the war wages on and on!!

    Still waiting for the new cards and boards will be in from The Game Crafter. It includes the new Icons and a few more pieces of updated art.  Little by little I have been funding art out of pocket. The soft parts all have homes already, but if they look good (not too dark) I will order more immediately. There are a lot of people waiting for new copies; I hope you all will be patient.

    I am also working on a new video for instructional play.  Siege is not a difficult game to learn to play (even across the board’s review mentions it’s ease of play).  We just want to make sure its is as fun and seamless game as possible for it’s players.  

    Just got played info-  We are taking St. Patrick’s day off,  but not really.  We will still have a new video out Thursday.  We recorded two last week, so if it looks like we didn’t change clothes for a week you will know why.

    In the beginning of each episode I introduce us in a colorful way. I would like to involve the viewers, so please email us at jestershandpublishing@gmail.com.  Give us an idea of how you would like to introduce ourselves.  If we pick yours we will but your name in the credits.

Here is an example of how we have introduced ourselves

…I am the desperately in need of a new AA sponsor Patrick Siebert and this is the cool the funky the Brian Fiore.

Give us some funnies, we would love to hear them.

Katie Shamin

on behalf of -

Jesters hand publishing      

jesters hand youtube channel and reviews

Wow, things have been moving so fast this week.  We are still waiting on some reviews that promise to be great. We have also started to do a table Top review show (bi-weekly) we have a lot of work to do and a long way to go but the goal is to give a brief description of the game, and then each reviewer will give one strength and one weakness of the game to prove we are impartial.  We do state “If you had to pick one thing you like” and “if you had to pick one thing you didn’t like”.

    We are doing this because we love board games, after we build a little viewer ship we will focus on boardgame prototypes because I think that is where we can do the greatest good.

    In the mean time we sure could use some likes, and shares and if you would mention us on boardgamegeek.com that would be great too.

Here is a link to our pilot Youtube episode    

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFoFkroWPGY

Patrick-

The big screen

We have been working on a new KS video for the last few weeks.  There is a little green screen action in it and a few other animated elements but I have to say.  Acting is like hard and stuff!  I am not kidding it is remarkably hard not to come across as a tool when you are talking honestly to an in animate object (I guess if it has auto focus it has some degree of animation stop busting my cherries).   We will keep working on it.  This time I am not going to let a time line effect my decisions.  I truly want to make the best possible product.  I have a great job working with great people so, profit margin is not a huge (or any priority).  I will leave you a picture of my living room with a green screen. You can see I have a great wife as well. Its been like that for almost 2 weeks.

Wish us luck..

And remember

“ I have been, and always shall be, your friend.”

Order of the stone

 Jesters hand has been working on the rules revisions and re-design, a re-do of the kickstarter video, and of course networking, networking, networking.  I have published a version of our kickstater video and asked my facebook friends for feedback.

    The response is pretty all over the place from “this is the best video I have ever seen” to crushing email that merely said “This sucks, you lost me after the 3 second mark”.

    What is truly interesting is that both overwhelming praise and a comment from someone that only watched for 3 seconds has about the same value. Next, to nothing.  I would rather hear overwhelming praise then a bad mood vent but neither help us truly make a better video.

(check out or video on the facebook page if you would like to form your own opinion, and feel free to email me. I would love to hear what you think https://www.facebook.com/rhett.siebert )

    I sent emails and asked them to peel back the layers, and I have to say every conversation became positive pretty quickly.  If you are following this because you are interested in doing your own game design, you like me personally, or you find Siege of Verdan interesting I have some novel advice that you have probably never heard before.

Sticks and stones.

    Some people may be having a bad day.  Some people may just want help but are very direct.  Some people will just want to have there voice heard. The bottom line is to not let misspoken words or someone bad day effect you. In the game industry I have found that most people have the best intentions, and some do not. Look for the constructive information, and set the rest a side.

   

    If you have read this thread I think you know I am doing this project for many reasons, but making money, and admiration are very low down on the priority. 

What ever the reasons you are involved in gaming I hope you never forget why you started.

I hope that luck always swings in your favor, and when it doesn’t you have the courage to pick up that die and roll again.

Play on.

new rules and eggs.

We have been pretty diligently working on the nicer version of the rule book.  We are definitely going to have a space issue with the new changes (added some diagrams to help) so this is going to take some time.  It will also force us to put off the re-launch for kickstarter.  I hope fans will understand, but I really want to make the best possible product I can.  With this done before the launch I think it will allow for not only the best presentation but also the fastest return between KS funding and the delivery of the product.

    We are continuing to evolve the final product, reviewers have given some great insight to what might help further fine tune the game.  Please look for us on facebook and our website at www.jestershandpublishing.com to see updates for the rules and such.

If you have been reading I think you already know that there are lots of little Easter eggs hidden in the game.  The new rules are no exception, but what I am willing to share with you now is the players mat. I will be hiding some flavor test in the players mat.  Keep your eyes peeled.

This has really been a great journey so far please stay with us.

Patrick

Reviews on the way!

Wow some really exciting stuff!

    We have some great feedback from the Meeple Mechanic, and across the board. These are some game reviewers that have copies of Siege.  They have included some pics of them playing the game and said some really nice things.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=698119500287335&set=gm.786072511446770&type=1&theater

   

We have also made a new how to play video that’s only 10 minutes long!! Please check them out when you get a chance.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO-AA0bsi64

I am just gonna leave you with a bit of siege eye candy before I go! (this is the old game board and new sculpted resin tokens).  Photo courtesy of Across the Board.

As always thank you for reading!

Patrick-

Hey there you are!

No we are not dead, and we have not forgotten about you.  We have just been busy with the holidays and doing the free promo card give away.

    I case you missed it we gave away the PDF for free to people interested on Dec. 24th and the following weekend.  We also have finally sent out all the letters and Promo cards to the original backers of the canceled Kick starter.  It has been a non stop month for us.

    I hope you had a great Christmas and amazing new Year! Stay healthy and play!

Here is a pic of the first recipient of the Promo card.  This card will not be included in the first print of siege.  Only the early supporters got it.