Happy Friday everyone! This week I have a really cool sketch to share with you all!
Here we have a sketch for Scott Almes' upcoming addition to the Simply Solo line: The Last Lighthouse. In The Last Lighthouse you are protecting your lighthouse from the nightmares that threaten this beacon of light. The above image is a sketch by Anastasia Khmelevska. Anastasia illustrated both I Guess...
2023-06-30 12:34:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Good morning everyone, today is our Friday Art Preview! This week I want to show off a little bit of Converge.
Here we have the covers for the 3 Converge games. These covers, as well as the logo, are still a work in progress. Some things may change. Converge will be 3 different wallet games, each consisting of it's own factions. For the covers, it was really important to show ...
2023-06-23 12:33:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Friday everyone! It's time for our art preview. This week I have some cards from an unannounced roleplaying game!
Here we have a card front and back from Picaresque, an upcoming roleplaying game both designed and illustrated by Amanda Lee Franck. It isn't common but sometimes our designers decide to illustrate their game. Amanda is a very talented illustrator so when she showe...
2023-06-16 12:35:59 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone, I just wanted to pop in here as it’s been a while. There have been some requests to get the status updates going again and I’m working on the best way to do that. Basically a less-depressing way to post that things are running behind, every time. It’s always a bit painful to write that and I'm sure it's painful to receive it, so I think we just need to shift the goals a little.
NEW PATRONS: Before that a quick welcome to new patron...
2023-06-12 13:33:06 +0000 UTC View Post
We're back from the UK Games Expo, so that means we're back with our Friday Art Previews! This week we're going to show you some year two Battlecrest Heroes. Let's check it out!
Year two will take place in the busy futuristic city of Metronn. With a new setting comes new heroes. Some of the heroes this time around are a little more high tech than those found in the Fellwoods. The ab...
2023-06-09 12:56:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Sorry everyone, we won't be doing an Art Preview this week. We are busy at the UK Games Expo in Birmingham, England. If you are going to the Expo, please pay us a visit! We will be back next Friday with our normal Art Preview posts!
-george
2023-06-02 12:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone, Art Preview time! This week I want to share some art from Astral Dreams, an upcoming roleplaying game. Let's check it out.
Here we have one of the four character cards that you can choose in Astral Dreams. This one is the Hunter. In the game you are adventuring and trying to become a legend. Your goal is to collect stars and have constellations named after you and your...
2023-05-26 12:34:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone, welcome back to our Friday Art Preview. A few weeks ago I shared some early prototype cards from Elizabeth Hargrave's Picky Pixie. Today I have some finished cards for you!
In the early version, the cards just had some clipart for the flowers. It was good enough for a prototype, but the final game needs to be much prettier! We contacted Annie Wilkinson, the artist for ...
2023-05-19 12:37:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Button Shy Reprint Campaign - Spring 2023 is live on Gamefound. Every club member receives a discount based on their backer level - it's either $1, $2 or $5, one flat amount, no matter how many wallet games you buy at Gamefound. We will be sending everyone an email at their Patreon email address shortly after the campaign launches. That email address will have a credit at Gamefound for this campaign, in the discount amount for your level. Using that email and link, you ...
2023-05-16 12:43:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone, we're here with our Friday Art Preview! This week we are going to talk about Championland: Track and Field.
Back in March I teased Championland: Track and Field with a few images of cards. I thought I would show you a bit more Championland as we are getting closer to its release. The above image shows what the game looks like on the table. This game went through many i...
2023-05-12 12:49:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi friends, we're back with our Friday Art Preview. This week I would like to share a little more Gridwave art with you.
A while back I shared with you one of the buildings from Gridwave. It's been a bit, but we received more art from the artist recently! In Gridwave some buildings like the above are occupied by robots. These buildings are connected to the power grid and appear to be w...
2023-05-05 12:29:07 +0000 UTC View Post
It's time for another Friday Art Preview! This week I'll be sharing some more Converge character art.
A few weeks ago I gave you the first look at Converge. I shared the Archivists last time, and this time I have the Alchemists for you. There is a group of 6 of them, but today I'll just be showing you my two favorites. What I really like about the above illustration is his belt of beak...
2023-04-28 12:29:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Everyone, this week we are going to show you some art for a new Battlecrest Hero! Let's check it out.
More Battlecrest heroes are coming! This week we are going to talk about Hype, a high tech hero hailing from Metronn. I'll show a few action card poses for Hype. The one above is Hype charging an orb of electricity.
2023-04-21 12:24:10 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone. Michelle here with some updates on how to get the replacement cards for the recent misprints you may have received as part of your Board Game of the Month Club packages or through pledging support at Kickstarter or Gamefound.
We will be sending corrected cards in club packages to all supporters of levels including a wallet game ($18+) and Ltd Postcard Plus ($10/$12) as the impacted cards have been part of previous packages or will be in a future package a...
It's Friday, so Art Preview time! This week we are going to share some images from a newly announced game! Let's check out some cool artwork!
Today we have some character art for the newly announced Converge. Designed by Peter Hayward, Converge is set in an ancient, yet futuristic world. All the characters I'll share today are known as the "Archivists". Let's check out another one belo...
