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Lukasz83
I speak Polish and English.
My favorite game: Terraforming mars.
My favorite song: My favorite game (by The Cardigans).
No pun intended ;)
My favorite game: Terraforming mars.
My favorite song: My favorite game (by The Cardigans).
No pun intended ;)
Board_game_hat
Trying board games on for size in Edmundston NB 🇨🇦. Invite me to play Wingspan, 7 Wonders Duel, Space Base, Earth, Gizmos, Backgammon, Castles of Burgundy anytime, or any game really but give me a day or 2 to learn it and I will ask for a rematch once.
J'essaie des jeux de société pour voir si ils me font à Edmundston NB 🇨🇦. Invitez moi a jouer Wingspan, 7 Wonders Duel, Space Base, Earth, Gizmos, Backgammon, Castles of Burgundy n'importe quand, ou n'importe quel jeu nouveau pour moi et donnez-moi un jour ou deux et je vais apprendre les règles, mais je vous demanderai une revanche.
J'essaie des jeux de société pour voir si ils me font à Edmundston NB 🇨🇦. Invitez moi a jouer Wingspan, 7 Wonders Duel, Space Base, Earth, Gizmos, Backgammon, Castles of Burgundy n'importe quand, ou n'importe quel jeu nouveau pour moi et donnez-moi un jour ou deux et je vais apprendre les règles, mais je vous demanderai une revanche.
Game developers
ufm
Games developed: pinochle, heckinhounds, painttheroses, toepen, thebrambles, tumbleweed, yokaiseptet, hanamikoji, twotenjack, gostop, twinpalms, tienlen, pokerdice, ginrummy, bacon, president, iceandthesky, sasaki, sergeantmajor, ludo, pente, babydinosaurrescue, bigtwo, nap, cradletograve, yaniv, gofish, mia, euchre, fivethreefive, briscola, roppyakken, seotda, germanwhist, eck, durak, seikatsu, spiteandmalice, rummy, dobro, fruitpicking, lamarcheducrabe, golf, kingsinthecorner, crisps, yatzy, minhwatu, tranquilitytheascent, cucumber, cheeztricks, sevens, coupell, nylonppong, openfacechinesepoker, quato, pyrgos, regidice, thirtyone, schnapsen, sherlockthirteen, hearts, piereighteen, blackjack, knockoutwhist, dominoes, nainjaune, hoola, fightthelandlord, mighty, hund, bahamataxi, regicide, sakura, ecarte, stonks, gomoku, narabi, artthief, farkle, fortytwo
A floating octopus adorabilis
Een
Games developed: unclechestnuttablegype, outlaws, jaipur, redsevengame, checkers, tobago, linesofaction, gomoku, siam, targi, emdomicrocosm, puertorico, tablut, colorpop, werewolves, djambi, cubirds, secretmoon, saboteur, apocalypseazcc, elfenland, sushigo, tokaido, diams, terramystica, koikoi, ginkgopolis, chess
Do you mean rules have to be explained _before_ playing?-- Retired BGA admin since the 1st of March 2023: https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29431 --
-- Just a regular player now :) --
Tisaac
Games developed: numberdrop, marrakech, caverna, concept, heat, simplicity, papayoo, barrage, thecrew, ancientknowledge, agricola, alhambra, memoir, yinyang, akropolis, nidavellir, federation, equinox, kingdombuilder, arknova, bang, altered, thecrewdeepsea, santorini, rauha, welcometo, planetunknown
Developer of Santorini, Kingdom Builder, Concept, Welcome To, YinYang, Nidavellir and more to come...Co-dev of Alhambra, Papayoo, Marrakech, The Crew, Agricola, Bang, Equinox.
