Mike Martins
Long time lover of boardgames. Started playing games as a kid but went many years without playing in my 20s. Re-started the hobby when my kids were young… I saw games as a great way to spend time together without looking at screens, and it was also a fun educational tool. As my kids got older, I found more time to help designers with play testing and this inspired me to try some design work of my own. Notable…
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contributions include: For Van Ryder Games: Hostage Negotiator: Crime Wave (2016) – Play tester Hostage Negotiator: Abductor Packs 5, 6, 7 (2016) – Play tester Hostage Negotiator: Abductor Pack 8 (2017) – Designer Big Score (2018) – Solo mode play tester Hostage Negotiator: Abductor Pack 9 (2018) – Play tester Hostage Negotiator: Career (2019) – Play tester Hostage Negotiator: Abductor Pack 10 (2019) – Play tester Final Girl Series 1 (2020) – Play tester Final Girl: A Knock At The Door (2020-2021) – Designer Final Girl Series 2 (2021-2022) – Play tester Final Girl: Falconwood Files (2022-2023) – Designer Final Girl Series 3 (2023-2024) – Developer Final Girl: A Demon in the Shadows (2024-2025) – Designer Final Girl Series 4 (2024-2026) – Developer For Automa Factory: Charterstone (2017) – Solo mode play tester Scythe: The Wind Gambit (2017) – Solo mode play tester Patchwork: Automa (2017) – Play tester Terra Mystica: Automa Solo Box (2019-2020) – Design collaborator Terra Mystica: Age of Innovation (2021-2022) – Solo mode design collaborator Others: Tales of Danger #1: Days of Discovery (2015) (Matt Worden) - Play tester Days of Ire: Budapest 1956 (2016) (Dávid Turczi, Mihály Vincze) – Play tester Photosynthesis (fan-made Automa variant) (2017) (Lines J. Hutter) – Play tester Commissioned: The Call (2018-2019) (Patrick Lysaght) - Solo mode play tester Destinies (2019) (Michał Gołębiowski, Filip Miłuński) - Play tester Lost Ruins of Arnak: The Search for Professor Kutil (2021) (Elwin, Min) - Play tester Resist! (2021) (David Thompson) – Play tester Skoventyr (2022) (Morten Monrad Pedersen) – Play tester Adamastor (2022) (Orlando Sá) – Play tester Castles of Burgundy: Special Edition Solo Automa (2022) (John Albertson, Nick Shaw) – Play tester Quantum (fan-made Automa variant) (2022) (Lines J. Hutter) – Play tester
Biography and credits from BoardGameGeek.
Designed 8 games
| Final Girl: Terror from Beyond | 2026 | 0 | |
| Final Girl: The Falconwood Files | 2025 | 0 | |
| Final Girl: Lore & Scenario Book – Series 2 | 2023 | 0 | |
| Hostage Negotiator: Expansiones #7 y #8 | 2020 | 0 |