93 Made Games Managing Director, and designer of Viewpoint and Viewpoint Reflections, Sean Carroll, will be guest speaking on the Indie Board Game Design Panel at the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) in Melbourne this year. Sean will be joined by other designers including Alex Dijk and Paul Nicholas from Blue Room Games, who created Ninjitzoo!, Anthony Sweet from Handwritten Games and Wesley Lamont from RAEZ. Panel topics include the stages of game design (from concept to release), reasons for becoming a game designer, getting the most out of play-testing and ways to get your game published. If you're going to PAX or will be in the general area then be sure to take some time to drop in and listen to the panel and also to get your hands on some free games. The panel will be speaking from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Skippy Theatre on Saturday, 20 July 2013. PAX AUS 2013 is the first Penny Arcade Expo held outside of the USA. Go to the PAX website for more information on all Penny Arcade Expos.
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93 Made Games received its second gong for having a game short-listed in the Boardgames Australia (BGA) Australian Game of the Year Awards. The original Viewpoint game was short-listed last year. This year Viewpoint Reflections was short-listed for the award. Everyone at 93 Made Games is so excited to be short-listed again and aim to, one day, win the coveted Australian Game of the Year Award. Once again, the competition was very strong with the four short-listed entrants included Phil Harding who designed the 2008 award winner Archaeology. Phil showed his class by taking the top award again with his game Dungeon Raiders. Dungeon Raiders proved so popular that it is now sold out across the world. Well done Phil! The Boardgames Australia awards were presented at the 2013 Toy and Game Expo, which was held at Sydney Olympic Park over the June long weekend. More information about the awards can be found on the BGA website.
On 18 January 2013, the Courier Mail, Queensland's leading newspaper, ran an article on board games and how much they have changed over the past two decades. The bulk of the article was based around an interview with LXG’s Keith Done, and it includes a list of top twenty board games, including Viewpoint, written by Keith. The article never appeared online, but the Courier Mail have very kindly given LXG permission to display the article on their website. Click the links below to open up the two-page article. Enjoy!
Viewpoint is a fun-packed and easy to learn card game for 2 or more players aged 7 and up. Be the first player to reach 100 points by looking into the future, spying on other players and blindsiding your buddies!
G'day Gamers... It's been a while between drinks so you're probably wondering what we've been up to. Besides designing more fun and wonderful games for everyone to enjoy, we've had some very exciting things happen to us since our last series of articles.
First and foremost for Julia and I, we've got our first child - a baby boy - on the way. That's right, the zany influence of male Carrolls looks set to continue. We couldn't be more thrilled about our upcoming addition and daddy-to-be will be sure to get him playing games as soon as possible. As if expecting a baby wasn't exhausting enough, we also moved premises during the year from inner-city Rosebery to the beachside suburb of Maroubra. It's amazing how distracting the smell of the beach can be. We haven't just been expanding our family and relocating offices. We've also been doing 'real' work. Anthony has been putting the final touches on the Monster Town artwork and it looks nucking futs! He's produced a video clip with samples of the artwork, which you can view here. The game is going to be epic for fans of vampires, werewolves, zombies and badass soldiers. We've also been busy promoting our existing games in Australia and around the world and have more stockists than ever. On special request from our great friends at Mega Games, Anthony made a guest appearance at the Heroes and Villains Pop Culture Expo on 25/26 August 2012. He enjoyed his time so much that he had to share it with everyone in this article. Esdevium Games also continues to distribute and market our games throughout Europe and the world, expanding our fan base even further beyond our shores. Lastly, for those of you who have been keeping up with our sporting endeavours, the 93 Made Games oztag team won its second premiership for the year. Instead of the come from behind victory that took the team to its first ever premiership, the boys and girls smashed their opponents without remorse. We're looking forward to catching up with you soon and show-casing our new additions, whether they be games, artwork or even babies! So hang tight and keep your eye on the prize - we'll be back in your eye before you know it! The new exciting Viewpoint 3v3 season gets underway on 1st January 2013. What is Viewpoint 3-on-3? Download the description and rules here. Teams should register or express their interest by emailing us before the 31st December 2012. You are allowed 3 main players (1 captain and 2 other main players) plus 2 reserves (back up players who can substitute if the main players cannot make an agreed match). Once teams are registered, 93 Made Games will place them into regional groupings so that it is easy for teams to hook up and play games. Depending upon the number of teams in a region, teams will have to play a number of predetermined games against the other teams in their region (example, Brisbane Central has 9 teams competing and Sydney West has 3 teams - the Brisbane teams play each other once, while the Sydney teams play each other 3 times). 93 Made Games will determine the actual number of games required in each region. Teams and the regions they are based in will be posted on the 2013 3v3 Season webpage, along with the email contact of each team captain. The 2013 season will run from January 1st to May 31st. All teams must arrange to play their required games within their region by mutual consent. Once a game time and place is agreed to, the details will be posted on the webpage. Non-show results in forfeiture of the match. If people find it difficult to agree on a suitable date, 93 Made Games will nominate an in-store/in-club session where the teams will play. Results are to be emailed to 93 Made Games by the winning team and confirmed by the losing team. The two highest scoring teams in Australia will be invited play in a Grand Final to be held in June 2013. Viewpoint is a fun-packed and easy to learn card game for 2 or more players aged 7 and up. Be the first player to reach 100 points by looking into the future, spying on other players and blindsiding your buddies!