stefano
Games developed: samarkand, balloonpop, morocco, queenskings, dicethemepark, buyword, rainbow, senshi, breakthecode, cantstopexpress, isleoftrainsallaboard, themotherroad, veronatwist, tinnerstrail, mercadodelisboaste, empireplateau, zooloretto, myfirstcastlepanic, sushigoparty, pyramidpoker, stockpile, imtheboss, herooj, littlefactory, guile, thegnomesofzavandor
Moof
Games developed: jekyllvshide, mycityrb, rollandbump, mojo, pocketcats, draculahelsing, betta, valeofeternity, lostseas, twelvechips, bloodrage, captainflip, vaalbara, perfectwords, pandemic, wonderfulkingdom, mycity, dobbleconnect, oriflamme, faraway, gangofdice, solstis, thenumber
Victoria_La
Games developed: battleship, kingdomino, hive, century, lewisclark, eminentdomain, isaac, tapestry, russianrailroads, signorie, kabaleo, patchwork, nippon, khronos, dungeonpetz, dragonline, terraformingmars, origin, emdomicrocosm, madeira, ultimaterailroads
I enjoy playing boardgames and also develop them for BGA in my spare time
Mogri
Games developed: jumpdrive, villagers, blueskies, envelopesofcash, arcticscavengers, streets, nothanks, daybreak, gaiaproject, greatsplit, spots, parks, spacestationphoenix, astra, artdecko, minirogue, itsawonderfulworld, capereurope, beyondthesun, maracaibo
Developer of Gaia Project, Maracaibo, It's a Wonderful World, and other BGA adaptations. Send me a message if you're looking to adapt your game!
tchobello
Games developed: origin, egocentricworld, warchest, dungeontwister, boomerangaustralia, worldwidetennis, machiavelli, leroydesribauds, tichu, sensei, northwestpassage, linx, roomtwentyfive, heroesofhellas, takenoko, orionduel, khronos, boomerangeurope, cairn
I don't have to sell my soulHe's already in me
Kayvon
Games developed: envelopesofcash, arcticscavengers, streets, daybreak, gaiaproject, greatsplit, spots, parks, spacestationphoenix, astra, artdecko, minirogue, itsawonderfulworld, capereurope, monsterfactory, maracaibo, jumpdrive, villagers
I develop games on BGA!If you're a publisher looking for a slick implementation, send me a message.
Mistergos
Games developed: anachrony, digupadventure, chakra, ageofcivilization, decrypto, trekkingtheworld, clashofdecks, volto, roomtwentyfive, trektwelve, ticketgagnant, rallymangt, mythicbattlesragnarok, superfantasybrawl, architectsofthewestkingdom, hadrianswall, thecrew
MarkSteere
Games developed: coins, zola, redstone, diablo, silo, cephalopod, herd, dodo, oust, impasse, gopher, rive, hadron, modten, icebreaker, fractal
Think outside the shrinkwrap.My niche as an abstract game designer is an architecture first approach. A set of rules has a beauty all its own, independent of the gameplay. Go, Reversi, Hex, and Y inspired me initially, without ever having played any of them. Like those games, my games are based on pure, simple, essential mechanisms - more discovery than invention. They aren't arbitrary or hodgepodge. I also try to make my games as unique as possible - different from what I've already done, and different from what's out there. I don't do "with a twist" games.
Other designers, some very successful, do it differently. They start with a concept, playtest it extensively, tweak it, playtest it again, tweak it again... until they arrive at gameplay which meets their high standards. I couldn't do that even if I wanted to. I'm a decidedly below average player of games, and I'm not one to judge quality of play. I do playtest my games to make sure they don't have any robustness issues, but I can never really be sure until talented players get ahold of them and try to wring them out. Generally, the simpler a game is, the more vulnerable it is to problems. There was speculation that Dodo would quickly fall, but it's still standing strong.
Luckily, a small percentage of my games turned out to be pretty good in spite of my modus operandi.
My journey at BGA. I am not a programmer. I saw that there were tutorials and I thought, How hard can it be? Little did I know. I designed Gopher as a super simple game to make my first programming project easy. It wasn't. My strategy was to copy the Reversi program and swap out the graphics and game logic. My program was a total kludge and it took a lot of work by Sunil Patel to make it functional. He was a fan of my game, Flume, which he had programmed for his own fledgling game site, and he took me under his wing. He disappeared after Gopher, but then Tisaac stepped in and helped me quite a lot on various game programs. He wasn't writing my programs for me but he always told me just what I need to know to get back on track. Tisaac really helped me get a toehold at BGA. UFM deserves mention for his help with the pie rule and player panel which I've used in many programs since. Eventually I would get through a few programs without needing any help. But then I got stuck on Cephalopod and VictoriaLa came to the rescue.
The developers are overall a stellar bunch of guys (and girls). To those who helped, reluctantly or otherwise, I say Thank you. It was noble of you to take time away from your own projects to help a doddering old amateur develop a game program that would be lucky to get .01% of the playership.
