What a week it's been here at Button Shy! Jason and I try to spend a little bit of time each week on improving the office. There's been a lot of moving around bins of games, tables and clutter. If you've been following the news you've already seen that. But now that Summer is here we want to get our retail space operating. I touched on this last week, but we set a few things in...
2021-06-30 16:01:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Woah! Can you believe it's already time for the July Preview?! I can't wait to show you what we have coming your way. But first, before I do, I gotta update you on the news! Our weekly news has been a nice tool for communicating our progress so I think I'll keep updating you weekly on it.
We got a lot done this weekend! We started the day by cleaning up the hallway ...
2021-06-16 02:34:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey friends, today we have a new PNP available for download! We also have some weekly Button Shy news and a picture of a funny car. Let's get to the news first.
On Sunday Jason, Marty and I met up to get a handful of tasks done. We started by clearing some of the space in this room above. This is becoming the assembly room. That means we need to make room for tables. We also m...
2021-06-08 16:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone, I have a little teaser for an upcoming game… but first let’s talk about what’s happening here at Button Shy!
Jason and I met up again on Sunday and caught up on a lot of backlogged shipments. We packaged and shipped the last of the missing September and October packages for our international patrons. Last week when we gathered al...
2021-06-03 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
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So now I have a little news update. For starters, we are catching up on overdue International $20+ shipments owed for September/October 2020 and March/April 2021. This past Sunday I met up with Jason at the office and we got to work. We took this corner of the office that was taken over by random Wal...
2021-05-26 16:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
The Tussie Mussie Expansion Collection (and well overdue base game reprint) is here! This is a set of 4 new expansions for Elizabeth Hargrave’s Tussie Mussie. You must have the Tussie Mussie base game to play; if you don’t have it, it’s available through the campaign.
As a member you will receive a discount, and all of the details are below. Any questions, just ask either in the comments here or on our Discord server.
The first important thing is the campaign link.
LIN...
2021-05-25 13:25:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Before I start with the June Preview I wanted to remind everyone a few things:
If you haven't already joined the Button Shy discord come check it out!
Discord: https://discord.gg/aUBMvnu
Make sure you grab your PNP's before the end of the month, some will be leaving on June 1st.
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Attention Print and Players, we are going to be updating the Dropbox and that means some PNP's will be leaving soon. I'd hate for anyone to miss out, so get them before they’re gone! But don't worry, we have more games coming in to take their place.
LINK: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4i4xnkhw1kakdjj/AADgomR_xfZNYCPFjO7UxvBNa?dl=0
2021-05-12 16:01:03 +0000 UTC
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Welcome everyone, today will be the first of a new monthly interview I will be hosting. The goal is to have short, fun chats with designers and artists in the Button Shy community. I figured who better to start with than my big bro over here at Button Shy, Jason Tagmire.
I'm sure many of you have chatted with him at conventions, on discord or twitter but I thought I would ask him a few questions for those who may not know him so well.
George: 2021-05-07 15:59:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey friends! Get your printers ready because we have another PNP for you! I mentioned this game last week as part of the May Preview. Now you can print your own copy from home and play! Here's a little refresher on what Moving Pictures is all about.
In Moving Pictures players take turns placing numbered scene cards from their hand into the shared Timeline row in hopes of getting all 6 cards in order. The catch? They can’t speak or signal to each other...
2021-05-05 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
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Speaking of flowers, lets talk about Tussie Mussie... we wanted to give a brief teaser as to what is coming in our next Kickstarter campaign later this month. It's a wallet full of expansions, something we've never done before. Some of you may have been playtesters for the expansions, but many of you may not have seen this before.
2021-05-03 16:00:08 +0000 UTC
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[Hey it's Jason (remember me!?) jumping onto the top of George's update to give a quick package status report. April Packages are starting to work their way out and will probably take the next week to be fully out the door. We fully intended to have all of April out in April, and I believe we can have May out in May, but we have a 2 person weekend team that exclusively handles the BGOTMC package assembly (as everyone else is knee deep in Agropolis). Unfortunately they were unable... 2021-04-30 14:33:30 +0000 UTC View Post
It was supposed to be an easy job, investigating this abandoned mansion. Suddenly a shot rings out in the darkness, the bullet shattering the plaster behind you. Turns out someone is here as well, and only one of you is leaving alive.
Revolver Noir is game for two players that puts you in the shoes of a private eye stuck in a dark mansion with an unknown hostile. Using a combination of detective work and calculated shots in the dark, your goal is to track down ...
2021-04-29 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone, new Button Shy staff member here! My name is George, I’m Jason’s brother and I’ll be helping out with the Button Shy Patreon. One of my goals will be to bring new and exciting content to you.
In the past I’ve worked on a few of Button Shy’s products including Penny Rails, Lost in the Shadows, and more. I made some artwork, play tested a handful of games and w...
2021-04-27 16:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
I know April starts in like 4 hours here, but March was a rough one (but we did get out all of the March packages so that's a relief!). I didn't even realize tomorrow was April 1 until someone asked me if I was sending an early April Fools Day prank. I promise you, there will be none here. :)
So let's look at the April package and show off a few things.
First up is more Lightyear. With the second month of content you will be able to start mixing and matching things, making for ...
Hey everyone, hope all is well. :)
Here's what we're going to go over in this update.
