Ready for Gen Con

Time for another update on my current board game industry plans. This week I've shifted into Gen Con prep mode. I've been reaching out to publishers and setting up meetings. I plan to be there Thursday and Friday, and I have 4-5 games to show. If you'd like to meet, just send me an email or a message on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or BGG. I am @pdubarry on most of those.

 I'll also be demoing Rice Dice at a few events and at the APE Games booth (#1739) at various times during the day.

My latest game, Embark, got some love at Origins and will be available again during Gen Con at the Tasty Minstrel booth (#1335). Come check it out!

Lance Myxter and I are continuing to work on our new adventure game. It's coming along really well. If you'd like to help us playtest, drop us a line. We'd love to give you a sneak peak!

One more bit of news: I've just about talked myself into running a Kickstarter. I am currently putting the finishing touches on it. I plan to use The Game Crafter for manufacturing and fulfillment. I think that was the piece of the puzzle I had been missing. Those pictures of cars loaded up with packages for the post office send shivers down my spine. We'll see how it works out. Here is a teaser image of the art I'm doing (yes, I'm back into digital painting again!):

This leads me to my final bit of news. I'm now a freelance graphic designer and artist as well as a game designer and developer. If you find yourself in need of extra help getting a game to the finish line, I can probably do the thing you need. If you are interested in learning more about me, here is a summary of my work in the game industry and here is a sample of my art and graphic design work. Thanks for taking a look.

See you at Gen Con 2019!

Updating My Games List

As the end of the year approaches, I thought it would be a good time to update my growing list of game designs. You can see the list HERE. I am closing in on having nearly 15 games and expansions under my belt over my 10-year game design career. If you've played one of my games in the past decade, thanks!

Just a quick look at my plans for 2019: I just finished development for The Captain Is Dead 3 (AEG), and I'll be starting work on designing TCID 4 soon. In addition to a few games being considered by publishers, I am looking forward to a very special adventure game project co-designed with Lance Myxter. Wish us luck!

Hope your 2018 was great and that your 2019 is even better!

Wisdom of Solomon

Just a quick note: Wisdom of Solomon is now on Kickstarter! And it's already funded!

Rice Dice

Rice Dice is now on Kickstarter! It's a dice version of Spirits of the Rice Paddy. The campaign is also a chance to reprint the original game. So far, things are going well. Check it out HERE.

My Yearly Blog Update

It seems that my blog publishing schedule has now defaulted to once per year. Sad face. :( Part of this is due to the fact that I can't really talk about a lot of what's going on behind the scenes with specific games. But most of it is that I'm lazy busy. So without further apologies, here is an update on the current state of my board game work.

Topping the list is the near arrival of Black Orchestra, 2nd Ed. Copies will begin flowing out of warehouses and into the hands of unsuspecting Kickstarter backers in a matter of weeks. My advance copy is in the mail as we speak. Meanwhile, because the board game world is truly strange, the Spanish version of the game (Orquesta Negra) has already hit distribution. My Twitter feed is filled with Spanish praise and joy! #acabamosconHitler

 

Next, my overhaul of the 2011 Kingdom of Solomon will soon be heading to Kickstarter, probably before the summer, under the new-and-improved title, Wisdom of Solomon. We now have a BGG page, so please give some thumbs to the cover image! You can also play the game RIGHT NOW on Tabletopia for free! Please let us know what you think--there is still time to make final tweaks.

 

 Other upcoming games include: Embark (Tasty Minstrel Games), Spaceways (Daily Magic Games), Spirits of the Rice: The Dice Game (might be called Rice Dice) (APE Games), and The Dark Crystal Card Game (Toy Vault, co-designed with Jason Kotarski). A few more titles are farther out--we'll hear about those next time (hopefully not next February, but you never know).

I'll end by letting you know that I'm also doing some development work for AEG, as well as some art direction! So far, this has been a really cool experience. So look forward to yet one more slick AEG title by the end of the year.

Black Orchestra 2nd Printing

As I write this, Black Orchestra is finishing up an amazing Kickstarter campaign for its second printing. It has surpassed all my previous KS totals and continues to climb. The game has also been nominated for a Golden Geek award in the co-op category (a first for me as well).

A few other projects on the horizon:

I'm still working on the version of Kingdom of Solomon (now with a slightly new title soon to be announced). Art is nearly finished and final testing is underway. Expect a KS for that later this year.

Jason Kotarski and I just wrapped up work on a new Dark Crystal card game with Toy Vault. The art and graphic design should begin soon. I don't believe this will go to KS, and I'm not sure when it will be released.

I'm also working on a cool new game with the talented Daryl Andrews. We've made steady progress on the overall concept and are well on our way to producing the first prototype. It will be a worker placement+ game about the history of St. Augustine, Florida, the oldest city in the country.

As always, I have a number of other projects in various stages, and several prototypes being evaluated by publishers. I'll try to continue to update this space periodically, but following me on Twitter and Facebook is probably the best way to stay current.

Join the Conspiracy

We are in the final stages of development for my first co-op game, Black Orchestra (previously called Hitler Must Die). Soon, elements of the art and components will be revealed. In the meantime, here is our teaser site: www.blackorchestra.com. You can sign up to be notified when the pre-order site goes live in a few weeks.

That's right--no Kickstarter for this game.

Rather, we are doing a pre-order campaign. It was felt that this method will give us better control over the project. We will also be hosting a number of live demos on Tabletopia in the near future. Help us as we introduce this tense and realistic adventure to assassinate one of the most notorious tyrants in history. This one should pack a real punch!