Cardboard Edison
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Board game design and tips for board game makers. cardboardedison.com
THREE WEEKS LEFT to get your board game design submitted to the 2026 Cardboard Edison Award! cardboardedison.com/award
January 11, 2026 at 8:44 PM
THREE WEEKS LEFT to get your board game design submitted to the 2026 Cardboard Edison Award! cardboardedison.com/award
It’s time! SUBMISSIONS FOR THE 2026 CARDBOARD EDISON AWARD ARE OPEN! Board game designers, show us what you’ve been working on! Deadline is January 31: cardboardedison.com/award
January 1, 2026 at 1:35 PM
It’s time! SUBMISSIONS FOR THE 2026 CARDBOARD EDISON AWARD ARE OPEN! Board game designers, show us what you’ve been working on! Deadline is January 31: cardboardedison.com/award
Board game designers: Just TWO DAYS until we open submissions for the 2026 Cardboard Edison Award! How are your pitches and prototypes coming along? cardboardedison.com/award
December 30, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Board game designers: Just TWO DAYS until we open submissions for the 2026 Cardboard Edison Award! How are your pitches and prototypes coming along? cardboardedison.com/award
Hey board game designers! Just SIX DAYS left until submissions for next year's Cardboard Edison Award open! Get your pitches and prototypes ready! cardboardedison.com/award
December 26, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Hey board game designers! Just SIX DAYS left until submissions for next year's Cardboard Edison Award open! Get your pitches and prototypes ready! cardboardedison.com/award
Board game designers: In just two weeks we open submissions for the 2026 Cardboard Edison Award! cardboardedison.com/award
December 18, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Board game designers: In just two weeks we open submissions for the 2026 Cardboard Edison Award! cardboardedison.com/award
We've got most of the additional copies of Houdini's Last Act packed up, and we'll be mailing them out to players today!
December 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
We've got most of the additional copies of Houdini's Last Act packed up, and we'll be mailing them out to players today!
Hey board game designers, it's nearly that time again: Get your prototypes and pitches ready for the 2026 Cardboard Edison Award! Submissions open January 1! cardboardedison.com/award
December 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Hey board game designers, it's nearly that time again: Get your prototypes and pitches ready for the 2026 Cardboard Edison Award! Submissions open January 1! cardboardedison.com/award
We just sent an announcement to our newsletter subscribers: The remaining 20 copies of Houdini's Last Act are now available on our website! cardboardedison.com/houdini
December 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
We just sent an announcement to our newsletter subscribers: The remaining 20 copies of Houdini's Last Act are now available on our website! cardboardedison.com/houdini
The rest of the copies of Houdini's Last Act are assembled, so here's a nice product shot! We'll have a VERY small batch of hand-made copies available soon! cardboardedison.com/houdini
December 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The rest of the copies of Houdini's Last Act are assembled, so here's a nice product shot! We'll have a VERY small batch of hand-made copies available soon! cardboardedison.com/houdini
Yup! We used an X-Acto knife to cut all the card sleeves by hand. Here's what a box of about 2,000 cutouts from 1,000 sleeves looks like! 😅
December 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Yup! We used an X-Acto knife to cut all the card sleeves by hand. Here's what a box of about 2,000 cutouts from 1,000 sleeves looks like! 😅
We're nearly finished making up the rest of the copies of Houdini's Last Act that we didn't get together in time for #IndieGamesNightMarket!
December 3, 2025 at 11:54 PM
We're nearly finished making up the rest of the copies of Houdini's Last Act that we didn't get together in time for #IndieGamesNightMarket!
Working to put together the rest of the copies of Houdini’s Last Act! If you couldn’t make #IndieGamesNightMarket and are interested, we’ll have a VERY small number of copies available soon! cardboardedison.com/houdini
November 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Working to put together the rest of the copies of Houdini’s Last Act! If you couldn’t make #IndieGamesNightMarket and are interested, we’ll have a VERY small number of copies available soon! cardboardedison.com/houdini
The upshot of not having all our copies ready beforehand? We'll have at least 20 more copies available soon! Stay tuned for details. Ultimately, #PAXUnplugged #IndieGamesNightMarket was a blast, and hopefully we get a chance to do it again next year!
November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The upshot of not having all our copies ready beforehand? We'll have at least 20 more copies available soon! Stay tuned for details. Ultimately, #PAXUnplugged #IndieGamesNightMarket was a blast, and hopefully we get a chance to do it again next year!
