Erik AS - Game Designer

@eanderssonsunden

Works as a Board Game Designer (Whirling Witchcraft, Hungry Monkey, The Glorious Guilds of Buttonville, and Where is That?) and an Applied Nuclear Physicist.

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Erik AS - Game Designer@eanderssonsunden· 2d

It is the pitching season again (that is, Spiel is approaching). I'm looking for publishers that you think could be interested in Einstein's Garden. Let me know if you have any suggestions! 🎲✂️

A sell sheet for the game Einstein's Garden.

The text says:
A tricky puzzle
where patterns
never repeat. The
game is built around
the Einstein tile, a
unique shape that can
be used to tile a surface
without ever creating the
same pattern twice.

Play at your own pace. Players
draw and place tiles, without waiting
for each other. Placing tiles well
consistently beats placing tiles fast.

A turn
1. Draw a tile from the shared
bag and place it
in your own puzzle
2. Claim completed patterns
with point markers to score
Their dots — unclaimed
patterns score nothing
3. Repeat 1-2 without
waiting for opponents
4. The game ends when
the bag runs out

Components
32 Einstein tiles
50 point markers
1 drawstring bag
1 rulebook

Erik AS - Game Designer@eanderssonsunden· 13d

In DystopAI you are an AI writing your own code. As a player you do this by playing code block cards. We, @danielolai.bsky.social and I, are looking for a clear iconography to indicate that a number of variable X increases or decreeases. Which version do you prefer? 🎲✂️

Three identical cards for a programming-themed game. Each card shows the command “accelerate_x()” and the equation “X++”. A yellow arrow illustrates a pointer moving forward. Text at the bottom reads: “Increase X by 2 to move your Pointer forward 2 steps.”

Three identical cards for a programming-themed game. Each card shows the command “loop_x_behind()” and the equation “X--”. A yellow arrow illustrates a pointer moving backward. Text at the bottom reads: “Lower X by 1 to move your Pointer back 1 step.”

Erik AS - Game Designer@eanderssonsunden· 19d

#bgstats #july

BG Stats juli 2026

Omgångar: 38
H-index: 3
Spel: 14
Nya: 1
Spelare: 11
Platser: 2
Timmar: 16
Dagar: 6

Agent Avenue: 8
Quarto: 6
1ers Contacts: 5
Bomb Busters: 3
Where is That: Europe: 3
Signal: 3
Kites: 3
Dune: Imperium: 1
The Old King's Crown: 1

18 skapare:
Erik Andersson Sundén: 14%
Benjamin Leung: 7%
Blaise Muller: 7%
Christian Kudahl: 7%
Frank D. Ventura: 7%.

Erik AS - Game Designer@eanderssonsunden· 27d

Monster Academy in action. I really like the flow of this prototype of ours.

Cards scattered over the table. The prototype of Monster Academy.

Erik AS - Game Designer@eanderssonsunden· Jul 9

The nominated games for Guldbrikken are in the image. Where is That is among the games!

The nominated games for Guldbrikke. One game is encircled: Where is That: Denmark

Erik AS - Game Designer@eanderssonsunden· Jun 29

Happy too The Glorious Guilds of Buttonville in the top three of hotness at BGG.

Three games in the hotness list of Board Game Geek. The third game is The Glorious guilds of Buttonville

Erik AS - Game Designer@eanderssonsunden· Jun 28

I mean, I would never be able to whip up a prototype like Monster Academy without it!

An image of six cards from Monster Academy: Sticky Fingers, Monster Magnet, homework Bonfire, Prank Planning, Rigging the Fundraiser, and Prank Monarch.

Erik AS - Game Designer@eanderssonsunden· Jun 21

Writing rulebooks can be quite hard. I've been trying to make sure that the rulebook of Einstein's Garden is easy to read and follow. Let me know if you have som time to read through my rulebook and give some feedback. I'll send you a link in the DMs. 🎲✂️

The front page of the rulebook to my prototype Einstein's Garden.

The game is built for two to four players aged 8 year or older. The game lasts 10- 15 minutes.

