Everything that is New and Good

January 20, 2019 Charlotte, NC
Happy New Year!! I want to share a quick update about what is or will be NEW in the months to come. 

INTELLE UPDATE
Intelle: Firewall is happily in production at the manufacturer and in the next few days I expect to see a pre-production proof copy of the finished game. After our factory in China returns from the long Chinese New Year hiatus, they will crank out our order and it will be shipped by air to the US where we will match up expansions and base games to orders and fulfill orders from here. 

GARTENBAU: COMING SOON
Gartanbau is our next project, and I am excited to be able to share this great game - designed by Alex Johns and myself. We launch the campaign to raise funds on Kickstarter on March 26th. Some very exciting things are happening with Gartenbau that I would like to share: 
  1. 6 Playtest Teams are currently in possession of prototype copies of the game and are blind playtesting throughout the next 30 days. These teams are located in New Jersey, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and California. Of course we continue to play the game here in North Carolina. I hope to add more teams in the future so if you are interested in hosting a team, please let me know by email. These teams are helping to ensure that the game holds up to play without us pesky designers in the room, and they are testing to make sure that the rules are easy to follow and understand. 
  2. The campaign for Gartenbau will end on Earth Day 2019. As I considered the pairing of a board game with Earth Day, I kept circling back to the reality that when we make board games we use a lot of paper and cardboard - which is mostly environmentally friendly but it still depletes the world of valuable trees just so that we can enjoy ourselves at the table. On top of that, we use plastic for trays and shrink wrap and other packaging materials.  So, I will be partnering with OneTreePlanted to plant one tree for every backer of the Kickstarter campaign, and one tree for every game sold once the game officially launches! I am looking into including pressed cane trays in our game box, rather than plastic and I continue to investigate other environmentally friendly packaging that will help to decrease our carbon footprint moving forward. 
  3. Gartenbau will be demonstrated or played at Tantrum Con in Spartenburg, SC; Unpub 9 in Baltimore, MD; Playthrough Gaming Convention in Raleigh, NC; Proto ATL in Atlanta, GA; Origins in Columbus, OH and Dice Tower Convention in Orlando, FL. I hope you get a chance to see us at one of these conventions and try it out.
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It's gonna be fun!
​David Abelson

End of Year Updates - Intelle & Gartenbau

December 30, 2018 Charlotte, NC
Following the success of the Kickstarter campaign for Intelle: Firewall we got to work to prepare the artwork to send to the manufacturer in China before the end of the calendar year. I am happy to share that the artwork has been emailed out and our next step will be to await proof samples in the next few weeks. 

In other news, gears have been turning to get final prototype artwork ready for Gartenbau so we can send copies out to blind playtest groups in January and to industry media professionals. We are currently on schedule to make that happen as well!

Can't wait to see you at my next Con: TantrumCon 2019.

​David Abelson

Intelle Gets an Expansion

November 11, 2018 Charlotte, NC
The time has come. Tomorrow we launch the Kickstarter Campaign for Intelle:Firewall. It's the solo expansion to Intelle that I designed with my son, Nathaniel. The campaign will run from November 12 through Dec 15 and backers who don't aleady have Intelle will be able to get a copy through the campaign! 

A lot has been happening here in Charlotte and I am happy to report that we are in final testing with Gartenbau, designed by Alex Johns and myself. I am very excited about this 2-4 player tile laying garden building game. 

We are currently seeking playtest groups for blind testing. If you are interested in leading a group and helping us prepare this or our other games for publishing by playtesting please send me an email

I will not be attending any more conventions this year, but I can't wait to hang out with great folks at my next Con: TantrumCon 2019.
David Abelson
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-Glenn

New & Notable
Intelle:Icebreakers is making its way through the design process, and allows two players to compete to mine through the secret code to earn some crypto currency.

Fast Facts
Intelle has been played by a computer and/or a human more than 2 Million times! 

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