kickstarter, Tarock decks…
Someone should make a game about being a nun who is running a clandestine operation to smuggle prohibited goods into the abbey via secret pockets in her clothes. Call it “Bad Habits”
September 16, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Someone should make a game about being a nun who is running a clandestine operation to smuggle prohibited goods into the abbey via secret pockets in her clothes. Call it “Bad Habits”
A goal for 2026 was to get a game signed by a publisher. It seemed likely in Jan, but not now. A lot of that is on me: I am bad at and disinterested in pitching.
BUT I think it’s likely I’ll self-publish something before the year’s end, and that wasn’t even on my radar. Swings and roundabouts.
BUT I think it’s likely I’ll self-publish something before the year’s end, and that wasn’t even on my radar. Swings and roundabouts.
September 16, 2026 at 6:41 PM
A goal for 2026 was to get a game signed by a publisher. It seemed likely in Jan, but not now. A lot of that is on me: I am bad at and disinterested in pitching.
BUT I think it’s likely I’ll self-publish something before the year’s end, and that wasn’t even on my radar. Swings and roundabouts.
BUT I think it’s likely I’ll self-publish something before the year’s end, and that wasn’t even on my radar. Swings and roundabouts.
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Snapping pics for the cover of my next spooky gothic rpg zine.
September 16, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Snapping pics for the cover of my next spooky gothic rpg zine.
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Hey @odddicegames.bsky.social! As the one who is most versed in trick taker design! Are there any trick takers whose rules govern that, by the end of the deck, eack player will win an equal number of tricks dividing all the cards evenly among the player?
September 16, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Hey @odddicegames.bsky.social! As the one who is most versed in trick taker design! Are there any trick takers whose rules govern that, by the end of the deck, eack player will win an equal number of tricks dividing all the cards evenly among the player?
Crazy that the six scenes in the latest Game Changer were three boxes each re-dressed for a second appearance.
September 16, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Crazy that the six scenes in the latest Game Changer were three boxes each re-dressed for a second appearance.
superhero whose power is the ability to give their injuries to another person, but they still feel all the pain.
September 16, 2026 at 3:23 PM
superhero whose power is the ability to give their injuries to another person, but they still feel all the pain.
Everyone has tattoos these days and that’s really different from when I grew up. I think a time traveller from the past would really notice that, even though the shift happened gradually for us who lived it.
September 16, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Everyone has tattoos these days and that’s really different from when I grew up. I think a time traveller from the past would really notice that, even though the shift happened gradually for us who lived it.
Brass being on BGA means I get to play Brass and I forgot how good this game is. I do gotta say I like the old art better than Roxley's new art. Some of that may be nostalgia, but I think it is also a more readable board state.
September 16, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Brass being on BGA means I get to play Brass and I forgot how good this game is. I do gotta say I like the old art better than Roxley's new art. Some of that may be nostalgia, but I think it is also a more readable board state.
“Would you rather be a ghost up in the air, or would you rather eat hot dogs made out of air?”
Tough questions from the 3yo
Tough questions from the 3yo
September 16, 2026 at 1:07 AM
“Would you rather be a ghost up in the air, or would you rather eat hot dogs made out of air?”
Tough questions from the 3yo
Tough questions from the 3yo
Can I get this disclaimer tattooed on my forehead?
This isn’t some inside joke, my brain is just broken in a special way.
September 15, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Can I get this disclaimer tattooed on my forehead?
Some albums that really mattered to me as a teenager: Homogenic, Boys for Pele, Blueberry Boat, Weezer’s Blue Album, In Sides.
Blueberry Boat is the only one I don’t still listen to.
Blueberry Boat is the only one I don’t still listen to.
September 15, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Some albums that really mattered to me as a teenager: Homogenic, Boys for Pele, Blueberry Boat, Weezer’s Blue Album, In Sides.
Blueberry Boat is the only one I don’t still listen to.
Blueberry Boat is the only one I don’t still listen to.
“oh, sorry, we’re fresh out of Executive Function, but tell you hwat, I’ll give you some extra creativity to make up for it. Truth to tell, no one’s really buying it these days anyway.”
September 15, 2026 at 7:20 PM
“oh, sorry, we’re fresh out of Executive Function, but tell you hwat, I’ll give you some extra creativity to make up for it. Truth to tell, no one’s really buying it these days anyway.”
Perennial is a word I use a lot more now that autocrrct can fix my spelling of it
September 15, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Perennial is a word I use a lot more now that autocrrct can fix my spelling of it
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There should have been :) open.substack.com/pub/mandasha...
Producing a Small-Run, Niche Game
Community Cats in Production
open.substack.com
September 15, 2026 at 7:02 PM
There should have been :) open.substack.com/pub/mandasha...
Privatizing our airports is sure to make them worse, which may actually be back door climate action? Carney’s gonna make flying so bad that no Canadians want to do it.
September 15, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Privatizing our airports is sure to make them worse, which may actually be back door climate action? Carney’s gonna make flying so bad that no Canadians want to do it.