{"id":293,"date":"2020-08-04T16:11:05","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T16:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stwallskull.com\/portfolio\/?p=293"},"modified":"2024-11-23T16:44:13","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T16:44:13","slug":"squirmish-the-card-game-of-brawling-beasties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stwallskull.com\/portfolio\/2020\/08\/04\/squirmish-the-card-game-of-brawling-beasties\/","title":{"rendered":"SQUIRMISH: The Card Game of Brawling Beasties"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Back in 2014, my oldest daughter became obsessed with Pokemon cards. I enjoyed the creativity of the cards, but when we sat down and figured out how to play the game, I found it pretty disappointing… but inspiring! The things that I did not enjoy about that game got me thinking about how a better card-battling game could be designed… and thus SQUIRMISH<\/a> was born.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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After spending a year or so developing, illustrating and testing the game, I initially self-published it using the print-on-demand service The Gamecrafter<\/a>. I’m more of a maker-of-things than a seller-of-things, though, so I decided I wanted to find a publisher for it. My favorite game publisher, Gamewright<\/a>, had an open submission policy, so I decided to send a copy of it their way. They were enthusiastic about it, and picked it up to publish in 2018.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Here is the promotional video I made for the game:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n