Subject: Round Up: Semi finals & BuzzleBox love

The Dark Imp's Round Up

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Here's your fortnightly round up of new Dark Imp products, content and publicity!

New Products...

Though not yet available to purchase, our Cracker Games will be launched on Kickstarter on 1st September. You can join the pre-registration list now.


A few cracker games have already gone out to reviewers and Nick Welford from Board Deck and Dice tweeted, "Well, having seen an early version, I think you all need to pay attention to this. I can see loads of children being inspired to design. This isn't just six games, it's an inspiring tool kit."


  • Eco-friendly, totally reusable, entirely plastic-free.

  • Six games that all use the same components

  • Designed for multi-generational play

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New Content...

Don't forget... we always want to know what type of content you're enjoying, so we can make more of it. So do reply to this email with your feedback.


Videos:

  1. Sleuth Box: An activity for Maths lessons (and homeschooling parents)

  2. Letter Market: An activity for English lessons (and homeschooling parents)

  3. How to play Treasure Split (a Dark Imp Coaster Game)

  4. How to play Alien Farm (a Dark Imp Coaster Game)

  5. A time-lapse video of Forbidden Island (escape a flooding island in this cooperative game)

  6. A time-lapse video of Nautilion (a solo game with beautiful artwork)

  7. Worm Attack: Live (a Dark Imp game in development - replay of live stream)

On Saturday, Ellie started a daily video series about "How I became a board game designer". At the time of writing, parts 1-3 are available. View them here.


Announcement: We'll be going live on the The Dark Imp YouTube channel every other Sunday. On Sunday 19th July at 11am Ellie will be sharing Throw Down Your Coats, which is a game in development. You can see the prototype, find out how the game plays and give your suggestions for development. Set a reminder to view the live stream and subscribe to the channel.


Blogs:



New Publicity...

BuzzleBox 2: Doughnuts & Cake has had two new reviews this week.


Nick Welford from Board, Deck and Dice has published a great video review of the BuzzleBox. As the BuzzleBox is designed for families, Nick roped in his son, who he refers to as "Mini Board Deck and Dice" to review the games with him. Watch the review here.


If you're a Hungarian speaker, you may be interested in our first Hungarian review! PC Guru who review board games as well as video games, have released the first of their series of Dark Imp reviews. This one covers Doughnut Dash and Top Cake. If, like me, you don't speak Hungarian, I can tell you that Google Translate confirms that it is overwhelmingly positive. I'm hoping to get a proper translation, which I'll share when I have it. If you happen to speak Hungarian, here's the review.


Finally, I'm excited to report that a Dark Imp game in development - Uranus! - has made it through to the semi finals of an International board game design competition: The annual Board Game Design Workshop. The top 20 games went through to the semis. Uranus graduated in position 10. Full rankings of all the games can be found here. Watch out - numbers 1-9, I'm coming for you!

We're seeing a huge surge in sales of our Coaster Games. If you're interested, you can grab yourself a set of these six games in a holder - we post them out quickly so that you'll be sure to have them for your holidays. They're perfect for travelling. We're also trying to make connections with travel agents, hotels and holiday rental accommodation, so if you know people in these industries that you think might be interested in the coaster games, do let us know by replying to this email.


Best wishes,

Ellie & Peter


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