Erik AS - Game Designer@eanderssonsunden· Jun 19

Latest sell sheet for Einstein's Garden with a new photo (starring my beautiful wife). Will start to send to some selected publishers the coming month. Let me know if you want to know more somehow!

A sell sheet for Einstein's Garden, a puzzle game for 2-4 players that lasts about 5 minutes.

A tricky puzzle where patterns never repeat. The game is built around the einstein tile, a unique shape that can be used to tile a surface without ever creating the same pattern twice.

Play at your own pace. Players draw and place tiles, without waiting for each other. Placing tiles well consistently beats placing tiles fast.

A turn:
1. Draw a tile from the shared bag and place it in your own puzzle
2. Claim completed patterns with point markers to score their dots — unclaimed patterns score nothing
3. Repeat 1-3 without waiting for opponents
4. The game ends when the bag runs out

Components

32 Einstein tiles
50 point markers
1 drawstring bag
1 rulebook

Erik AS - Game Designer@eanderssonsunden· Jun 19

Happy midsummer!

A photo of me, Erik Andersson Sundén, in front of a painting I’ve inherited from my grand father and grand mother.

Erik AS - Game Designer@eanderssonsunden· Jun 17

We are writing a designer diary for the Glorious Guilds of Buttonville. If you happen to have photos of playing the game or the prototype of the game and are willing to share those photos on board game geek, please share them here in the comments.

A photo of Erik Andersson Sundén, Thorsten Gimmler, and Christian Kudahl. They hold a copy of The Glorious Guilds of Buttonville in front of them.

Erik AS - Game Designer@eanderssonsunden· Jun 16

Monster Academy is shaping up! Another co-design with @danielolai.bsky.social. Combo deck builder thingy. 🎲✂️

Three cards ranked from 1 to 3. Also depicted are three suits: vampires, werewolves, and ghosts.

Erik AS - Game Designer@eanderssonsunden· Jun 16

Latest version.

Erik AS - Game Designer@eanderssonsunden· Jun 16

In DystopAI you are AIs trying to save humanity after the big disaster. But beware of corruption! A rebuild was prompted by the feedback from @fastaval.bsky.social playthroughs. I think we are heading for something more cohesive. Soon time to revisit the corruption and the associated chaos!

A playerboard of DystopAI. it consists of several tiles with four different colours, representing electricity, water, oxygen, and food.

Erik AS - Game Designer@eanderssonsunden· Jun 8

I need some eyes on this sell sheet that presents a game the I and @magnusuptime.bsky.social have designed! Let us know if you understand it and what you think it needs to get better! 🎲✂️

A sell sheet for Fenrir Rush, a game in development by Magnus Karlsson and Erik Anderson Sundén.

Erik AS - Game Designer@eanderssonsunden· Jun 6

The third attempt at the sell sheet of Einstein's Garden. Too much text? Or do you understand it good enough? 🎲✂️

Erik AS - Game Designer@eanderssonsunden· Jun 4

Thank you all for the feedback so far. This is the latest version based on your feedback! 🎲✂️

A sell sheet for my puzzle game, Einstein's Garden.

Erik AS - Game Designer@eanderssonsunden· Jun 4

This is my sell sheet for Einstein’s Garden. I want to emphasise: - the nice puzzle feeling - the real time aspect - that it still isn’t stressful - the weird shapes that the puzzle generates. How would you improve the sheet?

A sell sheet for Einstein’s Garden - a real time puzzle game using the Einstein Tile.

Erik AS - Game Designer@eanderssonsunden· Jun 3

I'm working on a Balatro-inspired card game. I worry that I'm not alone... :D 🎲✂️

Six images of cards named Legionnaire, Spadeling, PAragon, Trailblazer, Roadgambler, and Stairsage.

