This month we're excited to be able to give away the newest title from Mayday Games, home to some of the friendliest folks in the board game business.
Isle of Monsters is a quick family game where you play as monster wranglers competing to assemble the scariest team of monsters at the Scare Faire!
We’ll randomly draw...
2017-04-21 01:27:10 +0000 UTC View Posthttp://cardboardedison.com/blog/favorite-tips-march-2017
2017-04-03 13:50:36 +0000 UTC View PostYour patrons-only preview of our monthly list of favorite board game design links is here!
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2017-04-02 02:58:49 +0000 UTC View Post
This month we're pleased to be able to give away a brand-new game from an Australian publisher that is young but getting a lot of attention: Unfair from Good Games Publishing!
In Unfair, players try to build the best theme park. But as the game's name suggests, your opponents won't make it easy on you...
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2017-03-09 12:45:42 +0000 UTC View Posthttp://cardboardedison.com/blog/favorite-tips-february-2017
2017-03-02 00:34:59 +0000 UTC View PostYour patrons-only preview of our monthly roundup of board game design links is here!
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2017-03-01 02:07:10 +0000 UTC View Post
For this month's giveaway, we have a new game from longtime supporter Daily Magic Games : Villages of Valeria!
The new game takes place in the world of Valeria, and having played it ourselves, we can say it's a worthy successor to its namesake game.
We’ll randomly draw the name of one patron (at the ...
2017-02-03 20:26:10 +0000 UTC View Posthttp://cardboardedison.com/blog/favorite-tips-january-2017
2017-02-02 15:34:06 +0000 UTC View PostYour patrons-only preview of our monthly roundup of favorite board game design links is here!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y0LOvMd_yXBGowgDIWSuhAsNxrQO6GbVZ1HC5820xoI/edit?usp=sharing
2017-02-01 03:06:30 +0000 UTC View Post
For this month's giveaway, we're incredibly excited to be able to give away Knot Dice, a set of 18 gorgeous Celtic knot-styled dice.
Produced by Matthew O'Malley's Black Oak Games, Knot Dice comes with booklets of puzzles and games. We've played all the games that come with Knot Dice, and we can say with certainty that there's something that will appeal to everyone.
Knot Dice also has a special connection to Cardboard Ediso...
2017-01-04 16:36:47 +0000 UTC View Post
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2017-01-02 17:15:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Your patrons-only preview of our favorite board game design tips and links of 2016 is here!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fGHK7y8bHhqdq5zYBP4rBr-HyHaQYZEM24HRX_fnw-0/edit#
2017-01-01 17:34:48 +0000 UTC View Post
For this month's giveaway, we're excited to be giving away New Bedford, a new worker placement game that has been extremely well-received!
In addition to the base game, the winner also will receive the Rising Tide expansion, the not-in...
2016-12-02 19:54:39 +0000 UTC View Post
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2016-12-02 17:34:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Submissions are officially open for the 2017 Cardboard Edison Award for unpublished board games!
Last year far exceeded our expectations, and we've set a high bar to meet this year!
Patrons of Cardboard Edison will receive one free submission to the award. (You can submit a second game either by increasing your pledge or by paying the $5 non-patrons' fee. Judges aren't eligible to subm...
2016-12-01 16:07:43 +0000 UTC View PostYour patrons-only preview of our monthly board game design links roundup is here!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BgotrjFrXfKx0iQO0boCReoNkEE6oWI0ictCGHJHqCE/edit?usp=sharing
2016-11-30 17:13:51 +0000 UTC View Post
SURPRISE!!! We've been working on a new game, and we're making it available through Patreon!
Our friends at Flip the Table make a truly great podcast about playing truly bad games. (And secretly, it's a great game design podcast too!) We worked with them to create Retail Rejects, a new print-and-play game about collecting cheesy, weird and obscure board games!
Retail Rejects is available to Patreon supporter...
2016-11-15 00:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
We're still working through a few technical issues, making sure it loads quickly, displays properly, etc. Let us know if you run into any problems so we can fix them.
We are absolutely thrilled to present The Compendium, the board game publisher directory. The Compendium currently has information on more than 125 publishers: who's accepting submissions, what they're looking for, and how to contact them. More are coming.
BIG...
2016-11-01 22:21:44 +0000 UTC View Post
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2016-11-01 18:21:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Your patrons-only preview of our monthly favorite tips roundup is here!
2016-10-31 19:16:48 +0000 UTC View Post
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2016-10-24 14:03:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Your patrons-only preview of the next installment of The Process is here! This time, Aerjen Tamminga talks about designing and publishing his game Pleasant Dreams:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oBEYiX1715Zv7YEaTf11Cr40nVka2i6qVAI80qPn6bE/edit?usp=sharing
For this month's giveaway, we have a totally unique game from a longtime supporter of Cardboard Edison: In a Bind by Behrooz "Bez" Shahriari!
In a Bind and its companion game, In a Bind Jr., are party games with a central concept that's so simple that you'll wish you had come up with it yourself. Check out this video to see ...
2016-10-12 03:13:42 +0000 UTC View Post
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2016-10-04 14:26:04 +0000 UTC View Post
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2016-10-03 13:46:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's your patrons-only preview of our monthly roundup of favorite board game design links!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gNQil7kjYyUFlAHpGqmYY3xcvTfSjGotPwUAhW3RXbw/edit?usp=sharing
Here's your patrons-only preview of the next installment of Meaningful Decisions, as voted on by you: Gil Hova discusses The Networks!
You've said that one of your design philosophies is to "incentivize interesting behavior." What are some design choices you made in The Networks to incentivize interesting player behavior?
I think the biggest one was to make sure players stayed engaged in the core activity of the game, which is constantly canceling and developing TV sh...
http://cardboardedison.com/blog/meaningful-decisions-phil-walker-harding-imhotep
2016-09-21 13:44:55 +0000 UTC View PostHere's your patrons-only preview of the next installment of Meaningful Decisions, and this one's a doozy: Phil Walker-Harding tells us about design decisions in Imhotep! Enjoy!
Certain players seem to be attracted to certain sites, each of which awards points or benefits in a different way. One rewards well-timed maneuvers, another is about edging out the competition, another is puzzle-y, and so on. How did you settle on the way the different sites behave? Was appealing to di...
2016-09-16 19:15:02 +0000 UTC View Post