It was officially announced at GAMA yesterday. Winter Rabbit is a finalist for the Origins award in the light strategy category. Super excited for this honor.
If you haven't played it yet, check your local game store. Or order it from our website
Wado!
Winter Rabbit game box
I'm stoked to say that Winter Rabbit is an Origins Award Finalist in the light strategy category!
The finalists were announced earlier today.
This is very cool.
"To show why eating babies is bad, I'm going to eat a baby."
David got interviewed about our games.
In many cases, that is because Amazon is deliberately undercutting the manufacturers price. They don't care if they make less as long as you are locked in to buying from them.
For a long time, I used the Bullet Journal method. Look for the base, original method not all the fancy spreads that show up on Pinterest. The base method is modular, flexible, and easy to use.
That said, I recently switched to taking digital notes with Capacities. Obsidian is also good for digital
We do ship to the EU, though it will be coming directly from the US.
We work with fulfillment partners for our bigger games, but I don't know if we will be doing that for this project or not yet.
And now I wonder if anyone else is looking at dramatically different ways of getting their games manufactured.
The cards will come banded, so we will stuff each pouch with a folded rule book and the cards before sealing it. This might end up being a lot of work, but I think the games and packaging will look great. And it is the best way we can find to keep the price down on a small print run.
It seems like one of the biggest strengths of manufacturing in China is assembly. They can build and pack the boxes and have everything wrapped up neat and ready to go. For this game, we are planning to pack each copy ourselves.
We settled on these mylar pouches that are often used for food (nuts, tea, candy). They fit the cards perfectly, zip closed on the top and are relatively sturdy. They're also cheap, and you can get them fully printed. We are trying to reduce our plastic use, but these just seem like the best option.
Lots of places offer printed tuck boxes, but those would be too big for these micro-games. We considered the plastic wallets that @buttonshy.bsky.social uses, but decided we wanted to do things differently.
There are some great options for printing cards in the US. The funny thing was, we couldn't find a single place that could do the cards, packaging, and rule book the way we wanted.
Riposte! game cards
We are trying to do three different game projects this year, which is a lot. The smallest project is a pair of 18-card games that @tentagil.bsky.social and I designed. We wanted to do something small that we could get printed in-country and fulfillout selves. There are a few hurdles to this...
Yeah, I got excited and started posting about it before I was supposed to. 🙃
We'll start talking about this one a lot more after the Mirror Agents campaign. Right now, I could use playtesters, though, if you know any.
I made a semi-cooperative game, and I get this question all the time: "What if someone deliberatly tanks the game?"
"Ok, you learned something about your friend."
I've heard the ones in Texas are better, but the Whataburgers in Oklahoma are definitely overrated.
Illustration of an Indigenous hunter holding a spear-thrower and wearing a fox-skin cap. Image also contains the 1000 Generations logo.
@absurdistprod.bsky.social has several games in the pipeline, but right now I'm excited about my first full RPG, 1000 Generations. It's a narrative-first (PBTA) game set in an Indiginous fantacy world. I've got some increadibly artists working on it too. This piece is by @sadekaronhes.bsky.social
But...but... You are supposed to wash it
I did the same with my company. I haven't had any contractors try to use AI, but I wanted to make it explicit.
I've been curious about those.
I bought a Sonic Magic the Gathering card just because it's Sonic, so yeah, maybe.
Happy Indigenous People's Day! ᎠᏁᎯᏯ ᎤᎾᏤᎵ ᎢᎦ!
May all my indigenous family, friends, coworkers, and colleagues be recognized as they should be.
If you'd like to support a Native business, we've got Winter Rabbit on sale just for today.
www.absurdistproductions.com/product/wint...
I've watched the first season of Tulsa King and the first two episodes of The Lowdown. I have to say, it is VERY apparent when a writer or director actually knows the people and places they are making shows about and when they don't.
The Lowdown feels like Tulsa.
We've started using Atkinson Hyperlegible for body text on everything. It isn't the prettiest, but it is super easy to read.
Seven Murders Til Midnight and Transformation book covers.
I just realized that #solosept is a thing. If you want some good solo horror/suspense #ttrpgs, check out Transformation and Seven Murders Til Midnight from my company, @absurdistprod.bsky.social. #selfpromosaturday
