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Independent game studio

Make a day
worth retelling.

Blue Grey Games designs games that bring friends around a table, send them across a city, or let someone follow a story on their own. The rules set things in motion; the players make the day.

Meet Gauntlet About the studio
B / G

Some games belong outside. Some fit at a table or on a phone. Blue Grey Games makes room for both—and for games that move between them.

GAUNTLET / GAME DAY
12 PLAYERS / LIVE

Player-created game

The Tiny
Triathlon

ROUND 07
Random teams of 312 min · 100 pts

Three events. One winner.

Complete every leg, then sell the judge on why your team deserves the points.

01 / BALANCECarry a paper cup across the park without using your hands.02 / DRAWSketch a teammate while keeping your eyes closed.03 / FINISHMake the judge laugh before the other teams do.
Gauntlet thrownA compliment duel has started by the fountain.
Penalty drawnSpeak only in questions until the next game.
Next / Waypoint GambitReach the café carrying something blue—but do not be first.
BOLD
FRIENDS MAKE THE GAME✦HOSTS GET TO PLAY✦SOFTWARE KEEPS SCORE✦THE DAY COMES FIRST

The games

What we're
building.

Gauntlet can take over a Saturday. Quill Flip takes five minutes. Captain and Field Day fit somewhere in between.

Portal in development01 / GROUP GAME

Gauntlet

A game day built by everyone who plays.

Each player creates two short games. The host assembles them into a day of changing locations, player powers, challenges, teams, and live scoring.

Gauntlet began in 2017 with a small website for signup and game creation. The 2018 run added an online leaderboard during the event. The current rebuild is turning those one-off tools into a portal other hosts can use with their own groups.

  • 01 Players submit the games
  • 02 The host builds and runs the day
  • 03 The portal handles setup and live scoring
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LIVE / ROUND 08POINTS
01The Cartographer1,240▲
02The Gambler1,105—
03The Jester980▲
04The Paladin875—
NEXT / WAYPOINT GAMBITChoose your risk.
SAFEBOLDCHAOS
02In redevelopment

Captain

A game layer for a trip or multi-day gathering. One player becomes Captain, chooses between powers, and the role moves through the group.

First played in 2019. A new version will follow Gauntlet.Follow this project
03Rules in development

Field Day

A bracket of one-on-one contests. Players draft the games before the day starts, then play through the matchups.

Played in 2022, 2024, and 2025. A public rules guide is in progress.Follow this project
04Early rebuild

Quill Flip

A short daily AI-assisted story. Everyone starts from the same seed, then swipes left or right as the story branches.

Each path becomes its own five-to-ten-minute read.Follow this project

What the tools are for

Less admin.
More time to play.

Blue Grey Games uses software where a live game needs memory, coordination, or fast arithmetic. The screen is support, not the destination.

01

Keep the host in the game

Setup checklists, invitations, teams, and scoring should not require a second full-time job.

02

Keep players focused on each other

Use the phone to check the next move, then put it away and play.

03

Build from real playtests

Status labels stay honest, and the rules change when the people playing show us they should.

FROM THE2022ARCHIVE

A past experiment

Everything
Is Game.

A private game for five friends with real-world activities, a live scoreboard, points and coins, trivia, hidden codes, and a digital adventure.

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About Blue Grey Games

A small studio built from real game days.

I'm a developer who likes telling stories, making rules, and building the tools that let a group do something more ambitious than a normal game night.

It started with the first Gauntlet in 2017 and its live-leaderboard follow-up in 2018. Captain came next in 2019. In 2022, I built Everything Is Game and ran the first Field Day, then returned to Field Day in 2024 and 2025. After bringing Gauntlet back in 2026, I decided to stop treating these as one-off side projects and make a real go at Blue Grey Games.

For now, AI helps me accomplish things I never dreamed possible in the limited time I have. It helps move an idea toward a working game across code, organization, early art direction, and drafts. As Blue Grey Games grows, I hope to employ talented artists, designers, and writers who share these creative dreams. If you are interested in collaborating, please reach out.

2017 First Gauntlet2018 Gauntlet live leaderboard2019 Captain2022 Everything Is Game + Field Day2024 Field Day returns2025 Another Field Day2026 Gauntlet returnsNow Building Blue Grey Games
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Coming next

The Gauntlet
online portal.

In active development

One BGG account for hosts and players, with invitations, setup tasks, game submissions, and the tools to run the day.

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