Subtopia is a production hub for art and creativity in Alby, Botkyrka, run by the local muncipality. Housed in the former production facilities of LM Ericsson’s dairy farm in Alby, it’s a place with high ceiling and space for experimentation. LM Ericsson (1846-1926) was the entrepreneur that brought phones into the lives of people in … Continue reading Subtopia: Street art and DIY veggies
Futhark is the name of the Viking rune alphabet. Futhark is also the name of my latest game. Furthark is a 54 card game where 2-4 players compete to form words in a tableau of runes. The game is currently in playtesting. The print-and-play playtest edition is free for personal use. Find it here. Vikings … Continue reading Futhark: Reveal the secrets of the runes
Happy to announce that I have just re-released Death of Rapacus. Death of Rapacus is my dark comedy love letter to Ars Magica. It’s is a one shot where you get to enjoy one of the play experiences you can get with Ars Magica — that of petty wizards scheming and arguing with each other … Continue reading Death of Rapacus Definitive Edition
RPG Trader is a new market place to buy and sell tabletop roleplaying games. Created by Hugh Lashbrooke, the site promises a modern easy-to-use experience for buyers and sellers. “We believe finding great RPG content should be simple, and publishing it should be just as easy.” RPG Trader The platform launched this week and I … Continue reading RPG Trader – a new market place for TTRPGs
Folk Lab Hallunda is a creator space where everyone can come in from the street and create things with 3d printers and laser cutters. I joined the team in February and the first season is now coming to an end. We will do a summer break and come back end of August. Here is a … Continue reading End of season
Who shoots first? Who hits? Who brought a knife to a gunfight? Play Draw Stranger to find out. Two gunslingers duel it out in the Old West in this 17 card micro game. A game plays in 5 minutes but you will want to play again and again. Draw Stranger is now available from Thoughtful … Continue reading Draw Stranger now available for sale
I used to be a project manager and a software engineer within software development. I’ve designed and developed frameworks and lead greenfield development projects and large refactoring projects. My last assignment ended about one year ago. I’ve burned out twice and got let go thrice since moving to Stockholm nine years ago. While I had … Continue reading A lose-lose proposition
Medeltidsveckan is a yearly festival in Visby on Gotland that celebrates all things medieval. For one week, scenic Visby transforms into an open air theatre with concerts, markets, lectures, street food stalls, acrobats, jesters, and people dressed out in anything remotely Medieval. From vikings to pirates -- you will find them there. There is also … Continue reading The programme for Medeltidsveckan 2026 is up
For convenience as of this month, I am giving up thoughtfulgames.com. Instead, find my games together with my other online content here on thoughtfuldane.com. I founded Thoughtful Games back in 2009 to market and sell Montsegur 1244. In 2019 I began blogging and bought the domain thoughtfuldane.com. This has since then become the home of … Continue reading Thoughtful Games is now Thoughtful Dane
This is part three of my posts about LinCon 2026, a gaming convention in Linköping that I attended with my kids. In this post I deep dive into running Death of Rapacus, Mars to Stay and Zhenya’s Wonder Tales. The two first are story games that I have designed and published while the third is … Continue reading LinCon 2026: Part Three
