by Justin De Witt
My First Castle Panic Demos Hit Stores!
Looking for a game for your preschooler? Defend the castle together at your local game store with free demos of My First Castle Panic March 16–17.
by Justin De Witt
Announcing My First Castle Panic!
Fireside Games is excited to announce My First Castle Panic, a new preschool version of Castle Panic for players 4 and up!
by Justin De Witt
International Games Week
This week is International Games Week and libraries all over the world are joining in to celebrate!
by Justin De Witt
Grackles Demos Perching Near You!
Love pretty abstract games? You’ll want to play Grackles. On your turn, you take one of four actions and plot to have the most birds on telephone lines. Game stores across North America will be hosting free Grackles demos September 22–23. Find a participating store near you from the list below and compete to line up your birds! UPDATED 9/19 John and Sarah, the designers of Grackles will be running some very special demo events this weekend in their home state of California! If you're in the area, come by for a unique chance to play the game and meet the very nice folks that designed it! (Click here for details) Arizona Imperial Outpost Games (Glendale), 602-978-0467 Arkansas Dragon's Keep Gaming Room (Fayetteville), 479-249-8888 California - NEW! The Game Getaway (Folsom), 916-234-7541 Saturday 12pm - 3pm Great Escape Games (Sacremento), 916-927-0810 Sunday 3pm - 6pm Colorado Crit Castle Games (Aurora), 303-745-4140 Petrie’s Family Games (Colorado Springs), 719-522-1099 Connecticut The Board Room (Middletown), 860-788-7824 Connecticut Gaming Center (Waterbury), 203-527-3918 Georgia Tyche's (Athens), 706-354-4500 Dice Drop Games (Macon), 478-737-1192 Hawaii The Armchair Adventurer (Honolulu), 808-843-1250 Other Realms Ltd. (Honolulu), 808-596-8236 Idaho Gameopolis (Idaho Falls), 208-529-8026 Safari Pearl Comics (Moscow), 208-882-9499 Gaming Adventures (New Plymouth), 208-649-4244 Illinois AlleyCat Comics (Chicago), 773-907-3404 Bonus Round Games Cafe (Chicago), 773-857-1037 Indiana Power Nine Gaming (Fort Wayne), 260-387-6136 Better World Books (Goshen), 574-534-1984 Good Games (Indianapolis), 317-493-1423 Saltire Games (Indianapolis), 317-823-1645 Kansas Mission: Board Games (Mission), 913-242-7970 Sente (Wichita), 316-640-5344 Louisiana Anubis Game & Hobby (Broussard), 337-330-6096 Maryland Play More Games! Store (Gaithersburg), 240-801-9375 Dream Wizards (Rockville), 301-881-3530 Dice City Games (Silver Spring), 443-424-2637 Michigan Acropolis Games (Adrian), 517-577-6192 Destiny Games (Canton), 734-404-5548 Nostalgia, Ink (Jackson), 517-784-8955 Minnesota The Gaming Goat (Saint Paul), 651-690-4628 Mississippi maCnarB Gaming (Gautier), 228-497-0303 Missouri Pawn and Pint (Kansas City), 415-613-0476 Nebraska Gauntlet Games (Lincoln), 402-420-5060 The Game Shoppe (Omaha), 402-991-8699 Sparta Games (Omaha), 402-934-8330 Nevada The Glass Die (Reno), 775-384-1456 New Mexico Zia Comics and Games (Las Cruces), 575-405-0461 New York The Brooklyn Strategist (Brooklyn), 718-576-3035 Just Games Rochester (Rochester), 585-586-0586 North Carolina Rocket City Games and More (Jacksonville), 910-577-5556 Event Horizon Games (Raleigh), 919-977-4009 Gamers Guild (Spring Lake), 910-497-2354 Ohio The Guardtower (Columbus), 614-488-4311 Tabletop Game Cafe (Columbus), 614-725-0328 Bell, Book & Comic (Dayton), 937-643-9006 Beyond the Board (Dublin), 614-553-7677 Barnes & Noble (Pickerington), 614-751-0927 Oregon Borderlands Games (Salem), 503-485-2554 Pennsylvania Deal Me in Games (Boyertown), 484-415-0058 The Games Keep (West Chester), 484-905-5533 Caffeinated Gaming (Zieglerville), 610-287-1624 Rhode Island Reality A Games (West Warwick), 401-500-1545 Tennessee 901 Comics (Memphis), 901-421-8819 Texas Mage’s Sanctum (Austin), 512-428-4402 Brickhouse Games (Garland), 972-926-3398 Dragon’s Lair (Houston), 832-761-0072 Flash Candy and Toys (Lockhart), 512-668-5075 Mad Hatter’s House of Games (Lubbock), 806-763-4054 Stormcrow Games (Lubbock), 806-778-4281 Darkhound Game Center (Mansfield), 817-225-6145 Sockmonkey Junction (Mansfield), 682-999-8697 Madness Games & Comics (Plano), 972-943-8135 Utah Blackfyre Games (Pleasant