Bariloche Argentina

Well, I'm about to leave the most beautiful place I've ever been. I could have spent so much more time here. #argentina #patagonia

Mirror Agents is a great game, but we definitely failed to find our audience. It's humbling to cancel a crowdfunding campaign, but I'm glad we are in a place where we can put this one on hold without the company collapsing. We continue to live, learn, and move forward with other projects.

I got my first tattoo in my late 30's. It's not too late.

Valdés recommendation card

I've never seen this before. It includes a card you can write in that says, "I liked this game. It would also be liked by ____"

Cards from the game Valdés

I went into a game shop in Buenos Aires yesterday and asked them for something I can't find in the US. I found this game called Valdés which has these beautiful watercolor illustrations of Patagonian animals. This was a very cool find.

#boardgames #cardgames #argentina

That is an interesting challenge. I actually have an 18-card fencing game where both players start with a hand of nine cards that represent fencing moves. The first card of each match, from each player is random though, so I don't know if that counts as shuffling.

Mirrors Agents: A Hidden Movement Game for 2 Players #boardgames #tabletopgames #gamenight #tabletop YouTube video by Grant Lyon

The excellent Grant Lyon took a look at Mirror Agents for us and posted this video.

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Mirror Agents ►►► Spy vs spy always on the brink of being caught! YouTube video by Rahdo Runs Through

A great video running though our new board game, Mirror Agents.

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Mirror Agents Collect clues, complete missions, and track down your rival in this two-player hidden-movement spy game.

Our new game Mirror Agents, is now live on Kickstarter!

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We are very close to launching this!

Coming soon: Mirror Agents A Hidden Movement Game of Espionage

We are one week away from the Mirror Agents launch. I think everything is ready, but man, I will never escape the feeling that we aren't prepared enough or there is something I'm missing.

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But..but, it's basically done. Just a few little tweaks here in there in layout won't hurt.

So very close to launching Mirror Agents on Kickstarter. I started the design journey on this one in 2017, and its gone thorugh alot of changes and had periods of sitting in the closet while i worked on other things, but it was worth it for whats shaping up to be a beautiful release.

TokenCon 2026 Interview: Absurdist Productions YouTube video by Oak & Onion Podcast

This is from TokenCon last weekend. The Oak & Onion podcast interviewed me about @absurdistprod.bsky.social and our games.

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Coming soon: Mirror Agents A Hidden Movement Game of Espionage

In case you want to follow.
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A rendering of the Mirror Agents game components

We had a great time at TokenCon last weekend. The highlight was how well-received Mirror Agents was. I always get nervous when we get close to a Kickstarter launch, but it is incredibly validating to see people play and enjoy a game I worked on. @tentagil.bsky.social knocked it out of the park.

Winter Rabbit – Absurdist Productions Winter Rabbit is a semi-cooperative, hidden worker placement game set in the world of Cherokee animal stories. Winter Rabbit is available for pre-order now.

It was officially announced at GAMA yesterday. Winter Rabbit is a finalist for the Origins award in the light strategy category. Super excited for this honor.

If you haven't played it yet, check your local game store. Or order it from our website

Wado!

Winter Rabbit game box

I'm stoked to say that Winter Rabbit is an Origins Award Finalist in the light strategy category!
The finalists were announced earlier today.

This is very cool.

"To show why eating babies is bad, I'm going to eat a baby."

David got interviewed about our games.

In many cases, that is because Amazon is deliberately undercutting the manufacturers price. They don't care if they make less as long as you are locked in to buying from them.

For a long time, I used the Bullet Journal method. Look for the base, original method not all the fancy spreads that show up on Pinterest. The base method is modular, flexible, and easy to use.
That said, I recently switched to taking digital notes with Capacities. Obsidian is also good for digital

We do ship to the EU, though it will be coming directly from the US.

We work with fulfillment partners for our bigger games, but I don't know if we will be doing that for this project or not yet.

And now I wonder if anyone else is looking at dramatically different ways of getting their games manufactured.

The cards will come banded, so we will stuff each pouch with a folded rule book and the cards before sealing it. This might end up being a lot of work, but I think the games and packaging will look great. And it is the best way we can find to keep the price down on a small print run.

It seems like one of the biggest strengths of manufacturing in China is assembly. They can build and pack the boxes and have everything wrapped up neat and ready to go. For this game, we are planning to pack each copy ourselves.

We settled on these mylar pouches that are often used for food (nuts, tea, candy). They fit the cards perfectly, zip closed on the top and are relatively sturdy. They're also cheap, and you can get them fully printed. We are trying to reduce our plastic use, but these just seem like the best option.

Lots of places offer printed tuck boxes, but those would be too big for these micro-games. We considered the plastic wallets that @buttonshy.bsky.social uses, but decided we wanted to do things differently.