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And now for a look beyond the CLGS curtain -- we were playtesting one of the expansion decks for The Blue Way (we're thinking of calling it "Death to Tyrants") in class today! #thebluewaygame #jasonmorningstar #samuelarayaart #playtesting
Photograph of multiple hands and game ephemera for The Blue Way on a neutral linoleum table.
September 29, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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If you missed The Blue Way's run on BackerKit, don't worry! Our preorder shop is now open! Check it out here: blue-way.backerkit.com/hosted_preor... #cmichpress #thebluewaygame #jasonmorningstar #samuelaraya
August 14, 2026 at 12:50 AM
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With your help, we have now UNLOCKED ALL THREE STRETCH GOALS for The Blue Way! Only 5 hours until the campaign closes today -- hop on now to secure your pledge! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/c...

#thebluewaygame #jasonmorningstar #samuelaraya #cmichpress
Blue background. Big white text at the top of the graphic reads Unlocked in capital letters. Below the word are the card backs for the two new decks for The Blue Way. The card deck on the left features a portrait of a humanoid with long hair and a single blue eye. A crown made of little blue squares lines the top of its head and blue paint drips down its face. The card deck on the right features a human skull with a big blue square in the middle of its forehead and decorative rectangles made of smaller squares on opposite sides of the image.
July 16, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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Thanks to Gather & Game -- and everyone who joined us last night -- for a fantastic evening with The Blue Way! If you're in the Buffalo, NY area, be sure to check them out!

#gatherandgamebuffalo #cmichpress #thebluewaygame
Two light-skinned men with glasses smile in a selfie. The man on the left has shoulder-length gray-white hair and a purple lanyard around his neck. The man on the right has short grey hair and is wearing a maroon shirt. Four people smile and lean in for a selfie. The person on the far left is mostly cut out of the picture, but he holds the camera and has short gray hair, glasses, and light skin. He is wearing a maroon shirt. The person next, from left to right, is a light-skinned bald man with a big dark mustache and glasses. He sits in front of an open laptop and wears a maroon shirt with a black vest with lots of patches. The next person has glasses and wears a dark gray hoodie and the straps of a neon orange backpack. She is light-skinned. The person on the far right has a white beard, glasses, and light skin. He wears a maroon baseball cap and a black tshirt. A gridded black and white map sits in the center of a light wooden table. Around it are ripped character sheets from The Blue Way. The box for the game Keep the Faith in the center of a shelf full of other tabletop games.
July 11, 2026 at 12:27 AM
cmichpress.bsky.social
Do you like map-drawing and storytelling games? The Blue Way is right up your alley. Check out artist Tak Moran's version of The Blue Way map, and read more about how (and why) it came to be at cmichpress.com?p=5213.

#TheBlueWaygame #jasonmorningstar #samuelaraya #takmoran #cmichpress
June 30, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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Listen to designer @jmstar.bsky.social's thoughts on The Blue Way...then go BACK IT NOW! Link in bio or go to www.backerkit.com/c/projects/c...
#thebluewaygame #jasonmorningstar #samuelaraya #cmichpress
June 17, 2026 at 1:22 PM
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Are you ready for The Blue Way? Tomorrow we launch a crowdfunding campaign for the enhanced version of @jmstar.bsky.social's game about lost stories. Join us right now at www.backerkit.com/c/projects/c.... Scary beautiful art by @arayaart.bsky.social

#thebluewaygame #jasonmorningstar #samuelaraya
A portrait of two figures standing one in front of the other. They are only visible from the neck up, with the rest of their bodies disappearing into a dark brown background. The figure in the back only has one blue eye in its face and a halo of dark short hair. It reaches two hands around either side of the figure in the front and covers its face in a dripping splotch of blue paint. Below in the left corner is blue text which reads, Launching Tomorrow.
June 15, 2026 at 10:22 PM
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We are less than a week away from launch! Go to www.backerkit.com/c/projects/c... to follow the prelaunch page now and get ready to back The Blue Way on June 16th!

