Games Companies
We're not the only games company to have a web
presence. Here's a few of our favourites.
Dice & Games
provide us with games components, including the cyclists
for Breaking Away and the plastic discs in Office
Politics and Traffic Lights.
Kevingston
Games run a UK family and hobby board game resource.
Kevin Rolph of Kevingston is a top man in my book, having
been very helpful when I was trying to get Breaking
Away's second edition published.
Gibson's
Games is just about the last major UK owned board
games company around now. It is good to see Diplomacy and
Civilization still in their line although how long this
will remain the case could depend on legal wrangling with
Hasbro, the new owners of Avalon Hill.
It's almost embarrassing to have to admit it, because I see the guy
quite regularly at cons and naturally we insult each other
gratuitously, but Martin Wallace is just about my favourite game
designer. Through Warfrog Games
he releases games that combine the flavour you would expect from
Anglo-American games with the elegance and playability you get from
German games.
I've
invented a board game, what do I do now? We quite
often receive this sort of e-mail and for those doing a
"hobby" type game we try and give some advice
but if your game is aimed more at Toys R Us and Woolies
then try this
link or Discover
Games. Alternatively, see the Fiendish game design section of
this web site.
I've invented a card game. If you are based in
Britain, try talking to these
guys based on glamorous Canvey Island. They make
playing cards.
Board
Not Bored Games also have done a "how
to publish your game" article.
Matt
Ryan has a resource
page for game designers and Tom Jolly of Diskwars
fame also has a game
design page
You gotta love Cheapass
Games. You provide the game counters, they provide
the board and the games.
MathsGames
provide quality number games for family fun and to
improve numeracy. Made in the UK.Sold world-wide.
You need a good name in this business if you are just
starting out, so Laughing Gravy
Games have got that part right already. I like their philosophy
too.
The world needs more games about ants &
termites, especially free ones that are also
available in Spanish. Pity about the flashing gifs
on the web site though.
"Hmmm, nice bits" is the first thing you
normally hear when one opens a German game for the first
time. There's something pleasing about wooden components.
Vintage Games
Woodworking Plans have a nice "woody" site,
featuring woodworking plans for vintage board games:
mechanical table hockey, pin-ball baseball, crokinole
board. And they're not German! If you don't fancy
doing your own woodworking and have a bob or two to
spare, check out these luxury
backgammon sets
Space: The Game is a game of three dimensional
space warfare.
Game Manufacturers
Association have a home page- The GAMA Home Page.
Cactus Game Design. Seems to be a game designer's
agent.
There are a number of
independent game publishers out there (we are not alone).
Here are some of them.
Envelope Games - Idiotic Iowa Weather, Spark,
Obelisk.
Guild of Blades Home Page - Grunt, Dark Realms, The War
to End All Wars
Microgame Co-Op - Land of the Free, MacArthur's
War, Smokejumpers
Woobieworld
Fortune Seeker - The High Stakes
Board Game for The 21st Century
Real Action Games - Makers of The Ultimate Racing
Board game
If you have a site which you think should be
listed here, drop us a
line.
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