MothSpire Games

Iterated logo, showing off a little bit. Starting to play with colors, but definitely not there yet.

We’re one week out and Kung Fu Kittens has stalled at ~42% funding. If you’re interested in a new trick-taking game, come check this one out! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

www.kickstarter.com/projects/mil... The Kickstarter for Let Me Be Your Thrall: Aftertaste is live!! Get our vamp on!

I'm so excited about our current pipeline of games right now. Kung Fu Kittens, which is currently live on BackerKit; Gorgon's Garden, our cooperative tactical flirting game, and a 2nd Ed standalone reimagination of the OmegaZone RPG built on @nerdsomatics.bsky.social's Rule of Three.

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Final hour for the early-bird free variant booklet for Kung Fu Kittens, my trick-taking game about elemental martial artist cats! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

Today is all about putting final touches on the BackerKit page for Kung Fu Kittens, and also final week leadup promotion. Lots of little editing back-and-forths, creating new imagery, and posting posting posting. Like here, for example! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

BackerKit launching on August 31! Come follow along! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

We’re at the Charm City Moon Market today, at Ministry of Brewing in Baltimore! If you’re nearby, come visit!

Today's tasks include laundry, writing a newsletter to promote the launch of Kung Fu Kittens in a little over a week, and some metal work for a sculpture we're creating. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

Plans are underway for PeopleCon III, the DMV's largest outdoor tabletop game event held at an indie bookstore (that we know of)! 📅 Sat, Oct 17 🕛 12-5pm 📍 People's Book, Takoma Park MD To participate, join our Discord: ♦️🎲 discord.gg/CF8apDmZ8 🎲♦️

Our next project, Kung Fu Kittens is coming to BackerKit! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

And.... The WINNER of the 2026 Cardboard Edison Award is: ASTROLABE by Yasaman Farazan! 2nd Place: Limelight by Cameron Fleming 3rd Place: Braggin' Wranglers by Luke Wolyncewicz 4th Place: Hatchlings by Alan Leduc Congrats to all the designers! Find out more at cardboardedison.com/award

Congratulations to Astrolabe! cardboardedison.com/award And well done to all the finalists. It was a joy to take part in judging all these games.

One of these sweet stickers is now included with each print copy of FSHS!

Live now! The crowdfunding campaign for this solo RPG that examines the ways in which you make a mark on the universe. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

Are you a sucker? If so, what kind? 1️⃣ I'm not a sucker 2️⃣ The lollipop kind 3️⃣ I am a sucker for hexagons in space! 📊 Show results

Designed in the DMV is a local artist's collective based in DC, Maryland, and Virginia. We help each other create and promote tabletop games of all types, including role-playing games, board games, card games, and LARPs. One of the most visible things we do is publish a catalog... 1/4▶️

Game designers: You've got TWO MORE WEEKS to prepare your prototypes and pitches for the Cardboard Edison Award! cardboardedison.com/award

Our next project is a solo-journaling RPG about leaving home, exploring, and examining the change you bring to places you visit. Ultimately, you'll create a logbook artifact that documents the marks you make on this galaxy. Coming to BackerKit for 'Zinetopia

Sadly, a shop where we’d had books on consignment has decided that their vendor requirements included posting about *their* business at least once a week. And we got that notice *today*….so we won’t be there anymore. But you can get a discounted bundle here: itch.io/s/171885/tar...

Hey board game designers, it's nearly that time again: Get your prototypes and pitches ready for the 2026 Cardboard Edison Award! Submissions open January 1! cardboardedison.com/award

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Happy Holidays! We're running a sale on digital copies of the Tarot for Transformation collection to help fund the print run of the next 'zine in the series, "Make a Tarot Game"! Get all three 'zines in DRM-free PDF for only $20, here! itch.io/s/171885/tar...

