Dead Reckoning #3  But I don’t wanna be a Pirate!!

Dead Reckoning #3  But I don’t wanna be a Pirate!! It would be easy to describe Dead Reckoning as “a Pirate Game”. But that would be an incorrect classification. At least once per game someone quotes the Seinfeld puffy shirt episode.  “But I don’t want to be a Pirate.” InevitablyRead More →

CALICO- A Game By Kevin Russ and The CoLab

AEG is very excited to be able to announce that we will be the distribution publishing partner for the game Calico! This is the first game to come out of the Flatout Games CoLab project.  What is Calico? Calico is a puzzly tile-laying game of quilts and cats. In Calico,Read More →

Dead Reckoning #2  Enlist a great crew before you set sail.

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For Your Consideration

For your consideration Let me start by saying that I am not a fan of campaigning for awards. It feels disingenuous to spend your time and money promoting games to try and win an award.  That being said there are only a few times in 28 years of making gamesRead More →

GAMA 2020

We attended GAMA and it was a very good show. We  learned quite a bit and my team was able to talk about what our plans are for the rest of 2020 and beyond. RETAILERS The highlight of the show for us was contact with retailers.  Attendance was down atRead More →

I love expansions!

As a company making fewer new games I also felt that I should also talk about expansions to those games.  I personally love a good new expansion for my games. It is a great reason to bring the game back to table for a fresh and interesting play.  I alsoRead More →

Larkstone 2019.. That is a Wrap!

It’s 5:30 AM and I just dropped off the last visitor to the Larkstone house for 2019 at the Airport.  I know I have talked a lot about Larkstone this year but there is a good reason. Setting up this house has been one of the best decisions we haveRead More →

Unconventional Convention Thoughts

The final show of the year is behind us and as with every year we need to be thinking about the year ahead.  At PAX Unplugged this year I had about 10 conversations with near-peer companies and start-ups about convention planning.  There are so many shows now you could attendRead More →

War Chest Nobility Design Diary

We have been incredibly happy with War Chest’s reception over the last year. Following the reviews, the comments, and the discussions has been a real treat. One thing that came up again and again was how expandable people thought the game was. Of course we agreed—we had lots of differentRead More →

ECOS: First Continent

Anyone close to me knows how excited I am for this release.  Ecos is a John D Clair design that brings together a unique combination of mechanics so that up to 6 players can play simultaneous turns building the world and populating it with mountains, forests, and animals.   I firstRead More →