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SLASH 2: Thirst Blood

Hello friends and fans!

Since you so graciously backed our silly party game, Slash has gone on to receive near universal acclaim. Oprah Magazine said Slash "officially dethrones Cards Against Humanity" and the Onion AV Club said it was "...everything [they] could have imagined." Thank you for your love of play, fanfiction and romance and for playing this game with so many fine folks. Now we are very excited to announce Slash2: Thirst Blood the standalone sequel to your favorite party game Slash:Romance Without Boundaries.

Slash2: Thirst Blood is a 100% compatible expansion that adds 400 new cards, new game modes and far less spelling errors. We would love it if you could see it in your hearts and wallets to help us share Slash with even more great folks. The game may even come with one or more absolutely for real ghosts*.
Help make another great game and share the love.

https://t.co/Uy88a23EPb

- Glenn, Meg & Dan
*ghosts are not real

kickstarter.com A standalone sequel to the hit fanfiction shipping game!

Games by Play Date's cover photo

The Standalone Sequel to the hit fanfiction shipping game is funding now! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gamesbyplaydate/slash-2-thirst-blood

The Metagame

You're invited to a party with The Metagame! Tomorrow, we're playing at Kickstarter's Game Night at the Strand Book Store. Stop by from 7 - 9 p.m. for a chance to play new indie games and meet their designers. Games on the table will include The Metagame, Papercuts by Electric Literature, Moby-Dick and Beowulf by King Post, Slash by Games by Play Date, and more. And snacks by Insomnia Cookies, Sigmund's Pretzels, and craft hard cider from Descendant Cider Co. Find out more: https://www.facebook.com/events/1821030731516202/

Hearts Blazing

YO peeps! Did you see that our new game is up on Kickstarter? WHAT? You didn't? Because your so-called friends haven't shared it!

Please consider backing our cool melodramatic, episodic sci-fi RPG! At least help spread the signal.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gamesbyplaydate/hearts-blazing

kickstarter.com A story-telling card game of melodramatic sci-fi adventure.

Games by Play Date Pax East Schedule!
PANEL: Meg will be on a panel-- "Tabletop System Wars" --Saturday, April 23rd at 1:30pm in the Cuttlefish Theatre.

STUFF: We will have a crapload of stuff for sale at the Indie Bazaar! Stop by and buy it! And other stuff, it'll all be cool.

My/Games by Play Date Arisia 2016 Schedule

Friday
5:30-7 & 7-8:30 Play with the Designer:
Play slash with me/us! (Independence Ballroom)

10:00 Ship it like FedE # # # (Marina 1)
Join the creators of the hit fan fic storytelling party game slash: romance without boundaries as they present their favorite s**t and crackfics. Awkward and arousing erotica will be heard. Erotic fan brackets with live scripting and illustration. Teddy Roosevelt! Luna Lovegood! The Predator! Starbuck! Dr. Who! Godzilla! Daenerys! The Witch King of Angmar. Khan and Khaaaaan!!!!!!!! NO HOLES BARRED.

Saturday
11:30a Cards Against Humanity, Irony & Privilege (Marina 1)
Since its introduction in 2011, Cards Against Humanity has achieved wide popularity. However, the game is not without criticism. How does the phenomenon of Cards Against Humanity fit in with the concept of irony being used to mask systematic stereotyping and prejudice? What can players, game testers, and the creators do to help alleviate this issue, particularly considering the creators have eliminated certain cards on such grounds already?

10pm Ship it Like FedE # # #: Part Deux (Marina 1)

Sunday
9am - 3pm Indie Game Expo (Independence Ballroom)
Buy our s**t!

Monday
11:30a Games to Gamers' Hands: Kickstarter & Patreon (Douglas)
Crowdfunding and innovative publishing platforms have made it easier to get games into other people's hands, and Kickstarter and Patreon have certainly helped the boom of the indie developer scene. Join our panel as they discuss the impact and challenges of working in this new paradigm.

Hearts Blazing PnP – Again!

Just put some fresh edits and upgrades on Hearts Blazing. You can find the updated PnP linked below! We will be making this available for sale via Drive Thru Cards as soon as another pass of edits is done. Hearts Blazing PnP 120215

https://playdatenh.wordpress.com/2015/12/03/hearts-blazing-pnp-again

playdatenh.wordpress.com Just put some fresh edits and upgrades on Hearts Blazing. You can find the updated PnP linked below! We will be making this available for sale via Drive Thru Cards as soon as another pass of edits ...

