Hey Reader!

AnnaMaria Phelps here.

Yarr and avast ye scallywags of the tabletop! Emily Vincent’s Pirates of the High Teas is now on Kickstarter! Pirate-y shenanigans meet tea and cakes in this Boston FIG award winner. Tea-loving pirates are attempting to make the Captain the most delicious afternoon tea by stealing pantry ingredients and smashing together culinary delights to form masterpieces (or monstrosities!)

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Pirates of the High Teas is an action selection and set collection game during which players assume the role of pirates trying to create the tastiest tea. To start a round, pirates will choose their action spaces around the ship (in order, because we are polite pirates!), then resolve their action. At any time during a turn, a pirate can create some mayhem by deploying cannons, monkeys, or parrots to wreak havoc on the pantry! Next, you’ll serve your dastardly delights to the Captain, pairing up dishes by flag or flavor profile (or both!) to earn doubloons. After nine rounds, you’ll serve the crew as well, then total up your treasure to see who has collected the most booty to win the game!

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Designer and publisher Emily Vincent has been a regular at Protospiel Online, with numerous playtests throughout 2023 and 2024. For those thinking about taking their own games on a swashbuckling adventure, she’s written an insightful article about pirate themes that you can find on her website.

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Her carefully crafted Kickstarter has already funded over 1500% and the game has glowing reviews across the community. Pink Hawk Games has created a strategic map to game industry treasure through clever design, thoughtful development, and stellar marketing - we’d happily set sail on this tea-loving ship any time!

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Protospiel Online member Matt Soucy created a puzzle hunt game to propose to his boyfriend - and he said yes! (with only a little cursing at some of the puzzles😆) WTG Matt! ​ ​ Xoe Allred's newest multivictor release, Vibes, is now available for sale on the Lunarpunk website. Ready to vibe?

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📣Announcements Announcements Annooouuuncements!

Protospiel Online May 2025 badges on sale now!! Early Bird pricing available through Mon, May 5, 2025 @ 11:59pm EDT.

Our new Minigame Monday Twitch streams run every Monday at 1 PM US Eastern. Watch live or catch the YouTube replay to see which prototypes are featured in this week's puzzle!

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PNW Tabletop Game Market @ PAX West is currently taking applications for exhibitors through April 18th.

The Game Crafter Design Contest - GeoFacts Challenge - Submissions open until June 9th

Kickstarter is promoting Micro game campaigns in May. Sign up to get your campaign featured!

Unpub Mentorship Program, accepting applications until 4/21.

The very first Protospiel Kansas City is this weekend April 4-6!

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That's it for this week!
~AnnaMaria

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