Board Games - Creation And Play

Here's a quick look at the likely artwork for the It's Alive! box. It's not final, and might change over the weekend, but it...

I'm thinking of popping along to Summer StabCon in Stockport in just over a week's time with a few prototypes. Any one else going? A...

I've been playtesting like a man possessed over the last few days. Of the 58 submissions I've received, 12 prototypes are in process...

My mates Linz & Mal were down from Newcastle for the weekend for a belated birthday celebration. I don't often get to see the boys f...

I spoke to the Sales Manager at Carta Mundi this morning about a few things, including the tiles. He wasn't around yesterday, so with n...

Last week I received a quote for It's Alive! It was a little high, but manageable. I asked my contact at the manufacturer what we could ...

At last! The end of this week has been extremely busy. I've had two main things to do: starting to drum up some interest/sales of It...

I got to play one of yesterday's submissions solo yesterday a couple of times. I've been struggling to get some of the prototypes to...

It's been another frustrating week so far, but hopefully things are looking up. Last Monday I was promised a quote for a re-print for It...

It's going to be several months before Carpe Astra is ready as I've chosen a slower German company to do the manufacturing (they are...

It's been a great month for me in some ways, not so good in others. As usual, I'll cover play first. Play I played a lot of game...

I was at the UK Games Expo in Birmingham all weekend. I had a great time last year, releasing It's Alive! and selling out of Border Rei...

From now on, 28th May will be known as 'National Prototype Day' a public holiday, when people will send each other game prototypes. ...

I got the quote from Carta Mundi yesterday, as promised. Unfortunately it's significantly more expensive than the German offer, so I gu...

We went away Friday night for my mate Dunk's wedding, at which I was Best Man and The Wife was a bridesmaid. I got home this afternoon a...

In a comment on my last post, Mal wondered how I perform version control of my ever-changing prototypes. The earliest versions of a protot...

I took most of yesterday off, after working the weekend and to celebrate selling my last copies of It's Alive! Still did a few things, I...

I had a great weekend at the Beer and Pretzels games convention this weekend. I was selling It's Alive! during the day Saturday, but af...

I've just received confirmation that I've got a booth at the International Spieltage, at the Messe Essen in Essen, Germany in Octobe...

This week has been frustrating. I'd like to use Carta Mundi to manufacture Carpe Astra, they are both fairly local (so there's less...