USA-opoly: I wouldn’t have thought to pitch anything to him based on the games that they’ve made. Stronghold: I showed Stephen Skirmishes because I thought it was something he’d be interested in – and he liked it and said it was very clever, but he already had a battle game coming out this year.

He really liked that one and asked to have a copy to evaluate. I also pitched to Zev a game I designed with non-Sen designer, Shad Miller, called Skirmishes. This was a game we co-designed with Josh Cappel (yes, THAT Josh Cappel – the artist for Belfort!) and Josh had a brainstorm that solved the issue even better and made everyone happy! Huzzah! Zev from Wizkids remembered liking it last year, so after a round of playing the game again Zev wanted the game! He had an idea that seemed like it would break the game, but the underlining issue he was trying to solve was a valid issue.

Wizkids: Right before the Gathering a contract expired for Rock, Paper, Wizards, a game that another publisher had of ours, which meant that it was back on the market. They liked 9 Thieves and gave us an idea to improve it, which we did for our next pitch. We still managed to meet with a bunch of publishers.įilosofia: We showed them 9 Thieves and a set of three games set in the Arabian Nights stories, each designed by different designers. We pitched fewer games than usual this year, mostly because we’ve been busy working on licensed games. Here’s a summary of the shenanigans that the Bamboozle Brothers got up to over the last 10 days. The Gathering of Friends is always my favourite week of the year (ok, with the exception of the week I got married this year!), and this year was as fun and productive as usual.

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