Tiger Stripes Contest Winner!

Isabel and I did the drawing for the Tiger Stripes contest tonight. Here are the results:



We will be contacting the winner shortly. Thanks for all your help with the campaign!

Just as an update, we has a little under a week to go and still several more backers to round up. Please help us get those backers before the deadline!

Tiger Stripes Contest!

The Tiger Stripes campaign is going well--we are nearly halfway to our goal of $3,500! To make things more interesting and to continue our momentum, we are going to do a little contest. Here's how it will work:

1. This contest will run from today until next Monday, March 17, at 12:00 noon.

2. You can get one entry for posting a link to the Kickstarter page on all of the following: Facebook, Twitter, and any other social media site of your choice. Below is an image to pin if you are into Pinterest. Let us know you did this in the comment section below.

3. You can get a second entry for writing a short article about the game on your blog or placing a Kickstarter page widget on your blog (click on "Embed" under the Kickstarter video). Let us know you did this in the comments below with a link to your blog.

4. You can get a third entry by backing the project at the $35+ level. People who have backed the project before today will still get an entry.

5. Family (and people who are almost family) will not be eligible for this contest. :(
Of course, we still want you to post and share out of the goodness of your heart!

6. The winner will be chosen next Monday night and announced by Tuesday, March 18. The winner will get to choose one of the following prizes:

- Revolution! & The Palace Expansion
- Kingdom of Solomon & Chronicles Expansion
- Courtier
- Canalis

Your game will be signed (if desired) and shipped free of charge (lower 48 USA only). If you live outside the USA, I will pay the first $10 of shipping and you will be responsible for the rest.

Your chances of winning one of these prizes is pretty good! Take advantage of this exciting contest and help a young designer realize her dream!

Tiger Stripes Now on Kickstarter!

After a LONG time of waiting, Isabel's game, Tiger Stripes, is now on Kickstarter. This all-new, professional edition of the game, published by Game Salute, features four unique tiger board puzzles as well as fantastically-illustrated cards. 

This version also includes a third deck of cards called the Adventure Deck. This deck allows you to get bonus points for collecting certain sets of cards, and adds a new level of strategy for more experienced players.

Our first day went very well, and we'd like to continue that during the coming days. Our goal is a modest $3,500. Nevertheless, we need your help to make this new version a reality. Support a young designer while introducing the kids in your life to a wonderful new adventure! Please consider pledging today--thanks.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from my hive of scum and villainy to yours! 2013 has been a great year and 2014 looks to be even better!

Cincinnati Library Game Day

Today the three older girls and I attended a Game Day at the downtown branch of the Cincinnati Library. The crowd was a little small in size but very enthusiastic. Thanks to LeeAnn McNabb for setting up this well-run event. I had to give my "Intro to Eurogames" talk to a group comprised mostly of diehard gamers, but they were very gracious. Here are some pictures:

 You don't often get such a great view from a library!

Games to Troops

My brother-in-law has just arrived in Afghanistan for another deployment. Before he went he asked me about sending some games for troops with significant downtime to fill. So, I've been asking around. So far, I have three publishers (Tasty Minstrel Games, Steve Jackson Games and Minion Games) on board. I asked them first because I know them. However, if you are a publisher and would like to be involved, please let me know, and I'll send you his APO address. If you are an individual with a few games to spare, you can participate as well. This would be a great encouragement to the 30,000+ troops of Bagram Air Force Base and a great way to thank them for their sacrifice! Thanks!

Pre-Essen Update

That title sort of makes it sound like I'm heading out to Essen soon. Sadly, I am not. However, I do have another game being released there! AEG will be launching Canalis, the next game in the Tempest series. My designer diary was recently featured on BoardGameNews. The rules can be found on AEG's site.

In other news, I signed two more contracts in the past month. APE Games will be publishing my rice game, Spirits of the Rice Paddy. It's the most complex game I've ever designed--a 90-120 minute euro about growing rice. I'm very excited to see how this one is received by the gamer community.

Also, my hastily-conceived Battlecruiser game was signed by ??? I'm not sure when/if there will be an official announcement, especially since one of the prototypes was recently stolen from the co-publisher's house! I'm guessing he's been pretty busy with life at the moment.

Finally, the art team (yes, there's a whole team) for Skyway Robbery continues to turn in amazing work. Little bits of the elaborate backstory (a novel is in the works) are woven into many of the card images. It's a little insane--and a lot mind-blowing! Can't wait to start showing this off!