Unpub Preview: Chef's Choice
Unpub Previews allow designers the opportunity to talk more in depth about the development of their games in the Unpub Network. Chef's Choice is a quick and simple game about influencing consumer choices. As a small restaurant owner, you hand out samples on the street to build diners' appetites for the menu you plan to serve […]
Unpub Preview: FireBreak
FireBreak is a cooperative game - players must work together to contain an outbreak of raging forest fires. Save as many cabins, airports, lakes, and conservation areas as possible for the highest team score. However, every turn the flames spread, and in which direction is as unpredictable as the wind.
FireBreak has a basic (Campfire) & standard (Smoke Eater)version, with some expert (Inferno) rules for the bravest of rangers.
Unpub Preview: Nyctophobia
Nyctophobia is a cooperative tactile maze game for 3 - 5 players. The catch? The players are blindfolded and have to feel their way around the board.
The players play as a group of friends who went camping in a forest only to find out that the rumors of a crazy axe-wielding madman were true. Players take actions on their turn in an attempt to locate their car so they can call for help before one of them gets killed. The madman is controlled by a deck of AI cards resolved by the Moderator who oversees the gameplay (the only sighted player).
Unpub Preview: Bigfoot vs. Yeti
Unpub Previews allow designers the opportunity to talk more in depth about the development of their games in the Unpub Network. Bigfoot vs. Yeti is a rummy style game with lots of twists and turns. In Bigfoot vs. Yeti you are an up and coming cryptozoologist mounting expeditions in the hopes of proving the existence […]
Unpub Preview: New Reign
Unpub Previews allow designers the opportunity to talk more in depth about the development of their games in the Unpub Network. New Reign is a political sci-fi area control and card game for 2 to 5 players. You'll take on the role of a house envoy helping to stabilize the resource-rich outer colonies after a […]
Unpub Preview: Party Poetry
Party Poetry is a cooperative creative poetry writing game designed by Sheri & David Knauth. Imagination has no boundaries when you share the journey toward an amazing (funny/serious) poem!
Unpub 7
March 17-19, 2017, we will host our seventh annual Unpublished Games Festival (Unpub 7) at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland. Unpub 7 was attended by over 1,400 people and Unpub 7 is expected to nearly double this number. With over 120 game designers, a special guest (TBA), more vendors, and more play testers […]
Unpub returns to BGG Con 2016
Unpub will be taking over the BGG Con ProtoAlley for the third year! Come join us, in room 1106 on Thursday (November 17), Friday (November 18) and Saturday (November 19) from Noon to 7pm each day, to play test the games of tomorrow. We will have special guests, special games, and a few surprises- so don't miss […]
Hasbro’s Fall 2016 Challenge
Hasbro Gaming Lab’s mission is to discover and develop great new games, connect with the growing gaming community, and bring fresh experiences to gamers everywhere. Hasbro’s Fall 2016 Challenge to find the next great family game is open until October 23rd 2016 at 11:59PM EST. Hasbro will give five finalists $2,000 each to develop […]
Board Game Licensing Contracts
Finding a publisher for your design can be hard, and knowing a fair contract when you're offered one can be even harder. Over this past year, we've been releasing reports about board game licensing contracts at cardboardedison.com, based on an industry survey we ran. The final series of six infographics--included below--reveals the industry's standard terms, where […]