Joseph Z Chen (FantasticFactories) π OrcaCon
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Designer/artist for #FantasticFactories. Co-founder of Metafactory Games. Tweets about tabletop gaming, game design, and game publishing. Find me at bluer skies
Seattle, WA
Joined August 2016
Very excited about this one! I was part of the CoLab team to help develop this game. It's a very clever evolution to Cascadia in a mind-bending way. Somehow capture the soul of Cascadia while being a completely new experience!
We're super excited to announce Cascadia: Alpine Lakes! A brand new stand-alone follow-up to Cascadia! Using dual-hex tiles, Alpine Lakes takes that Cascadia puzzliness you know and love to new heights - layer tiles to create peaks and valleys and populate them with wildlife!
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My 8yo son loves playing Deep Rock Galactic with me so much he made his first website about the game! https://t.co/Mm2VDnn3CI
@GhostShip_Games @JoinDeepRock
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buy Deep Rock Galactic
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Want to try out our new games? Check them out on Tabletopia!
π Point Galaxy & Propolis: Kickstarter Campaign by Flatout Games! π Ready for cosmic adventures π and epic beekeeping π― 2 exciting new games await! π² β¨ Point Galaxy: Build your galaxy π π π Propolis: Build the best hive π π» Try on Tabletopia, support on Kickstarter! π
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π£THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!! POINT GALAXY + PROPOLIS ARE NOW LIVE!!! Check them out on Kickstarter! ππ Huge thanks to everyone who has backed to help make these games a reality! β€οΈ https://t.co/Jb7xOfEVnV
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Fast and fun games for everyone, from the team that brought you the smash hits Point Salad, Calico, and Cascadia!
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I did development work on both Propolis and Point Galaxy, and now the Kickstarter is live! Please check it out! β€οΈ https://t.co/bSxa376WB6
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Fast and fun games for everyone, from the team that brought you the smash hits Point Salad, Calico, and Cascadia!
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It's happening soon!! I did development on these games, and they both punch above their weight class in terms of how much game there is in a small box! Please check it out if they sound interesting to you.
Hey y'all! We're launching Point Galaxy + Propolis on Tuesday and we couldn't be more excited about this double-feature of compact-but-crunchy games! It would mean the GALAXY to us if you would SHARE this link to the KS prelaunch page and SIGN UP! Thanks!!
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I'm migrating to bluer skies. Find me under the same handle. I'll be posting less and less here over time.
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Ready for pitching Malarkey with @rf_seattle at PAX Unplugged! Probably made more prototypes than I needed but it's the easiest game I've ever designed in terms of components.
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The prototype copy of #Propolis is coming together! Almost ready for #PAXUnplugged! Looking forward to seeing you all and sharing this new big-game-in-a-small-box worker placement game!
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Bottoscon 2024 Retrospective @oinkgames @fanfactories @devirgames @StrongholdGames @AMIGO_GamesUS @alderac @Gamewright
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Once again in November I was able to attend Bottoscon, the largest wargaming convention in the Pacific Northwest. This year, they managed to get over 150 attendees, which is amazing considering thaβ¦
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My son decided to make his own review of the Ultra Bionic Blaster when he was disappointed with the range and couldn't find other reviews of the toy. So here are his thoughts:
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Weekly playtesting at Mox Boarding House in Ballard! Herds from @connorjwake, Counterpoint, and Malarkey (a joint design between @rf_seattle and myself).
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These are both solid games! I did dev work on both. Point Galaxy is by far my favorite in the Point game series. And Propolis packs a LOT of game into a small package.
We are super excited to announce Point Galaxy and Propolis! We will be bringing these two new small box games to Kickstarter in early 2025 and we cannot wait for you all to try them! #sequencebuilding #workerplacement #enginebuilding #setcollection
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Super cool to see indie game markets become a thing in the US! https://t.co/h02jGmx1D3 It looks like New Mill (@dnlnwmn) is hosting one in December at PAX Unplugged. I'm definitely going to check it out! https://t.co/5LLegG75EX
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Friday Night Shots - Top 1000 BGG Games @gmtgames @pegasusspiele @czechgames @fanfactories @PlayRenegade @garphillgames @Capstone_Games
dudetakeyourturn.ca
I know what youβre thinking. Two Friday Night Shots posts in a row? That must mean Dave got the jukebox fixed! Itβs amazing what paying your work people can actually do. Maybe thatΜ΅β¦
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I did a lot development work for Knitting Circle. I'm proud to a part of the great team that helped make this game! Please check it out.
π¨π¨THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!! π¨π¨ #KnittingCircle is LIVE now on @Kickstarter! Check out this adorable follow-up to Calico by @Tiandris with art by @beth_sobel! Please share to help us spread the word!!!
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Played three games at our meetup and two of them were new to me. Cascadia: Rolling Rivers ππ Fantastic Factoriesππ L.L.A.M.A.
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Finished making art and cutting out cards for a prototype! I know it's excessive to put this much effort into art but I enjoy it and it helps sell the theme. All of this is an elaborate excuse to shuffle by smearing the deck across the table like an ocean of cards. #gamedesign
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EXCITING NEWS from @ttgda_org ! Most major mainstream online retailers of board games (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Target, etc) do not list game designers on their websites. One of our important initiatives has been to get designers listed by these sites.
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Knitting Circle Kickstarter is launching October 15th! https://t.co/q1eYr8QIqc It's a great design by @Tiandris, and I'm proud of the development work I contributed to this project. Sign up to be notified if this looks up your alley!
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A brand new puzzly tile-laying Calico game of knitting with kitties from the team that brought you Calico, Cascadia, and Verdant!
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