Cons, conning, the Wrath of Con

    We have spent quite a bit of time at conventions over the last 2 years.  We have learned a lot.  I personally have played Siege of Verdan with people from all over the the country.  I have been beaten at Manhattan project with a Nuclear physics researcher from china.  I have played artic scavenger with a great couple from south Texas, and many prototype games of all kinds with all kinds of future developers. 

    I owe some great times and important game fixes to the people I have met. Weather it was Dicetower con, Conjure, Gen Con, or Origins great gamers are everywhere!

    Just this week end we went to Tampa Florida to a game convention that has 0ver 33 years of tradition. We went to Necronomicon! We got the opportunity to see some old friends Brian Fiore and Microvores was our host this time.  As always he helped to represent the Consortium of Game Designers better then anyone else.  I met with Kenneth Shannon creator of the upcoming game “Adventure In” and many other collaborations with Samurai Sheepdog including Witching Hour. Great guys!!

   I would also like to mention that there is a molder out of Sarasota Florida that does amazing work. Sci-Fi Guy Model works! I will include some pics of his stuff (Jim Sherman). 

  There is no end to the kindness of people I meet and Play Siege of Verdan with at these cons. 

    If you see me please come up and say hello, I will gladly sit down and play some games with you.      

It has Begun! The Kick-starter launched!!

 Siege of Verdan kickStarter LAUNCHES TODAY!!!!!.  

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/38236648/228686533?token=95f64669

 Siege has been a 2 and a half year project that I have been blessed enough to be part of.  I started playtesting it early on.  It has been an amazing journey, to see how far the game has come.

I have been re-posting the board game geek blog for a year now I hope you have enjoyed following it.

    On a personal note, I will be starting a new blog (I will still cover the Jesters Hand stuff) that does board game reviews, our focus will be on un-published Pre-Kickstarter games but not exclusively).

    Please keep an eye out for “Katie Likes to Play” coming soon!!

The Collector

A few people have asked me the difference between the collector’s edition and what will be the regular version of Siege of Verdan. The game will play the exact same way, the cards, board and control tokens will be the exact same.  The differences will be the other components.

    The collectors’ edition will have hand cast and painted resin game pieces that will represent you units. (see pic below). Each done by hand so no two will be exactly alike.

    It will also have a kiln fired card holder that has the card/unit place value burned into the front of it, again all done by hand and no two will be exactly alike.

    Last but not least the all wooden game box comes with a resin front badge, and painted to look like brushed and weathered steel. The wood has a sanded and dark stained finish. Just below the foam game piece display the corners and bottom have been reinforced with fiberglass resin and 4 ounce mat. I really wanted to go to this extra effort to make sure that the game is something a collector would be proud to have for years to come. Again, all hand made, numbered, and no two will be exactly the same.  It may be 1 of 300 but you will have something truly original.

We hope you enjoy them as much as we do.

Getting armed for Battle!

Getting armed for battle!

Looks like the reviewers copies should be in this week, I hope to have a 24 hours turn around and get them out Friday.  I have to tell you pure excitement.  Sending a game to a reviewer is a little like watching a stranger play with a loaded gun aimed at the last two years of your life, really exciting.  We have 4 fairly big reviewers lined up, and a few little ones (thanks to a fan of the game doing all the pushing).

    We have done a little work on the video, we hope to have that all wrapped up next week, and if we are lucky getting the preview up for Kickstarter.

    We will be at Necrocon in Tampa Florida this weekend if anyone would like to stop by and meet Jesters Hand or some other members of the Consortium of Game Developers. We would love to meet you, and hear your feedback.

    We are also looking into next years DiceTower Con, We will definitely have a table or two.  If you are interested in attending please don’t wait till the last minute that con sells out like crazy! Regular attendants registration only opened a few days ago and they have sold over 250 tickets. So keep an eye on it.

Thanks of reading…

Oh, and may the Diplomats in your life bring you peace, and your assassins bring you pieces.

Rulers Rise

Well Hello there!!

    Update: to the three reviewers that are waiting on prototypes.  We are 71^st in line at the game crafter so We expect to see the new additions very soon.

    Now for some new developments to the game (I have included the newest card art submission in the blog today). This is a young women from northern Europe, I really like her style but she tends to gravitate to the slightly sexualized side.  I have to pull her back a bit.  I think she is my front runner when we finally meet with the art director. Of course, his decision will weight heavily.

    I would also like to throw this out for consideration.  As the game sits now, each player drafts out a ruler at the beginning of the game. The initial plan was to include 3 generic ruler types and 3 Unique Individual Rulers. Three copies of each ruler type, gave a total of (9) of the generic guys.

    We have decided to remove 1 of each of the generic rulers and replace them with 3 more unique rulers. We have been play testing them almost the whole time so with just a few tweaks we think they will work out great.  It will increase out art work load a little, but we think it will vastly improve the drafting variability for the game.  We will play test more this week end but…I really think the nominal cost increase will better the game vastly.

Please tell us what you think!