Guildlands made it into The Dice Tower's Top 10 Surprise Games of 2025! Guildlands timestamp is 36:36. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHRN... @outsetgames.bsky.social @cheatwellgames.bsky.social @boardgamedesignuk.bsky.social #toptenboardgames #bgg #bggcommunity #boardgamegeek #boardgames

This is still one of my favourite memories from Pax Unplugged.

This sums up Guildlands perfectly. Great review from Meeple Mountain. We often hear that Guildlands feels unbalanced. We've logged just shy of 1,000 plays. While it may not seem so on your first play, once you've played the game a few times (and various guilds), those perceived inbalances go away.

For anyone who has ever wanted to visit beautiful Vancouver, here is your excuse. I went last year for the first time. It was amazing!!! Highly recommend to all our American friends looking for a new con to attend.

A repost of our top-sellers from Pax Unplugged.

Here are our top 15 games from Pax Unplugged: 1- Shadow Ninjas 2- Feed The Kraken 3- 5 Minute Mystery 4- 5 Minute Dungeon 5- Curses! Foiled Again exp. 6- Zensu 7- Guildlands 8- One Hit Heroes 9- Karak 10- Loot 11- Pyschobabble 12- Ape Town 13- Cat Ass Trophy 14- Crown the Unicorn 15- Karak Regent

We sold out of most of the puzzles we brought to PAXU. One of the first to go was this gem. It's a 500 piece Cobble Hill puzzle called "Dungeon Run".

A marvellous lane battler style game from @cheatwellgames.bsky.social @outsetgames.bsky.social Reminds me of classics such as Schotten Totten but with new twists. Well worth a look!

There is often a #cobblehill puzzle on the go in the reading room at my dad's assisted living residence. But this image was a bit of a surprise.

Definition of a super fan. Met this guy on Day 2 at PAXU. He loved 5 Minute Dungeon so much... he got himself a tattoo of his favourite character from the game. THAT is the definition of a super fantastic.

Drum roll please!!! We just received out 100th rating on BGG for Guildlands!!! Guildlands is a tile-laying city-building game with asymmetrical scoring. If you are attending PAXU on Sunday, please stop by and try the game.

One of my favourite stories from Day 2 at PAXU. On Day 1, the orange cat token from Shadow Ninjas disappeared. It was a mystery. This afternoon, someone came by our booth and brought by the missing token. He had accidentally slipped it into his pocket after a game demo. Welcome home orange ninja.

First purchase of the day at PAXU? A 1,000 piece Nancy Drew puzzle of course!!! #cobblehill #paxu #nancydrew

PAXU opened 2 minutes ago... already doing demos of Shadow Ninjas and 5 Minute Mystery.

Now THIS is a fun puzzle. It's called Cats Vs. Puzzles. New 1,000 piece from Cobble Hill puzzles. #catpuzzle #cobblehill

If playing regular sized Karak isn't quite fun enough for you... you can play our giant demo edition custom made for cons. It's the "novelty clown feet sized" version of Karak. Pax Unplugged booth #4219. #karak #outsetmedia

We've got 5 Minute Dungeon, 5 Minute Mystery, the Curses Expansion for 5 Minute Dungeon, and the convention promo Baby Barbarian. Come and play with us Booth #4219 at Pax Unplugged.

We're almost done setting up our booth a PAXU. We've brought a great selection of Cobble Hill puzzles. Come see us tomorrow at booth 4219. We brought games too.

This is a must watch for anyone attending Pax Unplugged. And I highly recommend people follow @boardgameanimal.bsky.social. His videos are always thoughtful, humorous, and entertaining.

This is great! Thank you for posting. One whole row with ONLY OUR GAMES!!! Spot the Intro 1990s Chattabox Lambada Silent But Deadly Cat Ass Trophy Karate Grannies Spot the Intro 1980s And Stink Bug one row down.

I really really really enjoyed this review of #Guildlands from Liege of Games. Very thoughtful analysis. What made this video even better - the other game reviewed was Dirt & Dust from our good friends over at Albi. youtu.be/aLdGuhqUqYw?...

Found out today that the word "parkade" is just a Canadian term. It's what we call a parking garage. I know there are lots of Canadianisms (like "double double") but was surprised about "parkade". Any other Canadian terms you've been surprised to learn are just used in Canada?

My kids are all grown up. But I still love playing Karak. Which makes me soooooo happy that Outset is now the distributors for Karak in Canada and the USA. Our sister company Cheatwell Games @cheatwellgames.bsky.social will be distributing Karak in the UK. Stock has arrived. We are now shipping!

@boardgameanimal.bsky.social has released a video on Reiner Knizia's new game Ape Town. "Wildly exceeded my expectations" "I give Ape Town a 9 out of 10" Going to PAXU and want to try Ape Town? See us at booth #4219. And remember to check out Justin's video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM1x...

