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by Justin De Witt

Bite the Tooth! Dastardly Dirigibles Reviews Are In!

*Bite the Tooth: to be successful or achieve your goal The first wave of reviews for Dastardly Dirigibles have arrived, and they are splendid indeed! We are quite pleased to share these with you as we twirl our mustaches with pride. Ddoplayers.org claims that “Dastardly Dirigibles is a fun game that is easy to learn. With a lot of depth to it.” Dave Banks of GeekDad.com quite thoroughly enjoyed the game and specifically calls out how enjoyable it is for players of different ages, “It’s simple enough for young kids to play, while having enough strategy to become a more challenging game for more serious players.” He wraps up with high praise, “Dastardly Dirigibles is a truly enjoyable game that has great art, plays quickly, and encourages laughter in its play, resulting in an all-around great family-friendly game that is definitely worth checking out.” Marco at Marcowargamer has posted his video review and determines our airship building game to be “a simple, fun filler with a little bit of backstabbing.” Indubitably! Last, but definitely not least, the famous Zee Garcia from The Dice Tower declares, “Thumbs up from me. Check this one out if you enjoy the genre. If you’re looking for a cool card game that gives you a neat new setting, look into Dastardly Dirigibles.” Many thanks for the kind words! We'll be posting more reviews shortly, but if you're already convinced, you can trot on over to our shop and pick up a copy today!

by Justin De Witt

Gen Con Goodness

Final preparations are underway for Gen Con 2016, and we couldn’t be more excited! We’ll have free demos, promos, events, and all kinds of fun! Free Demos in Booth #743: Want to check out the latest games from Fireside? This is the best way to make sure you're taught the rules correctly with friendly people who want to make sure your experience is great. We'll be demoing Star Trek Panic, Here, Kitty, Kitty!, Dastardly Dirigibles, and Bears! in booth #743. Promos for Demos: We'll also be giving demoers these hard- to-find promos for checking out the games. • Star Trek Panic: Vulcan Mind-Meld • Here, Kitty, Kitty!: Milkshake • Dastardly Dirigibles: Smoke Bomb • Bears!: Alarm Clock Extras: Dastardly Dirigibles winners can pose with the dapper Heir-on-a-Stick to show their win to the world. And purchasers of Star Trek Panic receive a spare U.S.S. Enterprise! It'll look great on your desk. That is, until you need to replace the one in your game after all of that damage! Events: This year, Fireside Games is hosting events for the first time! We sold out of our original events within 3 days and opened up more. Just 4 seats remain open. One for Dead Panic, and three for The Village Crone. Click here to sign up. After you click on the link, select the Board Game category to find our events. Hope to see you there!

by Justin De Witt

Dastardly Dirigibles Takes to the Skies!

The splendiferous day has arrived! Dastardly Dirigibles, our steampunk airship building card game, is now available everywhere! Professor Phineas Edmund Hornswoggle, famed airship builder, is retiring and you are an engineer competing to inherit the Hornswoggle factory! Each airship is made of seven cards, each representing a different part of the airship, such as the nose cone or lift engine. Whenever a player adds a part to their airship, ALL players MUST add the SAME part, even if it means replacing an existing part. The first player to play all seven parts and complete their airship ends the round, but there's a catch. Players only score the suit they used the most in building their airship! Normally when a new ship is launched it's tradition to break a bottle of champagne over the bow of the vessel. As much as we'd love to celebrate in that way, nobody likes a wet, sticky card game. Instead we encourage you to visit your local game store or head over to our shop and pick up a copy. And right now, if you get your game from our online shop, or a participating retail store, you'll get the exclusive Smoke Bomb promo card free with your purchase! So strap on your goggles and start twirling your moustache, it's time to become the master of those Dastardly Dirigibles!

by Justin De Witt

The Dark Titan Wins Origins Award!