It was non-stop busy for most of the three hours, so we took very few photos! Instead, here's the flier we made for the table. Thank you to everyone who bought the game! We hope it gives you a unique experience!
November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
It was non-stop busy for most of the three hours, so we took very few photos! Instead, here's the flier we made for the table. Thank you to everyone who bought the game! We hope it gives you a unique experience!
Back home from #PAXUnplugged after a whirlwind #IndieGamesNightMarket! We sold out of Houdini’s Last Act and will have plenty more to say after getting some rest. Huge kudos to @dnlnwmn.bsky.social & @marcelineleiman.bsky.social for a successful event!
November 23, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Back home from #PAXUnplugged after a whirlwind #IndieGamesNightMarket! We sold out of Houdini’s Last Act and will have plenty more to say after getting some rest. Huge kudos to @dnlnwmn.bsky.social & @marcelineleiman.bsky.social for a successful event!
We’re all set up at the #PAXUnplugged #IndieGamesNightMarket with Houdini’s Last Act! Doors open at 7!
November 22, 2025 at 11:06 PM
We’re all set up at the #PAXUnplugged #IndieGamesNightMarket with Houdini’s Last Act! Doors open at 7!
The rulebooks for Houdini’s Last Act are printed and cut. Final step: stapling! We picked up a special stapler that can reach to adjustable depths, and it works great! #PAXUnplugged #IndieGamesNightMarket
November 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The rulebooks for Houdini’s Last Act are printed and cut. Final step: stapling! We picked up a special stapler that can reach to adjustable depths, and it works great! #PAXUnplugged #IndieGamesNightMarket
It officially happened: Our assembly space for Houdini’s Last Act has now expanded to a THIRD table. This is the card-sorting-and-sleeving area…
November 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
It officially happened: Our assembly space for Houdini’s Last Act has now expanded to a THIRD table. This is the card-sorting-and-sleeving area…
Creating a BGG page for Houdini's Last Act, and... I guess this one? 😆
November 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Creating a BGG page for Houdini's Last Act, and... I guess this one? 😆
We did the math and realized it was time to call in the professionals with the big cutting machine to make sure the cards for Houdini’s Last Act are ready in time for #PAXUnplugged #IndieGamesNightMarket
November 18, 2025 at 12:27 PM
We did the math and realized it was time to call in the professionals with the big cutting machine to make sure the cards for Houdini’s Last Act are ready in time for #PAXUnplugged #IndieGamesNightMarket
That about does it for this behind-the-scenes look at the production of Houdini’s Last Act! If you want to know more about the game itself, check out cardboardedison.com/houdini. And if you’ll be at #PAXUnplugged check out the #IndieGamesNightMarket! There will be so many cool games there!
November 16, 2025 at 11:33 PM
That about does it for this behind-the-scenes look at the production of Houdini’s Last Act! If you want to know more about the game itself, check out cardboardedison.com/houdini. And if you’ll be at #PAXUnplugged check out the #IndieGamesNightMarket! There will be so many cool games there!
We’re close to the point of putting all those pieces into the boxes. After a far-reaching search for an appropriate box for the game, we found these pillow boxes whose shape perfectly echoes the card sleeves! They’re narrower when filled than we expected, but everything fits!
November 16, 2025 at 11:30 PM
We’re close to the point of putting all those pieces into the boxes. After a far-reaching search for an appropriate box for the game, we found these pillow boxes whose shape perfectly echoes the card sleeves! They’re narrower when filled than we expected, but everything fits!
Getting the game ready in time for #PAXUnplugged has been a team effort, with both our daughters pitching in! Here’s Hana running the token-stickering-and-baggie-assembling station.
November 16, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Getting the game ready in time for #PAXUnplugged has been a team effort, with both our daughters pitching in! Here’s Hana running the token-stickering-and-baggie-assembling station.
Here’s one of the two tables we’re using to prepare all the game’s materials. It’s taken over our living room!
November 16, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Here’s one of the two tables we’re using to prepare all the game’s materials. It’s taken over our living room!
After the sleeves are cut to the right shape, we stamp them by hand with an ink pad and rubber stamp. Finding ink that wouldn’t smudge on plastic sleeves was a task in itself! The stamp is an ambigram that helps players know which way to hold the cards: Medium one way, Helper the other.
November 16, 2025 at 11:24 PM
After the sleeves are cut to the right shape, we stamp them by hand with an ink pad and rubber stamp. Finding ink that wouldn’t smudge on plastic sleeves was a task in itself! The stamp is an ambigram that helps players know which way to hold the cards: Medium one way, Helper the other.