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Joshua Gillingham

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Starter. Go-getter. Needs (more) coffee. Author, Editor & Game Designer from Vancouver Island. Vikings, gnomes, pirates, samurai... worlds within worlds ๐Ÿ“š

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Early badge pickup has begun! Drop by @raincity.games Vancouver (not New West) to pick up your badge, today thru Wed.

Pickup will also be available Thurs before the show at the Van Conv Centre - West, Hall A. And of course you can pick up your badge at the Registration booth throughout the event.

07.03.2026 17:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ

03.03.2026 15:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Here's a closer look at the illustration in question :)

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#boardgames #cardgames #boardgamedesign #gameart

03.03.2026 03:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This Thursday I will be bringing Torin Ten-Trees and his troll hunting company to Dark Dreams, a #fantasy book event alongside fellow island authors @kategateleyauthor.bsky.social and @kaiewrites.bsky.social. All are welcome!

#bclit #amreading #fantasybooks #vikings #dragons #magic

24.02.2026 16:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nice haul!

20.02.2026 04:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Great game! Sits proudly on my shelf and *actually* gets played (gasp!)

17.02.2026 03:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Big thanks to everyone that play tested Warlord Protocol at @dundracon.bsky.social 2026! We got some great feedback on the game and had a lot of fun in the process!

17.02.2026 02:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 29 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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@ericraue.bsky.social Thanks for brining Relics of the Mind to the playtesting group last night - will look forward to a game at TCTC in March

14.02.2026 21:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I want to thank people who took the time to read the document and watch the video I shared. It is also important to me that it is understood: I do not believe Matthew, Paula, Monique or Naveen (or anyone else) had involvement (or awareness) of the actions the owner of Game Night Picks took. 1/4

11.02.2026 01:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 259 ๐Ÿ” 47 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6 ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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We've been hard at work overhauling Warlord Protocol's combat system to include more interaction. And a portion of that also means giving each card type more defined roles within the game. The reminder text on our basic cards give you a window into the changes to come :)
#boardgames #boardgamedesign

07.02.2026 22:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Tbh I want her whole house

03.02.2026 17:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Latest anti-writer scam is a fake Goodreads Reading Challenge, using a gmail rather than a goodreads domain email. At this point any genuine contact is going to get lost in the torrent of spam. AI semi-targeted mass messaging is the parasite that kills the host.

27.01.2026 16:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 128 ๐Ÿ” 20 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
Wanna Learn to Play Halls of Asgard? Easy-Breezy How to Play
Wanna Learn to Play Halls of Asgard? Easy-Breezy How to Play YouTube video by How I Roll

Rules video for my new game, Halls of Asgard! Thanks to Ryan Guerra from How I Roll for creating this killer "Rip Up the Rules" video - if you want to learn how to play, this is definitely your stop.

๐Ÿ”ฅ Kickstarter launches in May 2026 ๐Ÿ”ฅ

youtu.be/XLz6sCgRoMo

26.01.2026 23:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Playtesting at the pub! The best place for it, really ๐Ÿป

#boardgames #tabletop #playtesting

24.01.2026 16:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Writing Wives - Things to Remember โ€” Emily Inkpen In this instalment weโ€™re going to look at wives and, more importantly, how to inject character into the person behind the title. Wives often form background depth to male protagonists and as such they...

Itโ€™s about time I published this one - itโ€™s the next in my โ€œwriting female charactersโ€ seriesโ€ฆ

Writing Wives - Things to Remember

www.emilyinkpen.com/blog/writing...

24.01.2026 14:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Canals of Windcrest A 1-4 player game of building bridges and exporting goods through the canals of Windcrest.

Do you love picking up and delivering? And supporting local? All with FLYING WHALES???

Vancouver designers and friends of the store First Fish Games have launched ๐Ÿ‹ Canals of Windcrest ๐Ÿ‹ on Kickstarter!

21.01.2026 19:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I have a set of bookshop events planned for the release of Children of Strife end of March - all in the UK I'm afraid. After Which I'll be at Eastercon which follows directly on. adriantchaikovsky.com

20.01.2026 19:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 228 ๐Ÿ” 23 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

And my axe! โ€ฆI mean, me too ๐Ÿ‘

20.01.2026 05:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Canโ€™t wait!!

19.01.2026 18:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Promotional graphic for Dark Dreams: a winter book event. Fantasy live readings, panel discussion and author book signing. 6:30-8pm, Thursday February 26 at Windowseat Books, #6 321 Wesley Street in Nanaimo, BC, Canada with Kate Gateley, Patrick Elworthy, Joshua Gillingham and K.A. Wiggins. Light/gold text over ombre green to black background with a black dragon silhouette and falling stars.

Promotional graphic for Dark Dreams: a winter book event. Fantasy live readings, panel discussion and author book signing. 6:30-8pm, Thursday February 26 at Windowseat Books, #6 321 Wesley Street in Nanaimo, BC, Canada with Kate Gateley, Patrick Elworthy, Joshua Gillingham and K.A. Wiggins. Light/gold text over ombre green to black background with a black dragon silhouette and falling stars.

Promotional graphic for Dark Dreams: a winter book event. Fantasy live readings, panel discussion and author book signing. 6:30-8pm, Thursday February 26 at Windowseat Books, #6 321 Wesley Street in Nanaimo, BC, Canada with Kate Gateley, Patrick Elworthy, Joshua Gillingham and K.A. Wiggins. Light/gold text over ombre green to black background with a black dragon silhouette and falling stars. Features author photo of Joshua Gillingham with seven of his books and anthologies.