My name is Anthony Condos and I am both a game designer and artist for 93 Made Games. I am, by nature, a creative personality. For me, being both a designer and artist gives me almost a paternal feeling towards my work. Watching something I have helped create, develop and blossom into something not just for myself to admire but for others to enjoy is extremely fulfilling. As a designer/artist, I get to watch my work as it develops from a concept, grows into a work in progress and then matures into a final product. Then I, as the proud creator, get to see what it becomes. In my personal opinion, invention and innovation are the pathways to the happiest place in which a designer/artist can be. Seeing your creations come to life and be seen by the outside world, whether admired or criticised, is a truly humbling experience. My work on Viewpoint was my first attempt as an artist and I am proud of the final product and it is one of my proudest life endeavours to date. With Viewpoint Reflections, it was a different kind of achievement I saw in this work as I saw not only my artworks advance and mature for the better. I also saw these same attributes in myself as an artist as well as a human being. Lastly, with my work on the soon to come Monster Town, not only have I once again seen advancement and maturity with this project but I also get to feel pride in my having involvement in the actual design of the game and I eagerly wait to see what it develops into. Monster Town is an action-packed card game where players control gangs of Human soldiers, Vampires, Werewolves and Zombies. The aim of Monster Town is to command your gang, form alliances and annihilate all other clans. Monster Town can be played by 2 to 4 players from ages 9 and up. Each game takes around 45 minutes to play.
On the 25th and 26th of August 2012, Anthony Condos from 93 Made Games attended the Heroes and Villains Pop Culture Expo in Penrith as a part of the Mega Games stall. With cosplay, numerous special guests and a range of other events that occurred during the expo it was a fun and fantastic weekend for all. It was a pleasure for Anthony to show the attendees how to play Viewpoint. Some of the Magic: the Gathering players attending the expo strolled over to have a taste of the Viewpoint experience. The people who came to us for demonstrations ranged from children of the age of seven to adults aged thirty plus; even entire families came to have a go of Viewpoint and Viewpoint Reflections. 93 Made Games would like to thank Manuel and Christine of Mega Games for inviting us to demonstrate Viewpoint and Viewpoint Reflections to the expo attendees that came to their stall. And, as you can see from the photos, Viewpoint is not only global, it is now intergalactic! Viewpoint is a fun-packed and easy to learn card game for 2 or more players aged 7 and up. Be the first player to reach 100 points by looking into the future, spying on other players and blindsiding your buddies!
Viewpoint was short-listed as the Australian Game of the Year by Boardgames Australia at the Toy & Game Expo. The other nominees were Caption If You Can!, Cuble, Dungeon Raiders, Dweebies, Higher or Lower and Rosetta, with Dweebies winning the coveted award. This is why Viewpoint was short-listed... Viewpoint is a fun card game of tit for tat with a psychedelic theme of vision: spectacles, TV, blurry vision, and shadows all appear in this game! Each player is trying to get 100 points out on the table, but every card that they play also gives them special actions: moving cards back into their hand, drawing more cards, stealing from opponents and so on. The game hinges on timing the play of your key cards to have the best effect, but a little bit of luck never hurts either! Viewpoint is a fun-packed and easy to learn card game for 2 or more players aged 7 and up. Be the first player to reach 100 points by looking into the future, spying on other players and blindsiding your buddies!
