Tonight at 9PM ET (UTC -5), Drayer Ink ➡️ BlueSky ❤🧡💛💚💙💜🖤 and Dylan Kirk speak with JF Gagné, Yves Tourigny, and Thomas Dagenais-Lespérance - Franco-Canadiens involved with les jeux de société to celebrate La Fête de la Francophonie. Join us on facebook.com/MeepleSyrup or youtube.com/MeepleSyrup

Tonight at 9PM ET (UTC -5) Sen-Foong Lim and Drayer Ink ➡️ BlueSky ❤🧡💛💚💙💜🖤 welcome Pat Marino from The Op Games to talk about other formats used to pitch games to publishers beyond the faithfull sellsheet. Join us live at facebook.com/MeepleSyrup or youtube.com/MeepleSyrup

🎲✂️ Tonight at 9 PM ET on the Meeple Syrup Show, game designer / illustrator / graphic designer Christopher Chan- #BlackLivesMatter talks about pitching via video. Drayer Ink ➡️ BlueSky ❤🧡💛💚💙💜🖤 so it'll just be Sen-Foong Lim at the helm! Join the chat at facebook.com/MeepleSyrup or youtube.com/MeepleSyrup

After some tech issues, Drayer Ink ➡️ BlueSky ❤🧡💛💚💙💜🖤 has saved the day: we bring you last night’s show that wasn’t properly broadcasted live. A panel of great designers discuss how to pitch bigger, heavier games to publishers. youtu.be/HbDFWuDE99c

🎲✂️ Drayer Ink ➡️ BlueSky ❤🧡💛💚💙💜🖤 and Sen-Foong Lim welcome Cassie Sikes to the show to chat about how she found community (and success for her game, Jibber Jabble!) through running a booth at a local convention. Chat with us live at facebook.com/MeepleSyrup or YouTube.com/MeepleSyrup

TTGDA and @gamaofficial.bsky.social have released a white paper on tariffs to answer a lot of frequently asked questions, like how the declared cost is calculated, country of origin determined, and more. Please spread to help us combat disinformation. ttgda.org/press

🎲✂️ Tonight on the Meeple Syrup Show, Drayer Ink ➡️ BlueSky ❤🧡💛💚💙💜🖤 and Sen-Foong Lim talk about George's first time attending the Gathering of Friends as a designer / self-publisher. We'll talk about long cons, prep, pitching, and more at facebook.com/MeepleSyrup or YouTube.com/MeepleSyrup!

Tonight at 9PM EST, @drayerink.bsky.social and @senfoonglim.bsky.social are doing an AMA on tabletop game design, development, publishing, etc. Please join us with questions that we'll answer live on facebook.com/MeepleSyrup or youtube.com/MeepleSyrup

🎲✂️ This Wednesday at 9 PM EST, Sen-Foong Lim explores Boardssey and all of the tools the devs purpose-built for tabletop designers to prototype and present their games to prospective publishers. Join us live on facebook.com/MeepleSyrup or youtube.com/MeepleSyrup

A wide-ranging board game designer Q&A session, touching on topics from prototyping supplies to beginners’ advice, learning from playtesters, and more youtube.com/watch?v=N6wrKg… via Meeple Syrup

Tonight at 9PM EDT, Drayer Ink ➡️ BlueSky ❤🧡💛💚💙💜🖤 and Sen-Foong Lim speak with Ryan Boucher of Seabrook Studios about Pitch2Table.com - a site designed to help designers connect with publishers. Join us live at facebook.com/MeepleSyrup or youtube.com/MeepleSyrup

🎲✂️ Tonight at 9PM EDT (UTC -5) Drayer Ink ➡️ BlueSky ❤🧡💛💚💙💜🖤 and Sen-Foong Lim to Luke Parnell (Kerf Cut Games) about how he incorporates his art and culture into his game designs. Chat with us live at facebook.com/MeepleSyrup or youtube.com/MeepleSyrup

🎲✂️ Tonight on the Meeple Syrup Show at 9 PM EDT (UTC -5), Sen-Foong Lim and Drayer Ink ➡️ BlueSky ❤🧡💛💚💙💜🖤 welcome Luuk Van Hoomissen to talk about Origins Game Fair and how he approached the convention as a return attendee. Chat live at facebook.com/MeepleSyurp or youtube.com/MeepleSyrup

🎲✂️ Tonight at 9 EDT (UTC -5), Sen-Foong Lim and Drayer Ink ➡️ BlueSky ❤🧡💛💚💙💜🖤 welcome Connie Vogelmann (Apiary, Wyrmspan) to discuss the topic of player interaction. Join us live in the chat at facebook.com/MeepleSyrup or youtube.com/MeepleSyrup - see you there!

Tonight at 9PM EDT (UTC -5), Sen-Foong Lim and Drayer Ink ➡️ BlueSky ❤🧡💛💚💙💜🖤 talk to THE SCORE was Delivered! about compelling worldbuilding in game design. Join us live in the chat at facebook.com/MeepleSyrup or youtube.com/MeepleSyrup!

🎲✂️ Tonight at 9PM EDT (UTC -5), Sen-Foong Lim and Drayer Ink ➡️ BlueSky ❤🧡💛💚💙💜🖤 talk to Nimue Innovation Studios about doing the unthinkable: designing and publishing a TCG like Round Table in this day and age! Join us live in the chat at facebook.com/MeepleSyrup or youtube.com/MeepleSyrup!

🎲✂️ Tonight at 9PM EDT (UTC -5), Sen-Foong Lim and Drayer Ink ➡️ BlueSky ❤🧡💛💚💙💜🖤 talk to mondo davis and JohnBrieger - BSky move complete in a Developer Round Table, looking at freelance and in house roles! Join us live in the chat at facebook.com/MeepleSyrup or youtube.com/MeepleSyrup!

The leadership of the Tabletop Game Designers Association was disappointed to see the publisher CGE touting Codenames: Back to Hogwarts, a new Harry Potter-themed version of Codenames.

🎲✂️ Back in the saddle after Gen Con Drayer Ink ➡️ BlueSky ❤🧡💛💚💙💜🖤 and Sen-Foong Lim talk to Alex Radcliffe re: the con, his work at BoardGameCo, and what's happening over at Gamefound! Join us live at facebook.com/MeepleSyrup or youtube.com/MeepleSyrup. Come chat!

Howdy meeps! We’re going on hiatus for the remainder of August and we’ll be back in September. Have a great last few weeks of summer!