Want some silly, saucy fun? My love letter to Taco Bell is finally in a consumable form. Relish your saucy hotness: nerdsomatics.itch.io

Are games art? When @playsamovar.bsky.social applied to get our games in Takoma ARTery's latest installation, I was dubious they'd say yes. The organization displays locally-made art in underused retail windows. But -- they said YES! 1/▶️ youtube.com/shorts/lvVYq...

New blog post: Tim wrote up a brief overview of our (spoiler: very good) experience at PAX Unplugged this year. www.mothspire.com/pax-unplugge...

Thank you #PAXU for such a successful and energizing experience. Here are some of the conversational shrapnels that came out of the weeeknd! Share yours with us!

Back from #PAXUnplugged, which was such a beautiful, energizing experience for me this year. I wrote a thousand words on a new Solo RPG project before I even left the con and a looking forward to getting some great new things out the door this year. Here also is my requisite swag photo:

We’re showing this #PAXUnplugged weekend with @igdn-official.bsky.social at a table in the gaming hall, right next to the pillar labeled D2. Come on by and visit!

Weather looks great for our outdoor tabletop games fair on Saturday 10/18! ☀️ Swing by from 12-4 to meet local designers and join us for a moderated discussion between three established gamer designers inside People's Book at 4pm!

In Minneapolis this week, visiting game shops, colleagues, and friends, telling them about Gorgon’s Garden! www.mothspire.com/games/gorgon...

Pssstt, I'm doing art for this game www.kickstarter.com/projects/ogr...

Do you see a trend for what sorts of games I like? Tarot-based games are so my jam so I'm excited to see what @ogreteeth.com and Samphire are cooking.

New post up today! Part of a new "Games we Own" series. www.mothspire.com/cursed-court/

Here's the list of 184 products from 108 of our member publishers we'll have in #Booth449 at #GenCon2025, including a link to download a 36 page PDF or ePub with short descriptions of all of them, in case you wanted a little travel reading. www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Gen-Co...

We aren't at GenCon this year, but The Old Ways Must Go is! Look for it at the IPR booth this weekend, #449! You can also find these other games while you're at it. www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Gen-Co...

Just activated the prelaunch page for our next project: Gorgon’s Garden! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ogr...

If you're at #Origins, check out @ipr.bsky.social for Anamnesis and Death of the Author by @goblinmixtape.bsky.social, Moon Rings by @junkfoodgames.bsky.social, The Old Ways Must Go by @games.mothspire.com, Dawn of the Orcs by @lymerpg.bsky.social...

This weekend you can find our game The Old Ways Must Go at Origins booth #1203, courtesy of @ipr.bsky.social For more in the Tarot for Transformation series of 'zines, visit www.mothspire.com/publishing/t...

If you're the sort who likes to make a shopping list, here are the 121 products from 77 member-publishers we'll have in #Booth1203 at #Origins2025 June 19-22 in Columbus, OH www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Origin... Or just drop by and browse!

I'm organizing a "game talk" followed by actual play at the McGee Library in downtown Silver Spring, MD: 📅 Sat May 31 🕑 2-6pm ft. local DMV 🔶🎲 designers Angela Bell, @elizhargrave.bsky.social, @highlevelgames.bsky.social, and @games.mothspire.com. ✅ RSVP: mcpl.libnet.info/event/13543225

We’re at Gameface this weekend in Baltimore! Stop by if you’re in the area? www.gamefacecon.com/2023/09/blog...

Free journaling games workshop at 2pm TODAY!

Tabletop game designers: if you haven't hosted a game day at your local library, you don't know what you're missing. Today at Takoma Park Publi Library: 1. Break!! with @naldodrinan.bsky.social 2. The Old Ways Must Go by @games.mothspire.com 1/▶️

Designed in the DMV is back out with v2 of our catalog of locally-crafted games! We're using these catalogs to engage local businesses and their customers with our creations. While the main focus is on TTRPGs, we also have a page of locally-designed boardgames such as Wingspan and Fluxx! (1/2)