Aug 01, 2022

August 2022 Newsletter

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Only 1 Month Away!

Our next bifold game is coming to Kickstarter on September 6th!

Gnome Sweet Gnome (Codename "Lawn") is a 36-card bifold game designed for 2 players in which you will compete to create the most breathtaking garden of flowers, toadstools, winding rock pathways, and (of course) lawn gnomes.

Draft pairs of garden cards and gnome cards and carefully arrange them to meet variable scoring goals and win the game! I'm thrilled to officially announce some more details about the game today!

Gnome Sweet Gnome will be available on Kickstarter for just $12. It will be launching with a 24 card expansion that comes in it's own separate wallet which you can add-on for just $8 starting on Day 1. You will also be able to add on a 50-page, paper scorepad to your pledge for $4.

If you want to help me bring another awesome new game to life, please sign up for a pre-launch notification HERE.

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This month, the wonderful Emily Patriquin has been hard at work on the artwork for Gnome Sweet Gnome. I am very excited to bring her delightfully whimsical style to the game. If you want to follow along on the progress of the art, see sneak peeks of the game, or help with print-and-play playtesting which starts TODAY, you can join our Discord.

If you head over there right now, you can get a first look at a gnome illustration with a fun little nod to Barnyard!

Barnyard Pre-Orders

Speaking of Barnyard, Kickstarter orders have completely shipped and pre-orders are now open! You can get a copy for just $12 with the FREE Farmers Expansion included in every order!

There are also a VERY limited number of deluxe editions and playmats available for purchase. Get them while you can because they won't last long!

Other Codenames

I'm excited to officially announce...

Haha, no not yet. But I can say that the wheels are definitely turning on several major and ambitious projects! Codename Blaze is an exciting new design from a game designing duo (that you may know) with a previously published game in the Top 200 on BGG...

Codename Domain is a super fun co-design that I've had the pleasure of working on with a close friend of mine in the industry. We are nearly finished with the core gameplay and are getting ready to begin expanding into some more exciting territory for that core gameplay...

Codename Hood... Well, I still don't think I'm ready to start sharing about that one yet. But I can say that's it is a game of my own design and it is

GenCon Week!

I'm thrilled to be attending GenCon for the very first time this year as part of job with Keymaster Games! While BGB Publishing won't be present in an official capacity, I'll be working the Keymaster Games booth (#2013) at the following times:

Thursday - 9:30 AM - 2:00 PM

Friday - 9:30 AM - 2:00 PM

Saturday - 9:30 AM - 2:00 PM

Sunday - 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Feel free to drop by to say hello if you're attending! I'd be happy to sign your copy of Barnyard or Vowl or even show you some sneak peeks at Gnome Sweet Gnome or other games I'm working on (so long as you don't spill the beans!).

If you want to meet up with me outside of the times I'm working at the Keymaster booth, I'm free most of the rest of the weekend (with a few exceptions for some meetings) so you can always hit me up in our Discord if you want to find a good time to say hello or play a game with me!

Games I've Been Playing

In July, some games that have been hitting my table include Barnyard (of course), Ghost Blitz, Marvel Dice Throne, Caper: Europe, Relics of Rajavihara, and Unmatched.

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That's all for this month! Have you ordered your copy of Barnyard? What is your top question about our next campaign for Gnome Sweet Gnome?

Jul 05, 2022

July 2022 Newsletter

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Announcing... Gnome Sweet Gnome!

Our next bifold game is coming to Kickstarter on September 6th!

Gnome Sweet Gnome (Codename "Lawn") is a 36-card bifold game designed for 2 players in which you will compete to create the most breathtaking garden of flowers, toadstools, winding rock pathways, and (of course) lawn gnomes.

Draft pairs of garden cards and gnome cards and carefully arrange them to meet variable scoring goals and win the game!

You can sign up for a pre-launch notification HERE.

🦩 ⛲️ 🪴

Last week, we officially signed the wonderful Emily Patriquin to do the artwork for Gnome Sweet Gnome. I am very excited to bring her delightfully whimsical style to the game. If you want to follow along on the progress of the art, see sneak peeks of the game, or help with print-and-play playtesting, you can join our Discord.

If you head over there right now, you can also help vote on which bifold color we will use for the game!

