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  • Publisher Spotlight January: Pandasaurus
    • Jan 2nd 2021
    • Posted by NELLY STEINER

    Publisher Spotlight January: Pandasaurus

    We are excited to announce our Publisher Spotlight for January, Pandasaurus! Pandasaurus was established in 2012 with their first game Tammany Hall. Their games focus on creating immersive experiences that connect people and are known for groundbreaking designs, innovations, and incredible art direction. Here are some of our favorite Pandasaurus board games that will be sold at a 10% discount this month.Sonora Designer: Rob Newton Player Count: 1-4 Suggested Age: 10+ The world’s first flick-and-write! Dexterity and puzzling strategies meet in this newer release from Pandasaurus. Players flick disks on a board representative of the vibrant landscape of the Sonoran Desert. Each area of the board has its own unique inner game, offering different ways to score. Players must be skill
  • An Interview with DBL Feature
    • Nov 16th 2020
    • Posted by DEE CHAPLEAU

    An Interview with DBL Feature

    All month long we are highlighting DBL Feature as our Publisher Spotlight for November. Created by tabletop and video game enthusiast Laura Hammonds in 2017, DBL Feature “aims to bring cuteness to the world of gaming” with products ranging from tote bags to enamel pins. Laura kindly agreed to let us pick her brain and get the inside scoop on DBL Feature.(Mox) Please give us a little bio about yourself, your hobbies, any pets you have (ok, that one’s just for me). (Laura Hammonds) My name is Laura Hammonds, and I am married to my Dungeon Master, Matthew Averitt. We have a hedgehog named Mr. Scooty (named after the Mario Kart Bike.) My most recent hobbies include playing tennis, watching ‘What We Do in the Shadows’, playing ‘BotW’ and ‘New Horizons’, reading ‘Dune’ and ‘Saga’, and pla
  • Publisher Spotlight November: DBL Feature
    • Nov 1st 2020
    • Posted by DEE CHAPLEAU

    Publisher Spotlight November: DBL Feature

    Autumn has fully set in, and it is a perfect time to set up that RPG campaign you’ve been promising your friends for however long. You’ve got the maps drawn, minis painted, and dice (that you’re certain will provide high rolls only) purchased. Now it’s just time to show up and get the party started – pun intended. This season, you can be the star of your group when you show up decked out in RPG inspired apparel from DBL Feature. Created by tabletop and video game enthusiast Laura Hammonds in 2017, DBL Feature “aims to bring cuteness to the world of gaming” with products ranging from tote bags to enamel pins. Here are a few of our favorites that you can find in Mox locations for 10% off throughout all of November.High/ Low Roller Sweatshirt
  • Publisher Spotlight – October: Chaosium
    • Oct 1st 2020
    • Posted by NELLY STEINER

    Publisher Spotlight – October: Chaosium

    It is October, the official start to the spooookkkkyyy season! We couldn’t be more excited to announce that we have found the perfect Publisher Spotlight for the Halloween month, Chaosium! Time to stop by Mox, grab a copy of Call of Cthulhu, and really get into the spirit of things. Chaosium was founded in 1975 by game designer Greg Stafford. They have been responsible for publishing countless excellent roleplaying and board games including Call of Cthulhu, RuneQuest, King Arthur Pendragon, and HeroQuest. “The first published RPG was Dungeons & Dragons, shortly followed by some other imitative games. Chaosium, however, was never content to imitate but published games that were original in style of play, content and design. We quickly became renowned for our originality and creati
  • An Interview with Fowers Games
    • Sep 14th 2020
    • Posted by NELLY STEINER

    An Interview with Fowers Games

    This September we are highlighting Fowers Games all month long and we couldn’t be more excited to snag this interview with Tim Fowers himself. We love Fowers Games for their simplicity and originality. Games such as Fugitive and Burgle Bros surprised us with how they utilized known mechanics in new and exciting ways. Tim Fowers is not only the designer of all Fowers Games titles but also self distributes them. He kindly took some time out of his schedule to answer some of our burning questions about what’s new and exciting at Fowers Games.(Mox) What made you realize you wanted to start your own company and be a publisher as well as a designer? (Tim Fowers) After years of drawn-out relationships with publishers, I just decided to take the reins and do it myself, mostly out of impatie
  • Publisher Spotlight – September: Fowers Games
    • Sep 1st 2020
    • Posted by NELLY STEINER

    Publisher Spotlight – September: Fowers Games

    We are excited to announce our Publisher Spotlight for September, Fowers Games! Fowers Games is a game company owned by Tim Fowers, not only is he the designer of the games but he also self distributes them. Fowers Games are always characterized by interesting mechanics, replayability, and beautiful art. Here are some of our favorite Fowers board games that will be sold at a 10% discount this month. Sabotage Sabotage is the newest and one of the most successful Fowers Games titles. It is an excellent team-based game for 2-4 players and plays in about 90 minutes. Teams are set up facing each other on each side of the table, generating a true team v team experience. One team assumes the role of the villains building doomsday devices vs the spies who want to stop t
  • An Interview with Gigamic
    • Aug 17th 2020
    • Posted by NELLY STEINER

    An Interview with Gigamic

    All month long we are highlighting Gigamic, our Publisher Spotlight for August. Gigamic is a French company started by three brothers in 1991. Their game lineup includes some excellent abstract strategy games like Quoridor, Katamino, and Quarto. More recent games that we love include Hellapagos and Yogi. These games are perfect for the whole family and as quick pick up games to get the game night started. Adrien Crochette is the US Sales Manager at Gigamic and kindly took some time out to answer our burning questions about what’s new and exciting at Gigamic.(Mox) Gigamic has been around for almost 30 years! What was the brand focus when you began and how has that changed over time? (Adrien Crochette) Our first game was Quarto (which is miraculously still going strong after 30 years!
  • Cosmic Factory Giveaways
    • Aug 14th 2020
    • Posted by KATIE MORANHA

    Cosmic Factory Giveaways

    Gigamic is our wonderful publisher spotlight this month, and in honor of this, we are hosting a few giveaways! We will be giving away 19 copies of Cosmic Factory by the end of this month. The best part? All of our giveaways will be online, and easy to enter in. We will be using our local Discords (Seattle/Bellevue/Portland) and Mox Twitter account to select winners throughout the month, and have a live board game demo of Cosmic Factory on our Seattle Facebook Page to give you a better feel for the game. Follow us on our local channels to stay up to date, and get notifications about each giveaway. Here are the full terms and conditions:Full Terms and Conditions: Mox Boarding House is the promoter and sponsor of this promotion – 220 West Mercer Street, Suite 500, Seattle, WA 98119