With our recent post about what to expect from us for the rest of 2016, we thought we would now turn a little attention to our January 2017 lineup to give you our readers a sneak peak into the new year.    Starting in 2017 we will be trying something new at Button Shy Games. We are stopping the monthly Kickstarter and moving to a quarterly Kickstarter. Our quarterly Kickstarter will feature 3 games at once (so we will still be offering 12 games a year through KS). Backers will be given the option to back anywhere from 1 to...

Good Morning! We hope this blog post finds you all well. We here at Button Shy Games, thought we take a couple minutes and tell you about what our plans are on Kickstarter for the rest of the year. The quick overview is this:   A little more detailed overview is this: In October we have planned Ahead in the Clouds. A 2-player game, by up-and-coming designer, Daniel Newman and art by Bryan Fischer. Ahead in the Clouds, will be our first game in our Wallet Games Series to use components outside of just the cards. It is a very Euro-inspired...

Back in February, we announced a little contest asking board game designers for their best Wallet Game.  While we expected to receive about 20-30 entries, we were floored to receive 73 different games from designers around the US and the world. In May, we whittled down those pitches to 15 Finalists. You can read more about those finalists here.  We have spent the last few weeks playing through the finalists and are ready to announce them here. We would first like to thank all the judges that took time out of their lives to play the finalists and help us...

I’m sure you’ve heard by now that this weekend is the Meeting of Families with the Pope in Philadelphia. Personally, it’s sent my whole town into pure chaos... and I’m across the bridges, 4 miles into the next state over. They’ve declared a state of emergency, roads are blocked, and they are expecting cards parked everywhere with people walking to the city. With all of that going on, it sounds like a good weekend to stay in and have my own little Meeting of Families and play some board games with mine.While you might not be experiencing the same chaos,...

The Next Wallet Games You might notice that "games" is plural. That’s because the next thing we offer is going to be a collection of three wallet games. Instead of releasing the next three games in a short time period,  we’re going to put all three out at the same time. This will save on shipping time (on our end) and cost (on your end). So what are the games?  Fever Chill by Kenneth Thompson A light deduction game for 3-4 players. Players are doctors trying to keep themselves healthy and sabotage their rivals. In simultaneous card selection (and occasional revealing),...