Bryan Bornmueller

polygon.comThe Lord of the Rings: Return of the King Is Officially Getting a New Version Next YearThe upcoming game will have just as many endings as Peter Jackson’s movie

Come say hi at Essen!

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The upcoming game will have just as many endings as Peter Jackson’s movie

polygon.comThe Lord of the Rings: Return of the King Is Officially Getting a New Version Next YearThe upcoming game will have just as many endings as Peter Jackson’s movie

Such a thrill to chat with Polygon! www.polygon.com/return-of-th...

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Amanda Panda 🔜 BGG Con, PaxU

@panda8ngel.bsky.social

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Bryan Bornmueller joins me today to talk about the LOTR: Trick taking series! from @asmodeeusa.bsky.social Office Dog Games Middle-earth Ent. Nate & Katz joins me to teach & play Rune Rite from The Seahorse & The Hummingbird @natewarren.bsky.social

officedoggames.comAnnouncing The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King™ Trick-Taking GameThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King™ Trick-Taking Game arrives in February 2027, with a limited pre-release available at PAX Unplugged 2026 and select US game stores this December.

Very excited that The Return of the King: Trick-Taking Game has been announced. I am very proud of how the game came out and can’t wait for people to get their hands on it.

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Luke Peterschmidt - Gandalf; provided the courage and advices I needed a just the right time and then vanishing just as quickly Mike Hummel - The Faramir of the project who did not begin with us but protected us at a critical time

Krystal Rose - Who I guess has to Boromir in this stretched analogy but honestly whose marketing powers are as powerful as the great warrior. And of course Ursula Murray Husted and Tove for supporting and play-testing with me for all these many years.

Very excited that The Return of the King: Trick-Taking Game has been announced. I am very proud of how the game came out and can’t wait for people to get their hands on it.

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Bree Woodward and Lupe Gonzales - The Merry and Pippin of the whole journey, without whom all would have been lost and who were fighting battles I was never aware of.

Elaine Ryan - Whose amazing and unique art lead this project like Aragon to places I could have never imagined. Blaise Sewell, Matt Fantastic, and Randy Delven - The three hunters of graphic design that framed Elaine’s art and listen to my lectures on card indexes with patients

Very excited that The Return of the King: Trick-Taking Game has been announced. I am very proud of how the game came out and can’t wait for people to get their hands on it.

I am especially grateful that I got to complete the game with the same “Company” all the way through. When Fellowship was finished and was so great, my greatest fear was that the team would breakup but somehow we all say it through to the end.

@watchitplayed.bsky.social

Taylor Reiner - Truly the Sam to my Frodo who timely work play-testing every chapter at every player count and keeping me pushing to make every detail better and better.

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The trilogy is complete! Congrats to @bbornmueller.bsky.social for this wonderful game (my wife and I are now part way through the Two Towers and will be playing this third instalment for sure). Kudos to Taylor the titan of trick takers for the video as well @tricktaking.bsky.social:

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Today is the day! youtu.be/o-y9DG64KbQ?...

youtu.beLord of the Rings: The Return of the King ~ Taylor's Trick-Taking TableYouTube video by Taylor's Trick-Taking Table

youtu.beLord of the Rings: The Return of the King ~ Taylor's Trick-Taking TableYouTube video by Taylor's Trick-Taking Table

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Today is the day! youtu.be/o-y9DG64KbQ?...

Today! Essen! Hall 7!

Happy Day 2 of Essen!

Schadenfreude!

If you are at Essen, come say hi on Saturday! Hall 7 in the Lord of the Rings area.

Sits down at desk with a blank piece of paper. Writes: You Can See Everything Trick-Taking Game ... Adds: ? ... Stares at paper.

Very proud that The Lord of the Rings Trick-Taking Games won the Nederlandse Spellenprijs 2026 (Dutch Game of the Year) in the Kenners Category. So grateful to all of my collaborators on the game and the team at Asmodee NL for all of their hard work. denederlandsespellenprijs.nl/nieuws/nomin...

Also additional congrats @kpiggottgames.bsky.social and @officedoggames.bsky.social for River of Gold Winning in the Expert Category and to Alexi Piovesan & Julien Prothière and Libellud for Take Time for winning in the Family Category.

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It’s still such a thrill to see my work coming out in different languages around the world. (Two Towers will pre-release at the Fall Game Market in Japan shortly.)

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We have learned of a website (which we are not linking to) that is charging people to pay to play knockoffs of popular board games like Catan, Wingspan, Agricola and more - different names, crappy art, same mechanics.

youtu.beMiddle-earth at Gen Con 2026!YouTube video by Nerd of the Rings

What a treat to apparently have a cameo in this video!

Pilgrimage.

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CMYK

@cmyk.games

Our new game GRABBLE is out today. It's a 5-minute frenzy of grabbing mismatched game pieces out of a box, then having a weirdly intense showdown with them. www.cmyk.games/products/gra...

Pilgrimage.

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Gail Simone

@gailsimone.bsky.social

20 Sept

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First was Krampus Kave, in Leavenworth, Wa. What a great store! It’s a small town, but this store had games, books, toys and a great selection of comics. We bought these here!

17 Sept

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.