The admins here are awesome. Most have personally thanked me for my contributions. Pleasant admins are the exception to the rule. At most game sites the admins are dimwits who take pleasure in lording over the designers.
To me, designers are the apex predators. Selectors (developers) play an important role but are decidedly lower in the food chain. In my case, I wear a designer hat with a little developer feather in the band. My specialty, the naturally finite (no superko etc.), decisive abstract, is the highest form of a game.
Other designers I admire include Michael Amundsen and Alek Erickson. I view Michael as the current torch bearer in this thin sliver of the design universe we've found ourselves in. Alek has collaborated with Michael on many designs. I like Christian Freeling. He's been around for a long time designing Chess and Checkers variants.
There aren't many shrink-wrapped games I like. Azul for example, popular though it is, totally misses me.
I've lived in Mongolia since March 2019. I lived in California for 20 years before moving here.
Article about me:
https://www.abstractgames.org/marksteere.html
Article by me:
https://www.abstractgames.org/finitude.html
Mark Steere Games chat: https://discord.gg/feCAeKxyxD
darhf
Games developed: resarcana, sevenwondersarchitects, colorflush, livingforest, photosynthesis, looot, stella, mechadream, terraformingmars, lostexplorers, nextstation, qawale, splendor, catan, nextstationtokyo
n_e_s_s_u_n_o
Games developed: diceathlon, inverteddice, paniclab, zefiria, xxung, microdojo, zuuli, micromidgard, pugsinmugs, vault, hens, rollingpins, blockarena, vaultdenofthieves, shiftingstones
vincentt
Games developed: caverna, agricola, barrage, nidavellir, memoir, thebuildersantiquity, equinox, altered, diceforge, thecrewdeepsea, arknova, thebuilders, numberdrop
Let's roll :)
LeSteffen
Games developed: wordtraveler, kami, splito, timelinetwist, farmclub, divideetimpera, locomomo, sagani, codexnaturalis, tinyturbocars, battlespiritssaga, carcassonnehuntersandgatherers, evergreen
apollo1001
Games developed: sapiens, happycity, buttons, potionexplosion, ninemensmorris, veletas, keyflower, explorationwarzone, trio, carcassonne, mammalath, tapestry
Galeelox
Games developed: smallislands, sahwari, yokai, rainforest, mapsofmisterra, flowers, scriptoria, gosux, almadi, amalfi
A-dam
Games developed: pennypress, meadow, hypnosia, marram, yatzy, circleoflife, kingsguild, wastelandia, blooms, mattock
hersh
Games developed: dragoncastle, tinyfarms, forsale, chocolatefactory, marcopolotwo, marcopolo, piepmatz, lagranja, obsession
GTSchemer
Games developed: gogoa, ekonos, setup, strands, lielow, riftvalleyreserve, challengers, rollintotown, ghostathome
pikiou
Games developed: metromaniab, gearnpiston, lox, tournay, carrara, quoridor, quantum, timemasters, sobek
Adapted for BGA: Quoridor, Gear&Piston, Tournay, Time Masters, Sobek, Quantum, The Palaces of Carrara, Lords of Xidit and Metromania ^^
firgon
Games developed: hydroracers, forestshuffle, colorado, oasis, rauha, boreal, dicehospitaler, planetunknown
Auteur de jeux en herbe, Hydroracers ici. Etdeveloppeur BGA si l'occasion se présente. Contactez-moi.
DrKarotte
Games developed: ruhr, solo, bigtimesoccer, icecoldicehockey, sapiens, stirfryeighteen, gorami, skat
Stets auf der Suche nach frischem Löwenzahn...
VinceS
Games developed: vultureculture, murusgallicus, piratenkapern, spades, thatslife, connectsix, escapefromthehiddencastle
XCID
Games developed: boomerangeurope, schroedingerscats, boomerangaustralia, imhotep, luckynumbers, faifo, boomerangusa
BGA developer of Lucky Numbers, Imhotep, Schrödinger's Cats and the Boomerang series (Australia, Europe, USA)
Mizutismask
Games developed: getthemacguffin, justdesserts, nimalia, seasons, newyorkzoo, expeditions, dobble
jordijansen
Games developed: crypt, foreverhome, skyteam, dogpark, canvas, quibbles, fromage
Avid BoardgamerDeveloper of BGA games
Looking to get your game on the platform? Feel free to contact me for more info!
