Keith DeViere Donaldson

cointelpro-op-no1.donaldson20.com My game COINTELPRO is going to be for sale at the SDHistCon Summit Night Market in November. I put this digital implementation of the game together to give folks a taste. I'd appreciate any feedback you have on the game/app. Thanks!

Two themes rattling around in my brain: 1. Goat Island: Naval Torpedo Station - Newport RI 2. The Bridgewater Triangle

The rulebook is poker card size. Too small for my local printer to handle, so I made a jig and invested in a Bostitch Booklet Stapler. ✅

A new “Alternate History” variant of COINTELPRO: Assassination of Fred Hampton needs counters. I can’t resist the opportunity to make dials. 🙂

My little board game manufacturing operation has been cranking since 5 AM yesterday 🫩

Goings-on on the South Coast

Trying to get this Reconstruction game out of my head. The game follows the arc Du Bois described "The slave went free; stood for a brief moment in the sun; then moved back again toward slavery" I want players to talk about what remains of the institutions built after playing.

My Click Clack Bats prototype is ready for the @unpub.org @rosegauntlet.bsky.social speed pitch at Gen Con tomorrow … the glue is dry with time to spare. 🙂

Designing the foam insert for COINTELPRO: The Assassination of Fred Hampton. Debating if I should use the 12 extra mini cards for the rules and player references or squeeze in a rulebook.

Time for a free sample of our weekly board game design newsletter! We spoke with @elizhargrave.bsky.social about designing Wingspan Pocket! Plus tons of links to news & resources: us6.campaign-archive.com?u=fb6f8b674f... If you like what you see, you can sign up here: cardboardedison.com/newsletter

There are 60 cards in COINTELPRO. They'll feature 30 FBI quotes like "The Negro youth and moderates must be made to understand that if they succumb to revolutionary teaching, they will be dead revolutionaries" and Golden Age B&W comic-inspired illustrations of Fred Hampton and the BPP by Jane Kenn.

I just ordered 500 Steel 9mm Luger Once Fired Casings for use as pawns in the 50 copies of COINTELPRO: The Assaination of Fred Hampton, I'll have for sale at the @sdhistcon.bsky.social Summit 2026 Night Market. They've been wet washed and dry tumbled. Don't worry about explosive residue. Trust me!

I came to Walmart for one thing. I’m leaving with milk, sugar, coconut and shrimp too. 🙂

@jane__artss and I are making progress on the box art for Black Ruth of Dogtown. What do you think of this?

Dawn is approaching! The colony is scattered across the valley - seven fast clicks, a long pause, two slow - Half the table believes you flew to the heart, some think the key. Players work together between waypoints and rounds to improve the click language to get more bats back to the Cave in time.

Dice have no memory. I wanted to change that so I put them in a queue. If the roll is successful the die is placed. If it fails the die goes to the end of the queue. The probability of placement is dependent on queue position and success rate. Memory dice! 😉

Work on Black Ruth of Dogtown continues! Jane Kenn @jane__artss is creating evocative cover art. Also, many people have asked for sigil stones instead of cards ... I've got some ideas for that! A small handmade run should be available by the end of the year.

The games I brought to the beach. Happy 4th!

COINTELPRO: The Assassination of Fred Hampton has been selected for the SDHistCon Summit 2026 Night Market! It is an asymmetric 2-player abstract that connects players to the US government using law enforcement and intel tools not to protect citizens but to manage and suppress political dissent.

PLAYTESTERS WANTED: “Man with an Axe” is a solo poker journaling RPG inspired by the minimalist fiction of Raymond Carver. The journaling is driven by a 5 card stud variation that uses a stripper deck.

Games for tonight!

It's Unpub at Origins Game Fair! Come find us in Hall C, booth 2132, to playtest some games. We'll be here until 11:30pm! Browse available games: https://f.mtr.cool/hiuibtzwkb #origins

I'm working my way towards playtesting with @breakmygame.com. The goal for today was to make an isometric screentop.gg version of my game, Mansard's Roof. The game involves stacking discs and counting stacks, which doesn't work with the typical top-down view.

Playing Pocket Wars from @terriblegames.bsky.social my “Curio” is a frying pan. If I roll Brainstorm the person I'm pointing at sautés two dice and rolls for damage, potentially taking two damage.

Play my entry for the 2026 Bad Comet Design Contest, Chocolate Sea Salt Caramels screentop.gg/@kdonaldson/... Core Mechanisms: Press Your Luck, Set Collection, Selective Drafting

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