Outset Media (Dave Manga) 🔜 SPIEL ESSEN

Check out this new podcast from the folks at So Very Wrong About Games. Many thanks for including Guildlands 🙏 and glad you enjoyed the game.

Ken Boyter is one of the game's co-inventors. We just wrapped up 4 days demoing Guildlands at Essen Spiel. Ken is also on Bluesky. @kenboyter.bsky.social

The crew from Outset Media standing in front of a wrapped pallet from Essen Spiel.

Essen Spiel is officially over. It was our first time exhibiting here. We had a blast. And here is a good sign... 3 skids shipped to Essen... 1 skid going back.

Gareth Edwards starting off day 4 of Essen Spiel. Who would have thought there could be a game about cat poop.

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@froghallgames.bsky.social

😍LAMBADA on SPIEL 25.
For the 1st time on @spielessen.bsky.social, come to visit @outsetgames.bsky.social booth on SPIEL and play our fun family card game LAMBADA. 🎲

Game inventor Gareth Edwards.

Essen Spiel day 3 with cat crazy inventor Gareth Edwards.

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@froghallgames.bsky.social

Happy gamers enjoying Guildlands. That's what we like to see!

@outsetgames.bsky.social @cheatwellgames.bsky.social @boardgamedesignuk.bsky.social #SpielEssen2025 #boardgamecommunity #boardgames #boardgamegeek

Learning how to use the credit card machine tutorial. 45 minutes to go.

Day 1. One hour to Essen Spiel is open. First time exhibitors. Hardly slept last night.

BREAKING NEWS

Outset has signed a deal to re-publish Bosk.

Bosk should be back on shelves In about 12 months. Maybe should have waited to share the news until closer to the publication date...

Open invite to anyone attending Essen to drop by our booth and play some games.

Highlight: From new to me games, I'd say it's between Hansa, Propolis, and Rowdy Partners.

Lowlight: I very much bounced off of solo Wroth. Need to play multiplayer.

Surprise: Guildlands. Asymmetrical Carcassonne-esque game was way more fun than I thought it would be.

When I show non-gamers new games, it's almost always is a hit. The biggest push back i get - people dont want to have to learn new rules.

That's a nice upgrade to the logo 👌

We'd better add your new logo to our upcoming print run of Cat Earth.

Brand: Cobble Hills Puzzle Company, Title: Frog Business Puzzle, Artist: Lori Anzalone, Pieces: 1000, Size: 19.25 x 26.625″

My daughter and her partner are officially puzzle converts! 🎉 After a frustrating experience with a ribbon-cut puzzle, I convinced them to try the "Frog Business" puzzle by Cobble Hill. I'm so glad they did! To read the review visit; is.gd/v5GAHw
#CobbleHillPuzzles #FrogBusiness #JigsawPuzzle

Glad your daughter liked the puzzle. You won't find ribbon cut pieces in any Cobble Hill puzzles. Random shaped pieces are what we are known for 🧩

Very surprised to read this. Yves dominates the vegetarian/vegan meat alternative shelves in all the grocery stores near me.

Danny at the Cheatwell Warehouse holding a copy of a new Outset Media board game called Wrexham-Opoly

Wrexham-Opoly is now in stock in the UK and ready to ship! Available from our UK company Cheatwell Games @cheatwellgames.bsky.social. Here is a photo from our warehouse, with Danny showing off the game.

#Wrexham #OutsetMedia #Opoly

Re-posting this again in the am, just in case everyone was sleeping when I posted it last night.

Dave Whamond won a Silver Reuben award for the DoodleTown puzzle series he illustrated for Cobble Hill Puzzles. Well deserved recognition! His work is so fun and engaging - it's perfect for puzzles.

Oh wow!! Missed this bit of news!!

Congratulations Dave on the well deserved recognition. Looking forward to our next puzzle collaboration.

Congratulations Dave. Well deserved! Working with you on these puzzles has been fantastic!

For those of you who aren't aware, Dave has illustrated about 15 images for our DoodleTown puzzle line. All the images are absolutely superb!!

##cobblehillpuzzles

Archie!!! Yay!!!

We used to license Archie for some #cobblehillpuzzles jigsaw puzzles. The puzzles sold great while we had the license. Unfortunately the license has now expired. We carried 4 different images.

Game board for Wrexham-Opoly.

In case anyone wants to see what locations are on the Wrexham-Opoly game board, here is a better image.

#wrexham #outsetmedia

Brand: Cobble Hills Puzzle Company, Title: Cat Library Puzzle By: Cobble Hills Creations/Russell Books, Pieces: 1000, Size: 48.9 x 67.6cm or 19.25 x 26.625″

How do you organize the pieces with so many books and similar colors? The best strategy is to sort the pieces by the color and style of each cat and the books in each section of the bookshelf. For more details and a close up video visit; is.gd/v5GAHw

We will have copies of that 7th guild (the Messengers' Guild) at Pax Unplugged.

To be fair, we couldn't have sold any copies in the UK yet, simply because the games are still en route. Wrexham-Opoly should be available to ship to retailers within the week.

Wrexham-Opoly will be distributed in the UK by Cheatwell Games @cheatwellgames.bsky.social

Box cover of Wrexham-Opoly

Layout image of Wrexham-Opoly showing all the contents

We have a new game called Wrexham-Opoly. Yep... you guessed it... it's a property trading game celebrating the Welsh city of Wrexham.

Fun fact! We just shipped our first copy. Where? Not to a store in the UK, but to a retailer by the name of House of Books & Games located in Windsor, Connecticut.

A completed puzzle featuring gnomes for every month by seasonal theme.

A Cobble Hill puzzle box on top of a completed puzzle called A Happy Gnome Life featuring gnomes for every month "in season". For example, a Christmas gnome for December, a gnome on a pumpkin for October and November.

This is a fun one because, well, gnomes. But it also has monthly themed vignettes, so for those who like to do their puzzles "in season", this one works any time. It's called A Happy Gnome Life by Mary Lake-Thompson. Which month has your favourite scene?

#cobblehillpuzzles #gnomelife #puzzlecollage

Everyone! Check out this awesome review of Guildlands from Justin at @boardgameanimal.bsky.social

"The cleverness of the symmetry, I would say, makes this my go to for this kind of tile laying game. And somewhat of a Carcassonne killer in a sense"

Such an amazing review! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

Looking forward to it 🥳