tilalilalou
Games developed: throughtheages, tzolkin, splits, kingdomino, throughtheagesnewstory, notalone
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bennygui
Games developed: earth, barenpark, theisleofcats, goldwest, romirami, goldblivion
Gamer, Software Developer (on BGA and elsewhere) and other things too. Developed BGA adaptations for Gold West, The Isle of Cats, Bärenpark, Earth, GOLDblivion and Romi Rami.Joueur, Programmeur (sur BGA et ailleurs) et d'autres choses aussi. J'ai développé les adaptations BGA de Gold West, The Isle of Cats (L'île des chats), Bärenpark, Earth, GOLDblivion et Romi Rami.
Archduke
Games developed: abyss, restinpeace, crimezoom, polis, feastforodin, skull
Rashly grab a demo for tabletop play (9)
Morgalad
Games developed: taluva, dragonkeeper, veggiegarden, takaraisland, incangold, santorini
Developer of:INCAN GOLD
TAKARA ISLAND
VEGGIE GARDEN
DRAGON KEEPER
TALUVA
SANTORINI
...and board game geek
Lunalol
Games developed: unconditionalsurrender, quirkyquarks, ageofchampagne, thegreatamericanfoxhunt, spaceempires, talon
XiaoYi
Games developed: legendraiders, tanghulu, similo, spiritsoftheforest, fifteendays, allin
千里之行，始于足下。
MathCT
Games developed: undergrove, biomos, letscatchthelion, highseason, spellbook, mythicbattlesragnarok
MGoulet
Games developed: wizard, thirteenclues, dungeonroll, goblinhood, wizardsgrimoire
BGA Developer of Wizard, Dungeon Roll, 13 Clues and Wizards of the Grimoire
KuWizard
Games developed: justone, simplicity, bang, martiandice, threethousandscoundrels
Hi! I am a developer of Martian Dice and Just One, co-developer of BANG! and a very passionate boardgamer :)I am a Russian living in the UK. Would love to play some boardgames IRL!
RicardoRix
Games developed: palace, saintpoker, commanderchess, detectivepoker, finity
BGA developer & Abe wannabe:Hello...Hello..............Follow me.....
Great games, you might have missed:
Innovation.
Number Drop.
NXS.
The Battle for Hill 218.
Haiclue.
Martian Dice.
Not Alone.
PaulCBirch
Games developed: caboodle, supermegaluckybox, chimerastation, gonutsfordonuts, dragonwood
AmadanNaBriona
Games developed: ladyandthetiger, forex, trickoftherails, intheyearofthedragon, perikles
I am a collector with too many games on my Shelf of Shame.I implement games for BGA as a hobby.
pasko92
Games developed: theshipwreckarcana, ontour, rolltothetopjourneys, boop, rivervalleyglassworks
Developer of boop., Roll to the Top: Journeys, On Tour, and other BGA adaptations. Send me a message if you're looking to adapt your game!
BoltKey
Games developed: arnak, draftosaurus, squadro, bug
Game designer (Project L, Snekagon), developer, mid-euro player. My BGA projects:
Released: Draftosaurus, Lost ruins of Arnak
Beta: Squadro, Bug
Alpha: Snekagon,
Upcoming projects: Project L
Woodruff
Games developed: innovation, toc, frenchtarot
Non non l'appelez pas ça s’ joue à 3 !Bon c'est pas grave on va s’ démerder…
cpasbanal
Games developed: burglebros, luxor, barbu
Developer of Barbu, Luxor, HarbourCo-dev of Burgle Bros.
ElNSTElN
Games developed: iwari, dvonn, tuned
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
nicotacotac
Games developed: federation, pook, bigmonster
Developer of Big Monster, PookCo-dev. of Federation
And maybe more to come... ;)
leocaseiro
Games developed: tictacmatch, thecrew
Working my way to being an Alpha reviewer (up to 700+ games).Developer:
In the meantime, I also started making BGA games.
My first implementation is the 2 player variant for The Crew, Jarvis.
I really appreciate the help from the BGA Dev Community, thanks to Tisaac, Thoun, VictoriaLa, Vincentt, and Archduke.
I developed Tic-Tac Match, currently in Beta. a filler card game inspired by tic tac toe.
