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Dominic Crapuchettes

@dcrapuchettes.bsky.social

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Father, founder of NorthStar Studio, board game designer (Nature, Evolution, Oceans, and Wits & Wagers), plays soccer, has dogs. Interested in income inequality, justice inequality, economics, music, literature, philosophy and the long arc of history.

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Dominic Crapuchettes @dcrapuchettes.bsky.social · Dec 3

Hi! I’m new here. I’m leaving my X and want to introduce myself to BlueSky.

I’m a board game designer who’s sold over 4.5 million games. I started a company called North Star Games in 2003 that grew to 30 employees. We had 6 games on the shelf at Target before everything started to unravel.

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Dominic Crapuchettes @dcrapuchettes.bsky.social · 1d

I came across this review today.

"This game has lots of depth... It might quickly have become my favorite lightweight game."

🥰 🥰 🥰

boardgamegeek.com/thread/35881...

Great game, even without expansions?! | Nature

Summary This review is for the base game with no expansions. It is a light rules, nicely themed, strategic and highly interactive game, packaged as an easily accessible family game. If you want to hav...

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Dominic Crapuchettes @dcrapuchettes.bsky.social · 5d

Not bothersome at all! I may have planted that seed. We ran a game show at The Gathering of Friends based upon slightly revealing survey questions and it was spectacularly fun. That’s one of the frameworks I promoted for W&W events when people asked.

Dominic Crapuchettes @dcrapuchettes.bsky.social · 6d

I wish I had more time. I really want to revive Wits & Wagers at some point.

boardgamegeek.com/thread/35863...

Impressions of the different editions of Wits and Wagers and why this classic trivia game is our all time favorite | Wits & Wagers Family

A short review of Wits and Wagers and why this has become our favorite I’ve always thought of Wits and Wagers as a pioneer in the modern party game scene. I’m sure many party games were published two ...

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Dominic Crapuchettes @dcrapuchettes.bsky.social · 7d

Yeah, that’s the same way most people seem to feel. Thanks for feedback. It’s very helpful.

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Dominic Crapuchettes @dcrapuchettes.bsky.social · 8d

We're working on art for a Nature module called Salmon Run. This component will have a marker to keep track of the number of salmon in the river.

Which do you prefer? The left option or the right option?

Dominic Crapuchettes @dcrapuchettes.bsky.social · 8d

Please give Julia a chance. I hear she inherited a fortune and needs a safe place to park her money.

Or was she the one who has a secret crypto source?

Dominic Crapuchettes @dcrapuchettes.bsky.social · 8d

How's Fat Bear coming along?
@brettspiel.bsky.social

Dominic Crapuchettes @dcrapuchettes.bsky.social · 8d

I love their company!

Dominic Crapuchettes @dcrapuchettes.bsky.social · 8d

The retail games have a paper band. Nature Big Box has 4 biodegradable stickers.

But some of the Kickstarter fulfillment companies used bubble wrap for the shipping.

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Dominic Crapuchettes @dcrapuchettes.bsky.social · 9d

I'm looking at your last sentence. I'm not sure if you know, but everything in Nature is biodegradable. It doesn't contain any plastic. Even the center of the Size Dials are a plant based substitute to plastic (or so I'm told).

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Dominic Crapuchettes @dcrapuchettes.bsky.social · 9d

Where do you work?

Dominic Crapuchettes @dcrapuchettes.bsky.social · 9d

I didn't realise that you're in our discord community. Yep, it's a wonderful community and I'm excited about its future. One of my goals is to continue to cultivate engagement with Nature. Watching people poste excitedly is a great joy for me.

Dominic Crapuchettes @dcrapuchettes.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks for your vote of confidence. Thats nice to hear. Tell me what we're doing right. I'd love to hear.

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Dominic Crapuchettes @dcrapuchettes.bsky.social · 9d

‪@gamesanddrinks.bsky.social‬

Dominic Crapuchettes @dcrapuchettes.bsky.social · 9d

Here is a new reviewer that covered Nature. They did such a great job I offered to chat with them. You should definitely check them out!
bsky.app/profile/dcra...

Dominic Crapuchettes @dcrapuchettes.bsky.social · 23d

I had a great time chatting with Rick about Nature, the game industry, and near-death experiences captaining a fish boat in Alaska.

He's trying to get a new show off the ground and he's doing a great job. It's worth checking out.

Games and Drinks @gamesanddrinks.bsky.social · 23d

Had a great chat with Dominic @dcrapuchettes.bsky.social of @northstargames.bsky.social!

We talk about his gaming journey, the state of board gaming, and one of our new favorite games, #Nature!

youtu.be/hk_IUoPl-l4

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Dominic Crapuchettes @dcrapuchettes.bsky.social · 9d

NorthStar will reprint of Nature Big Box for everyone who missed the original campaign. It will include everything from the first campaign at the same pre-tarrifs pricing.

boardgamegeek.com/blog/308/blo...

Reprinting the #1 Most Anticipated GenCon Release! | Following the NorthStar:

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Dominic Crapuchettes @dcrapuchettes.bsky.social · 10d

Thanks for extending an invitation. It was really interesting to learn a bit about the RPG side of our TT industry. It's such a wonderfully inclusive side of the hobby.

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Sticky Doodler @stickydoodler.bsky.social · 10d

I'm sure he doesn't remember this, but I once chased @dcrapuchettes.bsky.social down at a con to get him to sign my beloved copy of Evolution. I never dreamed I'd be discussing game design with him, @binarystar.games, and @junkfoodgames.bsky.social. What an honor!

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How to create a local indie game scene ft. Dom Crapuchettes (Nature, Wits and Wagers)

YouTube video by StickyDoodler

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Dominic Crapuchettes @dcrapuchettes.bsky.social · 11d

Oh, I misunderstood which contract you were talking about. We’ve been putting that clause in our contracts with artists for the past several years. All of recent designs have been internal, but I’ll try to remember to add it to our template when we license a game from an external designer.

Dominic Crapuchettes @dcrapuchettes.bsky.social · 11d

We’ve been doing that for a few years already!

Dominic Crapuchettes @dcrapuchettes.bsky.social · 12d

I admit no wrongdoing!

Additionally, I’m willing to pay $2.5 billion to settle this case.

Hmmm. 🤔

Dominic Crapuchettes @dcrapuchettes.bsky.social · 17d

It was called Port Yugee’s Rebellion at the time, and later rethemed into the Priests of Easter Island.

Dominic Crapuchettes @dcrapuchettes.bsky.social · 18d

Haha! Good luck. I entered that competition in the late 90s and got an honorable mention.

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Dominic Crapuchettes @dcrapuchettes.bsky.social · 18d

The verdict is they had a crazy good time, but would recommend playing it with fewer modules. Haha! That's what I told them beforehand.

If you want to try it, you can play on iOS, Android, or Steam. There is also a TTS version with all 5 modules (in fact, with the 6th module too).