Board Games - Creation And Play

A week today our next campaign goes live. Our first Gamefound campaign. Can we replicate the success of previous campaigns? Will the switch ...

We have a weird way of making games. Our factory Paul does it himself, in his garage. Why would we do such a thing? Are we mad? Possibly. Ju...

I’ve been wholly focused on the UK Games Expo for a month or so. There was a lot to prepare. Because it was our first show. Now the focus ha...

We did our first show as Eurydice. Me and Paul, tired but happy! My first in 11 years. It was elating, exciting, exhausting. Meeting so many...

It’s been a week. Daughter the Second turned five. So we decorated the house. And then did everything for her party on Saturday. On top of t...

We're running a competition at the UK Game Expo. How many fighters can you destroy in 5 turns? Each turn you can move and/or fire three ...

The UK Games Expo has been in the news this week for dropping its mask and vaccination requirements. Three weeks before it starts. We’re go...

We make small print runs. On a laser-cutter. In Paul’s garage. Retail is out of reach. We don’t have the margins to sell to distributors. Or...

We’re nearing review copy readiness. It’s an exciting time. We get ‘real-ish’ copies of the game for photography and then send them to revie...

Now I’m back from holiday I need to finalise Xeno Wars so I can finish the rulebook, print some review copies and post them.  Our playtester...

I’ve spent the last week in Shropshire with the entirety of my family. Was great to see them all - we’ve not seen much of them for a couple ...

I’m staying in a big house in the country this week with all my family. A view that isn’t houses 19 of us! Ranging in age from 6 weeks to al...

A month ago we sent five copies of FlickFleet: Xeno Wars for blind playtesting. It’s a scary time. And an exciting one. Will they like it? I...

With COVID sweeping through our house we’ve been housebound again. Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash Feels a lot like the first lockd...

Two whole years of a pandemic badly mismanaged by our government. We’ve been careful, but not extremely so. Especially at the beginning when...

This week I’ve been fighting with adverts. Advertising makes me really uncomfortable. Weaponising attention. Photo by Ｋｕｃｈｉｈｉｇｅ Ｓａｂｏｔｅｎ on ...

It's a momentous occasion when you first post a game. Whether for playtesting, review or a sale. You are putting yourself out there.  Wh...

We've run four Kickstarters for FlickFleet and its expansions. Kickstarter recently announced a move to Blockchain that annoyed a lot o...

I use Trello to organise all the tasks I have to do for Eurydice Games. This year I’ve added a new column for quarterly objectives. And put ...

I have a full-time job. And a young family. Time is tight. Since Christmas we've settled into a rhythm where I have an hour a day to wor...