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shreesh.bsky.social
Board game designer. Designed Aurum, Pins & Needles, Dealer's Dilemma, Bitaak, Crisps, Biscuits, Chikki, & Chutney. I love climbing/shedding, and trick taking games. vyntoo on BGG & Discord. Pronouns: They/their
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A lot of video prep this weekend! In the coming 2 weeks we have some long awaited videos & some hotness content! Reviews, a rules teach, sketches & more! @restorationgames.bsky.social @brotherwisegames.bsky.social @dnlnwmn.bsky.social @shreesh.bsky.social @cmyk.games @bitewinggames.bsky.social

Preview copies of Crisps! are here. Please let me know if you are interested in doing a rules teach video for it.

June 2025 Trick-taking Newsletter First impressions of games from Tokyo Game Market, @dnlnwmn.bsky.social's July 1st upcoming pre-orders featuring @shreesh.bsky.social's Crisps, @allplay.bsky.social's trick-taking Kickstarter starts July 8, and more! boardgamegeek.com/thread/35259... #boardgames

High Tide was a game I released at IGNM 2024 as my first self-published game—which turned into an officially published game by Underdog Games! Indie markets are popping up everywhere—and YOU can use these special opportunities to make and create unique games!! Support indie creators!!! ✨ 🎲✂️

May was a good game month for me. :)

As announced yesterday on our mailing list, the following games will be available for pre-order starting July 1: Tezuma Trick, Worst In Show, Crisps, and Big Wave. More details will be coming soon!

Checkout my latest 3 player climbing shedding game using a standard deck of cards. 😄 boardgamegeek.com/thread/35190...

My design diary for High Tide 🌊🐚 is now up on bgg news!!!! Go check it out! 🎲✂️

Vibes by @xoe.gay is a gentle, low-stakes game about seating students so that they'll vibe with each other. It's a pleasantly unusual game, although I wish it had gone further in characterizing its students. My review: spacebiff.com/2025/05/27/v...

Our new video is here! So excited to share my thoughts on the games from New Mill/Little Dog from @dnlnwmn.bsky.social @indigopotter.bsky.social @seandavidross.bsky.social @saibep.bsky.social @shreesh.bsky.social & more!! youtu.be/gsjJl7U3F_Q?... #cardgames #tricktaking @tricktaking.bsky.social

Today Avalon Hill announced my next game, Sanibel. You're walking down a beach (Tokaido style), picking up shell tiles and placing them for points. Available early 2026, sneak peek at Gen Con. Check out this video, in which I am ridiculously windblown on Sanibel Island: youtu.be/w3WMqEiuP1E?...

For those outside the US, or for the arts and crafters, we've made the print and play for Vibes available. Included is the option to print cards with blank pages so you can personalize your copy with your own artwork! www.lunarpunk.games/vibes 🎲✂️

Morning Crisps! #boardgames

4 artists & 3 scientists created a series of posters to communicate some of the science issues most important to us. These posters are made to be shared! We're selling them in 4-packs, so YOU can share them outside of the science circles where we hang out online. get 'em squidfacts.bigcartel.com

US/North America folks - if you want something I made, this is your chance. I absolutely loathe doing merch and international shipping so this won't happen often.

Hey… I WON!!!! 😄🎉 Thank you so much @dianajonesaward.org @gregisonthego.bsky.social @tonytran.bsky.social And a huge congratulations to all my 2025 cohort sharing this amazing occasion with me!!

Did you know that most of my games on itch can be printed at home? I like doing with other games as a nice alternative to reading on a screen or having a less expensive version of a fancier print.

I hope you will join me @coo.games and the designer, Xoe to play Vibes from @lunarpunk.games today! And may your vibes be the right ones for you today! ❤️ ⏰ 3 PM PST / 6 PM EST / 11 PM UTC 📺 www.twitch.tv/panda8ngel 📺 www.youtube.com/@Panda8ngel

Playtesting my newest design Pass the Peas 🫛 The scoring was nice and tight for 2p—my partner beat me by only 2 points! Pass the Peas 🫛 will be the second release from my personal imprint Roly Poly Games, and will be available at Indie Games Night Market 🎲✂️

Stop. Using. Substack.

I am no longer with Polygon, my home for nearly 13 years. I am proud of what my colleagues and I have accomplished over that period, and I am especially proud of the role the @voxmediaunion.bsky.social and @wgaeast.bsky.social played in it all. Organize. Now. I am immediately available for hire.

Breaking: Polygon sold to Valnet and hit with massive layoffs Here's @ethangach.bsky.social report. kotaku.com/polygon-sold...

Five! Great! Small! Games! In another installment into this endless series of tiny recommendations, Tom is taking a look at some brilliant, svelte boxes that might find a home on your shelves… Enjoy! youtu.be/6nQ8GxB1vFg

April 2025 plays ☺️

I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points

Anything that stands in the way of the right-wing bullshit/propaganda machine is under attack — from the universities to non-profits to the rare online platform that manages to maintain some semblance of information integrity.

My thoughts from watching right wing media work over the last decade… changing language around diversity, equity, and inclusion is a trap. You end up confirming their allegations that your commitments to DEI were wrong, and you’ll later be accused of covering up programs that you know to be wrong.

"The state is no longer merely regulating the behaviour of its citizens but asserting control over who may speak, who may enter, & who may challenge its narrative" @iainoverton.bsky.social on borders, dissent & the erosion of academic freedom @bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/04/29/v...

there is a decent chance i never spend a single dime at target again in my life www.startribune.com/target-gave-...

OKAY I can't contain my excitement enough!! ✨ Here's more of the factory sample of High Tide 🌊🐚 I can't be more proud knowing the amazing team at Underdog Games believed in my project enough to make it this beautiful!! 🎲✂️

I'm running a game jam for creating games that can be printed on the back, top, and side of cereal boxes to make breakfast time more entertaining. I'm expecting some interesting layouts in the submissions! If you're keen to a fun challenge, join here: itch.io/jam/cereal-b... #TTRPG

It only took 11 years and 7 days to hit 50,000 YouTube subscribers. Easy! :P

Gazebo is a remake of Reiner Knizia's Qin, and like that title displays Knizia's mastery of the tile-laying game. My preview: spacebiff.com/2025/04/21/g...

Thousands show solidarity at #TransRightsAreHumanRights Demo in Parliament Square.

I also played for the first time using the proof copy of Cobogó (design by me @piquinim.com.br), with one of the expansions. The game was funded some months ago and I'm so excited to see it getting real 💜 #TabletopDiary #MyDesigns

Here is the speech I gave at the protest today (edited down to fit on Bluesky). Thank you to everyone who showed up today. Together, we will win.

My latest piece on IGN is a review of the tricksy Fellowship of the Ring: Trick Taking Game www.ign.com/articles/the...

Interested in Japanese designs? Idle Hands The Icarus Club Man-Eating House Seven Prophecies Somnia More interested in American designers? Best Shot Dickory Dino Trix: Tarot Adventures Greasy Spoon Lepidoptery Like MY designs? Agency Enemy Anemone Gachapon Trick Reapers

This country is becoming unrecognizable. What we’re seeing is state-funded fear. We’ve warned people: keep filming, go live on social media so these moments are documented and shared. This wasn’t a case involving masked ICE agents—but that’s happening too.

What part of fascism are we in where people are asking for help hiding from special police who will kidnap them and send them off to camps with no due process

Lepidoptery is fun.

Last fall, Blue Cross got hit with a $421 million verdict after jurors found it defrauded doctors. It was one of the biggest verdicts ever outside a class action - and it revealed the inner workings of how insurers block payments. My latest. www.propublica.org/article/blue...