#thebluewaygame #raykimball #cmichpress
The Blue Way: A Game of Lost Stories Launch Party
Get excited about The Blue Way: A Game of Lost Stories on BackerKit - come join!
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June 12, 2026 at 12:50 AM
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We are so excited for the latest podcast drop from our friends at 20 Sided Gamified with @jmstar.bsky.social! Give it a listen at the link in our bio or at podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2....

#20sidedgamifiedpodcast #cmichpress #jasonmorningstar #samuelaraya #thebluewaygame
Light blue background with black text reads Podcast drop! Below the text is the logo for 20 Sided Gamified LLC, which features a man in a black tshirt and sunglasses crossing his arms behind the stylized logo. Next to this logo is the box for The Blue Way, which features two figures standing one behind the other. The one in the back has a single eyeball and is painting blue paint over the front of the face of the person in front of them.
June 5, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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The Blue Way is nearly here. Follow the prelaunch page at the link in our bio or go to www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti... to be ready when the crowdfunding campaign begins on June 16th.

#thebluewaygame #jasonmorningstar #samuelaraya #cmichpress
The box for the game The Blue Way. Its cover is mostly dark brown with painted portraits of two people above the game title. The person closest to the right is bald and has a mask of blue paint dripping off their face. The person standing behind them has one bright blue eye in the same shade of blue and is reaching forward to paint the blue paint over the first person's face. The tips of their outstretched fingertips are blue. At the top of the graphic, June 16 is spelled out in black text.
May 26, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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The launch of The Blue Way is just one month away. Follow the prelaunch page at the link in our bio or go to www.backerkit.com/c/projects/c.... #TheBlueWayGame #jasonmorningstar #samaraya #backerkitcrowdfunding
Text reads The Blue Way launches in 4 weeks. The background is light blue. Below the text is the box cover for Making History, which features an orange cartoon heart fracturing apart on a teal background. A spotch of blue paint drips down from the top of the box, partially hiding the image.
May 19, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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Prepare for the arrival of The Blue Way. Follow the prelaunch page at the link in our bio or go to www.backerkit.com/c/projects/c.... #TheBlueWayGame #jasonmorningstar #samaraya #backerkitcrowdfunding
Text reads The Blue Way launches in 5 weeks. The background is light blue. Above the text is the box cover for Keep the Faith, which features art with two people wearing hoods stretching their hands out towards the viewer. A spotch of blue paint drips down from the top of the box, partially hidnig the image.
May 12, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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What is The Blue Way? Learn more at the prelaunch page link in our bio or go to www.backerkit.com/c/projects/c...
#TheBlueWayGame #jasonmorningstar #samaraya #backerkitcrowdfunding
Text reads The Blue Way launches in 6 weeks. The backrgound of the graphic is light blue. Next to the text is the cover for Eyeball to Eyeball, which is mostly green with a pattern of nuclear missiles and a circle with a section of the Cuban flag in the middle. Blue paint drips down from the top of the cover.
May 5, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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Follow the prelaunch page at the link in our bio to learn more. #TheBlueWayGame #jasonmorningstar #samaraya #backerkitcrowdfunding
Text reads The Blue Way launches in 7 weeks. Above it is the box for Five Hundre Year Old Vampire, which is mainly pink and purple and shows a vampire grinning from behind a pair of modern sunglasses. A splotch of blue paint drips down the front of the game, covering the vampire's face.
April 28, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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The Blue Way is coming. Follow the prelaunch page at the link in our bio. #TheBlueWayGame #jasonmorningstar #samaraya #backerkitcrowdfunding
Text reads The Blue Way launches in 8 weeks. Above the text on a light blue background, a faded Hydrologic Cycle has blue paint dripping down the front, partially covering the name.
April 21, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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Some of our games traveled to the @rmclas-conference.bsky.social last week! Do you see any familiar games on the table? (Hint: The Blue Way is in there!)