Barnyard Pre-Orders / Fulfillment

Barnyard is almost completely done printing! The classic and deluxe bifolds are finished and in hand:

The playmats also recently came in:

All that leaves are the cards and rulebooks, which are VERY close to finished an at the manufacturers. My family and I leave for our first vacation in 3 years TODAY! Once I get back, the remaining cards and rulebooks should be here and I will begin the process of hand-assembling and shipping them. Right now, I'm still estimating a delivery time of early August, but it's VERY possible the games will start shipping before the end of July!

I'm super excited that Barnyard is almost here. If you missed the campaign, pre-orders open August 1st and you can click on the "Notify Me" button on the left of this page to be notified when it goes live!

Vowl Summer Sale

For a limited time, you can get 30% off our word game, Vowl: The Game of Letters Gone Astray! This sale won't last long, and all orders will start shipping on July 16th after my vacation. If you've been waiting for the right moment to snag this word game that's sure to delight at any game night, now is the time!

Other Codenames

For those following along closely with these updates, you may have remembered I had originally been planning to reveal Codename "Photo" this month. Unfortunately, there some unexpected issues we ran into last month that have delayed our timescales for this project pretty significantly.

Rest assured, this project is very much still in development, it just won't be coming to life until sometime next year.

I'm not giving away anything about codenames "JUNK", "HOOD", or "DOMAIN" but feel free to speculate what you think they might be in the comments!

Games I've Been Playing

This month, some games that have been hitting my table include Cascadia, Final Girl, Marvel Dice Throne, Viticulture World, and Wonderland's War.

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That's all for this month! Are you excited to get your copy of Barnyard? What is your number one question about our next game, Gnome Sweet Gnome?

Jun 01, 2022

June Newsletter - 2022

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We Have A Discord!

Before I jump into updates on upcoming projects, I wanted to mention that I've been building a Discord server for the BGB Publishing Community over the last few weeks. It's a great new place to discuss our products, connect with other gamers, and talk with me!

If you'd like to join the Discord server, JUST CLICK HERE !

(If you're not familiar with Discord, it's essentially a series of chat rooms. It's free, it's private, and it's easy to leave if it isn't a good fit for you. You can even mute individual channels that aren't interesting to you. I recommend trying it!)

Barnyard Update

Let's start off this month with a big update on Barnyard, our first Bifold Game which finished on Kickstarter at almost 200% funded! The first thing you might notice from the progress chart above is that the logo has changed:

This change primarily happened because the original design ended up being to complex for the manufacturer that is embossing the logo onto the deluxe leather wallets. Internally, I also already had a growing desire to simplify the logo and I'm quite happy with the new look!

In other news, all of the final files for Barnyard have been submitted to our various manufacturers and EVERYTHING is currently printing! Here's a quick look at the estimated arrival date for each of the components:

Playmats: Mid June

Basic + Deluxe Bifolds: Late June

Cards + Rules: Early July

My family and I will be going on our first vacation in 3 years at the very beginning of July. Once I get back, all of the game's components should be here and I will begin the process of hand-assembling and shipping them. Right now, I'm still estimating a delivery time of August, but this is mostly just to provide us with some buffer space. If there are no delays in the printing, assembling, or shipping process, it's possible the games will start shipping before the end of July!

I'm super excited that Barnyard is almost here. If you missed the campaign, don't worry! Pre-orders for the retail release will open up this coming July/August and you can sign up for a notification HERE.

Or, if you really want to try it now, you can purchase a print and play version of the game HERE.

Codename "PHOTO"

I'm still not at liberty to give you too much information about our next project, aside from confirming that we are planning on launching on Kickstarter THIS SEPTEMBER!

Codename Photo is a very unique board game project (not a bifold game) that is a collaboration between myself and another awesome person in the board game industry that you may know...

I gave you a little teaser last month:

What Could It Be?

Let's do it again! Here's another teaser:

Next month, I'll stop with the teasers and I will officially reveal what I've been working on and (more importantly) who I've been working on it with!

Codename "LAWN"

Codename Lawn, on the other hand, is a game that I've been designing and developing over the course of the last 2-3 months. Development is going really well so far and I'm still planning to launch it on Kickstarter in January of next year.

It's still WAY to early for me to give you any specific details but I can tell you that it is a bifold game, and I think/hope that if you enjoy certain aspects of Barnyard, you'll really like this one.