The 93 Made Games Oztag Team fought back from a 4-2 deficit deep in the second half to pull off the underdog win of the century against the Eastern Force to win the team's first ever Oztag championship. This is how they did it... 93 Made Games ended the regular season in second place only having lost 2 of its 12 games. This meant that 93 Made Games found themselves pairing off against the Botany Rams in the semi-finals. 93 Made Games won that game by 9 tries to 8 putting the team through to the decider against the then undefeated Eastern Force. The Eastern Force took the early lead in the grand final and the teams went to the break with only 1 try separating them, with Julius Haraszta and Jess Moffett contributing to 93 Made Games tally. Solid defence from both teams kept the score locked at 3-2 with only 10 minutes left on the clock when the Eastern Force's right centre made a timely intercept and ran unopposed to touchdown, pushing their lead out to 4-2. Knowing that they had nothing to lose if they let the misfortune of an intercept get to them, 93 Made Games kept their heads up and refocussed on the prize. Over the next 10 minutes the team played brilliant football by restraining all of their opponent's efforts to get out of their half. This allowed the team to use the ball in prime field position and score 2 well-constructed tries - one superb back-line play by Paul Burgess and Rhiannon Moffett which left the Eastern Force dazed and a great solo effort by Jess Moffett right on the try line - to tie the scores at 4-a-piece. With full-time and possibly golden point extra time looming, 93 Made Games had one more set to clinch the game. The team moved up and spread the ball to captain Jeremy Moffett. With a one-two-swivel, Jeremy burst through the line, leaving the Eastern Force chasers in his wake. As he crossed the line, he planted the ball so hard into the turf that it almost made it all of the way to China. Only thirty seconds were left on the clock when 93 Made Games found themselves ahead for the first time in the match. The clock counted down with the Eastern Force receiving possession from the subsequent kick-off but they were unable to affect the scoreline with 93 Made Games' defence remaining intact. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1... game over! 93 Made Games won by 5 tries to 4. The players embraced each other and celebrated one of the closest games in Oztag history. What made the win even sweeter was that their opponent was the only team in all divisions not to have lost a match... that is, before the grand final. Oztag football is the latest craze in recreational sport that now has competitions running all over Australia, with the largest areas located in Sydney, Brisbane and Canberra. For more information or to find out where you can start playing Oztag go to http://www.oztag.com.au/.
93 Made Games hosted the Australian Viewpoint Championships and Viewpoint State of Origin at the Toy & Game Expo. Both tournaments boasted some of the biggest names in Viewpoint, including former World Champion runner-up Will Yung and former Player of the Year runner-up Alex Done. Australian Viewpoint Championship Lindsay Heming won the Australian Viewpoint Championship for 2012 by defeating an all-star cast of former and current Viewpoint champions. The combined might of Jacob Moriarty (2012 NSW Champ), Alex Done (2010 QLD Champ) and Will Yung (2010 Worlds Runner-Up) was not enough to stop Lindsay from taking the championship in 47 minutes. The early rounds were also tough with Jacob narrowly sneaking into the top 4 on second-order breakers. The stage is now set for a thrilling World Championships in October. Viewpoint State of Origin New South Wales evened the ledger by defeating Queensland by 2 games to 1 in this year's state of origin. NSW took the first game quickly with Will Yung flooding the board with View-points whilst his teammates Lindsay Heming and Victor Areces stalled QLD's efforts. QLD trio Sean Carroll, Alex Done and Keith Done balanced the scoreline in the second game by mirroring NSW's tactics from game one. With QLD on the verge of securing the origin trophy again, Victor Areces pulled off an amazing turn to return 20 points from the discard pile to his hand and play it to take NSW to the summit of victory. Congratulations to New South Wales! Viewpoint is a fun-packed and easy to learn card game for 2 or more players aged 7 and up. Be the first player to reach 100 points by looking into the future, spying on other players and blindsiding your buddies!
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