by Justin Jacobson | Jan 7, 2020 | Return to Dark Tower
By Tim Burrell-Saward It’s Gen Con 2018. The third day I think, or maybe the fourth. Time goes a bit wonky at cons. I’m there with my old studio Sensible Object. (You might have come across Beasts of Balance, a mix of Jenga and Pokemon that you play with a...
by Justin Jacobson | Dec 24, 2019 | Return to Dark Tower
Christmas, 1981. The snow wasn’t falling. I was wearing shorts. I remember looking at the trees festooned with lights as we drove to my cousin’s house to open gifts. Palm trees. (Did I mention I grew up in South Florida?) The hit toy that year was a big...
by Justin Jacobson | Mar 29, 2018 | Designer Diary
Fireball Island Design Diary 6 We’re almost there! The Kickstarter begins on Tuesday, April 3rd, at approximately noon EDT. We’re so excited to finally launch this thing. So for our final design diary, we wanted to show off the island itself. You’ve...
by Justin Jacobson | Mar 27, 2018 | Designer Diary
Fireball Island Design Diary 5 We’re one week away, folks. Next Tuesday, April 3rd, hopefully around noon EST, we’ll be launching the Kickstarter for Fireball Island: The Curse of Vul-Kar. We’ve ordered the giant ribbon and are sharpening the giant scissors. We’re...
by Justin Jacobson | Mar 22, 2018 | Designer Diary
Fireball Island Design Diary 4 When we started working on Fireball Island, the first thing we did was brainstorm ideas for features, themes, and mechanisms we could add to the original. These ranged from the cool-but-impractical (using actual water on the board) to...
