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Phil Schwarzmann - Social Media Strategist, Content Creator, and Growth Marketer...by Day.  Writer, Board Game Designer, and Sound Artist...by Night.
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Game Design, Social Strategy

Building Community: San Francisco Board Game Designers

While most board games have just one designer’s name on the box, there are dozens, if not hundreds, of others who helped shape that game before it ever reached a store shelf. Back in 2018,…

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Phil

Pride 2026: Everyone Deserves a Place in the Ballpark

This is me proudly wearing my York Revolution Pride cap in 2023 at their stadium near my childhood home with my mom and sis. Last week, this same minor league baseball team actually forfeited a…

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Teambuilding

Chief Fun Officer: On a Scale from 1 to 10

Download these rules in a printable PDF: PLAYERS 6–16 players (Split into 2 team) EQUIPMENT NEEDED HOW TO PLAY 1. Choose a Cluegiver Teams take turns choosing one player to be the cluegiver. The cluegiver…

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Sound Design

Modular Jam: Saturday Night Fall

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Teambuilding

Chief Fun Officer: Fake It Till You Make It

Chief Fun Officer is my series of original team-building games designed for corporate teams to help people connect, laugh, and create memorable moments in person, remotely, or anywhere in between. Download the rules and city…

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Teambuilding

Chief Fun Officer: If YOU Were a Pizza Topping

Chief Fun Officer is my series of original team-building games designed for corporate teams to help people connect, laugh, and create memorable moments in person, remotely, or anywhere in between. Download a PDF of the…

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Game Design, Teambuilding

GDC 2026 Recap: Where Digital and Tabletop Game Design Meet

In 2021, I co-founded Golden Gate Gamemakers, a collective of tabletop designers in the San Francisco Bay Area. This year, we partnered with the Game Developers Conference to create an official space for tabletop design…

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Sound Design

Modular Jam: Saturday Sunsets

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Teambuilding

Chief Fun Officer: Line Up, Level Up!

Line Up Level Up is a fast-paced cooperative game that challenges teams to arrange themselves in numerical order — without knowing anyone else’s answer.

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Sound Design

Modular Jam: First Upload

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While most board games have just one designer's name on the box, there are dozens, if not hundreds, of others who helped shape that game before it ever reached a store shelf. Live from the "Backrooms", here's a quick overview of my new team-building game "On a Scale from 1 to 10..." My next teambuilding game, "Fake It Till You Make It", is designed for remote teams only. It’s an improv-style social guessing game where you read between the lines, spot the faker, and try to blend in if it’s you! Part personality test, part mind reader. Think like your teammate and match their answer for points! Winters in San Francisco. ❄️ Day one of the Game Developers Conference 2026! This year tabletop designers have a bigger presence than ever, and I’m thrilled to be part of it. Take a look at our kickoff event at Oracle Park last night... #GDC #GDC2026 I love designing games and helping teams connect, so I’m launching a weekly series called Chief Fun Officer. I <3 Keeshonds.  Keeshonds <3 me.  This is @bochybythebay’s girlfriend Rosie giving me love on Valentine’s Day. Danny ❤️ Sandy
  • Building Community: San Francisco Board Game Designers
  • Pride 2026: Everyone Deserves a Place in the Ballpark
  • Chief Fun Officer: On a Scale from 1 to 10
  • Modular Jam: Saturday Night Fall
  • Chief Fun Officer: Fake It Till You Make It

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Building Community: San Francisco Board Game Designers

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Pride 2026: Everyone Deserves a Place in the Ballpark

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Chief Fun Officer: On a Scale from 1 to 10

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