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Button Shy Black Friday
Good morning everyone! We didn't go all out for Black Friday this year, but we did add a few cool things in limited numbers. :)3 games are 50% off at just $6 each. We have 200 copies available at this price. An Otter Won (brand new) The Second Most Perfect Moment (new-ish) Wild Cats (old and back in stock in small ...
Time for a timeline!
Hey everyone. It's been quite a few weeks here since Agropolis blew up. We've received no less than a million emails, and have probably been able to reply to 500 of those. It's been intense and we're looking to fill a few crucial roles here ASAP.With that in mind, we have 5 packages that have been held ...
Agropolis is live on Kickstarter! Here are your discount details.
First a quick update on everything else: Still pushing forward on our next few packages. I think ideally, we'll see 3 packages go out in October. We have parts of July, August and September all arriving.Our newest game, Agropolis is live on Kickstarter. As a member you will receive a discount, and all of the detail...
Agropolis PNP, Lucas Gentry Interview and more
Hey everyone! I should preface this with a quick note that I am scrambling here. I'm juggling Kickstarter fulfillment, school at home, Personal Space events and so much more this morning, so I'll just right into it. I apologize if it is brief.The Agropolis PNP is in the dropbox!Please don't share the file -...
Antinomy on Tabletop Simulator for Patrons only
Here's another Tabletop Simulator update from Tyson, but first a quick update of everything else on the horizon. Expect an Agropolis PNP here very soon, as (if it gets accepted), the Kickstarter is going to be on Sept 29th. I'm trying to get it together this week. Also, we anticipate Agropolis to come to TTS ju...
Behind The Scenes - Insight: Delegating Work
It's time for our second Insight video (and again, for Patrons only at this time). This time we learn about how I do (and mostly don't) delegate work! Laszlo Korossy keeps the hard hitting questions coming. :)And another reminder: Our Skulls of Sedlec Tabletop Simulator live session is in just two days on Frida...
Behind The Scenes - Insight: Juggling Projects
Today we have another video in our Behind The Scenes category, and this time it's me and Laszlo Korossy (moderator and megafan) talking about how I juggle all of our projects. This is an ongoing weekly series and we intend to touch on many, many topics. If you have a topic that you are interested in, let us know in...
The Button Shy Game Haul Bag is live on Kickstarter! Here are your discount details.
First a quick update on everything else: May and June packages are starting to ship. Today I'm going to mail most of the $5 and $10 packages. Hopefully all!Our cute little bag (and our new game Interceptor) is live on Kickstarter. As a member you will receive a discount, and all of the details are below. Any questi...
Interview with Skulls of Sedlec designer, Dustin Dobson
For our first interview, we have Dustin Dobson, designer of Skulls of Sedlec. Learn a little bit about Dustin's path from the video game industry to the board game industry, his inspiration for Skulls of Sedlec and his very well thought out prototypes.We'll be doing many more of these so if you have any generic...
And now for something all new...
Hey everyone, we have lots to report and so little time so I will do it in the form of a whole bunch of bullet points: We're assembling May and June packages now. We expect them to start shipping this week. $20 supporters will see a post any day asking to choose their wallet games We are moving into a new space! It...
Sprawlopolis: Interstate was added to the dropbox
Hey, quick update here as I lose my mind this week. (All is well just scrambling to hit some print deadlines, while scrambling to hit some fulfillment deadlines, while scrambling to deal with kids at home during a summer quarantine stuff).But...Sprawlopolis: Interstate, the 4-card, 2-player competitive Sprawlopolis exp...
Personal Space is starting to arrive - and the universe is growing.
Hey everyone! Hope those in the US had a great holiday weekend, and those in the rest of the world ate meals as good as ours. The 4th of July has always been about food and fireworks here, and to make up for the lack of fireworks, we just ate more food. But there were tons of fireworks in Personal Space this weekend. H...
Packages start shipping tomorrow!
Hey everyone! It's been a few weeks but we're happy to announce that the March and April packages are heading out, starting tomorrow. (For the $20+ patrons, we'll be asking your preferred games in a follow up post).We have been making these next packages non-stop here forever it seems. But as the last piece...
Food Chain Island is live on Kickstarter! Here are your discount details.
First a quick update on everything else: I think the next TWO packages will be heading out of here starting in <2 weeks. Just waiting for some last pieces to arrive here. Will post more in a proper update later.Our newest game, Food Chain Island, is live on Kickstarter. As a member you will receive a discount, and all ...
FAQ for February Packages
Hey everyone! I've been seeing some questions pop up and wanted to answer them all at once.What is The Second Most Perfect Moment?This is a new standalone game of The Perfect Moment. It's 18 cards, all of which have been given out here in the last year or so. The 18 cards are made up of these three expansions: ...