17 Sept

Please send me an e-mail (bbornmueller@asmodee.com) with a sell sheet, video, or whatever details you can share about your game if you’d like to get time my calendar. If you already have a meeting with any Asmodee studios let me know and I may be able to join that meeting.

@boardgameanimal.bsky.social

17 Sept

I will be doing a signing for the Lord of the Rings Trick-Taking Games on Saturday at 15:00 (2:00 PM) in booth C111 in Hall 7, come by, say hi, and get an art print. Please feel free to share this post with other game designers you may know!

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BoardGame Animal 🐕

8 Sept

You wanted a late night post…right? Better Card Games 1 ✨Top 25 Trick Taking Games✨ youtu.be/wmzeE3mbotQ?... Ft games by @indigopotter.bsky.social @dnlnwmn.bsky.social @tricktaking.bsky.social @seandavidross.bsky.social @bbornmueller.bsky.social @nickferris.bsky.social @allplay.bsky.social

4 Sept

🚨🚨🚨 New Taskmaster!

denederlandsespellenprijs.nlDe Nederlandse Spellenprijs: het keurmerk voor goede bordspellen!Over de Nederlandse Spellenprijs De Nederlandse Spellenprijs biedt een onafhankelijk kwaliteitskeurmerk met de waardering van&mldr;

3 Sept

Very pleased to see The Lord of the Rings: Trick-Taking Games nominated for the Dutch Game of the Year Awards! (and River of Gold too!) denederlandsespellenprijs.nl

@johnmaddening.bsky.social

27 Aug

Board games at the Minnesota State Fair: Agricola cake Wingspan Crop Art @elizhargrave.bsky.social Also Gollum in the Forbidden Pool (I understand this more than many folks, and it’s funnier for it.)

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John Maddening!

23 Aug

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Camilla Zamboni 🔜 Metatopia

@czamboni.bsky.social

20 Aug

Omg we finally finished LOTR - the Two Towers trick-taking game! The last two chapters were absolutely brutal, we all felt the pain of being ensnared by Shelob... Good job to @bbornmueller.bsky.social (though with a bit of sadism...). Then we played Inkwell again to celebrate! I loved it again.

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LoadingReadyRun

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19 Aug

Tonight on AFK Matt, Ben, James, and Jordynne are playing The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Trick-Taking Game. Anyone wanna take a guess at which character James is starting with this evening? If you don’t want spoilers don’t look at his head. twitch.tv/loadingready...

spacebiff.comAll Flesh Is GrassOne of my favorite games ever designed is getting a new edition. Apart from some component upgrades and better availability, nothing has changed. Which is precisely what this title needed. So come …

19 Aug

Huzzah!

Dan Thurot@danthurot.bsky.social

After being so difficult to acquire for many years, the new edition of Schadenfreude is every bit as good as the original. My review: spacebiff.com/2026/08/19/s...

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Dan Thurot

@danthurot.bsky.social

17 Aug

Board games! I played some this week. What did you get to the table?

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Brooke

@proptartmn.bsky.social

16 Aug

One more performance of Magical Athlete: Stadium Showdown today! Go see it!

Racket@racketmn.com

I’m back from a four-day theater jag to share with you once again what I saw, what I’d see again, and what I wish I hadn’t.

racketmn.com21 Hours at the Minnesota Fringe Festival - RacketI’m back from a four-day theater jag to share with you once again what I saw, what I’d see again, and what I wish I hadn’t.

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Daniel Newman // New Mill Industries

@dnlnwmn.bsky.social

11 Aug

The vendors for the 2026 Indie Games Night Market have been decided on! www.newmillindustries.com/ignm

newmillindustries.comIndie Games Night Market — New Mill Industries

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Geoff Engelstein - The Universe Explained with Cookie out now!

@gengelstein.bsky.social

11 Aug

“After it published the absolute slammer that is The Lord of the Rings Trick-Taking Game, my hopes were high. Now I've demoed Circle of Conflict myself, my hopes are even higher.” www.wargamer.com/lord-of-the-...

wargamer.comThis epic new Lord of the Rings board game is a dynamic roll-and-write where you play both sides of the battleDo we really need more Lord of the Rings board games? When the mechanics are this interesting, my money is on 'yes'.

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Elizabeth Hargrave

@elizhargrave.bsky.social

11 Aug

One major purpose of TTGDA is to help tabletop game designers negotiate better publishing contracts. We just released the rubric of what we look for -- and info on how different publishers scored on the rubric. Soon we will also release a model contract. More at www.ttgda.org/contract-bas...

@boardgamewire.bsky.social

8 Aug

A lovely game of @marcelineleiman.bsky.social ‘s Dino Racer with the family today!

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Lupe Gonzalez 🌈 🔜 Essen

@adalupe.bsky.social

5 Aug

Lupe, what nails have you done? Great question! I've done Cozy Stickerville, The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring Trick Taking Game, River of Gold, and Fate of the Fellowship.

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BoardGameWire

3 Aug

The Ukrainian publisher of board games including Catan and Exploding Kittens is fighting for its existence after a Russian missile strike destroyed its warehouse, wiping out its entire stock of about 200,000 games: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...