OH NO.. THIS IS NOT GOOD. We were booked at Sonder Hotel for PAXU. Sounds like the hotel defaulted on payments to Marriot, and the hotel shut down. We had 9 rooms booked - for a total of 39 nights. Now what the heck are we supposed to do?!? Marriot is not helping. This is going to be expensive.

Anybody looking for an excuse to visit Vanocuver? Now you have a reason!!!

Starting to get prepared for PAXU today, and took a peek at how Guildlands is doing on BGG. We're up to 83 ratings. While it may not seem like a lot of ratings to most of you... for us it is fantastic!!! If you are heading to PAXU, please stop by and try Guildlands.

This is awesome!! Thanks for sharing.

Check out this new podcast from the folks at So Very Wrong About Games. Many thanks for including Guildlands 🙏 and glad you enjoyed the game. Ken Boyter is one of the game's co-inventors. We just wrapped up 4 days demoing Guildlands at Essen Spiel. Ken is also on Bluesky. @kenboyter.bsky.social

Essen Spiel is officially over. It was our first time exhibiting here. We had a blast. And here is a good sign... 3 skids shipped to Essen... 1 skid going back.

Gareth Edwards starting off day 4 of Essen Spiel. Who would have thought there could be a game about cat poop. @farplace.bsky.social @froghallgames.bsky.social

😍LAMBADA on SPIEL 25. For the 1st time on @spielessen.bsky.social, come to visit @outsetgames.bsky.social booth on SPIEL and play our fun family card game LAMBADA. 🎲

Essen Spiel day 3 with cat crazy inventor Gareth Edwards. @farplace.bsky.social @froghallgames.bsky.social

Happy gamers enjoying Guildlands. That's what we like to see! @outsetgames.bsky.social @cheatwellgames.bsky.social @boardgamedesignuk.bsky.social #SpielEssen2025 #boardgamecommunity #boardgames #boardgamegeek

Learning how to use the credit card machine tutorial. 45 minutes to go.

Day 1. One hour to Essen Spiel is open. First time exhibitors. Hardly slept last night.

BREAKING NEWS Outset has signed a deal to re-publish Bosk. Bosk should be back on shelves In about 12 months. Maybe should have waited to share the news until closer to the publication date...

Open invite to anyone attending Essen to drop by our booth and play some games.

Highlight: From new to me games, I'd say it's between Hansa, Propolis, and Rowdy Partners. Lowlight: I very much bounced off of solo Wroth. Need to play multiplayer. Surprise: Guildlands. Asymmetrical Carcassonne-esque game was way more fun than I thought it would be.

My daughter and her partner are officially puzzle converts! 🎉 After a frustrating experience with a ribbon-cut puzzle, I convinced them to try the "Frog Business" puzzle by Cobble Hill. I'm so glad they did! To read the review visit; is.gd/v5GAHw #CobbleHillPuzzles #FrogBusiness #JigsawPuzzle

Re-posting this again in the am, just in case everyone was sleeping when I posted it last night. Dave Whamond won a Silver Reuben award for the DoodleTown puzzle series he illustrated for Cobble Hill Puzzles. Well deserved recognition! His work is so fun and engaging - it's perfect for puzzles.

Oh wow!! Missed this bit of news!! Congratulations Dave on the well deserved recognition. Looking forward to our next puzzle collaboration.

How do you organize the pieces with so many books and similar colors? The best strategy is to sort the pieces by the color and style of each cat and the books in each section of the bookshelf. For more details and a close up video visit; is.gd/v5GAHw

We have a new game called Wrexham-Opoly. Yep... you guessed it... it's a property trading game celebrating the Welsh city of Wrexham. Fun fact! We just shipped our first copy. Where? Not to a store in the UK, but to a retailer by the name of House of Books & Games located in Windsor, Connecticut.

This is a fun one because, well, gnomes. But it also has monthly themed vignettes, so for those who like to do their puzzles "in season", this one works any time. It's called A Happy Gnome Life by Mary Lake-Thompson. Which month has your favourite scene? #cobblehillpuzzles #gnomelife #puzzlecollage

Everyone! Check out this awesome review of Guildlands from Justin at @boardgameanimal.bsky.social "The cleverness of the symmetry, I would say, makes this my go to for this kind of tile laying game. And somewhat of a Carcassonne killer in a sense"

Looking forward to it 🥳

Known for its medieval architecture with cobble stone streets, arches, and stone houses - this scenic view is real & found in Haute de Cagnes, located in France. Allons-y on prend un petit cafe! ☕ Oui oui?! 🖼️ Archway to Cagne 👨‍🎨 Sam Park 🧩 500 pieces #cobblehillpuzzles #havepuzzlewilltravel

Three amazing back-to-back-to-back comments on BGG for Guildlands. This was our big #GenCon2025 release. Guildlands is a departure for #OutsetMedia into the hobby/strategy/euro game market. We traditionally publish more family weight games, so we are very pleased to see we're up to 38 ratings 😀

I love when people post their assembled Cobble Hill puzzle. It's always great to see our puzzles being enjoyed. #CobbleHillPuzzles