Blockade Runner is a resource trading game in the Euro style, but with a dash of danger. In Blockade Runner, players take on the roles of entrepreneurs attempting to make the most money by shipping cargo in and out of the South during the American Civil War. Positioning is achieved by competing with each other for access to commodities, top market prices, and newly built ships. Hard decisions include whether to play safely to keep ships afloat or take potentially profitable risks. The crux of the play hinges upon whether to bring in vital war goods, which reduce the intensity of the growing blockade, or more profitable black market goods. This enables a potential for cooperation, but competition is the heart of the game.

Important Note:
Unfortunately the smokestacks do not fit well into the ship holes. They are too small to stay in place. Though I asked the printer to correct after noting this in the prototype, he did not correct it effectively.

A few easy fixes:
1. wrap a small piece of scotch tape on each smokestack stem
2. dip each smokestack stem in silicon seal
3. put a dab of modeling clay in the bottom of each ship hole
4. put a dab of silicon seal in the bottom of each ship hole

A more advanced fix: glue cardboard or balsa wood to the ship bottoms and drill or punch a smaller hole.

Sorry for the inconvenience!

Players: 2-6
Ages: 12 and up
Play time: 90-180 minutes

In 1912, the split in the Republican party resulted in Teddy Roosevelt launching the Progressive Party. This gave the Democrats their first viable shot since 1893, placing Woodrow Wilson in the running. Concurrently, the Socialists under Eugene Debs had their best showing to date. The Prohibitionists fielded Eugene Chafin running only seven years prior to the passing of the 18th Amendment (prohibition).

Bull Moose is a United States presidential election game based on the 1912 election.

C.C. Higgins Rail Pass is a railroad board game that lets you relive the excitement of a railroad executive in the heyday of rail travel. Collect sets of rail passes as you travel the rails of historically and geographically authentic North American railroad companies of 1920. A simple, fast moving strategy game of skill without dice or chance cards, suitable for the entire family.

​Players: 3-6
Ages: 8 to adult
Play time: 1 - 2 hours

Designer: Patrick Stevens
Artists: Patrick Stevens, Mike Neumann David Prieto

California Gold is an historic simulation of orange grove production in which you represent a co-op for helping orange ranchers receive support and the best prices for their crops. Play hinges around collecting cards that represent orange ranches distinguished by city environs and grouped by counties. Buildings – such as packing houses and nurseries – create local support structures, while advertising and railroad contracts increase profits.

The object of the game is to have the most ranches (cards) in your co-op by the end of the game. Players acquire cards through an action point allowance, which is limited by packing house distribution. Other buildings help with advertising, leverage, and expansion into other areas of control like Political Lobbying and Agricultural Amenities.

Divided Republicis a card driven two to four player game representing the last calm before the storm that was to become the American Civil War. Players represent the four major parties (Constitutional Unionists, Northern Democrats, Republicans, and Southern Democrats) and attempt to win the presidency by defeating their opponents with dirty tricks, platform speeches, and the manipulation of key historical events.

Last of the Independents is a Euro-style, Americana themed historical simulation game. Set in the post WW2-era, it is as fast paced and cutthroat as the automotive industry itself. Players must design, engineer, and promote cars as they compete against each other, "The Big 3," and the economy. This is accomplished with a combination of set company profiles, advantageous investment allocation, and clever card play.

The Looney Bin is an uproarious deduction game with fast action - reaction card play that depicts the occurrences of an insane asylum. The object is to be the first to heal all the patients in your ward by treatment with various therapies. Non-phasing player action ability keeps everyone involved for no downtime.

Contains 35 patient cards, 90 staff and action cards, 35 symptom tiles and plenty of therapy tokens Created by Patrick Stevens. Inspired by the nuts in all our lives. All original art work by Mike Neumann.

Object:
In Looney Bin you play the head of a psychiatric ward attempting to outperform your colleagues through any means necessary.