2023-04-14 12:28:19 +0000 UTC View Post
The Royal Limited is the next title in our Simply Solo line, following Food Chain Island, Ugly Gryphon Inn, Unsurmountable, and Fishing Lessons. These titles were designed by Scott Almes for single-player only, focusing on elegant rules that create complex situations. Like the previous four games, The Royal Limited delivers a fun puzzle that’s sure to hit the table again and again.
Please read ‘Here's how to pledge at Kickstarter as a member’ for all of the details on supporting t...
2023-04-11 12:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi there! This week we are going to do something a little different for our Art Preview. Instead of showing you finished art that will be in the final game, I'll be showing you some prototype cards from the designers' first versions of their games. Then, when we have final art I'll share that with you. That way you can see how the games visually evolve. So let's check it out!
This prototype ca...
2023-04-07 13:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
We're back for a Friday Art Preview! This week we have just a sketch for you for an unannounced upcoming game.
Todays images are from an upcoming unannounced game. It is just a rough sketch but there are so many little details to find. We asked the artist for a large image and we will highlight the small scenes on each card. For example the header image shows a group playing a Role...
2023-03-31 12:39:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey it's Friday Art Preview time! This week we are going to show you some covers for The Royal Limited. Let's get to it!
Here we have the covers to The Royal Limited and its two expansions. The left image is the cover for the base game. On this cover we have the conductor standing in front of the train, ready to board. Since there are a lot characters in this game it felt right to show...
2023-03-24 12:41:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome back to our Friday Art Preview! This week I have 2 images from an upcoming unnamed game about athletics.
Here we have a card design for an unnamed game by Julio Nazario. In this 2 player game players will compete to be the best athlete. Illustrating athletes in mid action is a tough task. We want there to be movement in the illustration. We believe there is a sense of movement t...
2023-03-17 12:45:38 +0000 UTC View Post
It's Friday again! (already?!) So that means it's time to show you some art! This week we'll be showing something from an unannounced RPG.
Here we have one of the characters from an upcoming RPG called Humans. In this game you play as non humans attending a costume party hosted by a human. It is your job to blend in without your non human traits ruining the party. Since all guests a...
2023-03-10 14:00:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone.
The Kickstarter campaign for River Wild and Ancient Realm is now live and you can pledge your support here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/239309591/river-wild-and-ancient-realm
Sorry for the early post about the Kickstarter launch today - I got over-excited and accidentally published the post five hours early! All of the details you need are...
This is an early reminder (sorry - Michelle was a bit excited and hit publish too early!) The campaign will launch at 8:30AM EST. A short update will be posted when it's live.
This campaign is a little unusual for Button Shy, as we’re offering two very different games but both by the same designer: Steven Aramini. We’ve worked with Steven before as part of the team behind two of our most popular titles, Sprawlopolis and Circle The Wagons, and we’re always impressed by his clever ...
Happy Friday friends! We are super excited for next week's Kickstarter launch so I figured I'd share some images from the two games that will be Kickstarted. This time, instead of doing just one game, we are doing both Ancient Realm and River Wild in one big Kickstarter! Both games have been designed by Steven Aramini, one of the designers behind Sprawlopolis.
First up we have...
2023-03-03 14:00:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Friday friends, this week we will be sharing a sketch with a final image. This shows our process a little bit, so lets get to it.
Here is the Raja Suite. This is one of the finer train cars that we have on The Royal Limited. We gave the artist, Taylor Stone, a little description of the train car. We wanted to have gold gilded accents and decoration on the train car as well as ni...
2023-02-24 13:39:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Friday to all! It's time for some artwork. This week we have a cover as well as a finished character illustration. Let's check them out!
In recent week's I've shared some sketches for The Royal Limited. This week I have a finished illustration for you. Our artist, Taylor Stone, is a really talented character artist. We gave some brief descriptions and she was able to bring them to life. ...
2023-02-17 14:02:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Friday, friends! This week I have an exciting image for you from an unannounced game, as well as a sketch!
This week I have another The Royal Limited sketch to share with you. Last week I shared an image of the conductor and now we have a train car! There are a bunch of train cars in this game and each one is going to look a bit different. The one above is the "Junior Suites". ...
2023-02-10 13:18:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone, it's Art Preview Friday! We are busy working on so many projects at the moment so we have a lot of art coming in. Let's check a few out!
We recently started working on The Royal Limited, a new solo game coming from Scott Almes. We discovered the really talented Taylor Stone and hired her to illustrate the characters for us. The first step, as always, is to send us a sketch...
2023-02-03 13:42:40 +0000 UTC View Post
So we just launched the Numbsters pledge manager, which is usually a way that backers of a Kickstarter campaign can complete their pledges and pay for shipping, and even add more games if they would like.
Well there's an added benefit, and it's that we can apply your monthly credit to the campaign. So $1-3 Patrons will have an automatic $1 credit. $5 Patrons will have a $2 credit. And $10+ Patrons will have a $5 credit. So if you were a patron here when the campaign was active, you li...
Happy Friday everyone, this week I have some fun illustrations to share with you!
Today we have a new Twin Stars: Moonset character for you. This is a Human Shepherd. What I love about this illustration is that you can instantly tell that this man and his sidekick have a real bond! I like to think that these two just finished herding a bunch of sheep and are finishing their work off wi...
2023-01-27 13:30:59 +0000 UTC View Post