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Madison Game Designers

2/17/2014

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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.

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Kane Klenko - Super talented.  Super nice guy.  Here are 2 games of his that are scheduled to hit shelves in the next year.  Keep an eye on Kickstarter for Dead Men Tell No Tales - A pirate themed coop aboard a burning ship.  Mad City is coming from Mayfair this year too.  It's a real-time city building game along the lines of Galaxy Trucker or Mondo.  

Brett Myers - Another great dude I've meet in the design circles around Madison.  Check out Nanuk published by Steve Jackson.  It's a great party game with a fun theme.  Last year, the LOTR dice game came out.  I've always been a big Tolkien fan, so this was fun to see.  These are the 2 games he currently has published and I've played another unpublished title of his that is REALLY good.  

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Who are some of your local designers?

Till next time.

Keith
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Finding the Illustrator

2/5/2014

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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?  
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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!

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Mice & Mystics box cover illustration
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Tooth & Nail: Factions card illustration
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. 
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Till next time.

Keith
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    Hi!  My name's Keith Matejka.  I'm the founder of Thunderworks Games. I'm a designer and "one man" publishing company.  Thanks for stopping by!

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