I swear, everywhere I look, there are enthusiastic aspiring game designers.  It's awesome!  In Madison, there are a ton of board and card game designers.  Some published.  Some pending publication.  Some just starting to get their ideas out.  I wanted to share some of the cool games people I know are in the publishing pipeline or have had published.  There's a lot of talent in this town.  See for yourself.

Who are some of your local designers?

Till next time.

Keith

So, when I finally decided on a theme for the upcoming Bullfrogs game, I started thinking about art. Should it be more cartoony/stylized?  Should it be more realistic?  Who should the artwork appeal to?  

I collected ideas on the web and found an image that I thought was perfect (left).  Fun and whimsical, but not too "kiddy".  I tried to contact the artist who created it on deviantart.com with no success.

After a few days of thinking, it hit me.  JOHN ARISOSA!  He did some AWESOME work depicting warrior mice and rats for a game (that I highly recommend) called Mice & Mystics.  He did some really cool animals doing battle stuff for Tooth & Nail for Small Box Games.  Look at this stuff!  I would love to work with him!

It seemed like a pipe dream, but what the heck.  I found him on the internet, fired off an email and thought nothing more of it.  I assumed that would be the end of the story.  But, a few days later, I get an enthusiastic response from him.  After lots of back and forth over the next couple weeks, we had a cover for Bullfrogs (below).  I absolutely love it.  I hope you do too. 

Till next time.

Keith