Catalyst Second Printing

Catalyst will look like this when you unbox it. Demons sold separately.

Catalyst is back in stock! Just in time for OrcaCon, we have another 500 copies of Catalyst in our office. The new year is off to a great start already.

There are a couple minor changes between Catalyst versions. First, the box set now comes with a small box for your card deck. If you have the original version and want a box, we have a few extra. Message us to get one. Second, the manual has been updated with the errata. If you have the original version (either print or PDF), you are entitled to a new PDF. Contact us and we will send you the up-to-date PDF. Let alex@cherrypickedgames.com know.

Thank you to PrintNinja for the cards, Guided for the outer boxes, AlphaGraphics for the manual, as well as packaging the final product.

OrcaCon 2016

Cherry Picked Games will proudly be at the newly created OrcaCon this coming year. Join us in Everett January 8th – 10th for demon slaying, beer drinking, and all manner of table gaming. We have demo tables every day and are running full sessions of Catalyst all throughout the convention, including a game with Jen Page. CPG even outfitted the bar with Drink! coasters so you can keep gaming all night. Check out the full schedule of events and sign up to save humanity.

For those unaware of this new convention, OrcaCon was a Kickstarter success story. Their goal is to provide a table gaming experience that is welcoming to everyone. There is a big focus on diversity, particularly accommodating women and LGBTQ groups in a hobby which is all too often dominated by straight cis males. Cherry Picked Games promotes the wonderful ability tabletop gaming has bringing people together and is happy to host games at OrcaCon.

We are excited to hang out with our fans and make some new friends this January. OrcaCon tickets are still available and discounted up through this weekend. Please join us in celebrating this wonderful hobby.

CPG Status - Turkey Edition

Hello Cherry Picked Fans! Happy seasonal holiday, if that’s applicable to where you live…

There is a lot going on at our plucky little studio this month. Here is the executive summary.

Drink! is on Kickstarter. Please back and share. Leave comments, retweet our company and personal tweets, and get the word out about Drink! This is how we fund our games and keep doing our part to make the world more enjoyable. You’ll love the game. Plus, you get that warm, fuzzy feeling of helping out a hard-working micro-business. Thank you. We’ll fund this and keep adding to our gaming catalog.

If you are looking to try out Drink!, we are playing around Seattle all month. Monday, 11/30, we are at Café Mox in Ballard. Then is Beer and Board Games at Blue Highway Games on 12/11. One of our artists is having a gallery reception at Schilling Cider House. She is happy to talk about games as well as dead birds. Do you have a bar you’d like us to visit and show off Drink!? Email us. We’re always thirsty.

Catalyst is in the middle of a second printing. We should have 500 new copies before Christmas. Role playing games make great gifts for everyone, but consider giving one to a middle-schooler or teenager in your life. RPGs were a great influence on my life and many others. If you have not yet tried Catalyst, we’ll be at Around the Table on 12/6 at 6pm.

Our final (for now?) Catalyst campaign, “Civil Unrest”, is almost done. We are wrapping up the playtest Wednesday and deciding the fate of America. We will add a “which campaign is right for you” page once we upload it.

Take care everyone. Roll some dice with friends and family and enjoy the holidays.

--Alex