Setup:
Place the tray of therapy chits and the shuffled stack of symptom tiles in the middle of the table. Shuffle and deal out four patient cards to each player. Leave patient deck faced own. Shuffle and remove 5 action cards from deck (not to be used in the game). Deal out five face down action cards to each player. Leave action deck face down. Each player places her patient cards face-up in front of her; this constitutes a player's ward. One symptom tile is drawn and placed face down in front of each patient, unseen by any player.

Play:
Player with the highest numbered patient goes first, and from there play proceeds clockwise. On a player's turn, they may play as many action cards as they want, and may make one therapy attempt, continuing new therapy attempts as long as the previous was successful.

Cards:
Action cards may be played wherever applicable. Cards labeled “PLAY ANY TIME” may be played during another player's turn, or in response to another action card, and take effect first, possibly negating or redirecting the effect of the original card played. Note that “PLAY ANY TIME” cards may be played in response to other “PLAY ANY TIME” cards, and the most recently played takes effect first. If a card gives a new patient to a player, new patients are drawn from the top of the patient deck, and new symptom tiles are drawn and placed face down in front of them. If a patient is transferred and has an action card played on it, the action card is transferred with the patient. Action cards affecting another player's turn, for example, “No therapy attempt in this ward this turn,” remains on the table until that player's turn, when they take effect. Some cards may be intercepted by a “PLAY ANY TIME” card allowing the receiver to have a partial turn during the original players turn, at completion of which the original player completes their turn. All played cards that have finished their effect are placed in a discard pile. At the end of a player's turn, she draws one card from the action deck. When the deck is exhausted, all players must discard until they have three cards, and the discard pile is reshuffled to create a new action deck.

Therapy:
At any point on her turn, a player may make therapy attempts on her patients until one is unsuccessful. She nominates a patient, and chooses one of the possible therapies, and shows the symptom tile to the player to her left. This player says whether or not the therapy is effective, and if it is, the corresponding therapy chit is placed face up on top of the patient card, and the active player may make another therapy attempt. As soon as one is unsuccessful, she places the therapy chit face down on top of the patient card. She may now make no further guesses unless an action card gives her another try. Note that bonus attempts given by cards do not receive additional guesses upon success, they only grant one guess. As soon as all of a patient's symptoms have been treated, or an action card cures it, the patient card is placed in the player's score pile and the therapy chits are returned to the tray. The size of a player's score pile and hand is open knowledge to all players.

Victory:
The game ends when one player cures five patients or empties her ward, winning. Note that the CLEAN SWEEP and DISCHARGE REJECTED cards may postpone this ending.

"Over all of Spain, the sky is clear.”

On July 17, 1936, this phrase was broadcast throughout Spain, signaling the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, one of the bloodiest civil wars of the modern era, and what could be considered the beginning of World War II. Within a day, one third of Spain was under the control of Nationalist forces attempting to stage a military coup. Over the next three years, what began as a military rebellion evolved into the physical battle lines of the much larger ideological conflict spreading across Europe between Fascism and Communism.

Popular Front recreates this conflict in 90-minute strategy game form, leading players to compete against their ideological counterparts not only for military positioning, but for political victory. Players must be concerned about the position of their forces on the board, but the composition of a player's hand will affect their success in combat more often than not. Plays with two, four, or six players split into two teams. Players each have an identical 20-card deck (with unique, original propaganda posters actually used in the war) that results in the use of your cards being more important than the luck of the draw. Strategic thinking, trickery, teamwork, and a dash of courage are what lead to victory in Popular Front.

Players: 2, 4, or 6
Ages: 12 to adult
Play time: 1-2 hours

Popular Front: Escalation expands the base game by adding 54 cards and new powers for each faction, encouraging players to develop unique strategies for each of the six factions. It also introduces new retreat and naval combat rules that increase the strategic depth of the combat system. The stakes of each turn's political resolution have also been increased, as the next turn's turn order is based on this resolution.