I design mid-weight family and hobby board games, from the first paper prototype to the final rulebook. Over 9 years I have shipped 7 published titles that sold about 140,000 copies combined across 4 languages.
I run roughly 60 blind playtest sessions per title before locking a design, and I write rulebooks that cut support emails by a lot. One reviewer called my rules "suspiciously clear," which I have decided to keep on my desk.
Career Path
1
Lead Designer · Northwind Tabletop Co.
2021–present
Designed and shipped 3 titles, including a route-building game that sold 52,000 copies in its first 18 months.
Cut average teach time from 14 minutes to 8 by rewriting the setup flow and adding a first-turn cheat card.
Mentor 2 junior designers and run the studio's weekly blind-playtest night (about 40 tables a month).
2
Game Designer · Copperleaf Games
2018–2021
Owned the core loop and balancing for a co-op deck game funded at 380% on its crowdfunding run.
Tuned card costs across 220 cards using a spreadsheet model plus 45 recorded playtests.
Go back 2 spaces: publisher paused the fantasy line for a year
3
Junior Designer · Maple & Meeple Studio
2016–2018
Prototyped 11 concepts in 2 years; 2 reached retail.
Wrote the studio's first internal balance checklist, still used on every project.
4
Rules & QA Assistant · Tidewater Play Lab
2015–2016
Edited 6 rulebooks and logged 900+ bug reports during layout testing.
Chance Cards
Advance to Award. "Harborline" named Family Game of the Year finalist at the Cascade Tabletop Awards, 2023.
Collect royalties. Two designs licensed into German and Japanese editions, about 30,000 copies overseas.
Speaking slot. Ran a 3-hour design workshop for 60 attendees at PlayCraft NW, 2024.
Print run bonus. Reprint of "Orchard Rush" hit 4 printings, 24,000 copies total.
Dice Ratings
Rulebook writing
Game balance / math
Prototyping
Playtest facilitation
Component design
Illustrator direction
Player Pieces
BFA, Game Design
Puget Sound College of Art
2011–2015
Certificate, Rulebook Editing
Tabletop Guild Online
2019
Volunteer Judge
Cascade Tabletop Awards, 22 titles reviewed per year