1) Package Status
2) Death Valley Kickstarter Payment Calculator
3) The Final Light-Year PNP
We shipped a ton of packages this week. You'll see the March Packages likely arrive first, then the Light-Year starter kits arrive second. $20+ level will get them together in one package. Some of this may be arriving already. We expect to have jus...
2021-03-26 17:29:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Our newest game, Death Valley, is live on Kickstarter. As a member you will receive a discount, and all of the details are below. If you have any questions, ask in our Discord server, here or by email to buttonshyhelp@gmail.com.
The first important thing is the link.
2021-03-16 12:37:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone! We are starting to see a lot of first time packages arrive and getting the same questions so we are well due for a post here. As we enter March, your packages will contain the parts for our ongoing game, The Final Lightyear. But the January and February packages contain a few other ongoing projects that are wrapping up. So lets talk about what they are and how you can actually play them.
PNP - available now
Physical Game -...
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First a quick packages update:
Jan/Feb are 75% out the door and you should be seeing them arrive now. The entire list should be done by the weekend. The 2020 starters are not here yet, but the 2021 starters are starting to roll in. All is on track for March to go out by March 15th, along with those starters. The Oct/Nov/Dec ca...
2021-02-25 01:22:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone! Been meaning to post here all week but this Kickstarter, the NJ snowstorm, and everything else has been all-consuming. But I have a quiet free moment and I'm going to let you know about some new things that were added to the dropbox.
If you are unfamiliar with the dropbox, it's our revolving collection of print and play games. If you've never printed and played games, our games are great for it. Usually just a few pages of cards, that you cut, sleeve if you'd like, a...
2021-02-04 13:09:55 +0000 UTC View Post
(I know that is a shocker of a title, but let me explain)
But first - welcome new patrons! There are some important links for you (dropbox, email, t-shirts, etc). Check out this post for everything: https://www.patreon.com/posts/17210335
Ok, so every year we have a plan to start getting monthly packages out within their month, and at the beginning of 2020 we really thought we...
2021-01-28 20:16:50 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the SECOND Button Shy reprint campaign! We have recently published our 70th(!?) Wallet Game and wanted to revisit some favorites that have run low or are out of stock. We will start with 3 fan favorites: Liberation, Arcane Bakery Clash and Antinomy. As stretch goals are hit (yes - you read that right, we have stretch goals for this campaign!), we will add more games to the print run. With each stretch goal, we will invite you to help vote for the next game that we add. With each new g...
2021-01-26 14:37:05 +0000 UTC View Post
This video is such a big deal for us.
Not only does it validate what we've been doing for so long here, but it shares us with a whole world of boardgamers that probably had no idea that we even existed. I can assure this is true based on the wave of orders we are pushing through right now. It's like we just launched a massive kickstarter, but didn't know we were launching it. But don't take that the wrong way. That is as far from a complaint as you can imagine. It's a huge a miles...
2021-01-22 14:49:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone, and happy holidays to all. We should have some fun things coming next week (starting to ship the next packages, so $20+ members will see a request for their game choices, as well as a preview for Revolver Noir and much more). But for now we have one little PNP gift and a link.
PNP Gift - Skulls of Sedlec: Holiday Features
The PNP gift is the new set of holiday features for Skulls of Sedlec. If you've played solo (and if you haven't I suggest ...
2020-12-24 20:39:43 +0000 UTC View Post
[This is the first of what we hope to be a recurring feature here, a preview of what is to come!]
You’ve reached the top of the Food Chain. You’ve sailed through Friendly Waters. You’ve soared past Tough Skies. What could possibly be next?
Get ready for a blast from the past as we unleash...the Lost Beasts! This 6-card expansion to Food Chain Island introduces never-before-seen creatures — and we mean that literally. These ancient animals offer plenty of prehistor...
2020-12-17 19:53:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Our newest game, Ugly Gryphon Inn, is live on Kickstarter. It’s the second in our Simply Solo line designed by Scott Almes. As a member you will receive a discount, and all of the details are below. Any questions, just ask.
The first important thing is the campaign link.
The PNP for Ugly Gryphon Inn is live in the dropbox today. It's a miracle to see it one day earlier than our usual last minute Kickstarter rush.
If you'd like to get a few plays in before the general public, you can grab the file below. Also theirs will be in black and white, so not only do you get it early, but also it's just better.
Our next Kickstarter campaign is for Ugly Gryphon Inn, the second game in our Simply Solo series. It's launching next week and we have a few things to share.
First is the Kickstarter pre-launch page
This is simply a link to a page where you can click to be notified when it launches. Click on the link below and click "Notify me on launch" and you'll subscribe to the project. Obviously the more followers, the better.
Welcome to your very own Personal Space. A continuous game of living your very best life.
This is mostly for the PNP subscribers, but I wanted to send it to everyone just incase players wanted a second charcacter for a family member or themselves (!?), but also incase new members wanted to play before their starter kit arrives. We have a bunch of starter kits that need to go out, so if you joined in Oct or later, yours is still to come. Anyone that joined before Oct 1 shoul...
2020-12-02 21:50:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Gather your crew and gear and launch into a fringe section of space where the law teeters over the edge and a good captain can earn a living. There's no shortage of threats that endanger the goodfolk of deep space, but luckily your torpedo bay is full and lasers are hot.
