After the Empire is on the Most Anticipated Games of 2020 list!

Thanks to everyone who logged in and voted for us on this Board Game Geek list! With your help, we made it on the list for most anticipated Thematic games of 2020! Check it out here! Plus, honorable mention on the Euro games list! There were so many sweet games on these lists, that we’re super stoked to be on there with them!

If you haven’t seen the recent Kickstarter update, Grey Fox addressed the coronavirus and production for After the Empire. Basically, we still don’t really know exactly how long this pushes us back from getting the game out there. It seems as though China has started to get into motion again, so some production samples will hopefully be happening soonish. But, there are still so many unknowns that we’re right in the middle of, that we just don’t know yet. Thank you all so much for your patience!

In other news, a couple weeks ago Evan did make it to GAMA, the last big industry convention for….no one really knows how long. He had a great time chilling with fellow Portland game designer Tim Eisner, who’s awesome game Tidal Blades did super well on the most anticipated Fantasy games list and the Artistic games list! I had the pleasure of watching that game through various iterations become what is is today, and Tim was smart enough not to listen to my feedback on it!

As always, conventions like GAMA are a blast, and we had way too much fun pitching games, chatting up publishers and other industry folks, and hanging out in the round bar at the Peppermill in Reno, Nevada! It was a nice last bit of socialization before we in the US really started to grasp how serious the situation was becoming. Some folks didn’t go to the convention, and others thought it wasn’t that big of a deal. It seems like even over the few days we were there, people were really coming to terms with what was unfolding and behaviors were starting to change noticeably from one day to the next. At the very least, there were no handshakes to be seen, as people were starting to take more and more significant precautions.

We hope this update finds you all as safe and healthy as possible!