Not posting doesn't mean I haven't been busy. I've been creating and testing 2 new games for you. Or 4 new games for you. Depends on how you count. You would think counting would be a simple thing. 2 games or 4, which is it? Do you have difficulty counting all the way to 4? Should you see a specialist?
No, it's nothing like that. Here's the deal. We have 2 new products for sale, but one of them is 3 games in 1 box. So...there's 2 new products, but 4 new games. There. Now that's clear, let's get on with the good stuff.
First is Kingdom of Kyrea. I've been wanting to do a trick taking game for a while. But I wanted something new, something with the Art-Free Games twist. And so we have a game where cards are played in tricks (each player plays 1 card, and 1 of those cards wins the trick). The catch here is that the winning card affects the kingdom in some way: Order vs. Chaos, Secular vs. Religious, Mundane vs. Magic. On top of that, each player belongs to a secret society that wants different things for the kingdom, so each player wants to manipulate the kingdom in different ways. So it's a trick taking game with secret agendas. Oh yeah. Check out the page link below to see the cards and get a more detailed description. If you've played any Art-Free Games before, you know that our games always include Optional Rules which allow you to play different versions of the game. Kingdom of Kyrea was unusual in the sheer volume of Optional Rules (they ended up requiring their own rule sheet). There are literally thousands of ways to alter this game.
Next we have the Strategy Board Game Bundle. Over the years I've designed many board games. For this release I was looking at three different 2-player strategy games. And I realized that there was no reason they couldn't all go out as one bundle. One board, one box, 3 games. The players would get 3 games for the price of 1. The games are all very different from each other, requiring different types of strategy and different types of thinking. Check out the page link below to see descriptions of the 3 games included in the bundle.
To purchase the games or for a free download of the rules to have a look, check out the Kingdom of Kyrea page or the Strategy Board Game Bundle page on The Game Crafter.
And in upcoming news:
All 3 games in the Strategy Board Game Bundle are 2 players only. We're currently testing 4 player versions of the game. If they work out, if they are fun, we'll be releasing a 4-player expansion that includes 2 new sets of pieces and rule additions.
Also working on Jade Talisman. This is an old board game that I designed decades ago. Imagine a board with movable walls. In your turn you move a piece and move a wall. Object is to pick up talismans that appear randomly around the board. Each talisman gives you a special ability. Once all 12 talismans have been picked up, whoever has the most wins. But this is not a game where you politely run around the board, picking stuff up, and never interacting with your opponents. No, that’s not this game at all. In Jade Talisman, you can either pick up talismans from the ground, or you can land on an opponent's piece and attempt to steal a talisman. It's a back-stabbing romp to see who can get the most loot.
