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...
by Justin Jacobson | Mar 20, 2018 | Designer Diary
Let’s make one thing perfectly clear: The island is out to get you. Fireballs, of course. But there’s a whole lot more on the island that will have you running for your life. This smaller expansion introduces two new threats. The crouching tiger introduces...