Feedback loop

Accepting and incorporating feedback from playtests is a unique challenge for a game designer. It can be perilously easy to dismiss the opinions of others because "they don't understand what you are going for" or chalk a problem up to a small mistake. On the other hand, you are a designer and you have a vision for what you are creating; sometimes you can ignore them. [ 661 more words. ]

https://playdatenh.wordpress.com/2015/11/25/feedback-loop

playdatenh.wordpress.com Accepting and incorporating feedback from playtests is a unique challenge for a game designer. It can be perilously easy to dismiss the opinions of others because "they don't understand what you ar...

Dreaming

I made a little RPG game/experiment because I have been having concerning moments when I am not sure if I am dreaming or not. That blur between dreaming and waking is fantastic and scary. Hopefully this will help me/us explore the concern. Before you ask I have no desire to commit self harm and this is not what this is about. L'appel du vide

https://playdatenh.wordpress.com/2015/11/15/dreaming/

playdatenh.wordpress.com I made a little RPG game/experiment because I have been having concerning moments when I am not sure if I am dreaming or not. That blur between dreaming and waking is fantastic and scary. Hopefully...

Hearts Blazing! PnP release

At this past PortConMaine we ran a poorly-thought out, "Make a Game" panel. Therein, hopped up on 2 cappucinos the GbyPD crew collaborated with the audience to design a game. This is that game. Hearts Blazing is a collaborative card-driven RPG about speculative fiction conflict and romance. Basically we made a homage to mecha anime (like Evangelion & Robotech) and space operas (like… [ 88 more words. ]

https://playdatenh.wordpress.com/2015/10/19/hearts-blazing-pnp-release

playdatenh.wordpress.com At this past PortConMaine we ran a poorly-thought out, "Make a Game" panel. Therein, hopped up on 2 cappucinos the GbyPD crew collaborated with the audience to design a game. This is that game. Hea...

Slash: Romance Without Boundaries, again!

Slash: Romance Without Boundaries News

us8.campaign-archive1.com The past few weeks have been thrilling for everybody at Games by Play Date. We had the pleasure of teaming up with JoJo Stilleto and supporting their Bechdel Test Burlesque show at GeekGirlCon. So of course we made a new expansion pack to share our patriarchy-smashing excitement. Featuring some of o…

Hey fanfic fans, send a little love to Their KS ends shortly and we thinks its a cool project!

bit.ly/slashkick

Great Googly Moogly

Great Googly Moogly

https://playdatenh.wordpress.com/2015/06/30/great-googly-moogly

playdatenh.wordpress.com It's been a crazy few weeks! PortConMaine! MassiveComicCon! These things happened and we are exhausted. Games by Play Date had the honor of providing more than 120 games to the fine folks in Worces...

Slash: Romance Without Boundaries

Slash: The 2nd Printing. Love is in the air, AGAIN!

us8.campaign-archive2.com The second printing of slash is finally here. If you have been waiting to grab a copy of this silly romance storytelling card/party game we thank you for your patience. 

… and another thing! (Drunk Uncles release!)

... and another thing! (Drunk Uncles release!)

https://playdatenh.wordpress.com/2015/05/26/and-another-thing-drunk-uncles-release

playdatenh.wordpress.com We are pleased to announce the release of Drunk Uncles a push your luck card game. As idiot uncles attending a family gathering you must get as many of your terrible opinions off of your chest befo...

Slash needs writers

Slash needs writers!

us8.campaign-archive2.com Games by Play Date is developing a staged fiction show for it's convention appearances and we want to make player stories a big part of it. We are looking for PG13 or NC17 slashfic starring characters from slash: romance without boundaries. We are shooting for quick funny microfictions of 100-250 wo…

We played Rocket Shipping! It, well...it wasn't great!

We played Rocket Shipping! It, well...it wasn't great!

playdatenh.wordpress.com Friday night Rocket Shipping made it to table. It was kind of a mess. Here is the takeaway: Positive Dynamic Resource Pricing model seems Math game! Algebra game! Similar to Modern Art Can't just count ahead because of board changes Deterministic way to make value, eliminates randomization. Scoring is tight Negative If you can figure out the math you have a large advantage… [ 58 more words. ]

Blast Off!

Blast Off! Rocket Shipping is another big dumb game we made

playdatenh.wordpress.com For reasons beyond comprehension Glenn spent the past week or so making a pick up and deliver intrasolar trading game called Rocket Shipping. It was inspired by a twitter exchange with RPG designer Quinn Murphy about an Afrofuturist solar system setting. While much of the flavor for that universe will have to manifest in the art and language the core concept, that players make their living by rocketing goods across the solar system on family owned space freighters seemed fun.

