River of Gold from Office Dog Games 🔜 PAX Unplugged is back on the table. This seriously may be my euro if the year

I’ve gotten a peek at this yall and I’m so excited for it

I could not be more proud and excited to share my first published game The Fellowship of the Rings Trick-Taking Game. It is a once in a lifetime opportunity to combine two of my favorite things into a single game that so many smart people I respect have said is something special.

Meet the mind behind The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game! Bryan Bornmueller is a LotR fan through and through, stating, “it’s the unexplained mysteries in Middle-earth” that make Tolkien's literary work most compelling to him. Read more at officedoggames.com/designer-spotl…

To celebrate the start of space week, we are excited to announce Crafting the Cosmos ✨ In this mid-weight eurogame, players immerse themselves into the scientific wonder and vastness of the cosmos as they manipulate the laws of physics and spur creation. Available March 2025

Danke schön to all who joined us at Spiel Essen! We were floored at the response to River of Gold, even though it was only in English! Hoping to have a German printing in the future 🤞 Until next year! 💛

"Eurogames" feature strategy-forward designs with multiple ways to score points, which can be compared to American-style games which lean more into luck and politics. Tell us some euros you've played that you love! 🧡

Meet David Gordon & TAM, the game designers behind Crafting the Cosmos! 💫 With over 25 designs under their belt, this duo has been making games together since 2020. Check out the full interview at officedoggames.com/designer-spotl…

Which Word Traveler Pigeon are you today?

Credit to Office Dog Games 🔜 PAX Unplugged for going just a little extra mile in their packaging of this review copy.

Be one of the first to play and pick up The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game! A limited number of advance copies will be available for purchase throughout the weekend at booth 2426. Arrive early to secure your copy, receive a free gift 🧝‍♀️, and meet the designer!

Trick-taking is a set of rules used in many classic card games (hearts, spades, euchre, bridge, & Doppelkopf). A trick is formed when each player plays a card from their hand to the middle of the table. One of the players wins the trick and takes the cards!

Rounding out this week with a lovely chat I had with designer @kpiggottgames, who brought us the best L5R game since the original’s release with Office Dog Games’ River of Gold. youtu.be/OcCeaHRBqSo

Happy Birthday to Carl Sagan, "America's most effective salesman of science," as coined by Time Magazine. Thanks for helping to popularize the cosmos!

The One Ring is what sets The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game apart from other cooperative trick-taking games. Typically, there is a trump suit which will win over the others, but in this game, there is only one card - the one card to rule them all, one might say 😏

Tag yourself! Friday got us feeling like 4️⃣