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Going deeper on burncycle

August 14, 2020 Ryan Howard (Lhadnil)

Bonjour, burncyclists! By now, you’re no doubt aware of our new game burncycle, which is coming to Kickstarter on Nov. 10. We’re very excited about it, and we hope you are too, but just in case you wanted a few more details, we’re going to get into some of what we can say now, three […]Continue reading »

Looting the Trove: Creating the Lab Rats

June 26, 2020 Ryan Howard (Lhadnil)

Welcome to Looting The Trove, a look at the behind-the-scenes development of the games in the CTG library. This month, with the Splice & Dice Kickstarter content now available for purchase, we decided to take a look at the Lab Rats, our special four-‘locs-in-one Gearloc. As he did last month for Dart, CTG co-founder and […]Continue reading »

‘Why are your games out of stock?’

June 24, 2020 Ryan Howard (Lhadnil)

A lot of people have discovered our games in the last few years. And, while that’s a great thing, the increased demand has also led to an increased perception that we’re frequently out of stock. With more eyes on us and our online store (particularly with the word that information on the new version of […]Continue reading »

Strategy Spotlight: Scalable Difficulty

June 19, 2020 Ryan Howard (Lhadnil)

One of the things we’ve been fascinated to watch since the debut of Too Many Bones in 2017 is the evolving discussion of the game’s difficulty. When TMB first arrived on people’s doorsteps, we saw a lot of people wracking their brains for solutions or declaring certain tyrants or baddies “too hard” or “unbeatable.” As […]Continue reading »

Fiction Friday: The Delivery, part 2

May 29, 2020 Ryan Howard (Lhadnil)

Welcome to Fiction Friday, a feature on our blog where we contribute a new piece of lore to the universe of one of our games. This Friday, we are bringing you part 2 of The Delivery, a story that debuted earlier this month. You can check out part 1 here before you dive in to […]Continue reading »

Looting The Trove: The Making of Dart

May 22, 2020 Ryan Howard (Lhadnil)

Welcome to Looting The Trove, a look at the behind-the-scenes development of the games in the CTG library. This month, with Gearlocs and games from the Splice & Dice Kickstarter getting delivered around the world, we decided to take a look at Dart, one of our new Gearlocs. CTG co-founder and game designer Adam Carlson […]Continue reading »

Strategy Spotlight: Angles of Attack

May 15, 2020 Ryan Howard (Lhadnil)

Welcome to Strategy Spotlight, a series on the Chip Theory Games blog in which we break down some key strategies and rule reminders for the biggest CTG titles. Around our office, we get a lot of questions about movement and attack in Too Many Bones. Everybody wants an edge on their Baddies, and it’s certainly […]Continue reading »

Fiction Friday: The Delivery, part 1

May 1, 2020 Ryan Howard (Lhadnil)

Welcome to Fiction Friday, a feature on our blog where we contribute a new piece of lore to the universe of one of our games. We hope you enjoy it! The Delivery, part 1 “Peon!” Grorglesnax rushed into the entry chamber of Marrow’s stone ruler’s barracks. The attending orc was a good foot higher than […]Continue reading »

Fiction Friday: Strike The Bell

March 27, 2020 Ryan Howard (Lhadnil)

Welcome to the latest Fiction Friday, the CTG blog feature where we contribute a new piece of lore to the universe of one of our games. This month, with us all working hard on the Cloudspire: Ankar’s Plunder Kickstarter, we’ve decided to publish a portion of the current draft of the Cloudspire Vol. 2 lorebook, […]Continue reading »

Looting the Trove: Making the brawnen

March 13, 2020 Ryan Howard (Lhadnil)

Welcome to the first installment of Looting The Trove, a look at the behind-the-scenes development of the games in the CTG library. For our first outing, I decided to share a behind-the-scenes piece of Cloudspire, the Chip Theory title that’s nearest and dearest to my heart.When Cloudspire was first in development, our intrepid designers Josh, […]Continue reading »