Sunday, August 06, 2023

The List - August 2023

 Once again it's time to revisit The List! Let's see if anything's changed since last November

Published Games:

Terra Prime (BGG)
Eminent Domain (BGG) [new edition coming 2023 from a new publisher!]
Eminent Domain: Escalation (BGG) (expansion) [new edition coming 2023 from a new publisher!]
Eminent Domain: Exotica (BGG) (expansion) [new edition coming 2023 from a new publisher!]
Eminent Domain: Oblivion (BGG) (expansion) [new edition coming 2023 from a new publisher!]
Eminent Domain: Microcosm (BGG) [theoretically signed by a publisher!]
Isle of Trains (Co-Design with Dan Keltner) (BGG) [new edition coming 2022/2023 from Dranda Games!]
Isle of Trains: All Aboard (Co-Design with Dan Keltner) [New edition from Dranda Games with included expansion]
Crusaders: Thy Will Be Done (BGG[now available from Renegade!]
Crusaders: Divine Influence (BGG) (expansion) [no available from Renegade!]
- Crusaders: Crimson Knight (expansion) [coming soon (?) from Renegade!]
- Crusaders: Amber Knight (expansion) [coming soon (?) from Renegade!]
Dungeon Roll: Winter Heroes (BGG)
- Gold West: Bandits promo (BGG)
- Gold West: Trading Post promo (BGG)
- Yokohama: Achievements & Free Agents promo (BGG)
Brainfreeze

Development projects - Games I've done freelance development on
I've started doing some freelance development. As games I've worked on come out, I'll add them here
Amun-Re expansion [with Alley Cat Games 20th Anniversary edition] Heavy Development
Harvest (BGG) [by Trey Chambers from Keymaster Games - coming soon!] - Heavy Development
- Holiday In Rome (add BGG link) [by Cory Andalora from Pandasaurus Games - coming soon!] - Heavy Development
Expeditions (BGG) [by Jamey Stegmaier from Stonemaier Games] - Consultation


Finished But Unpublished Games - in line to be published:
Eminent Domain Origins [Ready to print] [theoretically signed by a publisher!]
Eminent Domain: Chaos Theory (dice game) [Ready for art] 
[theoretically signed by a publisher!]
Deities & Demigods (Co-Design with Matthew Dunstan) [signed by a publisher!]
Apotheosis (Co-Design with Rick Holzgrafe) [signed by a publisher!]

Currently Pitching Games - "actively" looking for a publisher (though I haven't actively been doing much of anything lately!):

Sails & Sorcery [with Michael Mindes] [pitching to publishers]
Riders of the Pony Express (BGG) [pitching to publishers]
Exhibit (BGG) [pitching to publishers]
Keeping Up with the Joneses [pitching to publishers]
- All For One (BGG) (Co-Design with David Brain) [pitching to publishers]
 
"Finished" But Unpublished Games - abandoned or backburnered designs that are "done":

Wizard's Tower (BGG) [Abandoned]
Watch It Played [Abandoned]
Now Boarding [Abandoned]
Rolling RealmsJaffee Realms (for Jamey Stegmaier's Rolling Realms)

Current Active Designs - these are the games I'm actively testing or working on:
Press-Your-Luck Microgame (KBGames 18 card game jam entry, July 2022)
- Kingdom Realms (KBGames 3-lane game jam entry, Nov 2022)

Backburnered Designs - I kid myself into thinking that I'm still working on these:

- Isle Of Trains: The Board Game (Co-Design with Dan Keltner)
I-Cut-You-Choose Worker Placement

Promising Recent ideas:
Worker-ception [with David Short]
False Prophet [Mancala/Worker Placement]
Come And Play [Sesame Street memory/rondel game]
Candyland Game [Candyland/No Thanks mashup]
Goballoon Racing [auto-battler attempt]
- Hanabi Wonders [Hanabi/7 Wonders mashup]
- My First Ark Nova [Simpler version of Ark Nova]

Old Standbys - games which have been around, 1/2 done and untouched, for years:
8/7 Central [Abandoned]
Hot & Fresh [Abandoned]
Odysseus: Winds of Fate (BGG) [Abandoned]
Reading Railroad [Abandoned]
Kilauea [a designer showed interest in co-designing, but that didn't go anywhere]
Automatown [with Michael Brown]
Dynasty [I still think this one has potential]

Misc and Really Old Stuff - most of this I'll probably never get back to, but I like keeping it around just in case:
9-Ball
Blockade Runner
- Roman Emperors (my version of someone else's game)
- Admirals of the Spanish Main (my version of someone else's game)
- Scourge of the High Seas [deckbuilding game with 2 center rows]

1 comment:

Peter Schott said...

Glad to see Eminent Domain likely getting a reprint. We broke it out again recently and it played pretty well. I know I've followed the "Chaos Theory" posts in the past and still intrigued by that idea. But I'll also admit I really like dice games so that is intriguing.