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Calling all Crime Guys, Gals, and Pals! We recently hired Tim Chuon to take some amazing photos of our prototype for Crime Guys: The Crime Game. We just have to show them off. Go check out our kickstarter pre-launch page, and share it with a friend! www.kickstarter.com/projects/pla... #boardgame

Campfire is our family's version of rummy, played while camping in the Pacific North West. Get your copy with 2 decks of cards, eight suits custom designed with foil fronts, a rule book, and a score book all in a convenient travel sized case. Go to: placeholder-games.com

The Crime Guys: The Crime Game kickstarter pre-launch page is up and read for you to follow now! www.kickstarter.com/projects/pla... #boardgames #metal #coins #money

As GenCon approaches IGDN welcomes our newest member, Chris Williams, from Explore Dungeons. You can learn more about them at www.exploredungeons.com #igdn #ttrpgcommunity

Happy Disability Pride Month! ♿ I'm Robin Finn, a trans artist with ME/CFS. I work entirely in traditional media and I run a little shop & rewards club out of my bedroom studio. Give this post a share to help a housebound creator find my people!

Uphold a magical tradition in tune with nature! Check out our #boardgames preview of Garden Dragons by B.A. Games, coming to Gamefound tomorrow! You take on the role of a flower dragon gardener preparing for the upcoming The Great Migration of Dragons! WATCH: youtu.be/Y17IdY6oKGo

Let's get some folks on this list!

More experts joining the party! Come discuss the challenges that face creatives in an age of generative AI, this Friday, July 31st at GenCon. tickets in bio! @koboldpress.com  @samurairusk.bsky.social  @hapabarbarian.bsky.social  @shawnbanerjee.bsky.social

🌿 Rewild the Patagonian steppe, one habitat at a time! In Hacienda, you're an eco-entrepreneur bringing back pumas, capybaras, and guanacos while racing to build the most thriving eco-tourism business around. Stewardship has never been this competitive. 🏆

The Wildsea: Sourdown Update #1! 👉 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mythworks/the-wildsea-sourdown/posts/4750742

Now in Production: Lion Dancers from @hotbananagame.bsky.social! Take a behind-the-scenes look as this colorful celebration comes to life in production at Panda. (Link In first comment)

Drop your guesses in the comments! Campfire is our family's version of rummy! It comes with 2 decks of custom art with a foiled shine, rules, and a score booklet all placed in box made for easy travel! Get your copy at Get your copy on at placeholder-games.com! #cardgames #beae #campfire #summer

As a Seattle-based company, we've been following Jimothy since he was a little babe. Now he's all grown up and known to the world! Imagine him playing our Crime Guys board game with his little thumbs. He'd beat us all! Art by @catskillz.bsky.social

Eddie and Moose Organization are ruthless. Can you imagine a group of bipedal moose walking down the street in the night, in the fog? Go follow our the Kickstarter Pre-Launch Page at www.kickstarter.com/.../crime-gu... #boardgames #moose #crime #characterart Art by @catskillz.bsky.social

Where will you keep your Ubees? #boardgames #money #asmr

Did you miss the July Newsletter that came out last week?! No worries. You can read it now. mailchi.mp/placeholder-...

Tig Star, the left paw and best friend of the Wolf Pack Leader, WG Hatchet. Can you convince the Wolf Pack to do your bidding, or will you let their beef with other Organizations get in your way? Learn more about our board game, Crime Guys: The crime Game at www.kickstarter.com/projects/pla...

This advice is better. Nothing good happens after 98 degrees. Campfire is a card game based on an old family version of rummy, with custom foiled art and custom suits, including the bear suit. Get your copy today at placeholder-games.com.

Did you know Skamania County is also a Sasquatch refuge? This great ape is considered an engaged species! When you have a board game with a theme of crime, it's only right to explore what crime really means!

💘🐰 Wanted: One Bunny Wife for One Very Eligible Bachelor 🐰💘 Meet Milo, a young, handsome gent with excellent ears, impeccable whiskers and a heart full of love to give. His dream? To find himself a lovely bun wife to share snacks, snoozes and bunny gossip with. 💕

Over the years, I've 🎲✂️ many Brumble Games and it has helped my design/developer skills immensely. Most of them will never be played by anybody besides my friends, but I heartily recommend doing small designs without a product in mind.

I made a thing. #boardgames 🎲✂️

A great post if you're looking to jump into full time board game design!

Its record breaking hot this week. The Hippo Organization always knows what's best! Follow Crime Guys: The Crime Game's Kickstarter Pre-Launch page www.kickstarter.com/projects/pla...

Join various creators and guests that attended the Omaha Gaming Convention 2026 for a round table discussion! #ogc WATCH HERE: youtu.be/VTOYOO9i6ZA @panda8ngel.bsky.social, @cardboardtime.bsky.social, @iheartboardgames.bsky.social, @blackboardgaming.bsky.social, @marcusross.bsky.social, & MORE!