Package status and some FAQs
Hey everyone, just a quick update here regarding the most recent packages that have shipped (and are still shipping). It feels so good to see these arriving.January PackagesThe $5 and $10 level have all shipped out, and now we are prepping the $20 level. The $20 level will come along with February inside one mailer.FAQ...
Button Shy Garage Sale - Today at 1:30PM EST
Hey everyone, just a quick notice that we are doing one of our annual-ish garage sales, where we dig into our stock of games that aren't currently for sale and put them up on the site. Some of these games are harder to find. Some have just a single copy remaining. Some are heavily discounted. So while there isn'...
Tuesday March 24th Check In
Hey everyone, it's Tuesday March 24th and it's been a week since we talked last, so it's time to check in. The story is the same, still waiting for parts to appear for our upcoming packages, but they are moving, just slower. During this time, we are going to take advantage of some of the less physical way t...
Skulls of Sedlec is live on Kickstarter! Here are your discount details.
Our newest game, Skulls of Sedlec, is live on Kickstarter. As a member you will receive a discount, and all of the details are below. Any questions, just ask!The first important thing is the link.LINK: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/239309591/skulls-of-sedlec/ Also, if you want to check out the game now, the full...
Catching up, staying safe and a peek at something new
Before the update, a few links (and potentially helpful ones while you might be stuck at home): Our dropbox with lots of free print and plays - plus 6 new ones today: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4i4xnkhw1kakdjj/AADgomR_xfZNYCPFjO7UxvBNa?dl=0Our discord server where we all chat daily about Button Shy games and much more:...
Universal Rule: Singularity / Solo is live on Kickstarter! Here are your discount details.
Our newest game, Universal Rule: Singularity (and Solo AI), is live on Kickstarter. As a member you will receive a discount, and all of the details are below. Any questions, just ask!The first important thing is the link:LINK: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/239309591/universal-rule-singularity-solo-multi-4x-micro...
Playing the waiting game a/k/a updates on everything!
Hello everyone! We have some updates for you, some good, some frustrating but turned good.Let’s go with frustrating first:The frustrating is that the cards for our January packages (along with the 2020 welcome kits) are with a factory in China waiting to reopen due to the terrible coronavirus issues going on over the...
Diving into 2020
Holy moly. Last time we talked I asked for your feedback without pulling any punches, and it was both extremely helpful and extremely eye opening (and somewhat painful too! But I asked for it). I learned a lot that was implemented immediately, some that will take a little longer to get in place and some that we;re stil...
2020 Preview PLUS an optional questionnaire
Hello everyone! It’s time for a 2020 Board Game of the Month Club Preview, and a questionnaire. Every year we learn from our mistakes and try to fix them in the next. I know of a bunch (getting items out on time is the biggest), but I want to know your thoughts as well. Some fixes will be happening in January, but we...
Random Stuff for Black Friday 2019
Good morning all and I hope the US had a great holiday yesterday and everyone else had a great day as well.We have a simple Black Friday item today. It's not for everyone, but we hope it's a fun solution to our problem. The problem is that with Kickstarter add-ons, many games are in an ordered, but not yet deli...
Our reprint campaign is live on Kickstarter! Here are your discount details
First a quick update (as always): I’ve written this update 3 times now and it crashed twice, so I’m over an hour into this update. I’d blame Patreon, but launching a Kickstarter means I have more windows and photoshop files open than anyone ever should, so it’s probably my fault.Anyway, August packages are sent...
Hierarchy is live on Kickstarter! Here are your discount details
First a quick update (as always): October is ridiculous. That might be all I need to say. But to add to that, we should have the last parts of our August packages here in about a week to 10 days and start prepping them for mail. The REAL TRICKY PART is that I'm heading to Germany for our very first Essen so it'...
Catching up and teasing October
QUICK NOTE FOR NEW SUBSCRIBERS: If you don't already know, the dropbox with a bunch of downloadable PNPs is located here: http://tinyurl.com/bgotmcfiles Enjoy!Hey everyone! It's been too long, but we are knee deep in Tussie Mussie fulfillment here. We received TONS of games last week and have spent the last few...
September Preview!
September starts on Sunday, so we should get in our preview before it's too late, right? Whew this was a tough one, but I'm happy to say that we are really starting to see some progress in getting our packages caught up. The last piece of July is in today, which means we're starting to ship July tomorrow! T...
August 2019 Preview!
Hey everyone,As the summer races by here (and my 40th birthday approaches rapidly UGH), we have gotten ahead on some things and falling behind on others. The monthly previews have taken the hardest hit. So before August 1st hits, and I’m a few days into my forties - DOUBLE UGH… here is the preview for August’s pa...
