The 18 Card Challenge is back! The challenge this time is Design An 18 Card Game About Dinosaurs... But! The but is a big one. "But NOT modern day dino parks or dinosaurs fighting each other."Let's get deeper into those restrictions. On the Button Shy discord, we've had a lot of discussions about the variety of dinosaur games. They are ALWAYS a Jurassic Park style game or dinosaurs fighting each other. And I've always asked, what else can you do with dinosaurs in a game? It's hard to put them in the modern day and not lean to Jurassic Park...

Hello everyone! It's time to reveal the runners up and winner of the GenCant/Button Shy 2022 18 Card Flip and Write Challenge. But before we start, I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who submitted and congrats to everyone for making some real solid entries. The addition of a tiny piece of paper really opened up the design space in a big way. There were 102 entries. Which is the EXACT SAME NUMBER as the last Gen Cant wallet design challenge in 2018. Pretty unbelievable.  Let's take a look at the finalists first. FINALISTS All of these made our short...

Hey it's George here. The time has come for us to announce the winner of Numbers on Cards. We had a lot of fun with this contest. It's just been so cool to see how creative all of the designers are. I'm always impressed with everyone's ideas when we do these design challenges, and this one was no exception. So, let's talk about the top 3 games in alphabetical order.    Hello World Hello World was a ton of fun to play. This game has a really cool theme of Gaea vs Synthis. It's a battle of celestial beings and...

Hi, George here. We received 45 entries for the first round of the 18 Card Challenge - Numbers On Cards and we got even more for the next round! Going through the entries was a lot of fun and it was awesome to see how everyone utilized the numbered cards. It was also really exciting to see everyone's illustrated cards and wallets. (of course we don't judge based on art skill, it's just fun) This has been my favorite 18 Card Challenge simply because it's been a blank canvas for creativity. Let's go over out top 10 favorites (in no...

We’re pleased to announce that GenCant and Button Shy Games are back, after the huge success of the 2018 contest (which resulted in both Tussie Mussie and Seasons of Rice), with a new challenge for GenCant 2022.  GenCant is an “unconventional unconvention” created to bring some gaming thrills to folks who cannot attend Gen Con. The winner of the 2022 challenge will become the official game of GenCant 2022 and be made available for people to print-and-play at home during the event - and published by Button Shy as part of their product line.  CREATE AN 18 CARD FLIP AND...