October 2023 Update
Greetings from my office, which I am excited to be in because I’ve spent the last 2.5 weeks on the other side of the continent. It was a great trip visiting friends and relatives and picking lots of mushrooms, but it’s also nice to be back home. In this update:
SPIEL update (where my games are)
Game updates ( Wingspan fan art cards, Undergrove Kickstarter, Fox Experiment delivery)
Upcoming events
Miscellaneous media
Critter of the month: sea lions
SPIEL
I’m not at the giant game fair in Essen this year, but if you are, here’s where to find my games:
Wingspan: Stonemaier is with Inside Up Games - 3T124.
Fox Experiment: With Pandasaurus - 2C118 (very limited copies for sale, but they’ll probably be running demos).
Undergrove: check out a demo at 3B-110.
Game Updates
Wingspan
Back in January, having noticed all the fan art being posted in the Wingspan Facebook group, Jamey Stegmaier put out a call for art that he would put on a special deck of cards. These are regular Wingspan cards (no new birds or powers), but with the art replaced with fan art. Stonemaier is donating $1 from each pack to bird-related non-profits. The pack is available today, alongside the new Stonemaier release, Apiary (by my friend Connie Vogelmann). Check them both out in the Stonemaier store!
Undergrove
Undergrove will be launching on Kickstarter on November 7. For every person who signs up for the AEG newsletter on the Undergrove page, AEG will donate $1 to One Tree Planted! (There are more pictures of Beth Sobel’s gorgeous art at that link, too. ) Or you can just click on the Notify button on the Kickstarter preview page. Of course you’ll also get another newsletter from me when it’s live. But we’re having fun watching the numbers go up on those other 2 lists! I’m so excited for you to see this game.
The Fox Experiment
The Fox Experiment is printed and on its way. The latest update was that the people who backed it on Kickstarter last year should have their games by mid-November, and the retail release will follow on November 22.
Upcoming Events
October 15 - Mushroom Fair, Wheaton MD: I’ll be at Brookside Gardens all afternoon at October 15, helping run the Mycological Association of Washington’s annual mushroom fair. Come say hi and see all the beautiful fall mushrooms!
October 19 - Game Designer Panel, Arlington VA: A panel with me, Dominic Crapuchettes, Eric Slauson, Kristin Looney, and Tory Brown, moderated by Librarian Jennifer Santure.
November 4 - Fandemonium, Owings Mills MD: This is an event run by Baltimore County Public Library celebrating, art, authors, and games. My speaking slot is at noon. I don’t think they’ve got a webpage up for it yet.
November 6 - Live playthrough of Undergrove on Twitch with me and Beneeta K. I think we’re starting at 8 eastern.
November 12 - GameFest, Arlington VA: I’ll be there and may set up some timed slots to play Undergrove.
December 1-3 - PAX Unplugged, Philadelphia PA: I’m going to PAXU this year and will be spending a bunch of time at the AEG booth, because we’ll be in the last stretch of the Undergrove Kickstarter. I’ll send out another update with more of a schedule as it gets closer.
Miscellaneous media
I was on the Hidden Role podcast (video, audio) and the Tabletop Merchant podcast (audio).
Wingspan made it into two comics made by Semi Co-op and Peer Sylvester:
I have mixed feelings about the existence of this tshirt but I feel like I’d be remiss if I didn’t tell you about it:
Critter of the month: Sea lions
On Vancouver Island we took an unsuccessful and unpleasantly rainy whale watching trip. But the scenery was stunning, and the sea lions put on a good show. When I was going through my camera roll, this video auto-played and my spouse asked (from across the room) why I was playing it in slow motion. I wasn’t, sea lions just sound that way.
May we all remember to slow down and enjoy the autumn (or spring) —
❤️
Elizabeth