Board Game Binge

ordan Plosky is the Co-Founder & CEO of Zoop Collective, Inc.  Started in 2020 as a full service crowdfunding platform, Zoop has expanded into the world of game development.  Care Bears is an officially licensed game from CloudCo Entertainment by the licensee of record, Naftos.  Zoop is providing design and development on the game, as well as handling the crowdfunding.

You can check out the campaign for Care Bears...

Steven Aramini is an avid player, designer and publisher of board games. His first published game, Yardmaster, helped get his foot in the door in the industry in 2014 and he has continued designing ever since, creating such games as Animal Kingdoms, Sprawlopolis, Circle the Wagons, Ancient Realm, Station to Station and many others. In 2023, he ventured into the self-publishing realm, creating Write Stuff Games and publishing Flipto...

Simon is an Italian-Canadian, raised in Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Canada, and has worked as a music teacher in New Zealand, the UAE, and now Ethiopia. He has designed One Card Maze, Hand of Cthulhu, Fave Game, Beginner Briscola, and Starter Scopa. When Simon isn't teaching music or game designing he is making digital art or playing music at school or venues around Addis Ababa. His passion lies in logo and poster design an...

Since 2018, Dead Alive Games has aimed to design and publish high quality games that are inclusive and representative of the diverse gaming community they belong to. 

They are the designers, developers, and publisher who have successfully funded and fulfilled critically acclaimed games such as Omicron Protocol, Lunar Rush, Cyber Pet Quest.

Their newest entry into the board game world is Kittens in Space, which is now on Kickstar...

Ammon Anderson is a lifelong creative. His background is in Fortune 500 corporate design and brand management. He is a game designer, graphic designer, Art director, illustrator, and public speaker.

He is the owner of Levity Games, a game design studio and Etsy shop that makes sticker upgrades for board games. 

Ammon is the designer of Gnome Hollow (also Illustrator), Twinkle Twinkle, Cats vs Cucumbers and T....

With over 15 years experience as a branding and product design expert, Gavan has been creative director and overseen production for many board games. Gavan’s true passion lies in game design and development. Roxley’s most recent campaign was for Excalibur a 2-8 player lighthearted game of tomfoolery, scumbagger, and hilarious backstabbery.

Check it out: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/roxley/excalibur

WHERE TO BUY OUR BOOK: http...

Josh Bowman is the COO of CakePie Games and Cohost of Tabletop Submarine. He is also a co designer of the game Guns or Treasure and contributor on the Level Up Board Game Podcast. He also has a passion for food as his day jobs is a Pitmaster at his families bbq join.

His current title, Beach Day, is currently on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/beachday/beach-day-a-relaxing-strategy-card-game

WHERE TO BUY OUR BOOK: h...

Simon Ennis is the award-winning director of the feature films Lunarcy! and You Might As Well Live. His work has screened at TIFF, SXSW, IDFA, CPH:DOX, Slamdance, True/False, & Fantasia, and been praised by the NY Times, Variety, IndieWire and the Toronto Star. The Hobby: Tales From The Tabletop, his latest feature documentary, had its world premiere at SXSW, is currently playing theatrically in Canada, and will be released on ...

Waterworks Games is a Portland-based design studio crafting original board games that make game night memorable. From Alpenglow and PDX to Red Dog Junction (now live on Kickstarter), they design and publish games that blend strategy, theme, and fun. 

Sean Wittmeyer is a designer, architect, and systems thinker passionate about creating meaningful experiences—digital, physical, and social. With a background in architecture and s...

Minor Disaster Games is a family business created by brothers Kristian and Liam as the design team, and Kristian’s wife Caley taking on the business and operation of the company. 

Their first game, Trouble On The Tempus is a co-op time travelling disaster management game.

Kristian is a writer, filmmaker, gamer, and all round creative scatterbrain who is always working on some project or other. He began working on "Trouble on the...

Everland Studio is an enthusiastic new indie publisher and a sister brand to the established Lemery Games. Lemery Games, another independent board game publisher with a proven history of crafting and releasing games, has successfully managed and fulfilled five Kickstarter campaigns, showcasing their expertise in crowdfunding and delivering high-quality board games to backers worldwide. 

Dario:

Dario is a passionate board game de...

Mike, Sean, & Logan are three friends with a shared dream to make games that bring people together. Glasshouse Games was born from their love of storytelling, strategy, and immersive worlds. They strive to make games, created by gamers, for gamers, while being wrapped in a beautifully curated world and design. Whisker Wars is their first (BIG) step toward that vision, and they’re thrilled to share it with you!

You can ...

Jill Belli is the creator of Murder on the Rocks, a murder mystery game. When not designing games, she works in cyber forensics, holds a PhD in cybersecurity, and teaches in the field. Jill is also a proud volunteer firefighter, always looking for new ways to combine storytelling, strategy, and community.  

You can check out Murder on the Rocks here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/misfitmixers/murder-on-the-rocks-a-m...

Amir Kamal is an Italian board game designer living in Melbourne, Australia. He founded Game Tribe in 2022, and has been working on Nataterra for the past five years. Originally, Nataterra began as a story he was writing, and it felt natural to bring that world into the game as it developed. Alongside the game, he’s also releasing a short story set in the same universe. Nataterra is a bold attempt to bring the spirit of classic RTS...

Nick is co-Founder of Bitewing Games, a tabletop game publishing company run by two dentists!  In dentistry a bitewing is an x-ray that allows us to analyze and view a tooth in a different way than is seen with the naked eye. Their goal is to create and share games in a way that, much like the x-ray, will provide you with a unique perspective and exciting new experience.  In short, they make classy board games that bite.

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Artem Stepanov is an indie board game publisher from Tbilisi, Georgia and has been launching games on Kickstarter for the past 2 year.

His first Kickstarter game, Meenakshi Temple, recently fulfilled and now he is back with his next title Diceverse, a deep & addictive space-themed dice strategy gamein April.

To check out the campaign for DICEVERSE, click here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shviligames/fly-further

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Konstantinos Manos is the CEO, of HIVE Interactive, a platform committed to developing potent tools tailored to empower Kickstarter creators. With a singular platform that tracks every facet of their journey —from pre-campaign preparations to the final delivery— HIVE ensures an easy, efficient, and comprehensive experience for creators. Konstantinos is also the CEO of the board game publisher Vesuvius Media.

To check out HIVE Intera...

Dominik is the CEO of Hopeful Games and one of the designers of NEON HPE. He is a passionate storyteller with experience in the video game industry (Niantic) and as a journalist (WIRED). His creative mind brings the world of NEON HOPE and its colorful characters to life.

To check out NEON HOPE, click here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hopefulgames/neon-hope-cyberpunk-meets-solarpunk

WHERE TO BUY OUR BOOK: https://www.amazon.c...

Matt and Cole have been best friends since Kindergarten. Fast forward a couple decades, and they have launched Moon Crossing Games, an indie publishing studio on a mission to bring their debut title, Get Stacked, to life. While they are newcomers to the board game industry, they are diving in headfirst — learning fast, dreaming big, and hoping to build some staple games for your collection.

To check out the Get Stacked campaign...