Sunday, July 16, 2017

Bring On The Horsemen

Four Horsemen is done and ready for your playing pleasure. This is the first board game from Art-Free Games, but it's not a new game by any means. We've been playing this one around the house for years. As other games come and go, this one has remained one of our favorites.

For more details, check out the Four Horsemen page on The Game Crafter (the printing company). Or if you're simply curious, you can use the download link on that page to get a free copy of the rules and see if the game sounds interesting to you.

Sunday, July 2, 2017

Collapse and Other News

Hello, gamers. It's been a few months since there's been any news. But now it's News Time!

First off (and the biggest news of the day) a new game is ready for you. Collapse. While all the games published so far are fantasy in theme, this one is a generic, theme-free game. Themeless. Sans theme. (Why would you tell a game it needs a theme anyway? Can't you let the poor, thematically challenged game live its life in peace?)

Collapse is a simple pattern matching game. Cards have three attributes: color, shape, and number. You may play a card if it matches at least two attributes of the previous card. There are a few different ways to earn points. Play through the deck once. The person with the most points wins.

For more details, check out the Collapse page on The Game Crafter (the printing company). Or if you're simply curious, you can use the download link on that page to get a free copy of the rules and see if the game sounds interesting to you.

And in other news, there is a board game in the works: Four Horsemen. The Four Horsemen (Pestilence, Famine, War, and Death) have a lot of time on their hands while they wait for the Apocalypse to come around. To pass the time they have contests. In this game, you will take the part of one of the horsemen, running around the underworld collecting treasures. First player to get all 4 treasures wins. But it's not that easy. You also have a hand of cards that lets you screw with your opponents. So it's a stab-your-buddy-in-the-back board game. In the underworld. On horses.

We've been playing this one around the house for years. It has always been one of our favorites. Now it will be available to you. The game itself is complete. But it will take some time to get the components just right. So far I have been using The Game Crafter to print card games. This is my first board game, so it will take a while to test different types of boards and boxes. Once I do, I will be able to release Four Horsemen, and it will also open the door to other board games I have designed in the past.