Bloom-i-nation is an area control game about bees competing to pollinate flower patches. Players draft their turn order between rounds and spend notes to perform actions and allow their bees to dance.

Cattycombs of Rhyorr:  Cattycombs of Rhyorr is a light euro with tile placement, resource management, and some asymmetry. It has a mix of strategy and randomness, but what would one expect from a game about mice with backpacks eating cheese and reclaiming trinkets that were stolen by pesky cats?

Arbor Falls: It’s time for a change, so you move out of the bustling city, to the quiet, small town of Arbor Falls. You set out to collect quirky furniture to decorate your empty home. Along the way, you help your neighbors, meet new people, and clean up the town.

Bao Wow Wow: Bao (Pronounced Bow) Wow Wow is a game that was born out of a dare and brought to life during an epic road trip. In Bao Wow Wow, unleash the power of rhyme as you strategically play item cards (think Bao, Cow, Now, Mao, Tau, and Wow) to fulfill contracts and rack up points.

Designer Alley is happening Saturday March 9th from 10am to 2pm. This is our finalized designer schedule for #G2S2024. Make sure to check out each designer’s feature. Come join in the fun!

EXIT!: Run for your life! You are trapped in a corridor and chased by a monster. Go through doors and find clues to find the secret exit. Light, family, mass-market game with yomi for 3-9 players.

Cubism: the Card Game: Eccentric art enthusiasts compete to build the best collections of cubist paintings in this 30 minute, introductory deckbuilding game!

I am a game designer from Massachusetts. I enjoy making prototypes of games using a variety of themes and with my own artwork. I do many forms of art, including crafts, drawing, dance (and choreography), singing, acting, and playing the flute.

My wife and I and two kids live in NH and enjoy playing games together. I am an editor by trade, in the education industry for the past 15 years, after 15 years in newspapers and magazines. I’ve played games my whole life.

Designer Alley is happening Saturday March 11th from 10am to 4pm. This is our finalized designer schedule for #G2S2023. Make sure to check out each designer’s feature. Come join in the fun!

Postcards: In Postcards, you're a group of friends who took trips to different locations and mailed postcards that fell apart on their way home. Now, you must work together to match postcard pictures with the messages on their backs by ‘writing’ and sorting clues.

I am a lifelong gamer, who started primarily in the trading card space with games like Magic: the Gathering. At age 11, I made my first game with a friend, which was basically just a riff on Yu-Gi-Oh.

I am an LGBTQ+ game designer located in Springfield, MA. Currently, I work for Underdog Games as their Head of Kids Game Design & Development where I help inspire curiosity designing family games. Beyond my day job, I am the host of a podcast called “Game Design Unboxed: Inspiration to Publication'' hosted on the Know Direction Network.

We are excited to have Tim Blank back in Designer Alley this year showing off his games Wizards of Wysteria, Yosemite and Bumuntu.

A little about Tim, written in his own words.

Designer Alley is happening Saturday March 12th from 10am to 6pm. This is our finalized designer schedule for #G2S2022. Make sure to check out each designer’s feature. Come join in the fun!

We are excited to have Brenna Noonan joining us in Designer Alley for the first time and showing off her game Spectrum!

A little bit about Brenna, written in her own words.

We are excited to have Jamie Sabriel Flez joining us this year for the first time in Designer Alley, showing off their game Fight Sequence.

A little about Jamie, written in their own words.

We are excited to have Gwen Ruelle and Sam Bryant back in Designer Alley this year showing off their new game Punchbowl.

A little about Gwen, written in her own words:

We are excited that Max Siedman, from Resonym, will be back in Designer Alley this year. Max has loved board games since he was young, when he was first introduced to Euro games like Catan and Puerto Rico.

Today we are featuring Chris Chan. Chris started designing games after got hired at a chess shop right after college. But he got tired of idly trying to improve chess 8 or 9 years later, entered hobby world around 2017, and now game design is a much bigger part of his life.