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Kinson Key Games @kinsonkeygames.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

We hope you love it when you get the chance to play! 🚀

Kinson Key Games @kinsonkeygames.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

We had a great time at #PAXU this year. Thank you to everyone who dropped by the booth, played a demo or full game of Galactic Cruise, or even just chatted with us in a hallway! It was a fantastic time. #boardgame #boardgames #paxunplugged

A 4-player game of Galactic Cruise underway, led by demo team member Wes.

A mid-game shot of Galactic Cruise at PAX Unplugged.

Two tables of Galactic Cruise in the First Look area at PAX Unplugged 2024.

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Kinson Key Games @kinsonkeygames.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

It’s Day 1 of PAX Unplugged! We can’t wait to have a fun filled weekend of showing off Galactic Cruise and hanging out with the best community in the world. If you’re in Philly this weekend, swing by Booth 2901 and say hi. 🚀 #boardgame #boardgames #boardgamer #boardgamers

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Kinson Key Games @kinsonkeygames.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

This is all incredible! Fantastic advice, Connie!

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Kinson Key Games @kinsonkeygames.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! We have lots to be thankful for here at Kinson Key Games: supportive families, continued excitement about Galactic Cruise (and the projects beyond), a wonderful world of diverse and exciting board games, and our fabulous colleagues. Chief among those: Ian O’Toole! 🎨🐐

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Kinson Key Games @kinsonkeygames.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

We love games that have unique, not-overdone themes, and cheese is such a universal and pleasant theme. The art style is really lovely, too. (And who are we kidding? We love pretty much every game from the Rosset/O’Malley design team!)

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Kinson Key Games @kinsonkeygames.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

While R2i will not be at #PAXU to sell the game, we fellow Allplay partners, we will be selling copies of the game on their behalf! So if you’re in Philly and feelin’ cheesy next weekend, swing by booth 2901 and grab a copy! (….and if you’re still feeling cheesy in Philly—get a cheesesteak!) (2/2)

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Kinson Key Games @kinsonkeygames.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

We got to play Fromage from R2i (Road to Infamy) tonight. It is a fantastic simultaneous worker placement #boardgame that features a light rules overhead coupled with some really thinky spatial puzzling. Plus the board spins. Plus it’s about cheese! 🧀 (1/2)

The board game Fromage, set up for 2 players.

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Kinson Key Games @kinsonkeygames.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

We would love to be known as a publisher who provides not only theme-forward, well-developed and innovative games—but also unparalleled customer service, transparency, and value to the community.

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Kinson Key Games @kinsonkeygames.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

What is your go-to player color (in general) when you play a #boardgame? And which color will you choose to play when you play Galactic Cruise? 🚀 #yellow, #blue, #pink, or #green? #boardgames

A photo of the four player trays for Galactic Cruise, designed by GameTrayz. These rocket shaped trays hold all the components that a player needs in their chosen player color: yellow, blue, pink, and green.

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Kinson Key Games @kinsonkeygames.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

That’s a great question. I’d say that at least one of us (there are 3 of us in the company) was present for 400+ of the games (some were blind/unguided plays). A lot of time, we’d teach 3-4 players and then just observe. However, I’d say that all of us have played it 100-200 times as actual players.

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Kinson Key Games @kinsonkeygames.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

I estimate there were 500-600 playtests of Galactic Cruise from conception to Kickstarter.

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Kinson Key Games @kinsonkeygames.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Sausage Sizzle goes with us to every single convention/event. “Rare wein” (sung like “Jolene”) and “common sausage” (as a playful insult) have entered our lexicon thanks to SS.

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Kinson Key Games @kinsonkeygames.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

For those of you interested in self-publishing #boardgames, what are some of the burning questions you have about the process? (This question is very open ended on purpose.) We have started a small, short-form video series where we try to address self-publishing questions and would love to (1/2)

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Kinson Key Games @kinsonkeygames.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

We’d love to have a look at it. kinsonkeygames.com/submissions

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Kinson Key Games @kinsonkeygames.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

We will also be scheduling half-games (2 hour time slots) via our Calendly, and those will be held in the Demo Table Area as seen in this picture. You can access our Calendly here: calendly.com/kinsonkeygames

A map showing the location of our KKG demo tables.