Ready for my closeup

Ready for my closeup: high quality product shots aren't a luxury

playdatenh.wordpress.com High quality product images are not a luxury item for your design. I think this is part of a chronic failure on the part of indie designers to see the post-launch life cycle of their design. While, yes, GPD often spins up a new game and then spits it out to the cold cruel world unfostered, the games where we have invested substantial time and money see more tender treatment.

I bite my thumb at thee! (The Show Must Go On! release!)

I bite my thumb at thee! (The Show Must Go On! release!)

playdatenh.wordpress.com Well, that was fast! Since our last post we have put a wrap on The Show Must Go On! Cards are on order, art, script and layout is complete and the packaging is en route! If you would like to grab a copy please support us at Patreon.com/games where our backers will receive our first run copies! Otherwise, feel free to download the… [ 93 more words. ]

Is this a party game I see before me?

Is this a party game I see before me?

playdatenh.wordpress.com Prithee! Verily! and other such Ye Olde English. Games by Play Date is barreling toward the short run release of our Shakespearean themed party game The Show Must Go On! In TSMGO two teams of "actors" must fumble through one of Shakespeare's lesser known productions and convince the audience of their true character through the ham-fisted art of over-acting. It's got death, butt jokes, robots, the Welsh and everything that made Elizabethan era theatre such a rip-roaring treat.

Two New Slash Expansions Appear!

New Slash: Romance Without Boundaries Expansions!

us8.campaign-archive2.com Games by Play Date is excited to release our latest short run expansions for slash: romance without boundaries. Slash: Nerdlesque celebrates the naked nerds in Seattle and the slash: PAXspansion honors the frozen geeks in Boston!

Bad Habit is launched!

Bad Habit is launched! http://wp.me/p1JkX0-KH

playdatenh.wordpress.com We are pleased to announce that the full professional print run of Bad Habit is available for sale! Each game comes with 70 bridge-sized cards made in American, 105 wooden tokens and one rules sheet in a elegant felt drawstring bag. Bad Habit is a cooperative game for 2-5 players where you must work together to learn the patience and empathy necessary to help those who suffer from Non-Suicidal Self Injury. [ 126 more words. ]

d8 Mile

d8 Mile http://wp.me/p1JkX0-Kv

playdatenh.wordpress.com It's been crickets around here lately. Let me dump some info for a few minutes before I jump back into the grind. tl:dr working 7 days a week in a factory is time consuming, downtime is used for con preparation and development on next titles. Links after the jump. [ 394 more words. ]

So, maybe I cried a bit. It's cool....

So, maybe I cried a bit. It's cool....

playdatenh.wordpress.com A few days ago, as I was working my second job (Teamster Local 633!), I received this email from a customer who had just ordered from us. Hello Glenn, The Responsible Designer! I thought you'd get a chortle out of knowing where your games end up and the fun times they create. I work at an all girl boarding high school in Mclean, Virginia. [ 480 more words. ]

Sexy Times.

Sexy Times.

playdatenh.wordpress.com A while ago we were contacted by Cecilia Tan editor at Circlet Press. It seems that the Circlet crew took a copy of slash: romance without boundaries to their romance/erotica writers retreat where it was a big hit! We ere, of course, thrilled to hear that actually talented people enjoyed our silly party shenanigans. What blew us away was that Ceclia just forwarded us some of the micro fanfics that were written in response to playing [ 566 more words. ]

The con is on

Arisia 2015: The con is on

playdatenh.wordpress.com Hello Boston folks. We are headed to Arisia this evening! You can find us at table A3 in the dealers room. In addition to copious free high fives we will have the following products for sale! slash:romance without boundaries slash: the blanks slash: shipwreck 2014 expansion Bad Habit as well as some great games from our indie friends!

Too Many Days of Games: 121 — Zombie '15

Ugh not another Zombie game, wait a sec.... Too Many Days of Games: 121 — Zombie '15

playdatenh.wordpress.com File Me Under: Darryl, the teenage years What It's All About: Zombie :15 from Iello is a cooperative zombie survival board game. Players take the role of one of 8 teenage survivors and race through their actions to complete various scenario objectives. Whether you are clearing a path to the Police Station or facing down the Alpha Zombie, Z15, once you grok the slightly awkward division of labor, plays smoothly. [ 245 more words. ]