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Tether is on sale this weekend as part of the Allplay & Friends sale. Most of these games never go on sale during the year. No matter how many things you buy, shipping is just $4 in the USA, so get all your holiday games in one order. allplay.com/black-friday-2…

This weekend we've got a sale on Tether at our online store. Link and details when it goes live Friday.

We'll be demoing a prototype of our new game next weekend at PAXU! Booth 2803. Come by and check it out if you're there.

Tether is a disorienting card game about connecting adrift astronauts. It's also one of the best small games I've played all year. My review: spacebiff.com/2024/08/05/tet…

I did my best to explain why I like this thinky little card game but it’s as challenging to describe as it is fun to play! Tether with the ChuckCon Krewe youtu.be/4vKrYTPkI-E @HowToBroccoli

@StoicHamster Looks like you had quite a game. That's a lot of big groups.

Checking out Tether, the new hotness that just arrived from @HowToBroccoli

@jsthoma1_public We missed the timeline for a booth at Gen Con, so we won't be there. The first show where Tether will be present is PAXU later this year. We will also be demoing our next game then too.

@HowToBroccoli congrats on Tether! Do you know if this will be available to purchase at Gen Con 2024? Maybe at the Allplay booth?

@erik_a_sunden Babylonia! It's got such interesting interconnected options each turn, and everything you do makes an impact on all players' future turns. No wasted decision space.

What Knizia game do you think is the best one, according to your taste? Why?

Filed state sales tax for more than $0 the first time ever in life! I feel like this is some sort of benchmark.

@GameMinimalist The biggest gaps with KS are the lack of pledge manager (late pledges, charging shipping as late as possible, etc). But KS has such a bigger audience that I agree it's the right choice until a publisher has enough of a following that they don't need that built-in familiarity.

Why do publishers choose platforms other than Kickstarter for their crowd funding? I'm genuinely curious as to the reasons for this 🤔

@belltowergames Yeah, it's interesting how many different options there are for fairly standard stuff. And I've seen different publishers take drastically different paths. It's all based on what you think is most important and what level of comfort you have with certain parts of the journey.

@HowToBroccoli Agree with this! Designers and publishers have lots of best practices, which aren't unanimous or even entirely internally consistent. Sometimes you just have to hit the button and see what happens! It's fun when it works out as you'd hoped, too.

As a first time publisher, there have been times where I just hold my breath and hope things work: - When I pressed the launch button kickstarter for the first time - When I wire transferred thousands of dollars to a printing company (takes days to get through to the other side)

@dnlnwmn That's the sort of thing where you heard it and your stomach just drops. Fortunately there's a tunnel connecting all the Lexingtons of the world together.

@HowToBroccoli one time the printer accidentally sent our games to Lexington, KY instead of Lexington, OR that was fun

Also true about life in general😅

I find that so much of the process of publishing a game is: Step 1 - Prepare a bunch of stuff in an attempt to stay ahead of schedule. Step 2 - Find something you didn't anticipate and adjust as effectively as possible. Repeat ad nauseam.

In case you were on the fence about the Oracle of Play tarot deck, which includes a card from Tether, it's closing in on the last day. Here's a sample of some of the cards in the deck, pulled from several different games. kickstarter.com/projects/publi…

I'm very happy to announce my involvement with the Alleyway Oracles Tarot deck project! "The Oracle of Play" deck uses art I had created for @HowToBroccoli 's game "Tether"! Check it out! kickstarter.com/projects/publi…

@gweavergames @tonymakesgames @BrotherMingGame @25thCG @ElfCreekGames @Junazaru @IanZangDesign @JPacCantin @FloodgateGames @AnalogAppGames @GreyFoxGames @koryjordan I've never missed a PAXU yet, and I don't intend to. Can't manage Origins this year, unfortunately. I'm not yet at the point where I can go to all the cons I'd like to.

@tonymakesgames @BrotherMingGame @25thCG @ElfCreekGames @Junazaru @IanZangDesign @JPacCantin @FloodgateGames @AnalogAppGames @GreyFoxGames @HowToBroccoli @koryjordan Oh man, I'm bummed we will miss both of yall at Origins! If we can swing GenCon or PaxU we will let you know!

We are going to Origins 2023!!! Bradley & Kal of our amazing team will be there Wed through Sat to network, playtest, and talk shop with publishers, designers & gamers! If you want to set up a meeting with us, please reach out via DMs or email! (gweavergames@gmail.com)

More details about this, plus updates on our progress since the KS campaign are in our update posted today kickstarter.com/projects/howto…

Tether has been included in The Oracle of Play tarot deck, on Kickstarter now. kickstarter.com/projects/publi… Look at this glamor shot.