New Archspire released today. Something to inspire you for when you are ready to get behind your drum kit again. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKlx...
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Some *rough* statistics on the wild amount of variability contained within Phantom Division:
# of unique Player Builds: 5,666,169,600
# of unique Mission Setups: 5,211,167,270,400
Based on a Phantom equipping 4 Augments, a Melee, Secondary, Primary, and 2 pieces of equipment and only one map!
Stealth and noise mechanisms in Seal Team Flix!
Exploring how Seal Team Flix (a flicking game) implements a particularly challenging mechanism — stealth in tabletop games with no hidden information. It creates an interesting puzzle to solve: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/stealth-ga...
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My interview with the minds behind Phantom Division by @phantomhorizon.com is up!
Late pledges still available!
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Reaction Fire dice description from the Phantom Division rulebook.
Example of a Reaction card. Red Barrel - the nearest cover block to a Phantom explodes...
I want to talk about one of my favorite features of Phantom Division, reaction fire. SEAL Team Flix also had reaction fire, but in PD, the results are more varied. Phantoms can take a lot of damage, or get stunned, but the most interesting outcome is that they have to draw a card from the Reaction
chaos in the old world
Pre-production sample of a door, walls and wall connectors for the board game Phantom Division
New draft of the Phantom Division rulebook found here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/pha... and you can see a pre-production sample (white only) of a door, walls and connectors. #boardgames
"Where are the people who want player interaction?" - I wish I knew.
Solarion - Foundations of Empire coming to Kickstarter - Follow Now
Solarion, a 4x deck builder, coming soon to Kickstarter. Follow now. www.kickstarter.com/projects/pha...
There is still time to comment on the latest rules draft for Phantom Division. #boardgames www.kickstarter.com/projects/pha...
Dark Conspiracy RPG
An image from the Phantom Division rulebook, showing a Phantom's movement restrictions.
Finished another round of proofreading the Phantom Division rulebook. I can't wait for people to play this game! #boardgames
Has the air quality improved? I had a perpetual sore throat the last time I visited.
I played Catacombs the other night with some new friends! A very fun, very different kind of dungeon crawler and the party won in the final room which was a nail-biter!
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New version of the rules for Phantom Division, with a fix suggested by @wademonnig.bsky.social , thanks Wade! #boardgames www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/snfrz...
The latest prototype of the Solarion board game presented by the designer at BGG Con 2025 in Dallas, Texas, USA
Play Solarion - Foundation of Empires with the designer at BGG Con 2025. Crowdfunding campaign coming next year. #bggcon #bggcon2025 #tabletopgames #boardgames
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The Phantom Division rule book is looking good, there are a ton of diagrams. A draft should be released soon, hopefully.
I think we can safely assume that Archon are going to milk every video game IP they can.
Mark's games are a lot of fun!
I've only ever played one game to completion solo and that was #sealteamflix The spiritual sequel #phantomdivision can still be late pledged. #boardgame
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That's the industry today *sigh*. I like to remind people that in 2025 your game is a movie ticket. You're lucky if people play it once and if they do, they will base their opinion on that one play.
Definitely industrial - no question.
The pledge manager for Phantom Division is now open, and you can add on a new secret envelope that was created to help offset tariff costs. While nothing tariff-related is ideal, at least this is a totally optional way to help manage it. #boardgames www.hiveinteractive.net/projects/pha...
Thanks Eric. I'm five years in on my "thing"...
Thank you! We're hard at work on Phantom Division.
I love Kwanchai's cover for Flip Ships.
Seal Team Flix, Catacombs Third Edition, Catacombs & Castles Second Edition, Flick 'Em Up, and Ascending Empires Zenith Edition. Also, I'm working on Phantom Division that re-implements Seal Team.
Check out: Catacombs 3E, Catacombs & Castles 2E, Ascending Empires, and Seal Team Flix. I've been working for five years on an updated version of STF called Phantom Division.
I will be at Gen Con with the Phantom Division prototype. Happy to try to meet if you're interested in seeing it. #gencon #gencon2025
Late pledges for Phantom Division are now available. #boardgames www.hiveinteractive.net/projects/pha...