Grove), 801-785-9713 Game Haven (St. George), 435-627-0616 Demolition Games (Salt Lake City), 385-229-4739 Virginia The Island Games (Centreville), 515-599-0360 Crossroads Tabletop Tavern (Manassas), 571-364-8885 Wisconsin Lake Geneva Games (Lake Geneva), 262-885-1515 TK Games (Menomonee Falls), 262-257-0800 I’m Board! Games and Family Fun (Middleton), 608-831-6631 The GameBoard (Sheboygan), 920-453-4263 West Virginia Four Horsemen Comics (Bridgeport), 304-848-9210 Wyoming Games Gauntlet (Laramie), 307-299-7976 INTERNATIONAL Canada North of Exile Games (Penetanguishene, Ontario), 705-614-2801 Mexico Mana Screw (Costa Azul), 52-1-646-176-4406 Read all about the game here.
by Justin De Witt
Grackles Flying to a Store Near You
We’re thrilled with the reception that Grackles has received at Origins and Gen Con and can’t wait for everyone to have it in hand! Grackles releases September 5! Ask your local game store if you can grab a copy. In a Nutshell Video To learn a bit about the game before you pick up your copy, check out this video. How-to-Play Video To learn how to play before you pick up your copy, check out this video. ****** For retailers, we have our marketing kit for Grackles as well as all our other games on our retailer page.
by Justin De Witt
Gen Con 2018: Booth 2455
Planning for Gen Con always feels a little bit like planning for a wedding. You worry about every little detail, but at the end as long as you marry up happy gamers with fun games that you’ve proudly raised and sent off into the world, you’ve done your job. This year is no exception. We are excited this year to show you Remnants and Grackles. Drop by and hang out with us in booth 2455. We’ll have fun showing you our new games, showing you the promo for Remnants, and offering you some special convention deals. We’ll even have limited quantities of both Remnants and Grackles available for sale. Demos: If you are looking to try out our new games, Remnants and Grackles, we can set you up. We’ll also have demos of Hotshots, Kaiju Crush, Castle Panic with The Wizard’s Tower, and Here, Kitty, Kitty! going. Promos: With a purchase of any game, you’ll receive a free promo. We have the special Giant Scorpion promo card for Remnants. You can also simply buy a promo if you already own the game. Pin Bazaar: This year we’re participating in the Pin Bazaar! Fans of Castle Panic will love the Monster Face pin we’ve designed. We do have limited quantities, so make sure you get yours early. Deals: In addition to all of the games in our catalog, we will have a special discount bin where you can pick up games before they go out of stock. We’re so excited to see you there! Safe travels!
by Justin De Witt
Castle Panic Event Kit Marketing
2018 Marketing Kit *add sell sheet *add images of the contents *web banners: Sam for the web banners, let’s use the purple background from the Castle Panic Event Kit and use this text: Celebrate International Panic Day June 2 (And we can have the Castle Panic logo and images of the event kit contents and a link to the blog post about International Panic Day, which I’ll write soon.) *shelf-talker: Sam, let’s create a shelf-talker that is placed below Castle Panic in stores. The background will be the same purple as above. We’ll have the Castle Panic logo, and this text: Love Castle Panic? Celebrate International Panic Day here on June 2. (And let’s show images of the event kit contents.) Social Media Marketing *Facebook ad with text: Sam, let’s have the purple background with the Castle Panic logo. Show the kit contents prominently, and then have a “torn” white area like you made in the catalog for the Event Kit and write these words there: Celebrate International Panic Day here on June 2 *Facebook ad without text: The same as above but without the text. (So that stores can write their own text.) In-Store TV Ads *1920x1080 ads with text: Same as the Facebook ad with text but sized appropriately *1920x1080 ads without text: Same as the Facebook ad without text but sized appropriately
by Justin De Witt
Hotshots Nominated for Origins Award!
the 2018 Origins Award nominees have been announced and we are incredibly excited to say that Hotshots has been nominated in the Family Games category!