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And now for something pretty cool.

Two quick upfront apologies. :)

1) If you already saw this on twitter or the Button Shy Blog, or the upcoming mailing list, sorry about the repeat info. But.. there is some  detail here that is specific to the Board Game of the Month Club (it's your discounts below!)

2) For the $20+ supporters, sorry for the second post in one day. I'm just home from work and can actually get things done for once and knocking it all out.

Now onto Button Shy Se...

This month, last month, the month before and next month too!

 Hey everyone! Still trying to stay ahead of things here and it's getting closer and closer. Here's where we are with packages.

March, April, May - The cards are here, the postcards are printing, and the rules are proofing. I'm going to pay a few bucks extra to get the rules rushed out and hopefully these will hit the mail before 5/31. Then we're all caught up on packages. It was a tough catch up, but we're rocking and rolling on June and July, so I'm HOPING the hardest p...

Status & Schism!

Hey everyone! It’s been a little quiet here and I’m finally in a position to change that. :)

Here’s where we are with the Kickstarters:

• All 2016 Kickstarters are shipped out 
• January 2017 Kickstarter is shipping
• April 2017 Kickstarter is over (and did very well!)

So on the Kickstarter side, almost everything is behind us. We can start to prep the April 2017 Campaign for orderi...

The April Kickstarter Is Live - Here Are Your Discount Details

QUICK NEWS UPDATE:
Everyone should have February packages by now. We have a few that were held to work out kinks, but if you haven't received yours please message me. March is coming, but was delayed and will be here in a few weeks. It might hit here around the same time as April. We've been doing a ton of mail lately and almost through it. Finally about to enjoy the perks of the quarterly Kickstarters. :)

And speaking of the quarterly Kickstarters... we ar...

February packages (and other things)

Hey everyone! I'm going to start this off by saying February is too short. It's gone already and I have spent the whole month packing and mailing games. Trying desperately to get ahead here and then a short month comes and makes that harder.

Here's where we are with everything. February is running late and will likely go out around the end of the second week of March. We're still working on getting through the last few monthly Wallet Games of 2016 and I truly feel that once they are behind us,...

January Package Update!

January packages are ready to go as soon as this month’s postcards arrive. They are taking longer than usual but shipped as of yesterday, so I expect them to be here by the end of the week. We are THIS CLOSE to actually getting them out in January, but we’re getting there. 

This month really flew by though. We ran our quarterly Kickstarter and since it was a week longer than normal, it consumed me for a good chunk of the month. We are also fulfilling Pentaquark, which is a monster to ...

Our January Kickstarter is live. Discount details below

QUICK NEWS UPDATE:
You will be receiving your (overdue) October, November and December packages starting today. The US packages should all be arriving by the end of the week. It was a beast, but we're happy to be back on track and should have January out by mid-January (unless the Chinese New Year slows down our incoming packages). We'll keep you posted!

Onto this month's Wallet Game! Oh wait, there are three! Instead of monthly Kickstarters, we are moving to quarterly, but...

January 2017 Package Sneak Preview #1

Hello everyone! This crazy month is already reaching the halfway point, so it's time to talk about what you'll be getting in January.

Each month in 2017 you will receive the following (and if you are a Patron as of December 31, 2016, you will receive the January package):

Postcard Game ($5+ Levels) 

This year's theme is One Hit Wonders. We have a whole bunch of awesome songs picked out and paired up with some wonderful designers. There is no...

Hot Dogs and a big update on packages

Sorry if you are getting this twice. The first was a draft and was sent by accident because Patreon on mobile is really rough. They just changed it and I think it's even worse. :)

Before we talk about our final monthly Kickstarter, some status on packages:

October, November and December packages will all be here and ready to go out at once in the next few weeks. We fell behind and put together a huge order just to catch up on everything. This will have December in your hands in December ...

A Post of Thankfulness, Looking Back and Looking Ahead

NOTE: Don't miss the 3 Print and Plays at the bottom of this post! Our January trio is done and out to reviewers, so full color PNP's are here. Any rules questions, let me know!

We know that our readers (well at least in the US) are getting ready for an extended Holiday weekend full of turkey, family, political arguments, football and hopefully games. We wanted to take a second and focus a little on what we at Button Shy Games have been thankful for this year and as well talk a little...

Universal Rule is available now. Here are your discount details!

Before we get into this month's Kickstarter, some news:

Most of you should have your September packages as they have almost all made it out the door. So many delays but it's mostly behind us. If you don't already have it, you should have it close to the weekend.

October postcards are in, we're just waiting for the rest of the package to arrive.  Hopefully they'll all be here in 2 weeks and heading out the door. October features a little baseball-ish (you'll see) micro game in...

Package update and not-so-Micro Chat with Daniel Newman

We have an extended edition of Ryan Sanders' Micro Chat with Ahead In The Clouds Designer Daniel Newman below. We will do one of these each month here, as the standard Micro Chat is about 5 questions. Patreon backers will get a whole bunch more! Please let me know in the comments (or via hearts or likes or whatever it may be) if you like these kinds of posts. We're working on building up the content here aside from just the monthly packages and goodies. Hope you like it.

But first! A q...

Ahead In The Clouds is available now. Here are your discount details!

Before we get into this month's Kickstarter, some news:

First of all, September packages are delayed. I apologize for the backup. The juggling this month just didn't go as smooth as it's usual not-so-smooth self. (back to school, sick kids & parents too, Pentaquark's big success, Pod-X's intense number crunching, etc) But the packages are probably going to arrive here in about 10 days, and then head right out to you. Part of this delay also includes Pod-X (for those of you who were ...

A new podcast and PNP!

Hey everyone!

We have a good amount of new patrons here, so I wanted to welcome you all aboard. Things are moving well and they are moving QUICKLY.  As soon as we get one package out the door, it's time for the next. I can't believe it's already 9/22.

There's been a lot of behind the scenes things going on, trying to make this machine work as efficiently as possible, and I can just say I can't wait until 2017. The next 3 months will be the same old 2016 grind myself into a coma...

Pentaquark is available now. Here are your discount details!

This month's Wallet Game is now live on Kickstarter!

As part of your rewards here, each month you get a discount on each of our Kickstarter Wallet Games OR any Wallet Game in our current library.

The September Kickstarter Wallet game is Pentaquark, a science-based solo puzzler by Mike Mullins (who you kay know from Bottom of the 9th, but also helps out behind the scenes on a LOT of our stuff).

Some of the biggest questions in the world of science may be answe...