Origins Game Fair was last week and it was a blast! We had a booth in the Main Exhibit Hall and ran demos of Here, Kitty, Kitty!, Dastardly Dirigibles (releasing July 6), and Star TrekTM Panic® (available now!). Our booth was so busy and we got to see so many familiar faces and make some new friends. [gallery ids="https://fireside.demopreview.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dastardly-dirigibles-demo-origins-2016.jpg|Dastardly Dirigibles gets some pre-release demo time. Look for this title on July 6!,https://fireside.demopreview.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/here-kitty-kitty-designer.jpg|Kris McCardel Ware, designer of Here, Kitty, Kitty! had a blast collecting cats with attendees.,|"] We had the designer of Here, Kitty, Kitty! in the booth playing with attendees and the artist, Tony Steele, was back in the art area drawing cats on boxes for anyone who picked up a copy and asked nicely. Star TrekTM Panic® received lots of attention and we had demo after demo of excited gamers devouring the latest variation in the Panic Line. Saturday of the show happened to coincide with International Panic Day and it was fun to see Social Media explode with posts from Friendly Local Game Stores around the country hosting events in-store to celebrate the day, while we played the latest variation with attendees at the show. The biggest thrill of the show was at the Origins Awards ceremony Saturday night when it was revealed The Dark Titan, the second expansion to Castle Panic®, was the winner of the Fan Favorite award for the Gaming Accessory category! Thanks fans! [gallery ids="https://fireside.demopreview.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/anne-marie-accepts-origins-award.jpg|Anne-Marie De Witt accepting the award for Fan Favorite Game Accessory for The Dark Titan expansion to Castle Panic. (Photo Credit: The GameBoard, LLC),https://fireside.demopreview.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/the-dark-titan-wins-origins-award.jpg|The Dark Titan was bragging in the booth the next day.,https://fireside.demopreview.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/origins-award-statue.jpg|Fancy statuette is fancy!,https://fireside.demopreview.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/origins-award-winner.jpg|Thanks to all our fans for voting for The Dark Titan expansion! "] Anne-Marie De Witt, our CEO, accepted the award on behalf of Fireside Games because Justin De Witt, the designer and Chief Creative Officer for the company, was back at home in Texas working on the THIRD expansion. You can expect more news on that game to be coming VERY SOON! Castle Panic and the first expansion, The Wizard's Tower, were both Origins Awards Nominees in their respective release years, so you know the whole line is good. Fans really love the toughness of Agranok in The Dark Titan and we appreciate all the support and dedication to this line you, the fans, bring every time you see us at a show or a local game store. Thanks to all of you for making Origins Game Fair 2016 such a success and so much fun. We'll see you there next year. And remember... Just PANIC and Play Games! Save

by Justin De Witt

June Events – Where to Play Our Games

June is a great month to get out and play some games! Our games will be available for demos and Play-to-Wins at several conventions around the country this month, as well as being in many game libraries. You can also check out your Friendly Local Game Store to see what events they have planned and make some new friends over an evening of Dead Panic®. PrairieCon Manitoba, Canada June 3–5 DieCon Colinsville, IL June 10–12 Origins Columbus, OH June 15–19 International Panic Day Various (click for list) June 18–19 RageCon Reno, NV June 24–26

