The characters found in Crazier Eights: Shahrzad are based on the stories from the One Thousand & One Nights, and most of them are characters from stories as told by Shahrzad. It is thought that these stories are mostly taken from folklore and legends from Persia, Arabia, India, Egypt, and other places around those areas. Continue reading
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Review of 1001 Nights & Shahrzad by Dr. Christopher W. Smithmyer
Dr. Christopher W. Smithmyer wrote a detailed review for Crazier Eights: One Thousand & One Nights, and Crazier Eights: Shahrzad.
Go here to take a look.
New Web Store
We have a new and improved web store at https://recoculousshop.square.site/
There are three different promo cards being given out for current sales, and each comes with a different game.
Updates to Olympus & Pantheon
The final versions of the games need to be ready for the printing process, so we continued to find last minute improvements. There were improvements made a result of some last minute brainstorming, play testing, and editing. Many of the updates are to improve the wording, and some of the updates were a bit more significant.
The spoilers for Crazier Eights: Olympus & Crazier Eights: Pantheon were both updated to show the improvements. These are image galleries that show you every card in the games. Take a look using these links:
The Olympus Kickstarter is Over
Thank you to everyone who made the Crazier Eights: Olympus Kickstarter a success. I am very happy about how it went. We got over $3,500 of funding with 100 backers.
There will be no late pledges. The pre-orders for Crazier Eights: Olympus will be up around May 2020.
The official release date is July 31, 2020. Continue reading
Rejected Pantheon Cards
Crazier Eights: Pantheon is good because it has been play tested and updated for almost three years.
You can see the (almost) final version of all the cards here.
There is a history behind the game. It evolved through years of play testing and updates. Some cards were replaced and some card abilities were changed.
Let’s take a look at some of these changes. Continue reading
Rejected Olympus Cards
Crazier Eights: Olympus is good because it has been play tested and updated for almost four years.
You can see the (almost) final version of all the cards here.
Many updates required that cards either get replaced or that their abilities be changed.
A look at some of the rejected cards can give you a glimpse into the history of the game development process.
Let’s take a look at some of these changes.
Legends of Pantheon
There are many references to Greek mythology in Crazier Eights: Pantheon. The card abilities are based on the characters and places from the stories. Let’s take a look at some of them. Continue reading
Legends of Olympus
There are a lot of characters and references to the legend of Greek mythology found in Crazier Eights: Olympus. Let’s take a look at some of them. Continue reading
Kublacon 2020
Update (3-24-2020): Kublacon has been cancelled.
James Gray, the creator of the Crazier Eights games, will be at Kublacon in 2020. This is a game convention that features many events for board games and RPGs from May 21 – 25 at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport (1333 Old Bayshore Hwy, Burlingame, CA 94010).
There is no plan to cancel or delay the event at this point. Continue reading
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