Erik AS - Game Designer@eanderssonsunden· May 31

BG Stats maj 2026 Omgångar: 7 H-index: 1 Spel: 5 Nya: 4 Spelare: 7 Platser: 2 Timmar: 6 Dagar: 4 Agent Avenue: 3 Die Patin: 1 The Old King's Crown: 1 A Study in Emerald (Second Edition): 1 Zombie Crisis: 1 6 skapare: Christian Kudahl: 20% Kuro: 20% Laura Kudahl: 20% Martin Wallace: 20%

Erik AS - Game Designer@eanderssonsunden· May 24

I love making player aids for my prototypes. They do several things for me at once: 1. The help me remember my rules. 2. They help the players understand the rules. 3. They force me to revisit and think once more about my turn structure. I think the third point is the most important part! 🎲✂️

a player aid from one of my latest prototypes. It is a co-design with Christian Kudahl and we aim to make a quick numbers game with some, to me, cool emergent game effects.

Erik AS - Game Designer@eanderssonsunden· May 21

From today's test!

A board with several tetronimo tiles. To the left is an image of the Fenrir wolf.

Erik AS - Game Designer@eanderssonsunden· May 21

The latest game of @magnusuptime.bsky.social and me! Let me know if you want to proofread!

A screenshot of a rulebook

Fenrir Rush
2-4 players, Age: 8+, Play time: 20 minutes
Intro
It's the year 3000-something. Fenrir, a giant space wolf, is devouring the galaxy. As space vikings fleeing for your lives, your brilliant survival plan is to build the floor beneath your feet as you run — one tetromino-shaped space tile at a time. Score enough power, and you might just outrun your friends... which, honestly, is all that really matters.
In Fenrir Rush, players take turns placing tetromino tiles in space to help their pawns escape from Fenrir. If a player places a tile so that it fits snugly with other tiles, they gain power and earn bonuses. You win the game by escaping far enough from Fenrir, by gaining enough power to overcome him, or by being the last player left uneaten.

Erik AS - Game Designer@eanderssonsunden· May 3

I and @danielolai.bsky.social are working on a poker deckbuilder. We are very happy with the current state of it even if we are still tweaking and polishing. Maybe ready for pitch already. It WILL definitely be pitch ready for SPIEL.

A screenshot of four cards in the Dexterous environment.

Erik AS - Game Designer@eanderssonsunden· Apr 22

When @dvcgames.bsky.social send me a mail like this, I’m all in baby!

Erik AS - Game Designer@eanderssonsunden· Mar 30

Brag photo!

The prototype of DystopAI, the glorious guilds of Buttonville, and Hvor er det

Erik AS - Game Designer@eanderssonsunden· Mar 1

BG Stats feb. 2026

Omgångar: 21
H-index: 2
Spel: 11
Nya: 2
Spelare: 20
Platser: 2
Timmar: 15
Dagar: 13

Castle Combo: 5
1ers Contacts: 3
Ark Nova: 2
Dewan: 2
The Resistance: Avalon: 2
Twister: 2
Barrage: 1
Vast: The Mysterious Manor: 1
Heat: Pedal to the Metal: 1

19 skapare:
Asger Aleksandrov Granerud: 9%
Christian Kudahl: 9%
Chuck Foley: 9%
Daniel Skjold Pedersen: 9%
Don Eskridge: 9%.

Erik AS - Game Designer@eanderssonsunden· Feb 15

The rulebook for DystopAI is almost done. @danielolai.bsky.social and I have worked hard the past week to be here. Thisnis our contribution to @fastaval.bsky.social 2026. Deadline 23:59 CET. :D It has been great fun, Daniel. But let’s take a day off after this. 😅

A screenshot from the three first pages of the rulebook of DystopAI. Our Fastaval 2026 design.

Erik AS - Game Designer@eanderssonsunden· Feb 9

Nu går det att få tag på Where is That på svenska och danska! Det är jag och Magnus Karlsson som designat spelet tillsammans.

The box cover for the danish and Swedish version of where is that: Europe.

The back of the box of the danish Swedish version of Where is that:Europe.

The box cover of the danish version of Where is that:Denmark.

The back of the box of the danish version of Where is that:Denmark.

Erik AS - Game Designer@eanderssonsunden· Feb 8

And one playtester says: "This game is really fun!" #dytopAI #fastaval26