I design tabletop card games and have shipped 3 full sets plus 4 expansions since 2016. My last set held 220 cards across 5 factions and stayed under a 4-keyword rules budget. I run playtests weekly and read every rules-forum thread, even the angry ones.
Battle Log · Experience
Lead Game Designer
· Lantern Fox Games
2021 – Present
- Directed the Tidecaller starter set of 180 cards, sold through a first print run of 12,000 boxes in 9 weeks.
- Cut the core rulebook from 32 pages to 18 after 6 blind-test tables kept stalling on turn structure.
- Set up a balance-tracking sheet across 140 logged matches, which flagged 7 overpowered cards before print.
Game Designer
· Paper Kaiju Studio
2018 – 2021
- Designed 3 expansions for the Neon Bazaar line, roughly 60 cards each, on a 4-month cadence.
- Reworked the trade phase after 24 playtest sessions cut average game length from 55 to 38 minutes.
Junior Designer & Playtest Lead
· Hanabi Tabletop
2016 – 2018
- Ran the playtest program for 2 titles, scheduling 90+ sessions and writing the feedback template still in use.
- Wrote card text for 210 cards and kept the reprint errata list to 3 fixes across both launches.
Keywords · Skills
Lore · Education
B.A. Game Design
Kansai Design Institute · 2016
Judge Certification, Lv.2
Osaka Tabletop League · 2019
Speaker
"Keeping Sets Small" · Kansai Game Fair 2023
Email jeffrey.lebowski@example.com
Phone 555-0142
Portfolio jeffrey-lebowski.example.com
Base Osaka, Japan