Phil @ Tabletop Scrapbook 🧩

Dawn Chorus is now available on a bunch of platforms 🤓🤓 ko-fi.com/s/2a778f525a tabletop-scrapbook.itch.io/dawn-chorus-... pnpstash.com/product/dawn... www.thegamecrafter.com/games/dawn-c... #printandplay #boardgamedesign #boardgame

🎲✂️ Hey folks, are there any websites you might recommend for selling print and play games on? My game Dawn Chorus is all wrapped up with its Kickstarter, so it's time to make it available online for people to buy. Thanks 😁

I just backed Poll & Write Clacton on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/sam...

We're almost done 🤗 what a hoot it's been

24 hours left to back the silly birdy boys! www.kickstarter.com/projects/tab...

Wingspan Pocket! This smaller, swifter, and streamlined version of Wingspan gives each player a single row of cards to create and activate every turn. There’s also a new type of power, green (ongoing) benefits. Join me at 10:00 Central on YouTube to chat about it: www.youtube.com/live/6JCCSCG...

Thank you!

In the absence of @matthewdunstan.bsky.social from YouTube (I hope all is well and you're uploading again soon!) if anyone is looking for a fix inspired by Postmark games, my game Dawn Chorus has launched on Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/tab... PnP, R&W, 2-4players, certified awesome.

We are liiiiivvveeee 🐦🚀 www.kickstarter.com/projects/tab...

🎲✂️ Did you know, Dawn Chorus was born out of the 2025 Roll & Write contest on BGG. It's come a long way since then. The feedback and support I received during that competition was instrumental in getting 🐦 Dawn Chorus 🐦 to where it is today. I would recommend this competition to any designer. 🧩🧩

June 22nd! It's right around the corner. These bad boys can't wait to be on some tabletops 🚀 www.kickstarter.com/projects/tab...

🎲✂️ One of the most addictive parts of being obsessed with designing board games is imagining a new game idea as it blossoms in your mind, and it plays perfectly. Before any playtesting confirms to you that the game actually sucks. I designed a logo for such a game, and it's a great game.

20/06 this bad boi is getting kicked soon. Not long now! 🐦‍⬛ www.kickstarter.com/projects/tab...

Is it a bird? yes.. it is.. four, actually.. www.kickstarter.com/projects/tab...

🎲✂️ I'm very proud to say I've got a lil Kickstarter coming up! It'll be live later in June. Thank you to my fellow designers who have helped this simple PnP game get this far ❤️ www.kickstarter.com/projects/tab...

Have a wonderful time at #ukge everybody. I won't be there this year. But with Dawn Chorus launching in a few weeks, you bet your bottom I'll be behind a stall next year with some goodies!

Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉

Cooking up another PnP game. I'm hoping to stick to one sheet to print like with Dawn Chorus. We're going for more trees and more whimsy, you can never have enough of both.. 🎲✂️

Happy 100th birthday Mr Attenborough. Without your influence, nature would not exist in our hearts like it does today ♥️ (not to mention all the awesome nature themed board games that would not exist without this generation of 'natural' nerds)

A graphic designer working in board games discusses how good graphic design helps bring games to life, via @meeplesyrupshow.bsky.social

Would it be interesting to try making a functioning game (like actually functioning) out of only the kids toys? 🤔🤔

Just a few days left to submit your board game design to the 2026 Cardboard Edison Award! Submissions are open through January 31! cardboardedison.com/award

🎲✂️ I've just finished making a major update to my roll & write game, Dawn Chorus. The rules have been updated, and I'm really chuffed with the visuals! If you want to have a play you can find the files in the BGG thread here: boardgamegeek.com/thread/36188...

🎲✂️ Working on making stacking cards imitate stacking the washing up. Trying to make that into a not unfun thing...

🎲✂️ I've entered my roll and write game 'Dawn Chorus' into this years BGG R&W competition. It's a very accessible (just print one sheet!) lightweight fun lil game. So if you're a bit curious, you can get to the PnP files from this 👇 thread 🐦🦜🐦‍⬛ boardgamegeek.com/thread/36188...

My baby girl turned 1 yesterday 🥹 It has been a wonderful and extremely busy year. I am hoping to focus 2026 on myself just a lil bit. A sprinkling of exercise 🥋 and a dash of board game design ♟️ and it should be an absolute b@nger!

🎲✂️ Raise your hand if you have never started to design a game about birds

🎲✂️ Who says toddlers can't design board games! I pray all these pieces survive 😆

Love the design doctor series idea! This will be really helpful and interesting to see what designers are getting stuck on. Look forward to watching it 👍

I'm working on branding and graphic design when I can here and there. And I needed a new mouse mat. So I thought it might be good to design one and get it printed. I think it's dope 👌

If you're within reach of Bristol (UK) please consider going to this! Helpfully set up by @mintynoodles.bsky.social @miasmacorp.bsky.social @playtestuk.bsky.social (I can't actually go this time but will likely be a regular in future!)

New GameTek: Future Past! What's coming into the public domain in 2025 through 2028 that might be interesting for game designers. open.substack.com/pub/gametek/...

This is some of the best advice for starting out in board game design. Like I was mentioning yesterday, "Tools, not rules". Thanks for putting this together, Matthew! 🎲✂️

We welcomed a gorgeous new little meeps 🍼 into our family in November, and life has been wonderful and chaotic for the last couple of months. Thank you for being patient while I catch up with the Autumn Game Jam results ❤️❤️

🎲✂️ If you did want to submit a design for the game jam. Here is the link to the form, it closes tomorrow morning, be quick! forms.gle/SHgei3toVdZd... I hope it inspired some creative ideas 💡😀

🎲✂️ How would this spice up a design of yours? Or even an existing game?

Not at Essen this weekend? Then what better way to pass the time then taking part in the Autumn Game Jam! It's fun, friendly, online, casual, aaand I'll send you a cookie in the post . maybe Go to this link for more information and to submit your design ❤️ forms.gle/Lhmma6vLBuyG...

This is a good take. Plus it is simply so much effort to make a good idea into a great game, why bother doing it to some else's 🤔

I'm working on a concept for the game jam using Hedgeways tiles where players are placing tiles and moving their meeple along them. Players are trying to 'harvest' specific colours by leaving a block on them. It's quite abstract at the moment but it's looking fun 👌

What ideas might you have?