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Weekly Executive Summary

Mr. Card Game: Work is complete on the prototype for Mr. Card Game, a game modeled after the online game Kingdom of Loathing. With both Jason and Graydon on the road to Mesa, AZ to KoLCON and Bino planning to meet up with them on Saturday, Mr. Card Game will get its trial by fire [...]

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Nottingham: Nottingham has been redesigned again. The draft piles have been eliminated and the buildings now allow players to fleece the peasants for castle resources. The design materials are currently in the process of being updated. The updated materials will be sent priority mail to the next stage of the Torch with instructions about how [...]

Weekly Executive Summary

Torch: Both copies of Nottingham have been sent out. Each will make three stops around the country over the next month and a half before it returns to Evertide Games. The playtester feedback form has been set up on Google Docs to collect feedback, suggestions and reviews. Hellas: Porter Nielsen will be joining the team [...]

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Nottingham: Playtest on Saturday at Spielbany revealed some significant problems with the design of version four. A new version (five) has been created and will be playtested this weekend. Version five has reduced the number of players (3-5), consolidated the action system into card play and shifted player interdependence to higher level game dynamics. Torch: [...]

Weekly Executive Summary

Nottingham has a greenlight for production. Nottingham is now engaging and complex enough to reach players in the hobby market. It will be playtested again (with slight modifications) this Saturday at Spielbany. Otherwise, it’s ready for polishing and production. Stacket: Theo and Justin have signed up to help promote Stacket. The pieces will be made [...]

Weekly Executive Summary

Nottingham is going to be playtested this saturday (here) and next Saturday (at Spielbany). If the game holds up, the component list for Nottingham will be and it may be kickstarted sometime in September: 250 Poker Size Cards 96 Half-Size Cards 16 1.5″x1.5″ Tiles 15 Wooden Meeples/Pawns 130 Wooden Cubes 2 Gameboards (~1.5′x2′ each) Stacket [...]