Patrick Leder - he/him Owner and CEO of Leder Games. Follow me here to hear my rants, nonsense, and discussions of design. Direct questions to
@ledergames
.
When they used clip art in previous versions of the game, I turned up my nose and just played. I am astounded that they found a way to make the situation worse, but here we are. Please don't support this malarkey.
I am writing this on behalf of the smaller publishers out there. Recently prices to ship from factory to depot (typically a shipping container or part of a container on the ocean) have skyrocketed. We are looking at 300 to 600 percent increases. 1/4
Leder Games is doing well considering the price of shipping. We're at 14 employees. We have solid cash reserves, no debt, and solid inventory heading into this holiday. We are window shopping for a building and considering how we will grow if we do.
@jacksonpublick
There isn't much chance of getting to you but here goes. I've raised millions on Kickstarter in my life. I would be happy to help you raise money for producing season 8. Either way your work has been an amazing mediation on the nature of failure and success. Thank you!
Please, please be patient with smaller publishers. They are having to make some hard decisions right now. Your game will still arrive at some point and punishing them for it now is not going to help. I can assure you they are already punishing themselves. 4/4
Leder games has officially signed Hyperspace Smuggler from
@Gregisonthego
. We will be retheming and will probably land on the title Ahoy. Ahoy will be an asymmetric adventure game about piracy, rebellion, smuggling, and control.
@Longwood01
I remember one of the first movies I saw without her. It was something we would have seen together. Alone after the movie I had a brief mistaken moment were I thought about how I'd explain it her. Once I realized the mistake I had to steady myself against the wall for a time.
When I was a child, I wanted nothing more than to run a game company.
Now, I run what I consider to be one of the best game companies on the planet. I could not do it alone. Without exception, I work with the best team, and I appreciate their support on this journey.
As of this morning Leder Games now has 9 full time employees, 3 full time contractors, and 2 part time contractors. In addition we keep the
@atlasgames
folks very busy. I couldn't be prouder of our success and quality games we have produced.
As I set up the booth and I see all the people around me, helping me make my dream come true. It's too much, I can't put this world into words. I love you all for helping us continue doing what we do every day. I am extremely privileged and I appreciate getting to serve you all.
One of the happiest parts of my job. I am flipping the switch to move the next Root expansion from passive design to active design. The studio and I will be pitching our ideas for factions at each for the next few weeks and I will be writing a new business plan to reflect this.
I don't care if he was neuro divergent or not. If a son wants to cry and say he is proud of his dad, that is okay. If I want to cry and say I'm proud of my son (or my dad), that is my choice. I hope they both remember I will love them always.
Someone just contacted us thanking us for making Root and that it helped them through a tough time this year. I would like to thank all the people in gaming that helped me get to this point too.
Despite my concerns about licensing, I will throw my hat in the ring to be the exclusive board game adaption publisher for
@A24
. But they have to be original adaptions, no reskins.
Left the office late tonight as we had a party to welcome our newest employee. Leder Games will be up to 17 employees (plus our summer intern) soon, and I am so proud of the work we have done to build this great place. I can't believe I get to do this for a living.
Now that I'm starting to rise out of the exhaustion of Gen Con I'd like to write some thank yous.
I feel like we all worked harder than any show we have been at.
We also had record sales at the show, going back to the premier of Root and Vast before it.
Leder Games is creating a new position to manage Operations at the company. We have had a few departures recently so this is the first of a few new positions, which this role will help me build. Come join one of the best teams in the industry.
I just had the best game of Path I've ever played. It reminded me why I wanted to make it, why I wanted to design, and why I enjoy board board games. I'm so excited right now, one of the best days of the year.
Hear me out. Mario Kart licensed board game that uses Heat's mechanics. Each kart has a starting deck to make it easy for the kids. Weapon drops act like a sponsor, it just drops a weapon card into your hand. Some ramming rules. Swish.
@jacksonpublick
I have been following the show since its release and I consider the writing to be one of the best things on TV even after all of these years. Thanks for all your hard work and I look forward to what is next for you.
Archived the Vast channel on the Leder Games slack as it was just
@d20plusmodifier
and myself. Scrolled back a little before I did. Here was one of the riffs on the Knight, the Elf Knight. It was part of a variant I called 7 Knights.
Leder Games has been able to do 1 or 2 bonuses a year in the past, and some have been very substantial. I'm delighted to be able to do quarterly bonuses the last 3 quarters, and we should be able to deliver the next 2 quarters.
I just want you all to know if there was a Switch port of Root I would probably be done as a human. I'd just lounge on the couch all day playing Root over and over.
Some small publisher may have decided to wait out the price hike, which is a reasonable assumption. Covid-19 is be driving a lot of this price increase and as things smooth out again we should see a drop in prices. 3/4
I mean I'm the nerd here. There is a digital release of Root, but it hasn't touched the Root sales, maybe even improved it, as far as we know.
I'll probably eat my words someday but I'll want to hold cardboard until I die.
Breaking news. I'm willing to sell Leder Games for one billion Euros. That's a 50% discount! I'll even throw in Five Fingered Severance for ten million more. What a deal!
Campaign Arcs is a bonkers recontextualisation of the base game - an expansive, day-filling event that breaks entirely new ground. It might just be the very best ‘space opera’ that money can buy.
Enjoy environmentally friendly Infinite Fungible Tokens (IFT). Just lie down in a cool dark room and imagine whatever the heck you want in whatever denominations you want. Now trade them through oral stories with your friends. The real FT was the friendship we made along the way.
Leder Games is having a surprisingly good month, I mean there is a holiday coming up, but we are seeing some sales milestones I was expecting. I am eternally grateful to the community.
Now that I can see all of the art for Oath. You're all in for a treat. I am amazed by the job the team has done on this game and I am excited for you all to play it.