Do You Want Crazier Eights at a Store?

Posted on September 28, 2014 by JW Gray

Crazier Eights will be mainly sold at specialty stores that sell tabletop games (rather than using online stores). Many of these stores have Magic: the Gathering events, war game events, and events for other collectible card games. If you want Crazier Eights to be at a local store, you can let me know what and where the store is (leaving a comment or the contact page). You can also show the owner the game. If you know the owner, you might want to introduce me to the owner.

If you have a store that you want Crazier Eights to be at, you can use the contact page.

Board Game Geek Advertising Review

Posted on September 22, 2014 by JW Gray

I’ve heard that banner advertising for board games tends not to be worth it, but that Board Game Geek offers one of the most effective banner advertising opportunities. Established board game companies are also at an advantage because of their track record, branding, and reputation. People like me are at a disadvantage because I am not known in the industry. This is my first game publication. One question is how effective banner advertising is, and another question is how good of a service Board Game Geek offers. I had some issues with the customer service. Continue reading →

Crazier Eights Rulebook

Posted on September 17, 2014 by JW Gray

The rules for Crazier Eights can be found here. The copies of the game made by the Game Crafter have a rules document folded up with each game (in addition to the rules card). The copies of the game manufactured by AdMagic come with a little rules book about the same size as a card. The PDF file that was used to make these rulebooks can be downloaded here.

Help Promote Crazer Eights

Posted on September 16, 2014 by JW Gray

I can use some help promoting Crazier Eights. There are things anyone who has played Crazier Eights can do that can help promote the game. Here are some ideas:

If you own a copy of the game or made the print & play version, you can show it to friends.
Follow the Crazier Eights Facebook page and ask any friends who have played the game if they’d also like to follow it. This is a way to keep up with Crazier Eights news and to give me feedback about it. News can include new versions of the game, print & play versions of the game, spoilers (showing the card images), demos, videos, reviews, and any ideas I have related to the game. (Also, if I get 100 follows on Thursday 9-18-2013, then I will give the spoiler to the Advanced version of the game.)
Crazier Eights is on Board Game Geek, the most popular tabletop game website. You can rate, review, and discuss the game on Board Game Geek. (Scroll down to see how to rate a game on Board Game Geek.)
You can review and talk about the game on your blog, on Facebook, on Twitter, or on Board Game Geek.
You can show people who might be interested in Crazier Eights the Kickstarter campaign here.

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Playing on Teams

Posted on September 15, 2014 by JW Gray

One rule that I cut from the rules that comes with Crazier Eights is still in the comprehensive rules and it could add a new element to the game that you enjoy:

Players can use teams (with two or three people on each team). When playing in teams, the entire team wins or loses together. Any player who wins on a team causes the whole team to win the game. Any player who loses the game on a team causes the whole team to lose.

I haven’t actually playtested this idea a lot, but I have done it now and then, and seemed to work out pretty well. It adds a new way of playing the game. Having another player “on your side” changes the dynamic of play.

Have any ideas for changing the game around a bit? Try them out, and let us know if it worked out well in the comments.

Can we get 100 follows on Facebook?

Posted on September 13, 2014 by JW Gray

See the cards above? Those are cards in the Advanced Crazier Eights prototype. If we can get 100 follows on the official Crazier Eights Facebook page within the next five days, then I will make a spoiler for the Advanced Crazier Eights prototype. The Advanced version has 54 different cards — every card has a different effect on the game (and the colors don’t have the same cards). That’s different from the First Edition, which has thirteen different cards, and each of the four colors has the same cards.

The final day of this offer will be Thursday 9-18-2014.

I made a spoiler and print & play available for the Second Edition of Crazier Eights because I got 50 likes on Facebook. Now I am making an offer to get the spoiler for Advanced Crazier Eights.

Crazier Eights: Alternate Edition PDF Print & Play (Updated 12/29/14)

Posted on September 11, 2014 by JW Gray

You can download a PDF of the Crazier Eights: Alternate Edition Print & Play here. (Right click, save as.) Note that this is a prototype and that the final version of the game could end up being somewhat different. I made a rules document for this version of the game, and you can get it here.

Print & Play games are games you have to print out yourself. To play with these cards, you can print them on cardstock or on paper that you paste onto cards.

All the regular cards in the Second Edition can be viewed online in the Alternate Edition spoiler.

The Alternate Edition has one main rule not found in the ordinary First Edition rules document: When a player loses the game, that player puts all cards she controls and all cards in her hand on the bottom of the discard pile. Continue reading →

Crazier Eights: Alternate Edition Spoiler (Updated 12/29/14)

Posted on September 11, 2014 by JW Gray

The Second Edition uses the same rules as the First Edition, but all the cards included are different.

Go here to check out a spoiler of the First Edition.

Note that the cards seen below are based on a prototype, and the final version could be somewhat different. Continue reading →

Manufacturing Completed

Posted on September 9, 2014 by JW Gray

The first print run included the Kickstarter rewards and 100 additional copies of the game to sell, which I got in the mail on August 29th 2014. The second print run was made by AdMagic, and I was happy that they didn’t take long. I paid for them to manufacture the game around August 1st, 2014. It’s been a little over a month since then and I have already got all the copies of the game in the mail. The FedEx service only took five days to deliver all the copies of the game from China, which was also pretty impressive. All the games were in two 55 pound packages, and FedEx tells me that they estimate it would cost $1328.33 to ship it to the USA using the FedEx international economy option. The shipping was included when I paid for the games to be manufactured, and I don’t know if FedEx actually charges less when you are in China. Continue reading →

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