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Shipping Kickstarter games is no fun

I am freaking out right now. I am looking at my Amazon account after receiving an email that they had received a shipment of Forge War copies for fulfillment. They have indeed received copie...

Cephalofair Games announces new staff

Things have been getting pretty crazy around here with the fulfillment of Forge War and the development of Gloomhaven, so I thought it was high time I recruit some help around the office. Up to thi...

The challenge of cooperative games

Cooperative games should be difficult. People play boards games largely to be challenged in the face of adversity. In a competitive game, that challenge obviously comes from your opponents and ...

Let's talk about miniatures

Making miniatures is big business on Kickstarter. Outside that Exploding Kittens craziness, pretty much all the biggest Kickstarter projects in the "Tabletop Games" category have been miniature...

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Writing rule books is hard

So we're beginning to do blind play testing on Gloomhaven in earnest this week, and it really is that "blind" part that makes the process so exasperating and rewarding at the same time. Because...

I used to be good at Terra Mystica

Okay, is it all right if I don't talk about Gloomhaven today? I've been talking about Gloomhaven for a week straight and it's a little tiring. Actually, in relation to this blog, I guess I've b...