Hatched This Way

Meet Carrie Linden (she/they), the bisexual, disabled Communications Manager at Snowbright Studio, an LGBTQ+ game studio focused on making heartwarming, family-friendly games.Dinositters is available for presale now! Send out your two, teenage, dino siblings to collect food and friends for the hatchlings in your nest and prove that you're the best Dinositter before the parents return. Check out the campaign page here!

Meet Dr. Nersi Nikakhtar, MD (he/him), an internist and board game content creator who talks me through the nuances of sex, gender, and Blood on the Clocktower. YouTubeDinositters is available for presale now! Send out your two, teenage, dino siblings to collect food and friends for the hatchlings in your nest and prove that you're the best Dinositter before the parents return. Check out the campaign page here!

Meet Maia Thomas (she/her), a lesbian, trans woman who works in the tabletop industry as a game designer, graphic designer, and illustrator. InstagramDinositters is available for presale now! Send out your two, teenage, dino siblings to collect food and friends for the hatchlings in your nest and prove that you're the best Dinositter before the parents return. Check out the campaign page here!

Meet Bez Bonnie-Beth Shahriari (she/her), a Glaswegian, pansexual, graysexual, trans woman with autism, likely ADHD, and a history of depression. Bez is an author, artist, and game designer who makes the world a little more fun, one game at a time.WebsiteInstagramXDinositters is available for presale now! Send out your two, teenage, dino siblings to collect food and friends for the hatchlings in your nest and prove that you're the best Dinositter before the parents return. Check out the campaign page here!

Meet Jamie Sabriel Flex (they/them), the queer, nonbinary game designer at Triple Rainbow Games, a moderator for Break My Game and Protospiel Online, and rotating co-host of the board game documentary podcast Building the Game.WebsiteBuilding the GameCheck out Vicious Gardens, the new release from our friends at Pops & Bejou.

Meet Isaac Vega (he/him), the gay, Latinx, co-founder of Rose Gauntlet Entertainment and designer of Dead of Winter, Forgotten Waters, and Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn.TwitterInstagramRose Gauntlet Entertainment

Meet Connor Alexander (he/him), the queer, Indigenous publisher of the Coyote & Crow roleplaying game.  WebsiteFacebookTwitter

Meet James Kniffen (he/him), a gay, Senior Game Designer for Fantasy Flight Games whose published titles include Star Wars: Armada, Sid Meier's Civilization: A New Dawn, Forbidden Stars, and Twilight Inscription.

Meet Aaron Vanderbeek (he/him), a gay game designer living in Germany whose games include Castell and Extravaganza.InstagramTwitterExtravaganza: The Board Game

Meet Alara Cameron (fay/fae/she), a trans fem, non-binary, lesbian game designer and developer.TwitterWebsite

Meet Bree Horstkamp (she/they), the pansexual, asexual, aromantic, polyamorous, nonbinary, trans female founder and game designer of Mako Games.TwitterFacebookKo-Fi

Meet Theo Strempel (he/him), the gay, disabled tabletop content creator known as Geeky Gaymer Guy. YouTubeInstagram: @geekygaymerguyTwitter: @geekygaymerguyFacebook

Meet Justin (he/him) and Austin (he/him), two queer designers at Pops & Bejou

Meet Seppy Yoon (he/him) a biracial, gay, game designer and publisher with Fight in a Box.  Contains some mature content

Meet Grace Kendall (they/them), a non-binary, asexual, panromantic game designer and co-founder of the Tabletop Mentorship Program

Meet Nikki Valens (they/them), a non-binary, polyamorous, asexual, lesbian and board game designer

Meet Leona Neelam Maple (she/her), a South Asian, queer, pansexual, demiromantic and founder of Maple Intersectionality Consulting

Meet Crystal Dax (she/her), a bisexual, polyamorous content creator and co-host of the Board Game Blitz podcast

Meet Omari Akil (he/they), a black, demi, polyamorous musician, game designer, and the founder of Colorway Game Labs

Meet Maggie (she/her), Megan (she/her), and Chris (he/him), the queer content creators of We're Playing Games

Meet Brenna Noonan (she/her), a pansexual developer for Quillsilver Studio

Meet Nersi Nikakhtar (he/him), a Persian, gay, sometimes doctor and board game reviewer for Nersi Games

Meet Matt Molandes (he/him), a queer, polyamorous marketing manager for Kolossal Games, community manager for Brotherwise Games, and social media manager for Grail Games and Maple Games

Meet Xoe Allred (it/its), an aromantic, neurodivergent, trans mom and game designer for Kife Bunny Games

Meet Maxwell Freud (he/him), a gay, Minneapolis-based, board game designer and the host of Hatched This Way as he is interviewed by his friend and co-designer, Joel Bodkin (him/him) of Featherstone Games.