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Kinson Key Games @kinsonkeygames.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

PAX Unplugged is just around the corner! We are pleased to announce that, due to a last-minute shuffle, we now have a new booth number that’s larger and in a better location! If you’ll be at #PAXUnplugged this year, we’d love to have you stop by Booth 2901! #boardgame #boardgames #GalacticCruise

Kinson Key Games, booth 2901, highlighted on the PAX floor map.

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Kinson Key Games @kinsonkeygames.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

That’s great! Cutting that downtime can be a tremendous help. (Your game looks fantastic, by the way!)

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Kinson Key Games @kinsonkeygames.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Agreed on all three fronts! Do you know of any games that use all 3?

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Kinson Key Games @kinsonkeygames.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Worker placement is pretty darn versatile. 😁

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Kinson Key Games @kinsonkeygames.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Worker Placement is (arguably) our favorite, too.

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Kinson Key Games @kinsonkeygames.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

When dice placement is done correctly, it’s so, so good! Do you have a favorite game of that type?

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Kinson Key Games @kinsonkeygames.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

For all the #boardgamers out there, what is your favorite #boardgame mechanism when playing a game? And if you’re also a 🎲✂️ #boardgamedesigner, is this also the mechanism that you use most often in your designs? Why or why not?

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Kinson Key Games @kinsonkeygames.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

This is a good one! I just got the promo pack for it, but haven’t gotten to try any of those cards yet.

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Kinson Key Games @kinsonkeygames.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Semantics are always fun. Having two Americans, one Canadian, and one Australian collaborating on Galactic Cruise (especially the flavor texts) led to some very interesting discussions: “favorite cookie” vs “favourite biscuit,” for example. 😂

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Kinson Key Games @kinsonkeygames.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

We are really looking forward to checking it out! It looks fantastic. 🎸

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Kinson Key Games @kinsonkeygames.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Hope you get to play Galactic Cruise soon!

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Kinson Key Games @kinsonkeygames.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

I’ll speak for the whole company by giving each of our #1s, plus a bonus one: Paladins of the West Kingdom (Koltin’s favorite) On Mars (TK’s favorite) Through the Ages: a New Story of Civilization (Dennis’s favorite) Galactic Cruise (for obvious reasons; it’s our collective baby! Haha.)

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Kinson Key Games @kinsonkeygames.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

We will be there showing off the mass production sample of Galactic Cruise, doing half-games and demos, and selling some sweet merch! 🚀

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Kinson Key Games @kinsonkeygames.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

*Starts making shelf space for An Infamous Traffic, 2nd Edition…*

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Kinson Key Games @kinsonkeygames.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Thanks! We are pretty proud of it. 🚀

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Kinson Key Games @kinsonkeygames.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

We are really looking forward to playing this one (hopefully soon).

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Kinson Key Games @kinsonkeygames.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Badges are on sale for one of our favorite events! #ProtoATL is so special to us for a number of reasons, and we encourage every #boardgame designer 🎲✂️ to come if you can; you won’t regret it! (Also, we will be part of a self-publishing seminar, which should be fun!) #boardgames #prototypes

A photo detailing the dates of ProtoATL: March 20-23, 2025.

Further details about ProtoATL: Kickstarter and Rawstone are sponsors, Kinson Key Games (and others) will be part of seminars, and publishers will be there looking for their future titles.

It’s a great place to learn about “the business side of gaming.”

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Kinson Key Games @kinsonkeygames.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

I’d be very curious to know what the consensus is for what to call…those things. 😁

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Kinson Key Games @kinsonkeygames.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

I feel like we see this game at every con, and every time I’m struck by how darn cool it looks!

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