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Giveaway: Isle of Monsters
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 dr...
Cardboard Edison’s Favorite Tips & Resources - March 2017
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Cardboard Edison’s Favorite Tips & Resources - March 2017
Your patrons-only preview of our monthly list of favorite board game design links is here!https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J2_8EmvPUwpVuAk2iIeLaQMHQoAL4K7DXDkSvhgyFg8/edit?usp=sharing
Giveaway: Unfair
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...Unfa...
Cardboard Edison’s Favorite Tips & Resources - February 2017
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Sneak Peek: Cardboard Edison’s Favorite Tips & Resources - February 2017
Your patrons-only preview of our monthly roundup of board game design links is here!https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LJpMmd_JaMJ2rNIuuhEMdoBgJd36nCQrXK-f4JVSakE/edit?usp=sharing
Giveaway: Villages of Valeria
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 Associate l...
Cardboard Edison's Favorite Tips & Resources - January 2017
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Cardboard Edison’s Favorite Tips & Resources - January 2017
Your 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
Giveaway: Knot Dice
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 ...
Cardboard Edison’s Favorite Tips & Resources of 2016
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Cardboard Edison’s Favorite Tips & Resources of 2016
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#
Giveaway: New Bedford & Nantucket
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-retail White Whale promo, and Nantucket, a two-player companion game to New B...
Cardboard Edison's Favorite Tips & Resources - November 2016
http://cardboardedison.com/blog/favorite-tips-november-2016
Submissions for the 2017 Cardboard Edison Award Are Open!
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 pledg...
Sneak Peek: Favorite Tips - November 2016
Your patrons-only preview of our monthly board game design links roundup is here!https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BgotrjFrXfKx0iQO0boCReoNkEE6oWI0ictCGHJHqCE/edit?usp=sharing
Retail Rejects: A New Game Available Through Patreon
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 ab...
Giveaway: Scuttle!
For this month's giveaway, we're very pleased to be giving away a gorgeous little game that was a runaway hit on Kickstarter: Scuttle!The game, the first title from Jellybean Games, is just arriving in backers' mailboxes now, so you'll be among the first to play it. In addition to the base game, you'...
Sneak Peek: Board Game Publisher Directory
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 pu...
Cardboard Edison's Favorite Tips & Resources - October 2016
http://cardboardedison.com/blog/favorite-tips-october-2016
Cardboard Edison’s Favorite Tips & Resources - October 2016
Your patrons-only preview of our monthly favorite tips roundup is here!
The Process: Pleasant Dreams by Aerjen Tamminga
http://cardboardedison.com/blog/2016/10/18/the-process-pleasant-dreams-aerjen-tamminga
Sneak Peek: The Process - Pleasant Dreams
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
Giveaway: In a Bind
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. Che...
Meaningful Decisions: Gil Hova on Design Choices in The Networks
http://cardboardedison.com/blog/meaningful-decisions-gil-hova-the-networks
Cardboard Edison’s Favorite Tips & Resources - September 2016
http://cardboardedison.com/blog/favorite-tips-september-2016
Sneak Peek: Cardboard Edison’s Favorite Tips & Resources - September 2016
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
Sneak Peek: Gil Hova on The Networks
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 interestin...
Meaningful Decisions: Phil Walker-Harding on Design Choices in Imhotep
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Sneak Peek: Phil Walker-Harding on Imhotep
Here'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-time...