by Justin De Witt

International Panic Day 2016

Join us on June 18th when we celebrate International Panic Day (yes, it's a real thing) the only way we know how . . . with GAMES! You can participate in the fun by visiting one of the stores listed below that will be providing FREE demos of the various games in our Panic Line. You can also host a game day with your friends and help spread the Panic! If you are playing our games that weekend, please tag us in your social posts with #PanicDay and let's see how far we can get this thing to go. Don't forget we have lots of helpful How To Play videos on our YouTube Channel if you run into a tricky situation and need a little guidance. There's no shame in asking for a little help, especially when you are clearly panicking! And don't forget our special Panic Line Bundle will be available starting June 18! It includes one copy each of Castle Panic®, Dead Panic®, and Munchkin® Panic®. Each of these variations offers a different set of objectives and gameplay twists for a variety of game play experiences each time you sit down at the game table. Each game in the bundle comes with an EXCLUSIVE promo piece only available in this bundle and the bundle is only available through brick and mortar game stores! RETAILERS! Are you hosting an in-store event? Not on the list below? Contact Us and let us know so we can add you to the list! STORE NAME LOCATION Dragon's Keep Gaming Room Fayetteville, AR Imperial Outpost Games Phoenix, AZ Game Kastle Fremont, CA Crit Castle Games Aurora, CO Dragon's Lair Wallingford, CT Emerald City Clearwater, FL Smallville Hobby Store Macon, GA Tyche's Games Athens, GA The Armchair Adventurer Honolulu, HI GameQuest Fort Wayne, IN Game Preserve Indianapolis, IN Better World Books Goshen, IN Secret Door Games Elkhart, IN TableTop Game & Hobby Overland Park, KS Boom Comic Shop Lawrence, KS A+ Comics and Games Lexington, KY Hobbytown USA Frederick, MD Brainstorm Comics & Gaming Frederick, MD Acropolis Games Adrian, MI TC War Room Traverse City, MI Game Nite St. Louis, MO Dark Knights Gaming Long Beach, MS maCnarB Gaming Gautier, MS Penta Smite Gaming Pearl, MS Red Door Games Richlands, NC Spielbound Omaha, NE The Game Shoppe Bellevue, NE Arcana Toys, Games, and Hobbies Washington, NJ Elite Battlegrounds Green Brook, NJ The Game Room Store Woodbridge, NJ Alterniverse Hyde Park, NY Legendary Realms Games Plainview, NY Rockin' Rooster Comics & Games Cincinnati, OH Six Feet Under Games New Holland, PA The Temple Games Pawtucket, RI The Game Cave Hermitage, TN The Next Level Games Madison, TN Clockwork Games & Events College Station, TX The Island Games Centreville, VA Leesburg Hobbies & Collectibles Leesburg, VA The Compleat Strategist Falls Church, VA Diversified Games Chehalis, WA Pegasus Games Madison, WI The GameBoard Sheboygan, WI Lost Legion Games & Comics, The Rifleman South Charleston, WV That's A LOT of places to PANIC! We hope you can join us for the fun. Let us know what games YOU'LL be playing on International Panic Day in the comments!

by Justin De Witt

Panic Line Bundle with Exclusive Promos

Have you been considering picking up the Panic Line? Want to try all the different variations for the unique experiences they provide, but don't know which one to start with? Well, we've got you covered with the special Panic Line bundle coming June 18! The Panic Line Bundle will include one copy of each of the Panic Line variations currently available from Fireside Games: Castle Panic®, Dead Panic®, and Munchkin® Panic®.* Each of these variations offers a different set of objectives and gameplay twists for a variety of game play experiences each time you sit down at the game table. As a special bonus to this bundle (which is already being offered at a great value of $99.95 MSRP for all three games), each game comes with an EXCLUSIVE promo piece only available in this bundle! You can get the "Laser Sight" for Dead Panic®, the "Potion of Mwahahahaha" for Munchkin® Panic®, and the special "Promo Tower" for Castle Panic® that was only available in 2015 as part of TableTop Day! These bundles will be available starting on June 18 to help celebrate International Panic Day and will only be available through brick and mortar retail game stores. Let your Friendly Local Game Store know you want one so they can put in their orders today! A little Panic can be a good thing, and A LOT of Panic can be a GREAT thing... when it comes to games, that is! Find a Friendly Local Game Store near you with our handy Store Locator map! *Star TrekTM Panic® is not included in this bundle. It will be released by USAopoly in late June. For even more ways to Panic, check out these expansions to Castle Panic®: The Wizard's Tower, and The Dark Titan.

by Justin De Witt

May Events – Where to Play Our Games

Our games will be available for demos and Play-to-Wins at several conventions around the country this month, as well as being in many game libraries. Of course, you can also always check out your Friendly Local Game Store to see what events they have planned and make some new friends over an evening of Castle Panic®. PDXAGE Portland, OR May 13–15 ChupacabraCon Round Rock, TX May 13–15 Geekway to the West* St. Louis, MO May 19–22 MomoCon Atlanta, GA May 26–29 Evergreen TableTop Expo Tacoma, WA May 27–29 Nexus Game Fair** Milwaukee, WI May 27–30 * Play-to-Win ** Library

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