Emanuele Ornella
Games developed: soluna, teatime
Board game designer of games like Assyria, Byzanz, Pioneers and many others. I am also a software engineering.
vurtan
Games developed: framework, applejack
Vater, Ehemann, Programmierer und Brettspieler aus Leidenschaft
shadowphiar
Games developed: steamworks, pontedeldiavolo
I play bass guitar and Euro board games. I go to Emmanuel Church and I helped design your phone's brain.
Fletcheese
Games developed: fika, gizmos
When we hit our lowest point, we are open to the greatest change---
Journey before destination
konnok3
Games developed: cucco, eightyeight
Japanese boardgame player.I like to play games very much, but I'm not a good player.
galehar
Games developed: raceforthegalaxy
I have taken over the maintenance of Race for the Galaxy. While I didn't wrote the original implementation (it was sourisdudesert), I fixed tons of bugs in the expansions and added many improvements to the interface.There's still a lot to do.
T_Law
Games developed: connectfour
Favourite Games:- Connect Four
- Kalah
- Werewolf
- Hanabi
- Carcassonne
lordmcfuzz
Games developed: innovation
I love innovation and am part of the volunteer dev teamhighest innovation elo? 460 (78th) ->220726
highest vectorace elo? 391 (14th) ->221028
highest wingspan elo? 319 () ->231106
highest wingspan score 100, bonus points 29
ranks not tied to elo/date, just when I notice
MutantPigeon24
Games developed: chromino
Hi all 👋 I'm a volunteer developer for BGA and enjoy adapting board games onto the BGA platform for all players to have fun on.Developed:
- Chromino
I'm current working on:
- KAWA (Alpha)
ExtraPaul
Games developed: cacao
Développeur informatique, a découvert les jeux de société depuis peu.
Tof63
Games developed: laserreflection
I made a browser extension for BGA. Learn more here: https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=30509
dhau
Games developed: battleforhill
Software Developer and lover of all types of games from Sydney, Australia
HQ063
Games developed: geekoutmasters
Geek, nerd, freak, terco y vago. Web & Desktop Developer. Adicto a Internet. Vivo la vida de a 140 caracteres a la vez.
Jonathan2004
Games developed: flipfreighters
Software Developer,Freelance BGA games Developer as "joesimpson": some games are in alpha,
1 game is LIVE
Kwiss44
Games developed: gangsta
Discover Gangsta!, the first game created by Schmeta Games, a brand new game publishing company from Belgium: https://www.schmetagames.be/en/gangsta.php
Alex_tgiu
Games developed: baolakiswahili
I love board games since childhood. And since school, we have a weekly board game evening going, since about 10 years even with web based result protocol. When Covid changed the world, it also changed our boardgaming and we discovered BGA, which is since then our weekly gaming place. Besides that, also my family likes to play board games, in real and on BGA, so I'm quite happy about it! And being a software engineer, it gave me the chance to publish a game myself: https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=baolakiswahili
eoincos
Games developed: dicesummoners
Board game designer from Decking Awesome Games (https://www.dag.irish/)
yupika
Games developed: kmakici
Part-time game designer, part-time translator, part-time reviewer, part-time chikuwa and tiramisu lover, and part-time world peace thinker.
LaszloK
Games developed: hungariantarokk
Favourites: Tarokk, Hanabi, Agricola.I like discussing.
I don't like arguing.
I enjoy the fact that there isn't a single correct way to play Hanabi (or pretty much any other game, for that matter).
Bids
Games developed: bids
I'm the developer of the Bids card game. You can find my game here on BGA. If you have questions about the game, feel free to ask
grid
Games developed: thrive
I'm Martin Grider, board game designer and video game developer. My game development blog is chesstris.com, games you can buy at abstractpuzzle.com.
Brederic
Games developed: rememberwhen
Avid follower of Christ, husband, father and gamer. I developed Remember When here on BoardGameArena.
disu
Games developed: trusis
Developer and creator of Trusis, a simple murder party game now available on BGA!
Shazzypaz
Games developed: kingdoms
Retired. Play lots of pickleball and love to cook (anything and everything, simple to gourmet).Maintaining Space Base on BGA.
Nisterius
Games developed: grosstarock
I love traditional card games - especially Tarot games. Feel free to hit me up for one!
mandrel
Games developed: calypso
Cards, but also sometimes not cards.Developed Calypso (currently in beta)
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