G.W. Brown

Here and Gone All Pre-Orders have Shipped! Time for another newsletter already?  Wow... That month went by really fast! Things may seem quiet online, but I assure you we have been hard at work behind the scenes. The past few weeks, the focus has been in two areas: The Print

Print Run! Pre-Orders Are Now Open for Select Products For those who love the feel of cards and dice, we are excited to be launching our first print run of the year! If you already have some of our physical copies, you know the quality of our print products: clean,

HEADS UP!   Shipping Notice: Any hard copy orders received from January 16th through the 19th will be shipped on Friday the 20th. New Year, New Seasons! Fresh PDF offerings expand the catalog for Stone Cold Hockey and Dice United Now available in PDF! The 2022 World Cup set contains all

Merry Christmas everyone!  We got this project wrapped-up just in time. Now we are pleased to have two versions of GridZone, enabling two styles of play.  Currently released in PDF only, I will be considering a print run in a couple months. The preview pics below only show select components,

The Return of GridZone Some things have conspired against our efforts to get these new editions wrapped-up this month, but I still think we are going to make it!   It would have been great to release them with the newsletter, but it looks like I'll need one more week to

I am pleased to report that progress is moving fast on the new editions of GridZone!  Editions? That's right.  Not a type-o. This time, GZ will come in two flavors: * Turf Wars 2nd Edition In this upgrade, matchups (by position) and ball distribution are more balanced. Interceptions and sacks get

Adapting to the New Normal It appears that the commercial print industry has changed for the foreseeable future.  What we thought were just temporary supply-chain gaps from the pandemic are now proving to be a new paradigm. Across-the-board inflation and supply-chain issues are conspiring against small volume producers like me.

But we're not talking about Top 40 songs of the week. Nope. These hits are bone-jarring enough to make your whole team feel it. Stone Cold Hockey has quickly found its place in the table top community and now it is coming to PC!    * Release is still on-track for October

I'll be (more) brief this month.   The pre-order "experiment" for Stone Cold Hockey was a huge success!  THANK YOU for the wonderful response! The print components have arrived, and we are beginning to fulfill pre-orders ahead of schedule. Because of the encouraging pre-orders, we decided to do a couple of

Yesterday, I was excited to meet Dave & Ron and join them on their show to discuss Stone Cold Hockey! We had a great, in-depth conversation about the development of the game, both table top and Windows, and we touched on several other SMP-related topics.

Mid-August already and I feel like I'm still recovering from my trip out west!  I had such a great time at PLAAY-dot-Con! It was wonderful to get reacquainted with so many friends and to make many more new ones. Keith and Sam do such a tremendous job with this one-of-a-kind

New Set for Dice United! The PNG version of the latest English second tier season set is now available and the hard copy is on the way! The target date for the print edition is July 12th. ‌‌‌‌What a tremendous season it was!  Fulham and Bournemouth were in a tight

During the play-test phase, some questions came up about support for fictional leagues and teams. This stuck in the back of my head until this month, when it finally percolated into focus in a big way. The experience and enjoyment of GridZone came back to mind and inspiration took over.

This edition comes a few days early as we prepare to hit the road. Our online shop will remain open for downloadable products, and shipping of hard copy orders will be fulfilled on June 3rd. New Release!  2021-22 Premier League is here The freshly-completed campaign was a twisting-turning journey!  Everton

In a recent test of Stone Cold Hockey, we replayed the playoffs. In a nutshell, here is how we got to the finals: Best of 3 Los Angeles over Toronto: 2-0 Boston over Chicago: 2-0 NY Rangers over NY Islanders: 2-1 Pittsburgh over St Louis: 2-1 Quarterfinals (Best of 5)

Of Kings and Legends Work has begun on the first Kings of the Ring expansion set for Legends of Boxing. Our first series of expansions were mostly focused on Hall of Fame fighters and noteworthy opponents, with the exception of the journeyman set of heavyweights. This year, the approach shifts

Excitement continues to build as Stone Cold Hockey© design goes into the fine-tuning stage. The game is now producing much more accurate results, while bringing the fun, dramatic narrative of a fast and physical sport.  The latest updates include: * Home/Away Control ratings: I tried and tried to make the