Handcrafted gaming for the Holidays!

Atikin Games is an indie tabletop video games writer and really a lot a one girl present. It’s simply me, Nikita, hello! I do all the sport design, artwork, writing, and so on for my video games and gaming equipment. I’m very pleased with my work and love the board gaming neighborhood and being part of  it.

My sixth recreation Malus Hortus funded on Kickstarter this yr and I’m trying ahead to sending everybody’s rewards out quickly. Malus Hortus was the second recreation I ever designed however as a result of dimension of the sport and intricacy of the artwork it can really be my sixth recreation to be revealed. This recreation deserved the additional time and a spotlight given to make all of it that it may be which is why I’m very excited it funded and is at present being manufactured.

I run The Indie Tabletop Newsletter which is stuffed with information from different indie designers and is launched as soon as a month. And I recurrently host weekly #BoardGamersLifts over on Bluesky that any board recreation lovers can become involved in.

There’s Captain; he is the Atikin Games mascot and even has his own page on the web site. He’s a beautiful mascot and an excellent remedy cat when occasions are powerful. He’s additionally superb at testing the sturdiness of a recreation.

My husband is at all times my first play tester, after which one other shut household buddy helps as nicely, permitting me to iron out any attainable issues and strengthen the sport earlier than play testing with a bigger viewers.

So far, I’ve created 6 video games, and I like all of them. If you’d prefer to know a little bit extra about my earlier video games, please try my web site’s game section.

You can discover @AtikinGames on Instagram, Facebook, Threads, Bluesky and Mastodon!