Promotional graphic for Dark Dreams: a winter book event. Fantasy live readings, panel discussion and author book signing. 6:30-8pm, Thursday February 26 at Windowseat Books, #6 321 Wesley Street in Nanaimo, BC, Canada with Kate Gateley, Patrick Elworthy, Joshua Gillingham and K.A. Wiggins. Light/gold text over ombre green to black background with a black dragon silhouette and falling stars. Features author photo of Joshua Gillingham with seven of his books and anthologies.

#VanIsle #Fantasy fans unite! Come hang out at the endlessly charming Windowseat Books in Nanaimoโ€™s old quarter for a (free/unticketed!) fantastical escape~๐Ÿ‰โš”๏ธ๐Ÿง™โ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ”ฎ๐Ÿช„

Feat. readings & fantasy writing panel + book signings w/ VI๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆauthors on Thurs. Feb. 26 from 6:30-8pm๐Ÿ”ฅ

windowseatbooks.ca/events/44422...

19.01.2026 04:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Promotional graphic for Dark Dreams: a winter book event. Fantasy live readings, panel discussion and author book signing. 6:30-8pm, Thursday February 26 at Windowseat Books, #6 321 Wesley Street in Nanaimo, BC, Canada with Kate Gateley, Patrick Elworthy, Joshua Gillingham and K.A. Wiggins. Light/gold text over ombre green to black background with a black dragon silhouette and falling stars. Features author photo of Kate Gateley with four of her books.

Promotional graphic for Dark Dreams: a winter book event. Fantasy live readings, panel discussion and author book signing. 6:30-8pm, Thursday February 26 at Windowseat Books, #6 321 Wesley Street in Nanaimo, BC, Canada with Kate Gateley, Patrick Elworthy, Joshua Gillingham and K.A. Wiggins. Light/gold text over ombre green to black background with a black dragon silhouette and falling stars. Features author photo of Kate Gateley with four of her books.

Promotional graphic for Dark Dreams: a winter book event. Fantasy live readings, panel discussion and author book signing. 6:30-8pm, Thursday February 26 at Windowseat Books, #6 321 Wesley Street in Nanaimo, BC, Canada with Kate Gateley, Patrick Elworthy, Joshua Gillingham and K.A. Wiggins. Light/gold text over ombre green to black background with a black dragon silhouette and falling stars. Features author photo of Patrick Elworthy with his book.

Promotional graphic for Dark Dreams: a winter book event. Fantasy live readings, panel discussion and author book signing. 6:30-8pm, Thursday February 26 at Windowseat Books, #6 321 Wesley Street in Nanaimo, BC, Canada with Kate Gateley, Patrick Elworthy, Joshua Gillingham and K.A. Wiggins. Light/gold text over ombre green to black background with a black dragon silhouette and falling stars. Features author photo of Patrick Elworthy with his book.

Promotional graphic for Dark Dreams: a winter book event. Fantasy live readings, panel discussion and author book signing. 6:30-8pm, Thursday February 26 at Windowseat Books, #6 321 Wesley Street in Nanaimo, BC, Canada with Kate Gateley, Patrick Elworthy, Joshua Gillingham and K.A. Wiggins. Light/gold text over ombre green to black background with a black dragon silhouette and falling stars. Features author photo of K.A. Wiggins with several of her books and anthologies.

Promotional graphic for Dark Dreams: a winter book event. Fantasy live readings, panel discussion and author book signing. 6:30-8pm, Thursday February 26 at Windowseat Books, #6 321 Wesley Street in Nanaimo, BC, Canada with Kate Gateley, Patrick Elworthy, Joshua Gillingham and K.A. Wiggins. Light/gold text over ombre green to black background with a black dragon silhouette and falling stars. Features author photo of K.A. Wiggins with several of her books and anthologies.

โ€”With @joshuagillingham.bsky.social Patrick Elworthy, @kategateleyauthor.bsky.social @kaiewrites.bsky.social ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

(RSVP to Windowseat for snack planning purposes! windowseatbooks.ca/events/44422... ๐Ÿ’ž)

#CanLit #Fantasy #SFF #Speculative #Events #CanadianAuthors #ReadCanadian

19.01.2026 04:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Stuff Your Kindle Canadian Edition promo graphic from Canadian Indie Authors. Free books one day only on January 15 at tinyurl.com/canadianbookblast advertised in red and black text with and black icons in background.

Stuff Your Kindle Canadian Edition promo graphic from Canadian Indie Authors. Free books one day only on January 15 at tinyurl.com/canadianbookblast advertised in red and black text with and black icons in background.

Free ebooks by Canadian authors (most on multiple platforms, SYK is just the best known), today only: tinyurl.com/canadianbookblast

15.01.2026 15:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Spacefarers of Catan ๐ŸŽฒ๐ŸŽฒ

#gamenight #tabletop #boardgames

10.01.2026 04:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Game state

03.01.2026 21:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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So it beginsโ€ฆ

03.01.2026 04:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Weโ€™ll see how I do!

02.01.2026 21:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Finally getting to play this after jealously eyeing it for years on shelves in board game shops and cafes! Will be playing as the Emirates of Hacan - if youโ€™ve got any hot Twilight Imperium strategy tips, drop a comment ๐Ÿ’ช

#boardgames #tabletop #amplaying #scifi

02.01.2026 05:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Thus spoke the sage

30.12.2025 21:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A lot of monk-y business

26.12.2025 04:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The vibrant magnificence of #Earth: 22 breathtaking images from the 2025 #Landscape #Photographer of the Year awards.
#landscapephotography #photography

Be sure to take a look at all the amazing #photos by following this link: www.popsci.com/environment/...

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