Still 3 streams left to catch this week. Go put them in you calendar!

I'm back home! Lots of fun before I'm off to SDCC & Gen Con! Check out my OGC recap, Shelfy from @brotherwisegames.bsky.social, Bunny Kingdom Town w/ @phantommeeple.bsky.social. Sun Solo Children Of Morta: BG from @luckduckgames.bsky.social 📺 www.twitch.tv/panda8ngel 📺 www.youtube.com/@Panda8ngel

July Newsletter! Read all about what we learned from our escapades at Origins Game Fair, and how we are changing Crime Guys: The Crime Game now that we've seen the prototype in action! mailchi.mp/placeholder-...

Answer in the comments! Balaenicep rex is definitely Crime Pal material. The intimidation factor alone has us shaking in our boots! Crime Guys: The Crime Game is a tile and worker placement, strategy board game set in an animal cyberpunk future. Pre-save today! www.kickstarter.com/projects/pla...

Check out Crime Guys: The Crime Game at www.kickstarter.com/projects/pla...

Bear's Advice is questionable, but our Crime Guys would probably agree. Check out Campfire, Placeholder's first card game. Its a play on rummy, with a set of old family rules and custom art perfect for the great out doors. Get your copy at placeholder-games.com!

Added several board game designers to a Must-Follow Starter Pack: a mix of established/iconic studios & impressive indie designers Check out the pack and hit "Follow All" to support these awesome creators: go.bsky.app/2ofaQn3 Newest additions tagged in the comments #BoardGame #GameDesign 🎲✂️

🎆 Thanks to @boardgamersteph.bsky.social and Michael for the teach of Pyrotechnics! Watch their video to see the ins-and-outs of play. Happy Four Days After 4th of July! Product information in the comments. #boardgames

🌿 Discover a new world at Demo Night! Create a thriving ecosystem, discover strange new species, and learn an incredible strategy game in 𝗢𝗮𝘀𝗶𝘀: 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱! 📅 Tuesday, July 14 🕖 7:00 PM 📍 Black Dragon Room 🎲 Free to play #Nature #DemoNight #BoardGames #TabletopGames #DFWGaming

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For those attending, and for the curious! Join us for a special stream where we're solely focusing on the Omaha Gaming Convention, happening July 10-12, 2026. This will be great to learn about the #boardgames con... or just hang out with OFPG and BGW! WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFFP...

Bear has entered the chat! Fish has officially swam up stream. Campfire is Placeholder's first card game, rummy with a family twist. It comes with 2 decks of cards with custom art, a score booklet, and rules. You can pick up your copy today at placeholder-games.com!

Curious what I had to say about game jams at ALA Chicago? You can read some of the Q&A in this week's SCM: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/ala-game-j... #ttrpg #gamejam #gamedesign 🎲✂️

Last Tuesday of June = prototype night 🧪 Tables full, ideas tested, systems breaking in the best way 🎲✂️ If you’re a game designer in Boston and you’re not at these sessions… you’re missing out 🔥 #boardgamedesign #playtesting #Boston

Take Time follows Swiss Gamers Award win by securing Austrian game of the year prize, Hot Streak and Morty Sorty Magic Shop also among category winners: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...

Theo is the Leader of the Gorilla Faction. Growing up he loved computers, hardware, figuring out what made things tick. But, don't get it twisted, this nerdy netrunner will take you out without a second thought if you give him a reason.

What's this? 4 Crime Guys at Origins testing out the prototype!

Fish would like to tell everyone, they've loved bringing you their weekly fish puns! They have to swim upstream now. Bear is on the way and they wouldn't very much like get caught.

We all know the struggle with the post-con sicknesses. How do you get over the hump when you get home? What's your health potion made out of? Or is the recipe a family secret?

It was crafted in Texas, sent to our Lead Designer in Seattle, and made it all the way to hanging at our booth at Origins. This quilt was made by one of our most ardent supporters. The number of people who stopped to admire this handmade piece at the booth was astounding. We can't thank you enough.

Seeing the prototype in action at Origins Game Fair gave us a lot of motivation. We have 161 followers on our Kickstarter now, because those who sat down to play loved it. Seeing their joy at our table? We couldn't ask for more. Follow Crime Guys: The Crime Game: www.kickstarter.com/projects/pla...

The team has made it home from @originsgamefair.bsky.social, exhausted but safe in our various corners of the country. Stay tuned for the July Newsletter where we'll share all of our con stats! Thanks to everyone who stopped by! Join our newsletter at placeholder-games.com

We're at Origins Game Fair, but its also Father's Day and The Fish has something to ask. Happy Father's Day everyone. We have a couple of dads on our team, and we couldn't be more proud of them and next generation of board gamers they're raising.