#thebluewaygame #jasonmorningstar #rockymountaincouncilforlatinamericanstudies #keepthefaithgame #gregloringalbright #silenciogame #luissalas
A photo of three people's hands near two small circular tables. One person in the lower right is holding a bowl of food. The person in the lower left is holding a sheet of paper. The person in the upper left is drawing a map on a sheet of paper. Scattered around the tables are square character sheets which have portraits printed on top. A small deck of cards sits near the center of the two tables. The photo is surrounded by a maroon frame which reads Playtesting at RMCLAS at the bottom in gold letters. Photograph of a hand reaching to move a piece in the center of a table. There is a large piece of paper and a pen in the front center of the photograph, below the hand. The six game board pieces are hexagonal and little cubes sit on top of them. Cards surround the circle of hexagons. A small card which reads Silencio is at the bottom left corner of the photo. Specially printed cards from Keep the Faith are laid out in a circle around a central card. Around this photograph is a maroon frame which reads Keep the Faith in gold letters.
April 20, 2026 at 10:22 PM
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Something is slowly taking over our social media feeds... follow the prelaunch page at The Blue Way link in our bio. #TheBlueWayGame #jasonmorningstar #samaraya #backerkitcrowdfunding
Text reads The Blue Way launches in 9 weeks. Above the text on a light blue background, a faded Monumental Consequence Box has blue paint dripping down the front, partially covering the name.
April 14, 2026 at 11:04 PM
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Follow the prelaunch page now at the link in our bio to prepare for the June 16 launch of the latest CMich Press game, designed by @jmstar.bsky.social with art by @arayaart.bsky.social.
#thebluewaygame #jasonmorningstar #samaraya #backerkitcrowdfunding #cmichpress
Overlapping blue squares form a dense line at the top and bottom of the graphic. Within a narrow clear space in the middle, black text reads, The Blue Way is coming.
April 3, 2026 at 12:50 AM
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Thanks to everyone who came to our Break Our Games night last Friday! We heard some great stories being told and watched some quality playtesting, too. Check out these photos for a surprise at the end... See you all for the next BOG on April 10th!

#playtesting #ttrpgs #thebluewaygame
Gold text on a maroon background reads Break Our Games March! Below is a strip of film divided into four sections, each which has a photograph inside. The first is a photograph of a filled-in character sheet. The second is two young people sitting at a round tabel with paper and writing tools in front of them. The next picture is the printed text of Dog Eat Dog with a collection of clear tokens on top. The last picture is cut off but it shows more young people sitting at a table with cards and tokens. A film strip graphic divided into four strips, each filled with a photograph. The first is a photograph of a partially-filled in character sheet. The second picture is a young person wit blond hair and glasses setting up a game at a tabletop. The third picture is a printed copy of Princess with a Cursed Sword with a few maroon dice on top. The four picture is a section of another picture featuring young people sitting at a table. Maroon background with two photographs in diagonal corners and a long diagonal banner between them which reads The Blue Way Prototypes in light blue letters. The photograph in the top left shows a deck of cards fanned out. The backs of the cards feature a portrait of a king with his eyes blurred out and his open mouth prominent. The photograph in the opposite corner shows a grid of six character sheets which have various portraits beneath a layer of text.
March 23, 2026 at 10:22 PM
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We are excited to announce that we will be rolling out a BackerKit crowdfunding campaign this spring featuring @jmstar.bsky.social's game The Blue Way, with art by
@arayaart.bsky.social! Stay tuned for more updates and follow the prelaunch page on BackerKit at the link in our bio! #TheBlueWayGame
A blue strip with black text on top of it runs across the graphic. The text reads Follow now on BackerKit. Below it is a grid of portraits done in light tan and brown shades, with three portrait squares on top and three on the bottom. In front of this image is black and blue text which reads The Blue Way, a game of lost stories.
March 9, 2026 at 10:22 PM